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[toxie]

Smaller downloads (as UPX compresses really well compared to others)..     But also this is kinda void nowadays..

[wiesshund]

Smaller downloads (as UPX compresses really well compared to others)..     But also this is kinda void nowadays..

Well, as VPX weighs in at a whopping 20mb and VPM is trivial at 1.8mb
If the download doubles in size, it would be nearly a non issue.

 

Oh sure, some person with a barely functional internet connection may complain
but you could give away free hookers, and Somebody would complain.

If you invented a cure for cancer, there would be someone that complains

Edited by wiesshund, 27 April 2022 - 09:42 PM.

[toxie]

i also filed https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/575 on the topic

[EdwardK]

Its been noted elsewhere that VPM 3.4 and "dw_l2" rom for the Dr Who table does not work.  No rom sounds.  This issue started after VPM 3.2.  After running the VPM test, there appears to be an issue with the "U18" sound file.  Rom "dw_l1" works fine.

[Mrtr32]

@EdwardK

 

I think you don't have the right rom

 

Use the rom from vpinverse.com

[wiesshund]

Its been noted elsewhere that VPM 3.4 and "dw_l2" rom for the Dr Who table does not work.  No rom sounds.  This issue started after VPM 3.2.  After running the VPM test, there appears to be an issue with the "U18" sound file.  Rom "dw_l1" works fine.

 

My Dr Who ROM works fine in vpm3.5

feel free to try it?

https://drive.google...iew?usp=sharing

[TT11]

 

My Dr Who ROM works fine in vpm3.5

feel free to try it?

https://drive.google...iew?usp=sharing

 

 

Wiesshund, would you mind sharing your VPinmame.dll 3.5 that you UPX'd...?  I tried d/l UPX but I don't know how to actually run it on the VPinmame beta 3.5 files.....

 

[wiesshund]

i have windows 10, so i have not un UPX compressed my DLL

[toxie]

 

Its been noted elsewhere that VPM 3.4 and "dw_l2" rom for the Dr Who table does not work.  No rom sounds.  This issue started after VPM 3.2.  After running the VPM test, there appears to be an issue with the "U18" sound file.  Rom "dw_l1" works fine.

 

My Dr Who ROM works fine in vpm3.5

feel free to try it?

https://drive.google...iew?usp=sharing

 

VPM 3.3 changed the Dr.Who ROMs to use the proper sound rom versions (we found newer ones) (from the changelog: Correct Dumps: Bally: Doctor Who P-5, P-6 (using SP-4 U18 sound ROM); also L-2, D-2 (using SL-2 U18 sound ROM))

[Mrtr32]

Hi toxie,

 

Just to report:

 

The lastest vPinMAME build without UPX compression have failed on GuitHub.

 

This error appear: You have an error in your yaml syntax on line 69

 

Thanks!

Edited by Mrtr32, 02 May 2022 - 12:09 AM.

[TT11]

i also filed https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/575 on the topic

 

Thank you Toxie.  I read your log.  I note that when I click the "TEST" button in VPinmame, it stays on screen for about 4 seconds and then just closes out - No error message - Just closes the Setup window.

[toxie]

Hi toxie,

 

Just to report:

 

The lastest vPinMAME build without UPX compression have failed on GuitHub.

 

This error appear: You have an error in your yaml syntax on line 69

 

Thanks!

Yup, thanks, JSM is already on it. I'm too stupid to see my error there..  :/

If that all works out, i'll post a new beta build here, too.

[toxie]

New build up in the 1st post:

 

 

More gracefully handle parsing errors in invalid altsound CSV files to avoid crashes

Updated LISY support to 5.28-41 (Linux for Gottlieb System1 & System80, Bally, Atari, Williams and 'HOme' Pinballs)

Updated to zlib 1.2.12

VS2022 build support

CORE/CPU
Better handle flickering lamps on Sega/Stern Whitestar machines
Fix sound command parsing for more (all?) Sega/Stern Whitestar machines, so altsound mode 1 should work much better now for these, incl. global volume control parsing
Add global volume control parsing for altsound mode 1 on the older WPCs (i.e. non-DCS)
Fix sound commander issues (missing 2nd part of command) for the WPC89 sound board
New WPC95 machine type: Phantom Haus with a special 128x64 DMD! (see https://www.flipproj...tomHaus_EN.php)

ROM SUPPORT  Thanks to inkochnito, Guru, Victor Fernandez (City Game), Flipprojets.fr (François & Thierry Davroux)
New:
Stern: S.A.M. IV Board Tester
Williams: Phantom Haus 0.4 (Prototype)

Clones:
Airborne 1.5
MAC's Galaxy (blue version)
World Cup Soccer LX-1
Wipe Out rev. 2 (alternate set)
 

VPM:

 

- Do not use UPX to compress the dll anymore (for now), as it leads to problems on Windows 7 setups

- The double size DMD setting was replaced by a more general scaling factor (for legacy reasons the value '1' also means 2x though, so use '0' to disable the scale)

- Add 'ROMName' to COM-API to get the internal game name if an alias is used

[Mrtr32]

Thanks toxie!

[toxie]

So who is up to recreate Phantom Haus?

Give me a hint via PM if you need resources..

[Thalamus]

Just getting the rom seems like a shore. Not that I would be able to.

Edited by Thalamus, 03 May 2022 - 10:13 AM.

[toxie]

We have it all, already.. Plus documentation..

But i severly lack the table building skills..

[wiesshund]

We have it all, already.. Plus documentation..

But i severly lack the table building skills..

 

They CANT be worse than mine

[Joe]

We have it all, already.. Plus documentation..

But i severly lack the table building skills..

Phantom Haus is an Fruit Machine. Now will it show in mame / mfme soon as working with at the very least an basic layout?

It will be cool to see an early look at WMS take on slots with DCS sound.

 

Now it's odd that none of there Dotmation slots did have an Bonus Trail or Bonus Board like this and many slots did not thing like them for years.

 

Now the next thing to get is the WMS Dotmation slots roms (Not WPC hardware)

Edited by Joe, 05 May 2022 - 03:48 AM.

[Carny_Priest]

Thanks for unpacking the DLL on the automated Github builds. TEST button now works for me again (Windows 7 laptop).