How to remove boot test screens for certain games???

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* Kelly Ray wrote in alt.games.mame:
> does/ has anyone figured out how to make roms boot straight to game without
> the test screens(for ex: Pacs, Galaga, etc..). i would like to see just
> the game come straight up!

> any ideas how to do this? sites? is this easy?

No, MAME emulates the hardware, those screens, as you pointed out, are
the hardware booting so without changing the code it cant be done.

We are talking seconds out of your life here...

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SINNER wrote on 26. May 2005:
>
> * Kelly Ray wrote in alt.games.mame:
>> does/ has anyone figured out how to make roms boot straight to game without
>> the test screens(for ex: Pacs, Galaga, etc..). i would like to see just
>> the game come straight up!
>
>> any ideas how to do this? sites? is this easy?
>
> No, MAME emulates the hardware, those screens, as you pointed out, are
> the hardware booting so without changing the code it cant be done.

And it's all about emulation. That you can also play the games is just a
side effect. :-)

> We are talking seconds out of your life here...

The time is running out of our hands. And I go to bed now, wasting more
precious time being unconsciousness. ;-)
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Hi Kelly,

> does/ has anyone figured out how to make roms boot straight to game
> without the test screens(for ex: Pacs, Galaga, etc..). i would like to
> see just the game come straight up!
> any ideas how to do this? sites? is this easy?

If you *can* compile MAME, you can use my tweaks to do this. I have a tweak
utility that allows you to add options to the standard MAME including these
which will address your issue. If you don't know how to compile MAME, do a
search as there are webpages on how to do it.

-fast_startup_frames <int> / -fsf <int> (default 0) will unthrottle the
specified number of frames at the beginning of a game to skip by them faster
as well as mute the audio.

-skip_startup_frames <int> / -ssf <int> (default 0) will unthrottle and not
display the specified number of frames at the beginning of a game to skip by
them faster as well as mute the audio.

http://home.earthlink.net/~alank2/mame/MAMETweaks.zip

You will have to figure out the number of frames to skip for each game and
create a game specific ini (galaga.ini containing skip_startup_frames 870).

Understand that you can't really skip these frames, they are part of the
emulation. What you can do is run them quickly and not display them or
their audio.

Thanks,

SA Dev

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thank you, that's the answer i was looking for(help)!

thanks a lot,
Kelly

"SA Development" <nospam38925@forme.com> wrote in message
news:MpGdnZ26P-XZjArfRVn-rw@valortelecom.com...
> Hi Kelly,
>
>> does/ has anyone figured out how to make roms boot straight to game
>> without the test screens(for ex: Pacs, Galaga, etc..). i would like to
>> see just the game come straight up!
>> any ideas how to do this? sites? is this easy?
>
> If you *can* compile MAME, you can use my tweaks to do this. I have a
> tweak utility that allows you to add options to the standard MAME
> including these which will address your issue. If you don't know how to
> compile MAME, do a search as there are webpages on how to do it.
>
> -fast_startup_frames <int> / -fsf <int> (default 0) will unthrottle the
> specified number of frames at the beginning of a game to skip by them
> faster as well as mute the audio.
>
> -skip_startup_frames <int> / -ssf <int> (default 0) will unthrottle and
> not display the specified number of frames at the beginning of a game to
> skip by them faster as well as mute the audio.
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~alank2/mame/MAMETweaks.zip
>
> You will have to figure out the number of frames to skip for each game and
> create a game specific ini (galaga.ini containing skip_startup_frames
> 870).
>
> Understand that you can't really skip these frames, they are part of the
> emulation. What you can do is run them quickly and not display them or
> their audio.
>
> Thanks,
>
> SA Dev
>
>

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Hi Dead Dad,

> -show_frames / -sf will add total frames rendered to the information
> displayed when <F11> is pressed.

This one is easy, although I probably wouldn't implement it as an option as
much as I would just change the on screen display. The next time I'm
updating my tweaks, I'll take a look at adding it...

> -save_peak_volume / -spv will track the highest volume level recorded
> during session and add the line 'peak_volume ###' to [game].ini upon exit.
> (To help in setting 'gainvolume'.)

Currently gainvolume reports the amount it reduced it by when exiting, I
agree that an option to create/edit a game specific INI or CFG file to
remember what it reduced it to would be a good idea. I've sort of given up
on the idea of perfect MAME audio. I worked hard, and I mean so very hard
on trying to come up with a *good* way of equalizing MAME volume, but to do
this, in realtime or not, is hugely complicated. Part of the problem is
that the human ear is much more sensitive to certain frequencies than others
so even the same power output at different frequencies varies greatly in
perceived volume.

Thanks,

SA Dev