M.e.s.s. Native Compile On Sl-6000

[ScottYelich]

hmm. great news.
I'm not sure why a swap is needed -- strange.

Anyway, could you also pass along the source that you used for both
mame, advmame(menu) and mess?

Did you try to get advmame ot use SDL?

Scott
ps: don't forget about mess.

[jcabrer]

hmm. great news.
I'm not sure why a swap is needed -- strange.

Anyway, could you also pass along the source that you used for both
mame, advmame(menu) and mess?

Did you try to get advmame ot use SDL?

Scott
ps: don't forget about mess.
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All I can say is that without swap, I get a segfault.

As for the source, I'm using the unmodified AdvanceMAME source.  You can get it at advancemame.sf.net.

AdvanceMAME uses sdl by default.

I've set up a TEMPORARY ftp server for anyone wanting to download the binaries.
As always, there aren't enought hours in the day to get all of this into an IPKG file.  When I get a chance I'll do it up right and post some docs.

[a href=\"ftp://groveplace.dyndns.org]ftp://groveplace.dyndns.org[/url] CURRENTLY DOWN.  WIFE KILLED ROUTER.  UP 19:00 PST TODAY

Passive FTP seems to give problems, so try getting it from the command line.

MESS is coming.  It takes about 4 hours to compile, and when I find an error I have to start all over.

[ScottYelich]

mirrored.... same place as before.

226 Transfer OK
10008268 bytes received in 883 secs (11 Kbytes/sec)

http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/cacko/pdaXrom/...0/misc/jcabrer/

[scoutme]

results of the comparison? is advmame (sdl) faster than xmame.x11? with xmame.x11 outrun is not playable, metalslug even less playable. What about advmame with these titles?

[jcabrer]

results of the comparison? is advmame (sdl) faster than xmame.x11? with xmame.x11 outrun is not playable, metalslug even less playable. What about advmame with these titles?
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You have to establish realistic settings for good gameplay.  For metal Slug you will probably need frameskip 5+ (I use 10), no sound, small screen.  Also, I believe that rotating the screen the X11 way causes slowdows, so it's better to send the -rr -rl options.  

I began work on a comprehensive ipk including AdvanceMENU/MAME/MESS all in one, and documentation included.  I'm still waiting for MAME and MESS to finish compiling, then I have to figure out the whole ipkg thing.

By the way, it looks like most people that tried to download from my site failed according to logs.  You have to log in from the command shell or DOS prompt and use the ftp command.  Username is anonymous password is blank.  Better yet, just get it from the mirror ;^)

[ScottYelich]

I haven't done a conparison yet -- I will try that today.

I had trouble downloading -- it appeared that the site was in auto-passive...
so I had to enter passive to toggle it off (??)

I went in as "anonymous" "ftp@home.com" ...  11B/sec
you can just wget it from the url above -- should be faster, etc.

Scott

[jcabrer]

Thanks Scott,

I've got my ipk alsmost ready to build.  I'm waiting for AdvanceMESS to complete its build, and I'll preconfigure the .rc files for optimal settings (640x480 display etc...)

The only thing I need now are three (3) 48x48 .png files to use for icons.  One for AdvanceMENU, one for AdvanceMAME, and one for AdvanceMESS.  If anyone has the skill for this, please send me your icons for consideration.  Thanks.

BTW.  I know that MESS PDP11 does not require roms, so this will be the default emulator for MESS, but now I need a PD rom that can be included with MAME.  I thought there was one, but I can;t recall the name.  I'm not even sure if the MAME license allows any rom PD or not (I know the non-PD roms are NOT ALLOWED) to be distributed with MAME.  Anyone care to chime in?

[ScottYelich]

simple:  don't include any default rom.

I, personally, don't really think it's worth it.

Scott

[scoutme]

maybe the best video setting would be 320x240, leaving the user the possibility to change resolution. Scaling at 640x480 is a bit slow on our zaurus

[jcabrer]

maybe the best video setting would be 320x240, leaving the user the possibility to change resolution. Scaling at 640x480 is a bit slow on our zaurus
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What I mean is that the AdvMENU is adjusted to 640x480 (Default is 1024x768)

Anyway, the good news is that I've finished compiling AdvMENU/MAME/MESS, and the ipk builds.  I have a couple of nagging problems with .rc files having the wrong path, but once I've nailed that down, I'll post a link for everyone.  Later today probably.

If anyone want's to do it themselves, here's how I'm doing it:

SL-6000, 1GB SD, 512MB CF (Swap), gcc, gcc headers, sdl, make, binutils, autoconf, automake, sources for advmenu/mame/mess.  make sure swap is on.

For each package do the following:
./configure --prefix=/mnt/card/usr/local/bin && make && make install

or if you want to eventually make an ipk:
./configure --prefix=/mnt/card/advanceipk/usr/local   (advanceipk is where you will build the ipk)

The emulators take about 4 hours to compile.  You may want to overclock for this.

Just a quick note:  I did not optimize the build, so expect it to be slooooow for now, but I'll keep working on it.  I think xmame.x11/xmess.x11 are a little faster.

[ScottYelich]

well, xmame wouldn't go full screen for me...
so I either had to have a small[er] window in 640x480 or an xwindow (sideways) with
320x240 ... but, advmame goes full screen.  Also, the turbo use to be broken (??) with
advmame -- I hacked up mine to make the key for turbo be a TOGGLE and not a
modifier (like contro, shift -- where you have to hold it down) ...  

anyway, we'll give it a try.  thanks for the effort!

Scott