Unnamed SF Rush the Rock to Mame Racer Conversion

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nipsmg:
Crusin USA / World Setup

These were some of my favorite racing games growing up. Psyched to add these.

   1. Copy the roms from your mame collection. These are the files I added from the non-merged set:.

   2. Launch CrusinUSA in MAME
   3. Hit Tab - > Go to Analog Settings, invert the 2 pedals

   4. Set input settings for this game. You will need to map:
      a. Radio
      b. View 1
      c. View 2
      d. View 3
      e. Wheel
      f. Pedal 1
      g. Pedal 2
      h. 1st gear
      i. 2nd gear
      j. 3rd gear
      k. 4th gear
      l. Start
      m. Enter/Test (mapped to F2 by default)
      n. If you want to be able to control the service menu from the wheel you also need:
         i. Volume Up
         ii. Volume Down
   5. Calibrate Controls -- "Enter" is your "enter/test" button for confirming calibration.
   6. Play.

Force Feedback
If you're following along, Force feedback should be working as it was set up for MAME already for SF Rush / Rush the rock. This can be confirmed through the service menu in the utilities / steering test… it does move the wheel left/right, but I hate the feeling in-game.. It feels nothing like how it did in the arcade.. I am going to need to make adjustments.

As I find good adjustments for games I'll add them in this thread somewhere.

Crusin World
Steps are identical to Crusin USA

nipsmg:
Setting up Initial D Stage Zero Arcade

Setting up the game...
   1. Download the game from the internets…. Somewhere…
   2. Once downloaded, extract the SDDF_1.31.00 folder to somewhere on disk (in my case, c:\dropbox\games\Initial D Zero Arcade\SDDF_1.31.00\
   3. Unzip the minime server zip to somewhere on disk (in myt case, c:\dropbox\games\Initial D Zero Arcade\minime -- this is no longer necessary with teknoparrot.
   4. Open up PowerShell. If you don't have it ,install it somehow.
   5. Launch powershell AS ADMINISTRATOR
   6. Execute the following: Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process
      a. Hit Y + enter at the prompt.
      b. Excute the following command:
         i. Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
      c. This will install chocolatey on your machine.
      d. Close your powershell window.

   7. Download and install NodeJS server from https://nodejs.org/en/download/ (in this case, I'm installing node-v12.13.0-x64.msi). You should be safe with a version 12 LTS version of NodeJS server.
      a. Note, when installing, if prompted with a checkbox, check the box that will download all necessary tools to build required binaries. If you do, you will see a command window popup like the one below.


      Follow Prompts.

      The first message might be an error but since you isntalled chololatey, it will continue ..

      Installation will begin of all of the needed tools, etc.




      NOTE: This might take some time ( 10 mins ish).
      Note: one package required a reboot --- so I rebooted and re-ran the installer.. It didn't say anything os I did a repair to be sure.


   8. Open the MIniMe folder (inside your teknoparrot\segatools\minime folder ) and run start.bat as administrator.


   Hit any key and the builds will start.
   If you get a windows popup stating that nodejs wants access to the internet, allow it.

   If all is will, you should see that the server has started, as you'll see some lines with app: switchboard and app:checkdb at the beginning, and a Startup OK message.



   9. Click Ctrl-C to kill the server and exit.


   10. Launch TeknoParrot UI,. Add new game, Initial D Stage Zero Arcade.
   11. Click Game settings
   12. Set the following:
      a. For Game Executable, choose the InitialD0_DX11_NU.exe file under under games main folder\app\package folder ("C:\Dropbox\Games\Initial D Stage Zero Arcade\SDDF_1.31.00\app\package\InitialD0_DX11_Nu.exe")
      b. For network adapter, enter your local IP address (in my case 192.168.2.164)
      c. Check all other boxes (other than enable xinput)




   Click Save Settings.

   13. Go into Controller Setup
      a. Map all controls except gear 1-6. We'll be using Gear Up / Gear Down in this game so there's no need for the shifter controls.

   14. Click Save Settings.

   15. Launch the game.. (Hopefully this works??)
Note: the black screen may end up there for a while..
The game may not launch the first time. Try re-running it.

You should get a "Initial D Initializing) window.

The game should be playable.

Install the Fullscreen Patch

To make the game fullescreen, you need to patch the exe.
   1. Download HxD from https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd
   2. Unzip and run the installer.
   3. When done, launch HxD
   4. Open the Initial D Zero executable
   5. Click Search -> Go To or press CTRL+G
   6. In the Offset box type 35E205 and click OK
   7. Set the 01 value to 03

   8. Click Search -> Go To or press CTRL+G again
   9. Type A3A05F into the Offset box and click OK.
   10. Change C8 00 to 00 10



   11. Save changes and exit.

IMPORTANT NOTE-- the 00 10 at A3A05F ended up with significant slowdown in game and a lack of playabilty. To fix, change the 00 10 to 00 80.

Force Feedback Plugin
   1. Navigate to the location where you unzipped the FFB Plugin
   2. Copy all files in the InitialD Zero folder and paste them in the app/package folder under the main Initial D Game folder.
   3. Launch the FFBPluginGui.exe , click Force Feedback Setup and select the wheel.
   4. Close the plugin and launch the game.

nipsmg:

Improved footprint and layout from the original design. I believe I should have pictures of populated boards by tonight!!

nipsmg:

Just needs heat sinks installed. All populated and soldered.

Justin-Credible:
Awesome! I'm looking forward to hearing how they work out. I'm definitely interested in one for my setup!

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