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Skip Startup Frames reborn as MAME Plugin
Jakobud:
The frame to skip to can kind of be whatever you want. There is no definitive answer. I think ideally getting the game AT LEAST to the point where you can insert credits and start a game would be the minimum. Going past FBI screens and other logos may or may not be desired.
I agree some of the frame values are wacky. I'm not sure if the ssf.txt that I tracked down for the project was the newest possible version from back in ~2004.
I don't know if you have any experience with Github, but the easiest place to submit updates to the ssf.txt would be to edit it in the Repository here:
https://github.com/Jakobud/skipstartupframes/blob/main/ssf.txt
And then you can create a "pull request" that would allow me to look over the changes and add them into the code base. It makes things more collaborative and easier to manage. And don't feel like you need to do it for every little change one at a time. Just make a bunch of changes and them submit the changes once a week or however often you like.
PL1:
--- Quote from: Jakobud on November 13, 2024, 05:34:20 pm ---I don't know if you have any experience with Github
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I frequently use the site to look for info in MAME source code or download code, but have no account there and don't plan on making one.
The changes above are for all of the limited number of ROMs I currently have on an install of MAME 0.262.
- I usually use that install for retro-computing, lua scripts, and things that need a relatively recent version of MAME.
Scott
Endprodukt:
This is super cool. I will check it out this weekend. Thank you very much.
Endprodukt:
Very very cool and functional plugin! It will be a lot of work going through my personal collection of games and adjusting the values on some of the games - usually more modern ones (3D).
Endprodukt:
Any chance you make the plugin work in a way we can actually change the frame value from inside mame?