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Title: M2 Emulator buggy in link mode?
Post by: charliew on June 13, 2016, 03:54:20 pm

Hi. I've almost decided to build a twin racing setup but I just watched MrThunderwig's YouTube videos and I'm not so sure anymore :/
Is linked gameplay this choppy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rcmRAQlaYM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rcmRAQlaYM)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW1wnfK3kEs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW1wnfK3kEs)

Thanks

Title: Re: M2 Emulator buggy in link mode?
Post by: MrThunderwing on June 13, 2016, 04:23:19 pm

Sega Rally is a lot more jittery than Daytona for some reason, I think the Framesync option in the ini file can improve things a bit. I'm doing these over a wireless LAN, I'm not sure there's any improvement with a wired connection as I still get jittery cars if I'm doing single system play:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FX6nGPyZuQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FX6nGPyZuQ)

(Although I don't think it looks quite as bad here). I think SailorSat was working on a tool to improve this...?

Title: Re: M2 Emulator buggy in link mode?
Post by: charliew on June 13, 2016, 06:17:41 pm

What the heck is going on with the timer halfway in that video?! Lol  :) The jerkiness actually looks somewhat better in that video though.

Anyone else got any experience to share? I Don't have the setup to try link mode atm.

Title: Re: M2 Emulator buggy in link mode?
Post by: DarthMarino on June 15, 2016, 07:21:33 am

I've often run two screens on the same computer and it was buggy like that.  The m2lagfix program worked wonders on my computer.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,133283.80.html (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,133283.80.html)

The download and instructions are in post #110.

Title: Re: M2 Emulator buggy in link mode?
Post by: MrThunderwing on June 15, 2016, 01:04:39 pm

I thought the lag fix only worked for an 8 way network?

Quote from: SailorSat on August 25, 2014, 08:09:34 pm

5a. YOU NEED A 8 PLAYER NETWORK! IT DOES NOT WORK WITH LESS UNITS YET

Have you been able to run it in a 2 player setup?

Edit: Ignore me. I should've read down a bit further.

Title: Re: M2 Emulator buggy in link mode?
Post by: SailorSat on June 19, 2016, 06:32:59 pm

I really need to learn how to "hook" into other processes functions and "fix" that stuff at the core though :)
That external tools are a pain in the ass :(

But I'm am way to lazy at the moment :D - http://images.arianchen.de/?x=sega-comm/model1 (http://images.arianchen.de/?x=sega-comm/model1)