3darcade (Emulaxian) and Advancemame

[Davestar]

Has anyone had any luck in setting this up.  I have the proper configuration, can launch the game and even get it running properly only without sound.  Of course I know Advmame is a dos program, I'm launching it through windows with a program already using the sound card, and I heard that alone could be the problem.  
Has anyone figured a work around for this, or is it still in my setup?

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Dave

[)p(]

I myself have run advancemame with my fe for a long time without any problems...I only recently changed to use the windows version of mame...and I still test it with it before I release a version of the fe..so it should work ok  
Yeah having another program running that uses the soundcard can cause the sound not to play in advancemame. But that is not related to it being launched from the fe. Just run advancemame from the commandline you will probably get the same result... Also did you enable your soundcard in advancemame's cfg file or setup a commandline option in the fe to do so...

Peter

[Davestar]

I ran advmame from a command prompt from windows and got sound.  The sound option is set to auto, should i set it to SB (as I have an awe64)?  Thanks again for the great support.

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Dave

[)p(]

I ran advmame from a command prompt from windows and got sound.  The sound option is set to auto, should i set it to SB (as I have an awe64)?  Thanks again for the great support.

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Dave

Mmm interesting... I have it set to sb... I can't test it right now because after the recent hd crash I changed my desktop pc to windows xp...I will test it on my cab the next time I open it for some maintenance but that could take a while...

Peter

[Davestar]

Thanks,  I have a few more things to try too.
I'll try setting it to sb in the advmame cfg and also then in the emulation options.


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Dave

[)p(]

Thanks,  I have a few more things to try too.
I'll try setting it to sb in the advmame cfg and also then in the emulation options.


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Dave

I was too curious and gave it a quick go... It seams newer versions of the fe and advance mame don't like each other. I tried the latest advance mame with the latest version of the fe and no sound...then an earlier version of the fe and sound was ok.
That sucks because I can't easily trace why this happends because I can not test it anymore on my desktop machine...and it would cost me to much time to do it on the cab... Sorry...

Peter

[Davestar]

Thanks for the effort Peter, it probably saves some of my hair from being torn out.  I may still try to get it to work.  BTW which version worked in your test, and could I get ahold of it?

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Dave

[)p(]

Thanks for the effort Peter, it probably saves some of my hair from being torn out.  I may still try to get it to work.  BTW which version worked in your test, and could I get ahold of it?

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Dave

it was a pre fps/skins version so probably not that useful to you. By the way why do you want to use advancemame under windows? If it is for accurate refresh rates that can be done in windows to now...

Peter

Peter

[Davestar]

Yes, its for the accurate refresh rates and sizing, which Advancemame seemed rock solid.  I'm pretty sure I can configure using custom sizes and -r for refresh rates in the cloptions folder for winmame, but it will probably take a lot of trial and error as I don't know what I'm doing.
Thanks again for all your support Peter, and I really like 3darcade.
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Dave

[)p(]

Yes, its for the accurate refresh rates and sizing, which Advancemame seemed rock solid.  I'm pretty sure I can configure using custom sizes and -r for refresh rates in the cloptions folder for winmame, but it will probably take a lot of trial and error as I don't know what I'm doing.
Thanks again for all your support Peter, and I really like 3darcade.
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Dave

Actually i found it easier the advance mame..just add the resolutions and refreshrate you want to the registry...worked wonderfully with my nvidia card... but then after doing that and I got all those special resolutions working I found out that in my cab having just one resolution but with different refreshrates using hardwarestreth for all games except vector games looked even more authentic  

Peter

[)p(]

SOLVED!  
There are so many options even the use of a different soundsystem and that solved the problem for me...
in fe.cfg set: altsound|true|
as advancemame is dosbased it may also be a good idea to stop the background music when it is launched set runstopsound|true| in femame.cfg


Peter

[Davestar]

Wow, I'll try that tonight thanks a lot Peter, I really do appreciate the support you give your great front end.

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Dave