BuddaMAME v0.100 Released!

[Buddabing]

Hello,

I have made BuddaMAME v0.100 source and binary available.

Get it here.

Changes in this release:

- Latest changes incorporated into MAME Movie Maker

[papaschtroumpf]

Do you backport thre changes to the old versions that are being linked to in the "main" MMM post?

I'm still using mame 0.92, so should I use buddamame 0.92 or isthere a benefit to using 0.100 for the purpose of making the movies? I never updated my ROMs after 0.92 but I don't know that it matters much

[papaschtroumpf]

Also, where can I find the ssf.txt and the boundary.txt that are mentionned on the ListGen help page?

[Todd H]

Does BuddaMame support the -ssf command?

[Buddabing]

Not at this time.

[Todd H]

Planned for the future then?   

[AllisterFiend]

Does BuddaMame support the -ssf command?

I'd love to see this added to BuddaMAME.


Allister Fiend

[papaschtroumpf]

what does the -ssf command do?

[Silver]

Skip Startup Frames. It usually comes with -fss - fast startup frames.

Bascially it turns off video rendering for a user supplied number of frames (-fss just turns off autothrottle for the set number of frames). This means all the games startup rom tests etc.. are skipped as fast as possible.

It works very well, but requires someone to workout the number of frames to skip for each game. Someone started a list a while back ("Alan (SA Dev)")

I have a copy of his list here: http://www.silverfoxy.plus.com/ssf.txt

Note the very recent savestate support added to mame (and the auto-load savestate) will negate the advantage of this as you can resume exactly where you exited the game. I'm not sure if I like this or not as it means you will resume in the middle of a game if thats where you quit....

[papaschtroumpf]

so how do I use the ssf file with Mame Movie Maker / Buddamame / Listgen

I confused about boundary.txt vs ssf.txt, are they the same things?
Does listgen (buddabing's version) use it? screaming's ListGen.Net has an entry field for ssf.txt but if I fill it in the program exits with an error.
Buddabing's Listgen has an entry for a boundary.txt file in the ini file...

[Buddabing]

ssf.txt just has the starting frame, boundary.txt has the start and end frame of the loop.

The -skip_startup_frames option, if I implement it, will be able to use either file. To make movies, it's necessary to have the boundary.txt.

[papaschtroumpf]

where do I find boundary.txt?