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Howard_Casto:
This was menioend in the consoles already, but it's more of a software thing. 

NullDc is a new dreamcast emulator that runs most games at or near fullspeed!  Compatability is also much greater than chankast. 

I'd give a link, but it appears to be "homeless" atm.  Do a google search and you'll find one of the sites hosting it. 

Enjoy!

Timoe:
How is the compatibility with standard Front Ends?

is it command based?

Howard_Casto:
Nope......

But Since I"m such a nice guy I whipped up this ahk which will add command line suport :) 


--- Code: ---Loop %0%  ; This loop is to merge all variables, as cd images will probably have spaces in the names.
{
GivenPath := %A_Index%  ; Fetch the contents of the variable whose name is contained in A_Index.

LongPath = %LongPath% %GivenPath%

}


IniWrite,%LongPath%,nullDC.cfg,ImageReader,DefaultImage ; We use the default image value in the nulldc.cfg to load the appropriate image.

IniWrite,1,nullDC.cfg,ImageReader,LoadDefaultImage ; We ensure that the newly changed default image will be used on bootup.

Run nullDC_100b1.exe ; Now Start NullDC
winwait, nullDC v ; Now wait for it's window to load
WinMenuSelectItem, nullDC v,,File,Normal Boot ; Select "Normal Boot" from the file menu.

Sleep,1500 ; Wait a bit
MouseMove, 3000,3000,0 ; Finally move the cursor out of the way.  (3000 by 3000 ensures that it's moved to the bottom regardless of resolution.

IniWrite,0,nullDC.cfg,ImageReader,LoadDefaultImage ; We want to turn auto-load back off so the app can still be used manually.
--- End code ---

Just save the code above as "nullDC.ahk" and you are set (you need auto hot key of course). 

No fancy options since nulldc seems to load every game well without monkeying with renderer options. Simply launch the ahk along with the path to the cd image. 

The one thing I've noticed is the the emu doesn't seem to like ctrl, alt, shift and other special keys mapped to buttons.  This can be fixed via a key swap in ahk though.  I didn't include this in the script because it'd be different for each person. 

Timoe:
Wow I'll have to try this out.

I dont use ctrl, shift, spacebar and the like for my control buttons so they dont get in the way

I am currently running Chankast in Mala with Howards wrapper and I have the following games fully playable:

Border Down
Capcom vs Snk
Capcom vs Snk Pro
Capcom vs Snk 2 (minor graphical issues but totally playable
Crazy Taxi
Dynamite cop
GigaWing 2
Guilty Gear X (no music, but sound fx are ok)
Ikaruga
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Power Stone
Vampire Chronicles


This new emulator adds only a few games for me like Street Fighter III but it actually plays too fast.   Oh and nullDC leaves the mouse cursor on the screen which is kinda lame.  <edit> But Howards ahk fixes this. </edit>

I dont have a lot of dreamcast games but I guess iss NullDC will continue to be developed it might be worth learning to use and adding to the cabinet.

Howard_Casto:
Well from a fe dev standpoint it's a lot friendlier.  It took me a weekend to write the chankast wrapper, while it took me the better part of an hour to make that script.  :)

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