Prican25 Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 by xport:MAMEoX - MAME/Arcade Emulator for XBox v0.84.b1 http://www.mame.net http://mameox.sourceforge.net http://xport.xbox-scene.com What's new : - Virtual memory - practically everything that runs in MAME/Windows should runon MAMEoX now - MAME 0.84 sources merged - Lightguns should work pretty well now =========================================================Important Notes - Read EVERYTHING here before complaining========================================================= --------------Virtual Memory-------------- There is a file called VM.TXT that must be placed alongside the DEFAULT.XBEand MAMEOX.XBE files. It contains game-specific VM settings. Not every single game will work "as-is". A lot of games are defined in the VM.TXTfile and thus will "just work", but there are undoubtedly many that you will haveto define for yourself. This should (hopefully) be easy for anyone. Furthermore, updates will be made to the VM.TXT file and can be downloaded fromhttp://mameox.sourceforge.net/vm.txt when they are ready. Feel free to use the forums to let us know of any changes you make to your VM.TXTfile so we can add it to the official one. --------------------------------------------------How To Make New Virtual Memory Settings For A Game-------------------------------------------------- If you come across a game that is giving you an "out of memory" error, then youwill need to manually define some settings in the launcher. Press START to bring up the main menu. Select Options Menu. Press LTRIGGERonce to get to the Virtual Memory Options. Set "Force VMM" to "Yes" Leave "Threshold" at 4MB Set "Commit Size" to 3072 KB Leave "Distribute" at 65535 Now try running the game. If you still get an out of memory error, then go back to the Virtual Memory Optionsand change "Commit Size" to 2048KB. If you still get an out of memory error, then go back to the Virtual Memory Optionsand change "Commit Size" to 1024KB. If you still get an out of memory error, then go back to the Virtual Memory Optionsand change "Commit Size" to 768KB. If you still get an out of memory error, then go back to the Virtual Memory Optionsand change "Commit Size" to 512KB. If you still get an out of memory error, then go back to the Virtual Memory Optionsand change "Threshold" to 3MB. If you still get an out of memory error, then report it to the MAMEoX team as a bug. Don't automatically set the "Commit Size" setting to 512KB. Even though setting itto 512KB will virtually ensure that the game loads, it will load much more slowlythan if you set it at 3072KB. Remember - a smaller "Commit Size" setting results in longer load times. Once you have some settings that work, it's time to add it to the VM.TXT file so youdon't need to manually set them again in the future. Each line in the VM.TXT filelooks like this: ddsom 4 32 65535 The first field is the standard 8-character MAME game name The second field is the same number as "Threshold" value in your settings The third field represents the "Commit Size". Take the value from your settingsand divide it by 64. Enter the result as the third number. For example, if your Commit Size is 512KB, then the value in the third field wouldbe 8. ( 512 / 64 = 8 ) Here is a quick table: Commit Size in GUI Field #3 in VM.TXT512 KB 8768 KB 121024 KB 162048 KB 323072 KB 48 The fourth field is the same number as the "Distribute" value in your settings.(This should almost always be 65535) Enter the new line of values into your VM.TXT, upload it to your XBox, makesure that "Force VMM" is set to "No", and load up the game. It should work finenow. Be sure to inform the MAMEoX team of your addition so we can add it to theofficial VM.TXT for everyone to download. *** Remember to set "Force VMM" back to "No" before running other games!! *** -----------Be Patient!----------- Some games, like the encrypted NeoGeo games (Metal Slug 3, King of Fighters 2000) andpretty much all the Psikyo games, take a LOOOONG time to load. Even after it says"Done Loading" you will sometimes have to wait a couple of minutes before it starts.When in doubt, let it run for a good 5 minutes to be sure that it's not stilltrying to load. ----------Light Guns---------- Be sure to recalibrate your light guns before trying to use them. Light guns don't work very well on games with dark backgrounds. ---------CHD Files--------- Place your CHD files in a subdirectory called HDIMAGES Stella, Gnuboy, SMSPlus, FCEUltra, HUGO, NeoPop, DGen, Bochs, HUGO-CD,FMSXBox, Bliss, WinSTon, Gens, Z26X, StepmaniaX, PCSXBox, XBoyAdvance,DOSXBox, AtariXLBox, MirrorMagicX, KoboX, MaelstromX, MarblesX, Vice64X,Vice20X, VicePETX, KegsX, XPired, AdamX, WonderSwanX, BeatsOfRageX,PowermangaX, LynxBox, BlueMSXBox, GladiatorX, AmphetamineX, StarfighterX,PachiX, BlobWarsX, OdysseyX, ArnoldX, X68000X, WinUAEX, MAMEoX+VMM...what's next? Enjoy! -------------------- great news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightsier Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 Is there a website out there which is similar to the late mame.dk? A website that listed the games mame supported and also told you it's parent rom if it had one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammaz Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 This is awesome...ive been waiting for a long time...xport did it up!!!!! playing vasra on mameox right now http://www.pixagogo.com/Photos/Albums/Phot...Yw__&full=start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 Is there a website out there which is similar to the late mame.dk? A website that listed the games mame supported and also told you it's parent rom if it had one?If I'm not mistaken, PlayAgain.net covers those pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGWORM Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 For some reason or another, MAMEoX 0.84 isn't finding my cheat.dat. I've put it in the general sub dir as said in FAQ, made sure it wasn't zipped in sub dir, enabled cheats within mame, and made sure the name correspones with the name said in the emulator and file itself in the general sub dir. What am I doing wrong? Can someone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.X Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 For some reason or another, MAMEoX 0.84 isn't finding my cheat.dat. I've put it in the general sub dir as said in FAQ, made sure it wasn't zipped in sub dir, enabled cheats within mame, and made sure the name correspones with the name said in the emulator and file itself in the general sub dir. What am I doing wrong? Can someone help?Yes, it's allright : Put cheat.dat unzipped in General sub. dir. ;Enable cheats in General options ;Launch the game U want, then press "Back + White" buttons to go to the cheats database to enable the cheats U want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagmine Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 so whats are the big games that u couldnt play before and now can? besides all the games that run on fbax already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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