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MAME oX v0.84.b1 is out!


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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 run

on MAMEoX now

 

- MAME 0.84 sources merged

 

- Lightguns should work pretty well now

 

 

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Important Notes - Read EVERYTHING here before complaining

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Virtual Memory

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There is a file called VM.TXT that must be placed alongside the DEFAULT.XBE

and 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.TXT

file and thus will "just work", but there are undoubtedly many that you will have

to define for yourself. This should (hopefully) be easy for anyone.

 

Furthermore, updates will be made to the VM.TXT file and can be downloaded from

http://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.TXT

file so we can add it to the official one.

 

 

 

 

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How To Make New Virtual Memory Settings For A Game

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If you come across a game that is giving you an "out of memory" error, then you

will need to manually define some settings in the launcher.

 

Press START to bring up the main menu. Select Options Menu. Press LTRIGGER

once 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 Options

and change "Commit Size" to 2048KB.

 

 

If you still get an out of memory error, then go back to the Virtual Memory Options

and change "Commit Size" to 1024KB.

 

 

If you still get an out of memory error, then go back to the Virtual Memory Options

and change "Commit Size" to 768KB.

 

 

If you still get an out of memory error, then go back to the Virtual Memory Options

and change "Commit Size" to 512KB.

 

 

If you still get an out of memory error, then go back to the Virtual Memory Options

and 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 it

to 512KB will virtually ensure that the game loads, it will load much more slowly

than 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 you

don't need to manually set them again in the future. Each line in the VM.TXT file

looks 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 settings

and 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 would

be 8. ( 512 / 64 = 8 )

 

Here is a quick table:

 

Commit Size in GUI Field #3 in VM.TXT

512 KB 8

768 KB 12

1024 KB 16

2048 KB 32

3072 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, make

sure that "Force VMM" is set to "No", and load up the game. It should work fine

now.

 

Be sure to inform the MAMEoX team of your addition so we can add it to the

official VM.TXT for everyone to download.

 

*** Remember to set "Force VMM" back to "No" before running other games!! ***

 

 

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Be Patient!

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Some games, like the encrypted NeoGeo games (Metal Slug 3, King of Fighters 2000) and

pretty 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 still

trying to load.

 

 

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Light Guns

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Be sure to recalibrate your light guns before trying to use them.

 

Light guns don't work very well on games with dark backgrounds.

 

 

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CHD Files

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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!

 

 

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great news :P

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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.

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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?

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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.

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