Robert

Agard, please see the revised schedule I don't know why it makes a box out of a link, but anyways... So, to summarise, ARCADE will NOT have a 0.221.A release - you have to wait until MAME is ready.

Dany777, that is by design. It's the way programs in Windows are supposed to work. You can of course revert it in your own build, but I don't know where the change is.

* Pantheon 9.684 [Multi-system] - http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/Download.htm * SimCoupe (2020-05-28) [SamCoupe] - https://github.com/simonowen/simcoupe/releases * HBMAME 0.221.A - https://hbmame.1emulation.com/ * Cemu 1.19.1b [Wii-U] - http://cemu.info/

We'll be moving from gcc 8.3 to 10.1 at the next release. That is all..

https://hbmame.1emulation.com/ What's new in HBMAME ==================== 2020-05-27 0.221.A New Games --------------------------------- - [armwars01] Armored Warriors (Full Attack Edition 2020-05-07) - [avspus03] Alien vs. Predator (Ultimate Evolution Edition 2020-05-08) - [dinos241] Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Prosperity Enhanced Edition 2020-03-27) - [dinos242] Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Ares Infinite Bullet 2020 2020-04-03) - [dinos243] Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Ares Edition 2020-04-10) - [dinos244] Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Prosperity Enhanced Edition 2020-04-22) - [dinos245] Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Uranus Edition Update 2020-02-28) - [dinos246] Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Prosperity Enhanced Edition 2020-05-02) - [grdianss15] Guardians (Warriors Edition 2020-02-06) - [kof97s172] Kof'97 (World Armed Forces 83 Revised Edition 2020-05-01) - [kof97s173] Kof'97 (World Armed Forces 83 Revised Edition + Alloy Bullet Series 2020-05-01) - [kof2k2s107] Kof2002 (Iori Special Edition 2020-03-23) - [kov2p204s92] Knights of Valour 2 Plus (God of War Musou 2020-03-07) - [kov2p204s93] Knights of Valour 2 Plus (Heroes 2020-05-07) - [kov2p204s94] Knights of Valour 2 Plus (Dragon And Phoenix Dance 2020-05-07) - [kov2p204s95] Knights of Valour 2 Plus (Shenbing Mushuang 2020-05-07) - [ms6s11] Metal Slug 6 (Enemies Resetting Version 2019-02-12 + Burst Enhanced Edition 2020-03-29) - [ms6s12] Metal Slug 6 (Enemies Resetting Version 2019-02-12 + Burst Enhanced Edition 2020-04-28) - [mslugps17] Metal Slug (Burst Enhanced Edition 2020-05-04) - [mslug2ps39] Metal Slug 2 (Burst Enhanced Edition 2020-03-29) - [mslug2ps40] Metal Slug 2 (Burst Enhanced Edition 2020-04-28) - [mslug3h38] Metal Slug 3 (Burst Enhanced Edition 2020-03-29) - [mslug3h44] Metal Slug 3 (Burst Enhanced Edition 2020-04-28) - [mslug4hh54] Metal Slug 4 (Burst Enhanced Edition 2020-03-29)[NOT WORKING] - [mslug4hh55] Metal Slug 4 (Burst Enhanced Edition 2020-04-28)[NOT WORKING] - [mslug4hh56] Metal Slug 4 (Super Enhanced Version 2020-04-28)[NOT WORKING] - [mslug5dh67] Metal Slug 5 (Burst Enhanced Edition 2020-03-28) - [mslug5dh68] Metal Slug 5 (Burst Enhanced Edition 2020-04-28) - [mslugxz67] Metal Slug X (Apocalyptic Time 1.0 2020-04-20)[HB Exclusive] - [mslugxz68] Metal Slug X (Apocalyptic Time 2.1 2020-05-01)[HB Exclusive] - [mslugxz69] Metal Slug X (Multi-Carrier Version + Burst Enhanced Edition 2020-03-29) - [mslugxz70] Metal Slug X (2R Version 2020-04-16) - [nbbatmans03] Ninja Baseball Bat Man (1V2 2020-04-17) - [punisherjs20] The Punisher (Warriors Edition 2020-04-03) - [punisherjs21] The Punisher (1v2 Unlimited Bullets 2020-04-03) - [sailormnts03] Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (Enhanced Edition 2019-12-15) - [sfa3s09] Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Dragon Drop 2020-04-09) - [sfa3s10] Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Dragon Drop Simplified 2020-04-09) - [sk2h44] Sangokushi II (The Three Swordsmen Pirate Chinese Version 2020-03-17) - [sfz2aljs11] Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha (Dragon Drop Simplified 2016-10-31) - [tk2h159] Tenchi wo Kurau II (Three Sword Saints Chinese Version 2020-04-23) - [tk2h160] Tenchi wo Kurau II (Dared Evil Boss Edition 2020-04-23)[NOT WORKING] - [umk3uc20200506] Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (Ultimate Cup Edition 2020-05-06) - [viostorms05] Violent Storm (Enhanced Edition 2020-03-25)

I let wjammers run for a while and didn't see any gfx problems. m_sprgen->m_neogeo_raster_hack - this variable does not exist. cidelsa - we've been through this before, the existing settings are correct and i'm not changing them. They are stored in the cfg file. If your settings are used, the screens are completely wrong. popbounc - no idea - it seems someone decided that the sound is stereo instead of mono. I wouldn't know which is correct.

* MAME 0.221 (Official) - https://mamedev.org/release.html * MAMEUI64 0.221 - http://www.mameui.info/ * Hoxs64 1.1.0.3 [Commodore 64] - http://www.hoxs64.net/Default.aspx * Q-emuLator 3.3.1 [Sinclair QL] - http://www.terdina.net/ql/winql.html * SimCoupe (2020-05-24) [Sam Coupe] - https://github.com/simonowen/simcoupe/releases * WinArcadia 26.44 [s2650-based] - https://amigan.yatho.com/ * Gearboy 3.1.1 [Gameboy] - https://github.com/drhelius/Gearboy/releases * BletchMAME 1.9 [Frontend] - https://www.bletchmame.org/ * Emu Loader 8.8.4 [Frontend] - https://emuloader.mameworld.info/downloads.htm

The official word is that there will be no 0.222 this month. Therefore there will also be no ARCADE, MESS, MESSUI or MAMEUI. However, there will be a HBMAME 0.221.A scheduled for release on Wednesday 27th.

MAME release schedule: Sunday before the last Wednesday of the month - freeze applied, release branch created. The next Wednesday - MAME released (built from the release branch), then that branch deleted. Meanwhile, developers can continue working, but those changes will appear in MAME a month later. --- Recently MAME has not been released when advertised, due to real life matters affecting the release scheduler, mostly due to the effects of the Chinese virus. After seeing what he's had to go through, if I was in a similar situation you wouldn't have seen any releases for months. However, due to the uncertainties going forward, this is the new timetable: --- HBMAME will once again resume its independent status, as per the note on the website. It will be released when it is convenient for me to do so, and not related to the MAME release. The version number depends on the relationship to the MAME freeze. If the freeze has started, then it will carry the new number, otherwise it will carry the current number. --- MESS, MESSUI, ARCADE and MAMEUI will be scheduled for release one week after the freeze starts, or as convenient to me. If MAME gets released before the week is up, then these builds will likely be released shortly after. If MAME hasn't appeared after a week, it means nobody knows when (or if) it will come out, and so I'll do my releases anyway. --- For all my builds, the source change package (*.rar) will no longer be supplied. Instead, to build your own, you need to pull to the tag directly from github.

Excellent stuff

Yes, it just means you can't throw all your CHDs straight into the roms folder. They need to each be in their own subfolders, named after the game or parent.

No. The delay in official Mame was only because the person doing the release had a bunch of real-life issues, which were more important. MAMEUI has not been touched since the tag.

* Hoxs64 1.1.0.2 [Commodore 64] - http://www.hoxs64.net/Default.aspx * Emulicious (2020-05-14) [Multi-system] - http://emulicious.net/news/ * SimCoupe (2020-05-12) [SamCoupe] - https://github.com/simonowen/simcoupe/releases * Raine 0.91.4 [Arcade] - https://raine.1emulation.com/download/latest.html * Cemu 1.19.0d [Wii-U] - http://cemu.info/ * no$GBA 3.02 [GBA] - http://problemkaputt.de/gba.htm

I doubt he'll see this, but you never know...

Yes, that is the intention. However, with still no word of a release of 0.221, all future actions are undefined.

Another good release I use short names quite a bit for various things. There's a small trap with them, but it's not really a problem. If you move a file with a long name to another folder, its short name can change. Also, most likely if you delete and recreate a long-named file. But that kind of thing shouldn't affect you. I've had fun with utf8 and utf16 conversion in my frontends too, but it mostly just seems to work. I haven't had to think about it for a while though. And for font names, it's another one of those things that Microsoft changes for the sake of change, and just to be annoying I suspect.

* PCSX2 1.6.0 [PS2] - https://pcsx2.net/ * Raine 0.91.2 [Arcade] - https://raine.1emulation.com/download/latest.html * RuMSX 0.83 [MSX] - http://www.lexlechz.at/en/html/mainSoftware.html * Mednafen 1.24.3 [Multi-system] - https://mednafen.github.io/releases/ * Gearboy 3.1.0 [Gameboy] - https://github.com/drhelius/Gearboy/releases * VB81_XuR (2020-05-08) [Sinclair] - http://zx81.vb81.free.fr/ * clrmamepro 4.037 [Rom Manager] - https://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/

The official release of Mameui64 on mameui.info does not happen until after the official release of MAME - and who knows if that will ever happen. The person who does that job is tied up in real-life matters, and we've heard nothing from him for a week. The executable used on the official mameui is the one I've created above, so go ahead and use it.

Cheats is part of MAME, so yes, every derivative supports them. However, it isn't something I use. Hopefully someone else will know.

Got my new machine running, so we back on air. Unfortunately it has Windows 10, which is riddled with bugs and runs at half the speed of windows 7. Still, there's no other choice these days. Agard, I checked out zr107, and it's exactly the same as in MAME. Also, I ran them side-by-side, and it's all exactly the same. Even the slight speed difference from before is gone - they run exactly the same in every way. So, there's nothing I can do for you.

Well, in the last few days toilet paper has reappeared on the shelves. Next week restrictions will start to be rolled back. Most of our deaths came from just 2 places - a cruise ship that was allowed to dock and let the passengers off without being checked; and an infected person who stayed at work in an aged care facility. However it seems there will be some permanent changes. Social distancing is here to stay which causes behavioral changes all over the place. There's no word on when (or if) travel to other countries will resume. I can't really see cruise ships ever coming back, as they are nothing more than floating incubators. We've had a total of 96 deaths in our country, so far. The real culprits, China, have been behaving like entitled big babies. They have been busily cleaning away any mentions of the disease on their internet. Anyone who wants to sue is visited by the police. Lawyers disappear. Anyone who wants to publicise what's been going on gets locked away. You can be sure that the entire episode will soon be a taboo subject in that sad country and be erased from history just like previous crackdowns. Several countries want an investigation into how the virus started. China won't allow it, which is a sure sign that they are hiding something. Aren't you glad that you live in a country where free speech is allowed? https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-survivors-want-answers-and-china-is-silencing-them/ar-BB13BsvT

Unable to replicate.

Yes that's always been possible. Just add another directory in with the roms directories. For example, mine says E:\MAME\ROMS;G:\CHD so the roms are in E:\MAME\ROMS, and the chds are in G:\CHD

* SDLMAME 0.220 for Ubuntu - http://sdlmame.wallyweek.org/download/ * ARCADE64 0.221 - https://arcade.mameworld.info/ * MESS, MESSUI, MAMEUI 0.221 - https://messui.1emulation.com/ * HBMAME 0.221 - https://hbmame.1emulation.com/ * Qemu 5.0.0 [PC] - https://download.qemu.org/ * Applewin v1.29.12.0 [AppleII] - https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin/releases * Raine 0.91.1 [Arcade] - https://raine.1emulation.com/download/latest.html * Stella 6.1.2 [Atari 2600] - https://github.com/stella-emu/stella/releases * Steem SSE 4.0.2 [Atari ST] - https://sourceforge.net/projects/steemsse/rss?path=/ * Z64K 2.0 [Commodore 64] - http://www.z64k.com/ * Mednafen 1.24.2 [Multi-system] - https://mednafen.github.io/releases/ * WinArcadia 26.42 [s2650-based] - https://amigan.yatho.com/ * Nintaco (2020-05-01) [NES] - https://nintaco.com/news.html * RPCS3 0.0.10 Alpha [PS3] - https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/releases * PK201 (2020-04-28) [Sony Pocketstation] - http://drhell.web.fc2.com/pocket/index.html * DCmoto (2020-04-29) [Thomson] - http://dcmoto.free.fr/ * Classic99 v399.027 [T.I. 99/4a] - http://www.harmlesslion.com/cgi-bin/onesoft.cgi?1 * Cemu 1.18.2c [Wii-U] - http://cemu.info/ * Negatron 0.100.1 [Frontend] - http://babelsoft.net/products/negatron.htm * Quickplay 4.7.5 [Frontend] - http://quickplay.sourceforge.net/index.php?title=download

Unfortunately my dev box has just expired, and it will take a while to build a new one with all these virus lockdowns and so on. However, once things are back in order I will remove any hacks from that driver.