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Run and Gun 2 throws errors and runs far slower from command line than GUI
#357106 - 07/29/16 06:42 PM
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Hi everyone, I hope I'm putting this in the right place - I'm still waiting for my account to be verified so I can post this to mametesters.
Running rungun2 from the command line with "mame64 rungun2" spits out a ton of errors when you get to gameplay that look like this:
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GXT4: unknown protection command 125c (PC=209948)
GXT4: unknown protection command 3a56 (PC=209948)
GXT4: unknown protection command 1b55 (PC=209948)
GXT4: unknown protection command 3357 (PC=209948)
I saw this reported in the bug tracker, and the comments there made it sound like it shouldn't be that big of a deal, BUT when you run the game from the built-in GUI, it runs WAY faster than from the command line. When I run it from the GUI, I get 160% speed during gameplay (leaving plenty of headroom for 60fps all the time), and when I run it from the command line, I only wind up with about 70% speed (making the game unplayable).
Does anyone know what's going on with this or how to disable the error messages from showing up? I can't just "run it from the GUI" because I'm using a different front-end for my games and obviously they get run from the command line.
Any help is most appreciated! Thanks!
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Re: Run and Gun 2 throws errors and runs far slower from command line than GUI
[Re: AchillesPDX]
#357107 - 07/29/16 07:47 PM
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> Hi everyone, I hope I'm putting this in the right place - I'm still waiting for my
> account to be verified so I can post this to mametesters.
>
> Running rungun2 from the command line with "mame64 rungun2" spits out a ton of errors
> when you get to gameplay that look like this:
> GXT4: unknown protection command 125c (PC=209948)
> GXT4: unknown protection command 3a56 (PC=209948)
> GXT4: unknown protection command 1b55 (PC=209948)
> GXT4: unknown protection command 3357 (PC=209948)
>
> I saw this reported in the bug tracker, and the comments there made it sound like it
> shouldn't be that big of a deal, BUT when you run the game from the built-in GUI, it
> runs WAY faster than from the command line. When I run it from the GUI, I get 160%
> speed during gameplay (leaving plenty of headroom for 60fps all the time), and when I
> run it from the command line, I only wind up with about 70% speed (making the game
> unplayable).
>
> Does anyone know what's going on with this or how to disable the error messages from
> showing up? I can't just "run it from the GUI" because I'm using a different
> front-end for my games and obviously they get run from the command line.
>
> Any help is most appreciated! Thanks!
printf spam to console window takes emulation cycles, no doubt about it. If you capture the output to a file it should react the same as the GUI [ > output.txt 2>&1 ].
But, in this case, since it isn't under active development - commenting the printf should be ok.
I'll see that it is changed - no need to log a bug about it.
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Re: Run and Gun 2 throws errors and runs far slower from command line than GUI
[Re: Tafoid]
#357109 - 07/29/16 08:01 PM
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> > Hi everyone, I hope I'm putting this in the right place - I'm still waiting for my
> > account to be verified so I can post this to mametesters.
> >
> > Running rungun2 from the command line with "mame64 rungun2" spits out a ton of
> errors
> > when you get to gameplay that look like this:
> > GXT4: unknown protection command 125c (PC=209948)
> > GXT4: unknown protection command 3a56 (PC=209948)
> > GXT4: unknown protection command 1b55 (PC=209948)
> > GXT4: unknown protection command 3357 (PC=209948)
> >
> > I saw this reported in the bug tracker, and the comments there made it sound like
> it
> > shouldn't be that big of a deal, BUT when you run the game from the built-in GUI,
> it
> > runs WAY faster than from the command line. When I run it from the GUI, I get 160%
> > speed during gameplay (leaving plenty of headroom for 60fps all the time), and when
> I
> > run it from the command line, I only wind up with about 70% speed (making the game
> > unplayable).
> >
> > Does anyone know what's going on with this or how to disable the error messages
> from
> > showing up? I can't just "run it from the GUI" because I'm using a different
> > front-end for my games and obviously they get run from the command line.
> >
> > Any help is most appreciated! Thanks!
>
> printf spam to console window takes emulation cycles, no doubt about it. If you
> capture the output to a file it should react the same as the GUI [ > output.txt 2>&1
> ].
> But, in this case, since it isn't under active development - commenting the printf
> should be ok.
>
> I'll see that it is changed - no need to log a bug about it.
Thanks for offering to fix it. As an aside, won't capturing the output to a file leave me with a giant-ass text file after just a few minutes of gameplay?
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Re: Run and Gun 2 throws errors and runs far slower from command line than GUI
[Re: AchillesPDX]
#357110 - 07/29/16 08:07 PM
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> > > Hi everyone, I hope I'm putting this in the right place - I'm still waiting for
> my
> > > account to be verified so I can post this to mametesters.
> > >
> > > Running rungun2 from the command line with "mame64 rungun2" spits out a ton of
> > errors
> > > when you get to gameplay that look like this:
> > > GXT4: unknown protection command 125c (PC=209948)
> > > GXT4: unknown protection command 3a56 (PC=209948)
> > > GXT4: unknown protection command 1b55 (PC=209948)
> > > GXT4: unknown protection command 3357 (PC=209948)
> > >
> > > I saw this reported in the bug tracker, and the comments there made it sound like
> > it
> > > shouldn't be that big of a deal, BUT when you run the game from the built-in GUI,
> > it
> > > runs WAY faster than from the command line. When I run it from the GUI, I get
> 160%
> > > speed during gameplay (leaving plenty of headroom for 60fps all the time), and
> when
> > I
> > > run it from the command line, I only wind up with about 70% speed (making the
> game
> > > unplayable).
> > >
> > > Does anyone know what's going on with this or how to disable the error messages
> > from
> > > showing up? I can't just "run it from the GUI" because I'm using a different
> > > front-end for my games and obviously they get run from the command line.
> > >
> > > Any help is most appreciated! Thanks!
> >
> > printf spam to console window takes emulation cycles, no doubt about it. If you
> > capture the output to a file it should react the same as the GUI [ > output.txt
> 2>&1
> > ].
> > But, in this case, since it isn't under active development - commenting the printf
> > should be ok.
> >
> > I'll see that it is changed - no need to log a bug about it.
>
> Thanks for offering to fix it. As an aside, won't capturing the output to a file
> leave me with a giant-ass text file after just a few minutes of gameplay?
It can potentially do that - probably better to send it to nul [ > nul ] so that there is no text file. Anyway, I just sent the change in to current GIT/next release will have this changed behavior (commented printf) for this game/driver.
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Re: Run and Gun 2 throws errors and runs far slower from command line than GUI
[Re: Tafoid]
#357123 - 07/30/16 12:59 AM
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And your fix has gotten me to learn how to compile my own version of MAME. Thanks for that!
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