MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Run and Gun 2 throws errors and runs far slower from command line than GUI

> > 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?