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You probably need to set a video mode on launching a rom. I found that setting it to 640×480 stretches the image to nearly full screen.

Press ‘X’ after selecting a rom and you will be presented no with a command screen where you can ‘set video mode for advmame’ (something like that), and try 640×480 etc. Til you find something that works out best for you.

Worth noting perhaps that Im running 16:9 widescreen (I don’t mind a stretches image – prefer it over huge borders!)

This will also work with other emulators such as ScummVM (which also has massive borders!)

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Does this script only work with Xbox pads? I am using a pair of Thrustmaster T-Mini Wireless pads, which are ps3 style. If I have both wireless dongles plugged in then often they seem to get confused and one pad ( normally player 1) will start to lose button functionality then stop working altogether whilst player2 works fine?

If I have only 1 pad plugged in then it works perfect. I really would love to get this fixed but before I install Xboxdrv I just wondered if this fix is what I actually need or if it’s something different entirely? The pads are sold as part of a twin set so they surely must not be clashing on the same wireless frequency, its got to be software related… I hope!

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…I guess I’m the only one interested in OpenBOR then! :/

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OK, I have uploaded to Dropbox – hope this works!

My Intro Video

Filesize is 24.8 MB – feel free to add into the artwork repository.

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Hmmm, what version of Retropie are you running? I’m using v3b2 and I definitely have both versions (and advmame too which also opens them if I remember rightly but plays terrible).

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I’m using the libretro mame port that is included in retroarch. MAME4ALL won’t play them at all (Segmentation error).

They play pretty well, just a couple of sound issues at times but I haven’t tried changing the sound driver yet to see if it helps. They run terrible though with an under performing power supply!

See video below of them in action:

youtube

Cheers
Steve

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Perhaps a Linux script incorporating the RANDOM command would do it? save it as a random.sh file in your rom folder for each system, add ‘.sh .SH’ as a file extension type to your ES_Systems.cfg file and reference it accordingly in gamelist.xml.

I don’t think I would be able to create such a script mind you! I’m only thinking its possible after finding this script to set a random wallpaper:

#!/bin/bash
# get images
files=(/nas/download/share/fun/images/wallpapers/*.png)
# find out random one
n=${#files[@]}
wallpaper=”${files[RANDOM % n]}”

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OK so I tested out a slightly different take on this (to make it less hassle when adding new mods), and it works great. Setup is still much the same as above so the OpenBOR binary will be here:

/home/pi/bor/

Unpakked mods will go into their own directories within the /bor/ folder as such:

/home/pi/bor/doubledragon/Paks/doubledragon/data
/home/pi/bor/goldenaxe/Paks/goldenaxe/data

Now inside each mod folder create a script named ‘openbor.sh’ with the following inside:

sudo /home/pi/bor/OpenBOR

Be sure to set the file as ‘executable’.

The file is exactly the same for each mod so just copy and paste it as many times as needed.

Now for the games to appear in Emulation Station, in your OpenBOR folder within the normal /roms/ directory you need to create scripts for each game, naming them however you wish (eg goldenaxe.sh), and entering the following text:

cd /home/pi/bor/goldenaxe/
sudo ./openbor.sh

Be sure to set the file as ‘executable’.

Now reboot, start up emulation and test them out! :)

This may seem a bit of a long winded way to add games, but it is actually really easy this way and only 1 OpenBOR binary file is needed so no duplication for every mod you add. I just added another 4 games to my setup and it only took about 15 mins in total to get them all up and running.

Anyway, hope this helps anyone who is a fan of the OpenBOR games! As an added bonus, here is a link to a ton of mods you can try out:

OpenBOR game collection

(these aren’t copyrighted roms, they are free ‘fan’ games so I am assuming this is ok to link?)

Cheers.
Steve

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Hi.

Sounds to me like it might be a power supply issue. As a test, open a SNES ROM and start playing. When the slowdown occurs, is there a square rainbow icon in the top right corner of the screen fading in and out? If so then try a higher rated power supply and the issue will (probably) disappear.

I was pulling my hair out trying to get to the bottom of why all SNES roms and certain MAME ROMs (MK2 / UMK3 mainly) were suddenly running like crap, then I noticed the slowdown only occurred when the rainbow icon appeared. I had recently changed to a different power supply so I changed back to the old one again and performance suddenly became perfect! (And no rainbow icon!).

Hope this helps!

Cheers
Steve

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I can share it yes but not sure where is the best place to upload it to?

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*just realised, I forgot to menton why a workaround is needed – it is because if there is more than one mod in the /Paks/ folder then a game selection screen appears which can only be controlled by keyboard. The method above gets around that screen appearing at all and launches directly into the game selected. :)

*Edit – I think I may know a slightly less dirty way of doing this, where only one binary would be needed in the parent folder, but can’t test this until later on after work! It’s dependent on whether Linux allows you to point a .sh script to another .sh file? (both containing shortcuts).

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Hi.

If you mean OpenBOR / Beats of Rage, then see the post I just made in this forum for some good news! :)

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