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[jay2]

I've been working on a vertigo DX for mfme.I went to my local arcade and took a lot of pictures on my phone lol, they was a bit out of focus but as I took so many was able to stitch them together.

I don't know when it will be ready as I need to do some more work on the photos.

aahhh rob , cant wait m8, considering what you said you have to work with it still looks spot on m8.

Jay

[Bandits]

Looking forward and excited about amber, thanks for all your hard work guitar I'm sure it will be worth waiting for

[Guitar]

Quick Update.

The NEC chip (crystal sound chip) is now being hooked up to the emulator. The sounds are decoding correctly and its almost working, but there are some anomolies to be ironed out. If I could find my multimeter I would be a lot better off.

I suspect its either using an interrupt that the usual MPU4 doesn't use, or just an issue with the way I am driving the hardware, debugging is in progress.

The reel editor is now functioning as expected for vertical reel, but needs some work to stop things happening in a certain order which will break it.
Horizontal reel editing is almost the same as vertical with afew values shifted around so will be sorted shortly.
Disc reel is in its infancy, awaiting a game which actually uses it for testing.

The graphics library now works, but as with the reel editor it needs some protection to stop crashes caused by users doing things in the wrong order.

Once that all works as expected I can begin tidying things up and start the finishing touches.

[ady]

http://www.dadsfme.c...g30205#msg30205

I am NOT being negative.......but I presumed they were ok?

[zoom]

Thanks for your continued work on this and for the update.

Do you or anyone know if there any new club machine layouts in the pipeline for this emulator?

Thanks.

[Guitar]

Thanks for your continued work on this and for the update.

Do you or anyone know if there any new club machine layouts in the pipeline for this emulator?

Thanks.

Personally club machines aren't my thing. but there is no reason why they shouldn't run. There may be some tweaks needed to the reel handling, if neccessary I will update the emu as issues arise.

http://www.dadsfme.c...g30205#msg30205

I am NOT being negative.......but I presumed they were ok?

I already posted a correction later in that very thread.

Edited by Guitar, 13 March 2012 - 08:36 PM.

[policematrix]

sounds good v good

[Guitar]

Another update.

I have now stopped using Directx for sound and have moved to the much nicer bass.dll library.

It appears to have got rid of the clicks at the end of samples, and is also 100% windows 7 compatible.
As of last night the sampled sound is now switched over to the new library which is step 1 to getting synth sound working properly in win 7 (and XP).

I have finally found the keyboard shortcut bug and repaired it. I have also tweaked the scaling engine to be more compatible with different resolutions. I have also fixed the scrolling bug.

More tweaks and fixes are ongoing, and I'll bite the bullet and get a new multimeter later on so I can finish the NEC sound.

[Guitar]

Update: Nec sound chip now works apart from 1 tiny detail, the sample lengths are not 100% accurate, but as proof of concept its all running.

Just need to sort out the maths calculating the sample lengths, ive fudged it for now but should be pretty easy to get sorted.

[ploggy]

All sounding good, mate. No pun intended.

Did you manage to get the Crystal machines into test mode? The button number for the test mode is 20.

Edited by ploggy, 14 March 2012 - 10:34 PM.

[Guitar]

yeah i have updated the emu for xtal games to use 20 rather than 21 like every other comapny. CHeers ploggy.

[slasherx2]

Just read through this topic and want to extend my thanks to Guitar, can't wait to see a release - well, I can, because I have to, but you know what I mean

[nails]

in relation to the whole project its been a long wait, but things are on the final stretch now... hang in there ppl, select few have a build of the emu to use/test and make layouts while guitar does the sound - which is the last chapter before public release

[bri365]

I would just like to say a massive huge thanks to the guys behind Project Amber and also to the few guys on here who make the layouts that I enjoy. Without you guys this place would be a little bit dull. I am looking forward to Amber and the new layouts that will come along.
I love this website.






Oh just a thought but can't we put something on here that when you type deal or no deal into the search engine, displays a message that says your a dickhead?????

[nails]

lol

[cainer]

Oh just a thought but can't we put something on here that when you type deal or no deal into the search engine, displays a message that says your a dickhead?????

or maybe a pic of the bearded one and NO DEAL written across it

Edited by cainer, 20 March 2012 - 10:26 PM.

[bri365]

or maybe a pic of the bearded one and NO DEAL written across it

Frigin love it.

[slasherx2]

Hey all, don't mean to rush the progress but just giving some interest here, do we have any news for the community? Tell me to STFU if you wish, just enquiring

Cheers