I am trying to get MAME to work on my SAM. The version that works best is XMAME but it does not support Joysticks/pads. In the readme to SDLMAME it says that it does not support joypads as SDL does not support AmigaInput. Does that mean that no games meant for SDL support AmigaInput? Is there work being made to get AmigaInput to work with MAME on AmigaOS 4.x?

The only version that claims to support joypads is the port from WarpOS that was uploaded to os4depot in october 2013. I can't get any rom to work with that version though. The list is always empty when I scan the ROM directory. I have set it up just like the other MAME's with every rom in it's own drawer in the ROMS directory.

I would appriciate some tips on how to get joypads to work with MAME on AmigaOS 4.1. I would hate to have to use my PC for playing these old classics.

@Niolator

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Does that mean that no games meant for SDL support AmigaInput?

Huno made a static joypad library for SDL so any SDL software compiled with that library supports pads. I think most of his own ports support it. He has a port of Finalburn which supports a number of arcade games.

No idea about MAME though.

@Rob

Then some programmer better get to it and make an updated port of MAME.

@Niolator

I want to improve the sound before I release my current build of 0.158 - and I'll probably update to the latest MAME then - but there's not much difference to the one on os4depot.


SDLMAME 0.151 on OS4depot but it should work with amigaInput - are you sure you've configured it right?

@Spirantho

Soon you might support GL too, they included your old patch into the MiniGL branches
Check this thread:

http://www.amigans.net/modules/xforum/viewtopic.php?topic_id=6886&forum=11

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@samo79

That should help speed things up a little.
Since I wrote compositing support it's not so necessary, but it all helps!


The real problem I have with MAME is a lack of time to dedicate to it..... the sound stutters badly on SDLMAME quite often and I really want to fix that before doing a proper release again.

@Spirantho

The problem was that. 151 was soooooo slow to be unusable...on every Amiga system ot so..

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@Tuxedo

Depends entirely on what ROM you're running.
My little Sam440ep (600MHz) happily plays games like Green Beret at full frame rate, full screen.
My X1000 can naturally play rather heavier games. :)

A major thing is the screen acceleration, using compositing, overlay or opengl. If you run it without them in a high screen mode it's very slow.

@Spirantho

Nice. Will it support joypads?

@Niolator

It's still using SDL for input, so yes. It will do, just like all other versions of SDLMAME (I test it using the Catweasel AmigaInput driver).

@Spirantho

That sounds good. I'll have to test SDLMame again tomorrow. XMame isn't SDL based right? If it is, how do I get the joypad to work?

@Niolator

No idea. I didn't port xMAME, only SDLMAME.

The early version 0.37 or whatever requires ROMs for 0.37, by the way. It won't work with a current ROM set.

@Spirantho

OK, I'll see if I can find such ROM's on the probably not so legal sites i use.

I am punished by a lot of PUP's and exe downloaders though. That id why it is best to download them from my Amiga.

@Spirantho

SDLMAME isn't entirely stable on my system and some games just get stuck on input test, there is no way to get past that. It doesn't even make any tests on XMAME where it works (without joypad as I have written).

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@Spirantho

I am really looking forward to your next version of MAME. SDLMAME doesn't work at all for me. I can get past the input test by pressing right CTRL. Then I come to some debug mode, or what you should call it, which is totally impossible to get past. You can just cycle through screens testing colours, sprites and whatever. Is SDLMAME made for developers?

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@Niolator

No, SDLMAME is meant for normal people. :)

I'm really not sure what you're referring to as a problem, I've never heard of anyone else having trouble. What ROM are you trying to run?