Texas Instruments issue

[Krakerman]

Hi guys,

Having a small issue trying to figure out why when I run my Ms. Pac-man.rpk within HS doesn't show on the TI menu to run the game all I get is run the ti-basic but if I run it in MESS outside HS it shows 1 ti-basic and 2 ms.pac-man but for the life of me can't figure why it doesn't show up if I run it within RL.

Any ideas?

[Krakerman]

strange thing it works just fine when you run it in messui

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[Krakerman]

I fixed it there was an issue inside the module itself preventing some rpk games from running correctly so I removed part of the command line causing the issue before the -cart1 and wala it runs correctly now!

On my system I just created a modified version of the MESS module just for TI 99-4A games this way the default MESS module stays intact and I can use my modified module to run all the TI 99-4A rpk's and now I am looking into making the selections on the menu automatically once the game runs to make everything load right into the game.

[brolly]

Would be nice if you post exactly what was the issue so it can be corrected in the MESS module.

[Krakerman]

Line 175 in the MESS module reads:

param1:="-gromport multi -cart1", param2:="""" . romPath . "\" . romName . romExtension . """", param3:="-peb:slot3 speech"

But when I changed it to:

param1:="-cart1", param2:="""" . romPath . "\" . romName . romExtension . """", param3:="-peb:slot3 speech"

Just by removing the -gromport multi will fix it so all rpk files will run now correctly. I have tested it so far with every rpk and have had no issues now.

Hope this helps.

[brolly]

Ok, thanks I think I see the problem some rom only carts won't be compatible with the multi cart slot, can you try using this instead and check if it still works:

param1:="-gromport single -cart1", param2:="""" . romPath . "\" . romName . romExtension . """", param3:="-peb:slot3 speech"

or

param1:="-gromport single -cart", param2:="""" . romPath . "\" . romName . romExtension . """", param3:="-peb:slot3 speech"

One of these should work.

[Krakerman]

I will try it tonight thanks

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[Krakerman]

Yes that works! Thanks

[brolly]

Which one worked? First one or both?

[Krakerman]

I tested the first one and it worked didn't get a chance to test the second one. One thing that should be added is to send key to skip the TI load screen then press 2 to load the game.

This way the game will load and run from the HS wheel.

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[brolly]

Yeah I know, the module isn't really complete it also needs to deal with loading tape games and I need to compile a MESS build with direct input enabled so I can do any of these. Been busy with other stuff and never got around to do this.

About sending 2 to load the game I thought about that as well, but not 100% sure if all games require the same key or not.

[Krakerman]

if they are all rpk's then yes same keys. The first on is any key to continue then the second key is the number 2 as 1 is to go into TI Basic.

Might throw in a sleep in between just so you could see the TI Bios screen a few secs then the 2 key to load/run the game.

I get a chance this weekend I am going to see if I can add the key presses into the script just for testing.

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