hyperspin & Taito X2

TechnoFreek

Anyone manage to get the Taito X2 games integrated with Hyperspin? I'm using djvj's method and files from the hyperspin ftp but to no avail - games not loading.

Ive posted on their forums but nothing back yet - they're not the friendliest lot over there.

* djvj is a member on the hyperspin forums.

CiDeRmAn

I had a brief try but found my pc didn't like running the typex games, also hyperspin didn't take kindly to launching the games and I had problems configuring the thing.
Finally figured I had enough games to play on the cab!

brianon

I've got them running in hyperspin yeah but am away from the cab for a few days. I can post my set-ups once I get back. Remind me though

The vertical ones I couldn't get going because of screen rotation. Seems not many can get them running without physically rotating the screen. But that's not a hyperspin related problem.

I play tetris grandmaster 3 on the cab all the time. Have it under my favourites wheel

CiDeRmAn

There is a TypeX Launcher called ArcadePC Loader and on my cab, for some titles tried, it rotated them just fine.
Unfortunately my PC lacks the oomph to run them at speed, and I have most of them on other formats.

TechnoFreek

Awesome Brian, ill give the thread a gentle bump in a few days.

Cidey - yeah, have the Arcadepc loader working. I can set Hyperspin to open the exe but navigating it through the control panel and jpac isn't really a runner.

Myrddin

ArcadePC Loader sorts out the rotation afaik.
However it wouldnt run my SF4 with the fixed/modded files that sorts out the intro probs.
I therefore got running the games down as far as running a batch file.
If HS can be pointed at the batch file, it should be handy enough

ondafly

why not do a deal with PurpleC and get the real thing ?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056880209

TechnoFreek

ondafly wrote: »

why not do a deal with PurpleC and get the real thing ?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056880209

I'm already buying some stuff of him. He has me broke as it is!

TechnoFreek

Got the Arcadepc loader up and running, connected it up to the cab at 31khz. Tested ssf4ae, Played smoothly from my limited test.

Ssf4ae plays in widescreen though even though I set the resolution to 640 x 480. Is it widescreen only? Also any way to change the language to English? The settings in the loader are all greyed out for me.

cant remember where but theres an option to launch the game in low res and that'll give you 4:3
Might be where you set up the keys???
shame the arcade one is only one player

TechnoFreek

urbanledge wrote: »

cant remember where but theres an option to launch the game in low res and that'll give you 4:3
Might be where you set up the keys???
shame the arcade one is only one player

Ah ok. That lo res is setting is part of keys set up. I said no as I thought it meant output at 15khz. Sweet.

I could be wrong but sf4 is one player but the ssf4ae is 2 player. It let me set up the two player controls anyway last night!

I use the the PC game version,
maybe I didnt have my keys set up for the real arcade version but I could only get 1 player.
PC version has loads of extras inc moves lists and stuff.

Only thing is games for windows live pop up at the start.
set up an off line account and use that.
I have a shift key for enter set up so when it pops up I just press enter.
fairly seamless!

Myrddin

You can change the language in the games service menu, its a key you will have binded in the setup program

TechnoFreek

EnterNow wrote: »

You can change the language in the games service menu, its a key you will have binded in the setup program

Sorry man, can you simplify that for me? Doesn't make a lick of sense to my noob brain!

Edit: you mean the test and service buttons? Think I set them up during button mapping alright. Will take a look tonight!

Myrddin

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Sorry man, can you simplify that for me? Doesn't make a lick of sense to my noob brain!

Edit: you mean the test and service buttons? Think I set them up during button mapping alright. Will take a look tonight!

Yep thats them, you will have assigned a button for them when you ran the key config program. The language can be switched between ENG & JAP

TechnoFreek

EnterNow wrote: »

Yep thats them, you will have assigned a button for them when you ran the key config program. The language can be switched between ENG & JAP

Awesome. If that loader could be integrated with hyperspin invisibly we'd be on to a winner.

Myrddin

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Awesome. If that loader could be integrated with hyperspin invisibly we'd be on to a winner.

I don't use the PCloader thing, the modified game files don't work with it, & without them, SF4 crashes on the intro on my system. So as I mentioned already, I made a tiny little batch file to run each game. Can HS be pointed as a *.bat file?

TechnoFreek

EnterNow wrote: »

I don't use the PCloader thing, the modified game files don't work with it, & without them, SF4 crashes on the intro on my system. So as I mentioned already, I made a tiny little batch file to run each game. Can HS be pointed as a *.bat file?

Hs has to be pointed to an exe but this can be a dummy file I think. Not sure then how to redirect to the individual game bats

Myrddin

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Hs has to be pointed to an exe but this can be a dummy file I think. Not sure then how to redirect to the individual game bats

Hmm - "Another way to create EXE is ExeScript utility. Just make a simple BAT or VBS script and convert to EXE"

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-an-Exe-File

TechnoFreek

Will look into that.

HS expects an emulator exe and you also point to the folder directory of the roms and just specify the Rom extension, bat.

It doesn't let you specify each game bat individually.

Could a bat be created to open the loader and select the correct game based on the game selected in hyperspin?

Not sure if bats can have such control over applications.

Myrddin

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Will look into that.

HS expects an emulator exe and you also point to the folder directory of the roms and just specify the Rom extension, bat.

It doesn't let you specify each game bat individually.

Could a bat be created to open the loader and select the correct game based on the game selected in hyperspin?

Not sure if bats can have such control over applications.

I thought you can point HS at pc game exe's too {ie custom non emulator exe's}?

The bat I made runs the Taito Loader, which opens the cmd prompt. It then runs the command in the cmd prompt, which runs the game.

TechnoFreek

Correct you can do that!

Would you mind sharing the bat and I can take a look?

Myrddin

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Correct you can do that!

Would you mind sharing the bat and I can take a look?

Not much to share Type this into notepad & save it as something like typex.bat

typex_loader.exe launcher.exe

Then simply place it in the game directory & execute it

TechnoFreek

Ah ok. Will look at this tonight. Thanks man

Myrddin

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Ah ok. Will look at this tonight. Thanks man

If it can be converted into an exe file, then Bob should most surely be your uncle...I wouldn't expect it to be so simple though...this is HS after all

TechnoFreek

Hmmm. One exe file that would point to the correct game folder and bat file?

HS won't like that!

Myrddin

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Hmmm. One exe file that would point to the correct game folder and bat file?

HS won't like that!

How is it any different to an emulator/pc game?

Gens->Gens.exe
SF4->typex.exe {this is the converted batch file}

TechnoFreek

Doh! I'm with you now!

brianon

Not sure how helpful my stuff is now but here are some of the files I use. I CANNOT get vertical games to work. Well, they work but the screen rotation doesn't.

AHK is from modules and the other (renamed to .ini) is from Settings.

All I can say is that Tetris 3 (TGM 3) works perfect with this

TechnoFreek

Thanks Brian. Can you get either of the Street Fighters to display full screen in 4:3 cab instead of widescreen?

brianon

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Thanks Brian. Can you get either of the Street Fighters to display full screen in 4:3 cab instead of widescreen?

No idea The cab is ... wip right now as I add a few bits to the cp. Sorry.

TechnoFreek

No bother man. Looking at those files it seems I have taken the same approach as you to integrating type X into Hyperspin.