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Is it possible to disable in-game warnings?
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:02 am
by landshark9
Somewhere in the late .80's or early .90's of mame versions, Strikers 1999 started popping up an unknown layer ID error in level 8 during the last boss fight.
This makes the fight alot more difficult as you can barely see your ship.
Does anyone know a way to disable these warning windows?
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:28 am
by mahlemiut
If you have the source, you could comment it out if you want. Although, to be honest, I haven't noticed these messages before. Or, if they don't appear in the latest version (0.101) then use that.
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:16 am
by Weehawk
Happens on 1-8 and 2-8 in .100
And no guys in trenchcoats.
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:10 am
by landshark9
I confirmed that it happens in 101 as well. It's only during the last boss fight.
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:18 am
by Weehawk
From psikyosh.c:
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/* 1st-3rd layers */
for(i=0; i<3; i++)
{
if ( !BG_LAYER_ENABLE(i) )
continue;
switch(BG_TYPE(i))
{
case BG_NORMAL:
if(((psikyosh_bgram[0x17f0/4 + (i*0x04)/4] & 0xff000000) >> 24) == req_pri)
psikyosh_drawbglayer(i, bitmap, cliprect);
break;
case BG_NORMAL_ALT:
if(((psikyosh_bgram[0x1ff0/4 + (i*0x04)/4] & 0xff000000) >> 24) == req_pri)
psikyosh_drawbglayer(i, bitmap, cliprect);
break;
case BG_SCROLL_0C: // Using normal for now
case BG_SCROLL_0D: // Using normal for now
if(((psikyosh_bgram[(BG_TYPE(i)*0x800)/4 + 0x400/4 - 0x4000/4] & 0xff000000) >> 24) == req_pri)
psikyosh_drawbglayertext(i, bitmap, cliprect);
break;
case BG_SCROLL_ZOOM:
/* 0x10 - 0x1f */
case 0x10: case 0x11: case 0x12: case 0x13:
case 0x14: case 0x15: case 0x16: case 0x17:
case 0x18: case 0x19: case 0x1a: case 0x1b:
case 0x1c: case 0x1d: case 0x1e: case 0x1f:
if(((psikyosh_bgram[(BG_TYPE(i)*0x800)/4 + 0x400/4 - 0x4000/4] & 0xff000000) >> 24) == req_pri)
psikyosh_drawbglayerscroll(i, bitmap, cliprect);
break;
default:
ui_popup ("Unknown layer type %02x", BG_TYPE(i));
}
}
}
I think that's where it's coming from. If you can compile your own source, it should be easy to change.
The only thing I can see that you could alter in your settings to help is to change ui_transparency from 160 (the default) to 0. The text will still be in the way, but the background will be completely transparent. Might help a little.
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:25 pm
by landshark9
I didn't even think of the transparency thing. I'll give that a try first. The text shouldn't be a problem, it's the opaque box covering my ship
If that doesn't work, maybe I'll stub out ui_popup() and see how other games react (not sure what ui_popup() is used for as I've never looked into the mame source).
Thanks for your help.
Edit: transparency works good enough, thanks. Submitted my first recording.
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 10:38 pm
by TRB_MetroidTeam
landshark9 wrote:Submitted my first recording.
A nice one! Congratulations!