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There has been some internal restructuring inside MAME. The updated code and driver can be found at: https://github.com/wilbertpol/mame/tree/segaai

For building I use the following command line:

make DEBUG=1 SYMBOLS=1 -j3 SUBTARGET=segaai SOURCES=src/mame/sega/segaai.cpp

And then the following command lines start the base system or with a card attached:

./segaaid -nodebug -window segaai
./segaaid -nodebug -window segaai -card alicewor

I am on a mac, so the './segaaid' bit may need to be just 'segaaid' for windows.

In the latest code I also made the soundbox optional so the above command lines start the driver without the soudbox. If you want the soundbox attached use:

./segaaid -nodebug -window segaai -exp soundbox
./segaaid -nodebug -window segaai -exp soundbox -card alicewor

I have attached the artwork to display the overlays. This needs to be unpacked in the artwork folder. So you get the .lay and .jpg files in the folder "artwork/segaai".
After this you can use:

./segaaid -nodebug -window segaai -card alicewor -view alicewor

And it will show the scanned overlay in the bottom half of the screen.

The alignment between the overlays and where the emulation thinks you have clicked is far from perfect due to MAME not having true touchpad emulation yet, but it's better than nothing. In fullscreen mode you cannot see the mouse pointer to click the overlays hence starting the emulation in windowed mode.

Cassette is sadly enough not working. MAME cannot handle flac files as input for cassette interfaces. The cassette subsystem also cannot handle multiple tracks.

All these issues are the reason why the driver is still marked as 'not working'.

A window binary built by github yesterday can be downloaded here: https://github.com/wilbertpol/mame/actions/runs/6776779362 (How long this will exist, I do not know)

artwork_segaai.zip (1.98 MB)

Sega AI artwork

jdg has rebased code to latest and posted a public PR of the wip code:
https://github.com/mamedev/mame/pull/11747

With my last commit placing the extra files in the artwork is no longer needed. The 'old' segaai.lay file should even be removed/renamed.

The overlays should now be added to the zips with the software and when they are loaded through the software list the overlay will be loaded as well and displayed on screen.

This also makes the touchpad behave more like a real touchpad.

I managed to build and run latest. Thank you.
Trying to get better acquainted with the emulator, and I'm trying to see if there is a way to access the Prolog thing if that's only part of how the software were made but not accessible by the user.

Question: System resolution appears to be 256x212 but MAME boot screen shows it as 543x465 with screen doubled inside. Do you know if there is a way to take lossless 256x212 screenshots in MAME?

Everything was now made public, see hub:
http://www.smspower.org/SegaAI

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jdg Joined: 13 Mar 2007 Posts: 51 Location: Portugal	Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 8:43 pm
jdg Joined: 13 Mar 2007 Posts: 51 Location: Portugal	There has been some internal restructuring inside MAME. The updated code and driver can be found at: https://github.com/wilbertpol/mame/tree/segaai For building I use the following command line: make DEBUG=1 SYMBOLS=1 -j3 SUBTARGET=segaai SOURCES=src/mame/sega/segaai.cpp And then the following command lines start the base system or with a card attached: ./segaaid -nodebug -window segaai ./segaaid -nodebug -window segaai -card alicewor I am on a mac, so the './segaaid' bit may need to be just 'segaaid' for windows. In the latest code I also made the soundbox optional so the above command lines start the driver without the soudbox. If you want the soundbox attached use: ./segaaid -nodebug -window segaai -exp soundbox ./segaaid -nodebug -window segaai -exp soundbox -card alicewor I have attached the artwork to display the overlays. This needs to be unpacked in the artwork folder. So you get the .lay and .jpg files in the folder "artwork/segaai". After this you can use: ./segaaid -nodebug -window segaai -card alicewor -view alicewor And it will show the scanned overlay in the bottom half of the screen. The alignment between the overlays and where the emulation thinks you have clicked is far from perfect due to MAME not having true touchpad emulation yet, but it's better than nothing. In fullscreen mode you cannot see the mouse pointer to click the overlays hence starting the emulation in windowed mode. Cassette is sadly enough not working. MAME cannot handle flac files as input for cassette interfaces. The cassette subsystem also cannot handle multiple tracks. All these issues are the reason why the driver is still marked as 'not working'. A window binary built by github yesterday can be downloaded here: https://github.com/wilbertpol/mame/actions/runs/6776779362 (How long this will exist, I do not know) artwork_segaai.zip (1.98 MB) Sega AI artwork

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8653 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2023 1:41 pm
	jdg has rebased code to latest and posted a public PR of the wip code: https://github.com/mamedev/mame/pull/11747

jdg Joined: 13 Mar 2007 Posts: 51 Location: Portugal	Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2023 9:06 pm
jdg Joined: 13 Mar 2007 Posts: 51 Location: Portugal	With my last commit placing the extra files in the artwork is no longer needed. The 'old' segaai.lay file should even be removed/renamed. The overlays should now be added to the zips with the software and when they are loaded through the software list the overlay will be loaded as well and displayed on screen. This also makes the touchpad behave more like a real touchpad.

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8653 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 12:18 pm
	I managed to build and run latest. Thank you. Trying to get better acquainted with the emulator, and I'm trying to see if there is a way to access the Prolog thing if that's only part of how the software were made but not accessible by the user. Question: System resolution appears to be 256x212 but MAME boot screen shows it as 543x465 with screen doubled inside. Do you know if there is a way to take lossless 256x212 screenshots in MAME?

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8653 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:54 pm
	Everything was now made public, see hub: http://www.smspower.org/SegaAI

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