[SINGE 2] New LD Engine + Games (3.32 update + DLIIe surprise)

[FP125]

Hi - again, not started a new thread but jumped on to this as Singe 2.0 previously mentioned here

 

Tried Hypseus Singe and PC a bit rubbish / files too large but Singe 2.0 works like a charm

 

Anyway the question - Kangaroo Punch has Singe 2.0 and all the available games and all that I have tested work like a charm.  But (there is always a but) Cliff Hanger will not load. 

 

I downloaded it from the above site which directs me to an Internet Archive link / torrent (3.90 gb)  Extracted the file and holds all the folders that Singe requires (CFG, Fonts, Images, Movie, Overlay, Script and Sounds) plus the cliff.singe and games.dat files.  I drag this to the Singe folder and It appears in the menu when I load Singe. but when click to play it, the searching for laserdisc screen doesnt appear in the middle (just a white box instead) and then blue circle appears and crashes

 

I am guessing (as a noob) that the problem is with the cliff.singe file or the games.dat file???

 

I can get Cliff Hanger to load in Singe 2 by amending the cliff.dat file and directing the Script to Timegal.singe.  Video loads, but obviously all messed up with different chapters playing, etc / no control, with Timegal lives icons in bottom right,  but shows the video can load in Singe, so is it the.singe file incorrect?

 

The games.dat file(from Kangaroo Punch download) reads:

 

GAMES = {
    {
        TITLE         = "Cliff Hanger",
        SCRIPT        = "Cliff/Cliff.singe",
        VIDEO         = "Cliff/Movie/Cliff.mp4",
        DATA          = "Cliff",
        STRETCH       = false,
        NO_MOUSE      = true,
        RESOLUTION_X  = 1920,
        RESOLUTION_Y  = 1080,
        SINDEN_GUN    = "",
        CABINET       = "Cliff/Overlay/menu-poster.png",
        MARQUEE       = "Cliff/Overlay/menu-marquee.png",
        ATTRACT       = "Cliff/Movie/menu-attract.mp4",
        ATTRACT_START = 1,
        ATTRACT_END   = 500,
        YEAR          = "1983/2020",
        PLATFORM      = "Fan Game",
        DEVELOPER     = "Karis",
        PUBLISHER     = "Stern",
        GENRE         = "QTE",
        DESCRIPTION   = "The classic 1983 Stern game in HD with 2 additional levels.",
        CREATOR       = "Karis",
        SOURCE        = ""
    }

 

The cliff.script file is marked 2.0 and I located one here (https://mega.nz/folder/sPgWyToK#x5Uccbi2ygu55Qr0iZmcQw) which is 3.21 - both by Karis.  I changed the resolution to 800/600 (same as Timegal) but no joy

 

Tried both scripts and both result in exactly the same problem - black screen / white box in the middle and crash

 

Hope the above makes sense - I always try and explore all options before I email - but think I have hit the brick wall!

Modifié le 14 octobre 2021 par FP125

[xxOToTOxx]

 

@FP125

 

The Singe 2 games on archive.org are outdated.

 

Grab the latest Singe 2 version of the games, from Karis, in the first post of this thread: 

 

[FP125]

Thanks for the reply, but the link I posted in my thread from Mega.nz with the 3.21 script is from the first page of the above thread link you posted.

 

Downloaded all files from there also, with games.dat in the menu folder.  If this file is placed in the Cliff folder, Singe will not even load.  If this games.dat from the above Mega.nz link is replaced with the games.dat from Kangaroo Punch - Singe loads, with Cliff Hanger in the menu, with menu attract, etc - but still wont work

 

I tried the .mp4 file from Kangaroo Punch and Karis's mega.nz link but cannot get either to work

 

I also used the 1080 and 480 from Karis mp4 files and messed about a bit, tried with the 2.0 and 3.21 script.  The game loads in Singe but messed up video, i.e. as soon as they run of the casino, cuts to a game over and a car crashing - is the script incorrect somehow?  But thought others would have experienced this?

 

I'm going to re-download the files in case mixed them up with all the testing - will report back

Modifié le 14 octobre 2021 par FP125

[Karis]

il y a 47 minutes, FP125 a dit :

Thanks for the reply, but the link I posted in my thread from Mega.nz with the 3.21 script is from the first page of the above thread link you posted.

 

Downloaded all files from there also, with games.dat in the menu folder.  If this file is placed in the Cliff folder, Singe will not even load.  If this games.dat from the above Mega.nz link is replaced with the games.dat from Kangaroo Punch - Singe loads, with Cliff Hanger in the menu, with menu attract, etc - but still wont work

 

I tried the .mp4 file from Kangaroo Punch and Karis's mega.nz link but cannot get either to work

 

I also used the 1080 and 480 from Karis mp4 files and messed about a bit, tried with the 2.0 and 3.21 script.  The game loads in Singe but messed up video, i.e. as soon as they run of the casino, cuts to a game over and a car crashing - is the script incorrect somehow?  But thought others would have experienced this?

 

I'm going to re-download the files in case mixed them up with all the testing - will report back

 

Yes please tell us. I've got a lot of real work at present time but i'll try to help you.

[FP125]

You da man Karis - no rush at all

 

I downloaded from the first page here and not Kangaroo Punch

 

Downloaded Singe 480p folder which has 2 x folders (Movie and Overlay)

 

Downloaded the 1080p one as well which has 10 x folders (Assets, Cfg, etc) plus Cliff.singe (v3.21)

 

I open my Singe folder (where all other games are held in their own directories and working) and firstly I place the 1080p folder in there (named Cliff) I do nothing else and run Menu in Singe.  However Cliff Hanger not showing in the menu selection.  I go back into the Cliff file and enter the Menu folder where the games.dat file is, I then move this into the Singe/Cliff folder

 

I then run the menu in Singe again, but this time it crashes as I go through the games (Cliff Hanger does not appear) I have copied the contents of the games.dat below:

 

GAMES = {
    {
        TITLE         = "Karis Cliff Hanger",
        SCRIPT        = "Cliff/Cliff.singe",
        VIDEO         = "Cliff/Movie/Cliff.mp4",
        SCRIPT2          = "",
        VIDEO2        = "",
        NAME          = "",
        NAME2         = "",
        DATA          = "Cliff",
        STRETCH       = false,
        NO_MOUSE      = true,
        RESOLUTION_X  = 1920,
        RESOLUTION_Y  = 1080,
        SINDEN_GUN    = "",
        POSTER        = "Cliff/Menu/menu-poster.png",
        MARQUEE       = "Cliff/Menu/menu-marquee.jpg",
        ATTRACT       = "Cliff/Menu/menu-attract.mp4",
        ATTRACT_START = 1,
        ATTRACT_END   = 496,
        SKIN          = "RED",
        YEAR          = "1983/2020",
        DIFFICULTY     = "4/5",
        DEVELOPER     = "Karis",
        PUBLISHER     = "Stern",
        GENRE         = "QTE",
        RESOLUTION    = "1920x1080",
        DESCRIPTION   = "The classic 1983 Stern game in HD with 2 additional missing link levels. The plot is based loosely on that of The Castle of Cagliostro (plus scenes from The Mystery of Mamo), and follows Cliff (Arsene Lupin III) as he attempts to rescue Clarissa from the evil Count Draco, who wants to marry her. Cliff is aided in his quest by Jeff (Daisuke Jigen) and Samurai (Goemon Ishikawa XIII).",
    }
}

 

I tried cliff.singe 2.0 (from Kangaroo Punch) but crash still happened as above, did not show in menu.  The problem appears to be with the games.dat file

 

As TimeGal works, I copied the games.dat file from there and put it in the Cliff folder and amended the directory paths to match - Cliff Hanger now shows in the menu screen of Singe with box art, attract video - but wont load - crashes before any video starts.  I kept the resolution as with TimeGal - using 1920 / 1080 brings an error - specified resolution is larger than the display

 

I then tried using the downloaded 480p video - shows in menu select but wont load / crash.  Also copied and pasted the Overlay from the 480p download 

 

Games.dat (amended from TimeGal) that works in Singe and shows in menu

 

GAMES = {
    {
        TITLE         = "Cliff",
        SCRIPT        = "Cliff/Cliff.singe",
        VIDEO         = "Cliff/Movie/Cliff.mp4",
        DATA          = "Cliff",
        STRETCH       = false,
        NO_MOUSE      = true,
        RESOLUTION_X  = 800,
        RESOLUTION_Y  = 600,
        SINDEN_GUN    = "",
        CABINET       = "Cliff/Overlay/menu-poster.png",
        MARQUEE       = "Cliff/Overlay/menu-marquee.jpg",
        ATTRACT       = "Cliff/Movie/menu-attract.mp4",
        ATTRACT_START = 1,
        ATTRACT_END   = 500,
        YEAR          = "1985/2020",
        PLATFORM      = "Fan Game",
        DEVELOPER     = "Karis",
        PUBLISHER     = "Karis",
        GENRE         = "QTE",
        DESCRIPTION   = "The classic Taito game restored in HD.",
        CREATOR       = "Karis",
        SOURCE        = ""
    }
}
 

Note - I would add that using the games.dat from Timegal and only amending the Video, Cabinet, Marquee and Attract to the Cliff directory loads the game - but vid clips all messed up / in wrong order.  If the Script line is however amended from the Timegal directory to Cliff - black screen and crash, no vid loads.  I have tried using the Cliff Singe file from 2.0 and 3.21 - the same / back screen and crash

 

Hope you can see I have tried and tried and not simply messaged for help.

 

Many thanks

 

Modifié le 15 octobre 2021 par FP125

[Karis]

Il y a 20 heures, FP125 a dit :

You da man Karis - no rush at all

 

I downloaded from the first page here and not Kangaroo Punch

 

Downloaded Singe 480p folder which has 2 x folders (Movie and Overlay)

 

Downloaded the 1080p one as well which has 10 x folders (Assets, Cfg, etc) plus Cliff.singe (v3.21)

 

I open my Singe folder (where all other games are held in their own directories and working) and firstly I place the 1080p folder in there (named Cliff) I do nothing else and run Menu in Singe.  However Cliff Hanger not showing in the menu selection.  I go back into the Cliff file and enter the Menu folder where the games.dat file is, I then move this into the Singe/Cliff folder

 

I then run the menu in Singe again, but this time it crashes as I go through the games (Cliff Hanger does not appear) I have copied the contents of the games.dat below:

 

GAMES = {
    {
        TITLE         = "Karis Cliff Hanger",
        SCRIPT        = "Cliff/Cliff.singe",
        VIDEO         = "Cliff/Movie/Cliff.mp4",
        SCRIPT2          = "",
        VIDEO2        = "",
        NAME          = "",
        NAME2         = "",
        DATA          = "Cliff",
        STRETCH       = false,
        NO_MOUSE      = true,
        RESOLUTION_X  = 1920,
        RESOLUTION_Y  = 1080,
        SINDEN_GUN    = "",
        POSTER        = "Cliff/Menu/menu-poster.png",
        MARQUEE       = "Cliff/Menu/menu-marquee.jpg",
        ATTRACT       = "Cliff/Menu/menu-attract.mp4",
        ATTRACT_START = 1,
        ATTRACT_END   = 496,
        SKIN          = "RED",
        YEAR          = "1983/2020",
        DIFFICULTY     = "4/5",
        DEVELOPER     = "Karis",
        PUBLISHER     = "Stern",
        GENRE         = "QTE",
        RESOLUTION    = "1920x1080",
        DESCRIPTION   = "The classic 1983 Stern game in HD with 2 additional missing link levels. The plot is based loosely on that of The Castle of Cagliostro (plus scenes from The Mystery of Mamo), and follows Cliff (Arsene Lupin III) as he attempts to rescue Clarissa from the evil Count Draco, who wants to marry her. Cliff is aided in his quest by Jeff (Daisuke Jigen) and Samurai (Goemon Ishikawa XIII).",
    }
}

 

I tried cliff.singe 2.0 (from Kangaroo Punch) but crash still happened as above, did not show in menu.  The problem appears to be with the games.dat file

 

As TimeGal works, I copied the games.dat file from there and put it in the Cliff folder and amended the directory paths to match - Cliff Hanger now shows in the menu screen of Singe with box art, attract video - but wont load - crashes before any video starts.  I kept the resolution as with TimeGal - using 1920 / 1080 brings an error - specified resolution is larger than the display

 

I then tried using the downloaded 480p video - shows in menu select but wont load / crash.  Also copied and pasted the Overlay from the 480p download 

 

Games.dat (amended from TimeGal) that works in Singe and shows in menu

 

GAMES = {
    {
        TITLE         = "Cliff",
        SCRIPT        = "Cliff/Cliff.singe",
        VIDEO         = "Cliff/Movie/Cliff.mp4",
        DATA          = "Cliff",
        STRETCH       = false,
        NO_MOUSE      = true,
        RESOLUTION_X  = 800,
        RESOLUTION_Y  = 600,
        SINDEN_GUN    = "",
        CABINET       = "Cliff/Overlay/menu-poster.png",
        MARQUEE       = "Cliff/Overlay/menu-marquee.jpg",
        ATTRACT       = "Cliff/Movie/menu-attract.mp4",
        ATTRACT_START = 1,
        ATTRACT_END   = 500,
        YEAR          = "1985/2020",
        PLATFORM      = "Fan Game",
        DEVELOPER     = "Karis",
        PUBLISHER     = "Karis",
        GENRE         = "QTE",
        DESCRIPTION   = "The classic Taito game restored in HD.",
        CREATOR       = "Karis",
        SOURCE        = ""
    }
}
 

Note - I would add that using the games.dat from Timegal and only amending the Video, Cabinet, Marquee and Attract to the Cliff directory loads the game - but vid clips all messed up / in wrong order.  If the Script line is however amended from the Timegal directory to Cliff - black screen and crash, no vid loads.  I have tried using the Cliff Singe file from 2.0 and 3.21 - the same / back screen and crash

 

Hope you can see I have tried and tried and not simply messaged for help.

 

Many thanks

 

 

Don't worry i know you tried and it's no problem to ask for help

 

2 things to solve (you need both i think)

 

1) Those metadatas are from the old menu.

So I think you also need to use my singe dir instead of the singe dir on Kangaroo.

It does contain the updated menu i created that will launch cliffhanger properly. 

 

2) Also note that 3.21 uses the "unified" script. All (or most) programs now use a single "engine" to work. That means that the code is the same for TRON or Cliff (only the moves are different). Good news : this is also located in my Singe dir.

 

So 

 

1 and 2) Here is the link of my singe dir (the exe is the most recent singe exe and it contains the unified engine and new menu): https://mega.nz/folder/lOQX3a4a#jRF-PZ2ZMScbtXZMvnkA0Q

 

PS: note that the engine script is now 3.22 but it's just a small change that won't affect Cliff or any game in a negative way.

Of course you'll need to restore the new version of menu.dat (the longest) to work with the new menu.

 

 

 

 

 

Modifié le 15 octobre 2021 par Karis

[FP125]

Didn't expect such a fast reply. Thanks for taking time out to look. Away from my PC until Sunday evening. 

 

Will report back then. Fingers crossed. Looking forward to hopefully playing

 

Was going through the old Daphne games before I came across Singe 2 and gave some of them a blast again. As a quick side question, I am guessing GP World still has no sound?

 

Thanks again!

[Karis]

il y a 26 minutes, FP125 a dit :

Didn't expect such a fast reply. Thanks for taking time out to look. Away from my PC until Sunday evening. 

 

Will report back then. Fingers crossed. Looking forward to hopefully playing

 

Was going through the old Daphne games before I came across Singe 2 and gave some of them a blast again. As a quick side question, I am guessing GP World still has no sound?

 

Thanks again!

 

I'm pretty confident we will find a good solution for you if it's not the one i pointed.

 

No actually no GP World. There are basically 3 kinds of FMV games: QTE, Gun and Sprite. I know what to do with the first 2 but not with the third one. Actually i never saw a demo of GP world playing. I should search for it.

 

[FP125]

GP World is ok, just sprites on top of a rolling video track. However with no sound it takes the playability away.

 

I did some searches but was unable to find anything. I downloaded. The ROM again from planetenu (actually a different set to what I have) but no joy

[xxOToTOxx]

2 hours ago, FP125 said:

I did some searches but was unable to find anything. I downloaded. The ROM again from planetenu (actually a different set to what I have) but no joy

 

Sound has never been implemented on GPWorld unfortunately.

 

https://www.daphne-emu.com:9443/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=2282

 

 

[FP125]

Never mind! Doubt will be done now given that thread is approaching 15 years old.

 

Never mind. Thanks for the reply

[FP125]

Hi - managed to download the above this evening as a zip (Archive-29ac) and extracted

 

Unable to open any of the Menu files, Menu, Menu_Window, Menu43, Menu43_Window and Menu 1080

 

Menu - Black screen then returns to the desktop

Menu_Window - Specified resolution is larger than the display

Menu_Window

Menu43 - Black screen then returns to the desktop

Menu43_Window - Specified resolution is larger than the display

Menu 108 - Unable to locate script

 

For Menu, I edited the file and added -x 1280 -y 400 as this shows in the Menu that works in my existing Singe folder.  I added it directly after Singe.exe, but black screen and back to desktop

 

So I copied the data, Singe and Singe.exe from your files to my existing folder, copying over what I had.  I edited my Menu to delete Singe-v2.00-Windows-x86_64.exe and changed to Singe.exe and amended the path to the new arcade.mp4 screen and menu.singe

 

This does bring up the new menu successfully (although loading music is very crackly - wasnt before) however Cliff Hanger won't show in Menu (and the attached .bat files wont load it either) using 3.21 games.dat and cliff.bat from archive_karis - not changed anything else

 

However like original problem above - copy games.dat over from Timegal and just change the video address to Cliff Hanger works  - but game all messed up

 

Obviously doing something wrong - not sure what? lol

 

I will try again tomorrow morning and will re-post

Modifié le 18 octobre 2021 par FP125

[FP125]

Ok, tried again

 

Extracted your dir into my C: drive

 

Again none of the Menu's load (Menu1080 - unable to locate script)

 

When I right click / edit Menu it reads:

 

@start Singe.exe -k -z -w -d data -v Singe/Media/Movie/arcade.mp4 Singe/Script/menu.singe
 

Checked those folders and those are there, so why will it not load?  There is a menu.script and the menuBackground (like in my old Singe folder) in the Singe/Singe folder (which also holds Media and Script) the old Singe Menu loads if amended to:

 

@start Singe.exe -k -z -w -d data -v Singe/menuBackground.mkv Singe/menu.singe

 

But if I copy and paste arcade.mp4 from Singe\Media\Movies and menu.singe from Singe\Script and put them just in the Singe folder (where old menu.script was and menuBackground) and them amend the line (@start Singe.exe -k -z -w -d data -v Singe/arcade.mp4 Singe/menu.singe) it won't load

 

So I try again. I just pasted over Singe32.exe instead.  Double clicked this and loaded Menu - ran and Platoon loaded and worked, but under the old menu

 

I then copied and pasted the Singe folder (Media, Script, controls.cfg.example and FreeSansBold.tff) into my folder and edited Menu to :

 

@start Singe32.exe -k -w -d data -v Singe\Media\Movie\arcade43.mp4 Singe\Script\menu.singe
 

Black screen again, but NEW menu loads if amended to:

 

@start Singe32.exe -k -w -d data -v Singe\Media\Movie\arcade43.mp4 Singe\menu.singe
 

Put Platoon in the Singe folder and appears in the menu and works - so check with Cliff Hanger.

 

I unzipped Archive_Karis which holds Cliff and simply copied it into my Singe folder un-edited, but does not appear in the menu.  So I go into the Cliff folder and Menu folder and games.dat is here, so I move it to the main Cliff file alongside Cliff.singe (3.21) I run menu again - black screen and back to the desktop

 

Tried again amending the games.dat resolution from 1920x180 to 800x600 - still black screen and crash

 

So copied over Timegal games.dat and amended to:

 

GAMES = {
    {
        TITLE         = "Cliff",
        SCRIPT        = "Cliff/Cliff.singe",
        VIDEO         = "Cliff/Movie/Cliff.mp4",
        DATA          = "Cliff",
        STRETCH       = false,
        NO_MOUSE      = true,
        RESOLUTION_X  = 800,
        RESOLUTION_Y  = 600,
        SINDEN_GUN    = "",
        CABINET       = "Cliff/Assets/front.jpg",
        MARQUEE       = "Cliff/Images/menu-marquee.jpg",
        ATTRACT       = "Cliff/Menu/menu-attract.mp4",
        ATTRACT_START = 1,
        ATTRACT_END   = 500,
        YEAR          = "1985/2020",
        PLATFORM      = "Fan Game",
        DEVELOPER     = "Karis",
        PUBLISHER     = "Karis",
        GENRE         = "QTE",
        DESCRIPTION   = "The classic Taito game restored in HD.",
        CREATOR       = "Karis",
        SOURCE        = ""
    }
}

 

 

UPDATE

 

Cliff Hanger now appears in the menu!  It now loads and does not appear to be messed up!  So partial result! Phew

 

Only thing is, video seems jerky and speech very crackled.  Does not run smoothly.  Went into the options and selected lo-res option but no change.  I did see a thread here about audio drivers and disabling them.  If I disable High Definition Audio Device Singe does not load, hangs on a white screen. 

 

If NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM) disabled and if NVIDIA High Definition Audio disabled, Singe loads.  However loading Laserdisc / Singe music crackles as does audio in Cliff Hanger

 

 

 

 

 

[FP125]

I saved some of the old Cliff movie files and one that does play without any crackles / audio problems (although loading screen of Singe still crackles) is the 4:3 resolution one, although screen is quite zoomed in with lives icons and actions really large on screen - but does appear to work plus audio and video fine

 

Tried messing around with resolution in games.dat but after you complete the first level, the first letter is missing on the screen for Level, Completion ,etc - so appears like evel, ompletion

 

The others using basic-low - speech improved, not as crackly and the resolution perfect.  However the audio is ahead of the video on these - not sure how to fix that?  I tried deleting the index and data files to see if would fix but no

 

Modifié le 18 octobre 2021 par FP125

[Karis]

Sorry, i'm still here but i need to read all of this to give you a good answer.

[FP125]

Hey man - no rush at all.

 

Good news I have it working now.  The 4:3 ratio works fine, no audio splutter.  Only problem is some of the first letters cut out at the end of the Level (shows evel) due to resolution (I tried changing the games.dat resolution but no joy)

 

Other mp4 of Cliff Hanger, resolution perfect, was some audio crackles, but amended to basic lo and much better.  However the audio plays faster than the video (plays the millions / trillions line as soon as you get to the first car scene pretty much) and checked the intro, mentions the wedding well before the scene plays

[Karis]

Good news. May i ask what is your screen resolution ? And which processor you use ?

 

So i think at some point you had a version problem. In fact both menu are really different and not compatible, but on the other hand they are located in different places (to avoid overlap). The new games.dat is supposed to go inside the Menu dir of the game (The old one was located at the root of the game). 

But i just downloaded Singe from the link i provided you, then Cliff from the first page link. Put them on my desktop (Cliff dir inside Singe dir) and it worked straight away. Menu.bat working. Cliff Launching.

 

So maybe you've got old files with new files and it messed the whole thing.

So my best suggestion would be to erase, and then redownload, but on the other hand, if it works then ok. If you want to redownload, please take everything from this site, which has the updated content.

But the values you give for your metadatas are from the old menu. So maybe you had not replaced the bat, which launch the old menu.

 

About sound stuttering, it's not always related to the overlay resolution, but it helps of course on weaker processors.

That said i've seen some core i7 stuttering not because of lack of power, but because of sound drivers.

 

What i know :

 

- It helps to lauch singe.exe as admin.

- the main solution for some drivers (Realtek mainly) is to replace them with a generic windows driver.

- Someone also found a workaround on this thread. Some cards default to 5.1 where they should default to stereo. Putting them back to stereo solve stuttering.

 

Check the very bottom of my first message (page 1) for more informations, and keep mle updated. 

 

 

 

 

Modifié le 18 octobre 2021 par Karis

[FP125]

Sure.  I only have one monitor and my resolution settings I presently use are 1440 x 900

[Karis]

Il y a 2 heures, FP125 a dit :

Sure.  I only have one monitor and my resolution settings I presently use are 1440 x 900

 

Unusual but it should work with the 1080p video.

Really, i encourage you to erase everything a start anew with the links provided on first page. It should work directly without modifying anything.

Well probably not window mode because of unusual resolution but fullscreen should be ok.

 

Modifié le 18 octobre 2021 par Karis

[FP125]

Many thanks.  I will try again

[Karis]

Il y a 3 heures, FP125 a dit :

Many thanks.  I will try again

 

Keep me updated.

 

Really simple. 

Download the Singe link and Install it somewhere you want (you may also keep your old directory if you wish and install this one somewhere else, like i did on my desktop). https://mega.nz/folder/lOQX3a4a#jRF-PZ2ZMScbtXZMvnkA0Q

Download the Cliff Link and put it inside the directory you just created. https://mega.nz/folder/sPgWyToK#x5Uccbi2ygu55Qr0iZmcQw

 

It should work directly. Menu.bat should launch the new menu (showing an arcade) and Cliff should be available on it and launch normally. Menu_window should have problems because of your unusual resolution (you need to edit the bat to fix).

 

Please notice that sometimes unziping may cause directory problems like extracting in Cliff/Cliff.

Here we want the Cliff directory that contains Cliff.singe directly under the main directory (where singe.exe is).

 

[FP125]

Ok.

 

Downloaded Singe link

 

I have C: Singe and in this folder, Blank folder, data folder and Singe folder (holding Media and Script) plus controls.cfg and FreeSansBold and .bat files

 

I put the Cliff folder in C: Singe (10 folders plus Cliff.singe and controls.cfg) games.dat in Menu folder

 

I have not double clicked Singe or Singe32.exe - is that correct?

 

I then double click Menu.bet does not load, black screen then back to desktop???

 

@start Singe.exe -k -z -w -d data -v Singe/Media/Movie/arcade.mp4 Singe/Script/menu.singe

 

Deleting -k, -z, -w and -d opens up a window with "Kangaroo Punch Studios Proudly Presents! then the Singe logo, then black screen and back to the desktop

 

I tried a few different resolutions on my desktop but made no difference

 

Tried just copying the Singe and Singe32.exe over, double clicked and states created file x 6 (Singe\Framework, controls, Menu. FreeSansBold, menubackground and Menu.bat) This is the old Menu.bat of course - click it and loads up Singe fine.  However when I copy it over with Menu.bat from your file download it states Error - unable to locate Script.  So I copy and paste Media and Script folders from your downloaded files into my Singe folder

 

I click on Menu again, quick flash of laserdisc and magnifying glass, black screen and back to desktop

 

If the Menu.bat is amended to @start Singe.exe -k -z -w -d data -v Singe/arcade.mp4 Singe/menu.singe it loads up the new desktop, spinning discs of the games on the right, green arcade machine on the left

 

Also loads up if I use @start Singe.exe -k -z -w -d data -v Media/Movie/arcade.mp4 Script/menu.singe It is like it won't load up the menu if there is an extra folder in the address line for menu.singe???  Not sure why

 

The loading tune for Singe very crackly here - not so on the old menu

 

However the Cliff.bat does load however - audio stutters but ok on Lo, however the audio speeds ahead of the video on this setting (appears to be ok on hi)

[Karis]

Il y a 16 heures, FP125 a dit :

If the Menu.bat is amended to @start Singe.exe -k -z -w -d data -v Singe/arcade.mp4 Singe/menu.singe it loads up the new desktop, spinning discs of the games on the right, green arcade machine on the left

 

Also loads up if I use @start Singe.exe -k -z -w -d data -v Media/Movie/arcade.mp4 Script/menu.singe It is like it won't load up the menu if there is an extra folder in the address line for menu.singe???  Not sure why

 

This is REALLY strange. The only difference is that the first bat (which don't work for you) points at the real position of the script and the video and those two nowhere. I don't understand this.

 

Citation

The loading tune for Singe very crackly here - not so on the old menu

 

However the Cliff.bat does load however - audio stutters but ok on Lo, however the audio speeds ahead of the video on this setting (appears to be ok on hi)

 

Once again really strange. I mean stuttering is possible of course, but i see no reason why the video would rush in Lo setting.

Can you try to send the game directly (without the menu) with the cliff bat ?

What kind of processor do you have ? Which version of Windows ? And do you have any way to try it in 1080 ?. I don't know exactly, but maybe your odd resolution has something to do with it.

Also try to set singe.exe to be launched as admin. It could help (right click on the exe, chosse Properties and in the "Compatibility" tab, tick "run as administrator").

Modifié le 19 octobre 2021 par Karis

[FP125]

Thanks Karis,

 

agree very very strange, trust me, tried loads of different things too.  Downloaded loads of different Cliff Hanger MP4's also lol

 

Should have said on those first above bat's, there is already a menu.singe in that folder and also another menu.singe in Singe\Script.  I also moved the arcade.mp4 into Singe\ to get it to run

 

Double checked - audio races ahead of video on lo / basic lo, ok on hi - 100% this happens.  Even in the intro, when the line about the princess marrying someone she cant stand, the video is of the car in the tunnel

 

One MP4 that works fine with no crackles even when on hi has a size of 1,150,779 KB.  Only problem is that the lives icons and action words are really large here - not full screen resolution like the others however and so doesnt look as good, but plays ok

 

I will re-try with different resolutions

 

Win 10 64bit

AMD Athlon II x 4 640 Processor 3ghz

Modifié le 19 octobre 2021 par FP125

[Karis]

il y a 44 minutes, FP125 a dit :

Thanks Karis,

 

agree very very strange, trust me, tried loads of different things too.  Downloaded loads of different Cliff Hanger MP4's also lol

 

Should have said on those first above bat's, there is already a menu.singe in that folder and also another menu.singe in Singe\Script.  I also moved the arcade.mp4 into Singe\ to get it to run

 

That does explain a bit. When you click on singe.exe, it does create this menu (old menu) 

 

 

il y a 44 minutes, FP125 a dit :

 

Double checked - audio races ahead of video on lo / basic lo, ok on hi - 100% this happens.  Even in the intro, when the line about the princess marrying someone she cant stand, the video is of the car in the tunnel

 

I believe you of course but no clue why. This is unexpected and weird.

 

 

il y a 44 minutes, FP125 a dit :

 

One MP4 that works fine with no crackles even when on hi has a size of 1,150,779 KB.  Only problem is that the lives icons and action words are really large here - not full screen resolution like the others however and so doesnt look as good, but plays ok

 

I will re-try with different resolutions

 

Win 10 64bit

AMD Athlon II x 4 640 Processor 3ghz

 

Windows 10 is regular.

Unfortunately i've got no experience with AMD processors. Maybe that's a reason, tough i suspect more an audio card driver issue for the stuttering and sound shift.

Have you tried the different solutions ? Launch singe.exe as admin, generic driver, set to stereo and not 5.1 ?

[FP125]

Hey pal - thought would give one more go before bed lol

 

Got a bit further - not sure what I did!  I think I double clicked Singe and Singe32 AFTER I copied and pasted the folders in  - maybe

 

Anyway Menu does not work without amendments.  Cliff loads and I can see the menu-attract playing inside the cabinet (very neat) the audio jumping ahead still happening and the stuttering

 

One main thing, other games I put inside the Singe folder, i.e Platoon, not showing in the Menu when I scroll - just Cliff Hanger, but if Menu.bat amended from Singe\Script\menu.singe to just Singe/menu.singe, all my other games show - apart from Cliff Hanger

[Karis]

il y a 16 minutes, FP125 a dit :

Hey pal - thought would give one more go before bed lol

 

Got a bit further - not sure what I did!  I think I double clicked Singe and Singe32 AFTER I copied and pasted the folders in  - maybe

 

Anyway Menu does not work without amendments.  Cliff loads and I can see the menu-attract playing inside the cabinet (very neat) the audio jumping ahead still happening and the stuttering

 

One main thing, other games I put inside the Singe folder, i.e Platoon, not showing in the Menu when I scroll - just Cliff Hanger, but if Menu.bat amended from Singe\Script\menu.singe to just Singe/menu.singe, all my other games show - apart from Cliff Hanger

 

Let's say the menu works for you like this. We won't know why, but it works

 

So i did a few tests in 1440*900 (by the way why this unusual resolution ? Is it the limit of your monitor ? Personal choice ?) and had a few "Specified resolution is larger than the display"

That's normal because with the menu, the games are "pushed" and so not really sent like -w, but with the definition defined by the menu. By changing the parameters of games.dat to 1440 and 900 it works.

 

Another way is to lauch the game directly with a bat, and not with the menu.

The bats for each game are located in a specific folder indicated on the first page (it should be also there in Singe). Try to launch the Cliff.bat and tell me how it works.

 

Now, the audio is a different story. I need you to try those solutions above.

 

For the "better" version with overlay graphics too big. it's probably the 480p version.

With this version it's norrmal to have big overlay graphics because the "normal" overlay is 1080p.

One solution is to load the 480p overlay and to paste it over the 1080p overlay. You can find it here : https://mega.nz/folder/AbRTwSwD#Q_Mer3uqgA7iJLkyeL_3qQ

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modifié le 20 octobre 2021 par Karis

[NonsenseMedia]

New problem just showed up for me.  I've been trying to make a game of my own, but for some reason, when I try to open my .bat files, it opens for a split second, but closes entirely.  Anyone know why this may be the case?

 

EDIT: Figured it out.  Apparently I labelled a scene factor for scenes 2 and 3 as if instead of elseif.

Modifié le 20 octobre 2021 par NonsenseMedia

[Karis]

 

One small novelty.

 

Actually i'm lacking time, because of my job, but i just received my Sinden guns (working really well) and it gave me the motivation to finish Mad Dog 2 HD (it was 99% ready anyway) for release.

So you'll find the game link on the first page and normally it's working well.

 

You've got access to many options in the menu and you'll have the possibility to launch the game as Long/Short/End

 

Long will give you the full route with the 3 guides. With this option you'll see the "Good" ending.

Short is a way with only one guide (close to the normal game). If you finish with one credit you'll see the "Good" ending, otherwise you'll hve to replay at least once with anoither guide or it's "Bad" ending.

End is just the last chapters with the long and exciting final fight.

 

As usual, the game as been incorporated to the menu and the TP logo is available.

Please report any bug.

 

As a side note, i also corrected a reload bug in the first Mad Dog which is  also updated.

[mazinger4life]

Great job karis

[Tremolux]

il y a 11 minutes, Karis a dit :

 

One small novelty.

 

Actually i'm lacking time, because of my job, but i just received my Sinden guns (working really well) and it gave me the motivation to finish Mad Dog 2 HD (it was 99% ready anyway) for release.

So you'll find the game link on the first page and normally it's working well.

 

You've got access to many options in the menu and you'll have the possibility to launch the game as Long/Short/End

 

Long will give you the full route with the 3 guides. With this option you'll see the "Good" ending.

Short is a way with only one guide (close to the normal game). If you finish with one credit you'll see the "Good" ending, otherwise you'll hve to replay at least once with anoither guide or it's "Bad" ending.

End is just the last chapters with the long and exciting final fight.

 

As usual, the game as been incorporated to the menu and the TP logo is available.

Please report any bug.

 

As a side note, i also corrected a reload bug in the first Mad Dog which is  also updated.

[FP125]

Cheers must be my monitor as on display settings that is the recommended resolution and is fine

 

Tried changing resolution in games.dat to 1440 x 900 and audio still splutters and races ahead of the video in lo / basic lo - fine in hi, but stutters

 

However, good news is that overlay you posted works a treat - I was looking in all the .singe files to see if I could change font size somehow, but this is 100% working.  The audio on that video is fine as well on hi, no crackling.  

 

To be honest, more than happy with that as far better resolution than on my old Daphne set-up

 

You da man

 

 

[Karis]

Another quick update on DL2e

 

Poiu informed me that there was a problem with the death scenes past level 5. And he was right, i forgot one, causing the rest to shift.

You cans find a corrected script here:

 

https://mega.nz/file/5GwVjKQB#Xs8f2fSyPYF5CqB2xqt0heSlvrQjXbdrsuO5EYbPRFI

 

Just copy and paste at the root of the game.

[Karis]

il y a une heure, FP125 a dit :

Cheers must be my monitor as on display settings that is the recommended resolution and is fine

 

Tried changing resolution in games.dat to 1440 x 900 and audio still splutters and races ahead of the video in lo / basic lo - fine in hi, but stutters

 

However, good news is that overlay you posted works a treat - I was looking in all the .singe files to see if I could change font size somehow, but this is 100% working.  The audio on that video is fine as well on hi, no crackling.  

 

To be honest, more than happy with that as far better resolution than on my old Daphne set-up

 

You da man

 

 

Yeah, i think Graphics and sound are 2 different issues.

For the sound it's probably a driver issue.

 

But if you're happy with this version, then  fine.

 

Yes you can change the size of the font in Cliff.singe.

Please add this line somewhere after the beginiing: 

 

fontSize = 16    

 

You can, of course change the value to fit.

 

 

 

 

[Invité gig]

8 ore fa, Tremolux ha scritto:

As a side note, i also corrected a reload bug in the first Mad Dog which is  also updated.

 

Hi Karis.

Nice to see you back here, we missed you!

First , thanks a lot for your games and your help here.

 

Just a note, i've redownloaded the first maddog mc cree hd

and it gives me a error about missing framework,singe in the script directory.

 

Thanks.

[Karis]

il y a 53 minutes, gig a dit :

 

Hi Karis.

Nice to see you back here, we missed you!

First , thanks a lot for your games and your help here.

 

Just a note, i've redownloaded the first maddog mc cree hd

and it gives me a error about missing framework,singe in the script directory.

 

Thanks.

Strange but i'll check.

 

I just reuploaded everything, including framework.

[Invité gig]

4 minuti fa, Karis ha scritto:

Strange but i'll check.

 

I just reuploaded everything, including framework.

Thanks. just downloaded the framework now and i copied in script directory.

Now it works

Thanks