TeknoNecro

49 minutes ago, dradyoz said:

2025 pga needs a password via pixeldrain - can anyone accommodate 😞

Come on man, did you even read any of the other posts in thread?  It’s clearly listed on the 2nd page of posts in this thread…

Golden Tee 2014 v9.04.09 is not support by Teknoparrot, the version needed is Golden Tee 2014 v9.04.06

It’s doubtful there will be a standalone version coming. The original game required a dongle with some type of encryption for the exe & DLL. Seeing as no new decrypted files were released to play the game, it’s highly likely Teknoparrot has emulated the dongle itself. Otherwise if it was just a patch to remove the dongle checks, After Dark would have been playable as a standalone game a long time ago.

So yeah, what JC said 😉

Did you do the coin fix mentioned 11 posts up by hippopippo?

Reaver announced it on his live stream Saturday that we’d have to wait for coffeeman to get back and add it.

All public dumps are encrypted and will not work with TP once supported.  The difference between v1.1 and v2.3 is that UNIS got in trouble for After Dark looking like an unauthorized Van Helsing (the Hugh Jackman version) arcade game.  So, for v2.3 a few characters had name changes and the hero had a partial face mask to hide Van Helsings's face.  But other than text, audio and graphics data changes to account for that, the versions are identical in all other aspects. 

the Shell directory is where the Service / Test menu stuff is stored and run from. So those actual functions as per a real machine will not be available. And it includes the unofficial pre-release DemulShooter BepInEx plugin and setup. So yeah it "runs" in a hacky way. Guess you could wait for a day or two for "official" support by DemulShooter or TeknoParrot.  But you may need to redownload a "full" version for those.

If you have the tools to read the USB dongle and or decrypt the v1.53 exe these are the supposed key info:

Jurassic Park 3415 2762
Vendor ID: 17F3F [98111]
Vendor Password:3415 2762 [873801570]
Vendor AES: 20951A452F147B1734E310067062FD3B
 

jcstahl1, seems like you are always the ONLY one 😁

All in good time. Work has been completed behind the scenes to build the proper archive from a real machine. Now it's a matter of propagating.  I'm quite sure the "one" will appear with a link soon enough.

Just a note: Use ALT-F4 to quit, hitting the ESC will crash the program.  Even though I support TP and have a sub, I tried it, it worked without issues in full screen mode in 4K and it looked great.

Plugin already bumped up to v1.4 with additional fixes.

11 hours ago, jcstahl1 said:

just checked it now and it's still up.  don't know why he'd ban you.  you're not the one who emailed him about stealing and profiting from other people's work 😉 that email was obvious received since he updated the link, but he didn't have the balls to reply.

Yeah... silly, VPN gets me there no problem. hahahahahahaha

For the record, I support the archival backup and sharing of ROMs (and yes, the sharing part is technically illegal). However, I’m 100% against those that sell ROMs. And it’s a bullshit statement/argument that "I’m not ‘selling’ ROMs, just selling HDs and you’re paying me for my time to copy/replicate the HDs." Just be honest, you’re selling ROMs and that disclaimer isn’t legal protection.

I also believe that a 20 year old Arcade PCB no longer in production or distribution being emulated isn’t a financial loss for a company that might not actually be in business anymore. Many of the games emulated by TP aren’t actual revenue streams for the developer either. The sale of the original hardware was the revenue stream. In fact, the rise of the emulation scene created a realization for some companies that the "retro" packs / releases was an economic viability. Those retro packs would never have come to market without emulation and companies seeing the potential to monetize the emulation movement.

How many of these retro releases do you think use code straight out of MAME without compensation? Do you actually think all the Arcade1up releases use NO MAME code? The MAME emulation code is one of the most stressed tested code bases there is anywhere and it can be commercially used without royalties.

In a system like Golden Tee with year after year upgrades that overwrites the previous year, there is a danger that the oldest years can eventually be lost forever. So each of these years should be archived.

Time to get down off my soapbox…

If I try and go there I get the 403 "forbidden" error 😎

but that would be the last place I need to source ROMs. 😉   I’m guessing the owner lurks on these forums for his source of ROMs 🧐 because this is the first place they show up. Talk about hypocrisy 🤣😂🤣

Either Romcollector is down or they have banned me 🤪

ouch…😭

There was a time when original posters simply stated up front "grab and mirror" and then killed the link in like a day or two.  It'd be on Mega and if you didn't grab it, it was gone quickly and most of the time few if anyone ever bothered to mirror it.

RomCollector.com charges for ROM collections and tries to charges for downloading various Golden Tee links and other IT games. Why would anyone want to post a link and pay for bandwidth when this guy charges others for the download and then hijacks the link we supply here.

Guys like that will end up drying up ROM releases. He distributes the ROMs for profit, we do it for preservation. We’re not making a profit off the effort and don’t want to, but sure as hell we’re not going to let others blatantly profit from these efforts.

Eventually all the ROMs will be shared in private and will become harder and harder to find because of guys like RomCollector.

Here, let’s return the favor:  https://www.romcollector.com/teknoparrot-downloads-i-48.html

Go there and download from his links 🤪
 

At least Golden Tee 2011 was NOT password protected, I tried it.... hahahaha

Seriously, from at least gt2007 through gt2011 (5 sets) jcstahl1 has provided access to a viable / correct ROM set within an hour of being supported by TP… and people whine and complain about a tiny bit of effort REQUIRED to add the DB?

Let’s be happy with what we get and be willing to put forth a little bit of effort to enjoy these fun games.

If you can’t say thank you, say nothing and move on.

Thanks jcstahl1

4 minutes ago, Dutchman2000 said:

Nope, that is the exact version I am using.  The folder is in the same folder the EXE is in.  When it launches, I get the title screen with the printer message.   No config file created.  

So, you have the directory "BepInEx" with doorstop_version, changelog.txt, doorstop_config.ini & winhttp.dll in the same directory as bowling.exe... then inside the BepInEx directory you have the "plugins" directory with the TP dll in that?  and it still doesn't work?  That's the same exact instructions I followed and I'm able to play on i7 with nVidia 2080 card no problems.

If it crashes, it's 99.99% DB issue....

T = Test mode and it looks like the numpad left / right also work for hook.

Also playing around with the game:  Pause/Break = Pause

But if you set the game to Coin mode, I cannot seem to find a key that works for coins

Hhmmm… you’ve come through again, thanks jcstahl1 😉

If you check the file "Adjustables" and Adjustables.bak" there is this "printerEnabled|0|"  But looking at the settings for other things, "0" is off and "1" is on.  The default is 0 (off).  So if yours is off then it shouldn't even check if the printer has paper.  Or who knows, maybe it's related to some type of protection.

Well, there are 4 INI files, Game.ini, 2 Install.ini (one in the Shell directory & 1 in the pvz directory) and finally Launcher.ini and all have a some "Dicrectory=C:\Sega\" something  ...  Though in Game.ini it's used twice, once to point to game assets too. so maybe once it's running someone can experiment with making the "C:\" into ".." to see if that will allow for current directory?  Who knows, might not be so limiting then? Just a thought as the game specifically forces that directory tree.