Is it possible to make the trunk simply try again and not go into error state?

Awesome update

How are you able to update this code???

Thank you this is a great update. We are always having various trunk issues through out our 8 week league and I always thought there should be a way to reset it without restarting the game. I'll burn this and let you know if I find any errors.

One last suggestion. When the trunk thinks it's broken, a trunk test usually kicks it back into operation. What if when the trunk thinks it's broken it simply moved the opposite direction then a moment and tries to finish its original rotation and if that succeeds it clears the error. If not then to can go into broken status? It feels like you're super close to getting the trunk into a completely usable situation. It would be nice to have a solution that didn't involve opening the coin door. Is there also a timer in the code where the trunk needs to arrive to its designation in N milliseconds or it disables? It seems some while back I had a trunk that was a little slow and it constantly disabled itself. Perhaps upping that timer might also be very useful.

AWESOME work! This isn't a home ROM is it? Can it be used on location?

-Jay

I'm a bit confused on the Xdelta3 software. I'm using line command mode, and i've shortened the files names to make it less likely of a typo. Here's what i've tried, unsuccessfully at the MS-DOS prompt...

xdelta3 -d -s tom_15c.xd3 -f tom_v3.040

(where "tom_15c.xd3" is the Xdelta3 mod file provided by Soren, and "tom_v3.040" is the original ROM file for Theater of magic.) The "-d" parameter is for decompress. The "-s" parameter is the source file. The "-f" parameter is the overright feature (will overwrite the original TOM rom file.)

This info is from the Xdelta web site:
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The command-line syntax is like gzip, with the additional option -s SOURCE.
Like gzip, -d means to decompress. The default mode (-e) is to compress.
For output, -c and -f flags behave likewise (use standard output, force overwrite).
Unlike gzip, xdelta3 defaults to stdout (instead of having an automatic extension).
Without -s SOURCE, xdelta3 behaves like gzip for stdin/stdout purposes.

Compress examples:

xdelta3 -s SOURCE TARGET > OUT
xdelta3 -s SOURCE TARGET OUT
xdelta3 -s SOURCE < TARGET > OUT

Decompress examples:

xdelta3 -d -s SOURCE OUT > TARGET
xdelta3 -d -s SOURCE OUT TARGET
xdelta3 -d -s SOURCE < OUT > TARGET

There are several special command names, such as xdelta3 printdelta and xdelta3 test.

usage: xdelta3 [command/options] [input [output]]
special command names:
. . config prints xdelta3 configuration
. . decode decompress the input
. . encode compress the input
. . test run the builtin tests
special commands for VCDIFF inputs:
. . printdelta print information about the entire delta
. . printhdr print information about the first window
. . printhdrs print information about all windows
standard options:
-0 .. -9 compression level
-c use stdout
-d decompress
-e compress
-f force overwrite
-h show help
-q be quiet
-v be verbose (max 2)
-V show version
memory options:
-B bytes source window size
-W bytes input window size
compression options:
-s source source file to copy from (if any)
-S [djw|fgk] enable/disable secondary compression
-N disable small string-matching compression
-D disable external decompression (encode/decode)
-R disable external recompression (decode)
-n disable checksum (encode/decode)
-C soft config (encode, undocumented)
-A [apphead] disable/provide application header (encode)

The -A flag may be used to set application-specific data in the VCDIFF header (you may view with xdelta3 printhdr). By default, the application-specific data includes the source and input filenames, as well as descriptors to help with ExternalCompression. You can disable the application header with -A=.

anyone?

can you make the modes better? and make the wizard mode better? and make the scoring more adjusted?
i have and love the game but updated rules would be awesome.

This made me laugh, right there with you.
the scoring on this is more adjusted for tournament play, but as I hear the basement awards are not random any more on this which should be better for tournament and competitive play.

Clay,

Try:

xdelta3 -d -f -s tom_15c.xd3 tom_v3.040

thanks better but now says...
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not a VCDIFF input: xd3_invalid_input
Normally this indicates that the source file is incorrect
please verify the source file with sha1sum or equivalent
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All the file names are correct too. can't figure out what i'm doing wrong here...

Anyone install this with the Leon Trunk board??? Wondering if there are any issues??

Clay,

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/hash_my_files.html

Get the SHA1 hash of the file(s) to make sure nothing changed.

Marc

Ok i did that and they check out fine. any other ideas maybe? thanks!
or does someone just want to email me the patch TOM rom file?
[email protected]

Assuming because it's 1.3 the Tiger saw mod isn't supported? Is this patched for LED's?

If you are having the trunk stop working it is because the trunk is moving to slow and the game programing stops it.
20 year old game with 20 year old motor.
To get the trunk working correctly.

1. Email kimballspinballs and ask him for a new motor.
2. Reflow motor controller board.
3. Clean gearbox with break cleaner and regrease with super lube.
Don't skimp on the motor and use only the super lube!
My trunk has worked perfectly after I did this over a year ago.
The motor was about $90 with shipping as I recall but it restored this part of the game, a very important part as it is.

This Rom update should balance the scoring in tournaments and league play.
Fix the slow trunk problem correctly and you shall be rewarded.

Best wishes to all.
RVH

I only run Mac OS X, so I cannot make it for you, sorry. Hopefully someone else can.

Marc

Clay, hang on. Looking into this.
I think this is the command line you need by the way:

xdelta3.exe -d -s tom1_3x.rom "Theatre Of Magic U6 game ROM rev 15C.xd3" tompatched.rom

To make matters more complicated, the only binary for xdelta I could find for windows is xdelta3 gui which is compiled off an old version without LZMA compression support. So you'd have to recompile it from source (what a pain).

I tried it on one of my Linux machines:
sudo apt-get install xdelta3
then
xdelta3 -d -s tom1_3x.rom tom.xd3 tompatched.rom

And that seems to have worked.
http://pinballbulbs.com/files/tompatched.rom

bingo thanks mark!

using your syntax and my files, at the DOS prompt, i used:
C:\tom_rom>xdelta3 -d -s tom_v13.040 tom_v15c.xd3 tom_v15c.040

this created the new "tom_v15c.040" file from the original "tom_v13.040" file using the "tom_v15c.xd3" patch file.
thank you!

I think he is dissembling the assembly code, hence the patch.

Yep, no joking aside, the guy is a genius to be able to work at this level.

Hey where did you find the windows xdelta3.exe binary that worked with this?

the windows xdelta3.exe for windows came from the xdelta website.

Is it possible to patch the 1.4 tiger saw ROM if I am already using that code or does it only work with the 1.3 code

I have no idea how your able to understand assembly language, that shit is crazy.... Great to see a lot of these older games get fixed where they need it.

I'd be curious about this any idea if it makes a difference? I know they said there was another software reset bug... think I've only seen it once though.

On the PIC issue you can run "anypic.exe" on the ROM and it will run with any PIC chip (even from another game title.) I do this on most of my roms as a default, so i can switch CPU boards between games without having to change the PIC chip.

What operating system does it work on? I thought it needed an older version of Windows.

Why is this patch no longer available?