Supermodel Help

[Rik3Rr]

Hi all,

 

I started using Supermodel today with Launchbox in the hopes of playing the following games:

- Scud Race

- Daytona 2 USA Power Edition

- Star Wars Trilogy

I should mention that I'm using the latest Supermodel.exe in tandem with Supermodel UI, but I found a link to Supermodel UI from like 8 months ago. 

I ran into these issues. Any help provided is most appreciated!

1.) When I launch a game and go fullscreen, it seems like the fullscreen window is much larger than the display itself, but the resolution is set only to 1920x1080.

2.) Games seem to run too fast. I've tried changing the CPU frequency, and this seems to do something sometimes, but not always.

3.) Scud Race will not launch. I've tried multiple roms with no success.

4.) Are there certain commands I should run from Launchbox when launching? Or, certain commands I should place in the .ini file?

5.) When you play Star Wars Trilogy, what do you map the joystick to? An actual joystick, your mouse, or your 360 controller's stick? The last option seems quite difficult to use for aiming. Just curious of others' preferences.

 

Once again, thank you for the help!

 

[Your Friendly A.I Overlord]

3 hours ago, Rik3Rr said:

1.) When I launch a game and go fullscreen, it seems like the fullscreen window is much larger than the display itself, but the resolution is set only to 1920x1080.

Have you tried right clicking supermodel.exe > Properties > Compatibility >  High DPI scaling, tick the checkbox and set to "Application".

 

3 hours ago, Rik3Rr said:

2.) Games seem to run too fast. I've tried changing the CPU frequency, and this seems to do something sometimes, but not always.

In Supermodel.ini try if VSync=1 or Throttle=1 makes a difference.

 

3 hours ago, Rik3Rr said:

3.) Scud Race will not launch. I've tried multiple roms with no success.

scud.zip and scudplus.zip both work for me. Needs nothing special. When you start a game with Supermodel, Supermodel opens a command window. Look if it shows an error about your rom. Supermodel has a Games.xml were it lists (and checks) which roms a game zip must contain. (Model 3 roms / zips are part of full mame sets.)

*Edit*

Oh sorry. I jus remembered. For Scud race to work, you must start the game and enter the service menu. Then go to "game assignments" and set "Link ID" to "Single".

 

3 hours ago, Rik3Rr said:

4.) Are there certain commands I should run from Launchbox when launching? Or, certain commands I should place in the .ini file?

I use no command-line  parameters for Supermodel in LaunchBox. Everything is configured in Supermodel.ini.  If you want to specify per game settings you can add the rom name like this in Supermodel.ini:

[srally2]
PowerPCFrequency=100

 

 

3 hours ago, Rik3Rr said:

5.) When you play Star Wars Trilogy, what do you map the joystick to? An actual joystick, your mouse, or your 360 controller's stick? The last option seems quite difficult to use for aiming. Just curious of others' preferences.

I have yet to play Star Wars Trilogy. I haven't even configured the controls for Star Wars Trilogy yet.

Edited August 24, 2021 by Koroth

[Rik3Rr]

@Koroth, a sincere word of thanks for everything! I was able to fix all problems based on what you shared. Plus, I discovered that Scud Race Plus wasn't working because I needed to combine the scud.zip files with the scudplus.zip files, then re-zip everything as scudplus.zip. The Supermodel website FAQ said to do this, and sure enough, the game now launches! Thanks again.