Yes - the games stutter in play (off and on) if sound is on. Some more than others. Mr Do! works quite well with sound on.


> Have you tested games with sound on Casio? Is there a big performance hit with
> sound enabled?
>
> > Hi everyone,
> > First off, MameCE3 now has game screens centered in most games !
> > A few odd ones seem to be fighting the fix, but I'll see if I can WhIP them
> into
> > shape by the next release. :) Thanks to Darren for his centering code. It
> didn't
> > exactly work for me but it helped me to figure out where to direct my energy.
> > FYI Darren, move your centering routines to the Create_Display routine and use
> a
> > static variable or 2. This will better optimize the draw_to_screen (blit)
> > routines, since Create_Display is only done once when you start the game.
> >
> > Second, Sound has been fixed in many games! Sound has been cleaned up a bit
> and
> > I think I fixed the memory leak that was being caused by it (cross your
> > fingers). Unfortunately there is now a discreet hum in the background but it
> is
> > very low and can almost be ignored now that the sounds work mostly correct in
> > many more games. Mr Do is much more playable now that the sound is working
> > right.
> > That annoying high pitched hum at the beggining of Donkey Kong turns out to be
> > music :) It is more understandable and I think, if I can fix that annoying low
> > hum in all games, it should also fix the problem in Donkey Kong.
> > My Sound routines are definitely improving and I will go back to tinkering
> with
> > them after I fix some other stuff.
> >
> > Next 2 hot fixes i'll be working on are, Screen rotation and On-Screen
> buttons.
> >
> > Thats it for the moment. If things go well expect a new release real soon :)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -Techmaster
> >
>