The Official Supermodel Work-in-Progress Thread

[Bart]

Another batch of Model 1 link in action (but on Wing War machine with Lamp function):


> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zot2gQ-EBh0
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CaOB95zb1c

I hope that they release the source code for their link board emulation. It would be very useful to us.

[dustyjo]

Oh I figured out how to do it on my own with cheat engine. :3c


EDIT: I think I broke it.

How did you do it? I'd love to give it a try.


EDIT: Never mind, I thought you said you did it without the cheat engine. I was curious if it was possible but was never able to get it working.

I'll explain anyway.

Basically what I did was modify the byte that sets which networked mode the game is in after it had already done the network board check. It's different than the byte for the actual network option in the menu for some reason. If you do this, though, it'll get stuck on the "WAITING FOR OTHER PLAYERS" part after you select a transmission. To fix this, set the byte to 00 (SINGLE) and immediately back to 01 (MASTER).

Second screenshot was made with network mode set to 03 (LIVE). Obviously it doesn't work.

[AnimalBear]

Another batch of Model 1 link in action (but on Wing War machine with Lamp function):


> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zot2gQ-EBh0
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CaOB95zb1c

I hope that they release the source code for their link board emulation. It would be very useful to us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzW77q9kPsk OMG!

[MichaelMichael54321]

Oh I figured out how to do it on my own with cheat engine. :3c


EDIT: I think I broke it.

How did you do it? I'd love to give it a try.


EDIT: Never mind, I thought you said you did it without the cheat engine. I was curious if it was possible but was never able to get it working.

I'll explain anyway.

Basically what I did was modify the byte that sets which networked mode the game is in after it had already done the network board check. It's different than the byte for the actual network option in the menu for some reason. If you do this, though, it'll get stuck on the "WAITING FOR OTHER PLAYERS" part after you select a transmission. To fix this, set the byte to 00 (SINGLE) and immediately back to 01 (MASTER).

Second screenshot was made with network mode set to 03 (LIVE). Obviously it doesn't work.

Still don't get what's going on.

[dustyjo]

Still don't get what's going on.

I put the game into network mode while it's running, so it doesn't complain that there's no network board present. It then loads up the multiplayer car number you selected in the service menu.

[nuexzz..]

Still don't get what's going on.

http://www.supermodel3.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=916

[Jiterdomer]

Another batch of Model 1 link in action (but on Wing War machine with Lamp function):


> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zot2gQ-EBh0
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CaOB95zb1c

I hope that they release the source code for their link board emulation. It would be very useful to us.

It's by the name of the German programmer for MAME is SailorSat. Looks like he taught how to emulate the link function from ElSemi

BTW, right now, he's testing Model 2 Emulation right now. So I can't wait to have him test Supermodel with this method cause nuexzz knows how to bypass the Network Error in Master Board.

[Jiterdomer]

Señor Nuexzz, can you try Scud Race with your method?

[MichaelMichael54321]

Still don't get what's going on.

http://www.supermodel3.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=916

Yeah, not going to be much help for now... I still don't know you bypassed that network error... with Cheat Engine or something? If you did, show me how to.

[dustyjo]

Exactly what I did:

[*]Start up supermodel and cheat engine, wait for attract mode to start, then hook cheat engine to supermodel.exe and search for all values of type "byte" with the value of 0.
[*]Now, go into the service menu and under Game Assignments set the machine to be "MASTER". Select what car # you want to be here as well. Exit the the service menu.
[*]When you get the "NETWORK BOARD NOT PRESENT" screen, search for the value "1" and click "next scan".
[*]Repeat the above two steps with "SLAVE" and "LIVE" modes, with values 2 and 3 respectively.
[*]Now set the machine back to "SINGLE" mode, and scan for the value 0 again during attract mode.
[*]You should have 6 or 7 memory locations listed on the left side now. Check if any of them change, and double-click the ones that don't to put them in the table at the bottom, and check the box on the left of each one.
[*]Set them all to "1". This shouldn't hurt anything, and we're going to find the proper value in the next steps.
[*]The select screen should pop up normally, but the cars will have their multiplayer skins. Go ahead and choose a track and car and all that stuff.
[*]You'll notice that it'll get stuck at "Waiting for other players" after the transmission select. To fix this, go back to cheat engine and start setting the values you found to 0.
[*]When you hear the sound of a car being started, you've found the right one. Immediately set this bit back to 1, and you can uncheck or delete the rest.
[*]That's it! You should now be driving the multiplayer car that you selected in the service menu.

Yes it's a bit complicated, but something like this could be implemented as an emulator function or a proper cheat. Also, you'll have to do this every time you start the program since the memory addresses change for some reason.

Señor Nuexzz, can you try Scud Race with your method?

I've tried mine with scud race, and the game just freezes immediately.