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Ok here we go: 'Others' Section issues -- HD mode gunbird.zip -- will always freeze when entering the in-game menu. Needs reboot afterward sailormn.zip -- gives 'There was an error starting rom" screen tengai.zip -- gives "There was an error starting rom" screen zerowing.zip -- boots to black screen with sound only, no graphics esprade.zip -- hangs at "Launching game.." screen. Needs reboot afterward guwange.zip -- boots with only background scrolling. No sprites are visible. It will eventually freeze if I leave the attract mode on or try playing it. Strange thing is, I got it to work one time by choosing it as first game when starting the emulator, but it still froze after a few minutes. Could be a memory issue.

Which games cause problems? Give me just a minute and I will tell you Mr. ballbreaker.

Ok thanks for the report I will be have 1 holiday week in 2 days, i'll have the time to look at it. Mooooooooooooooo! Thank you, my friend, for doing what you do. PS: Since you have that holiday week, then maybe you can look at the Others roms for HD mode too.

Ok I got it. NeoGeo HD test 05/27/09 aof3.zip -- will hang at the "Launching game..." message after selecting it The rest of the games below will give the "There was an error starting rom" message and the flashing background screen: breakrev.zip kof95.zip kizuna.zip pulstar.zip rbff1.zip samsho3.zip wakuwak7.zip If you select one of these, then it will fail to launch it. From there, you will have to reset the emulator because no more NeoGeo games will work until you do. This seems like an easy issue to track down, Kenshiro. CPS1 and CPS2 are all working great.

Back from work. I almost have a list of NeoGeo issues completed that need to be fixed for HD mode. Sometimes when you start a game, it will cause an "error starting game screen" to come up. Once this happens, no more games will start up -- even ones that worked before. If I do not select certain games, then the problem does not happen. Here is an example: I can play all of the Metal slugs, but as soon as I exit and try to start Waku Waku 7, the game will give the "error starting game" screen. If I go back to Metal Slug after that, then it will do the error screen too and so will all games after that. Waku Waku 7 is one of the games that always causes this issue. I will post back with the rest of them.

So far, all of the CPS2 roms I've tried boot in 720P and run better than they do on 1.28. I have tried all of the bigger ones like Progear, Xmen:cota, the Marvel games, SFA3, and Vampire Savior. I am still testing/playing, so I will be back. Happy to know it works... but now i'm really frustrated with the issue lol, but that's minor it will be solved! And no, that's not the last build. I need to work on Neogeo games which have issue in HD. Moooooooooo! The best thing to do is etablished a list of Neogeo issues, then i will track them down. I will be back with a list of NeoGeo issues when I get off work. Since it's not the last build yet, then maybe you can also address the 'others/cave' section for 720P mode too I know I am pushing my luck. You truly are an awesome coder. I almost got no sleep at all from playing so much. See you in a bit.

Sadly, that seems to be the case. Having work, family, and a special lady in your life does not leave much time for him to do this. I have the same things, so I can definitely understand his decision exactly. The improvements he has made to his builds must have taken a lot of work and time to do. We may be lucky if he decides to take care of any bugs discovered with this build -- if there are any. I have not found any issues besides the first rom booting to a black screen in 720P. From the release log, it shows Kenshiro already knows about that. So far, all of the CPS2 roms I've tried boot in 720P and run better than they do on 1.28. I have tried all of the bigger ones like Progear, Xmen:cota, the Marvel games, SFA3, and Vampire Savior. I am still testing/playing, so I will be back. Kenshiro is going to be busting my balls if I don't act right.

Just took down Magneto on Xmen: Children of the Atom. No wonder my Sega Saturn port did not handle it well. Too much sprite power to emulate for it. Now I am halfway through a run on SFA3. All is going great so far. An "old" guy like me (31yrsold) who lived in arcades with these games in their prime, can really get hooked on this. Gonna try Vampire Savior next. 720P is going marvelous so far.

Hah, no way did I compile the code. I have no clue how to do that -- that is Kenshiro's specialty. It should be in your email. If not, you can give me your email address and I will link you to it.

[mode ballbreaker ON] Can you tell me at least if you load a CPS2 game on 720P? I'm really curious to know lol[mode ballbreaker OFF] Sorry! I had to gets some things straight with the GF first. I am playing Marvel Vs Capcom right now in 720P. It is so badass, that I have only tried two games because its so hard to stop playing it. I will post back with more because I have not tried that many games. But 'mvsc' parent set works great so far. PS: Ouch!!! Mr. ballbreaker. You can crack a mean whip!!

I give a BIG "thank you" to you Kenshiro. You don't know how much I appreciate you doing this. I know everyone else here does appreciate it too. I am installing it right now and I will be testing it a lot since I made time for this evening. PS: Get some rest!!!

It has not been released yet. We must be patient. Good things take time to get made.

This was a great idea to make the emulator work this way. Having sprite data on the HDD was a brilliant idea. It's probably why it works so much better than 1.28. Since I have plenty of extra space on my HDD, I can really appreciate this.

It takes about 25 to 30 seconds at the most on 1.28. But your build seems to emulate things more accurately, so that could be why. The 1.28 version seems to be skipping some frames of animation. The sprites in 1.29 seem to be more fluid -- I can tell anyway. By the way, I noticed that your build has great sound quality. I have been playing it every chance I get. With the fixes done and the code finished, I am very excited. You deserve a great nights sleep and a few drinks. Please get some rest and have a good night.

How much this whore cost? Hopefully not too much Did you see my recent posts? I respond to your questions about the freezes. Everyone should be very excited that you have come through for us one more time. I am so very excited about this and your work, time, and effort is appreciated. The best FBA version ever released on the Xbox is coming.

I need more specific infos. Try reproduce it - and tell me exactly which games you launched For the NeoGeo section, I can confirm that the freeze problem is just for King of Fighters 95. It freezes every time going into the in-game menu. Some CPS2 games will also freeze, but we know that is because of the VMM issue that you already know about. Also, I know that you did not ask about this, but none of the Dipswitches for the Cave games show up when selecting them from the menu. I could see them in your earlier build, but not the May 15th one. I tried to be a good tester, but I understand that you are moving on. I will not post anymore about these issues because these were the only ones left. The build can be perfect if you make one more release. It is so close. Thank you my friend for the work you did. Like I said, I am going to keep in touch.

Yes we got the message. He actually asked about this issue in an earlier post after he announced he was done with FBA. I was honoring his request, though I understand that he may compile one last build. Narrowed down the freeze to KOF '95. It freezes every time I go into the in-game menu no matter what.

Bug Report: On the latest May 15th release, I have just played Baseball Stars 2 and then switched immediately to KOF '95. I press the right stick to go to the menu, and then as soon as I press A to get into the in-game menu, the emulator freezes.

This happened to me too, fu. It seems that Kenshiro's needs to be installed cleanly. It has to have its own ffff0504 'save' and ini files. It could also have something to do with the skin names. When upgrading skins, you have to make sure that they are named correctly. You might want to check that. Have you changed any skins lately? I'm hoping to just have only Kenshiro's version on my Xbox.

I need more specific infos. Try reproduce it - and tell me exactly which games you launched You simply have not the correct sets names, you have to renanme it I see a possible reason... Have the same problem with KOM2, View point for example? Yes. The problem is the same for those. I documented it. I will go try and reproduce the hard freeze when going into the in-game menu. The two times it happened were when I would click the right thumbstick to go into the menu after playing four or five games in a row. I will post back in few minutes with results. Getting the May 15th build set up that I just got from fumanchu, then I will be back.

Just got back from the store. Thanks a bunch fumanchu, I really appreciate it. I should have it up and running in matter of minutes.

You are the best, Kenshiro!!!! You can have many huge kisses when we get it My GF is gonna be so jealous. PS: Thank you for everything. After spending countless hours now with playing 1.29c, I can tell that you really care about what you do. That is why I care so much that you are leaving. I don't usually post on forums a lot.

Hey kenshiro!! I beg of you -- PLEASE release on last build with CPS2 games working with 720P. I now understand why you will not lead the project, but please do this. I cannot find the latest release you made that fixes the roms folders -- if you release a new one that handles the CPS2 games and that (which I missed) then I will love you forever Life is hectic and I understand now why you have made your choice. Please ignore the post above this. That was just me being sad to see you go -- I just found you I ask that you will consider to compile or release one last build and continue to stop by and say Hi. i have your email so even if you don't do this, I will still keep in contact with you to see how you are doing. Best wishes my friend. I am only here because I love these old games too and your work on this emulator shows that you do too.

I am truly, truly so disappointed by today's news. I guess it doesn't matter now. The emulator will never be finished. 720P support for some of the games, but not for the rest of them is even more of an issue which is why I put it as number 1. Thanks for letting me know that there is a version out there that fixes the rom folder issue, but I may not ever be able to find it. He normally sent builds to everyone's email, but I was left out of that one somehow. I wish Kenshiro the best and I really hope he's doing well. Even though he quit the project, I hope he doesn't forget about us.

I hoped that Kenshiro would give us one more build with: 1. CPS2 720P support - Because some day everyone will have an HDTV. This will make the emulator future proof. I also only have a VGA monitor that has a native resolution of 720P. 480I or 480P scales horribly on it and there is a ton of input lag when I use those. I need 720P to use the emulator properly. The NeoGeo games are so awesome. Too bad CPS2 will never be. Many popular CPS2 games just don't work in 720P. 2. The NeoGeo roms placed in the NeoGeo folder. They are still in the Others section on the latest release by default. I double checked. FBA is all I use my Xbox for. Kenshiro's was definitely going to replace 1.28 on my Xbox, but without 720P for the rest of the games, it could not be possible. He has made so many improvements that a casual user would not be able to see. It is truly sad that this emu will never see its full potential. Porting the latest FBA from PC and cleaning up the code was a great idea.