FBA_XXX_Pro_1.29_BETA release (codename "Banana Hammock")

[jantony]

1.regarding the skin problem i can change the skin to the default skin and change back to gilou skin without any problems.

2.i tried shinobi and never got any freezing issues,janthony were you playing the game for a few levels as i played for about 5-10mins and never had any issues.

3.regarding 1945k as far as i can tell that wavy effect isnt a glitch as i have seen this before in mame,you have to turn on one of the graphic filters and you dont get that issue.

it could be that you are playing it on a widescreen tv with the screen rotated ie stretched which causes that.well thats how i play it and i did notice this but as i said above.

4.gunbird works fine for me.

5.shadow dancer crashes when you try and exit the game during gameplay.

6.an odd thing i found with strikers 1945 3,if you play the game for the first time then you can play to about the second and third level,then once you exit out and go and play it again it will crash about halway through the first level.

but if you delete the strikers 1945 3 nv file in the fbaxxxpro folder then you can play right up to the third level usually.

 

Yeah, I have a wide screen tv. I know they were not thinking of making these games for home user's in mind, with 27'' - 52'' HDTV's. So I have to try that out with the graphic filter. Sometime I don't know if its my roms or not, some of them are missing files and I need to run them through romcenter or clr. I don't know how to do that, so I just play the games that load. Thanks for the tip.

[OOKAMI]

Test builded sent to everyone who request it.

 

Good luck and thanks. Moooooooooo!

 

EDIT: as always use the DATs included in the folder. Moooooooooooo!

 

Hello

 

request

 

thanks

[cba.gy]

For those with skin problems, i have found that having a "Default" skin installed makes things go away. Don't know why, it just does. Perhaps it just requires that directory, i dunno. Can't speak about the Gilou skin as i don't use it. I only use my own and another default that i made.

[waal]

1.regarding the skin problem i can change the skin to the default skin and change back to gilou skin without any problems.

2.i tried shinobi and never got any freezing issues,janthony were you playing the game for a few levels as i played for about 5-10mins and never had any issues.

3.regarding 1945k as far as i can tell that wavy effect isnt a glitch as i have seen this before in mame,you have to turn on one of the graphic filters and you dont get that issue.

it could be that you are playing it on a widescreen tv with the screen rotated ie stretched which causes that.well thats how i play it and i did notice this but as i said above.

4.gunbird works fine for me.

5.shadow dancer crashes when you try and exit the game during gameplay.

6.an odd thing i found with strikers 1945 3,if you play the game for the first time then you can play to about the second and third level,then once you exit out and go and play it again it will crash about halway through the first level.

but if you delete the strikers 1945 3 nv file in the fbaxxxpro folder then you can play right up to the third level usually.

 

Yeah, I have a wide screen tv. I know they were not thinking of making these games for home user's in mind, with 27'' - 52'' HDTV's. So I have to try that out with the graphic filter. Sometime I don't know if its my roms or not, some of them are missing files and I need to run them through romcenter or clr. I don't know how to do that, so I just play the games that load. Thanks for the tip.

 

 

1. Correct. My mistake, I merged the old and new folders when uploading. Should have renamed before updating.

2. All Shinobi sets plays OK except Set 1 & 2 => Black screen after "the romset is correct" was displayed.

4. Gunbird Korea, Japan and World were OK first. Then I had a black screen until I deleted CFG files in TDATA/FFFF504/CFG. Since it's ok. Some games like Dodonpachi/Donpachi worked again with this method.

5. I Confirm. Freeze then reboot needed.

 

Kenshiro, you have a PM.

 

cba.gy, each skin has to be in his own directory and it's ok.

 

Ah and I forgot to tell you that this release will be a great one when finalized. It's the first time I see Power Drift, G-Lock and Galaxy Force II on a TV set and it makes me feel soooo nostalgic.

Edited October 5, 2009 by waal

[- kenshiro -]

Thanks for all the report

 

Waal, i assume you send me the PM before realize you merged the two folder right? If yeah i gonna slap your butt.

 

Well due to the report i have a lot of things to recheck. The only things who annoying me is some people get troubles on some games, some others not. Please be sure to perform a clean install, delete all saves config files... Erm just keep the old folders, delete all files in it except roms folder, and upload the new one. Moooooooooooo!

[cba.gy]

cba.gy, each skin has to be in his own directory and it's ok.

Yes, well done. Thats neither what i said or what i meant.

Remember, its you having problems, not i !

[waal]

For those with skin problems, i have found that having a "Default" skin installed makes things go away. Don't know why, it just does. Perhaps it just requires that directory, i dunno. Can't speak about the Gilou skin as i don't use it. I only use my own and another default that i made.

cba.gy, each skin has to be in his own directory and it's ok.

Yes, well done. Thats neither what i said or what i meant.

Remember, its you having problems, not i !

Good for you and good for me, then.

I guess you know what you're doing too, even you weren't very clear before.

Actually, once a folder is selected you don't even have to keep a "default" folder for later use. The name doesn't matter, it's just it was named like that at start. Just look the way the original ini file is made.

 

Well, whatever...

 

Kenshiro,

 

I had this issue hours ago and posted about it here. I realized my error in between and that is why I didn't mention it again in my later PM .

Edited October 5, 2009 by waal

[cba.gy]

On having read through what i wrote, your right, its about as clear as mud.

What i meant was, if your launching a skin that maybe has a minor fault in the xml,

(not saying anyone has released bad xml)

the emulator seems to default and use settings from from "Default" skin folder.

(in my findings, although it could be hardcoded to the xbe)

Now if you have no default skin folder a black screen ensues.

Of course this could have all been just coincidence. Its something i was testing months back.

May not even happen with newer FBA betas.

Havent tested again as im only just focusing back on FBA after playing with Madmabs Xport emulators.

Another common reason for the black screen is when changing skin from a SD to a HD skin.

If you try to change skin, from the emulator options, to HD you are greeted with a black screen.

The accepted way to change to HD skins, is to launch a game, enter game options menu and make

the change to HD from there.

 

All a bit academic now anyway as you have it fixed.

[waal]

Good to know, Cba.gy. Thanks for the advice and I already know you're doing good !

[sbpaabck]

sorry to be a pain in the a$$ could someone hook me up with everything needed to get 1.29 up and running, don't have FBA installed on the xbox at all was wondering if there is an "all in one package" kicking about?

 

[The-Ice-Man]

There's a full 1.29 romset which includes one of the later builds of 1.29, over at a particular site. Which of course I can't link to and is invite only anyway. Someone may have shoved it on a torrent somewhere, I don't know.

[sbpaabck]

There's a full 1.29 romset which includes one of the later builds of 1.29, over at a particular site. Which of course I can't link to and is invite only anyway. Someone may have shoved it on a torrent somewhere, I don't know.

 

ok thanks anyway

 

 

edit - looked for the torrent but no joy oh well guess unless someone is willing to invite me to said site will just have to do without

Edited October 9, 2009 by sbpaabck

[waal]

Did you read my PM ? You won't have to register to the location I gave you.

Edited October 9, 2009 by waal

[sbpaabck]

Did you read my PM ? You won't have to register to the location I gave you.

 

Awwww you guys! thanks mate my night is made

[The-Ice-Man]

Had a feeling someone would have put it up somewhere else. Just so you know you're getting the full set, it should be over 5GB in size. If it's not, then it's not the set I was talking about.