Hacking [RELEASE] PFBA: Portable Final Burn Alpha - official thread

[Spartk]

Hi, what are main differences between normal and mod version of PFBA? You know where an image-preview pack can be downloaded?

 

[Carlanga]

im trying to download game rom for this vpk...but kinda confused which one should i download....i got link for single pack, but its 11 GIG size..is really that big?

Its actually a few Gb more for split and wayyyy more for stand alones of dif regions

 

[rez78]

Hi, what are main differences between normal and mod version of PFBA? You know where an image-preview pack can be downloaded?

Google can help you ;-)

 

[KiiWii]

My favourite: Hyper street fighter 2 anniversary works great, thanks @cpasjuste

Is there a link to compatible roms in a list? (On pc not within the app please)

I have full sets on my recalbox, but I would just like to cherry pick compatible roms for on the go with vita.

Many thanks in advance!

 

[Spartk]

Google can help you ;-)

You would have done first to write "mod has neogeo support" instead of "google can help you"

 

[Pender666]

@cpasjuste @rsn8887 All games by Sega enters in the hardest difficulty and can't be changed. The games I tested was alien storm, super hang on, out run, golden axe and altered beast.

 

[CapoCEO]

Hello wanted to report a bug of sort when transferring zipped roms. If i use ftp to transfer zipped roms everything is fine but of course slow. If i decide to use a usb adapter to do the same thing the files transfer as they do but with a strange aftermath. Once the sd card is placed back in the pstv or a ps vita the games won't show even if you set it to all. I go into vitashell to see why and i noticed that for some reason the zipped file texts are all in caps and when i rename it back with low case letters the games show back up on the menu. For those always scratching their heads why they can't get roms to work this may be one of the main issues to fix your problems. This only occurs with pfba as ra doesn't do this. Love the emulator by the way!

 

[Spartk]

@cpasjuste @rsn8887 All games by Sega enters in the hardest difficulty and can't be changed. The games I tested was alien storm, super hang on, out run, golden axe and altered beast.

it happens with other non-sega games also. I've tried "Toki" and it starts at hardest difficulty. neogeo games start in free mode but at level-4 difficulty. there's no way to have access to dispwitches like in mame. i'd like to change some option like to add blood in metals slug games.

 

[Panzer_Baboon]

it happens with other non-sega games also. I've tried "Toki" and it starts at hardest difficulty. neogeo games start in free mode but at level-4 difficulty. there's no way to have access to dispwitches like in mame. i'd like to change some option like to add blood in metals slug games.

You can access the dip switches in neogeo games. I'm not sure if the settings save after leaving the game, though...

 

[Spartk]

You can access the dip switches in neogeo games. I'm not sure if the settings save after leaving the game, though...

how?

 

[Carlanga]

Hello wanted to report a bug of sort when transferring zipped roms. If i use ftp to transfer zipped roms everything is fine but of course slow. If i decide to use a usb adapter to do the same thing the files transfer as they do but with a strange aftermath. Once the sd card is placed back in the pstv or a ps vita the games won't show even if you set it to all. I go into vitashell to see why and i noticed that for some reason the zipped file texts are all in caps and when i rename it back with low case letters the games show back up on the menu. For those always scratching their heads why they can't get roms to work this may be one of the main issues to fix your problems. This only occurs with pfba as ra doesn't do this. Love the emulator by the way!

I use an sd adapter on my macbook air and they transfer lowercase.

What I wonder is how PFBA recognizes artwork? I use the libretro thumbnails and pfba doesn't recognize most of the artwork while retroarch shows them all. Is there any way to change the code for that or where to find another source for the artwork?

 

[Panzer_Baboon]

how?

Info is in the first post.

Select + Square after you've loaded the rom.

 

[Spartk]

Info is in the first post.

Select + Square after you've loaded the rom.

thanks

 

[DaveC1964]

The sound seems kind of choppy/stuttery for me on all games I tried, is there something I am doing wrong or some setting that needs changing?

 

[rsn8887]

That sucks. Having a portable machine where me and my friends can play Marvel vs. Capcom or Windjammers would’ve been awesome....

Well you can do the ad-hoc portable multiplayer games, just not with PFBA. Just use the NJEMU version 2.3.5 emulators (CPS1PSP, CPS2PSP, MVSPSP) in Adrenaline. They support ad-hoc network mode just fine, even on the Vita. It works great. I tested it yesterday between a Vita and a PSP. It might also be possible to use Retroarch's Netplay mode for ad-hoc portable play. Has anyone tried it?

 

[rsn8887]

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2) As far as artwork, I used some snaps from the retroarch library but only a few show up on pfba, is there a way to add snaps automatically when loading a game or what I'm doing wrong? is PFBA using the zip filename or the title like retroarch uses for their naming conventions?
TIA

Use the rom filenames for previews, e.g. ux0:/data/pfba/previews/1942kai.png . Use .png images. I never tested other image formats.

 

[ViLXDRYAD]

i found a bug trying to play mega drive games; you must rename them with the prefix md_ at the start of the filename to be detected by pfba BUT it still search for the rom without prefix for the files, so yea; you must have two copies of the same rom one with md_ and other without it, for example: sor2.zip and md_sor2.zip on the roms folder for it to load, and yet- it crash with error C2-12828-1 when trying to load any mega drive game so yea, btw i am using the rsn8887 mod version tho

edit: just filled the bug report here "github com rsn8887 pfba issues 1" tho

 

[Spartk]

Hi, do you experience input lag with PFBA Mod version and PSTV using a dualshock 4 wireless connected? any suggestion to reduce this? i disabled grafic filters and turned off all opiotns in power saving mode. thank you.

 

[Lineacero]

Hola me gustaria saber como jugar a los roms de Megadrive, msx, para este emulador, meto las roms pero no me funcionan las de megadrive, msx.
Los juegos r-type, r-type leo, hombre de las cavernas ninja de muy lentos en el emulador, se podria una actualizacion para mejorarlo.gracias.
interruptores DIP en juegos no funcionan, no se puede cambiar la dificultad, vidas, etc, se podria una actualizacion? .Muchas gracias

 

[Spartk]

Hola me gustaria saber como jugar a los roms de Megadrive, msx, para este emulador, meto las roms pero no me funcionan las de megadrive, msx.
Los juegos r-type, r-type leo, hombre de las cavernas ninja de muy lentos en el emulador, se podria una actualizacion para mejorarlo.gracias.
interruptores DIP en juegos no funcionan, no se puede cambiar la dificultad, vidas, etc, se podria una actualizacion? .Muchas gracias

i suggest to use dedicated emulators for snes and megadrive, such as genesisplusVita and snes9x.
in PFBA, if games run too slowly please disable graphic filters and enable frameskip. without filters and with frameskip most of games run at 60fps.
to access to dipswitches press select+square after starting a game. it doesn't work with every system game but, for example, it works with neogeo.