Homebrew RELEASE pFBA: final burn alpha

[Purple_Shyguy]

Yeah I am dumb and forgot to run it with hekate, works like a charm, but getting a lot of Driver Init errors with some games.

You have to use a very specific Ron set for FBA or you get errors. The exact number is listed in this thread somewhere

 

[Felipe_9595]

You have to use a very specific Ron set for FBA or you get errors. The exact number is listed in this thread somewhere

Just got the entire romset of .42 and will test ina few minutes

 

[cpasjuste]

Good news, i finally managed to fix all (?) remaining bugs/crash for the fba 0.2.97.43 update and console prefix crap. I hope you'll enjoy
You can download it here : https://github.com/Cpasjuste/pfba/releases and here is the (basic) pFBA 1.55 changelog :

• update to FBA 0.2.97.43
• update/fix save states and nvram support (you NEED to delete old folders : "config" and "saves" to prevent crashes)
• remove m68k cyclone asm core support
• switch: disable single joycon support for now
• fix console roms, no prefix needed anymore, roms need to be in their respective directories :
  • pfba/megadriv
  • pfba/gamegear
  • pfba/sms
  • pfba/coleco
  • pfba/msx
  • pfba/sg1000
  • pfba/pce
  • pfba/tg16
  • pfba/sgx

 

[T-Error]

Thanks for fixing the rom paths. Seems to work fine. Had some sound distortion with megadrive roms but I only tried a 0.2.97.42 romset. I noticed some strange behaviour of the controllers. When the controllers are removed + is switched with the left thumbstick-button. Same with the pro controller. This is a bit annoying but still a great release.

 

[cpasjuste]

Thanks for fixing the rom paths. Seems to work fine. Had some sound distortion with megadrive roms but I only tried a 0.2.97.42 romset. I noticed some strange behaviour of the controllers. When the controllers are removed + is switched with the left thumbstick-button. Same with the pro controller. This is a bit annoying but still a great release.

Indeed, uploading a fixed build in a few seconds. I'll take a look at megadrive audio soon (be sure to use linear filtering for better performances when testing audio).

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Thanks for fixing the rom paths. Seems to work fine. Had some sound distortion with megadrive roms but I only tried a 0.2.97.42 romset. I noticed some strange behaviour of the controllers. When the controllers are removed + is switched with the left thumbstick-button. Same with the pro controller. This is a bit annoying but still a great release.

Just (re)uploaded (replaced) "pfba-1.55_switch.zip" on the release page so you can download it again (didn't want to make a new release for that).

 

[Leonidas87]

Good news, i finally managed to fix all (?) remaining bugs/crash for the fba 0.2.97.43 update and console prefix crap. I hope you'll enjoy
You can download it here : https://github.com/Cpasjuste/pfba/releases and here is the (basic) pFBA 1.55 changelog :

• update to FBA 0.2.97.43
• update/fix save states and nvram support (you NEED to delete old folders : "config" and "saves" to prevent crashes)
• remove m68k cyclone asm core support
• switch: disable single joycon support for now
• fix console roms, no prefix needed anymore, roms need to be in their respective directories :
  • pfba/megadriv
  • pfba/gamegear
  • pfba/sms
  • pfba/coleco
  • pfba/msx
  • pfba/sg1000
  • pfba/pce
  • pfba/tg16
  • pfba/sgx

Do bios files just go in the roms folder or does each bios have to be placed with it's own rom set, ie megadriv, famegear folder type of thing.

Not sure if bios path has changed or needs to be more specific now

 

[cpasjuste]

Do bios files just go in the roms folder or does each bios have to be placed with it's own rom set, ie megadriv, famegear folder type of thing.

Not sure if bios path has changed or needs to be more specific now

It "should" work in any rom folder.
Edit: well no, not sure of this anymore, It may only work from the respective dir

 

[T-Error]

Indeed, uploading a fixed build in a few seconds. I'll take a look at megadrive audio soon (be sure to use linear filtering for better performances when testing audio).

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Just (re)uploaded (replaced) "pfba-1.55_switch.zip" on the release page so you can download it again (didn't want to make a new release for that).

Nice I'll try when I'm back home with a .43 romset. I indeed only tested with point filtering.
EDIT: Linear filtering makes it worse. Tested with Streets of Rage 2 for Megadrive. I'm now transferring the .43 romset to my SD to test if it works better. Takes a while...

 

[reminon]

Nice I'll try when I'm back home with a .43 romset. I indeed only tested with point filtering.
EDIT: Linear filtering makes it worse. Tested with Streets of Rage 2 for Megadrive. I'm now transferring the .43 romset to my SD to test if it works better. Takes a while...

I scoured the net, and could not find a 43 romset. Lol I've been using a complete 42 set.

 

[jose1209]

Thanks a lot for the new relese,
got to rename the files to remove the prefix.

there's something missing in the menu IMO. making possible tagging favorite games.

there's thousands of possible games in various hardware, nice thing in the menu is to choose from hardware or all files but the ability to tag our own favorite games should be a must !

about the msx, the speed seems to fast, 50hz/60hz ?
there's many games useless because they need keyboard entry to start... for most of them typing return, 0, 1, F1, F5 should be enough, there's manu buttons not used on msx, it's should be nice to set X,Y,L,R,L3,R3 to theses key's.

the emulator is only msx1, maybe just using a msx2 bios should enough to the emu to run msx2 games (metal gear, king's valley 2 (MSX2), the alternative king's valley 2, space manbow, vampire killer etc..)

beside all this , this is the best emulator so far on switch and thanks a lot for all the time spend porting this to this console.

 

[Felipe_9595]

Same problem, can´t find a .43 romset. Also, single joycon support was working flawlessly on the past release, I played a lot of stuff with my GF on the way home in the bus hahaha

Does this update fix the random crashes in docked mode?

 

[cpasjuste]

Same problem, can´t find a .43 romset. Also, single joycon support was working flawlessly on the past release, I played a lot of stuff with my GF on the way home in the bus hahaha

Does this update fix the random crashes in docked mode?

I'll add single joycon support back as soon as possible (some days/weeks).
Else I'm unable to test in docked mode (too much work/setup) so... I don't know

 

[Felipe_9595]

I'll add single joycon support back as soon as possible (some days/weeks).
Else I'm unable to test in docked mode (too much work/setup) so... I don't know

Gotcha, will give it a test in a few minutes, if not I will just fall back to 1.54

 

[T-Error]

I've tested a few games of the .43 romset and doesn't work better then the .42 so I guess most people could stay with that romset. BTW you could easily find a .43 romset on google guys.
@cpasjuste: I just realized that for the previews and titles of the roms that are stored in folders like megadrive need this md_ prefix because they all share the same folder but they dont show up in 1.55. I guess you're looking for them without the prefix because duplicate(available on different systems) titles show up.

 

[cpasjuste]

I've tested a few games of the .43 romset and doesn't work better then the .42 so I guess most people could stay with that romset. BTW you could easily find a .43 romset on google guys.
@cpasjuste: I just realized that for the previews and titles of the roms that are stored in folders like megadrive need this md_ prefix because they all share the same folder but they dont show up in 1.55. I guess you're looking for them without the prefix because duplicate(available on different systems) titles show up.

Good finding, it's now on the todo list !

 

[Zumoly]

I just wanted to chime in and say thanks one more time for this awesome release! Cause it should be release.rather than WIP imo.
It's like night and day comparing ver 1.55 with other versions. Previously my megadrive games had stutter sound but with this version, I feel like I'm on my very console!
Kudos @cpasjuste

 

[jose1209]

I've tested a few games of the .43 romset and doesn't work better then the .42 so I guess most people could stay with that romset. BTW you could easily find a .43 romset on google guys.
@cpasjuste: I just realized that for the previews and titles of the roms that are stored in folders like megadrive need this md_ prefix because they all share the same folder but they dont show up in 1.55. I guess you're looking for them without the prefix because duplicate(available on different systems) titles show up.

yes i wrote earlyer

 

[subcon959]

I just wanted to chime in and say thanks one more time for this awesome release! Cause it should be release.rather than WIP imo.
It's like night and day comparing ver 1.55 with other versions. Previously my megadrive games had stutter sound but with this version, I feel like I'm on my very console!
Kudos @cpasjuste

Which romset are you using?

 

[lordelan]

I'll add single joycon support back as soon as possible (some days/weeks).
Else I'm unable to test in docked mode (too much work/setup) so... I don't know

Thx for the update man!
As I'm far away from my Switch right now, just out of curiousity ... what happens if I pair two Pro Controllers before I start pFBA?
Or doesn't have the new update any multiplayer capabilities in general until you get that thing fixed?

 

[cpasjuste]

Thx for the update man!
As I'm far away from my Switch right now, just out of curiousity ... what happens if I pair two Pro Controllers before I start pFBA?
Or doesn't have the new update any multiplayer capabilities in general until you get that thing fixed?

Multiplayer support is still there , just single joycon not working anymore.