Sorry, my fault. The older files came from my previous installation.
Can I keep it in the plugins pack? or will it cause some kind of conflicts?
Edit: I just saw it was renamed to handy
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Hacking The Great Quest for Wiiflow Plugins™ - A call for adventurers!
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Can I keep it in the plugins pack? or will it cause some kind of conflicts?
Edit: I just saw it was renamed to handy
[S]@SuperrSonic[/S] I have an issue with the Fba CPS core. The 2nd player controls are not working and I can't remap them.
It cannot register any input, even home is not responding.
@RunningSnakes confirmed this issue. He isolated CPS2 and tested some older hexaeco versions, but all of them have this problem.
Maybe this is something you already know, but I thought it was worth reporting.
All Working, sorry. There has to be an input.cfg conflict somewhere.
It cannot register any input, even home is not responding.
@RunningSnakes confirmed this issue. He isolated CPS2 and tested some older hexaeco versions, but all of them have this problem.
Maybe this is something you already know, but I thought it was worth reporting.
All Working, sorry. There has to be an input.cfg conflict somewhere.
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It is definitely CPS2 core conflict. With fresh install, all MAME and FBA cores work cohesively after changing 2P configuration. CPS2 2P will work if you install and play after 2P configuration has been set by another FBA/MAME core. If you configure 2P input with any FBA/MAME after CPS2 core install, all FBA/MAME cores 2P will not function, even if you set 2P input cfg to it's original state. In my testing, all other console/legacy cores are not affected and do not create conflict with FBA/MAME cores. Maybe the mod cores will come in handy after all @Tetsuo Shima
I can certainly complete what is missing. I just updated my magic numbers with your newest platform.ini, so I'll see what you have all included, and send you the link when completed. You can use them any way you think is best.
I can certainly complete what is missing. I just updated my magic numbers with your newest platform.ini, so I'll see what you have all included, and send you the link when completed. You can use them any way you think is best.
@Tetsuo Shima ... SuperrSonic has released an update to RA-Hexaeco. He added DOSBox and a few arcade cores with some fixes on others. It seems the 2P bug is fixed in my minimal testing.
Wanted to give a shout out to @SuperrSonic ...
Thank You sir. I appreciate everything you have done for the Wii community. Thanks for your continued support on many projects.
Thank You sir. I appreciate everything you have done for the Wii community. Thanks for your continued support on many projects.
Excuse my ignorance, but what it is Hexaeco, I know RA it's for retroarch, but the rest... I dont, benefits? Advantages? Cons?
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RA-SS Hexaeco is a simplified modification of RA. I truly believe Hexaeco is improved in every area, more specifically input & video configuration. It runs independently from the official RA, so if you know how to use/navigate RA well, I urge you to install and see for yourself. If you are a RA emulation fan, you will not be disappointed with what RA-SS Hexaeco has to offer.
I am doing a totally visually modified wiiflow project with arcade section. consoles. computers, wii and portable consoles and in the end I will use practically all the ra hexaeco cores because they are very stable and allow certain modifications, especially in video, to respect the native resolutions of the original systems. it will be primarily intended to be played on crt televisions over rgb. I have little left. as soon as I finish it you will have the contribution to download along with the covers of the entire mega / sega cd catalog with photorealistic quality, the videos of the games and fanart
From the creators of "DCVG5K - The Ultimate Solution" arrives... "ELEKTRONIKA BK - The Last Crusade"!!...
Hello, my Wii scene friends! Last weeks I've been updating my old and outdated PSP emulators. Recently I discovered that new cores were added to PSP Retroarch, Elektronika BK core among them.
I put the BK core in my PSP, I put the BK bios on the Retroarch System folder, I loaded a BK game and... same issue that Wii BK core. It restarts and exits to PSP menu.
But then, I read in the QUASI88 (NEC PC8801 emulator) libreto that some bios files could be in "System" folder but also in an specific folder. So, then I put the BK bios on a "BK" subfolder into "System" folder, tested BK core again and... voilà!!
So, Elektronika BK core is functional on Wii and PSP. But I can't understand well this emulator, it only has a few games and the core has not virtual keyboard. To be honest, I have tested only 3 games and the best performance I got is that intro screen you can see above.
But I'll keep testing this BK core in PSP and Wii (also I'll test a PC emulator in order to understand better how this computer works) and I hope to get it playable.
P.S.: The updated core of BK from Retroarch also has only support for Retropad on Wii. It can't detect properly the Wii Controller in-game. Better test it on the BK core that was included on latest Tetsuo's Plugins Pack. BK BIOS could easilly be found on recent Retroarch BIOS packs (remember put them in their "BK" folder inside "SYSTEM" bios folder).
Hello, my Wii scene friends! Last weeks I've been updating my old and outdated PSP emulators. Recently I discovered that new cores were added to PSP Retroarch, Elektronika BK core among them.
I put the BK core in my PSP, I put the BK bios on the Retroarch System folder, I loaded a BK game and... same issue that Wii BK core. It restarts and exits to PSP menu.
But then, I read in the QUASI88 (NEC PC8801 emulator) libreto that some bios files could be in "System" folder but also in an specific folder. So, then I put the BK bios on a "BK" subfolder into "System" folder, tested BK core again and... voilà!!
But I'll keep testing this BK core in PSP and Wii (also I'll test a PC emulator in order to understand better how this computer works) and I hope to get it playable.
P.S.: The updated core of BK from Retroarch also has only support for Retropad on Wii. It can't detect properly the Wii Controller in-game. Better test it on the BK core that was included on latest Tetsuo's Plugins Pack. BK BIOS could easilly be found on recent Retroarch BIOS packs (remember put them in their "BK" folder inside "SYSTEM" bios folder).
I also want to tell you about a new Retroarch core available for Wii that I discovered updating my PSP emulators. It's a Fairchild Channel F emulator. It is supossed to be the very first console that made use of changeable cartridge games (one year before the Atari 2600)...
It was developed by Jerry Lawson, and he got his well deserved credit in "High Score" Netflix documentary...
Now, Wii users can play this console thanks to Freechaf (Fairchild Channel F) core. It has some really stunning PacMan port...
This core need 3 bios files (sl31253.bin, sl31254.bin and sl90025.bin). This time they must be (as usual) on "SYSTEM" folder.
I could play it very well on PSP, but the Wii core, as I said on BK core, it only has support for Retropad controller (I couldnt manage to use it with Wiimote or Wii Classic Controller), so I only was able to get that two screens on the Wii core port.
I downloaded that cores from...
Also I ran them as "standalone" emulator, I have not tested them as Wiiflow plugins. If someone manage to get them work with Wiimote (or Wii Classic Controller) and run them as Wiiflow plugins, his help will be appreciated.
Thank you my friends! See you soon!
Wow @0arsoluto! I read you on Youtube, and that are great news about that modded Wiiflow you are working on. We're hoping testing that Wiiflow!
It was developed by Jerry Lawson, and he got his well deserved credit in "High Score" Netflix documentary...
Now, Wii users can play this console thanks to Freechaf (Fairchild Channel F) core. It has some really stunning PacMan port...
I could play it very well on PSP, but the Wii core, as I said on BK core, it only has support for Retropad controller (I couldnt manage to use it with Wiimote or Wii Classic Controller), so I only was able to get that two screens on the Wii core port.
I downloaded that cores from...
Also I ran them as "standalone" emulator, I have not tested them as Wiiflow plugins. If someone manage to get them work with Wiimote (or Wii Classic Controller) and run them as Wiiflow plugins, his help will be appreciated.
Thank you my friends! See you soon!
Wow @0arsoluto! I read you on Youtube, and that are great news about that modded Wiiflow you are working on. We're hoping testing that Wiiflow!
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...I guess I could as well bump this.
Here's the situation: since a week or two I've been busy slowly rebuilding my old wii to take advantage of the fancy wiiflow skins (ahem...Rhapsodii shima, following this thread). Now that all that is done (inclusing the long process of getting all the correct boxcovers for everything), I find this thread with EVEN MORE plugins of all sorts of stuff.
Now...unlike requested in the OP, I didn't throw everything and the kitchen sink from the pack onto my hard drive (c'mon...do you guys really need 4 different emulators for the atari lynx on the wii? ). I just took a few bits here and there, and update things slowly to make sure everything works, has covers, and so on. I'm still learning how everything's connected.
Thus far, I've encountered two things that might be worth noting. Well...really one, as the other is mentioned in the OP:
1) in wiiflow/plugins, the folders GB and GBC have .ini files for vbagx (GBC-vbagx.ini and GB-vbagx.ini). However, the GBA folder doesn't have such a plugin. I'm not sure if vbagx is inferior to the other mentioned emulators, but there's a magic word reserved for it and the dol is available, so I created a "GBA-vbagx.ini" that's similar to the previous entries.
This works fine on my end (covers might need to be changed on your end). But is this excluded for a reason, or just an oversight?
The second thing I was going to question here, but I see it's mentioned in the OP:
2) some plugins override the "default partition=USB" to the SD-card, notably the mame 2003 emulators.
On the OP, it says:
mame2003plus cores ----------- (roms on SD for increased compatibility or performances).
I take it this is done for a reason, but prior to reading this, I've gotten quite a bit of roms to work on USB with earlier retroarch dols (though admittedly, nowhere near as much as the compatibility charts claimed). Can this be overridden with 'just' changing the rompartition=0 to rompartittion=1 in the .ini file?
Here's the situation: since a week or two I've been busy slowly rebuilding my old wii to take advantage of the fancy wiiflow skins (ahem...Rhapsodii shima, following this thread). Now that all that is done (inclusing the long process of getting all the correct boxcovers for everything), I find this thread with EVEN MORE plugins of all sorts of stuff.
Now...unlike requested in the OP, I didn't throw everything and the kitchen sink from the pack onto my hard drive (c'mon...do you guys really need 4 different emulators for the atari lynx on the wii?
). I just took a few bits here and there, and update things slowly to make sure everything works, has covers, and so on. I'm still learning how everything's connected.Thus far, I've encountered two things that might be worth noting. Well...really one, as the other is mentioned in the OP:
1) in wiiflow/plugins, the folders GB and GBC have .ini files for vbagx (GBC-vbagx.ini and GB-vbagx.ini). However, the GBA folder doesn't have such a plugin. I'm not sure if vbagx is inferior to the other mentioned emulators, but there's a magic word reserved for it and the dol is available, so I created a "GBA-vbagx.ini" that's similar to the previous entries.
Code:
[PLUGIN]
arguments={device}:/{path}|{name}
bannersound=GBA/GBA.ogg
consolecoverid=nintendo
covercolor=000000
coverfolder=roms/GBA
displayname=Gameboy Advance (vbagx)
dolfile=vbagx.dol
filetypes=.gba|.zip|.7z
magic=56424188
romdir=roms/GBA
rompartition=-1This works fine on my end (covers might need to be changed on your end). But is this excluded for a reason, or just an oversight?
The second thing I was going to question here, but I see it's mentioned in the OP:
2) some plugins override the "default partition=USB" to the SD-card, notably the mame 2003 emulators.
On the OP, it says:
mame2003plus cores ----------- (roms on SD for increased compatibility or performances).
I take it this is done for a reason, but prior to reading this, I've gotten quite a bit of roms to work on USB with earlier retroarch dols (though admittedly, nowhere near as much as the compatibility charts claimed). Can this be overridden with 'just' changing the rompartition=0 to rompartittion=1 in the .ini file?
The plugins pack is aiming to be a complete collection of all the existing plugins, so that everyone could find his/her favourite emulators and be happy. Of course I don't need 4 different emulators for Lynx, but my favourite emulator could not necessarily be everyone's favourite, and most of all, I wanted to avoid people constantly posting "why didn't you include the XYZ emulator instead of this one?".Now...unlike requested in the OP, I didn't throw everything and the kitchen sink from the pack onto my hard drive (c'mon...do you guys really need 4 different emulators for the atari lynx on the wii?
In my opinion, it's easier to install everything (plugins are not heavy in size at all) and then activate the plugins you desire using the Source Menu Setup. Of course you can also take some bits here and there, but the chances of messing up with something are a little higher, if you miss some files or folders.
Yes VBAGX is inferior to the other emulators, and using it for the GBA is not an option. Yes it can run GBA roms but emulation is terrible.
mGBA is the way to go (either as a standalone, or as a retroarch core). You won't find a better GBA emulator in the universe.
When I was doing the Mame2003+ compatibility list I tested hundreds of games and I've found that in some cases, games that weren't working from USB, were ok when launched from SD. Furthermore, some other games (like Spiderman) had a tangible performance improvement when ran from the SD.
Of course, if all your games are running good, you can change the rompartition line to point to USB.
Please some solution ...
Every time I run a MAME game in Wiiflow it runs fine but the problem is that the core (mame2003plus) always creates retroarch folders (assets, filters, overlays, etc) in the root of my device and even if you modify the path of these folders in the .cfg file they always appear.
Is there another way to redirect them by default to a different directory?
Every time I run a MAME game in Wiiflow it runs fine but the problem is that the core (mame2003plus) always creates retroarch folders (assets, filters, overlays, etc) in the root of my device and even if you modify the path of these folders in the .cfg file they always appear.
Is there another way to redirect them by default to a different directory?
Yes it is irritating, but I do not believe it can be undone. Hard-coded. It creates the folders with blank data, despite any path verified. Very good question though, if someone has a fix for this, it would be appreciated.
Sorry for the six month bump, but...did you get this to work eventually?
I've tried to get it working in the last couple of days, but where the dol runs fine from the app department, creating a wiiflow plugin just blackscreens.
(note: I did have success in creating plugins for Nitr8's ports of Doom, heretic, hexen and strife by changing the Duke3D plugin from the pack, but this procedure won't work for descent for some reason
).EDIT: oh, and a long shot: did anyone ever get penguin bros on arcade to work (penbros.zip)? If so, would you please provide the core and the romset. I've seen lists that mention it as "working", but aside from the company (SETA) and a driver mentioning in the G-core sets I've got nothing. And every core and/or version I try thus far fails
).
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Descent is working good as a Wiiflow pluginSorry for the six month bump, but...did you get this to work eventually?
I've tried to get it working in the last couple of days, but where the dol runs fine from the app department, creating a wiiflow plugin just blackscreens.
I was planning to include it in the next Pack update, shortly after the next Wiiflow release (5.4.9).
But seeing that there's some demand around it, here it is:
Descent wiiflow plugin
I have not included the freepats sound font for timidity, because if you're using Eduke32 you should already have it. It works out of the box for Descent too.
Can you auto launch the games? I've tried but failed, I can only launch the app, but I have to manually select the correct wad to launch. It would be very nice to have these plugins in wf(note: I did have success in creating plugins for Nitr8's ports of Doom, heretic, hexen and strife by changing the Duke3D plugin from the pack, but this procedure won't work for descent for some reason
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Nice. I'll certainly try them later today.Descent is working good as a Wiiflow plugin
I was planning to include it in the next Pack update, shortly after the next Wiiflow release (5.4.9).
But seeing that there's some demand around it, here it is:
Descent wiiflow plugin
I have not included the freepats sound font for timidity, because if you're using Eduke32 you should already have it. It works out of the box for Descent too.
Can you auto launch the games? I've tried but failed, I can only launch the app, but I have to manually select the correct wad to launch. It would be very nice to have these plugins in wf
And sorry for the confusion, but I also have to select the wads first. I don't mind (while heretic, hexen and strife have only one that I know of, doom has quite a few known wad files)...
Specific plugin question: snes9x_next.dol (RA-HEXAECO)
Using pack v5, this plugin is not retaining button configuration or other settings changes (and always gives the Welcome popup on first pause). I tested the regular apps version of the current version of RA-HEXAECO (Feb 9, 2021) on the same Wii and it retained settings. No change to the plugin - it's not using the apps file's configuration. Is there a cfg file that needs to be made manually for the plugin dol, and if so, where do I put it?
Using pack v5, this plugin is not retaining button configuration or other settings changes (and always gives the Welcome popup on first pause). I tested the regular apps version of the current version of RA-HEXAECO (Feb 9, 2021) on the same Wii and it retained settings. No change to the plugin - it's not using the apps file's configuration. Is there a cfg file that needs to be made manually for the plugin dol, and if so, where do I put it?
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