Homebrew RELEASE pFBA: final burn alpha

[solrac21]

I'm waiting for my new sdcard to come in. I have the main FBA arcade roms filtered out and just need the space for the rest.

 

[dAVID_]

the scene is moving at lightning speed! great job!

 

[notimp]

reddit apparently confirmed, that >32 GB SDXC sdcards work on the system, if formated to fat32.

@cpasjuste: I saw that you did the ScummVM port for the Vita as well. This is a plea. Peaaaasseee, do the port for the Switch as well. It can take five years, I dont care - but I haz to have my point and click adventures on the first portable system that would do them justice (screensize ). No answer or commit necessary, I just had to get that out.

 

[notimp]

Also - there is odd fan behavior in FBA. This could be related to HBL or libnx - but I've noticed several times now the Switch going into a state, where the fan (?) gives of a "buzz" sound at regular intervals - its almost like its going to spin, or doing one revolution (turn) and then getting halted.

If you reboot, its gone.

If you just go back to the home screen, it persists.

If you want to test this - I could reproduce it with Garou: Mark of the Wolves after a few minutes of playtime.

Please look into that.

Or s/o tell the libnx folks.

edit: Did another run with pFBA and Garou - and couldnt reproduce it.. :/ The issue is intermittent... Yet please keep an eye out for it, I've experienced it more than three times already - and it will be overlooked, once sound gets implemented (Its just a slight *buzz* sound every two seconds or so). Sadly you cant test, if running a Switch game overrides it, because when the HBL is enabled, at least Breath of the Wild crashes, until reboot. And reboot fixes it.

 

[RichKK]

reddit apparently confirmed, that >32 GB SDXC sdcards work on the system, if formated to fat32.

@cpasjuste: I saw that you did the ScummVM port for the Vita as well. This is a plea. Peaaaasseee, do the port for the Switch as well. It can take five years, I dont care - but I haz to have my point and click adventures on the first portable system that would do them justice (screensize ). No answer or commit necessary, I just had to get that out.

I'm using a 128GB SDXC card formatted to FAT 32 in my switch and all is good.

 

[notimp]

Reproduced the fan (?) issue again (turning on the switch, enabling HBL, launching pFBA, playing Garou: Mark of the Wolves) - but this time captured it in audio, to give you a better understanding of what I am talking about. Its a faint Buzz that repeats about every 5 seconds.

https://s1.vocaroo.com/media/download_temp/Vocaroo_s1nV2yARyhe2.mp3

(if the direct link stops to work, or you prefer a html5 player: https://vocaroo.com/i/s1nV2yARyhe2 )

If anyone of you has a better understanding of what this might be, or has experienced this themselves, please share.

If you know if this is "a thing" on "unmodded" Switch devices as well, please tell us.

edit: If you experience the issue, apparently letting the Switch go into stand by - resolves it as well. You can then resume, and the fan (?) noise will be gone.

 

[untok]

Castle of illusion work for md roms to me strange downloaded many roms on that site but only this works for now.

 

[Joxley192]

How to get genesis md roms work named md_sonic3.zip and got error driver init failed.

U need to redownload sonic but it needs be .bin file then zip it and name it md_sonic.zip and it will work

 

[chronoss]

Thanks alot but how to launch a game ?

 

[notimp]

Thanks alot but how to launch a game ?

Press A.

 

[chronoss]

Press A.

OK

 

[notimp]

- Roms have to be in a specific folder - read the first posting.
- Roms have to be named specifically - red this thread: https://gbatemp.net/threads/pfba-final-burn-alpha.497188/page-2#post-7847836
- If you are using arcade roms, they should be in an FBA compatible (release) format (/romset).
- Roms can/should be zipped (.zip), but it also matters whats inside of that .zip (if its yourdiary.doc, or yourannualtaxreport.xls - it wont work).
- Some systems (not all of the ones FBA supports) require bios files, that have to be put in the roms folder as well (usually a .zip with a specific name).

When you launch FBA you should set it to filter for "working games only" - as mentioned in my fist post in here. Other than that -

Press A to launch a game.

 

[glareon81]

I'm able to boot NeoGeo games fine, but when i try to boot any CPS1 or CPS2 game (tried at least 12), the emulator appears to process the zip normally and then i get a "DRIVER INIT FAILED" error. What could be causing this?

 

[notimp]

Most likely wrong romsets. Are the romsets you use validated for the FBA emulator? Also, give examples so other people can test with valid roms (in case it is a build issue).

Read this: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/45506-mame-rom-versions-why/

Also, there is the concept of master and child- roms with arcade releases. So if the main supported game would be an us release f.e. - the japanese release could be released in a form that just contains the files that are different from the main release. In that case the "main rom" is still a prerequisite. You find that out by finding a good resource, or comparing filesizes.

 

[solrac21]

I'm able to boot NeoGeo games fine, but when i try to boot any CPS1 or CPS2 game (tried at least 12), the emulator appears to process the zip normally and then i get a "DRIVER INIT FAILED" error. What could be causing this?

Just tested a few of my cps1 and cps2 roms and they are working. Sounds like you might not have the correct rom set. If you have a specific rom you need tested let me know.

 

[glareon81]

My CPS2 romset is from *snip*.
I downloaded the full set and placed it all in the folder.
All light up as working in the emulator.
I tried cyberbots, darkstalkers, megaman 2, and at least a dozen others. Same DRIVER INIT FAILED error with all. Is the *snip* set incompatible or am i missing something?

 

[mitcha]

Is the *snip* set incompatible or am i missing something?

surely , its happens some time
try to get fba v0.2.97.39 romset version and in your pfba options let the "SHOW HARDWARE" to "ALL"

 

[solrac21]

My CPS2 romset is from *snip*.
I downloaded the full set and placed it all in the folder.
All light up as working in the emulator.
I tried cyberbots, darkstalkers, megaman 2, and at least a dozen others. Same DRIVER INIT FAILED error with all. Is the *snip* set incompatible or am i missing something?

Can't speak about that set as I don't have that one. I tested sfa, super gem fighter, aliens vs predator and Cadillac and dinos. What version of full set do you have?

 

[RichKK]

surely , its happens some time
try to get fba v0.2.97.39 romset version and in your pfba options let the "SHOW HARDWARE" to "ALL"

It's actually fba v0.2.97.42 romset you need. All my CPS roms from that set are working fine so far.

 

[solrac21]

It's actually fba v0.2.97.42 romset you need. All my CPS roms from that set are working fine so far.

That is the set I have as well