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

[ArugulaZ]

Does this support samples? I'm missing all the sound from Mario Bros. and some of it from Donkey Kong. If it does, where should I put them?

 

[FlexingTiger]

I compiled the lastest source, but joystick didn't work.
What is the problem? @rsn8887

 

[ArugulaZ]

Oh yeah, then there are games that require multiple joysticks. Crazy Climber 2 and Tutankham don't work properly with pFBA. Any way you can add support for these?

 

[cpasjuste]

I compiled the lastest source, but joystick didn't work.
What is the problem? @rsn8887

You need SDL 2 from my repo (github.com/Cpasjuste)

 

[Snowbro88]

Hello, cpasjuste i have a question.

You think that it is possible to reach full speed and without frameskip on difficult boards like Data East, Konami, Taito, Irem, Sega, or it is simply what the unlocked power of the console gives for now or maybe forever.

One last request if posible access the menu in another way for example with the front touch, because in fat vitas is difficult.

Thanks for all friend.

Sorry for my english, i speak spanish.

 

[Xellos2099]

What seems to be the best looking filter and shader option?

 

[rsn8887]

Best looking shader and filter settings are

Scaling: Fit 4:3
Filter: Linear
Shader: Sharp

This gives sharp looking pixels without any pixelwobble or distortion.

 

[Kerbangman]

rsn8887 What about the SGX and PCengine genesis and other console games not working?

 

[rsn8887]

New release of pfba_mod. I simply pulled the latest change from Cpasjuste's repo and recompiled.
https://github.com/rsn8887/pfba/releases

1.08

• PFBA: add option to change neo-geo bios (hyln9)

Note: For Unibios support, the file uni-bios_3_2.rom must be present in neogeo.zip

btw: Retroarch Vita also keeps getting better... some games, such as Contra, are faster on Retroarch's older FBA core. PFBA is based on the latest FBA code. So it might be slower, but might sometimes be more accurate.

 

[Thiago Souza]

Is PFBA compatible with neo geo cd?

 

[Pender666]

No, Just final burn alpha romset.

 

[rsn8887]

In the latest version, the default neogeo bios is unibios. But when unibios is selected, the fast assembler-based cyclone core that handles Motorola 68000 chip emulation is disabled. This is true in any game, even in non-neogeo games.

Therefore, if you are running a non-neogeo game which might make use of 68000 emulation, make sure to go to options and select a different neogeo bios to re-enable the fast cyclone 68000 core. I tested this with Air Gallet and it runs much faster if I select a neogeo bios different from unibios and reload the game.

 

[Thiago Souza]

In the latest version, the default neogeo bios is unibios. But when unibios is selected, the fast assembler-based cyclone core that handles Motorola 68000 chip emulation is disabled. This is true in any game, even in non-neogeo games.

Therefore, if you are running a non-neogeo game which might make use of 68000 emulation, make sure to go to options and select a different neogeo bios to re-enable the fast cyclone 68000 core. I tested this with Air Gallet and it runs much faster if I select a neogeo bios different from unibios and reload the game.

Thanks for the work!

 

[Thiago Souza]

In the latest version, the default neogeo bios is unibios. But when unibios is selected, the fast assembler-based cyclone core that handles Motorola 68000 chip emulation is disabled. This is true in any game, even in non-neogeo games.

Therefore, if you are running a non-neogeo game which might make use of 68000 emulation, make sure to go to options and select a different neogeo bios to re-enable the fast cyclone 68000 core. I tested this with Air Gallet and it runs much faster if I select a neogeo bios different from unibios and reload the game.

Is it possible to change the default bios of neo geo in pfba.cfg? I would like to leave AES Japan.

 

[rsn8887]

Is it possible to change the default bios of neo geo in pfba.cfg? I would like to leave AES Japan.

I think so. I think you can just edit the config with a text editor and change the default.

BTW: I fixed this annoying issue that selection of NeoGeo UniBIOS (the default) was disabling the fast cyclone core for all games. Now it is only disabled for NeoGeo games. The release is at the usual place (pull request to cpasjuste made):

www.github.com/rsn8887/pfba/releases

Changelog:

1.09

• PFBA: UniBIOS disables asm core only for Neogeo games

 

[rez78]

Please add rapid fire option! Thanks

 

[barak06]

Hi!
Everything' great. thx for this release ! Just a little pb

For my SNK roms, it says " Unibios doesn't support the m68k asm core cyclone asm core disabled" then load graphics then "loading bios prgm (uni-bios 3 2.rom .... not found"
Then the screen goes green with artefacts and then i can ply the game in 4/3 format BUT i can see the list of my games on both sides with a light flickering, wich is very annoying

Any hint ? thx

n.B. i put neogeo.zip with unibios in it and lot of bios in the roms dir

 

[barak06]

Hi!
Everything' great. thx for this release ! Just a little pb

For my SNK roms, it says " Unibios doesn't support the m68k asm core cyclone asm core disabled" then load graphics then "loading bios prgm (uni-bios 3 2.rom .... not found"
Then the screen goes green with artefacts and then i can ply the game in 4/3 format BUT i can see the list of my games on both sides with a light flickering, wich is very annoying

Any hint ? thx

n.B. i put neogeo.zip with unibios in it and lot of bios in the roms dir

Ok found select + up/down to change scaling

 

[rsn8887]

Ok found select + up/down to change scaling

Hi!
Everything' great. thx for this release ! Just a little pb

For my SNK roms, it says " Unibios doesn't support the m68k asm core cyclone asm core disabled" then load graphics then "loading bios prgm (uni-bios 3 2.rom .... not found"
Then the screen goes green with artefacts and then i can ply the game in 4/3 format BUT i can see the list of my games on both sides with a light flickering, wich is very annoying

Any hint ? thx

n.B. i put neogeo.zip with unibios in it and lot of bios in the roms dir

There are many versions of unibios, but it works only with version 3.2. Are you sure you have the correct file named "uni-bios_3_2.rom" in your neogeo.zip file? You can download that bios file from the official unibios page, since it is public domain.

It sounds like you can play fine but you are not really playing with unibios. If you are playing with a working unibios, you should be able to press a+b+c during boot to access the unibios menu were you can change all kinds of settings.

 

[XC-3730C]

Is there a list of supported/compatible games?