Topic: CaptainCPS-X's FB Alpha Extra Stuff WIP

[iq_132]

Get on messenger some time, I think maybe I can help with that rom info stuff. ^^

[CaptainCPS]

Get on messenger some time, I think maybe I can help with that rom info stuff. ^^

ThanX IQ!  ...will get there later,... I have to go to sleep early ...because tomorrow gotta go to the university where I studied to fix some stuff, they have a wrong record info and they think I have 2 loans with them xDD..when I only have 1 loan  ...but well when I  get home after all that I will connect to msn 

SeeYaa!
 

[Death Metal]

they have a wrong record info and they think I have 2 loans with them xDD..when I only have 1 loan

You can get loans where you studied? Groovy.

[CaptainCPS]

Hi all! Sorry for the late WIP ^^u, Im was doing some personal stuff these past days and I didnt have much time for this, but well here is the current FBA Extras WIP...

DATs WIP:

- CPS-1 & Sega Game Info DAT(s) done (they still need the romset tables to be included but the priority right now for me is the game info's and the formating of them in RTF wich its done too).

Other WIP:

- Modified the way game info is displayed, now it simulates to be merged in the
  game selection window.
- Fixed an actual FB Alpha bug with popup dialogs in the game selection window (Scanning ROMs & ROMs Directories dialogs)
- Added option to disable the splash screen.
- Fixed the way Turbo Mode was activated pressing F1, now its done via
  shortcut key in 'app.rc' resulting more effective than in 'run.cpp' wich
  was not updating the check in the menu.

...I will be doing the game info DATs for the 4 systems left (Toaplan, Cave, Misc & NeoGeo) in the next days and then I will post the DATs with explanation on how anyone can help adding the romset tables from MAWS wich will be easy. The reason that I will be needing help its because there are lots of drivers  , but anyway I will be doing that too when I get to it,.. I just want to finish with this feature soon to donate it to the official FB Alpha project for the next release, of course only if its accepted by Treble & kev .

SeeYaa!

[7zxkv]

And finally, another great enhancement of the FinalBurnAlpha GUI would be a 'show miss only' option (the 'WinKawaks touch' ).

It's a good idea !!

CCPSX... 

^^

[Leaf]

I don't think the "show miss only" is a good feature.
As said in mame document:

* Do not provide a means of generating a list of games that specifically
identifies those games for which the user does not have image files. This
only encourages users to seek out sources for illegal ROM, CD, and hard
disk images in order to "complete" their collection.

Though it's helpful for collecting roms.

[Avens]

I don't think the "show miss only" is a good feature. (...) Though it's helpful for collecting roms.

Ya, it's totally true. But you know all people use ClrmPro & Romcenter to obtain these informations (missing sets & roms, I mean), so...
But no problem for me, it was just a suggestion.

[Death Metal]

>>I don't think the "show miss only" is a good feature. As said in mame document:

Not to deviate from the thread's purpose, but...

It's nice to have things done within legality and indeed they should be done that way, but MAME claiming that they don't add such a feature so to avoid instigating people into downloading the missing sets is just dumb. Actually, it's more like masked morality, defended by them only to avoid being associated with any legal trouble. I mean, come on, everybody knows that nearly nobody has a single arcade board at home, and MAME games are available on the net like fruits at the supermarket. I doubt anyone in this forum has only one or two sets because those are the only corresponding boards that they have physically (but, of course, nobody needs to "know"). So no use trying to cover the sun with a sieve, if you get my drift. Also, there's nothing illegal about adding that option, either.

[CaptainCPS]

FBA Extras WIP (04/3/07)

This night before going to sleep I finished making the main 169 NeoGeo Game Info DATs with their respective contents, tomorrow I will begin with the formating of them in RTF (RichText Format) one by one and removing unnecessary stuff like i did with the CPS-1, CPS-2 & Sega ones, to make them look nice and pro, but most of all to make them exclusive for FB Alpha  ...

IQ_132 has told me early this night that he will give me some help with this Game Info stuff so this should be finished sooner than if I did this alone  ...tomorrow i'll update with another WIP if there is any so stay tuned (btw, ThanX IQ  , DEV files will be in your hands tomorrow if everything goes as expected).

SeeYaa!

[Death Metal]

Captain, you guys are awesome. :wink

[CaptainCPS]

Finally I have a time to post, ... first of all, sorry but this is not a WIP  ... I come to update the post, so you all know why I have'nt posted these past days until now...and well, its because some members of my family are sick (I dont know if its the right word but I dont mean crazy or something  , just sick)...so I had to be doing some home stuff, and I was feeling a little strange so I decided to get some rest too for some days...

I will be working soon in FBA Extras again, Im just waiting that everything is normal again in my home.

I hope you all understand, im really sorry for those waiting for the src/binary release for the latest official FBA version.

SeeYaa!!, I'll be back soon! ^^

[J.A]

Take all the time you need, family and health are more importants than development   

[CaptainCPS]

I had some time so here is the WIP for today  ...

FB Alpha Extras WIP (04/10/2007)

- Fixed gradient effect color in the Visual Studio menu theme, tested on different systems and its
  displaying the correct colors now (gray gradient).
- Added another text file with info about the files added / modified in the FBA source (for dev. purposes).
- Updated FBA Extras, now the src is compatible with the latest official
  release of FBA (v0.2.96.70), this update was verified because
  of the new fixed stuff in the latest official release.

...have to say that I'll be working again in the next days with the Game Info DATs, (still working with NeoGeo ones  )...

btw, ThanX J.A. for the comment ^^

SeeYaa!

[CaptainCPS]

Hi all! here is a new WIP ^^

FB Alpha Extras WIP (04/15/2007)

- Fixed a missing line of code for the Instant Play mode feature (other FBA Extras releases are fine).
- Added 'gameinfo/' dir to the directory creation module in 'main.cpp'.

FB Alpha Game Info DATs WIP

All NeoGeo Game Info DATs done!!, all of them are formated in RTF and have Unicode titles included (Finally xD)

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NEOGEO GAMEINFO DATS (169)
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   39,942 2020bb.dat
   36,978 3countb.dat
   46,617 alpham2.dat
   41,020 androdun.dat
   69,021 aodk.dat
   52,222 aof.dat
   46,563 aof2.dat
   66,627 aof3.dat
   32,244 bakatono.dat
   36,366 bangbead.dat
   48,474 bjourney.dat
   52,284 blazstar.dat
   49,986 breakers.dat
   50,844 breakrev.dat
   40,689 bstars.dat
   48,943 bstars2.dat
   40,186 burningf.dat
   36,714 crsword.dat
   45,094 cthd2003.dat
   37,828 ctomaday.dat
   38,905 cyberlip.dat
   28,639 diggerma.dat
   68,845 doubledr.dat
   37,873 eightman.dat
   56,830 fatfursp.dat
   59,668 fatfury1.dat
   63,646 fatfury2.dat
   55,887 fatfury3.dat
   40,137 fbfrenzy.dat
   33,871 fightfev.dat
   32,539 flipshot.dat
   46,712 galaxyfg.dat
   42,031 ganryu.dat
   75,638 garou.dat
   37,090 ghostlop.dat
   44,479 goalx3.dat
   60,496 gowcaizr.dat
   45,218 gpilots.dat
   37,400 gururin.dat
   39,089 irrmaze.dat
   34,160 janshin.dat
   31,652 jockeygp.dat
   38,647 joyjoy.dat
   53,628 kabukikl.dat
   36,132 karnovr.dat
   29,937 kf2k2mp.dat
   29,275 kf2k2pls.dat
   75,162 kf2k3pcb.dat
   23,724 kf2k3pl.dat
   55,361 kizuna.dat
   35,622 kof10th.dat
   98,672 kof2000.dat
   71,204 kof2001.dat
   74,291 kof2002.dat
   61,315 kof2003.dat
   29,299 kof2k4se.dat
   76,973 kof94.dat
   66,342 kof95.dat
   70,456 kof96.dat
   84,136 kof97.dat
   31,349 kof97pls.dat
   74,733 kof98.dat
   83,243 kof99.dat
   29,740 kog.dat
   47,057 kotm.dat
   47,023 kotm2.dat
   64,528 lastblad.dat
   50,604 lastbld2.dat
   40,620 lbowling.dat
   40,410 legendos.dat
   43,308 lresort.dat
   55,982 magdrop2.dat
   82,162 magdrop3.dat
   33,165 maglord.dat
   32,481 mahretsu.dat
   32,173 marukodq.dat
   59,449 matrim.dat
   47,263 miexchng.dat
   32,655 minasan.dat
   33,698 mosyougi.dat
   27,497 ms4plus.dat
   28,022 ms5pcb.dat
   23,781 ms5plus.dat
   67,257 mslug.dat
   87,021 mslug2.dat
   54,395 mslug3.dat
   33,383 mslug3b6.dat
   52,217 mslug4.dat
   50,844 mslug5.dat
   53,034 mslugx.dat
   42,502 mutnat.dat
   44,822 nam1975.dat
   42,853 ncombat.dat
   41,919 ncommand.dat
   33,891 neobombe.dat
   53,000 neocup98.dat
   40,275 neodrift.dat
   32,857 neomrdo.dat
   67,122 ninjamas.dat
   44,676 nitd.dat
   34,443 overtop.dat
   33,903 panicbom.dat
   56,917 pbobbl2n.dat
   60,631 pbobblen.dat
   45,189 pgoal.dat
   32,125 pnyaa.dat
   42,523 popbounc.dat
   51,398 preisle2.dat
   47,408 pspikes2.dat
   38,668 pulstar.dat
   41,750 puzzldpr.dat
   41,942 puzzledp.dat
   32,195 quizdai2.dat
   31,628 quizdais.dat
   46,528 quizkof.dat
   60,240 ragnagrd.dat
   59,915 rbff1.dat
   29,799 rbff2.dat
   65,272 rbffspec.dat
   41,698 ridhero.dat
   41,329 roboarmy.dat
   59,030 rotd.dat
   40,690 s1945p.dat
   40,230 samsh5sp.dat
   90,907 samsho.dat
   64,205 samsho2.dat
   46,930 samsho3.dat
   58,356 samsho4.dat
   66,403 samsho5.dat
   55,996 savagere.dat
   56,711 sdodgeb.dat
   47,413 sengoku.dat
   43,128 sengoku2.dat
   45,081 sengoku3.dat
   58,007 shocktr2.dat
   47,044 shocktro.dat
   43,089 socbrawl.dat
   58,670 sonicwi2.dat
   73,437 sonicwi3.dat
   45,197 spinmast.dat
   45,221 ssideki.dat
   52,982 ssideki2.dat
   53,822 ssideki3.dat
   55,892 ssideki4.dat
   39,962 stakwin.dat
   58,458 stakwin2.dat
   42,464 strhoop.dat
   45,043 superspy.dat
   99,451 svc.dat
  115,430 svcpcb.dat
   24,027 svcplus.dat
   24,629 svcsplus.dat
   50,075 tophuntr.dat
   34,612 tpgolf.dat
   33,760 trally.dat
   56,492 turfmast.dat
   42,408 twinspri.dat
   46,937 tws96.dat
   46,665 viewpoin.dat
   34,185 vliner.dat
   59,612 wakuwak7.dat
   51,582 wh1.dat
   66,451 wh2.dat
   54,491 wh2j.dat
   58,393 whp.dat
   36,815 wjammers.dat
   35,958 zedblade.dat
   49,733 zintrckb.dat
   41,737 zupapa.dat

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Total: 169 DAT(s) - 7.87 MB Uncompressed / 254 KB 7zipped
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I will be working with the update of Sega DATs as soon as I can 

EDIT* Fixed total number of DATs 

SeeYaa!
 

[KOF2112]

 
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