Topic: FB Alpha 0.2.97.04 Release [Official]

[JacKc]

FB Alpha 0.2.97.04 Release



Here's the what's new;

    * Moved Namco sound to it's own module and updated the Pac-Man driver [Barry]
    * Added driver for Galaga [Barry]
    * Added driver for Pass [iq_132]
    * Added a hack to get Knights of Valour 2 Plus working [XingXing]
    * Tidied up the SoftFX blitters [Barry]
          o Updated the Enhanced blitter to allow more filters
          o Added support to the ini file for long long integers to support the Enhanced blitter
          o Added hq2xS, hq3xS, hq2xBold, hq3xBold, EPXB and EPXC filters from SNES9X ReRecording
          o Added SuperEagle, 2xSaI, Super 2xSaI filters from VBA ReRecording
    * Fixed issue with board roms in ClrMAME XML DAT generation [Barry]
    * Changed ampersands in the ClrMAME XML DAT output to their HTML entity [Barry]
    * Some updates to the Megadrive driver via the online generator [nj7, JackC, arturf]
    * Fixed some rom sizes in non-working parents [Barry, pointed out by JackC]
    * Fixed license2rtf.pl to allow hyphens in URLs [Barry]
    * Matched all sets to MAME 0.129u6

Release @ http://www.barryharris.me.uk/

[pmc2]

At start, fba .03 is ok but .04:



Win Xp SP3 + Ati (last drivers) + DirectX 9.0c november 2008.

[Barry Harris]

Try with a fresh install.

[kenshiro]

I noticed a bug on ms4plus, text layer tiles were not draw. I fixed it by replacing this in mslug4Init() :

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nNeoTextROMSize = 0x080000;
by

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if (strcmp(BurnDrvGetTextA(DRV_NAME), "mslug4") == 0) {
    nNeoTextROMSize = 0x080000;
}
Also i want to know if people get a crash when exiting CPS1 and Phoenix games, seems that CpsCode is free even if there wasn't a malloc before (sorry if i'm wrong, i just wanna be sure lol  ).

Thanks

[Akheron]

Ok someone let me know if there having the same problem. JUST installed the new version, and 3/4 of the SoftFX filters dont even work. I dont get any errors, but the image stays the same unimproved.The only one that really works is the HQ2xS (VBA) filter. Im not really complaining because the HQ2xS filter is amazing! It makes the games looks so nice. Alot better than the HQx2 from the previous versions of FBA.

[iq_132]

Check your display settings. What color depth are you running?

[Akheron]

Well i know windows is using 32bit. And the fullscreen is set to 32 but im using window mode. Is there a way to change it for window mode?

[iq_132]

Yeah... change your windows bit-depth.  Not a good solution though.

Btw, what blitter are you using? Enhanced? Experimental? SoftFX?
IIRC, Enhanced is the best, most stable.

[Akheron]

Im using softFX. Enhanced actually doesnt work for me. FBA crashes when i select it. Ive tried all the blitters and strangely the only ones that work are the ones with (VBA) after the name.

If it at all helps im using Vista (gag) with a Geforce Go 7600

[iq_132]

Im using softFX. Enhanced actually doesnt work for me. FBA crashes when i select it. Ive tried all the blitters and strangely the only ones that work are the ones with (VBA) after the name.

If it at all helps im using Vista (gag) with a Geforce Go 7600

Best I can tell you is upgrade your graphics drivers, maybe see if you can increase the size of the shared video memory -- maybe : Video->Blitter Options->Buffering Method->...

[Akheron]

Well i did a search and it turns out this problem is common with NVIDIA cards. Apparently its being worked on. Ill try that though. I appreciate the help.