Topic: dink's FBN Development & Fixes thread

[Pelucon8]

@JacKc

I did what you asked, but it didn't work.

It works on this nightly build:



But if I go to the latest released, the problem reappears.

Maybe @barbudreadmon is right, since in the middle of the last 3 releases there is a nightly build that has something related to PGM:



Greetings and thanks to both of you 

[barbudreadmon]

I pushed a test fix for the region hack issue in dmnfrnt

[Pelucon8]

@barbudreadmon

It is now displayed correctly. Thank you for resolving it 

[KOF2112]

PGM game dip area errors
Invalid switching area

cannot execute
killbld
killbld100
killbld104
killbld106
killbld109
thegladpcba
thegladpcb
svgpcb
orlegend105k
orlegend105t
dmnfrntpcba
dmnfrntpcb

[barbudreadmon]

PGM game dip area errors
Invalid switching area

cannot execute
killbld
killbld100
killbld104
killbld106
killbld109
thegladpcba
thegladpcb
svgpcb
orlegend105k
orlegend105t
dmnfrntpcba
dmnfrntpcb

Most of those work fine on my side, only the following three gave me an error :
- orlegend105k
- orlegend105t
- dmnfrntpcb (error msg but you can insert coin and play nonetheless)

Note that the pgm update might require that you cleanup your old ini and nvram files.

[Joaquim2020]

Most of those work fine on my side, only the following three gave me an error :
- orlegend105k
- orlegend105t
- dmnfrntpcb (error msg but you can insert coin and play nonetheless)

Note that the pgm update might require that you cleanup your old ini and nvram files.

dmnfrntpcb is fixed, but both orlegend says incorrect version !!!

[dink]

some good news incoming in a few days
stay tuned!

best regards,
- dink

[Stifu]

Zero Team USA has priority / z-index issues. I guess this is known and related to the "Unemulated protection" note on that game, correct? Thanks.

Edit: ah, I see New Zero Team (clone) has neither that note nor that issue, so I guess that's it.

[dink]

Zero Team USA has priority / z-index issues. I guess this is known and related to the "Unemulated protection" note on that game, correct? Thanks.

Edit: ah, I see New Zero Team (clone) has neither that note nor that issue, so I guess that's it.

The protection chip is still a mystery on that game, luckily we have "New Zero Team" and "Zero Team 2000", which are not too different from the main set - aside from working

best regards,
- dink

[Stifu]

Alright, thanks.

By the way, I've just come across this Strider patch. You might be interested in adding it into FBN.

[Pelucon8]

Is there any way to make both "cheat.dat" and some cheats in "ini" format work together?

I have the latest "cheat.dat" from dink or at least the last one I saw that in download (cheat_dinkupd - 16-02-2022) and in it there are no cheats for "Demon Front (M105XX, S105XX)" (dmnfrnt) or "Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future (USA 990608)" (sfiii3u) so I have them in "ini" format both games.

The problem is that if I have the "cheat.dat" together with both cheats in "ini" format in the same "cheats" folder, the "cheat.dat" cancels the cheat in "ini" format, however, if I delete the "cheat.dat" and leave only the cheat in "ini" format, the cheats load perfectly.

In other versions of the emulator, the "cheat.dat" and the cheat "ini" could work together, but apparently not now.

Cheers.

PS: Anyway I leave the "ini" files of the games, to see if dink can add them to the "cheat.dat".

https://mega.nz/file/70511a6T#qsNkKBOpQrmEzlM5-whERQZOt8Bpa8TpfWJHIunh5F4

[barbudreadmon]

I have the latest "cheat.dat" from dink or at least the last one I saw that in download (cheat_dinkupd - 16-02-2022) and in it there are no cheats for "Demon Front (M105XX, S105XX)" (dmnfrnt) or "Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future (USA 990608)" (sfiii3u) so I have them in "ini" format both games.

The problem is that if I have the "cheat.dat" together with both cheats in "ini" format in the same "cheats" folder, the "cheat.dat" cancels the cheat in "ini" format, however, if I delete the "cheat.dat" and leave only the cheat in "ini" format, the cheats load perfectly.

In other versions of the emulator, the "cheat.dat" and the cheat "ini" could work together, but apparently not now.

Cheers.

PS: Anyway I leave the "ini" files of the games, to see if dink can add them to the "cheat.dat".

https://mega.nz/file/70511a6T#qsNkKBOpQrmEzlM5-whERQZOt8Bpa8TpfWJHIunh5F4

Yeah, cheat.dat has been the recommended format for some time now (it supports more features), which is why i inversed their priority some time ago.
Hmmm i don't want to revert to the previous state where ini has the priority and cheat.dat will be ignored if an ini exists, maybe i can find a way to load both at the same time.
Right now i'd recommend adding the cheats to your cheat.dat file, it should be pretty straightforward.

Edit : i pushed a test fix for this, it'll also try to load cheats from parent romset if you are running a clone and no cheats for that clone can be found

[Pelucon8]

@barbudreadmon

Thank you very much, now the 2 cheat "ini" are loaded when they are in the same folder together with the cheat.dat, but there is a problem, now it doesn't load any cheat from the "cheat.dat", even if I delete the 2 cheat "ini" and leave only the "cheat.dat", it doesn't give me the option to choose them (Misc/enable cheats...)

 

[barbudreadmon]

That's weird, it seems to work properly on my side, i'll investigate.

[dink]

barbudreadmon, imo how it should work:
cheat.dat cheats should take priority
if an ini file exists, it should use that if its not in cheat.dat

best regards,
- dink