Topic: FB Alpha 0.2.97.43 Bug Reports

[Rasek]

And this:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=150248.0

[Rasek]

Using the "Set Dipswitches" to run the game in Japanese, those 2 issues are solved, and two other I havent noticed yet are also solved:

-At the end of stage 4, there is now a nice explosion effect. I had forgotten that from my Arcades days...
-At the end of stage 5, the pov is raised to show the sky, and the battle with the remaining helicopters is held there, not at ground level.

So all 4 bugs are solved... but only if you play in Japanese :-(

[dink]

Rasek,
I played and compared Operation Wolf in MAME and FBA, and they operate exactly the same in both emu's.  I afraid that until someone dumps the protection MCU, there really isn't much we can do about those issues.  In the meantime, check out these excellent games from my top lightgun games list:  Alligator Hunt, Beast Busters, Blood Bros., and Cabal. 

best regards,
- dink

[3xcl4m4t10n]

It seems that since 0.2.97.11 the memory card option is broken (doesn't work at all) on Neo Geo games, any ideas about this?

[Rasek]

Rasek,
I played and compared Operation Wolf in MAME and FBA, and they operate exactly the same in both emu's.  I afraid that until someone dumps the protection MCU, there really isn't much we can do about those issues.  In the meantime, check out these excellent games from my top lightgun games list:  Alligator Hunt, Beast Busters, Blood Bros., and Cabal. 

best regards,
- dink

Hi dink, thank you very much for your answer and your tips 
I will try those games... Cabal specially.
And of course Operation Wolf in Japanese, which has the Jungle Boss (and the weak point he had at the Arcades, still works in FBA  ).
Just wondering why setting that dipswitch makes the game work properly... Something related to protection, I suppose.

[iq_132]

Stratof's level 3 "pink glob" are not rendered properly, the following video shows how they should be rendered :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB3QiJPjkkY&feature=youtu.be&t=454

Actually this issue was reported to fbalpha-libretro a few months ago, but at first i thought it was a port issue.

Fixed.

[Gab75]

Fixed.

Excellent!
Out of curiosity: does the real hardware manage a true semi-transparent layer or use some tricks to create the translucent effect?

[iq_132]

Excellent!
Out of curiosity: does the real hardware manage a true semi-transparent layer or use some tricks to create the translucent effect?

According to MAME it does an additive blend to achieve this, so a true semi-transparent layer.

[Gab75]

According to MAME it does an additive blend to achieve this, so a true semi-transparent layer.

Remarkable for an arcade game of early 90s! Thanks for the clarification!

[dink]

Very nice!!

[IPLA]

Hi,

In windows 7,  FBA UI  doesn't work when icons function is activated.

Best regards.

[Gab75]

In windows 7,  FBA UI  doesn't work when icons function is activated.

Maybe you can find the solution in the the following post:
http://http://neo-source.com/index.php?topic=2838.msg24212#msg24212

[IPLA]

Maybe you can find the solution in the the following post:
http://http://neo-source.com/index.php?topic=2838.msg24212#msg24212

Hi Gab75,

I tried that solution but doesn't worked for my.

Best regards.

[Gab75]

Hi Gab75,

I tried that solution but doesn't worked for my.

Hi IPLA,
I'm sorry that it wasn't helpful... Did you try with all FBA versions?
I use Windows 7 64 bit and FBA 32 bit (Windows Binary and Windows XP Binary) and I haven't issues with the icons driver (I set GDI handle quota to 65,536)...

[dink]

The reason FBA ui goes bonkers when icons is enabled: the system is running out of gdi handles from loading all of the icons.  I have a couple ideas I'm going to try to implement to reduce the number of handles needed.

best regards,
- dink