Topic: dink's FBN Development & Fixes thread

[barbudreadmon]

I confirm there is 1 line we don't draw, and yeah i'm pretty sure there was a reason we don't, like some game displaying noticeable garbage there.
Not too sure what's the best course of action, i'm pretty sure we'd get reports even with a dips.
Maybe don't bother hiding the garbage and make it look like mame ?

Actually i think users are more bothered by the 2 extra lines, so maybe the filters could be fixed instead so that the height can be set to 254 ?

[geese howard]

@dink, can you check golden axe sound bug?
When game starts, after a first attack, sound goes down as if I had turned down the volume, and only goes back to normal when I restart the game.

Thanks for your hard work!

[Pelucon8]

@barbudreadmon
@dink

Thank you for your reply 

As for the filter and video, I usually play in: Video/Select blitter/DirectX9 Alt.

And the filter I use: Video/blitter options/Soft algorithm/SuperScaler (75% Scanlines).

[dink]

@dink, can you check golden axe sound bug?
When game starts, after a first attack, sound goes down as if I had turned down the volume, and only goes back to normal when I restart the game.

Thanks for your hard work!

Hi,
Hmm, I don't see that here - you mean it happens when you hit the first guy with your axe?
Can you check to see if your attack button is double-mapped to any other buttons on the input list (F5)?

best regards,
- dink

[dink]

PC Engine / TG16 happening:
Crappy scrolling in games with a weird resolution, for example:
R-Type, Yo Bro, Side Arms Special, and others..
I made it so that the blitter can handle the smoothing of pixels; to get rid of the
"shimmer" effect caused by such a weird resolution not scaling to something that digital monitors prefer.
This way a filter (linear, bi-linear, cubic, etc) can be used for analog-style smoothing of pixels.

best regards,
- dink

[geese howard]

Can you check to see if your attack button is double-mapped to any other buttons on the input list (F5)?

best regards,
- dink

I?ve checked and was double-mapped with Player2 only...but clear it solved my issue, i dont know why.

Thanks again!!

[dink]

Dear friends & fans of FB Neo,
This is something I've been toying with for years, and never got it just right until recently,
so - I'm happy to announce:
"Future Proof" states is coming!

States saved with this version will still load - hopefully - years in the future
All crashes/lockups/etc involved with loading ancient/past version state files will be eliminated!
It's a little bit faster, because the state data isn't being compressed any longer.

It's not available yet, this message is a heads up to complete any games you might have
going with savestates/nvram/etc before updating.  Because, ironically, the new system is not
compatible with the old crashy/buggy fbalpha-style state files.

I'll post a message here when it's ready to be downloaded @ the usual github place

best regards,
- dink

[Gab75]

Thanks! Great news!
Have "future-proof" savestates, it's a very useful and convenient improvement!

[dink]

New states are now in, beware though: if you're in the midst of playing a game with states (or nvram, recording, etc, etc..), do not upgrade! ... wait until you've finished the game. 

best regards,
- dink

[dink]

Guys, the new states update is the result of some serious work, if you feel like helping out - please play some games and make a ton of savestates while playing & load them.
Then post your experience good or bad

best regards,
- dink

[dink]

Hi guys,
Added in support for a new hlsl shader "CRT Retro Scanlines" by KillaMaaki, from ppsspp
It works under the "DirectX9 Alt Blitter" as "HardFX"

It also has a new "Shader Settings" option, which will or won't be irritating depending on the setting

Find the HardFX shader pack, attached - unzip into support/shaders

best regards,
- dink