Topic: What I've been working on (iq_132's work in progress)

[Arcadez]

I've already got it added in the latest svn. Making some adjustments to the alpha blending atm.
(Notice the thruster sprites)

Nice!!

[iq_132]

Cheats for raiden2 & raidendx - thanks to pugsy

[dink]

So, the NMK004 has been broken, I predict iq_132 is working on it right now

[iq_132]

So, the NMK004 has been broken, I predict iq_132 is working on it right now

I have been most of the day, yeah. lol

At this point, all of the games except Macross, bioship, and strahl are working quite well.

[dink]

I have been most of the day, yeah. lol

At this point, all of the games except Macross, bioship, and strahl are working quite well.

I wish I could help, I've been really sick today

btw, just wanted to let you know, the sfx are missing from GunNail.  When the game boots, it should make a "machine turning on" noise at the NMK logo, then when the bullets hit the titlescreen it should make a shot sound. (sfx worked before the changeover to the new nmk004)

Also, the music seems to be playing really slow on US AAF Mustang.  Here's a recording of an actual PCB of the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbITaIod__8

best regards,
- dink

[iq_132]

I wish I could help, I've been really sick today

btw, just wanted to let you know, the sfx are missing from GunNail.  When the game boots, it should make a "machine turning on" noise at the NMK logo, then when the bullets hit the titlescreen it should make a shot sound. (sfx worked before the changeover to the new nmk004)

Also, the music seems to be playing really slow on US AAF Mustang.  Here's a recording of an actual PCB of the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbITaIod__8

best regards,
- dink

Ugh. I'm done with it for a while. I'll get back to it on a later day.

Anyway, took a look at Robocop 2.  I managed to get the road working correctly. However edrandy is still broken on level 2.

Before (courtesy of Dink) and after shots:

[dink]

Excellent job on the Robocop2 road
one last thing re: Robocop2, I noticed this didn't happen in MAME while I was doing some testing a few days ago..
There appears to be some strange black dots throughout the video still pics in the game, any ideas how to fix this one?

best regards,
- dink

[iq_132]

Fixed. ^^ Also improved Boogie Wing's intro a bit.

[JacKc]

Well done iq_132 

[dink]

iq_132, Excellent!! 

[iq_132]

I spent way too many hours today working on this:

I implemented actual priority handling for all of the konami games! This fixes Escape Kids & Vendetta to a playable state. It is noticeable in a lot of other games, but not as much.
I also added proper shadow implementations. This affects nearly every konami game in fba. ^^ For the first time in over 7 years, Tmnt has proper shadows!  This also fixes a really ugly shadow bug with x-men (see photo) as well as '88 games' shadow / gauge.
Additionally, I fixed a bug in Escape Kid's title screen. The games are all handled now as 32-bit bitmaps. This is a very clean and simple way of doing things.

[iq_132]

The tmnt shadows a bit hard to see. You have to zoom way in. But they're actually blended in now rather than just grey blobs.

[csmart]

Awesome job iq_ I remember reporting the shadow effect in 88' Games a few years ago but wasn't aware that it affected other Konami games. Glad that is finally fixed and thank you for all your hard work.

[JacKc]

Really nice job iq_132 for fixing all konami drivers on FBA 

[Arcadez]

Nice work on the Konami games IQ_132 i wonder if the fixes you done also sort the missing graphics in TMNT 2 Turtles in Time
apparantly when the Neon Night Riders level begins the graphics all disappear