Neo CD

markwkidd

@darksavior Does Fast Forward work in FBA?

ByteThis

@bytethis Just to add to my posts , I didn't know that neo_cd may not work on Retropie 4.2 nor Retropie 4.3 . I tried both but there is no actual documentation on what version of Retropie it actually work and run the roms. It may run on different versions...i don't know. I appreciate it being released and got it working and I know it's brand new to the Retropie scene. I am grateful to @mitu for helping me. I'm sorry at the end I feel I wasted your time . Thank you the help you gave.

markwkidd

@bytethis said in Neo CD:

@bytethis Just to add to my posts , I didn't know that neo_cd may not work on Retropie 4.2 nor Retropie 4.3 . I tried both but there is no actual documentation on what version of Retropie it actually work and run the roms. It may run on different versions...i don't know. I appreciate it being released and got it working and I know it's brand new to the Retropie scene. I am grateful to @mitu for helping me. I'm sorry at the end I feel I wasted your time . Thank you the help you gave.

I don't work on the FBA core (although I am very intereseted in its new Neo Geo CD functions) but before you give yourself too hard a time: Early written user experience feedback is in general very helpful.

Sometimes early testing leads to code fixes, other times to documentation fixes. This is probably an example of the latter but it doesn't mean your report isn't valuable.

Darksavior

@markwkidd I've never tried. I can't even load a single neocd game anyways. I can't find any definitive instructions. I converted my games to chd a while back. They work in lr-mess.

mitu

@bytethis There is no time wasted here. As @markwkidd said, having someone actually use a newly added feature and validating/testing its functionality it's always a plus and part of the normal development process.

ByteThis

I appreciate the kindness. I still don't have it working 100% as I get a screen that comes up with a cd player on the right, and a box with MENU and START on the left. I assumed it was going to work 100% when I replied in this post to @mitu . I can't get any further in getting the games to start. I have tried to to no avail :Metal Slug 2 and Raguy ( Blue's Journey ). I have tried multiple roms, multiple bioses, taken the .wav files and .iso + .cue file and made a new .iso file to try..no go. I have read about copy protection, anti-mod protection and other "protection " files added into the Neo CD images. I have at best downloaded roms with the (!) at the end of the file to let the end user know it is a for sure a working rom. I am at a loss. Still the same screen and no go. For sure the neocdz and neogeo bios files work, as I deleted them and added new ones in guaranteed to work, but the rom kicked back to the menu with the other bioses. I can access the MENU with the B button, press the B button to make the the box on the right flash red on the cd player to play..stop..etc. Am at a loss. Any insight ? I looked for rom hacks and patches, but didn't find any accordingly other than different bios files with hope to make them work...lol..I just wanted this as an option to explore a different emulator and games , but now it a pain in the butt and won't leave my curiosity.

barbudreadmon

@bytethis If the cd player appears, that means you properly loaded a cue (or iso ?) file with the --subsystem neocd argument. As i mentioned several times when i announced this feature, fbalpha is extremely picky about the cue/iso it will accept (it only accepts 1 format at the moment, which is MODE1/2048, it is unrelated to the iso being bad dump or having protections), could you post the content of your cue file ?

ByteThis

@barbudreadmon Raguy (Blue's Journey) and the Metal Slug 2 are that mode in the cue files , but unfortunately still doesn't work.

barbudreadmon

@bytethis Post the whole content of the cue file please

ByteThis

@barbudreadmon Raguy : https://pastebin.com/yAUj3g3K

Metal Slug : https://pastebin.com/ZLbptLJU

barbudreadmon

@bytethis It seems you are using exactly the same isos as me, they work fine for me... I've absolutely no clue what's happening to you. Did you try directly loading the iso instead of the cue file ?

ByteThis

@barbudreadmon Not sure as i tried tons of things. I assumed you needed the cue file as well as the iso. I will try just the iso tonight after I get dome work. Heading out in a few for work so don't have time to test just the iso. Thanks for your help and will let you know.

barbudreadmon

@bytethis said in Neo CD:

I assumed you needed the cue file as well as the iso

You won't get the "improved sound", but that would help ruling out a cue parsing issue.

Metro City

When start a game, i'll see logo neo geo cd but after few second come back in menu, anyone can help me? thanks

mitu

@Metro-City Please open a separate topic instead of reviving years old topics and add the information asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.