Goodbye fbalpha, welcome fbneo

[UDb23]

Is this new release already available thru "update from source" in Retropie setup ?

[BuZz]

@barbudreadmon My only thinking was that in the future it might be useful to keep as fbalpha performance may change - in the same way there are various libretro MAME cores.

I can look into a PR as time allows. Thanks.

[UDb23]

@barbudreadmon iq_132 recently added Atari "Arcade Classics" prototype (super centipede/missile command II). Is there trackball support in .44 ?

[IanDaemon]

@UDb23 I have that package and the trackball I have works fine.

[UDb23]

@IanDaemon sweet. thanks!
Finishing my custom trackball & spinner control panel; will check the game asap.

[wmarcio]

Hi!
How i can downgrade FBA to 02.97.43?

[barbudreadmon]

@wmarcio you'll have to manually clone and build https://github.com/libretro/fbalpha2018

@barbudreadmon said in New FB Alpha libretro (pre-v0.2.97.44):

it's up to you to either not update fbalpha or keep your romset up-to-date

Next time, follow the instructions and don't update, it'll save you a lot of trouble if you don't want to bother updating your romsets.

[brimby]

If I update Retropie does my FBA emulator get upgraded too or do emulators have to get updated specifically/intentionally?

[IanDaemon]

@brimby said in New FB Alpha libretro (pre-v0.2.97.44):

If I update Retropie does my FBA emulator get upgraded too or do emulators have to get updated specifically/intentionally?

You can do either. You can update them together or separately. The RetroPie menus give you both options.

[wmarcio]

@barbudreadmon said in New FB Alpha libretro (pre-v0.2.97.44):

@wmarcio you'll have to manually clone and build https://github.com/libretro/fbalpha2018

@barbudreadmon said in New FB Alpha libretro (pre-v0.2.97.44):

it's up to you to either not update fbalpha or keep your romset up-to-date

Next time, follow the instructions and don't update, it'll save you a lot of trouble if you don't want to bother updating your romsets.

Hi, thanks for answering.

Would it be too much to ask, or could you teach me this procedure?
I do not know anything about linux ...
thank you very much.

[barbudreadmon]

@wmarcio I would recommend to stick with the latest version and fix your romsets instead (using the dat file i provide at https://github.com/libretro/fbalpha/blob/master/dats/FB Alpha v0.2.97.44 (ClrMame Pro XML).dat and a tutorial about clrmamepro), doing otherwise would be a lot more complex and there are most likely specific steps for retropie which i'm unaware of.

[barbudreadmon]

Btw, i'll mention it since it has been a request for a long time, midway W unit games (mortal kombat 3, rampage world tour, ...) are now available in fbalpha, and midway T unit (mortal kombat 1 & 2, ...) should be available in the next few days. Can't tell you how well they perform on rpi3 (my sd card died a few weeks ago and i didn't find the time to reinstall something on a new sd card), but on my x86 computers they work perfectly. Support for a lot of 80s american cabinet from atari and williams was also added some time ago.

[barbudreadmon]

mk1 & 2 are now supported in public releases, they run fine on my rpi3, mk3 seems to be a bit too much for my rpi3 atm.
On a sidenote, don't use frameskipping with midway games atm, it's causing unexpected rendering issues, currently trying to figure out what's causing this.

[UDb23]

@barbudreadmon Will we get a .44 final release for Xmas ? ;-)

[barbudreadmon]

@UDb23 Don't ask for an ETA, things will be ready when they'll be ready, and most people are busy in december. I don't think there will be an official release as long as the midway drivers aren't perfect (or almost), and i think there is still quite some work to do on them.

[Menion]

Hi
The current FB Alpha libretro that we get from binary source in retropie-setup 4.4 (updated) is this new pre-v0.2.97.44? I am asking because according to the changelog some new games have been added, like Mortal Kombat. I have a verified rom set (verified against 0.2.97.44 dat file) but it won't load at all

[barbudreadmon]

@Menion said in New FB Alpha libretro (pre-v0.2.97.44):

The current FB Alpha libretro that we get from binary source in retropie-setup 4.4 (updated) is this new pre-v0.2.97.44? I am asking because according to the changelog some new games have been added, like Mortal Kombat. I have a verified rom set (verified against 0.2.97.44 dat file) but it won't load at all

I have no idea what the pre-packaged version from retropie-setup is, however i would recommend building from sources and picking the dat from https://github.com/libretro/fbalpha/blob/master/dats/FB Alpha (ClrMame Pro XML%2C Arcade only).dat at the same time, so that you can be sure to have a romset matching your fbalpha version (as stated above, there are changes every few day/week).

On a sidenote, the midway mk/kinst drivers still need a lot of polishing in fbalpha, and considering one of the cpu interpreter needs a major rewrite, it might take a long time before it's at the level of other fbalpha drivers, you'll clearly have better emulation with mame2003-plus for those games.

[barbudreadmon]

@BuZz You might be interested in updating your build script, there are specific instructions to build the dynarec which allows to play killer instinct at full speed on x86_64, see bottom of https://github.com/libretro/fbalpha

[BuZz]

@barbudreadmon Thanks. Have made the change.

[johnodon]

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