lr-fbalpha and neogeo.zip

mancity

Hmm thanks for your reply. So basically try putting a copy of the unzipped neogeo.zip inside the .zip of each game and try again? I'll give it a go tonight thank you :)

BJRetro

@mancity exactly. And it definitely works. (FYI, Based on a suggestion in another post, I also tried a similar concept for where only one version of an arcade rom works but it is not the base/parent version. I guess I had gotten what are called “split rom” sets. I was building a bartop arcade and didn’t want to have like 2 versions of, say, Marvel Superheroes, on the game list just to be able to play one. So I unzipped the parent rom folder (msh), took the unzipped contents, and pasted them into the zipped game folder for the working (clone/child) rom without unzipping that clone/child rom (which I think was mshu, but don’t quote me on that, it’s just an example for this post) and viola only one entry on the game list for Marvel Super Heroes and it now worked! So seems to work for whenever a particular game needs more files, whether that be a parent rom or bios files, to run.

mancity

Ok thank you I will try it tonight and update this.

I cannot understand how i previously put the neogeo.zip in home/pi/retropie/bios and it worked fine, bu now does not though...

dankcushions

lr-fbalpha is constantly updated, and with software updates come romset updates.

you may need the neogeo.zip from the latest FBA 0.2.97.44 romset.

it's nothing to do with putting bios within the game zips...

mancity

@dankcushions but I have a working nepgeo.zip file because if I put it in the games directory the games work - just not if I put it into the bios directory?

dankcushions

@mancity oh, interesting. what version are you using of fbalpha? if you bring up the RGUI, it should have a version string at the bottom - efa0235 or something like that

dankcushions

actually, quickest way is to diagnose is to launch with verbose logging via runcommand, recreate the issue, and then paste the log from here: /dev/shm/runcommand.log

mancity

@dankcushions Ill have to have a look tonight - Is it worth updating the package?

dankcushions

@mancity i wouldn't. you could find you'll need to update your romset.

mancity

@dankcushions oh haha - what do you suggest then? I'll check the lr-fpalpha version when I get home. I assume you cane place the bios somewhere other than the games folder for pifba?

dankcushions

@mancity i suggest what i said above :) looking at the logs - it should show it finding out your system directory, and then say the file it can't find. that should tell us everything.

pifba is a different emulator that needs a completely different romset. forget that.

mancity

Sorry I didnt see the log file reply - I will have a look alter and update this :)

mancity

Ok so I took a copy and then updated lr-fbalpha and it works with the neogeo.zip in the BIOS directory :)