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    • RiverstormR
      Riverstorm
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      Yeah I think they have just been renamed (besides Killer Instinct & Killer Instinct 2). Just a few examples of the short list of 25 comparing the 2021-05-01 to the current DAT.

      Old name:

      kof98eck20
      kof98eckvs
      kof99rp2f
      umk3pb1
      umk3uc
      

      New name:

      kof98eckg
      kof98ecky
      kof99rp
      umk3p
      umk3uk
      
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        barbudreadmon @Ashpool
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        @Ashpool this is the default width/height at which we emulate those vector games (meaning if you don't turn on the hires dips), i intend to keep it like this for now.

        @Riverstorm said in Goodbye fbalpha, welcome fbneo:

        I did a quick once over and the only thing that flagged for me was aztarac. It's listed video type is raster. I've played it several times and always think of it as a vector game but you never know.

        And you are absolutely right, i added the GBF_VECTOR flag to several dozens of games yesterday but it seems i missed 2 boards, it should be ok now, thanks for the report !

        FBNeo developer - github - forum

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        • AshpoolA
          Ashpool @barbudreadmon
          last edited by Ashpool

          @barbudreadmon said in Goodbye fbalpha, welcome fbneo:

          @Ashpool this is the default width/height at which we emulate those vector games (meaning if you don't turn on the hires dips), i intend to keep it like this for now.

          :up: as it has a real meaning, I am all in for keeping that information "\o/"

          Edit: As I, so far just used (with a few exceptions) FBA/FBNeo just for Neogeo roms and due to your discussion with @Riverstorm over at the other thread and here (M2k3+), I am inclined to reconsider my personal evaluation/stereotype of speed over accuracy in regards to FBN and I 'am therefore stepping back from those thoughts of preferring mame cores over FBN ones by now because of accuracy assumed.
          Now to that hires dip ;> I've read about it on the FBNEo libretro pages, but I am missing further informations beyond the "1080p" datum. Does it mean that previous 800x600/600x800 / 640x480/480x640 information should be treated as 1440x1080 for 4:3(H) and 810x1080 for 3:4(V) in Applications which are utilizing/queriieng that info (usable then with an option of true/false dipswitch set: aka -> use dat size, or 1080p one)?

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          • RiverstormR
            Riverstorm @barbudreadmon
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            @barbudreadmon - Cheers, it looks spot on now! If I see anything else that looks off I let you know and many--many thanks for adding that last bit of geometry information. It looks spectacular and will come in very handy! :)

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            • RiverstormR
              Riverstorm
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              @Ashpool - I don't know if it would help, but jump into a few of them and poke around in the menus. The resolution is in there somewhere. Then turn on a hires dip and check it again. I had a few questions and it really helped in understanding what was going on.

              I agree I would definitely lean toward accuracy over speed in an emulator but if the accuracy is hindering performance enough maybe a performance based emulator might be preferred. I had a bunch of games that I was on the fence about and finally just tried them in both to help make a decision.

              I wish there was a slam dunk emulator for every game but some games you have to use alternative emulators if you want to play...well, hmmm, at least until FBNeo emulates them all... ;)

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                barbudreadmon @Ashpool
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                @Ashpool said in Goodbye fbalpha, welcome fbneo:

                Does it mean that previous 800x600/600x800 / 640x480/480x640 information should be treated as 1440x1080 for 4:3(H) and 810x1080 for 3:4(V) in Applications which are utilizing/queriieng that info (usable then with an option of true/false dipswitch set: aka -> use dat size, or 1080p one)?

                Indeed, but i wouldn't recommend using the hires dips on pi4 with FBNeo, you'll likely run into performance issues.

                Advmame is the recommended emulator for vector games on retropie, it does a far better job at performance and has features we don't for customizing visuals.

                FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                  Machtroid @Folly
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                  @Folly @barbudreadmon @Riverstorm Awesome this is great information to have, much appreciated! I'm definitely going to update fbneo and my romset, but it's great to know which new game additions to look for and play around with. I have never played some of these CAVE shooters and look forward to trying them out. Thanks for helping out with this!

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                  • WeirdHW
                    WeirdH @barbudreadmon
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                    @barbudreadmon Don't know if this should go here or in its own thread/report, but I discovered something weird: in snowbro2, when I change the dipswitches for the coinage settings (through RGUI), then save, exit and relaunch the game, the left direction on my joystick stops working. Changing the dips back and relaunching solves the issue. Is it a bug?

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                      barbudreadmon @WeirdH
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                      @WeirdH Thanks for the report, i have one good news and one bad news. The good news is that the issue should be fixed. The bad news is that this game is one of the few using conditional dipswitches (in this case, "Territory" is supposed to control which pair of "Coin A" / "Coin B" is available), and i never found a way to make those work properly due to how the libretro api works.

                      FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                      • WeirdHW
                        WeirdH @barbudreadmon
                        last edited by WeirdH

                        @barbudreadmon Well, as long as things still work without having to endure the god awful US/EU character selection screen, you won't hear me complaining.

                        Coinage options also aren't really that important to me, but I just stumbled upon this little quirk while fiddling around, so I thought I'd mention it.

                        EDIT: Confirmed fixed and working for me. Region was set to SE-Asia (gives English text and original character select), changed player 1 coinage setting, smooth sailing.

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                          barbudreadmon @WeirdH
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                          @WeirdH I was thinking about those conditional dips for the past few days and finally managed to get them working. It's still kinda awkward though with that libretro core option list working somehow asynchronously, and the conditional dips sometimes requiring a restart to work properly. But that's the best i can achieve with the tools i have at my disposal.

                          FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                          • dodonpachiD
                            dodonpachi
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                            So I updated to the latest binary for the libretro version, and I notice none of my CV1K games save their diagnostic settings. IE, lowered difficulty, 9 credits instead of 1, etc.

                            I know that a month or so back, the driver was updated to add speed hacks. Did something break in the meantime, or do I need to delete save files somewhere?

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                              barbudreadmon @dodonpachi
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                              @dodonpachi due to multiple requests about this, i recently migrated FBNeo nvrams from the older headered/compressed format to a raw format closer to MAME's, it turns out my migration process didn't handle several cv1k games properly due to some unusual nvram behavior.
                              The fix is on git, thanks for the report.

                              FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                                dodonpachi @barbudreadmon
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                                @barbudreadmon just downloaded the latest binary from retropie setup, and can confirm the in-game options are saving again! Thank you for the swift fix!

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                                  janderclander14
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                                  Regarding CV1000 games, I'm experiencing a strange behavior.

                                  The first time I run a CV1000 game, it works as expected: near full speed with default 100% cpu in the core options, and almost perfect full speed if I change the core cpu % by the suggested value.

                                  However, the second time I run the same game, fps are halved (around 33 fps) and audio drops are extreme. Also, core cpu settings do not seem to have any visible effect. I have tried saving per game core settings or not, but the problem remains. The only thing that remedies the problem is removing the .fs file for that game in the fbneo directory. Then, the game runs well again, until I run it a second time (after fbneo creates again the .fs file).

                                  I'm using the latest fbneo binary, but I have experienced this problem in previous versions too, since when CV1000 support was added. I'm also running the latest Retropie version on a Pi 4, 4Gb.

                                  Does anyone encountered a similar problem?

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                                    barbudreadmon @janderclander14
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                                    @janderclander14 said in Goodbye fbalpha, welcome fbneo:

                                    Does anyone encountered a similar problem?

                                    I never heard of it. Does it maybe happen on specific games ?

                                    @janderclander14 said in Goodbye fbalpha, welcome fbneo:

                                    I'm using the latest fbneo binary,

                                    You mean latest from sources, right ? I've no idea how old is the version if you are installing from binary

                                    FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                                      janderclander14 @barbudreadmon
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                                      @barbudreadmon Yes, it happens on all CV1000 games and the behavior is deterministic for all of them. And yes, the binary was compiled on Jul 23, 2022 sources.

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                                        barbudreadmon @janderclander14
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                                        @janderclander14 sorry, i have no idea what's going on with your setup

                                        FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                                        • dodonpachiD
                                          dodonpachi @janderclander14
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                                          @janderclander14 it seems like there was a similar problem talked about here. Try out the steps el rika did, maybe there's a glitch in the way the .fs file is saving threaded blitter options.

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                                            barbudreadmon @dodonpachi
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                                            @dodonpachi this issue wasn't about performance and was fixed back in may

                                            FBNeo developer - github - forum

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