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      barbudreadmon
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      @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

      FBNeo developer - github - forum

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        BuZz administrators @barbudreadmon
        last edited by

        @barbudreadmon Thanks. Have made the change.

        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          johnodon
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          Look at what I did Mom!

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            hermit
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            has the 0.2.97.44 version been released? thanks

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            • GreenHawk84G
              GreenHawk84
              last edited by

              Hello,

              Just trying to understand this thread. I just installed Stretch on 3B+ fresh, and that comes with FBAlpha. Is that the "best" core of choice these days or should I be looking for FBAlpha2018? Looking for max compatibility and performance as usual.

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                UDb23 @GreenHawk84
                last edited by

                @GreenHawk84 I'd also check Mame2003plus.
                In any case you need to update from source to get the latest version.

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                  GreenHawk84 @UDb23
                  last edited by

                  @UDb23 That was my next question. So the cores that come with the fresh Retropie 4.4 are not the latest? Aren't my cores updated when I use the Retropie Setup script to "Update all packages"?

                  I want to get on the right track for having the latest and greatest versions on my setup.

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                    UDb23 @GreenHawk84
                    last edited by

                    @GreenHawk84 Fresh install+update all packages you'll only get latest final (non beta) versions (same as update from binary afaik).
                    Mame2003plus and FBA's latest versions, by updating from source, provide a lot of new features and new games support. Both are being updated quite often.

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                    • BuZzB
                      BuZz administrators @UDb23
                      last edited by

                      @UDb23 the binaries were updated only a few weeks ago.

                      To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                        UDb23 @BuZz
                        last edited by

                        @BuZz Wasn't aware of that. Thanks.

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                        • sirhenrythe5thS
                          sirhenrythe5th @UDb23
                          last edited by sirhenrythe5th

                          What is about this "Good Bye FinalBurn Alpha - welcome FB Neo" over there at libretro.com?
                          Achievements, much improved sound quality (i.e. Q-Sound now crystal clear), more games supported, faster emulation,...

                          Sounds great in my ears, hope we will see it on the Pi some day

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                            mitu Global Moderator @sirhenrythe5th
                            last edited by

                            @sirhenrythe5th said in New FB Alpha libretro (pre-v0.2.97.44):

                            Sounds great in my ears, hope we will see it on the Pi some day

                            It's already on the Pi, as lr-fbalpha. It will be renamed as lr-fbneo shortly, but otherwise the code is just a continuation of the fbalpha project. There are more details in the libretro.com forum post, which outlines the reasons for the name change.

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                            • sirhenrythe5thS
                              sirhenrythe5th @mitu
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                              @mitu thanks once more mitu!!!

                              So it is the version we are talking here in this thread?
                              Then i allready use it for NeoGeo and some more games that dont work with AdvanceMame.

                              I will have to test some CPS2 + 3 games to get an impression of the sound improvments.

                              But what i also realized: with the update from. 43 to. 44 the sound quality of "Raiden DX" got worst.
                              I first checked if my speakers blew up 😊 but they were ok.
                              Sounds like crackling mono now ☺

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                                barbudreadmon @sirhenrythe5th
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                                @sirhenrythe5th said in New FB Alpha libretro (pre-v0.2.97.44):

                                I will have to test some CPS2 + 3 games to get an impression of the sound improvments.

                                There should be no change to CPS3.

                                @sirhenrythe5th said in New FB Alpha libretro (pre-v0.2.97.44):

                                the sound quality of "Raiden DX" got worst

                                YM2151 is on the todo list, however i can't reproduce your issue, there might be something else causing it.

                                FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                                  barbudreadmon @sirhenrythe5th
                                  last edited by

                                  @sirhenrythe5th said in New FB Alpha libretro (pre-v0.2.97.44):

                                  But what i also realized: with the update from. 43 to. 44 the sound quality of "Raiden DX" got worst.
                                  I first checked if my speakers blew up 😊 but they were ok.
                                  Sounds like crackling mono now ☺

                                  I asked around and i confirm there was no change in sound quality for raidendx, so there are only a few possibilities :

                                  • You were previously using raidendx (or clone) and now you are using r2dx_v33 (or clone), the later is a cheap knock-off of the first with awfully bad sound (they removed 2 sound related boards out of the 3 the game originally had, the samplerate went down to 7742hz), btw both versions are mono.
                                  • There is some issue with your setup, it might be a lot of things, maybe your setup dislike this game's refresh rate (which is 55.407801Hz) ?
                                  • Your hardware is struggling (maybe the game eats more cpu now), try setting frameskip to 1 and let me know if it solves the cracklings.

                                  FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                                    sirhenrythe5th @barbudreadmon
                                    last edited by

                                    @barbudreadmon thank you very much for your help!

                                    I use raidendx.zip, so i guess the parent rom of this game.
                                    I hope i dont have any issues with my setup, i really do anything to keep it clean and running (daily updates of OS and, as far as available, retropie-setup/all installed packages) no overclocking, no changing of sensible parameters and so on).

                                    In the end i have this this issue only with RaidenDX and once.
                                    I will check it again in the evening when i am home again, i had the same sound experience a couple of days ago with a game in AdvanceMame.
                                    In this case i solved the problem: i use "auto normalize" in the audio-settings of AdvanceMame (which is a great option imo! ;) ) and in this specific case the volume was set to +18 which had the same crackling sound as result.

                                    Now i think maybe i jumped too much between AdvanceMame and FBA so that the audio-mixer got a bit fuzzy.
                                    I will check later as mentioned, maybe it was just a kind of loading error concerning the audio drivers.

                                    Thx a lot again!!!

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                                    • sirhenrythe5thS
                                      sirhenrythe5th
                                      last edited by sirhenrythe5th

                                      OK, no more issues :D

                                      Yesterday i updated to 4.4.13 and within this update FBAlpha has been upgraded to FBNeo.
                                      Took quite a long time, but was worth it indeed.
                                      No more sound-issues with RaidenDX and i am really impressed about the Performance update.
                                      NeoGeo in special is awesome now!!!

                                      Maybe one thing should be mentioned: after the update you have to copy everything from "/home/pi/retropie/roms/fba/fba" to "/home/pi/retropie/roms/fba/fbneo" to keep all the highscores and BIOS-Setups of NEOGEO.

                                      Thanks a lot, great job!

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                                        BuZz administrators @sirhenrythe5th
                                        last edited by BuZz

                                        @sirhenrythe5th you may have installed it before I had the new binaries built. Should be able to install without building now on RPI.

                                        Regarding folders. yeah, sorry - some changed. Also core options will need to be adjusted if you customised them before as old settings are not renamed.

                                        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                        • sirhenrythe5thS
                                          sirhenrythe5th @BuZz
                                          last edited by

                                          @BuZz well, in RGUI there was 0.2.97.44. displayed indeed.
                                          But i had no update of FBA in the near past that took so Long (about 40 min.) and what i had as result...no, that is really a difference experience with "FBANeo".
                                          As mentioned i.e. NEOGEO is soooo awesome now!
                                          I did not realize that it did run with a small handbrake before, love to test every single game with this enhanced engine.

                                          Yep, i had to remap my buttons again too, you are right.
                                          The core-overrides wird gone too.

                                          Great update! , much appreciated!!!

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                                            hermit
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                                            sorry if I insist, but now the core is for version 0.2.97.44 or 0.2.97.43? thank you

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