Post by: XPort on April 20, 2003, 01:44:00 PM
http://xport.xb-power.com
Put roms wherever you want
(default dir is SGENROMS )
What's New :
- 4 Player support (At main menu, press LTHUMB, select Emulator Options,
then toggle 4 player setting. Do not use this option on games that
do not support 4-players because it will screw up the controls. If you
start playing a game and you wonder why your controller isn't working,
it's probably because you left 4-player mode on.)
- Delete save files. At main menu, press LTHUMB, then select the option
to delete the saved files of the currently selected game.
- Fixed bug in cheat codes that would not let you enter addresses > 0x7FFF
- Selectable CD emulation mode. Press A to start a game using the default
CD mode (most compatible) or press the RTHUMB button to start a game
using the alternate CD mode.
- Visual description of current video mode when you switch it.
- RANALOG Up/Down/Left/Right controls SFX/MP3 music volume during gameplay
(This was actually in the last release, but not mentioned in the NFO.)
Enjoy!
Stella, Gnuboy, SMSPlus, FCEUltra, HUGO, NeoPop, DGen, Bochs, HUGO-CD, FMSXBox,
Bliss, WinSTon, Gens....what's next?
Post by: falz on April 20, 2003, 01:55:00 PM
| QUOTE (XPort @ Apr 20 2003, 02:44 PM) |
| - 4 Player support (At main menu, press LTHUMB, select Emulator Options, then toggle 4 player setting. Do not use this option on games that do not support 4-players because it will screw up the controls. If you start playing a game and you wonder why your controller isn't working, it's probably because you left 4-player mode on.) |
Awesome. Here I come, 4 player colums 3! I'd noticed a bug in v1 (just used it for the first time a few hrs ago) where the background mp3 continues playing in a game. I'll attempt to replicate with v2.
--falz
This post has been edited by falz: Apr 21 2003, 01:14 AM
Post by: SSSSSmokey on April 20, 2003, 01:55:00 PM
Post by: GLiTcH on April 20, 2003, 01:48:00 PM
edit... cant log in still... dont know why.. i could b4.... but i can log in to xbmp.xbins.org... lmao..
wtf is going on... i want my gens
Post by: LumbraX on April 20, 2003, 02:01:00 PM
Post by: Snake Box on April 20, 2003, 02:35:00 PM
Post by: XPort on April 20, 2003, 02:50:00 PM
snakebox - If Road Avenger works in Gens for Windows, then it should work in the XBox version.
Post by: mmq on April 20, 2003, 03:22:00 PM
I was going to write in a request for 4 player support in the thread for the first release, but I wanted to make sure it wasn't in there already, and easter got in the way. Now I can finally clear my genesis and 4 more controllers out of my dorm room. Yay for general chaos!
Post by: Deu on April 20, 2003, 04:23:00 PM
Increible work,my congratulations and keep up the good work.
Greetings from Spain.
This post has been edited by Deu: Apr 20 2003, 11:28 PM
Post by: GLiTcH on April 20, 2003, 04:25:00 PM
Post by: ScOrPiOn-X on April 20, 2003, 04:26:00 PM
| QUOTE (GLiTcH @ Apr 20 2003, 09:48 PM) |
| nice... if only i could log in to xbins ftp... :( edit... cant log in still... dont know why.. i could b4.... but i can log in to xbmp.xbins.org... lmao.. :grr: wtf is going on... i want my gens :( |
I had this problem too, I couldn't log-in to xbins either. Don't know if it's the same as me, but, all I did was change my nick and was able to log-in.
GreetZ
Post by: DarkForce on April 20, 2003, 04:22:00 PM
, no way to play them without using cddissect and playing the .cue file?
Post by: Mechazilla on April 20, 2003, 04:24:00 PM
Now hows about porting ULTRA 64
Post by: GLiTcH on April 20, 2003, 04:41:00 PM
btw... do i need 4 controllrs connected so colums 3 can run
Post by: UberJim on April 20, 2003, 05:48:00 PM
Post by: djoye on April 20, 2003, 06:08:00 PM
Post by: falz on April 20, 2003, 06:40:00 PM
| QUOTE (falz @ Apr 20 2003, 02:48 PM) | ||
Awesome. Here I come, 4 player colums 3! |
What game(s) were tested with multipad/multitap support? Columns 3 supports it, but it is unresponsive when you turn '4 player support' on. It acts as you hint at: game unresponsive. Ive tested with 1 through 4 controllers plugged in, there is no difference in any case. Is there something in the code specific to the EA multipad? Apparently there are two pads- the EA one supports *only* EA games, while the other adaptor supports "all the rest" (including colums 3).
Also a gui note. The new layout is far superiour to dgen, and is just great. However, there is an inconsistancy that you may want to address. While at the game list, the LEFT thumb brings up config. In game, the RIGHT thumb then brings up the config. This has caused me to launch games w/ the right thumb while viewing the rom list, as it's pretty simple to loose track of which thumb brings up the config. Left thumb for both makes sense to me, hence swapping the gfx filter option to the right thumb while in game. This just seems less confusing and more consistant, from a GUI perspective.
Anyhow, great work, and happy wacky christian holidays! :)
--falz
Post by: XPort on April 20, 2003, 06:54:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| glitch : if 4 player support is on n u try a regular game.. it freezes.... |
From the NFO:
| QUOTE |
| - 4 Player support (At main menu, press LTHUMB, select Emulator Options, then toggle 4 player setting. Do not use this option on games that do not support 4-players because it will screw up the controls. If you start playing a game and you wonder why your controller isn't working, it's probably because you left 4-player mode on.) |
and
| QUOTE |
| glitch - the 4 player support should b set to recognize the games.. instead of changing it everytime on just to play a game... |
How nitpicky can one person get? First off, there are very few 4/8 player games for the Genesis. You're not going to be constantly swapping back and forth between 2-player and 4-player mode. Furthermore, it's much more likely that 4-player games will be played in 2-player mode - so it makes more sense to not automatically switch on 4-player mode. You sure complain a lot.
Post by: XPort on April 20, 2003, 07:23:00 PM
Post by: admiralj on April 20, 2003, 08:18:00 PM
1. In regards to cddissect, is there a way to get it to output the mp3s in plain, regular stereo - as opposed to Joint Stereo? Would setting the quality to High matter any?
2. Exactly what is the naming convention of gens? data.bin/audio02.mp3 or data01.bin/audio02.mp3?
3. I've noticed that running certain 32x games (virtua fighter in particular) in 2xSai mode slows the game down. Do you know offhand if segacd games suffer from this slowdown as well?
Thanks.
Post by: falz on April 20, 2003, 09:16:00 PM
| QUOTE (admiralj @ Apr 20 2003, 09:18 PM) |
| 2. Exactly what is the naming convention of gens? data.bin/audio02.mp3 or data01.bin/audio02.mp3? 3. I've noticed that running certain 32x games (virtua fighter in particular) in 2xSai mode slows the game down. Do you know offhand if segacd games suffer from this slowdown as well? Thanks. |
2- use the filenames that cddisect gives you if booting from a .cue file: file01.iso, file02.mp3, file03.mp3. If running from the iso, drop the '01' portion of the filename.
3- I ran lunar:ss and lunar:eb and didnt have an issues with that graphic filter. If its slow, turn it off :)
| QUOTE (Loafer @ Apr 20 2003, 09:58 PM) |
| Like I said, I may be the only sap who has a problem with this. |
yep.
--falz
Post by: XDelusion on April 20, 2003, 09:21:00 PM
Post by: XPort on April 21, 2003, 04:06:00 AM
#2 - If you are running the game by selecting the CUE file on XBox, then you don't need to worry about a naming convention (provided the names in the CUE sheet match the actual ISO/MP3 file names. If you run the game by selecting the ISO file, then you need to follow the Gens naming convention which is described in the Gens.txt file available in the Windows version.
#3 - Don't know - if you think it is, then turn it off.
Loafer - I shall think about it.
bubbathemaster - I don't think save/load states as a selection from the Options menu is preferable to doing it in-game. People generally prefer instant loading/saving of the games. Also, you are not forcing throttle when you save/load state. Throttling is *RIGHT* trigger, state saving/loading uses *LEFT* trigger.
XDelusion - I did not change anything in the code wrt CD-emulation other than the alternate starting method. However, I tried Dune using both methods and it played exactly the same for me either way. You need to be more specific about what exactly was not working. Are you using the alternate starting method? (RTHUMB) What video was not working correctly for you? What is the easiest way for me to get to that video in the game?
Post by: dazdastardly on April 21, 2003, 04:14:00 AM
... congrats xport...only thing is, is the game speed slightly to fast ? or is it just me... kudos...
-dd-
Post by: DarkForce on April 21, 2003, 04:25:00 AM
what I meant about playing originals is actually playing them in the xbox DVD, they load fine(can access them in xbmp etc...) tis a pain to go through creating ISO's when I have them at hand. Other than that, awesome release
Post by: badmonkey on April 22, 2003, 09:48:00 AM
Thanks
Post by: akumax on April 22, 2003, 10:36:00 AM
Post by: pelago on April 22, 2003, 11:20:00 AM
| QUOTE (captain_harlock @ Apr 22 2003, 01:31 PM) |
| I would like to second the motions about moving the save/load state items to a menu rather than a button combo. Especially because I use the in game reset a lot, and that uses left trigger and black button, and wouldn't want to accidentally save state . . . |
| QUOTE (Xport) |
| IGR for me is LTRIGGER+RTRIGGER+START+BACK. Why do you have yours set to LTRIGGER+BLACK? |
captain_harlock is using a Controller S, I believe, and because of the different placement of the buttons, the Executor BIOS allows an IGR pattern of LTRIGGER+RTRIGGER+START+BLACK. I think what captain_harlock is saying is that if he tries to do an IGR, he might accidently save state which he wouldn't want to do.
I think it would be excellent to be able to re-map all buttons/functions. That would (theoretically) keep everyone happy, although a pain to make a GUI, especially for the ones where you hold multiple buttons at once.
pelago
Post by: Shadowland on April 22, 2003, 12:17:00 PM
Simply awesome!
Post by: mr jones on April 22, 2003, 12:28:00 PM
And I'm STILL not going back to the pipe.
Post by: captain_harlock on April 22, 2003, 04:00:00 PM
| QUOTE (XPort @ Apr 22 2003, 01:21 PM) |
| re: sound in Lunar - are you saying this happens all the time? The sound goes away in Lunar after playing it for about an hour? Have you experienced this with any other CD games? Have you experienced this with cartridge games? |
Thanks again for the great work, and for the attentive responses on this message board. My experience with GensX v2 and Lunar SS has been this : the game works fantastically and the speed trigger is super handy for zipping through the slow parts. But after a long while of playing the sound faded out, and won't come back. If I restart the emulator, it appears to come back. This isn't a major deal . . .
Also, thanks for the tip on the Back+Start in the option screen. Works great.
Post by: bzchi on April 22, 2003, 05:39:00 PM
Excellent work on getting the V2 out so quickly, the small problems I had were fixed before I had a chance to report them
I have a bug report and a feature request for V2 but im not sure if I can configure it myself to fix the problems (so if anyone knows please help me out)
The first is with directory browsing, is there any way to have the directories listed at the top of page instead of mixed in with all the roms alphabetically?
The second is, when I try to load Virtua Racing 32X I get a message from the game along the lines up "This game was created for use on Euopean Mega Drive consoles only" so im gathering the emulator is saying its a US Genesis, is there a way to change this easily?
Thats about it, thanks again for your hard work on the emu!
Post by: Koitsu on April 22, 2003, 06:02:00 PM
i dunno if this was said somewhere (short attention span), but to those who're switching to this gens from the PC or Hikaru's (no offense to him, but how could you not), all old save rams (srm, brm, etc.) can be sent to this emu on the XBOX. they just go in /E/UDATA/ffff051f/10B0102C7AEB/
Hikaru's gens-x saves went in /E/90x26/Sega Mega Drive/Save Data/ , so if you went kinda far in a game on his emu, and didn't want to start over, just transfer those files. it may've been mentioned, but i didn't see it.
anyway, superb, but having said that, i do have some thoughts...
can you let us set up some skins/wallpaper/textures? i'm not asking for any because i always make my own, but i just wanna be able to use them. you don't seem to be concerned with them, but i'm REALLY concerned with them.
thanx man.
Post by: jizzlobber on April 22, 2003, 09:08:00 PM
| QUOTE (bzchi @ Apr 23 2003, 12:39 AM) |
| The second is, when I try to load Virtua Racing 32X I get a message from the game along the lines up "This game was created for use on Euopean Mega Drive consoles only" so im gathering the emulator is saying its a US Genesis, is there a way to change this easily? |
gens-x takes a guess at what region the game is but it isn't always correct.
you can force the emu to EURO by selecting the game with another button (in this case it's the black or white button, check the readme).
i'm not sure what VR32x I have but gens-x doesn't fuck it up
Post by: bzchi on April 22, 2003, 10:25:00 PM
I have skimmed the readme a couple of times, both times I was so keen to get into the gaming I missed this.
Thanks for your help and apologies to everyone for asking an already answered question
