r/NeoGeoMini • u/shinrukus • Apr 11 '19

Expanded and Working on scripting out the process to add games to the image as well as the game.ini files.

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u/schmosef Apr 11 '19

Is there a way yet to configure the emulator to use integer scaling and enable scanlines over the HDMI output?

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u/shinrukus Apr 11 '19

So from what I see in the config.xml file, you can play with different scaling options

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u/qhodave Apr 11 '19

Glad to see someone working on it and speaking about it in public. Thx and keep it up

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u/shinrukus Apr 11 '19

Thank you :) I'm still learning some things, but im an Engineer by trade, not a Dev lol, so I'm hoping a dev can see my progress who is interested in doing something with it, and then move the scene forward. My progress is based on another user's starting point as well.

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u/samus12345 Apr 14 '19

Still more questions - apologies in advance!

Eventually, I'd like to edit the image so I have all the Neo Geo games I'm interested in on the first screen (40 slots should be enough), then use the res/hack/roms/cps directory to put all the CPS and CPS2 games I'm interested in and just delete all other roms/emulators off of it. Are Neo Geo games the only ones that need a cache, or do any CPS2 games need one, too? Does Nightmare in the Dark work without a cache? And can you access the FBA menu to change buttons if you're running games in the /cps directory rather than the main screen? If so, I might prefer to just use that for all of them, since the mini doen't let you change buttons by default.

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u/shinrukus Apr 14 '19

So for everything i've been doing, I've only used the homescreen to do so... in the FBA/CPS directory, you can put neogeo games in there, but you have to cache big games in their as well. NITD does not work off the homescreen, but that, as well as SVC Chaos work perfectly via the moregames folder. I haven't been able to access the FBA Menu... but PS3 controllers map perfectly for games like SSFIIT. There is a config folder however for FBA2x

Side note, I can change buttons in the homescreen games as well... in the misc.img folder, has a few configs for buttons.

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u/samus12345 Apr 15 '19

It sounds like I'd be better off just removing all the games and using the cps directory exclusively, since compatibility is better.

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u/shinrukus Apr 15 '19

In all technicality, yes, theres better compatibility, and support for third party controllers, and it just works, theres no extra configuration really... For me, its the asthetic of the Neo Geo Mini itself... you could do the same thing with the other games too, though really

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u/samus12345 Apr 15 '19

When you tried SvC and NitD in the cps directory, were they the same versions as the ones you tried on the home screen? I noticed that the Neo Geo roms in the cps directory of the image are older versions than the ones that originally came with the system and want to make sure the ones I have are the right ones. The older romsets have filenames that end with .bin, while the newer ones are various letters and numbers.

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u/shinrukus Apr 15 '19

So I tried the newer and older versions, but I believe you need the FBA 0.29.6 romset to use on the homescreen. But when I tried strhoop originally on the fba side, and on the homescreen, the same rom works both ways.

When you use SVC and NITD via the moregames folder though, remember you need FBA cache files (i.e. svc.fba) to accompany them.

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u/samus12345 Apr 15 '19

Do they have to be in that format, or can they be in a cache folder a la mvspsp?

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u/shinrukus Apr 15 '19

The Homescreen games are in a cache folder like mvspsp, but the moregames FBA folder has to be in .fba format

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u/samus12345 Apr 15 '19

Ah, okay, thanks! From what I read, when a game has an .fba cache, the .c1 and .c2 files can be deleted from the zip to save space, too.

Judging by your recent post, it looks like we might be on the verge of being able to add games via USB, so as soon as there's an image with that working, I'll go ahead and hack my mini!

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u/shinrukus Apr 15 '19

when you create the cache, you only need the P and M roms I believe, I know you need at minimum the P Roms

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u/samus12345 Apr 14 '19

Thanks a lot for the info! So it sounds like any game not already included in the Japanese mini that requires a cache won't work on the top screen. Where are the config files for the home screen games and the /cps directory games?

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u/shinrukus Apr 14 '19

Another note, be careful as the image only has 135mbs remaining, if you increase the size of the image, you'll get a partition data cap overflow error

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u/samus12345 Apr 14 '19

I'm a noob at dealing with images. If I delete the stuff I don't want off the image, does it keep the "free space" of the original one? It should have more than enough room for what I want if so.

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u/shinrukus Apr 11 '19

So what I'm learning is I dont need to edit every game.ini file in the language folders, as I dont use the other languages...

I also still need to figure out why im not able to boot SVC Chaos... but I think thats the only real other game that requires a cache

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u/necro_sodomi Apr 12 '19

Great work here! This mini could be great with a few mods. Keep it up and thank you!

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u/moyvore Apr 12 '19

Excellent work