FBANext PS3 r424 - A Huge Improvement Over Previous Builds

Published on 03-06-2011 01:52 PM

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Your favorite emulator programmer, squarepusher has brought you another new update to the arcade based emulator, FBANext PS3. The new build from him is now an official release, as he has just got commit access from the original author, Lantus, on FBANext's official source code page. You can read below a long list of changes in the new build version.

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Download: fbanext-ps3-r424.zip (20.19 MB)

CHANGELOG (r424)

•(PS3) Added waterpaint-normalcontrast.cg, waterpaint-normalcontrast-scanline.cg, waterpaint-highcontrast.cg, waterpaint-highcontrast-scanline.cg shaders.
•(PS3) Optimized crt.cg shader – now runs at 60fps (fullspeed) at 1080p (1920×1080). Also added crt-highgamma.cg.
•(PS3) Texture references used – far faster graphics code as a result. Also adapted refreshwithalpha so that it
looks the same as it did before without texture references.
•(PS3) Added all the shaders added inbetween r423 and the custom versions
•(PS3) Replaced inlineASM in burnint.h with intrinsic so that it can be compiled with SNC. Also commented out
little endian functions in blargg_endian.h to get SNC to work.
•(PS3) Commented out all exceptions and try – catch blocks in files such as ticpp.cpp and others – SNC by default
works with exception support disabled – also exceptions have performance overhead – commenting out the exceptions
and the try-catch blocks for both GCC and SNC increased performance.
•(PS3) Got rid of virtual function call overhead in classes that inherited from a base class with virtual function
definitions – such as the Cellframework Audio driver, and FBA’s aud_audio.h itself. Led to measurable performance
increases and lag reduction.
•(PS3) Better button responsiveness – in PS3/run.cpp, for some reason button input was only being registered one
out of every three frames – commented that out. There were tons of other branches in the interface code that are
unnecessary – checking for bDrivOkay for instance in video_interface and vid_psgl – that were commented out for
PS3. This could similary be applied to FBA 360 for some performance gains – same with the elimination of virtual
function call overhead.
•(PS3) Menu scrolling with the D-pad/analog stick in the ROM browser/settings menu/ingame menu by pressing and
holding directional keys.
•(PS3) Shaders now receive three additional input params for the main vertex program (main_vertex). This
allows us to offload some more calculations from the fragment shader which leads to increased performance.
•(PS3) Added back ability to go to Service menu by pressing R3 button.
•(Core) – Rygar driver colors are restored again to normal colors – during the update to FBA beta, a swapword
statement was left out.
•(PS3) Makefile works now for either SNC or GCC. Change CELL_BUILD_TOOLS to set either of the two. The best
speed I currently get with GCC for some odd reason.
•(PS3) Makefile and preprocessor statements in the code now let you compile the source and have it detect
your SDK version automatically.
•(PS3) There is a special debug mode you can activate (CELL_DEBUG_CONSOLE = 1) where a Telnet server will
be running in the background which you can telnet into – in this mode, you can track variables and/or dump
screenshots on the HDD.
•(PS3) Better speed, far less lag as a result of all of the above.
PS. Every change above only affects the PS3 version.
Source: PSX-Scene via PS3Crunch Forum via manster (Thanks!)

As always, use the “Install Packages” function on the XMB menu to install the package file and running the emulator. We did not provide the ROMs, but you can always search it on the net.

Source: PSX-Scene

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27 Comments

Captain Obvious - 03-06-2011, 01:54 PM
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does anyone actually play this?

Greg0u812 - 03-06-2011, 02:27 PM
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I was hoping this would make front page.
I saw a week old post about it earlier today.
Started getting excited about it.

I, for one, will be using it!

As I told perspex a little bit ago,
I love a lot of the "old school" games though.

someone-PSG - 03-06-2011, 02:40 PM
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Can anybody provide me a link for some roms,especially Neo Geo because I really wanna play Metal Slug...every rom I found has an extension .rom and when I place it in the coresponding folder and try to run it from the app I just get an error that there are some files missing.

reloaded231-PSG - 03-06-2011, 03:07 PM
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i will and do use this there are lots of old coin op games that i like to play but cant find anywhere other then online but i can play them on the ps3 with this some of the roms are a pain in the *** to find in whole for the program but it works great job with this BTW

sirkid1-PSG - 03-06-2011, 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Captain Obvious

does anyone actually play this?

yup people really do...

bandito22 - 03-06-2011, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by someone

Can anybody provide me a link for some roms,especially Neo Geo because I really wanna play Metal Slug...every rom I found has an extension .rom and when I place it in the coresponding folder and try to run it from the app I just get an error that there are some files missing.

Not sure if you are allowed to post links to ROMS. For NEO-GEO games you will also need the NEO-GEO BIOS files: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3439...ba-xxx_1.1_pro

someone-PSG - 03-06-2011, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by bandito22

Not sure if you are allowed to post links to ROMS. For NEO-GEO games you will also need the NEO-GEO BIOS files: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3439...ba-xxx_1.1_pro

Thanks! Do I put that files in a corresponding folder or something else?

mastaksf-PSG - 03-06-2011, 03:54 PM
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I can't get cps1 games to work but cps2 is fine

bandito22 - 03-06-2011, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by someone

Thanks! Do I put that files in a corresponding folder or something else?

The file goes in the same folder as the main ROM's. I have the complete set of ROM's so I will try to get you the link where I downloaded from.

ullose21 - 03-06-2011, 04:24 PM
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wont recognize roms ive tried everything super nes emulator works fine folder named supernes why wont this work ive tried everyway i can think of

ullose21 - 03-06-2011, 04:25 PM
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let me ask this instead what is the name of the folder u put the roms in ? do i use mame roms? fba roms? ive tried both

bandito22 - 03-06-2011, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by ullose21

let me ask this instead what is the name of the folder u put the roms in ? do i use mame roms? fba roms? ive tried both

There is an ini file with this app that contains the default path for the ROM's. You need to edit it and point it to wherever you have your roms stored.

To edit it, you will need to use one of the FTP apps to connect to your PS3.

CrimsonSoul - 03-06-2011, 04:41 PM
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I'm surprised that no one asked if this can be installed over their current working on the PS3.

Guess some people are learning if it's not broke, don't bother trying to fix it. lol

bandito22 - 03-06-2011, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by CrimsonSoul

I'm surprised that no one asked if this can be installed over their current working on the PS3.

Guess some people are learning if it's not broke, don't bother trying to fix it. lol

These questions are people trying it for the first time. If you have it installed and working already, this version will just install straight over the top of the old version and work fine.

CrimsonSoul - 03-06-2011, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by bandito22

These questions are people trying it for the first time. If you have it installed and working already, this version will just install straight over the top of the old version and work fine.

I know what people are asking, apparently you completely missed what I was saying.

solo0891 - 03-06-2011, 05:12 PM
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I used my old collection of MAME Roms with it and all supported Hardware Roms appears in the list , Marvel vs Capcom looks beautifull with Shader : 4XSoftHD and Linear.

You need to FTP to your PS3 and copy games in /dev_hdd0/games/FBAN00000/USRDIR/roms

1. Anyone tell me how to go back to rom list from a currently playing(load) game
2. Anyone knows if Marvel vs Capcom 2 works with this ??? I tried mvsc2.zip (80 MB) from:
http://www.emuparadise.org/M.A.M.E._...97967-download

But it does not appear on the rom list

bandito22 - 03-06-2011, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by solo0891

I used my old collection of MAME Roms with it and all supported Hardware Roms appears in the list , Marvel vs Capcom looks beautifull with Shader : 4XSoftHD and Linear.

You need to FTP to your PS3 and copy games in /dev_hdd0/games/FBAN00000/USRDIR/roms

1. Anyone tell me how to go back to rom list from a currently playing(load) game
2. Anyone knows if Marvel vs Capcom 2 works with this ??? I tried mvsc2.zip (80 MB) from:
http://www.emuparadise.org/M.A.M.E._...97967-download

But it does not appear on the rom list

1. Press L2 + R1 + R2 together to exit a game back to the ROM list.
2. I have what I believe to be a full set of ROM's (7GB+ specific FBA roms, not MAME) and Marvel vs Capcom2 is not in the list so I guess it is not yet supported.

solo0891 - 03-06-2011, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by bandito22

1. Press L2 + R1 + R2 together to exit a game back to the ROM list.
2. I have what I believe to be a full set of ROM's (7GB+ specific FBA roms, not MAME) and Marvel vs Capcom2 is not in the list so I guess it is not yet supported.

Than you very much , its a pain in the *** to exit to XMB and re-enter to FBANext any time i want to change a rom

bandito22 - 03-06-2011, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by ullose21

let me ask this instead what is the name of the folder u put the roms in ? do i use mame roms? fba roms? ive tried both

The default folder for ROMS (if you don't want to edit the INI file) is:

/dev_hdd0/games/FBAN00000/USRDIR/roms

Steven Entwisle - 03-06-2011, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by solo0891

I used my old collection of MAME Roms with it and all supported Hardware Roms appears in the list , Marvel vs Capcom looks beautifull with Shader : 4XSoftHD and Linear.

You need to FTP to your PS3 and copy games in /dev_hdd0/games/FBAN00000/USRDIR/roms

1. Anyone tell me how to go back to rom list from a currently playing(load) game
2. Anyone knows if Marvel vs Capcom 2 works with this ??? I tried mvsc2.zip (80 MB) from:
http://www.emuparadise.org/M.A.M.E._...97967-download

But it does not appear on the rom list

Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 is a Sega Naomi game, and Sega Naomi games are not supported, such as Capcom Vs. SNK 1 or 2, Street Fighter Alpha 3 Double Upper, etc.