Can someone provide me the CRC of the most recent patched ROM file?  that way I can tell if this thing is patching it or corrupting it.  I've never had these problems with an IPS before tho.
I just patched it with lunar again and copied in the .msu file and it still messes up.  badly.  edit: i just patched the one I downloaded off of youtube link which is 2 revisions prior and now I get a black screen.  I really don't know why I can't just patch the original ROM and play it. edit: I just copied the .msu from the folder I downloaded off that youtube link, still no dice.  I just get a black screen instead of the character select screen.

are you guys sure the IPS file that is on zeldix is not corrupt?  that is the only way this can be explained.

edit: also wayback machine doesn't have the previous patch archived ugh...

edit: tried again using flips instead of lunar, it creates exactly the same patched file that doesn't work.  now it's froze on the intro screen with M.Bison and glitchy graphics randomly going around the right side of the screen.

edit: trying this file I found on page 6 instead: 20210425 1521.zip  will come back and let you guys know if that one works, as the IPS file is larger than the one in the OP.

edit: wow seriously? that one doesn't work either :| this is super frustrating.

Did you try snes9x or is it sd2snes only?

Conn wrote:Did you try snes9x or is it sd2snes only?

I only use sd2snes. Do you know the correct CRC of the patched ROM? I had to give up because I tried patching it tons of times.

Try snes9x please... if it is alright there you can be sure you patched the correct rom, and the problem is on your sd2snes. Since it worked on relikk device, there's maybe an adjustment wrong.

my patched ROM crc32 is 143DEBDB is that right?

snes9x, I don't have that installed, I'll have to find it somewhere

Ok it appears to work in snes9x, I wonder why it won't work on my sd2snes.. very weird.

Maybe I should try using a different snes9x kernel because I'm using the one that supports super gameboy. Maybe it's broken.

Ok well I just downloaded the kernel from sd2snes.de and it works fine now. So that means there's something definitely wrong with the kernel that supports SGB. I'll just use my actual SGB or SGB2 instead, it's not worth the hassle.

The firmware I tested on was FURiOUS's SGB fork. So there's nothing wrong there.

Relikk wrote:The firmware I tested on was FURiOUS's SGB fork. So there's nothing wrong there.

Hmm maybe I have an old one I dunno.  Anyway the game worked great, til it froze on M.Bison's stage, so I just shut down and called it quits. I'll have to try that sgb fork again but it seems like the latest patch just has too many problems.

Ok well I just beat it using FURiOUS's latest SGB fork with savestates update included and everything's working fine, though I didn't come across M.Bison.  I guess it was yet another bad firmware.

edit: nope, it freezes on M.Bison's stage still. Is this a known issue?

If you report bugs, it would be best if you counter test on snes9x... If the bug appears there too, it probably is a bug in the patched rom, if not it is maybe the firmware.
We cannot trace sd2snes bugs anyways, since there is no debug function... So it should be reproduceable on emu

Freezing on Bison's stage has been reported in the thread before, so it's likely a lingering bug.

Then we have to wait for gizaha having time to look into this bison freeze issue. At least the main Problem rocketblast had is resolved.
Without wanting to open Pandora's box... I hope ikari will release an official firmware soon... Hope dies last

It freezes in Bison's stage, or it freezes with cpu Bison oppoment?

gizaha wrote:It freezes in Bison's stage, or it freezes with cpu Bison oppoment?

Freezes every time on Bison's stage with cpu Bison as opponent. That's the only thing I see wrong with it now. On the two previous patches ago, it doesn't freeze at all.

Relikk wrote:Freezing on Bison's stage has been reported in the thread before, so it's likely a lingering bug.

Ohhhh okay gotcha thanks.

rocketblast wrote:Freezes every time on Bison's stage with cpu Bison as opponent.  

Then isolate them.
Just kidding, i'll do it myself.

It's the Bison cpu player the problem, more specific, it's AGAIN the famous sd2snes bug, where it returns garbage data.

Temporary solution:
A new patch special for sd2snes, with disabled msu file data but:
It doesn't have the "Z" extra frames.
It will also have a small lag between the two Z in order to decompress the player data.
Msu file data is not needed anymore, you can have it zero bytes.

Solution 2:
You can play the regular patch at emulators just fine. I don't think Ikari will ever fix this bug, he's fooling us. Of course you can spam him all of you just in case.

Attachments

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Ikari posted his progress on his site

https://sd2snes.de/blog/

gizaha thanks, didn't expect a fix soon or anything, that's cool. well I am pretty sure ikari didn't create the S-DD1 firmware but I'm not trying to be an a-hole correcting anyone here, could be wrong. thanks guys.

My fixes take 1-3 minute long, i'm not Ikari.

gizaha wrote:My fixes take 1-3 minute long, i'm not Ikari.

Hello, 911? I’d like to report a homicide…

On a serious note I want to thank you for your amazing work.

IDK if this might help others but I was also running Version 1.10.3_sgb07 and for whatever reason SFA2 wasn’t loading. It would either freeze after selecting the game or freeze to blank black screen.

Downloading a fresh copy of 1.10.3 (non sgb) firmware and copying the two SDD-1 files replacing the ones in the SD card sd2snes folder fixed the issue.

I did find another bug though.

If you are playing as Shin Akuma and you have level 3 Combo Bar, you can do the Raging Demon combo when the characters are waiting for the announcer to say fight on the second or third round.

The screen will go dark and the computer player will freeze and you can do damage to him and un freeze him by doing another combo when you fill your bar up to 1.

I was able to replicate it in Arcade mode almost every time.

gizaha wrote:Temporary solution:
A new patch special for sd2snes, with disabled msu file data but:
It doesn't have the "Z" extra frames.
It will also have a small lag between the two Z in order to decompress the player data.
Msu file data is not needed anymore, you can have it zero bytes.

The bright side with this and any previous version to the May 7 update, is that it is compatible with abandoned emulators that will probably never be updated with MSU-1, like PSP's Snes9xTYL (runs smooth at 266MHz even with 0 frame skip, but needs at least 333MHz for sustained 60fps), and other ones based on Snes9x 1.44 code, where the most recent patches won't load the game after selecting Arcade Mode. I use the PSP sometimes for some quick fun whenever my consoles are out of reach.

godonnar wrote:I want to thank Gizaha for the work he is doing por SFA2    and I want to contribute something for those who want the rom without loading time  with SPC sound , after reviewing the source code created by Gizaha and as he explained, I had to remove some improvements , but finally I managed to compile a version as I wanted, perfect to play on my SNES Mini, here is the link to the patch for thouse to test .


-->Link:
https://mega.nz/file/biIzFS6A#Di4Dt2PCxDvVyU71zwRXWmmy6i_7YyhtdsSV7hael9I

Hi, I am interested in running this on the SNES mini. I got your patch but I struggle to get it to work, would you care to share some instructions?

shiro wrote:

godonnar wrote:I want to thank Gizaha for the work he is doing por SFA2    and I want to contribute something for those who want the rom without loading time  with SPC sound , after reviewing the source code created by Gizaha and as he explained, I had to remove some improvements , but finally I managed to compile a version as I wanted, perfect to play on my SNES Mini, here is the link to the patch for thouse to test .


-->Link:
https://mega.nz/file/biIzFS6A#Di4Dt2PCxDvVyU71zwRXWmmy6i_7YyhtdsSV7hael9I

Hi, I am interested in running this on the SNES mini. I got your patch but I struggle to get it to work, would you care to share some instructions?

1- Patch the original ROM. (you can do it online or offline with LunarIPS)
2- Copy the patched ROM to the SNES Mini.
3- ???
4- Profit.

niuus wrote:

shiro wrote:

godonnar wrote:I want to thank Gizaha for the work he is doing por SFA2    and I want to contribute something for those who want the rom without loading time  with SPC sound , after reviewing the source code created by Gizaha and as he explained, I had to remove some improvements , but finally I managed to compile a version as I wanted, perfect to play on my SNES Mini, here is the link to the patch for thouse to test .


-->Link:
https://mega.nz/file/biIzFS6A#Di4Dt2PCxDvVyU71zwRXWmmy6i_7YyhtdsSV7hael9I

Hi, I am interested in running this on the SNES mini. I got your patch but I struggle to get it to work, would you care to share some instructions?

1- Patch the original ROM. (you can do it online or offline with LunarIPS)
2- Copy the patched ROM to the SNES Mini.
3- ???
4- Profit.

Perhaps I should have been more specific ;-). I have tried:

• The latest sd2snes patch, which doesn't require MSU-1.
  
• The patch from godonnar.
  

In order to get SFA2 on a SNES mini, one needs to apply an additional patch. I have tried:

• The one specified in eol: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4KTx8HWzP2hMFdEZk94YkhOb2s/view?resourcekey=0-7TsPJeE8GwivKQ5xaQdHsw
  
• The SFROM tool with the following:
  

  2.5) Optional: Select "Edit -> Advanced Options". From this window you can select to apply IPS patches like translations, or select a different Preset ID. Press save when done to apply changes.

  .
  
• Hakchi's integrated SFROM tool system with a ROM patched with a regular IPS patcher.
  

Basically, I have tested all the above combinations (either of the two patches with either of the three methods I know of), and while the game starts there are either graphical glitches all around or they eventually appear (for instance I once got all character model sprites messed up in the selection screen). I am using the stock canoe emulator.

I have tested the resulting ROM after applying IPS patches work with SNES9x, but that's not quite my use case unfortunately. It'd be great to get this working with the SNES mini, any help appreciated!