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None of the MRA's load for me. it show's it loading the ROM with the status bars and all that but then blank.

Idk about everyone else, but I use .neo ROM files.

These MRA files are looking for the mame .zip roms.

I put the mame roms in the mame folder but it doesn't work for me.

Anybody else have any luck?
 
GeorgeSpinner said:
None of the MRA's load for me. it show's it loading the ROM with the status bars and all that but then blank.

Idk about everyone else, but I use .neo ROM files.

These MRA files are looking for the mame .zip roms.

I put the mame roms in the mame folder but it doesn't work for me.

Anybody else have any luck?
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Same. I got a black screen. I used Update_All to acquire the Neo Geo Rom set. I also tried the .neo roms that I've been using with Neo Geo console core. Curious if we need the bios in there.
 
hyp36rmax said:
Same. I got a black screen. I used Update_All to acquire the Neo Geo Rom set. I also tried the .neo roms that I've been using with Neo Geo console core. Curious if we need the bios in there.
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I tried symlinking the bios files from the NeoGeo dir but I see it references neogeo.zip in the MRA.

I'll give it a try.

Edit: neogeo.zip did not help

Edit 2: Actually with a newer version of neogeo.zip I get the crosshatch. So that's something.
 
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GeorgeSpinner said:
I tried symlinking the bios files from the NeoGeo dir but I see it references neogeo.zip in the MRA.

I'll give it a try.

Edit: neogeo.zip did not help

Edit 2: Actually with a newer version of neogeo.zip I get the crosshatch. So that's something.
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Yes, crosshatch means the bios is loaded. Mame romsets don't work, they are encrypted and this core doesn't support them. You need unencrypted romsets aka "neo geo darksoft roll-up pack". This is single file archive containing a lot of titles but if you pack individual game files into thier own zips and put it to /games/mame the game should boot up.
Update_all is not yet supported, but there is effort to get it implemented, so it will be eventually.
 
blackwine said:
Yes, crosshatch means the bios is loaded. Mame romsets don't work, they are encrypted and this core doesn't support them. You need unencrypted romsets aka "neo geo darksoft roll-up pack". This is single file archive containing a lot of titles but if you pack individual game files into thier own zips and put it to /games/mame the game should boot up.
Update_all is not yet supported, but there is effort to get it implemented, so it will be eventually.
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Thanks for the clarification.

I have this pack.

I'll give it a shot.
 
Works great with decrypted roms.

Just make sure your neogeo.zip contains uni-bios.rom. Some of them only have uni-bios_#_#.rom.

I think you can really just zip up whatever is in your neogeo games directory that isn't a .neo or a .xml file to create neogeo.zip.

When memory card support is added, this will be THE way that I play MVS roms on the MiSTer.

Thanks a lot @blackwine
 
Kagaden said:
It's going to be a very good holiday season this year \o/
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You’re going to love it! Half of the Beta Testers are active members of this forum, so if anyone runs into issues, you got a direct line for sure.

@ShootTheCore wrote the manual, quick start guide and has a video in the works. When he’s ready, I hope he’ll start up an official MiSTercade thread for feedback/troubleshooting/info.
 
blackwine said:
Happy, you have solved it.
You can always look up in the MRA what file mister searches for.
This is work in progress, other stuff will get into a core eventually.
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Yes, looking at the MRA is how I originally got the bios loaded. I modified the MRA to look for uni-bios_4_0.rom because that's what was in my mame neogeo.zip.

The confusion occurred because the filenames happen to also correspond directly with the mame filenames. I have 20+ years experience with those filenames and automatically associate them with mame (even update_all.sh found every single one of them in mame).

I just happened to grab the DarkSoft pack last year when I ordered the MiSTer because I heard it was needed. When I started tinkering with the MiSTer, I learned it could use the same .neo files that my NeoSD uses and just went with those. I totally forgot about the DarkSoft files and had never seen them individually zipped.

I like this solution, but I think these questions will be asked a lot. Most users don't have a technical background and probably won't even know what a DarkSoft roll-up pack is (outside of this forum). Most will probably assume mame, based on past experience.

Thanks again for this. It's bugged me since day one that MVS was under console.
 
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