JT Friday Update February 24th 2023

[jca]

All Jotego cores updated:
Nothing new, he just removed the timestamp from the core names for whatever reason.

I also got 2 new roms. I do know what they are and if they are related to Jotego cores.
SECTION: arcade_roms_db

Downloading 2 files:
games/mame/drtoppel.zip
games/mame/tnzs.zip

But I also got a strange error at the end of the update:
/media/fat/Scripts# Downloading 2 files:
-bash: Downloading: command not found
/media/fat/Scripts# games/mame/drtoppel.zip
-bash: games/mame/drtoppel.zip: No such file or directory
/media/fat/Scripts# games/mame/tnzs.zip
-bash: games/mame/tnzs.zip: No such file or directory
/media/fat/Scripts#

[FPGA64]

games/mame/tnzs.zip - Thats the New Zealand Story.

[jca]

Thanks.
I do not see any mra for Thats the New Zealand Story.

Regarding the error I got I suspect it is related to the Arcade Organizer:
I re-ran update all and got:
/media/fat/Scripts# Downloading Mister Arcade Descriptions database
-bash: Downloading: command not found
/media/fat/Scripts# Couldn't download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Torya ... on.zip.md5 : Network Problem

I had to kill the script to go back to the regular prompt.
I guess Arcade Organizer is being updated. I will wait and see later if Arcade Organizer is working.

I still wonder what these 2 roms are related as I don't see any new mra. Only Exed Exes, Vulgus (set 1) and the alternatives Mach-9 (bootleg of Vulgus), Vulgus (Japanx) have been updated and have nothing to do with these 2 zips.

I suspect they are related to some JT Beta: the update all script has the real bad habit of downloading the Beta cores, the associated rom but not the mras. I wish it did not do that, only for those wanting to test the Betas. What a waste of my time!!!!!

[FPGA64]

The other is this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4bp35PnePM

[jca]

As I already wasted my time I decided to waste some more:
https://github.com/jotego/jtbin/tree/ma ... i/releases
2 new beta roms for jtkiwi.

[jca]

Wasting some more time:
The updates for Exed Exes and Vulgus are only for the rotation item in the mras and used by the Arcade Organizer.
I re-ran the script and no more error:
Arcade Organizer was being updated, now Exed Exes and Vulgus should show up with the proper orientation in the Organized folder.
6 posts for a do not much JTFriday update.

[AlxUnderBase]

FIGURED ! For "BLACK SCREEN " , "BAD HARDWARE" , etc => Arcades , cores -> erase rest of "jtwiki.......rbf" ones , let there only the latest one "jtkiwi.rbf" from " jtfriday_mister_230224" , who is located in folder "kiwi" , "releases"

• this error comes from the "arcade" "cores" folder ... there should exist only "jtkiwi.rbf" . rest of "jtkiwi......." names should be erased from SD card and recycle bin too

[jca]

Previously I said:
"The updates for Exed Exes and Vulgus are only for the rotation item in the mras and used by the Arcade Organizer."
This is not true. Arcade Organizer uses a "handmade" database for this purpose for 2 reasons: it would take forever for the script to parse all the mras and there is a lot of "garbage" in the mras.

[jca]

In the last few days there has been a bunch of updates for non Jotego cores.
I ran an update yesterday without any problems.

Today I ran another update as there were a few cores updates published later on yesterday and today:
AcornElectron_20230224.rbf
Lynx48_20230225.rbf
SGB_20230226.rbf

There were also a few old arcade updates which as usual are never announced on the forum:
Edit: I ran update all script to check if anything was broken after the strange JT update, more arcades updates came and I now see that the announcement has been made on the forum. My apologies to @alanswx.
Lunar Lander.mra
Pleiads (Centuri).mra
Pleiads.mra
Berzerk_20230215.rbf
Blockade_20230226.rbf
CanyonBomber_20230226.rbf
Dominos_20230226.rbf
DonkeyKong3_20240226.rbf
DottoriKun_20230226.rbf
Frenzy_20230226.rbf
MissileCommand_20230226.rbf
Sonson_20230225.rbf

Note that the update for DonkeyKong3 is 1 year in the future.

When the script reached the Jotego part it went totally crazy:
It removed an incredible amount of alternatives.
It installed 407 files. Mainly alternatives, may be to replace the deleted ones but the list seems to be way longer.
It also installed jtcps1.rbf and jtcps2.rbf but as Jotego decided to remove the timestamp from the core names it is difficult to know what it is about.

In the Arcade ROM section it also delete and installed some roms which seems to be related to Jotego cores.
Removing /media/usb0/games/mame/dino.zip
Removing /media/usb0/games/mame/mbombrd.zip
Removing /media/usb0/games/mame/mmatrixa.zip
Removing /media/usb0/games/mame/pang3.zip
Removing /media/usb0/games/mame/punisher.zip
Removing /media/usb0/games/mame/slammast.zip
Removing /media/usb0/games/mame/wof.zip

Downloading 11 files:
games/mame/armwar.zip: fd07c371e68483277aa8c3c5aadc6d90 != f476a9e30acdd821b1309ba669939b4d
games/mame/avsp.zip: ab9ba0b26583c8f7d2300a0a3764f498 != d653f588335359f64ca6d4db844b9a5f
games/mame/captcomm.zip: 7c30e43e6db514a29735dd74703551e7 != 67ccb20ed2008e0913b4e59b76ff6818
games/mame/cworld2j.zip: e4a69f9eb7cad7cea0eb06dc1c962a1e != ed83e43d7d5a11990ee8876bac587709
games/mame/knights.zip: 75481031becfeed12a28097ea47f5fe2 != defb93bebb1fe6ba9afdeb454c499315
games/mame/megaman.zip: 6f3989ec3e10437aa48e7d824225b8b4 != 6a88e5d624f13be722b17b324c23bb37
games/mame/mmatrix.zip: c0b827b3ac2154390f97bb88f5827be2 != 3558900bdd3b10c7b7a4586eda3ee108
games/mame/sf2.zip: b0ea0a6944efeee3f9baef126792b88f != 7b62a4094296a814f049bab74cf17b36
games/mame/varth.zip: 62713be4890aaaeb61460a4ce41fc22e != cb51cadfb37f76e9a73234ce3bd9a8f0
games/mame/willow.zip: 42b89153f714ccee191889a927a29c66 != 1d69f9f5dcc2bf3071ee747d31ab92b3
games/mame/armwar.zip
games/mame/avsp.zip
games/mame/captcomm.zip
games/mame/cworld2j.zip
games/mame/knights.zip
games/mame/megaman.zip
games/mame/mmatrix.zip
games/mame/mpumpkin.zip
games/mame/sf2.zip
games/mame/varth.zip
games/mame/willow.zip

None of the deleted roms has been restored.

Did anyone experienced this craziness?

[jca]

With today's update things are becoming messy:
I made a few tests and already found some problems.
1941:
There are 2 main mras
1941 Counter Attack (World 900227)
1941 Counter Attack -World 900227-
The second one should not be there as it looks like a typo. Moreover flip does not work in horizontal mode, not tested in vertical mode.
There are 4 alternatives:
1941 Counter Attack -World 900227- ***
1941 Counter Attack (Japan)
1941 Counter Attack (USA 900227) ***
1941 Counter Attack (World)
The 2 marked with *** have the same names as the 2 main ones and should not be there.
I did not try to test the flip.

Regarding the deleted ROMs. They seems to have been deleted because the mras have been deleted. I only checked for 2 at the moment:
dino.zip -> No more Cadillacs & Dinosaurs
mbombrd.zip -> No more Muscle Bomber Duo - Ultimate Team Battle

[jca]

The updates to CPS1 & 2 are the addition of Spinner.

[Alkadian]

The updates to CPS1 & 2 are the addition of Spinner.

Thanks for the heads-up. I have just tried Puzzle Loop with my USB Ultimarc Spinner but it doesn't seem to work. Perhaps it is not fully implemented yet. In fact I couldn't see the spinner option in the menu. Could someone please confirm it? Thanks!

[jca]

5 of the 7 ROMs and associated mras have been restored:
games/mame/dino.zip
games/mame/mbombrd.zip
games/mame/punisher.zip
games/mame/slammast.zip
games/mame/wof.zip

2 missing:
games/mame/mmatrixa.zip
games/mame/pang3.zip

Installed:
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (World 930201).mra,
Warriors of Fate (World 921031).mra,
Muscle Bomber Duo Ultimate Team Battle (World 931206).mra,
Tenchi wo Kurau II Sekiheki no Tatakai (CPS Changer, Japan 921031).mra,
The Punisher (World 930422).mra,
Saturday Night Slam Masters (World 930713).mra,
MRA Alternatives + other files.

[jca]

Thanks for the heads-up. I have just tried Puzzle Loop with my USB Ultimarc Spinner but it doesn't seem to work. Perhaps it is not fully implemented yet. In fact I couldn't see the spinner option in the menu. Could someone please confirm it? Thanks!

Check the DIP settings.
At the beginning of January Jotego started to post about spinners.
Here are some tweets from the oldest to the newest. Hope it helps.

Code: Select all

We’ll have spinner support for JT cores next Friday on #MiSTerFPGA

Puzzle Loop 2 played the right way.

Eco Fighters has an interesting story related to spinners. Apparently, the game was designed to be operated with one. The game checks for a signal that tells whether the cabinet features a spinner.The test menu shows a line for testing the spinner input: rolling. It looks like spinners are called "rolling switch" in Japanglish. But it looks like there were no spinner cabinets produced and all sales were for regular cabinets.


On FPGA, in order to provide that spinner-enable signal to the game, I have added a DIP switch option to the game. CPS2 games didn't have DIPs natively, so the DIP menu only shows this option.


The JTCPS2 core supports spinner control now on the MiSTer for Puzzle Loop 2 and Eco Fighters. 

Spinner support added to Midnight Resistance and Heavy Barrel on #MiSTerFPGA Files will be updated on #JTFriday

[Alkadian]

Thanks for the heads-up. I have just tried Puzzle Loop with my USB Ultimarc Spinner but it doesn't seem to work. Perhaps it is not fully implemented yet. In fact I couldn't see the spinner option in the menu. Could someone please confirm it? Thanks!

Check the DIP settings.
At the beginning of January Jotego started to post about spinners.
Here are some tweets from the oldest to the newest. Hope it helps.

Code: Select all

We’ll have spinner support for JT cores next Friday on #MiSTerFPGA

Puzzle Loop 2 played the right way.

Eco Fighters has an interesting story related to spinners. Apparently, the game was designed to be operated with one. The game checks for a signal that tells whether the cabinet features a spinner.The test menu shows a line for testing the spinner input: rolling. It looks like spinners are called "rolling switch" in Japanglish. But it looks like there were no spinner cabinets produced and all sales were for regular cabinets.


On FPGA, in order to provide that spinner-enable signal to the game, I have added a DIP switch option to the game. CPS2 games didn't have DIPs natively, so the DIP menu only shows this option.


The JTCPS2 core supports spinner control now on the MiSTer for Puzzle Loop 2 and Eco Fighters. 

Spinner support added to Midnight Resistance and Heavy Barrel on #MiSTerFPGA Files will be updated on #JTFriday

Thanks I have missed that announcement. It is working like a charm. I have found the option under Service mode and then Operation. Very cool!

[Retro-Nerd]

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs seems broken now. Can somebody confirm?

edit: Looks like the whole JTCPS15 Core is messed up after the latest update now.

[wark91]

also some games CPS1/CPS2 have issues with the number of buttons.
For CPS1.5 I think it needs a new RBF not updated just MRAs were updated

[neogeo81]

Thanks.
I do not see any mra for Thats the New Zealand Story.

How did you not see that? Aren't you a patreon of JOTEGO? Are you using his betas without contributing for his work and still complaining?

[jca]

How did you not see that? Aren't you a patreon of JOTEGO? Are you using his betas without contributing for his work and still complaining?

If you were reading carefully my post you would understand, Why not read what is at the bottom of the post I made instead of spewing unfounded accusations.

[wark91]

I think it is important to say issues.
It could help JT Team to improve tests before to publish new files and also inform people who have the same issue.

[prAma]

Now for me " The Punisher " Cps1.5 is broken.
Update CPS 1.5 is broken

[segamemister]

When it comes to the new Zealand story anyone had any issue with a m30 not registering buttons i am a patreon so am just curious

Ps yes i configured the m30 before hand for the arcade core - Solved Thread below

viewtopic.php?p=70992#p70992

[Retro-Nerd]

Looks like the JTCPS15 core is working again. The .mra files are fixed.

[jca]

More alternatives plus a cps1 update:
cps1: added Magical Pumpkin (spinner only)

[wark91]

Some buttons are fixed also with last updates (SF2HF, DynaWarrios, etc ...)

[Alkadian]

Thanks for the heads up guys!