FBANext PS3 V1.0.0
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Logic-Sunrise is proud to present FBANext PS3. This is the first *official* release of FBANext.

FBANext is a port of FBAlpha Version 0.2.97.08.

FB Alpha (formerly Final Burn Alpha), based on the original Final Burn source code, is a multi-arcade emulator.

FBANext is a native port on the Xbox 360 and PS3 Platforms.


Implemented Features
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- Full graphics/audio supported
- Easy to use rom browser.
- Option to filter on specific drivers
- Option to hide clones
- Option to only display 3 or 4 player games only
- 60fps performance at 1080p for *most* roms
- Pixel Shader support
- Up to 4 gamepads supported
- Rotate screen options
- Hardware filter options (Linear, Point filtering)

Usage
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Place your roms in /dev_hdd0/game/FBAN00000/USRDIR/roms/

The first time you run FBANext, a configuration file called fbanext-ps3.xml will be generated. This file will store your current options.

If you wish to change your rom path, edit fbanext-ps3.xml located at /dev_hdd0/game/FBAN00000/USRDIR/ and modify the paths-rom element with the directory you wish. Please include a trailing slash at the end of your path otherwise no roms will be located.

.Zip/.7z/.rar file extensions are supported.

Rom Menu
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- L1/R2 Filter on different hardware drivers.
- X Load and run the currently selected rom. If you receive any error messages during loading the rom, they will be displayed. Typically most errors returned are due to old or incorrect rom dumps.
- Triangle Filter clone roms.
- Square Toggle to display 3 and 4 player Roms only
- Select Switch to options menu.
- Start Will return to the currently loaded rom if there is one.


Options Menu
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- Show Framerate.

Yes will display the framerate counter. No will disable it (default)

- Aspect Ratio.

4:3 will display a correct aspect ratio with borders.
16:9 will fill the entire screen.

- Rotatation Adjust Options
Rotate for Vertical Games.
Do not rotate for Vertical Games.
Reverse flipping for vertical games.

- Auto Frameskip Enabled.

Yes will enable frameskip. No will disable it (default)

- Graphics Filter Type Options
Use Shaders.
Software Filtering.

Note: Software Filtering is currently not implemented.

- Current Shader. Option will cycle through the available shaders:

2xSaI
4xSoft
AdvancedAA
Lanzcos12
Lanzcos16
MCGreen
bloom
blur
crt
emboss
hq2x
quad_interp
scale2xplus
scanline
sharpen
stock
super2xSal
superEagle
toon


In Game
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- L2 + R2 + R1 Pause/Return to menu
- R3 Service Mode
- L3 Reset Current Rom


Currently Unimplemented
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- Button Mappings
- Savestates
- Software Filters
- DIP switches
- 68k CPU overclock option
- Move codebase to PSL1ght
- UI previews/titles/etc

Bugs
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Most roms will work, however there are some bugs that have been identified.

- Some CPS1 roms. Notably Forgotten Worlds will crash.
- Performance issues/Bugs with Sega System16, Taito-Z and some other misc drivers are slow. Future builds will be optimized.
- Misc crashes and other stuff.

Notes
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Don't ask about roms. We dont know where to find them.
Don't bother the official FBAlpha team about FBANext PS3 or Xbox 360 ports.
Please use the source code respository (linked below) to report any issues you find.


Important Links
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Logic-Sunrise - You must login or register to view this content.
X3Max - You must login or register to view this content.
FBAlpha Official Site - You must login or register to view this content.
Source Code Repository - You must login or register to view this content.
My Dev Blog - You must login or register to view this content.


Credits and Thanks
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FBAlpha development team (iq_132, CaptainCPS-X, kev and the rest of the team)

Logic-Sunrise and the X3Max team for their support and hardware. Without them this project would not be possible.

Squarepusher, halsafar and TheMaister for their advice/code/assistance.

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FCEU-PS3


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CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTED FCEU FUNCTIONS
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- .zip support
- SRAM support
- State save
- 4P Support
- Settings save and load
- Shader support (Cg format)
- Not all shaders run full speed at 1080p.
- Try lower the resolution for shaders which run slow.
- Aspect ratio makes a difference as well.


CONTROLS IN ROM MENU
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Up - Go up
Down - Go down
Left - Go back five file entries
Right - Go forward five file entries
L1 - Go back one page
R1 - Go forward one page

Cross - (If directory selected) enter directory/ (if ROM selected) start ROM
Triangle - Same as Cross
Circle - (If not in root directory) Go back to previous directory
L2 + R2 - (If you previously exited a ROM) return to game
Select - Go to settings menu (see 'CONTROLS IN SETTINGS MENU' section)

L2+L3 - State Load
R2+R3 - State Save


CONTROLS IN SETTINGS MENU
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Up - Go up one setting
Down - Go down one setting
Left - Change setting to the left
Right - Change setting to the right

Circle - Go back to ROM menu


EXPLANATION OF SETTINGS MENU
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Display framerate - This will show the FPS (Frames Per Second) onscreen
Current save state slot - Toggle FCEU save state slot.
Resolution - Switch between resolutions - 480p mode, 720p mode and 1080p mode (depending on your monitor's supported resolutions)
Aspect Ratio - Switch between aspect ratios 4:3 and 16:10 (16:9 will come shortly, for now choose 16:10 on widescreen - perhaps small
cutoff at left and right))
Hardware Filtering - Switch between Linear interpolation (Bilinear filtering) and Point filtering.
Control Style - Switch between original NES style or the more preferred SNES style.
Shader - Select a shader to use.


CONTROLS IN-GAME
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Standard NES Controls (layout identical to NES controller)
Better NES Controls (rotates input changing Square->B, Cross->A)

R3 + L3 - Press these two buttons together while in-game to go back to the ROM browser menu.

Right analog left / right - Adjust save state on the fly.


SOURCE CODE REPOSITORY
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This release corresponds with revision = 92da225e5a

Source code repository is here:

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COMPILATION INSTRUCTIONS
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NOTE: ONLY FOLLOW STEP 1 IF YOU HAVE SDK 1.92 OR LOWER
1 - Edit the Makefile and remove the following from PPU_CXX_FLAGS and PPU_CFLAGS:

-DPS3_SDK_3_41

3 - Do 'make clean && make && make pkg'


CURRENTLY KNOWN ISSUES (v1.3)
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* PAL games do not run properly.
* Please start reporting them on the google code bug tracker


HD TV USERS
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* For people running this on HDTVs complaining about input lag:
- Turn off all post-processing filters you may have running - on Sony Bravia HDTVs, display Motion Flow (this also causes input lags
with most games in general, not just this SNES emu. If your HDTV has a 'Game' mode or something of the sort, select that as well.


PERFORMANCE NOTES
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* Stock shader will run all games at 60fps.
* Some shaders are very taxing currently.
* PAL runs way to fast.


PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS
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- GameGenie
- Pretty GUI.


SPECIAL THANKS
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- See the entire cellframework team.

Change log for v4.4.0:

- PAL issues are fixed at all resolutions - ghosting is gone.

- It's now possible to run NTSC ROMs and PAL ROMs alike correctly at 576p PAL mode. When the setting 'PAL60' is set to ON, a trick will be applied to get NTSC ROMs to run correctly at 50Hz mode. If set to OFF, it will run PAL ROMs correctly. Even though PAL ROMs will play normally now at 480p/720p/1080p, 576p still seems to run PAL ROMs slightly better - but it's probably unnoticeable to the user.

- Cheatcode files can now be loaded and selected/enabled ingame. Note that all zSNES and SNES9x cheatcode files are supported - everything with the .CHT extension. You can also set a Cheatfile directory. If you don't set a Cheatfile directory, the default will be USRDIR.

-Cheatfiles must have the same filename as the ROM. Here is how selecting and enabling cheats works in-game:

- Right analog stick - Left + L2 - Move cheat position back by one (-1)
- Right analog stick - Right + L2 - Move cheat position forwards by one (+1)
- Right analog stick - Up - Enable the currently selected cheat
- Right analog stick - Down - Disable the currently selected cheat

Here are two links with some quite useful cheatfiles:

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ONLY FOR 1.92 USERS:

There still remains the issue that with the FW 1.92 versions you can't switch the resolution easily - so I have had to resort to including two builds for 1.92 (just for the people who are running this on CRT TVs - the PS3 has this odd habit of picking as the best resolution exactly the resolution you do not want to use in the first place ).

snes9x-ps3-4.4.0-fw3.41.pkg - this is the one most people would want to use - for firmware 3.41 and up

snes9x-ps3-4.4.0-576penabled-fw1.92.pkg - 576p is enabled in PARAM.SFO - so if you're running this on a CRT TV and your TV happens to be PAL, it will select 576p first and you're stuck with that resolution basically because there is no resolution switching with the 1.92 version (this has never been possible even up to now - but I'm just mentioning it for the first time since it's only now becoming an issue due to certain people using it on a CRT TV and getting stuck in PAL mode).

snes9x-ps3-4.4.0-576pdisabled-fw1.92.pkg - 576p is disabled in PARAM.SFO - so if you're running this on a CRT TV - even if your TV happens to be PAL, it will select 480p and you will be stuck with that resolution basically because there is no resolution switching with the 1.92 version.

BTW, for all people using this on HDTVs - don't worry about this long-winded explanation - it will automatically pick the best resolution for your TV with the 1.92 version. Resolution switching is possible with 3.41 so users with FW 3.41 get the best end of the deal at the moment until we figure out a way to be able to switch resolutions with 1.92.