Unibios settings question

Jesse James · Aug 7, 2014

I'm planning on grabbing a unibios chip once my 4 slot board arrives. The MVS is in a public space. I've read about the arcade protect mode. I'm assuming this locks out customers from accessing the cheat menus. My question is if i can retain the censorship fixes (blood n bounce) after powering down the unit and keep the protect mode on. Hopefully I can set it and forget it.

aha2940 · Aug 8, 2014

AFAIK, on an MVS the UniBIOS will keep the settings after power off, because it saves them in the MVS backup memory.I know on my CMVS it saves the region and home console modes, but I have not tried changing the settings for blood, etc.

Regards.

Hairy Otter · Aug 9, 2014

The info is saved in the backup ram, therefore, the backup battery must be in working condition.

Razoola · Aug 9, 2014

Cheat settings are not saved to backupRAM so if your going to set the cab to usa arcade mode then you will loose blood etc in the games that require it as a cheat. If you set to euro arcade mode you will have blood in more games but you will loose one of the coin counters (ability to start on 2up side for example). It really depends on the cab, weather is has one shoot for each player or not.

Raz

Jassin000 · Aug 9, 2014

Multicarts, at least the 161 I own... Do not seem able to save softdips. Real carts are no problem, set and forget just like you said.

Pasky · Aug 10, 2014

the 161 in 1 can save soft dip settings, you need to set the dip settings, exit the dip menu, then exit the game holding 1P start button for 5 seconds until it resets. This saves the dip settings for that game.

aha2940 · Aug 10, 2014

Pasky said:
the 161 in 1 can save soft dip settings, you need to set the dip settings, exit the dip menu, then exit the game holding 1P start button for 5 seconds until it resets. This saves the dip settings for that game.

How many soft dip settings can it save?

Pasky · Aug 10, 2014

aha2940 said:
How many soft dip settings can it save?

No idea, I've saved over 20 and they all still maintain the settings I set them to.

Jassin000 · Aug 10, 2014

Pasky said:
the 161 in 1 can save soft dip settings, you need to set the dip settings, exit the dip menu, then exit the game holding 1P start button for 5 seconds until it resets. This saves the dip settings for that game.

Nope I can't... You see the design of the 161 cart prevents you from exiting the game when a memory card is inserted.
Because I have the built in memory version of the Omega I can't (with out opening the shell up) ever remove it. :P

Pasky · Aug 10, 2014

Jassin000 said:
Nope I can't... You see the design of the 161 cart prevents you from exiting the game when a memory card is inserted.
Because I have the built in memory version of the Omega I can't (with out opening the shell up) ever remove it. :P

Oh I see. I did not know that.

aha2940 · Aug 10, 2014

Jassin000 said:
Nope I can't... You see the design of the 161 cart prevents you from exiting the game when a memory card is inserted.
Because I have the built in memory version of the Omega I can't (with out opening the shell up) ever remove it. :P

So the 161 uses the memory card to store the dip settings? or it uses the backup memory of the MVS? I also think that there is a way to disable the included memory card of the omega, maybe with a mod that adds a switch IIRC.

Regards.

NeoTurfMasta · Aug 10, 2014

aha2940 said:
So the 161 uses the memory card to store the dip settings? or it uses the backup memory of the MVS? I also think that there is a way to disable the included memory card of the omega, maybe with a mod that adds a switch IIRC.

Regards.

No, having a memory card inserted prevents the 161 from exiting the game and saving the dip settings to the backup memory. This is not a limitation of the memory card, it is how the 161 and other multicarts are programmed.

I believe only 8 or 9 game's dip settings are saved inside of backup ram. The oldest played game will be removed when a new title is inserted.

aha2940 · Aug 11, 2014

NeoTurfMasta said:
No, having a memory card inserted prevents the 161 from exiting the game and saving the dip settings to the backup memory. This is not a limitation of the memory card, it is how the 161 and other multicarts are programmed.

I believe only 8 or 9 game's dip settings are saved inside of backup ram. The oldest played game will be removed when a new title is inserted.

Thanks for the replay NeoTurfMasta. I checked the manual of the MV1C (should have done that before asking) and found that indeed, the MVS saves settings for up to 8 games before overwriting the oldest one when you save the ninth.

Regards.

Jesse James · Aug 12, 2014

Razoola said:
Cheat settings are not saved to backupRAM so if your going to set the cab to usa arcade mode then you will loose blood etc in the games that require it as a cheat. If you set to euro arcade mode you will have blood in more games but you will loose one of the coin counters (ability to start on 2up side for example). It really depends on the cab, weather is has one shoot for each player or not.

Raz

Man, that's a bummer! I Don't think sacrificing functionality is worth the boobs/blood. :/ I ordered a 161, but I'm not sure I will end up using it because of the lack of high score saving etc. It's looking like original carts with standard bios might be best for my specific situation.

One of my co-workers is obsessed with his Metal Slug scores. I have two coin slots on my cab as well. Maybe I'll still grab the bios for days that I am working/playing.

NeoTurfMasta · Aug 12, 2014

Jesse James said:
Man, that's a bummer! I Don't think sacrificing functionality is worth the boobs/blood. :/ I ordered a 161, but I'm not sure I will end up using it because of the lack of high score saving etc. It's looking like original carts with standard bios might be best for my specific situation.

One of my co-workers is obsessed with his Metal Slug scores. I have two coin slots on my cab as well. Maybe I'll still grab the bios for days that I am working/playing.

Well with the latest Unibios, you can save your high scores to the memory card. As long as you have an original cartridge, you shouldnt have problems saving to the memory card. Then it cant be overwritten by battery loss or by plugging in new carts.

gamerwhat · Aug 16, 2014

On mvs board set to aes is it possible to save scores or settings specific to aes mode, like kof survivor score/time?

Pasky · Aug 17, 2014

Is there anyway to increase the number of settings saved other than a memory card? Larger backup ram?

Jesse James · Aug 17, 2014

NeoTurfMasta said:
Well with the latest Unibios, you can save your high scores to the memory card. As long as you have an original cartridge, you shouldnt have problems saving to the memory card. Then it cant be overwritten by battery loss or by plugging in new carts.

Hmmm... I have a functional memory card slot. Do the memory cards die over time? It looks like a coin cell in there, but the card looks very thin.

As an update: I snagged the 161. That thing is super screwy with saving settings. Very fun checking out the games. It opened up my eyes to Super Dodge Ball and a few other odd titles I probably would have passed on. It is definitely not a permanent solution for my cab though. I'm going to pick up the original carts of the games I want. Maybe I'll keep it around for a CMVS later down the road.

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