Magician Lord Romhack - Again changes from Hell
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You, persistent guy.
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If you need assistance with getting this working on NeoGeo CD, please let me know.
I can almost certainly assist on that
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I wil look into this very soon. If anyone from here wants to test the beta version, as I can't receive pm, please drop me a mail here :
mambos_taiga_9h -at- icloud -dot- com
The only thing I ask for is to not share it, if there is any bug found I don't want it in the wild
mambos_taiga_9h -at- icloud -dot- com
The only thing I ask for is to not share it, if there is any bug found I don't want it in the wild
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Anybody else managed to get this to work? I have no clue what emulator im supposed to run this in. Its a folder with like 30 files in it.
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I sent you an archive containing two files : maglord.zip and maglordh.zip. These are actual Neo-Geo roms, just put them in any folder you want, configure mame to set its rom folder to the one where the files are, and launch it via command line (otherwise it won't work : mame checks the CRC of the games when you use its frontend).
You can try to use this guide, and if mame bothers you a friend got it running with Final Burn Alpha
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@Takumaji I think Boomchild has more than earned PM privs, help a brotha out
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Please consider distributing .neo files as they are easy to use with original hardware, MiSTer and the newish Geolith emulator. No xml, ini, or command line needed.I sent you an archive containing two files : maglord.zip and maglordh.zip. These are actual Neo-Geo roms, just put them in any folder you want, configure mame to set its rom folder to the one where the files are, and launch it via command line (otherwise it won't work : mame checks the CRC of the games when you use its frontend).
You can try to use this guide, and if mame bothers you a friend got it running with Final Burn Alpha
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This works fine in MAME, but it might be prudent to make two full seperate ROM zip, so maglordh.zip can be run like normal, and maglord.zip run normal as well. Im running this in a BackBit flash cart so the cart really can't differentiate between the two (as far as I know), and the cart requires each ROM to be unzipped into its own folder.I sent you an archive containing two files : maglord.zip and maglordh.zip. These are actual Neo-Geo roms, just put them in any folder you want, configure mame to set its rom folder to the one where the files are, and launch it via command line (otherwise it won't work : mame checks the CRC of the games when you use its frontend).
You can try to use this guide, and if mame bothers you a friend got it running with Final Burn Alpha
So what I did is copy everything that is in maglord.zip into maglordh.zip which allowed the BackBit cart to play maglordh just fine (as long as I extracted maglordh.zip into its own folder.)
So far, this is some great work man. Thank you for your hard work! (also I sent you an email)
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It seems you're missing the S ROM part (the letters should have shadows on the right) - the game logic will work but you'll get graphics glitches with the new power bar.
As it's still in testing phase I'm just giving the mame rom files as is to the testers. When I release it it will just be ips patches - this would be illegal to distribute the patched rom, as dumb as it sounds since one can find it in just 3 clicks - I'll include an extensive readme for anyone to make it work on their Darksoft, Backbit, PC, Switch (hacked), Analogue Pocket...
Thanks, I'll bring here your concerns about having bugs using Unibios cheats. So far, using an Unibios 4, I've found that using the Infinite Lives locks Elta until the cheat is disabled, and using the Infinite Power just locks the game when getting it, forcing a reboot. I cannot fix it, since the power logic has been heavily modified in the patch. The others cheats don't mess with the game.
So I'll just ask you guys : Should I change the game ID so Unibios doesn't recognize it as Magician Lord - then no cheats will be available, or should I keep it as it is, with Infinite Health and Invicibility cheats working, with a warning in the hack readme ?
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I saw just the modified P rom in the separate folder and used the existing file I had, assuming that was all I needed.
I have reread all the posts now and saw you mentioned P and S roms being changed so I updated the rom this morning and made notes of the changes to look for so I can check while playing.
Should be good now!
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@Boomchild sent you a pm and email to give it a spin.
@lithy did you make 2 romsets from the P and S for the mvs and h or is it enough to swap in one zip?
@lithy did you make 2 romsets from the P and S for the mvs and h or is it enough to swap in one zip?
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Just one romset if I understand your question correctly.
Boomchild has the files set up how I understand MAME handles game 'versions'. The base romset then the modified P rom for 'maglordh' is in a separate folder.
Since Backbit just needs the unzipped files I just took the M, C, S, and V roms from the base set folder (the S is modified but still in the base folder) and the P rom from the maglordh folder and put them into a named folder on the Backbit SD card and that is working.
Boomchild has the files set up how I understand MAME handles game 'versions'. The base romset then the modified P rom for 'maglordh' is in a separate folder.
Since Backbit just needs the unzipped files I just took the M, C, S, and V roms from the base set folder (the S is modified but still in the base folder) and the P rom from the maglordh folder and put them into a named folder on the Backbit SD card and that is working.
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Been playing it every evening without issue. I'm not great at the game, made it to the stage with the sexy lady demons on a single credit. Then used the level skip to get to the end boss and beat it. Everything seems to work like you have outlined. Nice work!
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You are such a goddamn faggot. Holy shit.
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Is that bad?
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The patch is available !
Since I cannot edit the opening post, I've made a new thread : https://www.neo-geo.com/forums/inde...-lord-romhack-again-changes-from-hell.273036/
Can a mod please lock this one ? Thank you
Since I cannot edit the opening post, I've made a new thread : https://www.neo-geo.com/forums/inde...-lord-romhack-again-changes-from-hell.273036/
Can a mod please lock this one ? Thank you
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When you're trying to be a b-tier neogeo journalist... Probably
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*b-tier ad copy writer
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