Helped Needed With Gngeo


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I'm after a bit of help with my latest Cannoo and gngeo.
 
I'm using the latest Yoshi emulator pack, but I can't get gngeo to run. Every time, I get a message stating that all the various essential bios roms are missing from /roms/, but I have all the roms unzipped in the rom directory. I've tried bios versions from 5 different locations (including 2 from rom packs made specifically for gngeo on Wiz/Caanoo), but absolutely no joy.
 
I'm sure there's something obvious I'm missing because I had no such problems with gngeo with my first Caanoo, so any suggestions would be much appreciated.
 
Cheers,
 
Nekki
 
Yoshi Dragon said:
Check this thread...
 
http://www.gp32x.de/board/index.php?/topic/62951-wiz-gngeo-dat-file
 
I can generate a DAT file from my working ROMs, if it helps.
 
PS: The Wiz pack does not work on the Caanoo, it has cached graphics files (.gfx) which only work on the Wiz.
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Hi Yoshi,
 
Thanks for the reply - I did see that thread, but the issue seemed different - as far as I know I have no issue with my game roms (they all worked on my previous Caanoo), but the bios files don't seem to be recognised as being present, let alone the incorrect versions.
 
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Ok, these are the correct BIOS files (make sure the CRCs match)...
 
gngeo07caanoobios.png


Put all these BIOS files in the /roms directory (unzipped). All game ROMs must be zipped.
 
Yoshi Dragon said:
Ok, these are the correct BIOS files (make sure the CRCs match)...
 
gngeo07caanoobios.png


Put all these BIOS files in the /roms directory (unzipped). All game ROMs must be zipped.
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Yep, perfect matches for all (I don't have the uni-bios, but that's not essential) - any other ideas?
 
Ok, then post a 7-Zip screenshot of a game that does not work.

And your /roms directory looks like this?

T:\emu\ZZZPortable\Caanoo\Backup\CAANOO32\game\gngeo\roms>dir /oe
Volume in drive T is EXT2
Volume Serial Number is D4D4-E5A3

Directory of T:\emu\ZZZPortable\Caanoo\Backup\CAANOO32\game\gngeo\roms

28.01.2013 15:55 <DIR> ..
28.01.2013 15:55 <DIR> .
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 sp1.jipan.1024
21.08.2009 07:59 131'072 usa_2slt.bin
21.08.2009 07:58 65'536 000-lo.lo
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 aes-bios.rom
21.08.2009 07:59 131'072 uni-bios.rom
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 sp-j2.rom
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 vs-bios.rom
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 asia-s3.rom
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 sfix.sfx
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 sm1.sm1
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 sp-e.sp1
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 sp-s2.sp1
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 sp-s.sp1
21.08.2009 07:59 131'072 dsp-s2.sp1
30.08.2006 00:32 32 readme.txt
02.09.2009 01:36 14'020'610 breakers.zip
02.09.2009 02:15 16'030'019 breakrev.zip
01.09.2009 21:53 3'259'152 bstars.zip
02.09.2009 01:41 3'681'353 bstars2.zip
01.09.2009 20:20 2'724'926 crsword.zip
11.04.2011 16:53 39'510'400 cthd2003.zip
01.09.2009 17:11 5'796'295 ctomaday.zip
02.09.2009 02:55 3'289'820 cyberlip.zip
02.09.2009 01:38 9'565'129 doubledr.zip
19.09.2009 15:19 2'929'662 bjourney.zip
01.09.2009 04:40 2'935'483 eightman.zip
02.09.2009 01:58 11'512'636 fatfursp.zip
02.09.2009 02:38 4'054'347 fatfury1.zip
02.09.2009 02:53 7'980'209 fatfury2.zip
19.09.2009 15:27 19'557'304 fatfury3.zip
...
PS: UniBIOS is not necessary. Correction: UniBIOS is necessary.
 
Yoshi Dragon said:
Ok, then post a 7-Zip screenshot of a game that does not work.

And your /roms directory looks like this?

T:\emu\ZZZPortable\Caanoo\Backup\CAANOO32\game\gngeo\roms>dir /oe
Volume in drive T is EXT2
Volume Serial Number is D4D4-E5A3

Directory of T:\emu\ZZZPortable\Caanoo\Backup\CAANOO32\game\gngeo\roms

28.01.2013 15:55 <DIR> ..
28.01.2013 15:55 <DIR> .
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 sp1.jipan.1024
21.08.2009 07:59 131'072 usa_2slt.bin
21.08.2009 07:58 65'536 000-lo.lo
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 aes-bios.rom
21.08.2009 07:59 131'072 uni-bios.rom
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 sp-j2.rom
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 vs-bios.rom
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 asia-s3.rom
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 sfix.sfx
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 sm1.sm1
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 sp-e.sp1
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 sp-s2.sp1
21.08.2009 07:58 131'072 sp-s.sp1
21.08.2009 07:59 131'072 dsp-s2.sp1
30.08.2006 00:32 32 readme.txt
02.09.2009 01:36 14'020'610 breakers.zip
02.09.2009 02:15 16'030'019 breakrev.zip
01.09.2009 21:53 3'259'152 bstars.zip
02.09.2009 01:41 3'681'353 bstars2.zip
01.09.2009 20:20 2'724'926 crsword.zip
11.04.2011 16:53 39'510'400 cthd2003.zip
01.09.2009 17:11 5'796'295 ctomaday.zip
02.09.2009 02:55 3'289'820 cyberlip.zip
02.09.2009 01:38 9'565'129 doubledr.zip
19.09.2009 15:19 2'929'662 bjourney.zip
01.09.2009 04:40 2'935'483 eightman.zip
02.09.2009 01:58 11'512'636 fatfursp.zip
02.09.2009 02:38 4'054'347 fatfury1.zip
02.09.2009 02:53 7'980'209 fatfury2.zip
19.09.2009 15:27 19'557'304 fatfury3.zip
...
PS: UniBIOS is not necessary.
 
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Sorry, maybe I'm not being clear - when I start up gngeo, i get an error message saying that various bios roms aren't present and then it quits - I don't get as far as a rom selector to find out if games work or not.
 
Yoshi Dragon said:
That is strange. It should even start without a single BIOS/ROM file (IIRC).

Ok, rename the /game/gngeo directory (to .bak or something) and copy the /game/gngeo directory again from the emu pack. Don't copy anything else and start the emulator. Does that work?
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Nope, same error message -


 


 
RAGE2X v1.1
./roms/sfix.sfx bios missing
./roms/000-lo.lo.sfx bios missing
./roms/uni-bios.rom bios missing
./roms/aes-bios.rom bios missing
./roms/vs-bios.rom bios missing
./roms/usa 2slt.bin bios missing
./roms/asia-s3.rom bios missing
./roms/sp-s2.sp1 bios missing
 
Press any button to quit
 
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Ok, I just reproduced it on my Caanoo.

If I just start the emu (fresh copy from the pack) without any BIOS files, I get the same error.

Then I just copy the BIOS files into /game/gngeo/roms and the emulator (or better the frontend) starts without any problems.

Do you really have all files (above) with the correct CRCs?

If you double check the content of your /roms directory, is everything like in my example (spoiler above)? Exactly same file name, same case?

The Caanoo runs Linux as OS, means file names are case sensitive.

If you still can get it to work, PM me the following output...

1. Open a DOS box (command window), in the root directory of your SD card
2. Run "dir /s > my_caanoo_files.txt"
3. Send me that file
 
OK, finally got this running this morning. Completely removed gngeo, put the folders back in with no bios, load fails. Added bios, load fails. Do it all again, works! I'm annoyed that I still don't know why it was failing, but at least it works now - I just have to find decent game roms because Sengoku 3 isn't working properly :-(
 
Thanks for all your help!
 
Yoshi Dragon said:
Oh, I just saw, it also complains about the UniBIOS file.

So, you need that as well.

That's most likely your problem.

PS: I just saw, the fact sheets say you just need "neogeo.zip". That's wrong, it has to be unzipped. I will correct that.
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You don't need the UniBIOS, it runs perfectly well without it, despite the error message.
 
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