Race And Ws2x Pretty Slow


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I don't know about the WS2X as I haven't tried that yet.

As for RACE!, try getting the more recent one here. That should help. I remember running it without any problems, aside from the limitations on files and the bare bones features (as well as the irritating start-up tune :P ).
 
Manjuu said:
I don't know about the WS2X as I haven't tried that yet.

As for RACE!, try getting the more recent one here. That should help. I remember running it without any problems, aside from the limitations on files and the bare bones features (as well as the irritating start-up tune :P ).



I tried that version of RACE, and when I tried to open it, it simply crashed, or all I got was a black screen.
 
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quadomatic said:
I tried that version of RACE, and when I tried to open it, it simply crashed, or all I got was a black screen.
The reason for that is most likely the limitations on the files I mentioned previously.

RACE! seems to reject ROMs that have filenames that are longer than 31 characters (including the file extension). It also will reject ROMs if there are more than 254 files in the same folder.

The default location for the ROMs is in "/mnt/sd/roms/ngpc/" which you can edit in the race_config.

EDIT: I believe it also can't handle zip files. (Default file extensions supported are: ngp, ngc, & npc)
 
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Manjuu said:
quadomatic said:
I tried that version of RACE, and when I tried to open it, it simply crashed, or all I got was a black screen.
The reason for that is most likely the limitations on the files I mentioned previously.

RACE! seems to reject ROMs that have filenames that are longer than 31 characters (including the file extension). It also will reject ROMs if there are more than 254 files in the same folder.

The default location for the ROMs is in "/mnt/sd/roms/ngpc/" which you can edit in the race_config.

EDIT: I believe it also can't handle zip files. (Default file extensions supported are: ngp, ngc, & npc)


I didn't even open a rom or anything. When i opened race.gpe, it went to a blank screen.
 
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As for WS2X, it's just not a very advanced emulator. I would love to see an updated version, but right now it's pretty slow and glitchy.

Also, RACE is a pain to set up. I couldn't figure out the selector so I just renamed the ROM I wanted to play to "runme.ngp" and deleted the other file. It only works for one ROM, but I only wanted to play cardfighter anyway.
 
quadomatic said:
I didn't even open a rom or anything. When i opened race.gpe, it went to a blank screen.
Try creating the default ROMs folder ("/mnt/sd/roms/ngpc/") and add at least one ROM in it.

I'm running it right now, so it should work.

EDIT: RACE! was indeed a pain to set up. However, now that I figured it out and got it to work, it's not that bad, although too bare bones.
 
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quadomatic said:
I downloaded the one u mentioned, put it on the root of the sd card in the RACE folder, and put a rom in /mnt/sd/roms/ngpc/. When I open race.gpe, all I see is a black screen.
Hmm... that's odd. Got mine working. I'll investigate a bit. :o

EDIT: I tried it again. Works without a hitch.

Here's what I did:

- redownloaded the most recent version from the archive

- extracted "RACE" folder to the "game" folder

- created a "ngpc" folder inside the "roms" folder (folder names are case sensitive)

- copied SNK vs Capcom - The Match of the Millenium ROM to the "ngpc" folder

- renamed the ROM to "SvC - Millenium.ngc"

- used the gp2xmenu to run "race.gpe"

- selected the ROM when selector comes up

- plays properly

Do you even get to the selector screen?
 
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Manjuu said:
(as well as the irritating start-up tune :P ).
rename it to .old and voila, no more noisy startup.

Manjuu said:
RACE! seems to reject ROMs that have filenames that are longer than 31 characters (including the file extension). It also will reject ROMs if there are more than 254 files in the same folder.
I agree. This was frustrating to figure out and should have been in the docs.

quadomatic said:
I tried that version of RACE, and when I tried to open it, it simply crashed, or all I got was a black screen.
As stated previously, you should have some uncompressed, 31 character or shorter named files in /roms/ngpc on your SD. (Unless you changed the path). Selector should start and you should see a folder background pic with the file list in it. If it fails to start after that try a basic rom.ngp rename to test a single one.


Also, the selector will exit after a single selection so I wrote a simple wrapper for it to work. Kounch is working on a new version and you can check out his link on the archive. Get 1.3 beta and try this gpe to keep returning to the list. Simply edit a new "race_menu.gpe" and save. Seems that the selector has a bug and crashes, so I check the return code and loop around it.

#!/bin/sh
rc=0
while [ $rc -ne 139 ]
do
./selector ./race_config
rc=$?
sync
done

cd /usr/gp2x/
exec /usr/gp2x/gp2xmenu
 
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bman said:
rename it to .old and voila, no more noisy startup.
Haha... I figured it would work like that, but I never bothered to do it. :lol:

bman said:
Also, the selector will exit after a single selection so I wrote a simple wrapper for it to work. Kounch is working on a new version and you can check out his link on the archive. Get 1.3 beta and try this gpe to keep returning to the list. Simply edit a new "race_menu.gpe" and save. Seems that the selector has a bug and crashes, so I check the return code and loop around it.
Works great. Thanks for that. :D
 
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I've slowly been working on some small fixes for RACE!, kinda confused to hear someone say that RACE! is slow... I've always been able to play fullspeed...

Anyways, It's not completely abandoned... just, hooka timed, which sadly means that it'll take forever :S
 
quadomatic said:
I downloaded the one u mentioned, put it on the root of the sd card in the RACE folder, and put a rom in /mnt/sd/roms/ngpc/. When I open race.gpe, all I see is a black screen.
Did you made the directory "/roms/ngpc" on your SD card or "/mnt/sd/roms/ngpc"? The ladder won't work at all, just the first one.
 
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Hooka said:
I've slowly been working on some small fixes for RACE!, kinda confused to hear someone say that RACE! is slow... I've always been able to play fullspeed...

Anyways, It's not completely abandoned... just, hooka timed, which sadly means that it'll take forever :S
Good to hear. I hope that it would see the light of day. :lol:

QuasaR said:
Did you made the directory "/roms/ngpc" on your SD card or "/mnt/sd/roms/ngpc"? The ladder won't work at all, just the first one.
Yeah, I meant to say "/roms/ngpc/" in the SD card, but selector uses the longer address "/mnt/sd/roms/ngpc/". Sorry for any confusion. :P
 
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Manjuu said:
quadomatic said:
I downloaded the one u mentioned, put it on the root of the sd card in the RACE folder, and put a rom in /mnt/sd/roms/ngpc/. When I open race.gpe, all I see is a black screen.
Hmm... that's odd. Got mine working. I'll investigate a bit. :o

EDIT: I tried it again. Works without a hitch.

Here's what I did:

- redownloaded the most recent version from the archive

- extracted "RACE" folder to the "game" folder

- created a "ngpc" folder inside the "roms" folder (folder names are case sensitive)

- copied SNK vs Capcom - The Match of the Millenium ROM to the "ngpc" folder

- renamed the ROM to "SvC - Millenium.ngc"

- used the gp2xmenu to run "race.gpe"

- selected the ROM when selector comes up

- plays properly

Do you even get to the selector screen?


I'm doing this exactly as you say, and it doesn't work :(

Maybe its firmware related? I'm using the latest firmware of version 2...I can't remember what exactly it was.
 
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