MSU-1 Higan emulation problem

[Jeff Stasz]

Hi,
I am having problems getting the msu-1 emulation to work on higan. Every time I go into the emulation folder after launching mmx_msu1 (Megaman X), placing the .pcms, with the .bml in the folder, I get a blank screen with no sound. Can someone please tell me what I did wrong? I'd really would like this to play this with surround sound in my living room.

Thanks.

[Zorlon]

what path did you drop the manifest.bml and the .pcm files into??

[Jeff Stasz]

Emulation/mmx_msu1

Am I supposed to do anything else?

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[Zorlon]

Just what the README.txt file tells you to do

1. Patch the ROM using mmx_msu1_emulator.ips and making sure it is named mmx_msu1.sfc
2. Launch it using higan
3. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Emulation\Super Famicom\mmx_msu1.sfc in Windows Explorer.
4. Copy manifest.bml and the .pcm file there
5. Run the game

[Jeff Stasz]

I did all that and read the readme before. It's still not working. Black screen like I said before. Does it have anything to do with the windows I'm running? Idk I'm out of ideas that's why I came here.

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[Zorlon]

I'm off on hols for a wk but will get back to this if I remember and actually test it out on my end

I don't know what windows you are running so can't help on that, I will be using Windows 10 though for tests

[Jeff Stasz]

I have vista. There was some kind of windows update that came with the pack. It doesn't mention anything about it in the readme. So I unno. Thanks for being so responsivel tho. I've read on the romhacking.com website that some people that rated the hack couldn't get it to work as well. So maybe, it's the hack on my windows. Otherwise the only way of getting it to work would be on SD2SNES (I think that's what it's called.) So I'm not quite sure. I've seen the hack on youtube and was quite impressed with the soundtrack. So hopefully I will be able to play it some form or another.

[Zorlon]

Try using ran as admin with the emu then

SD2SNES is a flash kit for a real SNES

[deadlegion]

Was the original rom .smc type and you just simply renamed it to .sfc?

[Jeff Stasz]

No I downloaded the v 1.1 off this site or should I say revision a. I had not touched a thing. It was .sfc . Patched it with lunar started up the rom. The file was made in emulation. I placed the .pcms, the .bml into the folder and then started it up... Black screen. The emu plays the rom until I place the .pcms and .bml into the folder. I don't get it. Yes it was all the .pcms that was told in the README. The .bml with the romhacking .zip pack. I patched it with the one that is not the SD2SNES patch. I just wanna rock out with some metal in my megaman game.

[deadlegion]

No I downloaded the v 1.1 off this site or should I say revision a. I had not touched a thing. It was .sfc . Patched it with lunar started up the rom. The file was made in emulation. I placed the .pcms, the .bml into the folder and then started it up... Black screen. The emu plays the rom until I place the .pcms and .bml into the folder. I don't get it. Yes it was all the .pcms that was told in the README. The .bml with the romhacking .zip pack. I patched it with the one that is not the SD2SNES patch. I just wanna rock out with some metal in my megaman game.

Hmm seems odd, according to the patch description:

However, the .spc fallback routine means that if the MSU-1 chip is NOT detected (such as in an emulator that does not support it, like ZSNES or snes9x), the standard audio will play, leaving the game to play as if un-patched. Non-destructive patching, FTW.

the game should still work with standard audio via other emus.

Are you sure you used the correct rom and did you check?

• MEGAMAN X
• U.S.A.
• 1572864 Bytes (12.0000 Mb)
• Padded: Maybe, 5744 Bytes (0.0438 Mb)
• Interleaved/Swapped: No
• Backup unit/emulator header: No
• Version: 1.1
• Checksum: Ok, 0x4cc2 (calculated) == 0x4cc2 (internal)
• Inverse checksum: Ok, 0xb33d (calculated) == 0xb33d (internal)
• Checksum (CRC32): 0xded53c64

[killapinke]

1. Patch the ROM using mmx_msu1_emulator.ips and making sure it is named mmx_msu1.sfc
2. Launch it using higan
3. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Emulation\Super Famicom\mmx_msu1.sfc in Windows Explorer.
4. Copy manifest.bml and the .pcm file there
5. Run the game... I think #3 might be wrong instead go to higan folder on desktop Copy manifest.bml and the .pcm files there then open higan an run that file mmx_msu1.sfc

[Jeff Stasz]

Standard music plays until I place the manifest into either folder. I have no idea what I have done wrong but there are people on the romhacking.com site saying that it doesn't work for some people (as in themselves). So i unno. I have checked the rom to see if it was indeed correct and it was.

This is what it says for the manifest viewer:

unverified

cartridge region=NTSC
rom name=mmx_msu1.sfc size=0x180000
map id=rom address=00-7f,80-ff:8000-ffff mask=0x8000

msu1
rom name=mmx_msu1.msu size=0x0000
map id=io address=00-3f,80-bf:2000-2007
track number=1 name=mmx_msu1-1.pcm
track number=2 name=mmx_msu1-2.pcm
track number=3 name=mmx_msu1-3.pcm
track number=4 name=mmx_msu1-4.pcm
track number=5 name=mmx_msu1-5.pcm
track number=6 name=mmx_msu1-6.pcm
track number=7 name=mmx_msu1-7.pcm
track number=8 name=mmx_msu1-8.pcm
track number=9 name=mmx_msu1-9.pcm
track number=10 name=mmx_msu1-10.pcm
track number=11 name=mmx_msu1-11.pcm
track number=12 name=mmx_msu1-12.pcm
track number=13 name=mmx_msu1-13.pcm
track number=14 name=mmx_msu1-14.pcm
track number=15 name=mmx_msu1-15.pcm
track number=16 name=mmx_msu1-16.pcm
track number=17 name=mmx_msu1-17.pcm
track number=18 name=mmx_msu1-18.pcm
track number=19 name=mmx_msu1-19.pcm
track number=20 name=mmx_msu1-20.pcm
track number=21 name=mmx_msu1-21.pcm
track number=22 name=mmx_msu1-22.pcm
track number=23 name=mmx_msu1-23.pcm
track number=24 name=mmx_msu1-24.pcm
track number=25 name=mmx_msu1-25.pcm
track number=26 name=mmx_msu1-26.pcm
track number=27 name=mmx_msu1-27.pcm
track number=28 name=mmx_msu1-28.pcm
track number=29 name=mmx_msu1-29.pcm
track number=30 name=mmx_msu1-30.pcm

information
title: mmx_msu1

Even though there are 32 pcms in the folder it is only reading 30. So you tell me what's going on. This would be the way the README tells you how to do it.

[Jeff Stasz]

Well? Everyone stumped?


SOLUTION!:
http://board.byuu.org/phpbb3/viewtop...p=26407#p26407

[killapinke]

Import the ROM using the import button in the higan library dialog. If you do that, it will rename the file to program.rom So Renaming program.rom to mmx_msu1.sfc it works I never had do that because i didt use import button in the higan library dialog should just be able rename ROM to mmx_msu1.sfc