Life Force (via Project Nested)

Okay, I'll be happy to test again whenever you post any updates. Thanks for your work on this.

Cubear made an interesting suggestion to try custom code when ever memory location $06DA (fade stage to boss flag) activated. So far, seems the garbage 2A03 noise is gone. Relikk and I have tested it. So far, Mesen, BSnesPlus v05, RetroArch Snes9x were good.

@Arasoi BTW, the garbage noise was present on beta 6 as well (just not as noticeable). Remember to redo your Project Nested ROM since the Profile has changed (included in the updated patch files).

Beta 8 09-22-2023 @ 12:33pm EST
(this one has mute after CONT/END screen. Earlier post I had botched the code. Corrected now as of listed time stamp above.)

Code:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/phicp07g2o7wbyr/lf_msu_beta8.zip/file

Another PCM option. From the X68000 MIDI Power CD.

https://mega.nz/file/9r4EiCqA#gA9C4_5oPcywYggyyOCWxDbomtvX6MUJ9Rk9nQvdDL4

This follows the Salamander stage theme order, as the track for Life Force's stage 5 is not present in the X68000 version of Salamander.

Ok, implemented my own custom fade/boss trigger code per Cubear's suggestion and abandoned the built-in game's fade/boss routine. Hopefully, now this is good. I tested in three separate emulators and no more 2A03 garbage noise (ie, bleeps, blops, static, etc). Relikk had similar results on his end.

Emulators tested:
Mesen 2.0.0
Retroarch Snes9x Core 1.15.0
BsnesPlus v05

Anyway, here is the patch ...

BETA 9 PATCH
09-22-2023 @ 3:22pm EST

Code:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/3b44hncyfdvkezx/lf_msu_beta9.zip/file

Once again, thank you Cubear for your suggestion in writing custom fade/boss trigger code instead of relying on the built-in one.

Update: Tested on MiSTer, so far so good. Also, setting the SNES clock to 'Turbo' makes a whole lot of difference with the slowdown inherited from PN emulation.

Here is my MiSTer playthrough of beta patch 9 with my Rock pcm pack, CPU Turbo enabled in the core.

I didn't run into any errors at all, I think this patch might be ready for release.

Thanks to pev and Cubear for their work on this.

@Arasoi Glad to hear. I will leave the posting up to you. Once this is poted, I will close this forum topic. Thanks for testing.

https://www.zeldix.net/t2713-life-force-nes-project-nested

I've posted the topic as requested. Congratulations everyone.

@Everyone Ok, this topic is now closed. Any new issues that may arise can be posted in Arasoi's link.

Code:

https://www.zeldix.net/t2713-life-force-nes-project-nested