Thanks! I've tested and now works...
It's really a upgrade from old VBA 1.7... Good times. (R.I.P. GBA Glacial x.x)

First off, I'd like to thank you folks for your continuing efforts to develop & improve this excellent all in one Gameboy, Gameboy Color & GBA emulator

Now on to business... I just recently found out about this latest version release from friends over at a ROMs hosting site forum I frequent. I immediately went & tracked down this latest version to try it out but even before I could get things started I ran into a bit of a snag, so to speak. According to the package's included readme files I need zlib.dll version 1.23, unfortunately copy-pasting then going to the link you listed on the readme yielded a 404 can not locate page error. Further inquiry revealed to me that a newer version of zlib has been made available, build 1.25.

My first question would be, would this latest version of zlib work for this release of VBA-M?

My second question has something to do with libpng.dll. The last version of VBA-M I had, SVN 947 came bundled with both zlib1.dll (version 1.2.2) & libping12.dll (version 1.2.31) when I downloaded them off of ngemu.com. However, this newer release doesn't come bundled with these two files & by the looks of it based on your readme file, I need to look for these files myself.

As I said earlier, I can't find zlib 1.2.3, but found 1.2.5. With libpng there seems to be a newer version, 1.52 but... I can't find a link to the compiled .dll release as most of the files on libpng's site seems to be in source code format only.

So comes my second question. Seeing as I can get libpng version 1.52, can I just use the older version I got, or seeing you didn't specify in the readme that I need it, can I run the emulator just fine without libpng installed?

afaik, vba-m doesn't even need the external zlib dll anymore.

VBA-M | NGOHQ | Post Impact Productions | TNHW | XBCD 0.2.7

(05-08-2011 09:48 PM)Squall Leonhart Wrote:  afaik, vba-m doesn't even need the external zlib dll anymore.

Thanks for the reply Squall Leonhart

Wait...

So I can just disregard the zlib.dll requirement mentioned in the readme file then?

If so, I think you guys should update the readme file that comes with the emulator seeing it's kinda misleading yes?

i'll get around to it.

VBA-M | NGOHQ | Post Impact Productions | TNHW | XBCD 0.2.7

wow someone actually read the readme :O

+1 inclination for RTFMe.

@Zach Thibeau: LOL! Ever watched the first episode of South Park Season 15:

http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-epi...05.27.2011

How should I know if me, using this latest build gives you the right to perform sick & perverted experiments on me or not? Unless I take the time to actually read the readme file

No, seriously... I actually do read the readme files to whatever software I plan on using. That way I have some understanding as to how I should use the app before asking for help when often times the answer could lie within the provided documentation.

Awesome work on this recent build by the way

By the way, where can I find the BIOS files for both the Gameboy & Gameboy Color? Unless asking for them is against the forum rules & if so, I apologize.

it be against the rules indeed.

ask costis.

VBA-M | NGOHQ | Post Impact Productions | TNHW | XBCD 0.2.7

Well these dont seem to be the most active forums but >.>
i see squall on lots of different emu sites/forums

So im wondering about the 32/64bit binaries

x86 is up to SVN956 but the x64 seems to be at SVN899, as far as i can tell, there are no noticeable differences, the readme for both of them are the same, the only other differences is the x86 comes with the "vba-over.ini".
Is there any other difference in them?

Also where is the config.ini for vba-m stored?
As i am experiencing a rather weird, i guess you can call it a problem.

well i had both x86/x64 versions at the same time and was trying to compare them, it seems after running the x64 version, the x86 versions runs much slower?

Was getting 800-900% on x86 with turbo mode enabled, and on x64 was getting into the 900-1000% area. as i figured 64bit would run better then 32bit.

But after running the 64bit version, when i run the x86 it seems to cap at like 120-140% now. (i checked to see if throttle was active, and it was set to no throttle, i even tried changing throttle to 200 and 1000% still wouldnt go past the 140%). Also tried settings frame skips, no change, and different games.

So i figured maybe it was something to do with the config file being shared by both 32/64bit versions. But it seems no matter what i do (completely delete both of them) the config stays after i re download it? all the same settings, input settings, everything.
I searched the registry for "vba" didnt find anything related. restarted my computer (figured maybe it was cached in the ram).
No change.

any ideas? also dont forget the 1st part of the question, is there any difference in svn899/svn956?


:mushroom::mushroom:
(couldnt resist after seeing it over there :3)

x64 is unsupported and has no future where vba-m is concerned.

the configuration is written to %appdata%\vba-m if a vba.ini does not exist in the app directory.

there is no performance differences between the x64 and x32 builds of that version, the only difference from then and now is an optimisation was removed that broke GBA graphics.

VBA-M | NGOHQ | Post Impact Productions | TNHW | XBCD 0.2.7

Thanks it fixed the problem, should have though of it being there.
Maybe the 64bit should be removed if not supported, as it seem to break the 32bit version lol.

And ya i guess there really was no performance difference, just when i seen 4 digit% on 64bit i though it was better, and when i went to re compare to the 32bit it was broken. Now im hitting as high as 1200%. (ya im using turbo mode for benchmarking XD).

Anyway thanks again.