Does Carnevil work yet? List of compatible lightgun games?

[Adreus Bjorn]

If not can i get alist of working or not working lightgun games, it seems every other one i try i cant get to work got jurassic park to work but not 3, area 51 didnt at first got it working, alien 3 worked without a hitch same as time crisis one. does anyone have a list or google doc of compatible light gun games. and thanks a ton for the help

[Vermillion]

Hey there Adreus. I can confirm that both Carnevil and Area 51 work correctly. I'm fairly certain both games are listed in the Google Doc I've linked in the Arcade Builder guide.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=736005082

May I ask what the EXACT filenames of your ROMs are? Also do bear in mind that for games that use CHD files, you'll need to create an additional folder in NRA:N's ROM folder that shares the name of the main MAME zip file. You'll place the CHD file inside the folder. Just point the configuration tool to the zip file and MAME will take care of the rest. You can see an example here: http://imgur.com/Em2sWsb

[Adreus Bjorn]

the file name is carnevil, and i got the child file and tried making a file just for the child. area 51 works with dropping both in roms no file for chld needed. Ive tried both ways with carnevil and it doesnt seem to want to start, i crash everytime i launch it. Could it be the rom?

Edit* thanks a ton for the list ill definately be giving it a good look over. :)

[Adreus Bjorn]

Tried it just for a minute and it seems to work now, grabbed a different chd, the file was not the correct size. thanks a ton for the assistance, if i have further issues ill try looking into this first next time.

[Vermillion]

Just for reference, CHD stands for Compressed Hunks of Data, not Child :)

Glad to hear you got it working

[Adreus Bjorn]

lol my bad thanks for the info (saw parent rom so assumed chd was child XD) and ya appears to be working fine had some issues shooting things but i think its a calibration thing on my end.

[Vermillion]

I do have a precalibrated nvram file for Carnevil if you would like to use it. Of course, you'll need to use it in conjunction with the preset in the Google Doc, but it should work well enough.

https://1drv.ms/f/s!Au7-vYuNICPHnTa35KmHE2gEE9kl

[Adreus Bjorn]

thanks a ton, but i dont think thats it i think its something else. im using the vive and the game loads up says gun ok rom ok but the game starts and i cant shoot anything. it says im shooting bullets go down and it has the blue crosshair working fine like i can see where im aiming and ive tried shooting all over the screen but i keep dying and getting 0 score. ive never seen this happen before.

Even in level select i cant shoot a level and ive played other games without issues using the lightgun cabinet.

[Vermillion]

Carnevil does actually require the lightguns to be calibrated, which is why I've provided a link to the NVRAM data.

Just extract the two files inside to "NewRetroArcade\Content\Roms\mame\nvram\carnevil"

[Adreus Bjorn]

oh wow thanks a ton i was not aware of that at all, ill give it a whirl and see what happens.

[Adreus Bjorn]

Yup that was definately my problem thanks a ton, huge help as i got this mainly with the intention of lightgun games so if i encounter this issue again ill have a solve, thanks a ton really appreciate it.

[Vermillion]

You're welcome.

As always, feel free to get in touch with me on Discord or through Steam if you ever need any help.

[QunMang]

Originally posted by Vermillion:

Just for reference, CHD stands for Compressed Hard Disk, not Child :):

Actually, I believe these days it stands for Compressed Hunks of Data since they started compressing non-hard-drive media into .chd format like CDs and laserdiscs. But yes, that had me laughing too. :)

[Vermillion]

Ah yep your right. I remember someone else telling me the same thing. I'll just make a quick edit.

[Gramoph0ne]

i cant get carnevil to work,it crashes the program,same for daytona usa regardless of what rom i use,there is one that doesnt crash it but on the cabs screen it talks of not finding a connection? must be an inbuilt protection on the arcades board?

vampire savior 1 i had problems with also,other than that not had any rom failures.

i would love if you could make virtua cop and house of the dead work :D

[Vermillion]

Just gonna go down the list here Gramoph0ne. I figure this might be an easier way to format everything.

• Do you have the CHD file for Carnevil properly installed in the right location? Are you loading the zip file correctly?
  
• SEGA Model 2 emulation for MAME is rudimentary at best. Daytona USA runs on this board. Digital CyberCherries are not the developers of MAME and thus we have zero control over how the emulation of specific hardware is handled.
  
• Vampire Savior is a Capcom Play System II title no? Do you have qsound.zip in your ROMs folder? Most CPSII titles require this extra file in order to run.
  
• The connection issue you describe confuses me. Which game are you seeing this in?

EDIT: Clarified a bit on Daytona.