Mega Man X3 in 1.42

milesaway1980 · Post by **milesaway1980** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:28 am

Mega Man X3 doesn't seem to work in the 1.42 version. It's worked great on 1.36 over the last year or so but when I downloaded 1.42, I get an in game error message when I start the game. It says, "Interface Register ERROR!" Then at the bottom, it says "Press Button to Continue". I press a button, it starts up the game, does the little CAPCOM logo and jingle, but then goes to a glitched graphics screen.
Anyone know the reason for this or what I can do to fix it? The ROM I'm using has worked since the C4 chip was first emulated.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:36 am

The problem you described doesn't happen to me. Post your ROM info using NSRT.

milesaway1980 · Post by **milesaway1980** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 5:37 pm

How do I do that?

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:04 pm

Download NSRT by clicking the NSRT in snkcube's post, and read the readme from there.
PS: You can click the link here: http://nsrt.edgeemu.com

milesaway1980 · Post by **milesaway1980** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:57 pm

When I opened the zip file that Mega Man X3 was in, unlike the others, it wasn't an .smc or an equivelant, it was listed as

mmx3.1
mmx3.2
mmx3.3
mmx3.4

I merged the files into one file and now it works fine. Thanks for leading me in the right direction.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:30 am

I've heard of that format, but I've never seen it.
Anyhoo, that's what we're here for, MileAway1980.
Glad to be of assistance.

Post by **Agozer** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 12:53 pm

adventure_of_link wrote:I've heard of that format, but I've never seen it.
Anyhoo, that's what we're here for, MileAway1980.
Glad to be of assistance.

Some dumpers dump the rom image in parts (in milesaway's case, in four parts). ZSNES reads the loading code from the first part and and then checks for the others. Most SNES rom tools can join split rom images.

Post by **Nach** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 1:05 pm

ZSNES should load multipart ROMs, I've tested it myself...
NSRT also merges multipart...

Post by **Agozer** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 1:11 pm

Nach wrote:ZSNES should load multipart ROMs, I've tested it myself...
NSRT also merges multipart...

It does, but to me, multipart rom images feel kind of awkward to have.

milesaway1980 · Post by **milesaway1980** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 5:32 pm

I've used some multipart ROMs, but for some reason, Mega Man X3 wouldn't work as one under 1.42. It did in all the other versions.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 1:07 am

Why is there multipart ROMs in the first place?

Post by **Agozer** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 1:12 am

snkcube wrote:Why is there multipart ROMs in the first place?

My version is a few posts back; although I don't know how accurate my explanation in it's simplicity is...

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 1:14 am

Agozer wrote:
snkcube wrote:Why is there multipart ROMs in the first place?
My version is a few posts back; although I don't know how accurate my explanation in it's simplicity is...

Hmm, I guess I missed it. Sorry about that.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:37 am

snkcube wrote:Why is there multipart ROMs in the first place?

Has to dow ith copiers that only have floppies for IO. They split the ROM image into chunks that can fit on standard floppy disks.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:10 am

After thinking for a while, my SNES copier also splits the ROM file into many parts.

milesaway1980 · Post by **milesaway1980** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:26 am

Where do you get SNES copiers?

FitzRoy · Post by **FitzRoy** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:30 am

snkcube wrote:Why is there multipart ROMs in the first place?

I think the better question is: after all these years, why do they still get distributed in this way?

And the answer is: people suck.

Post by **Agozer** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 2:13 pm

FitzRoy wrote:And the answer is: people suck.

Excellent answer.

Milesaway: People buy those from the internet.

milesaway1980 · Post by **milesaway1980** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 6:36 pm

I figured as much, but I mean, what are they called? (ie. Something to type into a search engine or Ebay.)

Post by **Agozer** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 6:44 pm

milesaway1980 wrote:I figured as much, but I mean, what are they called? (ie. Something to type into a search engine or Ebay.)

Well, here's one: http://www.robwebb.clara.co.uk/backup/ffe/ffedx2.html

Stifu · Post by **Stifu** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 6:50 pm

Here's a lot of them: http://www.emucamp.com/red/SNES/index.shtml

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 7:15 pm

Stifu wrote:Here's a lot of them: http://www.emucamp.com/red/SNES/index.shtml

That site is amazing. I just found the one I have, which is called the"Supercom Partner 32M Turbo Super Version". My uncle bought it a long time ago in Hong Kong, but stopped using it years later. So I then picked it up and had it ever since.