ok I need help please

MegaRock · Post by **MegaRock** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 1:57 am

I am using Zsneswv1.36, I have Windows XP and The emulator was going well. But today I went to let my nephew play Goof troop and now everytime I go to play one of my games the screen just shuts down. I downloaded the newest DirectX. And it still will not let me play any of the games. is there any way I can repair this?

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 2:01 am

Use the latest WIP, do a clean install, don't use your old .cfg files.

MegaRock · Post by **MegaRock** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 2:20 am

Joe Camacho wrote:Use the latest WIP, do a clean install, don't use your old .cfg files.

Thank you, now what is WIP? and what is .cfg? Please forgive my stupidity I am new to roms

Thank you in advance. By the way should I kiss my saved Earthbound goodbye?

Sferics · Post by **Sferics** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 2:27 am

First, the the WIP page is here:

http://ipherswipsite.com/zsnes/

Then, your .cfg files are your configuration files. They should be in the same folder as your old Zsnes. Note: Delete these before runnning the latest WIP.

And about your Eartbound savestate, it depends. I've heard older Zsnes savestates don't work with newer versions, but I've never had any trouble using a vesion 1.36 savestate on WIPs. Try lading it in the WIP and see what happens.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 2:30 am

MegaRock wrote:Thank you, now what is WIP? and what is .cfg? Please forgive my stupidity I am new to roms

WIP stands for Work In Progress, although they are not "official" releases, they are lightyears ahead in progress than good old ver. 1.36, you can get it here: http://ipherswipsite.com/

.cfg files are those files that are created when you first boot up Zsnes, they have a .cfg extension and they save zsne's setup (.cfg stands for configuration) they can be opened with notepad. As a rule of thumb, you shouldn't mix old .cfg files with the new WIPs, compability and other misc. issues can result from that.

MegaRock wrote:Thank you in advance. By the way should I kiss my saved Earthbound goodbye?

Well, I hope you have been using the game's save system, just keep the file with a .srm extension (It has the same name as the rom) that is the file that keeps your save files. It will work with the latest WIP, I'm not sure about savestates.

Edit: CK beated me to it.

MegaRock · Post by **MegaRock** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 2:40 am

Joe Camacho wrote:
MegaRock wrote:Thank you, now what is WIP? and what is .cfg? Please forgive my stupidity I am new to roms
WIP stands for Work In Progress, although they are not "official" releases, they are lightyears ahead in progress than good old ver. 1.36, you can get it here: http://ipherswipsite.com/

.cfg files are those files that are created when you first boot up Zsnes, they have a .cfg extension and they save zsne's setup (.cfg stands for configuration) they can be opened with notepad. As a rule of thumb, you shouldn't mix old .cfg files with the new WIPs, compability and other misc. issues can result from that.

MegaRock wrote:Thank you in advance. By the way should I kiss my saved Earthbound goodbye?
Well, I hope you have been using the game's save system, just keep the file with a .srm extension (It has the same name as the rom) that is the file that keeps your save files. It will work with the latest WIP, I'm not sure about savestates.

Edit: CK beated me to it.

Thank you Joe and Chrono. And yes I rarely use save states (To used to game saves I guess) My games are all working great now. Thank you Both very much.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 7:35 am

And remember to keep up with the latest WIP versions. They contain improvements.