Kawaks HELP!!

[kylesinclair5]

Hey everyone!!

im relativley new at the whole emulators and roms, but im trying to get Kawaks to work! i have the newest version 1.54, and i have the bois in the same place as my roms, but yet it comes up with 'couldnt find 000-lo.lo (e09e253c) for game, ERROR' and i have no idea what i am supposed to do, i have spent hours on hours trying to find out whats wrong, i have read the FAQ, downloaded different emulators! but i still cant play my Neo-Geo games! PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!

thanks!!

[hagbard]

It looks yor neogeo.zip bios file is missing one file:
000-lo.lo , 65.536 bytes, e09e253c CRC32

Or there's a different one, possibly an older version. I would look for an updated neogeo.zip file.

Check your PM by the way

[kylesinclair5]

ok well i have done excatly what you told me to do and it still says it cant find the 000-lo.lo file? but the file is in the same folder as the rom?? could it be the rom? do i have to leave them zipped? thank you soo much for all the help!

[hagbard]

That 000-lo.lo it's a ROM bios file inside the neogeo.zip. Open the zip and you'll see that file inside. If it's not inside, then you know the problem.

btw, you can left your Roms zipped, there's no problem

The neogeo.zip should be (in your case) in the same folder as you have your zipped roms. You have probably to set up your "Roms 1:" where you placed whole Roms (zipped). If already did that, I would delete the winkawaks.ini and try again, set your roms folder, etc. Hope it helps

[kylesinclair5]

oh my god, im so sorry, im such a dumb ass!

it still isnt working, i have re-installed Kawaks 1.54, then put my mslug file, along with the neogeo.zip file in the folder, neogeo in the roms folderthat comes with kawaks. all files are still zipped, then i go to configure the paths, the go load rom, scan for new, then load it up, and it still says the same problem?

[hagbard]

No problem, we're going to try from the beginning.
To play Metal Slug you need an emulator like kawaks, for example. Then the roms & bios:

mslug.zip -> A zip file with mslug Roms inside, the Roms should be:

Rom name -> CRC32
---------- ---------
201-c1.bin -> 72813676
201-c2.bin -> 96f62574
201-c3.bin -> 5121456a
201-c4.bin -> f4ad59a3
201-m1.bin -> c28b3253
201-p1.bin -> 08d8daa5
201-s1.bin -> 2f55958d
201-v1.bin -> 23d22ed1
201-v2.bin -> 472cf9db

neogeo.zip -> A zip file with NeoGeo Bios roms inside:

Rom name CRC32
---------- -------
sfix.sfx -> 354029fc
sp-s2.sp1 -> 9036d879
sp-s.sp1 -> c7f2fa45
usa_2slt.bin -> e72943de
sp-e.sp1 -> 2723a5b5
asia-s3.rom -> 91b64be3
vs-bios.rom -> f0e8f27d
sp-j2.rom -> acede59c
sp1.jipan.1024 -> 9fb0abe4
sm1.sm1 -> 97cf998b
000-lo.lo -> e09e253c

Once you are sure you got this, place mslug.zip & neogeo.zip in the same folder, whatever you like. Set that folder on your Roms path. Scan for roms, select available roms and look if Metal Slug it's there, as should be. Load roms and hopefully you'll be playing Metal Slug.

If not, in the menu "Tools" in Kawaks, select "Audit Romsets". It might took a while, when finished, open "WinKawaks Audit.txt" , and look for (search option in notepad, for example) mslug. Exactlly this word, ignore mslug2 for example. If some lines appears, copy & paste them here and I'll see what you can do. Good luck

[kylesinclair5]

ok well i got all of that but..... in the mslug zip file they are -
mslug_c1.rom
mslug_c2.rom
mslug_c3.rom
mslug_c4.rom
mslug_m1.rom
mslug_p1.rom
mslug_s1.rom
mslug_v1.rom
mslug_v2.rom

should i be renaming them to the files you have typed in?

[hagbard]

Well, it's not necessary, but if you might do it, it would be better
The most important are the CRC32 of each rom matches as I post down here:

ROM name        CRC32       OLD name
----------    --------    ------------
201-c1.bin -> 72813676 -> mslug_c1.rom
201-c2.bin -> 96f62574 -> mslug_c2.rom
201-c3.bin -> 5121456a -> mslug_c3.rom
201-c4.bin -> f4ad59a3 -> mslug_c4.rom
201-m1.bin -> c28b3253 -> mslug_m1.rom
201-p1.bin -> 08d8daa5 -> mslug_p1.rom
201-s1.bin -> 2f55958d -> mslug_s1.rom
201-v1.bin -> 23d22ed1 -> mslug_v1.rom
201-v2.bin -> 472cf9db -> mslug_v2.rom

Btw, can you make an audit and post here only the lines begining with "mslug"? It would be very useful, trust me.

On the other hand, did you tried another emulators? Just by the case, I think the problem it's somehow emu related, so I'd stick with Nebula & Mame32, for example

[kylesinclair5]

Hey,
i renamed them all and same message! but i did an audit and this is what its come up with -

mslug - 000-lo.lo 65536 e09e253c ERROR: not found, game will not run
mslug - sp-s2.sp1 131072 9036d879 ERROR: not found, game will not run
mslug - sfix.sfx 131072 354029fc ERROR: not found, game will not run
mslug - 201-c1.bin 4194304 72813676 WARNING: wrong CRC32 (d00bd152), may cause emulation bugs
mslug - 201-c2.bin 4194304 96f62574 WARNING: wrong CRC32 (ddff1dea), may cause emulation bugs
mslug - 201-c3.bin 4194304 5121456a WARNING: wrong CRC32 (d3d5f9e5), may cause emulation bugs
mslug - 201-c4.bin 4194304 f4ad59a3 WARNING: wrong CRC32 (5ac1d497), may cause emulation bugs


im thinking i will try Neubla, so is the set up the same set up as i have been trying to do with Kawaks?

[hagbard]

From this audit I can make two conclusions:

mslug - 000-lo.lo 65536 e09e253c ERROR: not found, game will not run
mslug - sp-s2.sp1 131072 9036d879 ERROR: not found, game will not run
mslug - sfix.sfx 131072 354029fc ERROR: not found, game will not run

1 - You're missing that marked three neogeo bios files, should be inside neogeo.zip. At least aren't in your rom path. I think you downloaded a good neogeo.zip, the question it's if it is in your path, or if another one is messing the whole thing.
Might you have some bios files on mslug.zip?

mslug - 201-c1.bin 4194304 72813676 WARNING: wrong CRC32 (d00bd152), may cause emulation bugs
mslug - 201-c2.bin 4194304 96f62574 WARNING: wrong CRC32 (ddff1dea), may cause emulation bugs
mslug - 201-c3.bin 4194304 5121456a WARNING: wrong CRC32 (d3d5f9e5), may cause emulation bugs
mslug - 201-c4.bin 4194304 f4ad59a3 WARNING: wrong CRC32 (5ac1d497), may cause emulation bugs

2 - Your C roms (graphics) are incorrect, baecause the CRC32 doesn't match. The best you can do it's download a working mslug set again. Do you remember my PM?

Nebula uses the same roms, so you might try if you want