[sfa3] Select Color Unlock NVRAM

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[sfa3] Select Color Unlock NVRAM

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Select Color Unlock can be improved to update NVRAM directly, to not have to repeat the code everytime.
The method is illustrated in the comment;

:sfa3:62000000:000000:00000000:00000000:Select Color Unlock (NVRAM):To update NVRAM, enter in test mode, turn cheat ON, do a memory test then exit, reboot; now the setting is permanently unlocked (reboot again with cheat OFF to verify...)
:sfa3:00010000:FF0CE1:00000000:FFFFFFFF:Cream:Default
:sfa3:00010000:FF0CE1:00000001:FFFFFFFF:Red:Unlocks Classical Mode
:sfa3:00010000:FF0CE1:00000002:FFFFFFFF:Green:Unlocks Balrog, Juli, and Juni
:sfa3:00010000:FF0CE1:00000003:FFFFFFFF:Blue:Unlocks Mazi Mode and Saikyou Mode
:sfa3:00010000:FF0CE1:00000004:FFFFFFFF:Light Blue:Unlocks Survival and Dramatic Mode

(AND WITHOUT ACCESSING THE TEST MENU?)
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(The regions used in this cheat are RAM under R and W points of wiew ... )
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Code: Select all

:sfa3:62000001:000000:00000000:00000000:Select Color Unlock (EEPROM):Push F3 to see the permanent effect...
:sfa3:61010001:000075:00000000:FFFFFFFF:Cream:Default
:sfa3:61010001:000075:00000001:FFFFFFFF:Red:Unlocks Classical Mode
:sfa3:61010001:000075:00000002:FFFFFFFF:Green:Unlocks Balrog, Juli, and Juni
:sfa3:61010001:000075:00000003:FFFFFFFF:Blue:Unlocks Mazi Mode and Saikyou Mode
:sfa3:61010001:000075:00000004:FFFFFFFF:Light Blue:Unlocks Survival and Dramatic Mode
And that's done! :wink:
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I haven't understood fine the difference between NVRAM and EEPROM.

The NVRAM is saved to disk (sfa3.nv) but what is EEPROM ? I think that they are specular concepts...

(to find this cheat is impossible without debug mame and the memory windows.)
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Sorry Pugsy, I will post the clone list when possible...
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As promised ...

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:sfa3b:62000001:000000:00000000:00000000:Select Color Unlock (EEPROM):Push F3 to see the permanent effect...
:sfa3b:61010001:000075:00000000:FFFFFFFF:Cream:Default
:sfa3b:61010001:000075:00000001:FFFFFFFF:Red:Unlocks Classical Mode
:sfa3b:61010001:000075:00000002:FFFFFFFF:Green:Unlocks Balrog, Juli, and Juni
:sfa3b:61010001:000075:00000003:FFFFFFFF:Blue:Unlocks Mazi Mode and Saikyou Mode
:sfa3b:61010001:000075:00000004:FFFFFFFF:Light Blue:Unlocks Survival and Dramatic Mode

:sfa3r1:62000001:000000:00000000:00000000:Select Color Unlock (EEPROM):Push F3 to see the permanent effect...
:sfa3r1:61010001:000075:00000000:FFFFFFFF:Cream:Default
:sfa3r1:61010001:000075:00000001:FFFFFFFF:Red:Unlocks Classical Mode
:sfa3r1:61010001:000075:00000002:FFFFFFFF:Green:Unlocks Balrog, Juli, and Juni
:sfa3r1:61010001:000075:00000003:FFFFFFFF:Blue:Unlocks Mazi Mode and Saikyou Mode
:sfa3r1:61010001:000075:00000004:FFFFFFFF:Light Blue:Unlocks Survival and Dramatic Mode

:sfz3a:62000001:000000:00000000:00000000:Select Color Unlock (EEPROM):Push F3 to see the permanent effect...
:sfz3a:61010001:000075:00000000:FFFFFFFF:Cream:Default
:sfz3a:61010001:000075:00000001:FFFFFFFF:Red:Unlocks Classical Mode
:sfz3a:61010001:000075:00000002:FFFFFFFF:Green:Unlocks Balrog, Juli, and Juni
:sfz3a:61010001:000075:00000003:FFFFFFFF:Blue:Unlocks Mazi Mode and Saikyou Mode
:sfz3a:61010001:000075:00000004:FFFFFFFF:Light Blue:Unlocks Survival and Dramatic Mode

:sfz3ar1:62000001:000000:00000000:00000000:Select Color Unlock (EEPROM):Push F3 to see the permanent effect...
:sfz3ar1:61010001:000075:00000000:FFFFFFFF:Cream:Default
:sfz3ar1:61010001:000075:00000001:FFFFFFFF:Red:Unlocks Classical Mode
:sfz3ar1:61010001:000075:00000002:FFFFFFFF:Green:Unlocks Balrog, Juli, and Juni
:sfz3ar1:61010001:000075:00000003:FFFFFFFF:Blue:Unlocks Mazi Mode and Saikyou Mode
:sfz3ar1:61010001:000075:00000004:FFFFFFFF:Light Blue:Unlocks Survival and Dramatic Mode

:sfz3j:62000001:000000:00000000:00000000:Select Color Unlock (EEPROM):Push F3 to see the permanent effect...
:sfz3j:61010001:000075:00000000:FFFFFFFF:Cream:Default
:sfz3j:61010001:000075:00000001:FFFFFFFF:Red:Unlocks Classical Mode
:sfz3j:61010001:000075:00000002:FFFFFFFF:Green:Unlocks Balrog, Juli, and Juni
:sfz3j:61010001:000075:00000003:FFFFFFFF:Blue:Unlocks Mazi Mode and Saikyou Mode
:sfz3j:61010001:000075:00000004:FFFFFFFF:Light Blue:Unlocks Survival and Dramatic Mode

:sfz3jr1:62000001:000000:00000000:00000000:Select Color Unlock (EEPROM):Push F3 to see the permanent effect...
:sfz3jr1:61010001:000075:00000000:FFFFFFFF:Cream:Default
:sfz3jr1:61010001:000075:00000001:FFFFFFFF:Red:Unlocks Classical Mode
:sfz3jr1:61010001:000075:00000002:FFFFFFFF:Green:Unlocks Balrog, Juli, and Juni
:sfz3jr1:61010001:000075:00000003:FFFFFFFF:Blue:Unlocks Mazi Mode and Saikyou Mode
:sfz3jr1:61010001:000075:00000004:FFFFFFFF:Light Blue:Unlocks Survival and Dramatic Mode

:sfz3jr2:62000001:000000:00000000:00000000:Select Color Unlock (EEPROM):Push F3 to see the permanent effect...
:sfz3jr2:61010001:000075:00000000:FFFFFFFF:Cream:Default
:sfz3jr2:61010001:000075:00000001:FFFFFFFF:Red:Unlocks Classical Mode
:sfz3jr2:61010001:000075:00000002:FFFFFFFF:Green:Unlocks Balrog, Juli, and Juni
:sfz3jr2:61010001:000075:00000003:FFFFFFFF:Blue:Unlocks Mazi Mode and Saikyou Mode
:sfz3jr2:61010001:000075:00000004:FFFFFFFF:Light Blue:Unlocks Survival and Dramatic Mode
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Pugsy, I followed your guidelines, I am waiting 4 ya :lol:
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I gather fighting games are your speciality :wink: just as well, as Pugsy abhors them. :D

So at least the board has an regular attendant for those sorts of games now 8) Good on you Redbeam.
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Find this cheat isn't difficult at all, I looked at the memory with a watch, then I calculated the offset from NVRAM zero and then this is the final NVRAM address.
WHY? WELL this game has an apart NVRAM space, so NVRAM address 0 = 0 in the final cheat code too.

Have you understood ? :P

Remember that I found ROM cheats for mahjongg, puzzle and card games too (fairly unique).

Pugsy does all sort of cheats (but I guess he prefers platforms) :oops:
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Re: [sfa3] Select Color Unlock NVRAM

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Street Fighter Alpha 3: Select Colour Unlock doesn't seem to be working in newest 130u2. I got it working by changing it to this:

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<cheat desc="Select Colour Unlock"> 
    <parameter>
      <item value="0x00">Cream (Default)</item>
      <item value="0x01">Red (Unlocks Classical Mode)</item>
      <item value="0x02">Green (Unlocks Balrog, Juli, and Juni)</item>
      <item value="0x03">Blue (Unlocks Mazi Mode and Saikyou Mode)</item>
      <item value="0x04">Light Blue (Unlocks Survival and Dramatic Mode)</item>
    </parameter>
    <script state="change">
      <action>maincpu.pb@ff80ee=param</action>
    </script>
</cheat>
...but now it doesn't save the change to NVRAM.
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Re: [sfa3] Select Color Unlock NVRAM

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steppres wrote:Street Fighter Alpha 3: Select Colour Unlock doesn't seem to be working in newest 130u2. I got it working by changing it to this:
I spent a while making sure that the converter handled the very few eeprom cheats remaining, and thankfully sfa3 still works just fine in 0.130u4.

Select "Red (Unlocks Classical Mode)" after you've inserted a credit, and press ENTER to enable the option.
Press F3 to reset the game
Now when you insert a credit the background has a reddish tinge
Exit the game
Restart and the same background is still red
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Re: [sfa3] Select Color Unlock NVRAM

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Thanks for the quick reply, followed your instructions on a fresh install of the newest MAME Windows binary but it's still not happening for me. Does anyone have any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
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Re: [sfa3] Select Color Unlock NVRAM

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Mmmmm, that's pretty damn annoying. It was working fine a few hours ago but now it's doing nothing....odd!

Sorry for my earlier post, you are correct. I will investigate further to see if I can get the eeprom writes to work once more :(
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Re: [sfa3] Select Color Unlock NVRAM

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Right, looked into it...seems that the memory locations of the eeprom hold 16 bit values now. Don't know why....

But here's the fixed code:-

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  <cheat desc="Select Colour Unlock"> <comment>EEPROM Code, Push F3 to see the effect made permanent. (NOTE - the colour refers to the background colour after you've inserted a credit)</comment>
    <parameter>
      <item value="0x00">Cream (Default)</item>
      <item value="0x01">Red (Unlocks Classical Mode)</item>
      <item value="0x02">Green (Unlocks Balrog, Juli, and Juni)</item>
      <item value="0x03">Blue (Unlocks Mazi Mode and Saikyou Mode)</item>
      <item value="0x04">Light Blue (Unlocks Survival and Dramatic Mode)</item>
    </parameter>
    <script state="change">
      <action>eb@00003A=param</action>
    </script>
  </cheat>
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Re: [sfa3] Select Color Unlock NVRAM

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sorry for posting this old post but, is there any way to make the background color permanently in this games?
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