SainT Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 (edited) Games which use the Souper mapper and BupBoop audio are supported on the 7800GD, however the audio files need to be converted to an ADPCM stream format for use. If you have a version of the game you wish to play on the 7800GD, but don't have the appropriate files, you can run BupBoopConv in the games data folder to generate the files required for the 7800GD. The sourcecode and windows binary for the BupBoopConv tool are available on GitHub in the 7800GD-BupBoopConv repo. Note: I am aware the executable in the ZIP is being flagged as some kind of Trojan by Windows. This seems to happen with any small command line executable built by Visual Studio 2019, this is a known isssue. To generate the required data to play Rikki & Vikki on the 7800GD, download the BupBoopConv tool, extract it to the Data directory under the steamapps Rikki & Vikki directory, then type the following at a command prompt in that directory: BupBoopConv -c FoxBox.cdf This will generate a folder named 7800GD containing the files required to play the game on the 7800GD. Copy both the A78 file and the folder of the same name to your memory card and enjoy. Edited September 27, 2023 by SainT 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswhit Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 On 7/14/2023 at 7:30 AM, SainT said: isssue. It looks like the issue has been resolved in later versions of Visual Studio, so I will update and rebuild the exe next week to try and remove this false positive. The release has been removed until I can fix this to stop any confusion. That could also have something to do with the god awful windows defender. It likes to attack most home brew tools and development tools. It’s very aggressive compared to bought virus protection so I find myself using a pc with 3 different os to boot win 11, win7 and xp. Got 3 hard drives in my pc and boot os that’s easiest for my task at hand. Windows defender is the worst part of windows 7 and newer but it gets more aggressive with win 10 and 11. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 The slightly humorous, and slightly crazy thing is that if you select a command line exe from the projects to build and opt for the simple bare bones example code, if you compile the code Windows says it's a virus. So a Microsoft compiler, building a built-it sample project, is causing a Microsoft virus scanner to say it's a virus. Eurgh! I'll get on and fix the exe before long, being side tracked currently! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 This just keeps getting better and better! So looking forward to placing order as soon as it's available here. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laoo Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 I've got Visual Studio 2022 and managed to compile a binary at which only two security vendors complain. So if someone is brave enough to run an executable uploaded by some random guy from the internets... here it is 😎 BupBoopConv.7z 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share Posted July 20, 2023 Haha, thankyou! I will sort an ‘official’ version as well, but it will be identical to the above. 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 11 hours ago, laoo said: I've got Visual Studio 2022 and managed to compile a binary at which only two security vendors complain. So if someone is brave enough to run an executable uploaded by some random guy from the internets... here it is 😎 BupBoopConv.7z 13.05 kB · 1 download Works beautifully. Thank you! Spoiler 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorfcadet Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Any help for converting R&V for a Mac user? I have an old Win7 laptop but it wouldn't run the command line or the exe method. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 On 7/14/2023 at 6:30 AM, SainT said: This will generate a folder named 7800GD containing the files required to play the game on the 7800GD. Copy both the A78 file and the folder of the same name to your memory card and enjoy. Just out of curiosity, is the Rikki & Vikki bundled with SAG's Game Drive sales converted, or do you need to convert it yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted July 25, 2023 Author Share Posted July 25, 2023 12 minutes ago, MegaManFan said: Just out of curiosity, is the Rikki & Vikki bundled with SAG's Game Drive sales converted, or do you need to convert it yourself? It comes as a download as far as I know. I think you must get some link or key or something with the order which is the digital download. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 9 minutes ago, SainT said: It comes as a download as far as I know. I think you must get some link or key or something with the order which is the digital download. I'm often not the wordsmith I want to be. What I was trying to ask is... was the file they gave us a download link for pre-converted? As I don't have the Game Drive in my hands yet, I can't test the download they gave us yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted July 25, 2023 Author Share Posted July 25, 2023 4 minutes ago, MegaManFan said: I'm often not the wordsmith I want to be. What I was trying to ask is... was the file they gave us a download link for pre-converted? As I don't have the Game Drive in my hands yet, I can't test the download they gave us yet. Sorry, yes, I wasn’t very clear reading that back and didn’t answer your question! It’s ready to run, just unzip and copy both the directory and A78 file to the same place on your memory card. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dire 51 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 I've been trying to convert this, but with no luck. I've followed the steps exactly, as far as I know, but the 7800 GD folder never generates. Instead, it just keeps going back to the prompt. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted July 25, 2023 Author Share Posted July 25, 2023 Is there a file called FoxBox.cdf in the directory? Not sure if you need other runtime related files for visual studio command line exe’s, but I would have thought it would complain… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dire 51 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 It's there. I compared the files to the ones shown in the screenshots Trebor posted earlier, and they match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted July 25, 2023 Author Share Posted July 25, 2023 My guess is you’ll need the latest runtimes, try installing the latest from — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#visual-studio-2015-2017-2019-and-2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dire 51 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Thanks, I'll give that a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dire 51 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Okay, tried that out, only to be told it was up to date. Ran the command prompt again and re-entered the info, still nothing. I'm a bit baffled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 To be clear on the setup and layout: RnV\Data RnV\Music Inside the RnV\Data folder path: FoxBox.bin, FoxBox.cdf, FoxBox.gdf, BupBoopConv.exe. Inside the RnV\Music folder path: 37 *.mus files, 3 *.ins files, 3 *.smp files. From inside the RnV\Data folder path, the command is ran: BupBoopConv -c FoxBox.cdf It will process as follows: Converting audio from 'Rikki & Vikki'... Calculating normalisation... ..\Music\RV_Rock_0.mus... ..\Music\RV_Rock_1.mus... ..\Music\RV_Rock_2.mus... ..\Music\RV_Sand.mus... ..\Music\RV_Flame.mus... ..\Music\RV_Bubble.mus... ..\Music\RV_Metal.mus... ..\Music\RV_Dut.mus... ..\Music\RV_DutWarp.mus... ..\Music\RV_Boss_S.mus... ..\Music\RV_Boss_C.mus... ..\Music\RV_Misery_S.mus... ..\Music\RV_Misery_C.mus... ..\Music\RV_Misery_F.mus... ..\Music\RV_Title.mus... ..\Music\RV_Menu.mus... ..\Music\RV_Story.mus... ..\Music\RV_GameOver.mus... ..\Music\RV_HighScore.mus... ..\Music\RV_Clear_R.mus... ..\Music\RV_Clear_V.mus... ..\Music\RV_Clear_C.mus... ..\Music\RV_Clear_F.mus... ..\Music\RV_Linguistic.mus... ..\Music\RV_Never_Lose.mus... ..\Music\RV_Together.mus... ..\Music\RV_Staff.mus... ..\Music\RV_End.mus... ..\Music\RV_Dissolve_0.mus... ..\Music\RV_Dissolve_1.mus... ..\Music\RV_Irregular.mus... ..\Music\RV_Dissolve_3.mus... Rendering audio with x2.27 normalisation... ..\Music\RV_Rock_0.mus... 12.80s, unlooped. ..\Music\RV_Rock_1.mus... 117.33s, looped. ..\Music\RV_Rock_2.mus... 51.20s, looped. ..\Music\RV_Sand.mus... 102.40s, looped. ..\Music\RV_Flame.mus... 149.33s, looped. ..\Music\RV_Bubble.mus... 153.60s, looped. ..\Music\RV_Metal.mus... 119.47s, looped. ..\Music\RV_Dut.mus... 85.33s, looped. ..\Music\RV_DutWarp.mus... 44.80s, looped. ..\Music\RV_Boss_S.mus... 83.20s, looped. ..\Music\RV_Boss_C.mus... 97.33s, looped. ..\Music\RV_Misery_S.mus... 83.20s, looped. ..\Music\RV_Misery_C.mus... 74.67s, looped. ..\Music\RV_Misery_F.mus... 59.73s, looped. ..\Music\RV_Title.mus... 58.67s, looped. ..\Music\RV_Menu.mus... 59.73s, looped. ..\Music\RV_Story.mus... 42.67s, looped. ..\Music\RV_GameOver.mus... 14.94s, unlooped. ..\Music\RV_HighScore.mus... 17.07s, unlooped. ..\Music\RV_Clear_R.mus... 9.81s, unlooped. ..\Music\RV_Clear_V.mus... 9.81s, unlooped. ..\Music\RV_Clear_C.mus... 9.81s, unlooped. ..\Music\RV_Clear_F.mus... 24.88s, unlooped. ..\Music\RV_Linguistic.mus... 51.20s, looped. ..\Music\RV_Never_Lose.mus... 46.93s, looped. ..\Music\RV_Together.mus... 43.47s, unlooped. ..\Music\RV_Staff.mus... 85.34s, unlooped. ..\Music\RV_End.mus... 6.40s, unlooped. ..\Music\RV_Dissolve_0.mus... 2.00s, looped. ..\Music\RV_Dissolve_1.mus... 18.33s, looped. ..\Music\RV_Irregular.mus... 280.42s, looped. ..\Music\RV_Dissolve_3.mus... 2.05s, unlooped. Generating A78 file from 'FoxBox.bin'... Done! It creates a new folder 7800GD inside the RnV\Data path: The RnV\Data\7800GD folder contains: The RnV\Data\7800GD\Rikki&Vikki contains: Items to note: 1. I receive a nothing happens and just goes back to the prompt result when the necessary files in the data folder were not present. 2. The root folder utilized in this example "RnV" can be named anything. The name of the root folder does not matter. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Thanks for the guide. I had no problems converting the files successfully with it. Mitch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrunchyTC Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 (edited) is this only needed for the steam version? Edited July 26, 2023 by KrunchyTC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 I bought my copy of the ROM directly from the author's website. It is the second option below steam. http://www.penguinet.net/Games/Rikki_Vikki/Purchase/index.php The guide also works for that version as well as the steam download. Mitch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted July 26, 2023 Author Share Posted July 26, 2023 2 hours ago, KrunchyTC said: is this only needed for the steam version? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrunchyTC Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 8 hours ago, SainT said: Yes. Oh awesome lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouzy Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 (edited) Is there another version executable of BupboopConv available as the version posted by @laoowon't run on my Windows 10 (32 bit) os. It gives an error message of BupboopConv.exe is not compatible with the version of windows youre running. 😞 Edited July 26, 2023 by Ouzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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