Fright Zone
Member
Ok, stupid question to which I'm guessing the answer is no, but, can I play this on a Mac?
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The King of Fighters '98 UM Final Edition |OT| There are no Ducks here, only Geese
- Thread starter OmegaDL50
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Sure- Just install Windows via Boot Camp!
Leafhopper
Banned
So any other feelings about the netcode?
Nocturno999
Member
Even with 200 ping matches is very playable for me. Great port so far, I hope they fix the stick compatibility issue.
What's the stick issue?
Nocturno999
Member
It doesn't register stick movement, only buttons. I'm using a Qanba Q4.
Same stick here, guess I'll hold off on purchase.
El Sabroso
Member
weird I have a Qanba q4 too and tested everything ok, are you using the PS3/PC mode or the X360 mode?, I used X360 mode for reference.
Nocturno999
Member
Thanks a lot. Stick was set in PC mode. It's working now.
El Sabroso
Member
Yeah it is, it registers the stick as diferent direction, I belive it is a POV and in X360 is just the stick direction, not in home to confirm, but you can check it in Control Panel settings from Windows. Alos uses diferent driver, the X360 will use the X360 driver from XInput so is an easy way to have everything plug and play
Leafhopper
Banned
I went ahead and bought it. SNK could use my money. I don't use a stick on my PC however though. I use a Xbox 1 Pad and it works fine, probably because it thinks its a 360 pad.
Ill try the online itself in a bit, but since I never played 98UM at all I am gonna mess around with it.,
Ill try the online itself in a bit, but since I never played 98UM at all I am gonna mess around with it.,
I have a Qanba Q4 too and PC mode does work. Don't know why it doesn't for some though.
Leafhopper
Banned
Tried to play with my friend, dunno if its me or him but that was unplayable. 2 second delay on moves.
Weird was unable to find a match. Ahh well will try again later.
Edit: just got into a match.
Think my match was around 150 ping and it was playable. It fluctuated a few times, but overall didn't feel like I was unable to react to anything. That was just one match though will have to play a few more to get a good gauge on it.
Edit: just got into a match.
Think my match was around 150 ping and it was playable. It fluctuated a few times, but overall didn't feel like I was unable to react to anything. That was just one match though will have to play a few more to get a good gauge on it.
Leafhopper
Banned
Me and my friend just sat there as the ping rose. Nothing on either connection. I even did a test and pinged a server from where I am in Kentucky to Delaware, well Maryland since there was no server listed and I got better than this.
I have no idea why me and him are having so much trouble in particular. I need to play someone else and see if its better.
It could be me but I have no idea what would cause this.
I have no idea why me and him are having so much trouble in particular. I need to play someone else and see if its better.
It could be me but I have no idea what would cause this.
MezzoForte
Member
me and my usual sparring buddy (about 70 miles distance IRL) are averaging like 160. Good matches.
Leafhopper
Banned
I got a match that worked pretty good.
Too bad I lost to BLITZBALL.
Damn Krauser.
Too bad I lost to BLITZBALL.
Damn Krauser.
Holy Order Sol
Member
Having a good experience online (as in proper hit confirms, reaction anti-airs and overall responsiveness) provided that I stay within the 150-200 range or below. Anything above that gets stupid.
Any word regarding weird stuff like host advantage or more generally players in the same match having a different experience when it comes to lag?
also ShinGOAT
Any word regarding weird stuff like host advantage or more generally players in the same match having a different experience when it comes to lag?
also ShinGOAT
Leafhopper
Banned
There is no proof on that stuff. I was hosting a game and I was the only one getting input lag.
French player here, played with other french players on my friend list because I didn't found random matches (and when I did, people were keen on rage-quitting). 
Tried about a dozen of matches, as host and invited player, ping fluctuating between 75~100 : it's suprisingly good. I didn't sense some sort of "heaviness" while jumping (the first thing I'm noticing when it lags a bit).
IMHO, the netcode seems better than KOF XIII SE.
Tried about a dozen of matches, as host and invited player, ping fluctuating between 75~100 : it's suprisingly good. I didn't sense some sort of "heaviness" while jumping (the first thing I'm noticing when it lags a bit).
IMHO, the netcode seems better than KOF XIII SE.
OmegaDL50
Member
So I took a gander at the Steam folder and apparently the music stored in a file called BGM.xwb
Which is similar to what was done with Terraria. If my theory is correct and the same thing applies to KOF'98 UMFE as it did with Terraria.
One can say for example extract the this archive and replace the OST with AST versions, or even your own custom soundtrack if you prefer.
I'm just saying if anyone has a desire to change the default soundtrack instead of the NeoGeo AES stuff, there may be a way to change it.
I don't know if this guide is at all relevant but it's worth a shot. I'm going to try it out, worse thing can happen is I mess up my KOF98UMFE install and I just delete and redownload it.
http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/how-to-custom-soundtracks.21951/
In any case once I figure out how this works, if I'm successful, I'll let you all know it works.
Which is similar to what was done with Terraria. If my theory is correct and the same thing applies to KOF'98 UMFE as it did with Terraria.
One can say for example extract the this archive and replace the OST with AST versions, or even your own custom soundtrack if you prefer.
I'm just saying if anyone has a desire to change the default soundtrack instead of the NeoGeo AES stuff, there may be a way to change it.
I don't know if this guide is at all relevant but it's worth a shot. I'm going to try it out, worse thing can happen is I mess up my KOF98UMFE install and I just delete and redownload it.
http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/how-to-custom-soundtracks.21951/
In any case once I figure out how this works, if I'm successful, I'll let you all know it works.
Leafhopper
Banned
Code Mystics about Day 1 problems.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/222420/discussions/0/626329820632883260/
There is other stuff in there as well about inputs for example but, this was the meat of it.
CodeMystics said:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/222420/discussions/0/626329820632883260/
There is other stuff in there as well about inputs for example but, this was the meat of it.
Played some matches online. Connection quality is all over the place. Some matches I played were absolutely horrible, XBLA '98 UM bad. Others were actually pretty decent, and a few were really good. So I don't feel like I got ripped off, but I also went in with very low expectations. When things were bad, the game just became about who had the best character for lag-spamming. Heidern is amazing when there's lag, BTW.
Playing this was just so damn awesome, though. I haven't touched '98 UM in at least four years and forgot what a fantastic fighter this is, especially with those changed-up EX characters. <3
Might just be a coincidence, but the first few matches I played were complete shit, connection-wise. Then Steam went down for maintenance. When I tried again, everything was better.
Playing this was just so damn awesome, though. I haven't touched '98 UM in at least four years and forgot what a fantastic fighter this is, especially with those changed-up EX characters. <3
Might just be a coincidence, but the first few matches I played were complete shit, connection-wise. Then Steam went down for maintenance. When I tried again, everything was better.
Leafhopper
Banned
I never played 98 UM before, its really a great game and a big upgrade to 98. I never went down for steam maintenance though.
Leafhopper
Banned
If you aren't concerned about online being flawless all the time and can get your stick, if you have one, to work then its fine. The actual game itself is a great port.
SolarKnight
Member
I installed this in my brother's pc while my laptop gets repaired.
Man, I love XIII, but damn I really missed Eiji, Shingo and Chris.
The port seems great so far, altho I haven't tried online yet since there wasn't anyone playing with a ping below 200.
Btw, has anyone else had the game crash after a game over in arcade mode?
Man, I love XIII, but damn I really missed Eiji, Shingo and Chris.
The port seems great so far, altho I haven't tried online yet since there wasn't anyone playing with a ping below 200.
Btw, has anyone else had the game crash after a game over in arcade mode?
Emperor Bohe
Member
Wooo. Will grab this when I'm not broke from Christmas shopping.
It's the way it usually is- though there are exceptions in single-player for Orochi NFT and 97 team, maybe Boss team also.
poopninjamvc3mk
I sucked six dicks to get this tag.
Played about 5 hours straight tonight. Netcode was 50% ass 50% smooth so far.
The funny thing is that when playing a friend in socal, like 20mins away from me, was probably my most unplayable match all night, but my smoothest was with a friend in GA.
That's some weird shit and it ain't like he on potato internet or anything.
Also seems to be some host advantage shenanigans. One match I hosted it was smooth on my end but terrible for the person on the other end. Then there's was some desyncs quite a few times
The funny thing is that when playing a friend in socal, like 20mins away from me, was probably my most unplayable match all night, but my smoothest was with a friend in GA.
That's some weird shit and it ain't like he on potato internet or anything.
Also seems to be some host advantage shenanigans. One match I hosted it was smooth on my end but terrible for the person on the other end. Then there's was some desyncs quite a few times
http://steamcommunity.com/app/222420/discussions/0/626329820648743645/
Make ya' a bet it will take them 1-2 weeks to fix the issue.
Make ya' a bet it will take them 1-2 weeks to fix the issue.
Leafhopper
Banned
Oh good.
Leafhopper
Banned
I got a crash after getting Game Over for the first time Single Play mode.