From ee5f4c1f1f55bfae61aa025dbef3343cc37f8078 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Themaister Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 11:25:09 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated FAQ (markdown) --- FAQ.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index a31fb7b..42649c5 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -16,4 +16,27 @@ Binaries are provided for Windows (32-bit/64-bit) in the downloads section. OSX binaries might be available on the forums, but you are expected to build it yourself. Ubuntu users should be able to use builds from [Hunterk's PPA](https://launchpad.net/~hunter-kaller/+archive/ppa). +### Which rom types are supported? +SSNES supports uncompressed roms. Be it headered or not. If you have a rom with extension ".sfc" or ".smc", it should work. SSNES does not support compressed roms directly, but there are various scripts out there which will do this automatically for you :) + +### Does SSNES support patching formats? +SSNES currently supports UPS and BPS patching formats. Various scripts also support things like IPS. + +### Does SSNES support video filters like HQ2x, 2xSaI, etc? +Filters are not built into SSNES, but it supports filter plugins which you can load into SSNES. +The filter plugins are the same as used in bSNES (*.filter). + +### I have a bug to report! Where can I report it? +You can either report issues in the [issues](https://github.com/Themaister/SSNES/issues) section, or create a thread on the [forum](http://board.byuu.org/viewforum.php?f=17). + +--- + +## Windows specific + +### I downloaded SSNES Windows binaries, and there are two programs here, what's the deal? +SSNES and [SSNES-Phoenix](https://github.com/Themaister/SSNES-Phoenix) are two separate projects, both found here on GitHub. While SSNES is a command-line application, SSNES-Phoenix is a GUI which allows you to configure SSNES and launch games from a comfortable GUI environment. It is fully possible to use your own launching methods which is very suitable for i.e. HTPC setups. + +### I tried launching SSNES in Windows with but there's an annoying command line window there. Any way to remove it? +You can pass the -D flag to SSNES which will terminate the console window if you launch it outside cmd.exe (from a shortcut or something like that). +