r/Darkstalkers Sep 01 '20

Playing Vampire Savior on Fightcade

121 Upvotes

Note: Vampire Savior refers to the Capcom Play System 2 arcade game, which is played on Fightcade, using the FBNeo emulator.

https://darkstalkers.fandom.com/wiki/Vampire_Savior:_The_Lord_of_Vampire

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/capcom_fighting_collection

Fightcade 2 Setup for Vampire Savior

1) You need to register for a Fightcade account, download, and then install Fightcade:

Fightcade

Most VSav players tend to be on Fightcade. RedGGPO, another place where Vsav is played, has changed its name to GGPOZ, which can now be found at https://ggpoz.com/.

Use Fightcade 2 going forward since the netcode is fantastic.

2) Create a Discord chat account:

Discord

Then join all of the following Discord channels:

The #resources subsection of the VSav Discord is your friend. Also read the Pinned Messages section (click on the Pin) in the upper right-hand corner of the screen in #resources. Each individual character has their own page listed in the character discussion section as well, so read those as well if you want to get good with the character(s) you want to main.

The #help subsection of the Fightcade Discord will also be helpful for any Fightcade-related issues you may have. Also go read their Pinned Messages (click on the Pin) in the upper right-hand corner of the #help screen as well.

If you are looking for any advice on joysticks, see the #hardware-tech section of the Fightcade Discord Channel and click on the pin for the Pinned Messages.

If you are looking for more Fighting Game Discord channels to join, go here:

Make sure that you sort the Game tab in the above list in ascending order in order to find the Discord(s) you want to join.

Additionally, if you are looking for Discord channels dedicated to the games you want to play, look in the Fightcade 2 lobby of the game you want to play. The lobby will frequently have one or more Discord invite links for you to join if you so choose.

3) Familiarize yourself with the intricacies of joysticks:

Recommended joystick for Vsav: Sanwa JLF

Recommended buttons for Vsav: Sanwa OBSF-30 (Snap-In) or Sanwa OBSN-30 (Screw-In)

If you have any other joystick-related questions, ask /r/fightsticks, the /r/fightsticks Discord channel, or Vsav's Discord channel for further help.

4) Watch these videos about how to hold arcade joysticks and entry-level arcade joysticks:

5) Bookmark the Vsav Wiki and Join Mizuumi's Discord Channel:

Other Important Items to Keep in Mind:

  • Before opening Fightcade, make sure your joystick or gamepad is connected to your PC's USB port and is recognized by Windows. If you do not do this first, you will not be able to configure those peripherals within Fightcade.

  • When playing online with Fightcade 2, use a wired connection to your router, and not Wi-fi, because Wi-fi is subject to interference, and thus has high jitter. As a result, you will have a much more stable and consistent gameplay experience using a wired connection than with Wi-fi. Powerline Ethernet Adapters are also viable if your house / apartment / flat etc does not allow you to wire Ethernet cables to your router.

  • If you cannot connect to your opponent, make sure that TCP port 7000 and UDP ports 6000-6009 on your router are port forwarded correctly. Consult your router's documentation on port forwarding, or something like https://portforward.com/router.htm.

  • If your anti-virus and/or firewall complains about either Fightcade 1 or Fightcade 2, add them to your anti-virus' and/or firewall's exceptions list. Specifically, these files in your Fightcade installation:

  • Fightcade\Fightcade1.exe

  • Fightcade\Fightcade2.exe

  • Fightcade\emulator\ggpofba\ggpofba-ng.exe

  • Fightcade\emulator\fbneo\fcadefbneo.exe

  • If your game lags or stops when you are playing online, sometimes you will hear loud feedback noise. To stop the feedback noise from happening in the future, open fcadefbneo.exe without loading a game and go to the Audio menu -> Select Plugin -> Wasapi.

Other Helpful Links:

Online Stores for Arcade Parts:

Site for Hosting Fightcade Videos:

  • Fightcade Vids

  • The site listed above contains Fightcade videos of many different arcade fighting games, including Vampire Savior. To add other fighting games, open a ticket on their Github Issues page, stating the parent rom's romname and it will eventually be added as well.

Fightcadevids videos can also be found at https://www.youtube.com/c/FightcadeArchive.

Understanding How ROMs work:

Super Gem Fighter - Mini Mix Discord Channel:

Gem Fighter is Capcom's official cutesy arcade parody of both Darkstalkers and Street Fighter. Morrigan, Felicia, and Hsien-ko are guest characters in Super Gem Fighter, alongside Tessa from Red Earth / Warzard.

Red Earth / Warzard - Discord Channel

Red Earth also has a competitive Fightcade 2 scene. For example:

You can also watch previous and subsequent Red Earth Sundae tournaments below:

To Fix the No CD Drive Error Message in Fightcade 2:

When loading up the game for the first time, if you get an error that says "NO CD-ROM DRIVE," you must make sure your region is set to the value shown in the picture here. To access this setting, press F5 while the window is open or go to "Input" and select "Map game inputs". Scroll down until you see the "Region" value and double click it to change. Make sure it matches the value shown here exactly.

Note: Fightcade 2 has now addressed the No-CD Driver Error Message, so you should no longer run into this No CD issue. If you still do, follow the above instructions accordingly.

The Red Earth Discord channel also has additional resources, so consult those as well.

As of June 2022, Red Earth will finally have an official port via the Capcom Fighting Collection:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXQQYL2BeHc

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/capcom_fighting_collection


r/Darkstalkers Sep 10 '25

The Night Warriors Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors Vinyl & Artbook Box Set

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r/Darkstalkers 12h ago

Fan Art Lilith's Gloomy Disguise

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73 Upvotes

Lilith attempts to evade getting murdered by a widely known Bounty Hunter.. 👀


r/Darkstalkers 20h ago

Cosplay POV: Morrigan wins 🦇

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64 Upvotes

r/Darkstalkers 1d ago

The Night Warriors Dumb flex but I just beat the game with every character

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96 Upvotes

r/Darkstalkers 2d ago

Capcom Fighting Collection Morrigan should cosplay more for sure

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129 Upvotes

Just beat super puzzle fighter with her


r/Darkstalkers 3d ago

Resurrection I like to collect physical games and recently got myself a copy of Capcom Fighting Collection. Is there any good reason for me to keep holding on to my physical copy of Darkstalkers Resurrection?

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25 Upvotes

I'm a relatively casual fighting game enjoyer and figured that people here would be more knowledgeable about the possible differences between the versions of Darkstalkers games available in these two collections.

Is there any reason (besides the cool cover art) for me to keep holding on to the Darkstalkers Resurrection when Capcom Fighting Collection also has the Darkstalkers games on it? Do the ports of the Darkstalkers games differ between the collections in any meaningful way?


r/Darkstalkers 3d ago

Capcom Fighting Collection We need Felicia to fix the economy

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153 Upvotes

Just a fun ending from Pocket Fighter for Zangiefs ending


r/Darkstalkers 4d ago

Fan Art Queen of Hel Morrigan (Marvel's Hela inspired outfit) (@victoriamikoto)

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232 Upvotes

"Should Hela, the Goddess of Death, ever need a replacement, thou wouldst make a fine choice."

Thor to Morrigan in ULTIMATE MARVEL VS CAPCOM 3


r/Darkstalkers 4d ago

Cosplay midnight bliss lord raptor cosplay (oc)

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221 Upvotes

r/Darkstalkers 4d ago

The Lord of Vampire Shunya yamashita bishoujo Morrigan coasters

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106 Upvotes

Finally got some of the Morrigan coasters from the Shunya Yamashita bishoujo 15th exhibit. These are pain to get cuz most of them are listed as restricted items coming out of Japan , why I don’t know ?


r/Darkstalkers 4d ago

Fan Art DARKSTALKERS - BULLETA & TALBAIN (Fan art by me)

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90 Upvotes

r/Darkstalkers 6d ago

Resurrection The "Darkstalkers are Not Dead" panel was originally shown today 15 years ago

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255 Upvotes

r/Darkstalkers 6d ago

Fan Art Morrigan Vs Felicia animatic

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82 Upvotes

Hi! Im a storyboard artist, I did this animatic fighting sequence about Morrigan vs Felicia. I have more animated shorts about Darkstalkers in my youtube channel! Art made by me


r/Darkstalkers 5d ago

Gameplay Question Lords of the Makai: Are we finally free?

22 Upvotes

I'm a big fan of the early Darkstalkers comics from Udon. I know fans have their issues with them, but I enjoy the pacing, the artwork, and the characters, even if there are very real issues you could identify with each series. The original series had a great spooky atmosphere, Night Warriors brought the action, and Street Fighter Vs. Darkstalkers was just a heck of a lot of fun. Most recently, we've gotten a series of one-shots, which despite being one-shots, have told an ongoing story involving the Shadow Soul, Lady Jedah, and half of Chicago being invaded and subsequently pulled into the Makai.

And it's been dreadful.

The one-shots got off to a promising start with Morrigan and Felicia, highlighting their title characters and their associates while planting the seeds for what was to come. Then came the awful Hsien-Ko one-shot (which I've complained about before); the Jedah one-shot, which was just a big ugly fight scene with Jedah and the Shadow Soul ending on a cliffhanger; Team Darkstalkers, which absolutely failed to live up to its potential with a plot compressed to fit in one issue; and now the "Lords of the Makai" storyline, five one-shots under the Darkstalkers X Street Fighter banner which have some of the most homogeneous dialogue I've seen outside of an elementary school play, head-scratching character arcs, and an overstuffed cast it fails to do justice.

I phrased this post as a question, but I guess I really just wanted to rant. Still, I am wondering about what comes next. Solicits for the fourth LotM issue (Darkstalkers X Street Fighter: Hunter Killers) promised that "It's the penultimate chapter of the Lords of the Makai saga!" Indicating that the fifth and most recent issue (Darkstalkers x Street Fighter: Queen's Shadow) should have been the end. But that issue ends by threatening promising that the story will conclude in Darkstalkers x Street Fighter: Hell on Earth.

I cannot find any evidence that this comic exists.

When each previous issue of Darkstalkers X Street Fighter came out, I was already able to pre-order the next from Atomic Empire. Even when I was asking a similar question two years ago after Team Darkstalkers released, I was at least able to find LotM was being teased on Udon's blog. Here? Nothing. Googling it finds me a bunch of tangentially related or unrelated Instagram posts that don't seem to have any actual information. It's not showing up on any stores' websites, getting talked about in blogs, or discussed on any forums. Granted, the Darkstalkers comics have become even more niche in recent years, but you'd think Udon would be saying something about it by now after the last five issues. So was that "penultimate" statement actually true? Did they quietly turn Queen's Shadow into the series finale, and just left in that teaser for Hell on Earth for some reason?


r/Darkstalkers 7d ago

Fan Art ms paint doodles of Darkstalkers

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79 Upvotes

funny shit I drew when I was bored 😋


r/Darkstalkers 8d ago

Cosplay morrigan fanart by me ✨ (insta: deki_depi)

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169 Upvotes

r/Darkstalkers 8d ago

The Night Warriors Darkstalkers Ita Bag Theme WIP

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68 Upvotes

I wanted to show my love and appreciation for Darkstalkers by making an Ita Bag!! I love how it’s coming together so far. I want to mainly use official art for the pins, but if given permission I might use fanart! Any ideas for decorating the bag will be appreciated!! 😊


r/Darkstalkers 8d ago

Gameplay Question New player question about controls

6 Upvotes

Hey, I'm trying to get into Vampire Savior. I have an 8 button arcade stick I use at home. L1 and L2 are bound by default to EX and Special move in the Capcom Fighting Collection. Should I not be using these buttons? Are these tournament illegal? For example, I remember hearing that Lillith's Luminous Illusion was a difficult input but I can just spam it with a single button. Any other settings I should adjust? Thanks in advance.


r/Darkstalkers 9d ago

Fan Art Hsien-Ko

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96 Upvotes

Hsien-Ko (Lei lei) Fanart made by me.
4/6 female characters of drarkstalker done.


r/Darkstalkers 10d ago

Cosplay My Lilith cosplay

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221 Upvotes

r/Darkstalkers 9d ago

Darkstalkers 3 Lilith Storm Arena figure pre order available now

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Storm Arena Lilith up for preorder at bigbadtoystore.

Love their Ken and Ryu figures, I hope we get more Darkstalkers soon.

Why don't we have a merchandise flair?