Isn't that what the live commentary is for? The commentary is what makes the run interesting to the viewers.
As Warp already said, these runs wont be uncommentated. Infact the right commentary should make the key difference between holding peoples attention or not.
Having said that, I really do like the idea of a badge / icon that indicates a given run has been shown at a GDQ for the ones that *are* published. Thoughts?
I, for one, would welcome a fun exploit with a short but interesting payload if it fit in with the rest of the block well. Bonus points if said ACE allows us to do a credits roll to on-screen highlight the efforts of everyone who contributed to the TAS block, that was a good choice during AGDQ 2017. Yet again I end my diatribe with the question - thoughts?
So far so good. It's a good thing the Gambatte core already exists in BizHawk, it probably would have taken me 10x as long to debug some of these tests without it. instruction timing tests pass as well, so the basics of the CPU are functioning correctly. Next steps will be Memory access timing, Timer tests, and interrupt timing. Once those are done the core should be on a pretty firm footing to start on the more difficult stuff.
02EB: EA 24 C2 LD (#C224h),A A:00 F:90 B:A8 C:FC D:02 E:00 H:A0 L:00 SP:DFFA Cy:61216123 LY:128 ZnhCieFFCD > 0x02 (FFCD unwritten)
FFCC != 0xDE (checks 3 times, FFCC unwritten)
FFCC != 0xDE (checks 3 times, FFCC unwritten)
FFC9 != FFC8 (FFC9 unwritten, FFC8 written 1)
4384: FA 5D D9 LD A,(#D95Dh) A:00 F:80 B:C2 C:91 D:0A E:00 H:C2 L:91 SP:C0B9 Cy:323183331 LY:149 ZnhciE
4387: FE 01 CP #01h A:00 F:80 B:C2 C:91 D:0A E:00 H:C2 L:91 SP:C0B9 Cy:323183347 LY:149 ZnhciE09F9: F0 C2 LDH A,(#FFC2h) A:24 F:00 B:00 C:20 D:C9 E:18 H:9A L:C3 SP:CAFC Cy:105661311 LY:0 znhcie{"o":{"$type":"BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Atari.A7800Hawk.A7800Hawk+A7800SyncSettings, BizHawk.Emulation.Cores","_port1":"ProLine Controller","_port2":"ProLine Controller","_Filter":"None"}}
Another milestone is finally reached wiith Scrapyard Dog's sewer level finally being correctly emulated. This level was another main driver for me to create this emulator after seeing Mothrayas' TAS of this game contain a pretty bad graphical glitch in this level.
What this glitch comes down to is DMA timing around what is called 'holey DMA.' Basically DMA can be told to ignore certain address blocks, and when it does so there is no DMA read penalty for addresses in that block.
Except, there is a penalty for the first read in order to identify that block in the first place. Getting this (and pretty much everything else DMA related) right is what fixes scrapyard dog.
EDIT: @MESHUGGAH: I unified the controller definitions between EMU7800 and A7800Hawk (at least for 2 button and joystick controllers) so you should be able to compare movies now I think.
- I can't test it with controller (with cursor). Controllers joystick: can't shoot. I also had a random glitch from changing light gun to joystick, reset core, start game, white screen every 3rd-4th frame (like an autofire) without any input pressed/shown in display