Posted: 3/24/2017 2:57 AM
Post subject: OSX emulators on Yosemite/El Capitan
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Derakon
Joined: 7/2/2007
Posts: 3960
I've been running a Hackintosh for years now. A few months ago my Mavericks drive stopped booting, so I decided to just replace it with an El Capitan install. Big mistake. Damn near every single third-party program I have has stopped working due to non-backwards-compatible changes in the OS API. I used to use SNES9x for casual gameplay recording -- record the controller input, using savestates as I like, then encode, you all know the drill. SNES9x still runs, but it can't access any OS dialog -- including, say, Open File (to open ROMs) and Save File (to set up controller recording). I can work around the former (right click on ROM -> Open With), but not the latter. Unfortunately SNES9x for OSX hasn't been updated in 5-6 years, and it looks like building from source is a fraught process, especially if you want, say, sound. Instead I've been directed to EmuArch and OpenEmu, neither of which appears to support recording controller input either. I tried downloading the BizHawk OSX build from the forums, but it also appears to break under Yosemite / El Capitan -- it just hangs on launch. Anyone have any suggestions for an OSX-compatible SNES emulator that can record controller input? Or am I just out of luck? Yes, I'm aware of dual-booting, but that's a tremendous hassle; I'd rather not do it if I don't have to. I guess WINE might also work? I'm also really, seriously not interested in people pointing and laughing at me for using a Mac. Believe me, I'm not any happier about this "upgrade" than you are. I miss OSX 10.6... :(
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Posted: 3/26/2017 1:57 AM
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natt
Editor, Emulator Coder, Site Developer
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sappharad is aware of issues specifically with the Bizhawk snes core and is working on it. Might be fixed with time. Most of the others, you're probably SOL on; OSX emulation isn't that popular.
Posted: 3/26/2017 7:29 PM
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Derakon
Joined: 7/2/2007
Posts: 3960
I can't even get BizHawk to launch, though, let alone try to open a ROM. Sounds like there's at least two issues preventing BizHawk from being a workable solution, then. On IRC, Spikestuff recommended me to try lsnes; unfortunately, I run into enough issues trying to compile it to discourage me from that route. And I'm not aware of any downloadable OSX binary for lsnes.
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Posted: 4/15/2017 9:16 PM
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TheAxeMan
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Your best bet is running Windows in a VM. VMware Fusion is the best way to do this but Virtualbox is free and probably sufficient. I have VMware my Macbook Pro and have done some TASing with FCEUX. With a high-end mac the Windows VM feels just as smooth as my fairly beefy desktop at home.