Been a little while since a new release... I'm hopeful for an N64 core update :)
Are there any N64 emulators still in development, anyway? It seems like N64 gets the least amount of love v__v
mupen64plus has actually seen a lot of activity lately. Microcode emulation for some of the later N64 games was greatly improved not too long ago. This doesn't fix mupen's underlying accuracy flaws, but playability is certainly still improving. Also CEN64 still sees commits, but activity on it has waned.
Most every core in Bizhawk needs updating, both in house and external. I'm not sure there is any particular time frame to do it, and it's not tied to a release schedule. Just keep an eye out I guess.
I also saw this pop up recently. Brand new N64 emulator written in C#.
I have my doubts if it's going to go anywhere but it'd be interesting to see if it did https://github.com/Ryu64Emulator/Ryu64
On the note of updating Mupen, when I looked into porting the update before, a huge amount of the patches listed in that big document just downright didn't apply due to refactoring and rewrites.
Curiosity and potential feature request:
What would be required to implement sub-frame inputs in BizHawk?
My (possibly unrealistic) thought process on this would be to have an option for the piano roll of TAStudio to have lines labeled by input opportunities instead of frames, and thus have a new line whenever a change of input would be recognized by the game.
Using the NES as a specific example: Have TAStudio piano roll update with a new line every time the latch pin on the controller port is pulsed. This would essentially provide opportunity to change input every time the NES 'looks' for different input, not just changing input once per frame.
I'm guessing this would take modification of TAStudios programming if not the system cores themselves.
If this sub-frame input were available in an accepted emulator, we could potentially see more runs like the 3-second SMB3 run that was demonstrated at GDQ.
EDIT: Not sure why this posted twice...I'll delete the repeated post.
EDIT 2: Another option for piano roll would be to combine my idea with the current Piano roll. Have the roll still broken down by frame, but have additional indented lines (perhaps a different color like yellow?) for each latch pulse within a frame.
Subframe input on the piano roll isn’t happening.
Subframe input using LUA is potentially not too hard on in house cores. But the resulting input stream would be a non-standard file, and would probably take a convincing test case to be acceptable.
I’d be willing to work with someone who was interested in seeing this happen on NESHawk. Honestly though it’s probably only useful for pathological cases like SMB3.
For other cases like SMS where you can inject NMIs anywhere you want , the results for games using the pause glitch would be pretty interesting (seeing 10 second intro screens go by in only a frame.) But the core isn’t ready for it, since it does scanline and not cycle level execution .
So yeah, if someone was willing to do the scripting work I’d be up for modifying cores to make it possible .
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Subframe movies is not just polling input more frequently. It involves making sure sound, video, and input updates don't screw up each other. Some cores already require variable framerates to line up NMI with input and audio. This would require redesigning half of the emulator. Even a monster like MAME that attaches NMI and video updates to a timer, assumes CFR. So don't hold your breath.
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Just an fyi, Windows Defender is being a pain at the moment and picking the prereq installer up as malware. If it were some random AV it'd be eh but it's Defender so someone might actually want to deal with it.
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Unless I'm doing something wrong, attempting to set a custom resolution in GLideN64 just sets it back to 2880x2160 when you reload the settings. Can anyone confirm this?
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You're right. What res are you setting btw?
Warning: When making decisions, I try to collect as much data as possible before actually deciding. I try to abstract away and see the principles behind real world events and people's opinions. I try to generalize them and turn into something clear and reusable. I hate depending on unpredictable and having to make lottery guesses. Any problem can be solved by systems thinking and acting.
SubNESHawk is now available as a core option in BizHawk.
It is a subframe input capable NES core. It offers poll based input as well as ppu-cycle level reset timing.
This enables some long sought after TASes to be made such as SMB3 DMC glitch to credits.
To use SubNESHawk, first select NEShawk as your NES core (Config->Cores->NES->NESHawk), then check the 'SubNESHawk' option in Config->Cores.
If you want to TAS NES games as normal, you can still use ordinary NESHawk just by not having the SubNESHawk box checked.
NOTE: This core is not meant for casual play. Consider it TAS only.
NOTE2: Movies from this are not yet fully supported on TASVideos, and the core is still marked as experimental.
If you have any questions comments or suggestions feel free to post or pm me.
Game Genie code support for SNES and Sega Genesis needs to be implemented. I'll have to use SNES9x and Gens for the time being 'cause they have auto-hold. I'll have to map it to Shift or Control. Plus they have Game Genie code support. These emulators are still being used for TASing Super Mario World and Sonic the Hedgehog. Nothing more. (The continuances for SNES9x and Gens have their respective pages when available)
These emulators are still being used for TASing Super Mario World and Sonic the Hedgehog. Nothing more. (The continuances for SNES9x and Gens have their respective pages when available)
This is outright false information right there. The SMW TASers (at least those I know of) have long moved on to either BizHawk or lsnes. Gens is used for Sonic, because the Sonic TAS tools are currently only available on Gens. Furthermore, there's no continuance page for Gens, because it's currently accepted, but not preferred. Finally, the continuance page for Snes9X only applies to 1.43, not 1.51 and newer.
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PikachuMan wrote:
Game Genie code support for SNES and Sega Genesis needs to be implemented. I'll have to use SNES9x and Gens for the time being 'cause they have auto-hold. I'll have to map it to Shift or Control. Plus they have Game Genie code support. These emulators are still being used for TASing Super Mario World and Sonic the Hedgehog. Nothing more. (The continuances for SNES9x and Gens have their respective pages when available)
These codes were supported in older BizHawk versions but due to changes in how RAM editing was handled (Cheats do this) and especially access to particular Memory Domains (such as the Cart Bus) Game Genie support is no longer supported.
When TAS does Quake 1, SDA will declare war.
The Prince doth arrive he doth please.
I can only support your request, and the support of the mouse on Virtu and the support of other models as it is already the case on AppleWin or others.
And for other cores/machines
Altirra Atari 400/800, 1200XL, 600/800XL, 130XE, XEGS, 5200
or WinArcadia (Emerson Arcadia 2001 and some other)
and WinUAE or MESS Redump.
And many more...
And I also hope to be able to benefit soon from the core developed by Asnivor for CPCHawk
Unless another Asnivor pops up, I don't think you'll find much developer interest in older systems.
However, if you are interested in such systems, I can help with core building within BizHawk. The VIC-20 for example is a pretty standard and simple design, and uses the 6502 CPU which we already have. If you aren't interested in the inner workings of BizHawk's infrastructure, I could even put together a blank core that is already hooked up, so you would basically just be responsible for putting together audio, video, and system layout stuff (which is admittedly the bulk of the work, but is really simple in terms of actual coding.)
It's a great way to learn about console design and even basic coding.
Porting existing emulator's is out of my capability though, so I can't help there.
I've started working on a vectrex core. A lot of components already exist as parts of other cores so development shouldn't be that hard. the toughest part is the MC6809 cpu which is pretty involved for an 8 bit cpu but shouldn't be too much of a hurdle.
Probably not a core with much utility but i wanted to try something a bit different.
I haven't had all tat much time to work on things lately, but I thought I'd mention what Vectrex progress has been made. the MC6809 is up and running and I can currently run through much of the vectrex BIOS code. It doesn't display anything or have any input yet, but I'll be incrementally working on that.
Also I haven't forgotten about Game Gear linking, just haven't gotten around to finishing it up yet.
When do you think we can start testing out tasing on it? I’d like to get an early start on a tas for this core. (Will definitely make adjustments to the movie with each update, until 2.4 is released)
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MemoryTAS Today at 11:55 AM: you wouldn't know beauty if it slapped you in the face with a giant fish
[Today at 4:51 PM] Mothrayas: although if you like your own tweets that's the online equivalent of sniffing your own farts and probably tells a lot about you as a person
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Hard to say, I won’t have much time in the next two weeks so only a little progress might get made during that time . I’d say there is a good chance of it being more or less done by June though
Alright! Shoot me a PM when you would like me to test the game out.
[14:15] <feos> WinDOES what DOSn't
12:33:44 PM <Mothrayas> "I got an oof with my game!"
Mothrayas Today at 12:22: <Colin> thank you for supporting noble causes such as my feet
MemoryTAS Today at 11:55 AM: you wouldn't know beauty if it slapped you in the face with a giant fish
[Today at 4:51 PM] Mothrayas: although if you like your own tweets that's the online equivalent of sniffing your own farts and probably tells a lot about you as a person
MemoryTAS Today at 7:01 PM: But I exert big staff energy honestly lol
Samsara Today at 1:20 PM: wouldn't ACE in a real life TAS just stand for Actually Cease Existing
