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jlun2,
F-Zero GX gameplay appears to be correct. Replays probably work on Dolphin but probably will not work on a Gamecube and Gamecube replays will probably not work on Dolphin.
If you want to test cross-replay, you will need a Wii, a GameCube memory card and GCMM http://wiibrew.org/wiki/GCMM
GCMM will allow you to copy protected saves to and from a memory card.
When TAS does Quake 1, SDA will declare war.
The Prince doth arrive he doth please.
Pull Request 834 was updated. I recorded a replay on my GameCube a few weeks ago, and it just synced in that pull request. When Dolphin gets that merged, physics between console and emulator will be identical!
https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/pull/834
Everyone should be happy with this!
So, actually to have some fun, I did more testing. In 4.0, loading an F-Zero GX replay recorded on console the screen immediately whited out and returned to the menu upon loading said replay.
in 4.0-2012, half of the first lap worked before my car flew off the track.
In this build now, the replay syncs all the way through!
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Now that Dolphin works with Replays, it's finally time to get a Verification going.
I am using Dolphin 4.0-2745. I have a custom compiled version that restores the Sonic Unleashed hack. I did this so I can see cutscenes. It appears to have no effect on sync.
When TAS does Quake 1, SDA will declare war.
The Prince doth arrive he doth please.
I know quite a bit about GX mechanics, never TASed myself, so I don't know how to get the shift boosts where you lose grip and get them everywhere. I might be able to help if you have questions.
Yoshifan generously provided 112 replays from console, and I'm happy to say the ones I've gone through (about 60ish) sync up perfectly between Dolphin and Console.
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It's here! The Verification movie file. All Racers, Parts, Cups, Tracks, Ghosts, Cutscenes, Story Missions and Difficulties are unlocked and ready.
I used Dolphin 4.0-3089 with the Vertex Shader Gen Hack restored. This allows for cutscenes to be rendered again. Enjoy me driving badly just to get this done.
WIP File:
http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/17442047075395814
When TAS does Quake 1, SDA will declare war.
The Prince doth arrive he doth please.
It's here! The Verification movie file. All Racers, Parts, Cups, Tracks, Ghosts, Cutscenes, Story Missions and Difficulties are unlocked and ready.
I used Dolphin 4.0-3089 with the Vertex Shader Gen Hack restored. This allows for cutscenes to be rendered again. Enjoy me driving badly just to get this done.
WIP File:
http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/17442047075395814
I tried playing it with the cheat INI file and when the first race starts the track doesn't load. Without the INI file, it desynced at around 75000 frames.
"But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends:
A day is like a thousand years to the Lord,
and a thousand years is like a day"
-2 Peter 3:8 NLT
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Ubercapitalist wrote:
hegyak wrote:
It's here! The Verification movie file. All Racers, Parts, Cups, Tracks, Ghosts, Cutscenes, Story Missions and Difficulties are unlocked and ready.
I used Dolphin 4.0-3089 with the Vertex Shader Gen Hack restored. This allows for cutscenes to be rendered again. Enjoy me driving badly just to get this done.
WIP File:
http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/17442047075395814
I tried playing it with the cheat INI file and when the first race starts the track doesn't load. Without the INI file, it desynced at around 75000 frames.
Try this INI:
http://1drv.ms/1wygNgm
Place it in:
Dolphin-4.0-3089\Sys\GameSettings
That may fix it.
When TAS does Quake 1, SDA will declare war.
The Prince doth arrive he doth please.
The tracks load with that INI file. Now, it still desyncs for me somewhere after the "Chapter 3" title. You view some unlocked item, there is a long pause at a menu, and the Chapter 3 race goes south when the car turns left when the track goes right (around input 75000). I'd post a video but frame dump crashes my program. I enabled each of the three cheats from right click the game/properties/action replay codes.
"But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends:
A day is like a thousand years to the Lord,
and a thousand years is like a day"
-2 Peter 3:8 NLT
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Cheats that should be enabled:
Vehicles
Movies
Parts
Staff Ghosts
AX Tracks
Beat All Cups
Music
Cheats that should NOT be enabled
Beat All Cups (Unlock Master class/Diamond Cup)
Unlock AX Cup Tracks
All Vehicles Unlocked
When TAS does Quake 1, SDA will declare war.
The Prince doth arrive he doth please.
Cheats that should be enabled:
Vehicles
Movies
Parts
Staff Ghosts
AX Tracks
Beat All Cups
Music
Cheats that should NOT be enabled
Beat All Cups (Unlock Master class/Diamond Cup)
Unlock AX Cup Tracks
All Vehicles Unlocked
Your INI only has the 3 cheats that shouldn't be enabled.
"But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends:
A day is like a thousand years to the Lord,
and a thousand years is like a day"
-2 Peter 3:8 NLT
Cheats that should be enabled:
Vehicles
Movies
Parts
Staff Ghosts
AX TracksBeat All Cups
Music
Cheats that should NOT be enabled
Beat All Cups (Unlock Master class/Diamond Cup)
Unlock AX Cup Tracks
All Vehicles Unlocked
@hegyak:
The verification movie desynced for me on 4.0-3089 in Chapter 3 as well. On the latest version of Dolphin it desyncs just after you go to the garage for the first time, which is a shame. :/
Anyway, as Ubercapitalist said, the INI you put on OneDrive only contains Beat All Cups, Unlock AX Cup Tracks, and All Vehicles Unlocked. All of the others are missing from the INI, including the Music cheat.
I was reading back some dolphin issues I'm following, and came across this:
These are both MMU titles, right? Could that be a key to what's happening? Should be noted that F-Zero GX is also an MMU title, and someone a long time ago reported savestates are breaking replays...
Can someone please try making a bunch of input files and see if a desync occurs?
I did some basic input recordings for a project of my own on F-Zero GX and suffered no desyncs whatsoever. I wasn't TASing, but rather just doing some replay/recording stuff. I think it's rock solid, but someone should definitely try it with savestates.
Green Plant: Spiral in 1'57"997 (Max Speed settings) by E-Dragon:
Link to video
He says he's working on an improvement, since he learned about more shift boosts by the time he was at Lap 3. But yeah, it already beats the RTA record by ~50 seconds.
