Hacking [RELEASE] EasyRPG Vita - RPG Maker 2000/2003 player for PSVITA

[Darkcloud]

With this changes, the player either crashes entirely with a core dump or it gives you a red screen, whenever an affected wave file is played.

So is this in the latest release? For now I get a crash or the red screen with a crash with every game I tried right after the title screen.

 

[gnmmarechal]

Try to zip the folder, give the zip file a ascii conform name and transfer the zip. VitaShell can be used for unziping.

Huh, didn't know that, ty.

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[M[u]ddy]

So is this in the latest release? For now I get a crash or the red screen with a crash with every game I tried right after the title screen.

Yes, it still isn't fixed. For now use build #12.

 

[Darkcloud]

Yes, it still isn't fixed. For now use build #12.

It was more a "didn't know it was actually commited to a build".

Soundfont support would be great since I realized that even on the PC version midi files seem to sound worse than with the original exe.

 

[Mastak]

Soundfont support would be great since I realized that even on the PC version midi files seem to sound worse than with the original exe.

Do you talk about Player.exe on Windows compared to RPG_RT?

 

[Mastak]

@M[U]ddy[/U] @Darkcloud

Can you test if https://ci.easyrpg.org/view/Pull Requests/job/player-vita-pr/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/builds/psvita/EasyRPG.vpk fixes the crash? (not the "too many SE crash" but the title screen one)

 

[Darkcloud]

Do you talk about Player.exe on Windows compared to RPG_RT?

Yes compared to the RPG_RT.exe with player.exe. I used both without a midi driver that supports soundfonds. I had the win 10 default one.

@M[U]ddy[/U] @Darkcloud

Can you test if https://ci.easyrpg.org/view/Pull Requests/job/player-vita-pr/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/builds/psvita/EasyRPG.vpk fixes the crash? (not the "too many SE crash" but the title screen one)

Yeah games go past the title screen again now.

 

[Mastak]

Impossible. Player.exe on Windows uses the Windows MIDI system, same as RPG_RT.

 

[M[u]ddy]

@M[U]ddy[/U] @Darkcloud

Can you test if https://ci.easyrpg.org/view/Pull Requests/job/player-vita-pr/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/builds/psvita/EasyRPG.vpk fixes the crash? (not the "too many SE crash" but the title screen one)

Yes, the red error screen and complete crash are gone now.

 

[Darkcloud]

Impossible. Player.exe on Windows uses the Windows MIDI system, same as RPG_RT.

Ok tried it again. Launched both at the same time and muted one and then the other in windows sound mixer. I think the reason may have been that player.exe is louder by default and that brought out the nastier sounds more. So soundfont support would be great for Vita and other devices but I really don't know if that is just extremely complicated.

 

[Rinnegatamante]

Ok tried it again. Launched both at the same time and muted one and then the other in windows sound mixer. I think the reason may have been that player.exe is louder by default and that brought out the nastier sounds more. So soundfont support would be great for Vita and other devices but I really don't know if that is just extremely complicated.

3DS definitely won't be capable of handling them for sure, it's really incredible how much 3DS hardware sucks, trust me

Yes, the red error screen and complete crash are gone now.

Good to hear, compared to the older working version (so build #12), wav files should load faster and wav sounds should have a bit less stuttering when spammed.

 

[Darkcloud]

3DS definitely won't be capable of handling them for sure, it's really incredible how much 3DS hardware sucks, trust me

Well its easy to believe after seeing how much better most emulators already run on the vita even though they are in an rather early stage.

 

[Mastak]

Actually soundfonts need less CPU time then what we currently use. FmMidi (what we currently use) is a Midi synthesizer, it generates the sounds on the fly which is slow but fast enough for any modern CPU (all except 3DS) and is very small compared to soundfonts (300 kbyte).

Though there are currently no plans to support fluidsynth because it has awful library dependencies and is hard to compile. We will probably ship WildMidi in a few weeks/months at least for the 3DS. It uses "GUS patches", so not soundfonts and is quite CPU friendly but needs around ~15 MB of extra files that you place somewhere.

And for our most active Vita-Player users I have a new test again... When this works the PS Vita port is perfect
@Darkcloud and/or @M[U]ddy[/U]

This VPK: https://ci.easyrpg.org/view/Pull Requests/job/player-vita-pr/6/artifact/builds/psvita/EasyRPG.vpk
and the se-crash.zip from there: https://github.com/EasyRPG/Player/issues/992#issuecomment-239672511

Please run the se-crash game with the linked VPK and talk with all actors from left to right and tell me if it crashes. If it doesn't crash anywhere and only spams warnings it is fine.

 

[Zephir1991]

@Mastak Tested it. the RPG maker itself crashed 3 times, while trying to boot the game, but after successfully starting the game - I talked with all those NPCs several times, without crashing.

I also tested Vampires Dawn with your build, in hope it would run fine now, but sadly, all I got was a core crash after a few seconds. c:

Pro: The game runs almost with 50~60 fps, even the sound got a bit better.
Cons: While running, you hear a tapping sound & after it starts to rain ingame, the fps goes down, the sound gets worse and the game crashes.

 

[M[u]ddy]

Actually soundfonts need less CPU time then what we currently use. FmMidi (what we currently use) is a Midi synthesizer, it generates the sounds on the fly which is slow but fast enough for any modern CPU (all except 3DS) and is very small compared to soundfonts (300 kbyte).

Though there are currently no plans to support fluidsynth because it has awful library dependencies and is hard to compile. We will probably ship WildMidi in a few weeks/months at least for the 3DS. It uses "GUS patches", so not soundfonts and is quite CPU friendly but needs around ~15 MB of extra files that you place somewhere.

And for our most active Vita-Player users I have a new test again... When this works the PS Vita port is perfect
@Darkcloud and/or @M[U]ddy[/U]

This VPK: https://ci.easyrpg.org/view/Pull Requests/job/player-vita-pr/6/artifact/builds/psvita/EasyRPG.vpk
and the se-crash.zip from there: https://github.com/EasyRPG/Player/issues/992#issuecomment-239672511

Please run the se-crash game with the linked VPK and talk with all actors from left to right and tell me if it crashes. If it doesn't crash anywhere and only spams warnings it is fine.

The se-crash project is running fine. I didn't get any crashes while booting the project, like Zephir1991 did.

I tested a few games this time and all of them would sooner or later fully crash. I don't know what's causing those crashes, but they always happen at the same spots, so apparently they are not random.

One easy to reproduce spot is at the beginning of VD2. When you don't skip the intro at the beginning, you see a bat flying past the Dawnatic logo. Once it reaches the edge of the screen, the player will crash.

Other things I noticed during testing:
Sunset over Imdahl: Very poor performance. Often only runs at 10fps. Max fps are 40.
Aurora Wing: Broken. At the beginning you stand at the edge of a field and nothing happens until you hit the circle button. Then you are suddenly in a forest. You get some dialogue and then an SRPG battle starts. The enemy turn works fine, but once it's you turn, you can't do anything.

 

[Mastak]

Sounds like "Aurora Wing" uses some unofficial patch, will check.

Okay thanks for the testing. Rinne is currently not around and I don't have a PSVita so I tried to fix the SE crash just by looking.
Will probably not work but could you give it a try for the se-crash test and for VD2 & co. ^^: https://easyrpg.org/downloads/tmp/EasyRPG.vpk

 

[M[u]ddy]

Sounds like "Aurora Wing" uses some unofficial patch, will check.

Okay thanks for the testing. Rinne is currently not around and I don't have a PSVita so I tried to fix the SE crash just by looking.
Will probably not work but could you give it a try for the se-crash test and for VD2 & co. ^^: https://easyrpg.org/downloads/tmp/EasyRPG.vpk

No improvements. Se-crash test is still running fine, the other games crash at the same parts.

 

[Mastak]

Thanks for testing. In that case https://ci.easyrpg.org/view/Pull Requests/job/player-vita-pr/7/artifact/builds/psvita/EasyRPG.vpk will be the best you get for now. For the SE crashes we have to wait until Rinne is back ^^.

 

[Darkcloud]

The SE crash test crashes for me after the 10 SE guy with eveyone after that.

EDIT wait I'm dump and only transfered the vpk but forgott to install it. It works with the newest version.

 

[Rinnegatamante]

No improvements. Se-crash test is still running fine, the other games crash at the same parts.

@Mddy can you try to re-perform the crash with this vpk and upload the coredump produced by the system? http://rinnegatamante.it/EasyRPG_debug.vpk (ux0:/data is the folder where coredumps file are saved)