Super Mario 64 PC port has been released!

[Kioku]

Went through and beat it. Can't wait to see what comes from this. Hopefully it doesn't die too quickly.

 

[nolimits59]

A lot of people are confused it seems, this is not emulated, it's running native on PC. Right now it works perfectly in widescreen (you can cap the frame-rate with RivaTuner or you GPU control panel) and up to 4k. Xinput controller works out of the box too, waiting for a high-res UI, save states and options menu for FPS, Resolutions and controls and it's just a perfect N64 remaster.

I would love to see a 3DS port tbh !

 

[campbell0505]

Does this work with most controllers, for example, the switch pro controller? Anyways, this is awesome.

 

[FAST6191]

They can't play with the fact they released the game on Wii on the VC for exemple ?

That has no real relevance in patents. That would only really come into play if someone being sued by Nintendo wanted to claim they abandoned their property (something Nintendo knows all too well -- their Kirby character was named for a lawyer defending them when the theoretical owners of King Kong came knocking about Donkey Kong and the final court result noted king kong and kong were used by all sorts in the general public).
Likewise most places in the world consider software patents an utter abomination (short version is software is maths and you can't patent maths, the US and Japan somehow manage anyway and it generally makes a big mess) so you also have that to worry about.

If Nintendo were to reach out then they have a 5000 times easier case just about anywhere in the world going after either trademark (I imagine they still have the trademark for Super Mario 64, certainly for Mario) for while you and I know this is as likely to be an official Nintendo product as Nintendo turning around tomorrow saying "all good there lads, here have a million to give it a spit and polish up for release" the "typical consumer" may not. You are also somewhat obliged to defend your trademarks, hence most of the takedowns of fan projects we see from them and most of the wording in the video footage/let's play agreements.

Alternatively I would hate to see what decompiled code like this counts as in court but it is not like don't still own the copyright to the models, music, levels, animations, probably actions/play style... and can happily say this was made from at least a derived work of our original work.

 

[Magnus87]

I'll wait for the version compatible with Ray Tracing

 

[EIREXE]

I have the feeling that having the binaries be released before the source code is risky.

 

[WannyTiggah]

I have the feeling that having the binaries be released before the source code is risky.

As someone mentioned before, this project has been around for a while. Source code is here: https://github.com/n64decomp/sm64

 

[EIREXE]

As someone mentioned before, this project has been around for a while. Source code is here: https://github.com/n64decomp/sm64

I am aware, I was referring in particular to the port.

 

[Kioku]

Didn't even think to check the n64decomp site. Perfect Dark, Goldeneye and Majora's Mask? Oh my.

 

[E1ite007]

I have the feeling that having the binaries be released before the source code is risky.

I doubt we'll have the source for the port specifically until the project is considered complete, or maybe even ever.
Releasing the source right now would mean more proof for Nintendo that they're using copywritten material, and although they obviously are, the less proofs against 'em is the safest for the project and for them.
Also, if you're worried about viruses, you can check the executable with VirusTotal.

 

[FAST6191]

Also, if you're worried about viruses, you can check the executable with VirusTotal.

Because people capable of translating decompiled "this is our first go on new hardware" code to modern PC compatible code could not dodge something as simple as virustotal?

Normally I hate make disclaimers but what they hey. I have not seen this program, and indeed have no more info than what is on this thread already. Nobody has suggested it is a dodgy file, much less given reason to suspect it from what I have seen.

That said I imagine the reason for not dropping code right now is probably more desire to not create 5000 forks immediately when stuff is still to be done.

 

[E1ite007]

Because people capable of translating decompiled "this is our first go on new hardware" code to modern PC compatible code could not dodge something as simple as virustotal?

Normally I hate make disclaimers but what they hey. I have not seen this program, and indeed have no more info than what is on this thread already. Nobody has suggested it is a dodgy file, much less given reason to suspect it from what I have seen.

That said I imagine the reason for not dropping code right now is probably more desire to not create 5000 forks immediately when stuff is still to be done.

I've seen claims in spanish forums that the program makes some "dodgy calls" on the system and that it has virus.
My reply is to someone who speaks spanish natively so that's why I'm making that assumption.

 

[nastys]

The debug symbols are still in the exe, so it shouldn't be too hard to see if it contains malware.

 

[CeeDee]

waiting for a high-res UI

Might be a hot take here, but something about those pixellized UI icons is just so iconic that I wouldn't want to see them replaced by something high res.

 

[shano]

Why dx12 over opengl, vulkan, dx11?

 

[megahog2012]

Hey letting you guys know the source is already out

 

[Magnus87]

Didn't even think to check the n64decomp site. Perfect Dark, Goldeneye and Majora's Mask? Oh my.

I would love to see a merger between OOT and MM

 

[Viri]

Can't wait for OOT to get ported, and people to mod it to add OOT3D textures to it.

 

[pcwizard7]

found it

 

[Pokemon_Tea_Sea_Jee]

Yes, but it's fast.

The game does not play at a correct speed?