Settings.SupportHiRes = FALSE;
Like others have said, the reason why Secret of Mana has that problem is because it isn't using the high-resolution mode that the SNES supports, but rather than block it entirely, the emulator interprets the data as if was using the default mode. If you look at the picture mechagouki posted, you'll notice that every other letter in the text is being skipped. Use the picture below as a reference (though this picture is also using 256x224, so this is what it would look like if the emulator handled the mode correctly)
It isn't just the text, but the entire way it handles background layer tiles (look at the D-Pad display, and compare).
For ferret7463's observance, don't expect games like Megaman X2/X3 to run smoothly, because those games, as well as others, incorporate special chips to handle tasks not possible on the SNES base hardware.
That may be good enough. I'll look at that sometime soon.
Is there a database of those speed hacks somewhere, for enough games that it's worth it to implement? Also, I thought there was already a good speedhack in Snes9x, in the form of CPU_SHUTDOWN and SPC700_SHUTDOWN.
Is there a database of those speed hacks somewhere, for enough games that it's worth it to implement? Also, I thought there was already a good speedhack in Snes9x, in the form of CPU_SHUTDOWN and SPC700_SHUTDOWN.
That DAT seems to have a lot of SPC700-related NOPs (to skip audio that isn't/wasn't emulated in SNESAdvance). I don't really want to tell users to install a DAT that will screw things up because the game can't synchronise anymore with the SPC700 or kinda-sorta disable sound in random places. So I will respectfully decline implementing this, but if a speedhack patch arrives in a pull request on GitHub, I'll look at it.
Some odd picture-processing-related freezes are fixed in 1.12. It may fix all of the games you mentioned. At least, I know it fixes Legend of Zelda's freezing at the rain sequence right at the beginning of the game.
Done, still getting the same problems.I uploaded it after your first message. You must be using 1.11. Try 1.12.
DanTheManMS said:
I cannot confirm this is happening. I stayed at the title screen for minutes, then pressed Start, waited a few seconds too many and got back into the title screen, then I pressed Start and got into a game.
I don't have a save on there so I started a new game. The intro level (the space station) has some gradient overlay (looks like palette writes, which I know are expensive to emulate), but it's still playable... until the Ridley fight at the end of the intro level. It drops to like, 10FPS or less (a guess, it's almost unplayably low), during the escape sequence right after that too. This is without screen scaling, using the "centered cropped" option, sound on, CPU speed 5. My previous uses of the emulator stopped before the fight and were just to show the there's some input lag, so I don't know if the older versions do it too.
And what about your effort? NEBSFC works fine for me. BAG took NDSSFC and modified the title to show it was his work, then Shadaux did the same with CATSFC, and now you've picked up the torch, and I think it'd only fair you have your name in there somewhere too since you're putting forth the effort, time, and using your skills for something the community benefits from.
There's a few speedhack databases rolling around the 'net, some emulators come with updated versions, and I know the PSP emulators could use them so I might check later to see the datestamp on the speedhack file I'm using on my PSP. I know it's not the old one being talked about, since sound still runs fine...Is there a database of those speed hacks somewhere, for enough games that it's worth it to implement? Also, I thought there was already a good speedhack in Snes9x, in the form of CPU_SHUTDOWN and SPC700_SHUTDOWN.
Why not have a toggle in the misc. settings on whether the speedhack database is used?
