blargSNES 1.4 released

[AmandaRose]

I can look into it, sure. What's the game supposed to do/look like, though? I don't know what it's meant to be like.

In the video above by @Trevor_2012 it looks like the top screen of the game is not working at all and in the bottom screen when the car is going around the corner there is a load of dots on the track that should not be there. Here is how the game should look like.

 

[Arisotura]

o, thanks!

As for the compatibility list, I found there's one but it covers the older 1.3 versions: https://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/BlargSnes_Compatibility_List


EDIT- I looked quickly at the Top Gear issue. It seems fixable but I'll have to give it a try tomorrow. It modifies the OAM midframe (the black bar midframe is a forced-blank period), but there are two issues:

1. the forced-blank flag is cleared on the same scanline as it is set, likely because the OAM DMA runs instantly instead of taking time as it should

2. the hardware renderer fails to notice the midframe forced-blank period due to that, and tries to render the whole screen at once using the latest OAM (which isn't right for the top part of the screen, hence the bug).


EDIT2- the sprites are quickly fixed, however there are still glitches like HUD elements that don't update properly. It seems the game is also updating VRAM midframe, and that's going to be particularly tricky given the way the renderer works.

EDIT3- this game seems to be particularly evil with the midframe VRAM changes or something of that sort. I'm trying some things but it's being pretty slow. This will probably be one of the games that are best played with the software renderer, atleast for now.

 

[raxadian]

What's the compatibility of this emulator? What performance can we expect for now? I can try this with some Mega Man games and see how

In order: A lot of games boot and play well.

Sound has problems in the HD versions of the 3DS and 2DS.

Snes9x for 3DS does not have the sound problems.

Edit2: Works fine on the old3DS and the 2DS.

 

[hobbledehoy899]

I'm an entire week late, but seeing this has just made my day!

 

[hobbledehoy899]

Be sure to update blargsnes.kuribo64.net, as that currently doesn't reflect this new development at all.

 

[raxadian]

To clarify; this works perfectly fine on the Old 3DS and the 2DS; but sound gets screwed in the New Nintendo 2DS XL and New Nintendo 3DS, the HD models because is different enough hardware. I think is because they have more Ram and faster CPU so that speeds up the sound?

 

[hobbledehoy899]

To clarify; this works perfectly fine on the Old 3DS and the 2DS; but sound gets screwed in the New Nintendo 2DS XL and New Nintendo 3DS, the HD models because is different enough hardware. I think is because they have more Ram and faster CPU so that speeds up the sound?

I'm pretty sure that issue would go away with a proper .cia build (not just redirected)

 

[raxadian]

I'm pretty sure that issue would go away with a proper .cia build (not just redirected)

It works fine on the old 3DS and the 2DS, so I think it is the code not taking into account there is more ram and a faster CPU. I will try the non cia version later just in case.

 

[hobbledehoy899]

It works fine on the old 3DS and the 2DS, so I think it is the code not taking into account there is more ram and a faster CPU. I will try the non cia version later just in case.

To quote the blargSNES website directly (relevant part bolded by me)

"Due to technical limitations, if you use blargSnes.3ds on a Gateway, or Ninjhax on a New 3DS, sound output is not possible yet. This will change in the future."

 

[raxadian]

To quote the blargSNES website directly (relevant part bolded by me)

"Due to technical limitations, if you use blargSnes.3ds on a Gateway, or Ninjhax on a New 3DS, sound output is not possible yet. This will change in the future."

Should be changed to "sound outpout is garbled." that's an improvement at least. And nope is not the cia fault, just checked.

A shame, is really better to play Snes games on a bigger screen, guess I will just have to keep using snes9x that with frameskip set to zero and Europe roms works fantastic on the New 3DS/2DS.

 

[Arisotura]

The info on the blargSNES website is largely outdated, so don't trust it.

blargSNES does take into account the faster speed of New3DS/etc models. But I don't think there's any adjustment in the audio section of the code, so maybe that part is running faster than expected and that causes issues. I can look into it, maybe make up theories as to why the issue happens, but I don't have a New3DS, so I'll need someone to assist with testing and fixing this bug.

 

[hobbledehoy899]

I can look into it, maybe make up theories as to why the issue happens, but I don't have a New3DS, so I'll need someone to assist with testing and fixing this bug.

How much technical development knowledge would one need to know to help out? I have a N3DS.

 

[Arisotura]

I will mostly just need help with testing builds whenever I get around to trying to fix this.

 

[hobbledehoy899]

I will mostly just need help with testing builds whenever I get around to trying to fix this.

I can test no problem

 

[MarioKartFan]

Thank you @Arisotura !

 

[zbash92]

I will mostly just need help with testing builds whenever I get around to trying to fix this.

I can test as well.

I tried Mega Man X on N2DS and there's no sound at all. Tried both 3dsx and cia converted version.

What were the games that have garbled sound output on N3DS? I'm interested in testing as well.

 

[Trevor_2012]

Thanks for the work Arisotura !

If the Top Gear was close to the CATFC emulator of the super card, it would be perfect.



CATFC Super card DStwo:
Snes9x:

 

[Arisotura]

you can always try using frameskip; I will try making this game run better in the hardware renderer but no guarantees

 

[Masaru]

Bahamut Lagoon and Seiken Densetsu 3 still doesn't work

 

[DarkPhobia0]

This looks Awesome! Will you be able to fix the sound issues in games like Secret of Evermore? Thanks!