Seems to be a lot of Goldeneye fans here...
I've been working through Goldeneye for the last few days on 'honey'
I'm up to the streets level (only agent so far lol)
This is what I've discovered:
Controls
-wiimote and nunchuk combination works rather well
-wiimote-only with motion control is clever but a bit tricky to use
-gamecube controller just makes me want an n64 controller adapter
Single Player
-not full speed but very playable.
-slowdowns with lots going on onscreen (enemies, explosions etc.)
-no unexpected errors/dumps as I work through the game (so far)
-no sky, as with many N64 emus (not a biggie)
-sfx a bit reverb-ish as with other n64 titles on 'honey'
-After all these years, natalya is STILL an annoying, sarcastic bitch who needs to learn to run faster
Muliplayer
-on two player, there is an epilepsy inducing white flicker on the top screen (any level)
-flickering aside, both players seem to be at speeds comparable to 1-player mode.
Emu' options
-sound off makes title screen animations real fast but not a massive difference to gameplay speed
-toggling fb textures on in two player mode stops the white flickering for player 1, but adds black flickering on textures for player two
Rom hacks/mods/variants
-no perceivable difference between big or little endian
-text/texture swapping works with no slowdown on original
-success with a few IPS patches I've applied (cheats etc.)
I know the WII64 team are rather against mods of their betas but I would love a team of GE64 nuts to get some game specific improvements on the go. If the flickering in multiplayer was fixed, it looks as though it would be on par with single player.
Does anyone with experience of GE modding know whether anything can be done with the rom to improve emulation speed? I've seen an IPS patch on Goldeneyevault which is said to improve its online performance on a pc emu, by removing music on multiplayer. Could anything else be stripped out/reduced to improve speed on WII64?
P.S. I could really do with some advice with respect to using GE Setup Editor, GE ROM Image Editor and other various GE64 tools. (yes I have read the guides and google is not my friend)