Homebrew Saturn emulation using Cotton/Guardian Force testing and debug

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Btw, I have been trying Dark Saviour but there are several slow-downs, both in graphics and music, and even overclocking it didn't make a serious difference.
 

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Has anyone checked the PS4 texture? For some reason it hides the menu altogether when you remove the Option tile. It seems the same texture as the Switch version, but something must be different. Maybe the size, bit depth or other attribute.
 

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Has anyone checked the PS4 texture? For some reason it hides the menu altogether when you remove the Option tile. It seems the same texture as the Switch version, but something must be different. Maybe the size, bit depth or other attribute.
The switch texture file is smaller than PS4 in terms of resolution, so the placement of the textures aren't the same. You can remove the header before %PNG and you can edit them in photoshop.
 
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Weird, I was actually editing the original PS4 file, removing only the Option tiles. And still it screwed the menu. I guess it was a matter of file size, I didn't try again.

But Jabu, they guy that did the automatized packer, included the option to edit the texture and it seems to work fine.
 
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there are several ways to add them but all of them are added in a folder called RomFS
everything you replace there will be reflected in the game
you need a fully decrypted NSP of the game you plan to inject on
or colleect the files shared in here and replace, they are already decrypted
would you put the .tex file in the romfs folder? I have been searching throughout and reading the thread but I am still a bit confused on how to get the custom overlay or side images as well as the main game title image to work.
 

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yo i am on disc 2 of shining force 3 and man it works great on a switch running android



I sincerely just wanted to let my fellow switch owners know you can totally use android to play it on your switch and it runs much better than ssf. just saying.

man took a look at multi disc situation on ps4 for the games that allow you to save cool cool i am happy to see more info. but for those that don't save making a save state didn't help on ps4



it's called

Jikuu Tantei DD (Dracula Detective): Maboroshi no Lorelei

i guess add it to the list. fun times!
 

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That makes sense. I edited the ini file before running the script now the emulator runs my widescreen-patched copy of sega rally without any noticeable slowdown.

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How did you get this full screen? I lose the very bottom of the screen on Sega Rally which is annoying as you can't see the gear indicator. I tried with the specified config file from the spreadsheet as well as the generic one. Any help is much appreciated.
 

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How did you get this full screen? I lose the very bottom of the screen on Sega Rally which is annoying as you can't see the gear indicator. I tried with the specified config file from the spreadsheet as well as the generic one. Any help is much appreciated.
I'm not sure what I did differently. I used the anamorphic widescreen patched version of Sega Rally Netlink Edition I found here: "https://segaxtreme.net/threads/screeen-resolution-hacks.24034/page-6" and I set the widescreen option to "1" in the config file before I ran the script.

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Did anyone ever find a way of activating the multi-tap in the config settings for games like Bomberman and Death Tank? This would be amazing
 

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Interesting. So my obsession of sorts is Baku Baku Animal but it's been a while since I've played with my Switch. I tried it again just now and the music is distorted as usual, so I tried to get into overclock mode but I'd forgotten how to. It seems to be L+D pad down+right joypad in, right? It doesn't seem to work, it just makes 'Slow Mode' engage. I can't get the Tesla menu to come up anymore. The intriguing thing is that although the game is a bit slower, the music is actually okay. Weird.

So help please - any reason why sys-clk Tesla doesn't work anymore please? I haven't updated anything. In fact, my firmware (12.1) is stopping me from playing more recent games.
 
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Interesting. So my obsession of sorts is Baku Baku Animal but it's been a while since I've played with my Switch. I tried it again just now and the music is distorted as usual, so I tried to get into overclock mode but I'd forgotten how to. It seems to be L+D pad down+right joypad in, right? It doesn't seem to work, it just makes 'Slow Mode' engage. I can't get the Tesla menu to come up anymore. The intriguing thing is that although the game is a bit slower, the music is actually okay. Weird.

So help please - any reason why sys-clk Tesla doesn't work anymore please? I haven't updated anything. In fact, my firmware (12.1) is stopping me from playing more recent games.
I dunno what you did to your setup, but here is my guide on how to setup tesla menu for overclocking

 

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