Homebrew Updates about nesDS...

[huiminghao]

Okey, I will add 'SHORT-CUT KEYS' later...
here is the possible list:

-Savestate (Start+Down)
-Loadstate (Start+Up)
-ROM Menu (Start+Select)
-Toggle Tab Left (Start+Left) skip this, because we also need to touch the 'SUB SCREEN'
-Toggle Tab Right (Start+Right) skip too....
-Scale Screen Smaller (Select+Right w/ touchscreen active)
-Scale Screen Larger (Select+Left w/ touchscreen active)
-Shift Screen Up (Select+Up w/ touchscreen active)
-Shift Screen Down (Select+Down w/ touchscreen active)

-Swap Y+B and B+A (Start+Left)

auto save SRAM if there is no more write operations to ($6000-$7FFF). Triggered one second later...
auto close the subscreen when a new rom is loaded, or a state is loaded or saved.

If anyone can contribute some code to nesDS, just send an e-mail to me. I will put the figures together.

I just update the 'nesDS' for fun. So I did not know that some people are talking about it. There are only 30+ downloads everyday, from a lot of countries, so I thought that few guys concerns about it....

 

[twiztidsinz]

How about adding the Moonshell2 EXTLink filestructure?
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?f...mp;atid=1180139

 

[TyRaNtM]

In NesDS, Paperboy (1) runs a bit slow, but the problem is that doesn't have background music.
In your updates, the game now have the background music, but the game runs slower.
Can you fix it?

Also, can you make a option that you can save options in "DATA" folder?
(DATA folder, because a lot of homebrew applications save options in root folder, and is a mess with a lot of files there, and DATA folder some homebrews are starting to use it).
Will be good if you can save options like NES Roms folder (with that, you will start NesDS where roms it, or where you want, and not have to searching the roms folder each time you launch the emulator).

 

[qwertymodo]

I am among those who have issues with the touch screen not working properly, so a +1 for fixing that. Also, auto SRAM saving would be fantastic (even if it's just when you load a new ROM or exit, or you could even make it save the SRAM any time you access the touchscreen menu, or something like that). And argv support would be neat, although from the sound of things, that isn't really feasible without a major rewrite, which is unfortunate.

 

[Recorderdude]

Hmm...it seems as if Huminghao is a little overwhelmed with all of this already.

Things like this get popular REAL fast.

And believe me, your project IS popular. Until the 3DS is hacked for 3DS-Mode, NDS/i will still be Nintendo's most powerful handheld (though this emu doesnt have speed issues, just gfx, menu and sound, so it doesn't really need a special DSi port. And to get this out of the way for anyone who asks in the future; THIS WILL MOST LIKELY NOT BE PORTED TO DSTWO - the SDKs are two completely different creatures, it's like trying to ride a raging elephant because you can ride a pony.)

You also didn't calculate possible downloads on GBATemp's DL site, filetrip: http://filetrip.net/file.php?id=24344 That gets lots of hits too.

So, it's great that you're working on the sound core to try and get PCM in, I'm pretty sure next to the menu that that's the most requested feature.

Well, best of luck, man and don't work yourself too hard.

 

[shadowmanwkp]

A little suggestion for the touch screen controls: instead of using text, you might want to use buttons on the touch screen. The hitboxes for the text is too small, thus people will either miss it, or select the wrong option. If you use buttons on the touch screen, you don't have to work around the ds phat thing, because people will usually try to hit the center of a button and you have a much larger hitbox in general. I also think you will have less work coding buttons, instead of figuring out why the ds phat gives problems with the touch screen by doing it this way.

Also, nice work on the emulator, I really like it that you are open to input from the users, because this is one of the most popular ds hombrew around.

 

[Dariusxq]

Hi, many thx for supporting NesDS!! Could you make support fot this games? :

Big Nose The Caveman
Big Nose Freaks Out
168 in 1
Micro Machines
Ultimate 4 and Ultimate 5, Codemasters Best Games Pack
The Fantastic Adventure of Dizzy

I love this games and I'm sure everybody will be grateful

 

[Recorderdude]

Hi, many thx for supporting NesDS!! Could you make support fot this games? :

Big Nose The Caveman
Big Nose Freaks Out
168 in 1
Micro Machines
Ultimate 4 and Ultimate 5, Codemasters Best Games Pack
The Fantastic Adventure of Dizzy

I love this games and I'm sure everybody will be grateful

can you say what exactly is broken in them? That makes it easier for huminghao to fix

Also, I'm not sure if he's going to fix a lot of games for a little while, because he's working on the sound core now, and that will take some time.

 

[Dariusxq]

Ok, I'm very grateful for updates and I can wait

Bug Report:

168 in 1 - Does not work
Big Nose Caveman - Graphic is Bad
Big Nose Freak - Does Not work after intro
G I Joe- Does Not Work
Ultimate 4 and 5 - Does Not Work
Micro Machines and Dizzy - Bad Graphic

 

[Recorderdude]

Ok, I'm very grateful for updates and I can wait

Bug Report:

168 in 1 - Does not work
Big Nose Caveman - Graphic is Bad
Big Nose Freak - Does Not work after intro
G I Joe- Does Not Work
Ultimate 4 and 5 - Does Not Work
Micro Machines and Dizzy - Bad Graphic

OK, I can confirm a few of those (bignose freaks out) but G I Joe (U) works perfect for me. Are you sure you are using the most recent NESDS?

Or are you referring to G I Joe The Atlantis Factor (U)?

 

[Dariusxq]

Sorry,I was wrong! G I Joe Works Fine, my bad.
Fantastic Adventure of Dizzy 250 stars version works too fast. I will later check 100 stars version.

100 Stars versions aka Red version has graphic glitches.

 

[Recorderdude]

He put up a new one (0.42b) 20 minutes ago. Go get it @ http://sourceforge.net/projects/nesds/file...tar.gz/download

EDIT: also updates:


no sound updates.
short-cuts added..
extlink supported.
some unused files of sound are removed. It is much clear now...
no more...

so yeah.

EDIT: After using this I have to say it is COMPLETELY worth it to update. Save/Load State is mapped to Start+Up/Down and is INSTANTANEOUS, Load ROM is mapped to Start+Select, and Screen scaling is mapped to Select+Dpad. It works well - nice job Huminghao!

 

[Tubby28]

how can i unpack the download or someone make a .nds file from the download

 

[twiztidsinz]

how can i unpack the download or someone make a .nds file from the download

Open it with any archive program worth mentioning... (7zip, Peazip, WinRAR, WinZip, whatever)

Button Swap and Star In "nesDS" folder* version uploaded:
http://gbatemp.net/t278389-nesds-ex?view=f...t&p=3498666

*If the "nesDS" folder is not found nothing happens.

 

[injected11]

Do the NES roms need to be in a specific directory? Until now I had been using an ancient version of nesDS that read from a folder I had named NES. When using this new version, the program loads, but the list of roms does not appear, just a white line with nesDS .42b in the top right corner. I've also tried placing a few roms on the microSD's root, but those did not appear in the rom list as well.

 

[jurai]

Ive got to agree on the input complaints, the UI is really fidgety

 

[Dariusxq]

Save/Load State is mapped to Start+Up/Down and is INSTANTANEOUS
Load ROM is mapped to Start+Select
Screen scaling is mapped to Select+Dpad

Yeah It is Great!! Save/Load and Load ROM is everything what I wanted

THX huiminghao, I'm waiting for new releases

 

[Yuan]

Ducktales HUD became garbled again since the merge of EX version (0.40b I think). It was working fine on previous versions, although it doesn't fit the screen correctly.

Btw, thanks for updating the project

 

[Covarr]

The PocketNES emulator has DPCM support (I thought I should let you know, since nesDS is based off PocketNES).

I feel I should mention, PocketNES uses the GBC sound chip. While this hardware is present in the DS, it is only accessible in GBA mode, presumably because Nintendo is trying to phase it out. I'd be willing to bet the DSi and 3DS do not have it.

What this means is that the sound code had to have been rewritten between PocketNES and NESDS. As such, no sound feature can be ported from one to the other.

 

[twiztidsinz]

Ducktales HUD became garbled again since the merge of EX version (0.40b I think). It was working fine on previous versions, although it doesn't fit the screen correctly.

Btw, thanks for updating the project

Open the Display tab and change the Sprite Render to "Per-scanline".