A Fundraiser for a new N64 GPU plugin

[hipnotoad]

I just threw $20 at it to help support the cause. Any chance a dev shows interest in furthering N64 emu performance count me in. Maybe others here feel the same way.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gliden64-graphics-plugin

 

[milkshake]

Looks good

 

[Hồng Thất Công]

Will throw some in later when I get home to support this!  Very nice to see N64 still get some love

 

[Garrett]

A worthy cause if ever there was one, I'll definitely be supporting

 

[Tenka]

Zelda pauses and unpauses so quickly now.

 

[Wally]

I have one question though.. GLES Support?

 

[Surkow]

I have one question though.. GLES Support?

Yes:

System requirements are: graphics card with support of OpenGL 4.2 or better. GLideN64 is also being ported to the Android OS, however the Android version is less functional. System requirements for Android: OS version 4.0 or above, OpenGL ES 2.0 support, fast CPU.

 

[Wally]

Excellent. I might just back this.

 

[Hồng Thất Công]

Oh forgot to ask a question. So this means Pandora will have no benefits whatsoever?

 

[Wally]

Pandora has OpenGL ES 2 support so the plugin should work in theory.

Put $40 towards it. Some people might ask why but N64 emulation is a difficult fete and GPU emulation seems to be the weakest point in a lot of emulators. Shiny graphics appeal to me

 

[ekianjo]

Oh forgot to ask a question. So this means Pandora will have no benefits whatsoever?

Did you read the answers above ?

It says OpenGLES 2 is supported. Probably for Android but this means it's probably not impossible to have it working for Pandora as well. 

 

[comradekingu]

Shiney, shiney, shiney boots of leather!

 

[WizardStan]

Note from the page

If 8,000 USD are collected I will be able to complete the Android port. The current Android build works quite slow and has many glitches which desktop builds have not. Android debugging is a tedious process, plus some investment in Android devices with different graphics chips may be necessary.

The Android port (OpenGLES2.0) is still in early porting and is slow and glitchy. He'll devote more time to fixing it if he reaches $8000. If he doesn't, I don't expect there'll be a benefit to using this (possibly slow and glitchy) vs any other plugin.

 

[ElPoco]

It's GPL, so I guess even if he doesn't do the OpenGLES port, someone else could do it. But I guess it won't be an easy port.

 

[Glyph Reader]

Isn't the Pyra supporting OpenGL this time around?  Or is it not a recent enough version of OpenGL to work with the plugin? 

-Glyph Reader

 

[PokeParadox]

The Pyra supports OpenGL in the way that the Pandora does, only through GLShim.

 

[apersonthinks]

The GLES/Android port got funded.