Release DraStic Nintendo DS emulator

[Exophase]

Will there be a screen rotation function ?

To play games like Brain Training without using the Pandora like a book...

It depends on whether or not the hardware can do it. If /dev/fb1 can handle it but /dev/fb0 can't it'll end up being a feature that's only useable with a uniform scaling mode. It'd probably be two 480x360 windows which would at least not leave a lot of black space (just 80 columns)

If the overlay hardware can't rotate then I'll probably hold off on this, at least for a while.

 

[ekianjo]

Exophase, on question regarding having a single screen filling up the screen vs having two. It seems there is a performance loss when in single screen, is it related to the scaleup operation ? how much speed is lost there ?

 

[Exophase]

I have no idea what you're referring to.

 

[ekianjo]

Let me rephrase this :

If I compare the same game running :

- dual-screens on the Pandora

- showing only a single DS screen on the Pandora, scaled-up to fit

it seems like the single screen mode make things slower. Is it just me, or is there something slowing things down a bit ?

 

[Exophase]

I understand what you're saying, I just am not aware of such a thing happening. Turn off frameskip and turn on the perf counter and read back the first percentage to see if it's really running slower.

 

[FamilyGuy]

Thank you for the update!

I just wanna point out that it still bugs at the teleporter for me in Chrono Trigger. Instead of a crash i get a black top screen with a scrambled bottom sreen. Here's the same state as before, for testing: http://www.mediafire.com/?lzdfw788zxur5l4

I love the 2x,1x option!

Thank you!

 

[NearTao]

Wow this emulator is slick!


Was trying out a Mystery Dungeon Shiren the Wanderer. Only issue I can see is on the mini map the monster/character are triangles instead of squares... And stairs are an upside down u instead of squares.


I can get screen caps if they are necessary.


Thanks for this!

 

[ekianjo]

I understand what you're saying, I just am not aware of such a thing happening. Turn off frameskip and turn on the perf counter and read back the first percentage to see if it's really running slower.

Ok I will check that and come back with numbers. 

 

[ekianjo]

Exophase, no big deal for me, but two games still have serious issue :

- Mario & Luigi: Bowser's inside's story / still crashing apparently

- Mario vs. Donkey Kong - Mini-Land Mayhem / not passing past the file selection screen. 

Since most of the other crashes seem to be resolved, I thought I would point these to you. 

 

[Exophase]

I already know the issue with Mario & Luigi, but since even if fixed it'd still have a major performance problem (recompilation hell) I haven't worked with it.

Didn't think the other one was crashing though.

 

[frefol]

So, who'll be the first to tape one of these to thier pandora?

It is a little heavy but it works pretty good.  The quality of the screen sucks though.

 

[ekianjo]

Didn't think the other one was crashing though.

The other one is not "crashing" per se, it just stays on a black screen. The emulator is still active and it is possible to return to the menu. 

 

[Exophase]

It is a little heavy but it works pretty good.  The quality of the screen sucks though.

IMG_20130306_190927.JPG

Woah, wasn't expecting something like that

I wonder if a Pandora 2-alike could productize such a thing... okay probably not, that sounds pretty silly..

 

[Neelix]

- Mario vs. Donkey Kong - Mini-Land Mayhem / not passing past the file selection screen. 

... is not "crashing" per se, it just stays on a black screen. The emulator is still active and it is possible to return to the menu. 

I have not been able to replicate this at all... give it long enough (usually several seconds at 850mhz) and it proceeds past this point. (I assume it to be doing a lot of processing of some kind during the blackout)  Possibly the wait is somewhat longer at 600mhz?

- Neelix

 

[Exophase]

Ah yeah I remember that happening now.

 

[ekianjo]

- Mario vs. Donkey Kong - Mini-Land Mayhem / not passing past the file selection screen. 

>... is not "crashing" per se, it just stays on a black screen. The emulator is still active and it is possible to return to the menu. 

I have not been able to replicate this at all... give it long enough (usually several seconds at 850mhz) and it proceeds past this point. (I assume it to be doing a lot of processing of some kind during the blackout)  Possibly the wait is somewhat longer at 600mhz?

- Neelix

Allright, I will try that. I have waited at least 10 seconds, but maybe I need to wait more. 

 

[Exophase]

I had to wait a long time when I was running it on PC. That was at full speed (but no faster), so if it's running at well under full speed you'll have to wait an even longer time.

 

[slaeshjag]

So, who'll be the first to tape one of these to thier pandora?

It is a little heavy but it works pretty good.  The quality of the screen sucks though.

IMG_20130306_190927.JPG

It looks just as silly as I imagined it would. Thank you  

 

[ekianjo]

A quick post/short review about the changes introduced by DraStic 1.3.x, on Pandoralive.info :

http://www.pandoralive.info/?p=201

 

[PokeParadox]

Well this version is definately an improvement.

Project Rub/Feel the magic works now!

It feels a bit more snappier and the screen scaling options are nice. The video of the TV split option is pure winning!