Squidgesnes 0.396

[TelcoLou]

Is Terranigma working, anyone?

... gee, I don't know :huh: I could test it out myself, but I'm too lazy.

 

[Rivroner]

Squidge, must we put mmuhack.o in the folder? Maybe that´s the speed problem.
I am gonna try it now.

 

[SiDCrAzY]

Is Terranigma working, anyone?

... gee, I don't know :huh: I could test it out myself, but I'm too lazy.

I lol'ed.

 

[Squidge]

I can also second what rivroner said. Running Indiana Jones in DPS with transparencies on gives me about 26-31fps and smooth sound. The same level in SS accuracy mode with transparencies gives about 12-16 fps with stuttering sound.

I've tried Diddy's Kong Quest (Second level) and Indiana Jones Trilogy (1st level) and get 15 fps in both games on both emu's, which is about 1 fps difference between SS and DPS, so I'm confused :wacko:

Care to post your settings for IJT on both SS and DPS? I can't really fix something I can't replicate...

 

[SiDCrAzY]

Thank you very much for all your hard work Squidge

 

[Rivroner]

I can also second what rivroner said. Running Indiana Jones in DPS with transparencies on gives me about 26-31fps and smooth sound. The same level in SS accuracy mode with transparencies gives about 12-16 fps with stuttering sound.

I've tried Diddy's Kong Quest (Second level) and Indiana Jones Trilogy (1st level) and get 15 fps in both games on both emu's, which is about 1 fps difference between SS and DPS, so I'm confused :wacko:

Care to post your settings for IJT on both SS and DPS? I can't really fix something I can't replicate...

Maybe is this the problem?
"Squidge, must we put mmuhack.o in the folder? Maybe that´s the speed problem.
I am gonna try it now."

 

[naples39]

I can also second what rivroner said. Running Indiana Jones in DPS with transparencies on gives me about 26-31fps and smooth sound. The same level in SS accuracy mode with transparencies gives about 12-16 fps with stuttering sound.

I've tried Diddy's Kong Quest (Second level) and Indiana Jones Trilogy (1st level) and get 15 fps in both games on both emu's, which is about 1 fps difference between SS and DPS, so I'm confused :wacko:

Care to post your settings for IJT on both SS and DPS? I can't really fix something I can't replicate...

Hmmm. That's strange. I'm at school now, but I'll try it again when I get home in a few hours.

 

[Squidge]

I can replicate the stuttering sound, and know why that is, but I fail to replicate the slow rendering in transparency mode. Sure its not something like DPS is overclocking and SS is running at default clock?

 

[naples39]

I can replicate the stuttering sound, and know why that is, but I fail to replicate the slow rendering in transparency mode. Sure its not something like DPS is overclocking and SS is running at default clock?

I'm pretty sure I had SS at 250, and DPS at maybe 260. I don't want to say anything more until I get and verify my settings and make sure I'm not being an idiot. As my first post in this thread indicates, I tend to jump the gun sometimes. I definitely didn't carry over the mmuhack.o if that makes a difference as rivroner's suggesting.

Thanks for following up on this though. It's much appreciated.

 

[Rivroner]

I have overclocked to same speed.Maybe the problem is mmuhack.o

EDIT: Yes, the problem was mmuhack.o If you put it into the folder this emu is as fast as Pocket SNES.Even rasters are fast, like in PocketSnes (Prehistorik Man can tell you )
There is a bug, if you turn On transparency in menu it doesn´t work.You must pres vol+- in game a press R until Tranparency is ON.
Thank you Squidge, now this emu is at least as fast as PocketSnes is.Only sound is the difference.

 

[naples39]

Yep, riv is right. It was the mmuhack.o. Wouldn't have thought it would make that much a difference, but adding the mmuhack to the SS folder changed the Indiana Jones frame rate from about 12 to about 24, which is basically the same as DPS (maybe a frame or two slower).

 

[DaveC]

I tried this. Zips are definetly broke for me. When I try to load a zip it just instantly dumps back to the SS GUI. I unzipped the same game and it loaded fine. I can't seem to get transparencies to be transparent. They display opaque. I only tried one game though as i didn't feel like unzipping alot of things as my card is full. Yes I deleted old config, checked transparencies to ON, rendering to accurate saved and re-started emu. Also none of the settings seem to do anything unless you save and re-start. I tried to put the FPS display to on but it won't work unless I save it first.

 

[naples39]

I tried this. Zips are definetly broke for me. When I try to load a zip it just instantly dumps back to the SS GUI. I unzipped the same game and it loaded fine. I can't seem to get transparencies to be transparent. They display opaque. I only tried one game though as i didn't feel like unzipping alot of things as my card is full. Yes I deleted old config, checked transparencies to ON, rendering to accurate saved and re-started emu. Also none of the settings seem to do anything unless you save and re-start. I tried to put the FPS display to on but it won't work unless I save it first.

Yeah, the options in the menu do seem to be a little flaky, but I find switching transparencies on and off in-game is working pretty well, which is phenomenal.

The zip thing is a little weird, as I did get zips loading one time. The strange thing was when I was running off a zip and tried to change renderers ingame the emu would crash, but with a smc the ingame switching was fine. Obviously I couldn't recreate those conditions to look into it more.

If Squidge gets the zips issue straightened out, and maybe gets the sound cleaned up on accurate+transparencies mode, we really will be getting the best of both worlds.

 

[Rivroner]

I tried this. Zips are definetly broke for me. When I try to load a zip it just instantly dumps back to the SS GUI. I unzipped the same game and it loaded fine. I can't seem to get transparencies to be transparent. They display opaque. I only tried one game though as i didn't feel like unzipping alot of things as my card is full. Yes I deleted old config, checked transparencies to ON, rendering to accurate saved and re-started emu. Also none of the settings seem to do anything unless you save and re-start. I tried to put the FPS display to on but it won't work unless I save it first.

Yes, menu transparecy option is not working.You must turn it on ingame with vol+- and then R until Transparency is on.

 

[Squidge]

If you change the settings, you do have to save them first before exiting back to the game (and the game settings take priority over the global settings).

I think I know why the zip issued has occurred. I really need to zip my roms up, then I would have found the problem before releasing.

The transparency option not working is weird, but I'll try and figure that out later.

 

[ydderf45]

my zipped roms work but only if i use the performace render

 

[hackgrid]

Mhz the text in the german version of Secret of Mana is still broken :/

 

[EvilDragon]

Mhz the text in the german version of Secret of Mana is still broken :/

Well, Secret of Mana and Secret of Mana 2 use Hi-Res fonts, maybe that's not implemented..?

 

[kevcal]

Exuse my ignorance as I haven't played SNES games before..
Is there any way that the emulator could auto-detect when transparent sprites(? whatever) are used and automatically switch between renderers itself?

 

[Squidge]

Sure, but it wouldn't improve framerate much because of the reason of: Transparencies which are visible to the emulator, and those which are visible to the user. For example, some times games use a transparency just to add a hint of color, but it's perfectly playable without.