I've been having a look at fixing a couple of issues related to the way that Daedalus handles the N64 PIF (peripheral interface) emulation. The PIF is responsible for a number of different functions, including:
- Reading the controller status
- Reading/writing to the eeprom
- Reading/writing to the controller mempak
Access to the PIF is controlled through a 64 byte region of memory. Writing to this area triggers the PIF to interpret the block of data as a sequence of commands (such as those listed above), and the CPU can read back from this region to obtain the results.
Correctly handling the way the block is formatted is key to emuating the PIF accurately. Over the years I've rewritten this code several times as I've fixed bugs, each time fixing certain incorrect assumptions made during the previous version. Usually these assumptions were made on incredibly useful, but incomplete information (such as early docs from LaC (*waves*) ) which described how to use the PIF rather than how to emulate it. Unfortunately there was lots of gaps in this information and so I'd keep finding roms that used the PIF is various ways that I'd not taken into account.
A few years ago I stumbled across something rather amazing - a document which described the PIF hardware in great detail. Not only was it very thorough - including details on all the various formatting commands I'd spent hours reverse engineering - it also included an insane amount of detail on things such as the chip timings and the even method by which the PIF is used as a 'security system' to lock out pirated roms.
What was this document? Did I find it tucked away on some obscure N64 hacking site? No - it was US Patent 6,394,905, filed by Nintendo in September 2000. Genius!
There are actually a whole series of N64 patents (see 5,426,762 and 4,799,635 for a couple of other similar examples.) It's not all good news though because unfortunately they're all written in a horribly convulted form of Legalese:
There are six JoyChannels available in the present exemplary embodiment. Each Channel's transmit data and receive data byte sizes are all independently assignable by setting size parameters. In the exemplary embodiment, all six channels size parameter setups are required, whether they are used or not.
Ouch.
This is the statement I spotted a couple of weeks ago that explained why one of the previous assumptions I'd made wasn't working in all cases:
If the 64 bit CPU 100 wants to change JoyChannel's Tx/RxData assignment, a 32 bit format flag is used, where a certain bit(s) specify the desired format. For example, when Wr64B or Wr4B is issued when this flag is "1", PIF executes each JoyChannel's Tx/RxData assignment based on each channel's Tx/Rx Size. In other words, unless this flag is set to "1" with Wr64B or Wr4B, Tx/RxData area assignment does not change. After Tx/RxData assignment, this flag is reset to "0" automatically.
After painfully wading through the text, it's basically saying that if you write a '1' to the last byte of the PIF block, you need to reformat all the channels. Otherwise you just assume the same formatting as the previous command.
The bug that I've since fixed was actually caused by two problems. Firstly, I was reformatting the channels regardless of how this last byte was set. I'd assumed that it was always set to '1' by the CPU to indicate that a command was ready, and set to '0' by the PIF when it was finished executing. In a few roms I was seeing '0' being written, but I didn't know why. Quite often when I saw them do this they'd hang shortly aftwerwards.
The other problem that contributed to the bug was that I was accidentally overwritting the 'Tx/RxData assignment' area with 0 as I was processing the PIF block (actually, I was clearing the top 4 bits of each byte, rather than just the top 2). This meant that when I reformatted the Tx/RxData assigments the areas were smaller than expected, so the PIF handling code would abort and return with failure.
These two problems combined to cause certain roms to get confused and hang when trying to access the mempak. The total fix was a few dozen lines of code to separate out the PIF formatting from the command execution, and a single-line fix for the second issue. All the roms I found exhibiting this issue now make further progress (hooray!) There may well be other issues that have been resolved with this fix too :)
It's bedtime for me now (well, maybe a little Dead Rising on the 360 first :) I'll try and get back into the habit of updating a bit more often from this week on. Sorry if I've not replied to your email - it's not personal, it's just me being rubbish.
-StrmnNrmn
336 comments:
1 – 200 of 336 Newer› Newest»Good Job Hope For speed:)
I'm a college student and I wish I was a clever and smart as you. Good luck with your workings. I look forward to hearing from you again.
Will this help speed or compatibility?
Great to hear that this fixes some of the compatibility problems, keep up the great work!
http://www.petitiononline. com/31846146/petition.html , then take out the %20 after it says the page does not exsist. go here if you want online mode for GTA VCS.
MKG: Its way too late in the dev period for that...
Well do it anyway, maybe they will still add it in something like downloadable content, please.
As long as it has the adhoc multiplayer I'll be fine with it. Anyway thanks StrmnNrmn for updating and I'm glad you fixed this bug it, to those wondering what it will do I guess I'll answer that. Basically you just get faster loading times, like for example if you selected something in a game and it had to bring up a new screen, if new screen commming up hung for a couple of seconds well now this is fixed!
Thank you very much StrnmNrmn. At least we are getting fantastic news from you, unlike Yoshiro who messed everyhting up for the PSX-P release... Anyway, I hope you speed things up, literally. Keep working on the speed and never give up hope. We are all behind you!
yay for dead rising!,any one have a 360 they should add CloggedBarrel,he godly i hear
Almost forgot, Wally I noticed some bugs in Mario Kart 64 with your build you posted the other day. For some reason the green/red shells are invicible (I can see they're shadows on the road and that's it). Also in the ice level the gound is invisible, there may be more bugs but that's all I've seen thus far. Hope that helps and I hope everyone else is seeing the same problems as me, if not tell me because I'll try downloading it again or something.
No no Morgan he messed up!
I already told him that!
And thank you Morgan for eplaining what this fix does!
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I totally can't wait for R9. this is just getting better and better. Speed is great right now and compatibility will be even cooler. Yeah!
Keep up the good work StrmnNrmn!
You set a good example of what a PSP homebrewer should be - something that Yoshihiro is not.
(I find it funny how I always thought Yoshihiro to be a cheat - to only find out that he actually is!)
If Yoshihiro used PacManFans source and barely edited it, then how does it load .bin and .isos when PMFs didn't and why does it go at about 8FPS while PMF went only about 1FPS on demos...correct me if I am wrong but making minimal source changes doesn't make that much of a difference.... So Yoshihiro must have done some coding, I think he did a great job who cares about pacman he didnt do nothing with that project and left now hes jealous yoshirio did something with it, I woudl say using about 2% of PMF's code. W/E I dont care if code is stolen or altered or w/e as long as I have a ps1 emulator runnning on my psp I couldnt careless, probably you computer geeks care who creates it, any way back on topic any speed increase strmnnrmn?
This means many games will now work..
Im guessing
Conquers bad fur day
Donkey kong 64
Perfect Dark
Majoras Mask
What ever else uses CIC 6105 or 16k eeprom should work!!
Good stuff StrmnNrmn!
Morgan: Did you try 1.1 release?
Just checked, i never mentioned my new 1.1 release of the program..
I apologise for that
Its on Dcemu :)
1.2 will be out sometime next week with fixes for:
Monster Truck Madness : Note for strmnNrmn, uses a K5 mux (whatever that is)
Over 50 muxes have been added since 1.0, if something doesn't work right i will screenshot it and send it to strmnNrmn
Thanks Wally I'll go get 1.1 and yeah could you try to get SSB working a little better. The changes you already added are great, but I'm just wondering if you can go further. Also a hgue special thanks for fixing DKR for me, I hope when R9 comes out some of these problems will be fixed. Lastly Wally do you think Goldeneye & Resident Evil 2 will work now?
Wally I tried the 1.5 kxploited version that "video freak" made MANY times and I can't get v1.1 to work on my 1.5? I hate when this happens, something wierd about changing eboots. Any tips to get it working, or could you maybe link me to another download of your v1.1, please?
odd.
Yes resident evil should be on that list
Nothing wrong with mario kart in this version AFAIK.
I have tried to get SSB to work better without success. also ingame its missing instructions which i would imagine it would be more than implementing them like im doing with the blendmodes..
Yeah StrmnNrmn has to do some work on SSB to get it working in-game, hopefully he'll have something done for it in R9. Anyway Wally I'm going to try v1.1 again, maybe it'sll work today!
I need to re-kxploit my files, what's the easiest program for turning the 1.0's to 1.5's? Please someone answer quickly I'm getting frustrated!
yo Morgan!
Bro use KXploit!
Go to Yahoo or Google and type in "kxploit psp"
Good luck bro!
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Morgan use Sei PSP tool
Also i tried wallys spiff up to R8 and Mario Graphics were horrible. the Stars and coins are all gone. + the Water is gone stars on doors and the big peach on the Castle. is there a new version? please post here.
Morgan get Custom Firware!
PSP Brew is by far the best program for editting EBOOT files. I used to use sei, KXPLOIT the program is useless because i t always uses that weir icon, Strmn Nrmn, good news! First the Peek Buffer fix and now this, seems your making heaps of new finds in the PIF on the PSP alone!
ryan yes there is..
v1.2 is coming out tomorrow
Mario etc are back to nml
Anyway I got kxploit finally and my homebrew is working as good as new. Wouldn't you know it after Daedalus gave me problems I got issues from DGEN after that!?
Wally v1.2 today? What it do.
Guys Wally's v1.2 is out now, nice work Wally.
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=37317
And for 1.5 users like me go to page 4 for the kxploited versions.
morgan I highley reccomend you get a custom firmware they are great.
Also going by patterns we are gonna have r9 pretty soon.
Whats so great about custom firmware? I run all my emulators very fast, I have my homebrew customized. Then I got Devhook for all my 2.71 needs. Like really what can you do with the custom firmwares that I can't, maybe I'll switch.
Morgan: Custom Firmware Proof of Concept for 1.5 basically allows you to:
1)Run 1.0 eboots
2)Hide Corrupt icons (if above isnt on)
3)Autoboot a program
4)Stop UMD's from loading as soon as PSP is turned on
5)Recovery Mode in case PSP becomes Bricked!
6)Maybe something else.
Settings can be turned on or off using a text file supplied with it
Highly reccomended package bro
is it possible when i downgrade from 2.71 to 1.5 to upgrade the ''sony way'' to 2.71 and higher, or do i have to use a devhook to upgrade. My other question is it possible to play online games by using devhook? My last question is, can sony see if you are using devhook in the future when the official ps1 emulator is released? If not, that means you can buy the ps1 games trough the official psp way and still play n64 emulators and stuff on my 1.5 psp devhooked to 3.**
PS. sorry in advance for posting in the wrong sectiom or on the wrong website, but it was a burning question for me and i didnt know where to post it atm
Answer hazy, try again later
Well I already hide my corrupt data icons so that's not a problem. Also about the stopping the UMD's when the PSP turns on, you can jsut turn the security to level 1 and you won't load the UMD's when it turns on. Also I don't flash my psp so I don't think I'll be bricking it anytime soon. Here's what I got though!
Platnium (silver really, no fingerprints!) XCM faceplate
1.5 PSP
1GB - 90 songs, 5 pics, NES, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, N64 (Daedalus Wally's v1.2), Devhook, and iR Shell.
PSP Stamina Battery (30% longer life)
Also I use PSPWXP for my Windows XP needs. I'm fine with my 1.5 regular psp because I've got it hooked up and it's better than anyone elses anywhere in my area.
Wally are there any speed increases i hope so becaus the only game i play is mario 64 and the Graphics are perfect (almost)For it
Hey does anyone here make .AT3's? If I got two mp3 files I would liek converted to .AT3 but for some reason it won't work. I downloaded the Atrac3 codec and then got GoldWave. It's just that after saving it as a .wav and making the attributes the Atrac3, when I save it to my desktop and rename it, it still says it's a wav file. I have put .at3 after renaming it but it still says it's a .wav file. Can someone help me and convert these 2 mp3's for me PLEASE?
yes you can do what ever you want with your 1.5 and devhook doesnt upgrade it just emulates the firmware big diffrence
morgan you also can load prxs in 1.5 meaning you could take screenshots or whatever plus it will be helpful when the 8 gigs come out to load the prx that fixes that.
Someone please make a spiff up that gives us more speed. the graphics are fine for Mario 64. and that is the one game that works good so why not make it perfect with just a little more speed.
Ps: i do appreciate what Wally and Strnrm are doing
Skater I know devhook emulates the firmware I'm not an idiot, anyway can someone please convert these 3 mp3's to at3 PLEASE!
morgan, instead of bragging and saying "Oh PLEASE CONVERT this stuff for me..." Stop being lazy and do it yourself...
Sorry to get built up but this pisses people off..
Yeah isnt this blog about an n64 emulator? (Directed at Morgan)
Anyways keep up the great work StrmnNrmn.
I was reading Some earlier comments and Wally said there is nothing Wrong with mario kart in this version. does this mean no more Choppiness?
Morgan download sony's sonic stage then when you have your mp3's loaded in sonic stage you go somewhere around the top and when you click on it it says psp something tehn you just click transfer and it automatically converts your mp3s or w/e to at3
wally's v1.2 didn't fix the choppiness but StrmnNrmn said he would look into it for R9.
Morgan said...
Hey does anyone here make .AT3's? If I got two mp3 files I would liek converted to .AT3 but for some reason it won't work. I downloaded the Atrac3 codec and then got GoldWave. It's just that after saving it as a .wav and making the attributes the Atrac3, when I save it to my desktop and rename it, it still says it's a wav file. I have put .at3 after renaming it but it still says it's a .wav file. Can someone help me and convert these 2 mp3's for me PLEASE?
2:49 PM
*Next time Wally I suggest you read*
I've tried sonicstage.
Guys I search and try stuff I don't just stare at it and then post, someone help me! When I need help it's because there's a problem and it does actually need help from someone else. Now if anyone is willing to help me, tell me.
morgan, fuck off. this is a board about development of this emulator, not a problem page for you
I know what this board is about and I'm trying to make some at3's for daedalus you clown so mind your own business.
My problem with sonicstage is that I go to Tools then Convert Format, I convert the format to Atrac3. Then I'll transfer to PSP, and rename the file to "SND0.AT3", but when I go to PSP Brew it doesn't see the AT3 file. It says under properties that the file is "ATRAC Files". So like I said I need help.
MORGAN WHO CARES GET A NEW BLOG SITE.
Yeah! Fuck off Morgan...You billy no mates! Get a job, a life and a girlfriend.. This is StrmnNrmn's blog, and don't keep cluttering it up with nonsensical shit like this.
Crap like this that's driving the genuine dev's away from this blog.
Also, don't get telling me you have those three things i mentioned...Or i'll start calling you Pinocchio!
Get another blog! You wont be missed.
Morgan don't use PSP Brew. Just drop the files directly into the "MUSIC" folder.
Strmnnrmn, when do you think you will be realeasing R9??? Sorry for getting so impatient.
Guys, while I understand everyone's frustrations at Morgans posts (Morgan, you'd be better off posting your request for help in a more related forum) there is no reason to fill the comments section with swearing and personal attacks and such like.
Please try to think carefully as to whether your post will contribute to discussion of the emulator, in order that we keep this blog on topic.
I'd hate for strmnnrmn to read these comments and decide to close the commenting section on this blog as I believe it can be used both to give useful feedback and hold interesting discussions about the future of the emulator.
Thanks.
hehe,...
hey Morgan? snicker.....
tonite ima do 3 thigs tonight that uv nrver done before!
1: go partay with collge girls
2: get laid
3:play sum PS2 on ma psp!
maan il have to agree with N64 lover with this one!
dood life iz too important to waist
videogames bro!
second childhood iz too important also, u should heng out whith friends cuz i know u have sum!
just trying to let u know bro!
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hehe by the way i know whoz making the PS1P emu fer PSP!
Okay guys I'm sorry I've been getting frustrated about these at3's and I siad some stupid shit. Can you forgive me, anyway guys I only come to this website twice a day, I have a life. I was trying to do these at3's but it's not working out so whatever.
Guys I figured out the problem, I went bakc to using Goldwave and I found out after I made the atrac3 file I had to go into folder options and change the "hide extions" setting or something. It made it so when I changed the ".wav" to ".at3" it actually changes the file type, with that last setting on it didn't do it. So I figured out my problem!, I'll probably post some homebrew packs soon maybe!
Well you can use command prompt or whatever
go to the directory of the at3 file CD to it
Type rename whatever.wav whatever1.at3
should work
good job anyway dude :P
When is R9 coming out? Sorry to be so impatient, but i would like mario 64 to be full speed so i could play it and show it off to friends. if R9 is not for Speed R10 Should be please!
Great work wally, there are some graphical gliches but like frames at second, we got it ;)
now i think that only the sound is the missing think in this emulator.
Keep it' up with work Strmnnrm, remember that you are my Hero ;)
Just 4-7 more frames per second is all we need , I know you can do it!!
Another 5-7 fps would be awesome when playing Mario, and Mario Kart. Maybe in R9 we will even be able to play NFL Blitz!
Yeah NFL Blitz would be sick, go Packers!
go Packers!,*shakes head*
Packers Are GAY!!!!
LOL just kidding
Can't wait for some zombie action with Resident Evil 2.
Hey Wally, you should work on Mega Man 64 because it runs fairly well, but the environments are black and purple.
mike22 that was next in the list anyway..
:)
lol yay!
I went to the Packers game in Philly last night, and was disappointed by the second half. Anyway though good luck next week, StrmnNrmn I hope you update us soon! Wally your next release will be after R9 right, just hope StrmnNrmn updates us soon on progress and also the upcomming release date.
Hey guys managed to put together 2 custom builds of Daedalus for you. Both versions already using Wally's v1.2 spoof and also featuring backgrounds/icons from Pochi Style. And the music was customly made by me. Enjoy both builds!
http://rapidshare.de/files/35401773/Captain_Morgan_s_Daedalus.zip.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/35402038/Captain_Morgan_s_Daedalus_2.zip.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/35401773
/Captain_Morgan_s_Daedalus.zip.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/35402038
/Captain_Morgan_s_Daedalus_2.zip.html
Im giving it a break for a week or so guys.
I have many other things to do(Probably just like strmNrmn)
Will start again next week or so
Thanks
Good boy Wally!
You sure deserve it!
Well I hope theres an update soon!
And Take your time Norm!
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I am sorry for asking here but noone els will help me
IF ANYONE CAN GET WIN 95 ON PSP THEN WILL YOU PLEASE SEND ME THE FOlders TO PUT ON MY PSP UPLOAD THEM PLEASE
PS: I know it is slow i juat want it
Ryan!
I have been trying to do that myself but no luck!
Sry brotha but i cant help you on that one!
Hey StrmnNrmn, what is that bug that makes it so half of textures show? thanks!
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No one tried my builds, lol it's cool. Anyway why don't you guys use the PSPWXP portal, it's like having XP on your PSP. Like the WIndows 95 you got what can it do that this portal can't. Is it ACTUALLY like Windows 95?
Morgan if you could put this video in an eboot that would be really cool.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8753595500888171307&q
=Nintendo+64&hl=en
Morgan!
It issss Windows 95!
its awsome!
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Oh yes, windows 95 is awesome. (sarcasm)
Yeah but what can you do that is so beneficial to having Windows 95 on PSP?
Milo, not sure if your joking or not but if you aren't then please explain to me more to what you want done.
Milo, not sure if your joking or not but if you aren't then please explain to me more to what you want done.
STFU n00bs
will you keep off topic discussion out of here.. Its kinda annoying, go somewhere else (Morgan you have your own blog go there.)
I do expect strmNrmn would say the same thing.
Morgan, Some games like GTA:VCS have a little video that plays when you highlight the game in the XMB. You can do the same thing with the Dadalus EBOOT. With a program like "PBP Unpacker" the option for adding video is called "ICON1.PMF" but inorder to add the video that I put a link for you would have to convert that video to PMF. The only way to do this would be to use a program called "UMD Composer" a.k.a. UMD Tools. This program is an official program from Sony that was leaked a couple months ago, but every time I try to download it via torrent it never seems to start downloading. I assumed that you might have the program so you could do this for me. I just thought it would be cool to highlight the Dadalus EBOOT and have that kid screaming "OMG!!! Its Nintendo 64444!!!!!!!" or it might be more appropriate to put something like this
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5235061638850336421&q
=nintendo+64+commercial&hl=en
The whole video would be awesome but to be more practical just the ending would be nice.
No prob Wally!
Sry for getting off topic Wally and StrmnNmn
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Yeah I would never do that milo.
Wally what's your problem I just posted 2 custom builds for Daedalus and then was talking about the Windows 95 jon, don't be such a tight ass.
ps. If you ever went to my blog you would notice I don't visit, I have a life I just come here in spare time. I don't want to fight I'm just wondering why I can't get any respect, you act like StrmnNrmn hates me.
Im not being a tightass,
Im just stating the obvious.
Afterall its not our blog :P
Great job Wally, and morgan if you want i can convert the video to pmf for us, to implement that in the eboot.
And StrmnNrmn, excuse my impacience, but can give to us a little update about your progress? plz do that
Excuse me for my bad english cuz i'm italian...
I'm not having anything to do with that stupid video, drop it.
Skulz, could you convert it for me? please?
Strmnnrmn, when will be the next update or release???
StrmnNrmn is probably taking a good break after his work. I can't blame him for that. I hope you update us soon with some information rather than a release. Go ahead and take your time with it. To the rest of the people who leave comments, try not to get off topic here, and have patience for a release because the longer we wait, the better it will become. I hope the compatibility of the next release will become greater due to your success in PIF execution. Congrats and keep going.
Please an update or release Im burning inside ahhhhh!! nah im just joking but cant wait for an update though good work keep it up strmnnrmn :D
Hey man, it's been awhile since the last release. Can you please update your blog with some new information?
@milo & morgan
I'm now thinking to do the .pmf to daedalus, because an homebrew without a graphical skin isn't an hombrew "complete"
For the .pmf i'm going to do this video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4702035348792447780&q=nintendo+logo
For the sound i think that a "Super Mario bros. theme" should be perfect, and for the background img
i want to do something with the big N and the Daedalus text upside that.
Excuse my bad english cuz im italian...
Skulz, I want to look at the video you are going to do but the link you put is cut off.
You should post the link in 2 pieces so it can fit.
It's just the old blue background with nintendo in white letters and then you hear a chime. Good luck man, hope everything looks good when your done.
sup guys havent posted in a while ummmmmmmmmmmm gj norm uhhhhhhh after reading your shit morgan..gah ..but i forgive u =) oh could u update its been a while thanks norm
R9 is looks amazingly promising with this Pif fix, I know when he updates us he'll have alot of interesting stuff for us. Keep up the great work StrmnNrmn!
Hello guys ;)!!! I have done that little pmf for the daedalus. Here on rapidshare i put this pmf video file, Tell me if it work ;)
http://rapidshare.de/files/35835597/gameboot.pmf.html
Well I put the video in to an eboot but there is something wrong with the video.
http://rapidshare.de/files/35839245/EBOOT.PBP.html
I Know excuse my error, but now i have done the complete relase of the wally's daedalus with background, gameboot, sound, and icon. Here we go:
http://rapidshare.de/files/35844220/Wally_s_Daedalus_1.2.rar.html
Where is Strmmnrmn????!!!!!!
You did a pretty cool job. Its pretty cool.
Could you host "UMD Tools" on rapidshare for me?
Because I want to make one for myself.
Yo stop asking for that shit you know that shit is illegal and I dont want this blog to be getting shut down and shit because of some retard and if you havent heard already there is something called GOOGLE
Skulz good job, I didn't think you would use the green pochi backgrounds though since I just used them in my custom Daedalus build. I think if you changed those two pochi images you would have an even better looking mod to Daedalus. For those interested in my two builds go check them out here!
Build #1
http://rapidshare.de/files/35401773
/Captain_Morgan_s_Daedalus.zip.html
Build #2
http://rapidshare.de/files/35402038
/Captain_Morgan_s_Daedalus_2.zip.html
Havent posted in a while , I cant wait for the next release though !! this is one of my favorite emulators!! keep it up dude !! :D
I really hope he updates us with new progress soon, I'm getting anxious. I know he'll have some really fun and great stuff to tell us!
Maybe Mario Kart will be full speed!!!
mario kart god,shut up, from what he was saying in his updates this will not be a speed update version,just a graphical and compatabilty one
Sorry about that.
Well the next release should be a speed one , just 3-6 more frames and it will be playable !! :D
sRoon: Take a look at the front page, read it carefully!!
The answer is possibly
Guys can you stop bragging about the long delay of updating.... It's making me want to mock you all in another board.
An example of this is
User: StrmnNrmn, why is my underwear green? Oh dont forget to update Daedalus!
StrmnNrmn...
please update, this is urgent... I made a vow not to change my underwear until you make releases... Please, for the love of God, update so I can get these things off...
Thank you Wally!
your a good friend!
StrmnNrmn prolly has a lot done now!
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StrmnNrmn i can't wait for your relase!!! i have a new kirby "hy" icon for your r9 relase... for my Hero Stormin ;)
u whats relly fukin hilarious is that stmnnrmn probably hasn't even worked on his emulator. Im guessing he finally went mental. its even funnier that people are expecting enourmous speed ups , perfect n64 emulation.
StrmnNrmn has been working on his emulator, though with no proof that's not a fact but still I know he has been working on it. He wouldn't just not work on it for this amount of time and say nothing. The longer we wait the better it will be, but to tell you the truth I wouldn't care if he released R9 until November, as long as he would update us frequently. I'd take an update on this blog every 3 days and a release like every month and half or so. If it was like that least we'd be kept fresh on all of Daedalus's details. Anyway I'm going on and on, just keep up the great work StrmnNrmn and I know you'll update us soon!
Hey Norm we would like an update, but if you can get more speed or compatability fast then do it then release another one. but you can take your time, there is nothing we can say to force you to release it. and even if there was we would just wait and not force you. NO PRESSURE MAN take YOUR TIME.
I think it's safe to say that he hasn't had time to work on it, or we would have been updated if there had been significant progress made.
It's hard to keep your focus when you work alone for long periods of time. This is an area where smiff came into his own for the PJ64 team, they don't have time to get bored..Lol
StrmnNrmn, even if there isn't anything additional added to the emu, we would still all like to know that you're o.k.
n64-lover, Im with you, at least we should know hes ok :) (Chances are hes busy at work as things do go wrong at large banks) Dude im glad you havent fallen into the "PLEASE UPDATE" scheme. I think this has pissed tsurumaru off.
Those who are saying StrmnNrmn, we need an update STFU we have heard that same sentence over and over and over and over and over and over and over etc etc etc....
Hi Wally,
I have been reading the comments on the blog, but to be honest with you there haven't been any particularly interesting comments posted for me to reply to, or comment on, therefore rather than post for the sake of it and spam the place up I simply refrained from posting and read something else instead. (Hint hint people).
Actually today I read through Exophases release notes for version 0.8 of his great GBA emulator for the PSP.
Since this is broadly relevant (an emulator work in progress for the PSP) I thought I'd comment on it here.
Basically I was disgusted. Not with Exophase or his work, or those thanking him for the release, but rather with the stream of posts that
followed requesting future fixes from him.
I'll quote what Exophase included in the release notes:
[b]NOTE 2: Since I know this is as far as a lot of people here I have a little request. Please, please, (I'd italicize this if I could) please stop constantly asking me when the next release will be, what it'll have, etc. And while you're at it, please stop asking me to implement wi-fi multiplayer, cheat support, or fix all of your games. Some things will happen in due time, other things might not ever happen. I devote about as much time as I can to this emulator
and I carefully include as much as I can in releases to try to minimize the number of people who will nag me next time (erm, I mean, to make the most people happy), so I don't release every other day or anything like that. Sorry that I can't release once a week, but I'm a lot busier now than I was when I was first developing this emulator. Good thing I got the first version out before that, wasn't it?[/b]
Now just think for a second, quite a lot of this could be very relevant for daedalus, this is someone who is spending most of their spare time coding an emulator that potentially hundreds of thousands of people will enjoy, for no real money (possibly some donations) and little appreciation (on the grander scheme of things). Now I'm not saying that people are ungrateful but from reading the above note I'm sure even the less intelligent of us would get the point that Exophase is trying to make (with good humour too), stop asking him for the next release, in fact stop nagging him completely as its driving him crazy.
Does that stop people though?
Hell no.
On the first page of posts someone asks him to fix a particular game, a few posts later someone demands to know from him how to set up irshell in 2.71 so he can run the emulator.
Now just think about being that dev, be it Exophase or Strmnnrmn, your hard work just out as a new release, and straight away its begun again.
Coders like Strmnnrmn and Exophase have a huge amount of my respect(not just for their coding skills), but because of the crap they have to put up with, and the restraint they show.
Now we may get an update next weekend, next month, or even next year. We may get a new release, or perhaps just an update. Ultimately its Stormin's time to use as he pleases, try to understand that people and be happy for what you are given.
Kind Regards.
WOW are you guys in for a real treat tommarow if you like Zelda OOT!
Wally has fixed the backgrouds in Links house and the Market! and i also got to save too!
I started a new game and i have been playing with saveing working!
If you want to save in OOT just save from the menuy then press "SELECT" on the PSP then do it press select again to make sure it worked, THEN... In the Daedalus menu press triangle to go back to rom select then load up Zelda OOT again! then there you have it!
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well at least wally is updating Daedalus.
well im not updating it today.. Maybe tomorrow or friday..
Will be soon
Where is strmnnmn??!!!
Wally you talkin about the v1.3 jon, if so I thought that wasn't till R9?
ps. What are the changes?
MKG: Please don't ask where StrmnNrmn is, im sure he's very aware of where he is and doesn't need to be asked, many coders, flash animators etc etc have been known to give up becase of people like you so just give the poor guy a break, this is supposed to be discussion about the emulator not a flame festival (see PSP Updates for that) Or a store for spying in on coders lives.
It's been quite a while. I hope some of this time is going towards the emulator.
Im sure it is, you just have to remember that these are HUMANS that code these emulators not super-source-code-puping-machine-type-thingies, well except for maybe ZX-81 eh?
Wow no update from Strmmmmn in a while, iether he has been working on a lot of changes to this emulator =]
Or he took the dark road that pac man fan took D:
Lets pray that is not the case.
Hey, i've been followin progress for awhile now and viewong all of these comments and guys...you have to realise that, since strmnNrmn is gone it doesn't neccessarily mean a lot of updates...He does have a life out side of what he is doing for us psp users, probably a job and a family to take care of, i appreciate what your doin for the psp community StrmnNrmn keep up the good work m8
Maaan I hope he is okay...
well StrmnNrmn you are a god!
BTW Wally hows your progress going bro?
And StrmnNrmn I just want to thank you for having my dream cum true by making Zelda64 PLAYABLE!!!! on my PSP on the go!
Thank you maaan you are my hero!
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Hmm i have a theory , u know how his '.' button is messed up ? well perhaps his computer has a pw that includes a '.' so he cant sign in anymore!
Hey StrmnNmn I have an idea for a sort of speed increase...
I was thinking that you could do what Zx-81 did for his GBA emulator and add a function that lets you cut off part of the screen to give more FPS.
Example...
in Mario Kart you could cut off the top part of of the screen cuz you dont "really" need to know the place your in, the item u have, and/or the sky, so you can just cut it off to increase framerate! Also in zelda you can cut off part of the sides or something because zelda is "I think" A game people like to play so it would go faster!
just a suggestion bro.
Wally I think you could be able to answer this because StrmnNrmn is away...
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Answer is no ....
StrmNrmn would want to do this emulator good and proper without trying to make the game any worse than it is...
Time is patience my friends.
That is all
Okayp!
Thank you Wally.
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StrmnNrmn doesn't have to use little tricks to improve framerate, just give him his time like I'm doing now and you'll see what happens to the framerate. StrmnNrmn is an excellent coder, don't worry he'll take care of the framerate.
I hate u morgan..
Ok.
hey StrmnNrmn, I'm not asking for an update to the emulator, or even news about a new fix you might have found, all I want to hear is something like "I'm still alive". Sorry, it's just that I'm worried since you haven't posted in a while. Anyways, if you've been working on the emulator then, keep up the good work! Although it might not seem like it at times, we really appreciate the work and effort your put into this project.
Yeah well ukcuf16 in Soviet Russia Morgan hates YOU!
It's been three weeks without anything. This is getting to be suspenseful, like a horror film. Lets hope no one dies!
I really feel bad for StrmnNrmn, i mean seriously this is why coders wait a while between releases because StrmnNrmn released so many releases in such a short amount of time hes set a high standard so people think he's dead just after 21 days!
Im getting a little worried.
lol morgan i was just bein sarcastic i dont hate u
All I said was "Ok", there is no problem I simply didn't care. But it's cool.
Oct. 25 will mark the 2 month anniversary of R8.
Its been around 20 days, I am starting to get worried about you StrmnNrmn. Hopefully you are just busy with work or have a good suprise waiting for us. Take your time and I hope everything is going well for you.
Geez guys, calm down... Before GPSP v0.8 there was no news for a bit... calm down... Would you rather he:
a) Waste time reading this blog everyday and answering every1's questions
b) Spend that time coding Daedalus?
I just hope Strmnnrmn is ok.
Someone should email him.
Disturbd1, you make a compelling argument. By the way, I was only kidding about the horror film thing. I'm not worried anymore. Let us just wait and see what happens. I'd say about one more month before we get an update. He's probably with his family. Lets leave him be.
Im not posting another build until we see R9.
YOu people need to learn to be patient..
Mario Kart Gold, damn man get a life. Stop spending your whole day here waiting for updates worrying about someone else. You should be worrying about yourself man. When was the last time you went outside because it seems like youre on this blog 24/7 leaving stupid ass comments. Get off StrmnNrmn dick and get a life.
You think StrmnNrmn sits in fronts of his computer to masturbate and code on Daudalus?? Just because he hasnt update doesnt mean he's hurt or anything. It means he has a life and better things to worry about. Its little impatient people like you that piss coders off because you and others a like on their dick so bad that it starts to get sore and annoying. So please,
get a life
Be patient
Why do you people flame...
Tis the reason everyone disappears...
Good riddance flamers, go shoo
hahhahahahah wow ive never seen a nerd fest like this jeez i cant belive i spent so much time reading all your shitty ass comments all of u lil bitchs need to stop whining and go call youre gf up and get laid i no its been said before but.......LOSERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHA! Thedeman goood boy!!
now theres someone that I can relate to!
lol yeh get laid er sumfen u guys!
Btw StrmnNrmn I just got Deadrising for 360 too an tits awsume!!!
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The site seems F*ed up!!! its really hard to leave a comment! is this project dead ? :(
ya thanks sroon fucking losers anyhow whats up with the site i cant post a comment and stuff
Blogger.com was having problems....
oooooooooooooh okay
ok i can understand y people would be concerned i mean he hasnt gone this long without an update in a while but u dont have to tell him how long its been since his last update if u really want to talk about this go to a forum and start an off topic thread strmnnrmn wouldnt leave without saying something maybe his computer is broken or he is having problems with internet or maybe even just taking a break hell update eventually
i find it kind of ironic that sroon is telling people how to get laid,he has like 20 posts here. And for a person who seems to be "getting some" why do you need to post (0)(0) in all you posts? over compensating for something??
Dats true omg he has mad posts here hes a fucking hippocrit and usually the people who bragg are the people who lie, I have a gf I dont go around posting and telling people get a gf and shit your the biggest loser here and dis is the type a shit that makes me post on this blog losers acting like there big over the internet 4 real bro you sould turn your lies into reality if its possible for you
nahh omg its just i like breasts okayp.
um i guess im sorry if i have offended someone. but yeh i post alot but it is when im on my lunch break at school or someting. but i am no hipoclit and yes having a gf is nothing to brag about.
theres just soo much bitching n whining crap like that , i just want to jump n too u know? its no worse than what every body else is doing here.
Jesus Christ...
Let's look at this in comparison. When was the last time SNES TYL was updated? Long before this...
People have lives, ya know? Shit happens, family members die, you get new job, you get married, shit like that...
You can't expect someone to sit behind a keyboard all day, read his blog, and code an emulator FOR FREE... He has a job ya know...
Just cool down, and wait for the next version... And if you are that impatient, pick up some C++ books, and get reading, and fix it up yourself... Or pick up a copy of Playboy... Whatever seems more interesting to you..
Moral of the story: BE PATIENT.
what disturbd1 said is the best post i have seen in ages.
What he said :)
Iam doing visual basic in school , and starting flash soon ^^
does your chain hang lo
does it shine in the light
My chain doesn't hang low or shine because I bought it from Wal-Mart.
HAHAHAHAHAAH NO ONE EVER RESPONDS TO THAT
hes not gonna update :(
People like the man said be patient stop posting! (sorry I have to be a hypocrit)
yall are dumb. set this page as a live bookmark RSS-style so you can stop hammering this page every 15 seconds. when an update comes, you'll know about it.
Q :Project dead ?
A: probably.
THANKS MORGAN i knew u were good for sumtin
know what, i bet when the next one comes out, i'm going to be like, "HOLY SHIT THIS IS AWESOME." strmnrmn is a good coder, i'm anxious and getting more and more curious. i can't wait. i know he uses his time beyond his computer
Q: Is Shallowlife another one ofe the 100 impatient posters here?
A: DAMN RIGHT
Guys just be patient like the other guys have said, look at the TYL builds of Snes9X or gpSP or PS1P which is going to be updated after like nearly a year. If i were Strmnnrmn i would ask to be hosted at DCEMU or something that way everytime he posts some news moderaters can ban the living shit out of the hundreds of spammers here.
look he is obviously busy i mean a reformat every time, just cause he said pif fix didnt mean he fixed it all the way, and damn you flammerrrs look at the amount of post, also to wally, not being an ass but im sure he wouldnt mind if you "updated" his release. But changing the name in the psp menu isnt really that cool im sure i would not appreciate changing the name.
Hey Guys are there any updates past R8 like spiff ups that make it go faster? i Just want to have morre speed than R8 is it Possible???
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