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by rhester72
Tue Dec 12, 2023 4:19 pm
Forum: Neo Geo MVS / AES / CD
Topic: Neo Geo Cue Files
Replies: 16
Views: 3018

Re: Neo Geo Cue Files

Make sure you remove the copy protection from affected games...

by rhester72
Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:14 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 595
Views: 136571

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Quick SAM question specific to Amiga - when games/demos run in SAM, the aspect ratio is messed up and they display entirely full-screen (i.e. widescreen), but look 'normal' under MegaAGS. Is there anything I can do about that? EDIT: Even though aspect ratio for the Minimig core was set to 'Original', I had to set it to Original again (by toggling i...
by rhester72
Sat Dec 09, 2023 4:41 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 595
Views: 136571

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

OK...as long as it's not just me, it's not an issue...you have to literally stare at the countdown to see it, and I'm normally looking at the games. ;)

by rhester72
Sat Dec 09, 2023 2:39 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 595
Views: 136571

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Serial controller is CP2102N. Only the one TTY device. No tasks running except tty2oled and SAM. CPU clocked at 1.2GHz, RAM at 1GHz. If I stare at an entire 3-minute cycle of a game on SAM, it 'skips' one second twice during the 168-second countdown, roughly equally spaced apart. It would seem that each 'second' actually lasts 1.0119 seconds, leadi...
by rhester72
Sat Dec 09, 2023 2:34 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 595
Views: 136571

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Mine is ESP32. Like I said, once I updated tty2oled to the latest, the skips are very infrequent...but if you watch long enough, you'll see one. It was far worse before, skipping every 4-5 seconds.

by rhester72
Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:12 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 595
Views: 136571

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Update: When I updated the tty2oled script, the issue with 'jumping' numbers seems GREATLY reduced (it still happens, but it's extremely infrequent now).

Is that particular function controlled by tty2oled itself? If so, I'll tag @venice about it.

by rhester72
Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:37 pm
Forum: Genesis / Mega Drive, Sega CD, 32X
Topic: MiSTer Nuked-MD MegaDrive Core
Replies: 116
Views: 39817

Re: MiSTer Nuked-MD MegaDrive Core

OK, we've reached the level of full-scale pedantry, so I'll leave you to it.

by rhester72
Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:46 am
Forum: Genesis / Mega Drive, Sega CD, 32X
Topic: MiSTer Nuked-MD MegaDrive Core
Replies: 116
Views: 39817

Re: MiSTer Nuked-MD MegaDrive Core

Because nobody gives a whit about latency if the gameplay is inaccurate, which is where accuracy is normally defined. Take Bubble Bobble, for instance. Without a proper decap of the MCU, for decades emulation of such an old game suffered to such a degree that gameplay was severely impacted. If you took that and made it ultra low latency...would it ...
by rhester72
Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:26 pm
Forum: Genesis / Mega Drive, Sega CD, 32X
Topic: MiSTer Nuked-MD MegaDrive Core
Replies: 116
Views: 39817

Re: MiSTer Nuked-MD MegaDrive Core

I'm not sure I can get on board with that definition of 'accuracy'...fidelity, perhaps.

by rhester72
Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:22 pm
Forum: Amiga (Minimig)
Topic: AmigaVision (MegaAGS) 2023.07.17 Released with Improved Launcher Reliability
Replies: 90
Views: 47299

Re: AmigaVision (MegaAGS) 2023.07.17 Released with Improved Launcher Reliability

I'm more concerned about who targeted it (and why). I have my suspicions, but that wouldn't bode well at all.

by rhester72
Thu Dec 07, 2023 6:03 pm
Forum: Genesis / Mega Drive, Sega CD, 32X
Topic: MiSTer Nuked-MD MegaDrive Core
Replies: 116
Views: 39817

Re: MiSTer Nuked-MD MegaDrive Core

There are certainly many (MANY!) latency benefits...I was referring purely to accuracy. I'm not sure who first started the trope about FPGA being more accurate "because it's hardware instead of software", but if I ever meet them in a dark alley, they shall pay. LOL

by rhester72
Thu Dec 07, 2023 5:19 pm
Forum: Amiga (Minimig)
Topic: AmigaVision (MegaAGS) 2023.07.17 Released with Improved Launcher Reliability
Replies: 90
Views: 47299

Re: AmigaVision (MegaAGS) 2023.07.17 Released with Improved Launcher Reliability

Anyone know why the hell it was taken down in the first place?

by rhester72
Thu Dec 07, 2023 2:14 pm
Forum: Commodore 16, 64, 128, VIC-20, PET
Topic: C64 problem with The Space is Broken demo
Replies: 9
Views: 6728

Re: C64 problem with The Space is Broken demo

There was a HUGE kerfuffle at the idea of merging the cores, so I don't expect that will ever happen.

by rhester72
Thu Dec 07, 2023 2:11 pm
Forum: Genesis / Mega Drive, Sega CD, 32X
Topic: MiSTer Nuked-MD MegaDrive Core
Replies: 116
Views: 39817

Re: MiSTer Nuked-MD MegaDrive Core

Arcade cores are often translated directly from MAME source code. I can't speak for other products.

As has been discussed many times on these forums by now, the primary advantage to FPGA is massive-scale parallelism, not necessarily accuracy. In the latter sense, FPGA has no inherent advantage over software emulation.

by rhester72
Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:17 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 595
Views: 136571

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Just loaded a fresh copy of SAM and am actively testing (with mostly-default settings).

It's been a bit since I had SAM active...the "Next game in..." countdown now frequently skips a second, like something has it bogged down. Is that normal?

by rhester72
Tue Dec 05, 2023 4:53 pm
Forum: Neo Geo MVS / AES / CD
Topic: KoF96 Picture crop
Replies: 4
Views: 2448

Re: KoF96 Picture crop

When you open the core menu (with F12 or any other means) and choose the Audio & Video section, there's an item called 'Width' - you can set it to either 320px or 304px, the latter being to crop out the blank or 'ugly' pixels on games that don't use the whole screen.

by rhester72
Tue Dec 05, 2023 4:21 pm
Forum: Neo Geo MVS / AES / CD
Topic: KoF96 Picture crop
Replies: 4
Views: 2448

Re: KoF96 Picture crop

Many NG games only output 304 pixels vs. 320. This is one of them.

This can be adjusted in-core via Audio & Video/Width if desired.

by rhester72
Sat Dec 02, 2023 6:36 pm
Forum: Nintendo 64 (N64)
Topic: N64 Core
Replies: 508
Views: 675017

Re: N64 Core

Can't believe NOBODY is talking about Goldeneye being playable!

by rhester72
Fri Dec 01, 2023 7:20 pm
Forum: Sega Saturn
Topic: Sega Saturn Core in Development
Replies: 942
Views: 418848

Re: Sega Saturn Core in Development

Primeira_Fase wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2023 6:45 pm

We have'nt updates for long time, do any chance of this core be finished anytime?

Probably faster if Russia stops attacking Ukraine.

by rhester72
Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:26 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 595
Views: 136571

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

The problem isn't when SAM is running...it's that if SAM is even loaded and idle/waiting because I'm actually playing a real core, the OLED screen still won't go into screen-saver mode...so the risk of burn-in ironically isn't when SAM is active, but when it's idle (and that's bad).

by rhester72
Thu Nov 30, 2023 3:11 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!
Replies: 595
Views: 136571

Re: MiSTer Super Attract Mode (SAM) is now available - the first game screensaver for your MiSTer!

Any hope of ever fixing the bug where SAM prevents tty2oled from entering sleep/screen saver mode? I love SAM...but not enough to kill my precious OLED. =)

by rhester72
Tue Nov 28, 2023 12:24 am
Forum: Nintendo 64 (N64)
Topic: N64 Core
Replies: 508
Views: 675017

Re: N64 Core

@Tulius Rename /media/fat/config/N64.CFG to something else temporarily, load the core to check the default settings and note them down, then rename the config back. That will work on any core.

by rhester72
Mon Nov 27, 2023 6:25 pm
Forum: Hardware Setups
Topic: Are You Going to Re-Configure Your MiSTer Setup for Dual RAM?
Replies: 86
Views: 42387

Re: Are You Going to Re-Configure Your MiSTer Setup for Dual RAM?

@mike911 I got that list from the earlier Saturn thread - I haven't tested any myself. I'll test VF2 tonight to see what happens on my setup (where Saturn generally behaves itself quite well).

by rhester72
Mon Nov 27, 2023 3:24 am
Forum: Hardware Setups
Topic: Are You Going to Re-Configure Your MiSTer Setup for Dual RAM?
Replies: 86
Views: 42387

Re: Are You Going to Re-Configure Your MiSTer Setup for Dual RAM?

An incomplete list of games where issues with crackling/missing sound effects and/or music were resolved by upgrading RAM from v2.5 to v2.9/3.0 (2-chip modules ONLY, the 4-chip versions do not work!):

Clockwork Knight
Daytona USA
Duke Nukem 3D
Earthworm Jim 2
Nights into Dreams
Panzer Dragoon
Sega Rally
Virtua Fighter 2

by rhester72
Mon Nov 27, 2023 2:11 am
Forum: Hardware Setups
Topic: Are You Going to Re-Configure Your MiSTer Setup for Dual RAM?
Replies: 86
Views: 42387

Re: Are You Going to Re-Configure Your MiSTer Setup for Dual RAM?

I don't know if this helps but I have three MiSTers and they all have the very first version of the 128M when it first came out. I haven't noticed any problems with audio or gameplay for almost all the way through Albert Odyssey. It's easy to switch between them with a shared save files with RetroNAS but I digress The music problem isn't with all ...
by rhester72
Sun Nov 26, 2023 8:43 pm
Forum: Hardware Setups
Topic: Are You Going to Re-Configure Your MiSTer Setup for Dual RAM?
Replies: 86
Views: 42387

Re: Are You Going to Re-Configure Your MiSTer Setup for Dual RAM?

C-R-T wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 6:20 pm

BS. Works fine on my 2.5 RAM. Zero problems.

a) You'd literally be the first on this forum to say so.
b) I'd be shocked if, at minimum, you weren't experiencing missing music in places/games you haven't noticed or played.