Nintendo 64

[weary palm]

Tiny endian

[languid dune]

Only just now getting to some testing for today's build. So awesome to see Doom 64 and Bangai-O working now!

[lament escarp]

Doom? You better not be kidding.

[languid dune]

Not kidding. It's mostly black screen, but there is some visuals present.

[ocean lily]

it's crazy seeing how fast lots of things run despite no cache implementation yet

[lament escarp]

Hell (literally) yeah!

[languid dune]

Also, I just got the japanese Bomberman 64 to work for the first time (the one that is exclusive to Japan). But oddly, it says the auto cic detection failed for it. Weird.

[mild ether]

64 dd can't be loaded correct?

[remote hatch]

Doom 64

[mild ether]

I forgot about the SM64 DD prototype. Will have to test when I get home.

[ocean lily]

impossible to play, but top gear rally gets into a race now

[languid dune]

Man, the controller update really fixed a lot of games that had menu problems. I can finally get into games like the two Bust-a-Move entries.

Nice, I can actually get to the character select now in KI Gold. 🤘

[velvet nexus]

you guys think this will get to the same level as the PSX core?

[languid dune]

Too early to say. But it will likely at least be better than any emulator.

KI Gold seems to lock up just as a match is about to start. So close!

[remote hatch]

Yes , i believe in Robert

[velvet nexus]

Its going to sound silly, but I just want to be able to play gauntlet legends

[languid dune]

Nothing silly about having a favorite classic game you want to play. We all have them.

[remote hatch]

I never had an N64 , for me it is a very exciting time

Waiting for Wave Racer

[velvet nexus]

it just never plays nice in any emulator

[mild ether]

I never had one growing up and only really played GoldenEye with friends and this core is actually making me interested in playing it now.

[velvet nexus]

I can use angrylion to run, but ugh

[languid dune]

Got a little white line at the top of the screen for Mischief Makers for the first time! Progress! 🎉

[sullen harbor]

I wonder if anyone has tested the latest Ares stable or nightly for Gauntlet

[languid dune]

Yeah, N64 emulation just never feels quite right. Even Nintendo's own official offerings on NSO often don't look or feel right.

[sullen harbor]

Also I think the dreamcast version runs okay

on emulators

[languid dune]

Plus the NSO games always force that hideous boarder around the games. I can't stand it!

[remote hatch]

That's why I've never been too keen on N64 on emulators

I recently bought my first N64 for testing purposes

[sullen harbor]

I agree. Though I've been very surprised in a goodway by Ares

[languid dune]

Come on Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits, why can't you be like big brother Namco Museum and just run like a boss on the core?

LOL, I actually won a match against the cpu in Mortal Kombat Trilogy by spamming jump kicks and uppercuts.

Love that it boots up now.

Also got in game with MK Mythologies.

Same with NBA Hangtime for the first time.

Lots of Midway games working now.

[lament escarp]

That actually scares me because of burn in.

[languid dune]

Rampage 2: Universal Tour also gets in game now. Before only World Tour could get in game.

[cerulean elk]

A fun version that I love

[deft tree]

being able to play 64 trilogy with good controllers/actual arcade sticks will be really sick

[languid dune]

Any idea why that game fails the cic auto detection?

[vagrant ivy]

because the MD5 of the first 4096 bytes isnt in the txt file

[cerulean elk]

Unsure. Haven’t tested it yet. Just Hero

[languid dune]

Shiren the Wanderer is also failing the cic detection.

[cerulean elk]

Maybe just bad dumps?

[vagrant ivy]

f0e4080f89633f49d147077a3cd84f64 pal|cic7101 # Rampage 2 - Universal Tour
f42bc7b9290e3ebc7c0378a52380ec21 ntsc|cic6102 # Rampage 2 - Universal Tour
26e11e72a615f54cddec074bd5540926 pal|cic7101|cpak|rpak # Rampage - World Tour
7177dcbe4ad490f50549a84576912ca4 ntsc|cic6102|cpak|rpak # Rampage - World Tour

so if your roms first 4096 bytes big Endian style dont match those checksums it wont be identified

[languid dune]

I have zero clue how to check that.

[vagrant ivy]

its not that important currently

[languid dune]

I mean, Bomberman loaded fine regardless. It just had the auto detection failed message. 🤷‍♂️

[vagrant ivy]

all the auto detection does is set up some internal options

[languid dune]

Yeah, it updates the cic number in the system settings.

[hearty python]

I guess the database is used only for the time, there are not all render functions and modes implemented

[vagrant ivy]

uisng powershell in windows

Get-FileHash -Path .\sample.txt -Algorithm MD5 -Bytes 4096

where sample text is the .z64 rom

so MyN64Rom.z64

qhy is that rom name in red

I guess the server has blocked it

*.z64

[languid dune]

Damn, when someone mentioned yesterday that Wetrix was running well, I didn't realize it would be this good. I own a copy of this game, and it's looking shockingly good already on the core.

[vagrant ivy]

The N o Intro Set was used to generate the file

so best to stick to No Intro set

[compact depot]

What is the best running game so far so I can give it a try?

[vagrant ivy]

Quest 6 4 Of course !

[hearty python]

Namco Museum, Pac-Man 😁

[mild ether]

You could always test Vivid Dolls with the new core.

[languid dune]

I'm a Ms. Pac-Man person myself!

[mild ether]

Best game ever to grace N64.

[ocean lily]

once the textures aren't all black, it looks like top gear rally will be playable

[hearty python]

Next week the cards will be new shuffled 😁

[mild ether]

Wetrix was working really well yesterday.

[manic basin]

The music gets even more terrifying on this build than in the original game!

[weary palm]

head -c 4096 "mario64.z64" | md5sum in Linux

[silent marten]

Namco Museum for 2D Robotron 64 or Wetrix for 3D although Robotron will still randomly crash

[worn delta]

Is there a new Mister Main unstable since the one posted on the 18th, and is the .text file still the same or is there a newer one? i.e. if I haven't updated anything since Friday do I just need the latest .rbf Robert posted in the test builds?

[cerulean elk]

Just new RBF

Unstable was 18th and if you have the text file correct then you just want to use the new RBF

[worn delta]

Nice, thanks

[lament escarp]

I finally played superman 64. Lex won.

[cerulean elk]

And you lost. Cause you played Superman lol

Bout a half an hour till testing video fun

[lament escarp]

Thanks for uploading when I have to go to bed

[cerulean elk]

Just stay up. Have a drink. Eat a snack

[lament escarp]

Skip work. The internet celebrity told me to!

[manic basin]

I'm your uncle who works at Nintendo and I said it's OK.

[cerulean elk]

Hey uncle wanna email me that Mother 3 N64 rom? K Thx

[manic basin]

Mother 3? That lady got pinched in Alabama on some new charges. Chrono dropped a dime on her 'cuz he got redpilled at a company retreat with Cid. Guy's a total De Santis off camera.

I had to learn all the lines for that character on the (two hour) flight. There was a lot of dialog. Hehe.

[cerulean elk]

I’m still shocked Mother 3 hasn’t leaked

Of all the high profile games

[manic basin]

It's pretty shocking.

[cerulean elk]

Like sure I’ve yet to find D2 for the 3DO M2 but holy shit that’s obscure

But Mother 3? that’s like 10/10 coveted, had demos out in the world, etc etc. so the fact that nothing playable has ever appeared is just really surprising

[silent marten]

It will leak eventually

[cerulean elk]

I hope so. And I’m not even a huge Mother fan. Fun games but not like on my all time list

[chilly ember]

I'm still waiting on twelve tales

[cerulean elk]

But I want to experience what was going on in 3D. Since Mother 3 was a ton of fun on GBA but still so different

So much in the gigaleak but no Mother

If I could just play the N64 version of Mother 3, the 3DO M2 version of D2 and the different thematic builds of RE 4 I’d die a happy gamer

https://youtu.be/mk9ASQp4mzw

Get after it!

[native mesa]

"If it's your favorite game I'm happy for you I just don't love it nor does anyone else" 🤣

[cerulean elk]

The nicest way to say “this sucks”

[languid dune]

The secret reason why Robert is working on the core is to ensure that Awbacon and Pixel Cherry Ninja can never take a break. Diabolical.

[cerulean elk]

Just twirling his non existent mustache saying “dance monkeys dance”

[fallen sparrow]

Live in a few minutes my peeps
https://www.youtube.com/live/iUiqoJ8nk0s?si=2-KchCk9ADTxWhrJ

[cerulean elk]

@fallen sparrow and I take on the world!

[fallen sparrow]

@cerulean elk I'll watch your vid tomorrow

Lol

[cerulean elk]

I’ll see you there for a minute @fallen sparrow making dinner with the wife so I can’t fuck off too much on YT without trouble

[fallen sparrow]

I started it, but then the wife started asking me to do things

Cool, no probs

[cerulean elk]

Same. I was hunting for bay leaves in the cabinet for jerked chicken

[devout leaf]

Sounds delicious

[cerulean elk]

Yeah I cut down a whole chicken and I will grill it up, do some rice in the rice cooker and bake some sweet potatoes

[devout leaf]

Delicious. Sounds real good.

[languid dune]

It was alive when you cut it down wasn't it? You monster.

[cerulean elk]

We really enjoy cooking and we have a metric shit ton of cookbooks. Mother in law was a chef too

[cerulean elk]

Hahaha if we didn’t live in Chicago I’d have chickens and goats and sheep. Probably not to kill…just to hang with

[devout leaf]

Oh nice. Grew up with a chef. In law offered to help me start a BBQ truck but I cook for fun and to relax. I don’t want to turn it into work.

[languid dune]

lol, for a moment there, I thought you said "just to bang with"

[cerulean elk]

Lolololol

[devout leaf]

Chicago to South Bend has some of the best food I’ve ever had. So much great polish food in the area.

[languid dune]

I'm still laughing. 😂

[cerulean elk]

Tons of good polish. We go to a polish grocery store in the burbs. Homemade sausages, tons of diff meats, good head cheese and amazing prepared food

[devout leaf]

Pazckis. Man I moved to Indy and they’re so rare here. Which is probably for the best 😂

[cerulean elk]

No more for me. Damn celiac

But they are delicious. Couldn’t find any that were gluten free this year

[orchid nimbus]

There are only 5 games on the N64 that are worth playing - change my mind

Mario kart / Mario / 2 Zelda and star fox

[vapid hawk]

resident evil 2, starfox, oot, mm, mario64, goldeneye, perfect dark, mario kart, banjo-kazooie

its not that hard

[elfin relic]

me, a broken clock: Sin 👏 and 👏 Punishment 👏

[vapid hawk]

daikatana

[cerulean elk]

I can’t change your mind. That list proves you don’t have one! 😂

[blissful plaza]

Mystical Ninja 1 & 2

[vapid hawk]

i think in my curated set i have about 50 games

less than psx but still plenty

[cerulean elk]

Bomberman Hero / Shadowgate 64 / Mystical Ninja / Castlevania Legacy of Darkeness / SF Rush 2 / Mario Party / beetle adventure racing / California speed

Just to name a FEW

[chilly ember]

Conkers bad fur day!

[cerulean elk]

That too. Banjo and the sequel

[vapid hawk]

does anyone like jetforce gemini?

i've never really got on with it

[chilly ember]

Same, It seems interesting but I've had a hard time getting into it

[zinc dew]

It’s good except for the teddy bear collection bullshit

[vapid hawk]

the level design is kind of weird, i think i actually got lost a bunch

[chilly ember]

I always accidently shoot a least one of the teddy bears

[elfin relic]

I'm looking forward to hopefully replaying Custom Robo. I brute forced my way through it on pj64 a long time ago and it'd be cool to revisit now

[storm parrot]

I'd imagine getting z-buffering to work is going to be tricky

[mild ether]

Vivid Dolls/GoldenEye/Perfect Dark/Saikyō Habu Shōgi and Doom 64

Holy grail games.

[elfin relic]

oh yes, everyone's favorite thing, shōgi games

it's why the snes core is trash, we can't play that one game

[mild ether]

Mahjong barely got bumped from my list.

[elfin relic]

we already got the best mahjong game with the addition of CD to the neogeo core

Idol Mahjong Final Romance 2

[zinc dew]

Is this real?

[elfin relic]

it's a real game that exists for the neogeo cd

one of the exclusives

[mild ether]

Not a fanta sea.

[elfin relic]

PlaY iT ToDaY on MiSTer, FPGA

[native mesa]

I think Robert is capable of anything

[storm parrot]

Sure but we're up against physical limits with DE10-Nano

If it can be done he will do it though

[spare meadow]

I hope that someday Eternal Darkness will leak

[zinc dew]

I played that at E3! It was a castle section and it was super murky and hard to make out.

[spare meadow]

Very cool! Congratulations! Its one of my all-time favorite game!

[zinc dew]

I was a kid at the time so I didn’t have any appreciation. If I remember it was like in some hidden away part of Nintendo’s booth. E3 ‘98

Same year they had twelve tales. I played that too. I only played Conker though, zipped around on some giant like squirrel tails in some large grassy arena

I am not sure if that was 97 or 98 now that I think about it. It was at Atlanta though, that’s when I went as a kid.

I still have the Pokémon pamphlets and marketing info they gave out at the show lmao

[spare meadow]

Another game that would be very cool if leak is Resident Evil 0

[zinc dew]

No sorry the marketing thing is from E3 2000

Image waterfall incoming

Enjoy!

I have a Pokémon marketing binder from e3 98 somewhere

[dreamy ridge]

lol i forgot that conquer 64 existed. what a weird pivot from rare

[languid dune]

Everyone trying to prove Vampier wrong by listing all the great games on the N64, and nobody brings up Mischief Makers, F-Zero X, or Wave Race 64! Shame on you all!!

[zinc dew]

but he said great games

Not Midchief Makers

[languid dune]

https://tenor.com/view/pissed-off-angry-very-upset-gif-22901504

I earned that GIF.

[zinc dew]

The Pokémon thing was funny because I don’t think I had the foresight or maturity to understand just how big of a deal it was: Nintendo had like a small section of their booth dedicated to it. It was dressed up like a Pokémon focused store filled with consumer goods.

As a kid it looked like some random Japanese game with little monsters and the game looked terrible.

But I liked Pikachu a lot, they gave me a couple little Pikachu toys which was nice of them

[languid dune]

You took one look at it, and thought, "I'm too manly for the Pokymans."

[zinc dew]

Honestly, sorta did.

It was for the original game boy and I was all about the GBC.

[dreamy ridge]

i was in high school at that time sneaking into the libary to check the latest game announcements at E3 on videogames dot com

[languid dune]

And here I was in college at the time, and I was all in on Pokemon.

[zinc dew]

Yeah when it came out that was awesome

Now my kids are into Pokémon, man that’s wild

[cerulean elk]

Also RE 0 on N64

[zinc dew]

I want to say I played that one too at E3. It was right next to Eternal Darkness.

I have more vivid memories of Eternal Darkness though

[marble cargo]

The Pokémon boom of the late 90's is one of those things you wouldn't understand unless you were there.

[spare meadow]

You are a blessed man 🙌🏻

[zinc dew]

Haha thanks but not really. The final game is way better.

I never played Dinosaur Planet until the leak actually

But I distinctly remember watching a video about it on the show floor and it looked amazing

[languid dune]

Playing Mega Man 3 early at a Nintendo Powerfest back in the day is my only claim to fame for playing an early preview build at an event back in the day. That and Yo! Noid.

[zinc dew]

Yo Noid is cool

MM3 is also cool

[languid dune]

But less so.

[zinc dew]

Let’s seeee

[languid dune]

I also competed on the Nintendo World Championships gold cart at the event. I...did not win.

But I did win years later at a smaller Nintendo Powerfest competition. Which netted me the amazing prize of a copy of Lawnmower Man for the SNES!

[zinc dew]

That’s me and Miyamoto at E3

[languid dune]

I didn't think Miyamoto wore glasses?

[zinc dew]

I showed him that photo at E3 2019 and he replied with “it’s good to see you again”

[deft tree]

Lol

[zinc dew]

Then he signed my copy of Zelda NES lol

Ok sorry one more dork ass photo

[cerulean elk]

Guillermo is that you?

[zinc dew]

Flexing with Martinet!

[languid dune]

It's Mario and Luigi.

The colors check out.

[cerulean elk]

RobLuigi

Wario, WaLuigi and the lesser known RobLuigi

[languid dune]

Luobby?

[elfin relic]

Wabby

[languid dune]

I tried to steal your joke, and make it my own. It didn't work.

[cerulean elk]

Its’a me WABBIO

[languid dune]

Stop doxxing Robby!

We can only handle so much of his splendor.

[cerulean elk]

He wishes he was as cool as Guillermo

[cerulean elk]

🤣

[zinc dew]

lolol

[desert crow]

LuiRobby got the super mushroom

[cerulean elk]

8/20/2023. The day we discovered @zinc dew is both Guillermo AND Wabbio

[zinc dew]

Who knew vampires liked retro

[orchid nimbus]

Me

[orchid nimbus]

nope eye color red

either you're a vampire or you're not

[compact depot]

Pink eye! Had this last week. 😔

[cold pollen]

Funny thing about pink eye, it just means conjunctivitis, aka the skin of your eye being irritated, but people just unilaterally equate it with the worst and most infectious kinds

[orchid nimbus]

not pink eye either

[tidal glade]

famous zombie eye 😄

[cold pollen]

I mean it literally is

[lone geyser]

It's almost funny (I'm sure there's a logical reason for it) just how similar that graphical glitches here are to the unfinished GC port https://youtu.be/rr5FivqJvYw?t=425

[cerulean elk]

Of course they do. They were alive for it all

[hearty oar]

looks like the port is also just missing z-buffer support, which would be the reason it looks similar

[zinc dew]

Remember when Microsoft used to make games for Nintendo systems?

good times

[devout leaf]

Microsoft AND Rockstar? Without looking that has to be near the end of the console. Since they were DMA for SSSV.

Oh wow their first game that wasn’t a level pack. Neat history. Thanks dude.

[calm knoll]

same, I'm just keeping MK64 on "attract mode" just because, still running solid after 3 hours lol

[deft tree]

god i played so much motocross madness on my pc

[zenith orchid]

yep, the issue with polygons of all distances rendering on the screen without blocking each other is the lack of z-buffer

[native mesa]

I met Gabe Newell. That's the only billionaire I've touched

To my knowledge

[zinc dew]

Seriously awesome game!

[deft tree]

Used to launch out of the map and the game would glitch and catapult you across the universe

[zenith orchid]

https://youtu.be/PSduUGL4pXE

I really wish this gets a translation someday

it's like sm2k, but you can also go into street view and talk to civilians

[mild ether]

Wasn't it partially translated?

I could have sworn it was.

[zenith orchid]

🤞

[mild ether]

https://krikzz.com/forum/index.php?topic=6982.0

I believe I tried it briefly after I got my everdrive and it was a partial translation.

[zenith orchid]

Hell I would play it. it's just kinda sad that this project seems to be abandoned

[mild ether]

I give up on the SM64 level select patch for now. Just can't figure out what I am missing from applying the code to the rom from TCRF. It just doesnt appear to do anything.

[kind nimbus]

Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey is.... playable.

[zenith orchid]

yikes, sounds like support is lacking too. hope someone picks up the project

seriously that game just looks so good.

[mild ether]

Nintendo does do a good job with the SimCity series. Played the PC version and SNES back in the day and definitely preferred the SNES version.

Sure the DD version is fun if you know Japanese.

[zenith orchid]

if it were fully translated, it would be the definitive experience of 2k

[mild ether]

Might be further along now than when I tried it last. It was a hot minute or two.

[cold pollen]

You just gotta unlock them players

[mild ether]

So that is why they are still dark. 🤔

[teal citrus]

I mean, they still do. Minecraft, Doom (2016), Doom Eternal, Quake Remastered, Quake II Remastered are the ones that come to mind.

[cold pollen]

the Ori games

[zinc dew]

would you believe I forgot that and I worked on two of those

[slate sundial]

• sm64_no_face_level_select.ips
(patched to USA ROM via
https://hack64.net/tools/patcher.php)
• MiSTer_unstable_20230818_116413
• N64_20230820.rbf
• configure your controller so that start is actually start - then, on menu, press UP, then press A, then press START (it's kinda unreliable, sometimes it works, sometimes not)

[teal citrus]

Really? You worked on the Quake remasters?

[mild ether]

Thanks, I got that one. I was trying to patch all the other SM64 roms to have the level select but it wouldn't take. Not sure what the issue is but I am sure I am missing something.

[slate sundial]

vimms lair ROM worked for me

[mild ether]

I wanted to make patches for all the others like iQUE lodgenet and etc. I patched the code into the roms and updated the checksum but no level select.

🤷‍♂️ N64 is kinda new to me.

[slate sundial]

oh wow, ok, you're doing stuff way above my pay grade 😜

I am a lowly animator (I'm on Monkey Island by the way, at Rare - I'll share some of my work once the episode is released)

[mild ether]

Awesome!!!

Convince them to release some of their archives of betas and prototypes from the 80s and 90s for me.

[zinc dew]

Hello and welcome!

Thank you for joining us! 🍻

[slate sundial]

I would love to, but the Microsoft influence can now be felt in every dark corner of the company :/

[cold pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/lurking-creeping-lurker-creeper-browse-gif-7869977

[mild ether]

I believe you. 😃

Was really excited when they decided to release some of the content archived for Halo and was hoping it would be a trend but sadly I think it was a fluke. Awesome job you got there though Rare is super legendary.

[slate sundial]

I wish more studios would do this, as the classics are co-opted by the gamers and the gamers deserve to have their nerd itch scratched

[slate sundial]

yea when Rare called I was trying to contain myself in the call 🤣

I grew up on their games, spent literal thousands of hours in Goldeneye and PD

we played them mercilessly all the way through high school

[mild ether]

Yup, played an obscene amount of them too with my friends back in the day. Good times! I can only imagine the excitement.

[slate sundial]

I grew up with Monkey Island too, so I've basically burned myself out the last six months trying to make my animations worthy of the namesake.

[manic basin]

Wrong chat. Hehe.

Regardless, Reznor good. Unless you're playing SMW.

[mild ether]

Is Ron Gilbert involved?

[slate sundial]

I don't know, I would LOVE to say yes, but that's for the studio heads to decide.

[mild ether]

Gotcha!

[manic basin]

He pretty publicly stated he didn't get a call about the SoT stuff, but didn't seem too upset about it.

I still need to play it.

[slate sundial]

Yea I read that. I can't really opine on it though given my situation.

[manic basin]

I love Dominic

No stranger to NDAs. Say no more.

I had to keep it under wraps that I was in a game with Tim Schaffer and Doug Cockle. I was dying inside until it was public.

[mild ether]

I am just waiting for an announcement about Maniac Mansion from him.

[slate sundial]

oh wow, kudos! I feel ya

[manic basin]

It was just OK (the game...the experience was awesome)

[slate sundial]

Yea a lot of projects end up being a mixed bag in retrospect

[manic basin]

Yep

[hearty oar]

I don't think I've ever worked on a game I'd actually want to play, but it's not really that big of a deal as long you like the people you are working with and get to do interesting things

[slate sundial]

THIS is so common. Man, none of the games I worked on I'd wanna play (with the exclusion of current project).

I've also done a bunch of movie work, and none of them are on my Blu-ray shelf, let's just say that much

[mild ether]

I have never worked on a game period but something tells me it's a little bit of a double edged sword if it's something you really like. Imagine working on Skyrim and not getting to experience it for the first time.

[manic basin]

I literally have two projects coming out soon that I never want to see again. Hehe.

[slate sundial]

Yea you can grow fatigued.
Also, work can get cut, and it's heart breaking. I had a 13 second sight-gag cut from Peter Rabbit - I spent 3 months animating it (worse is that it was very popular in-studio, but Sony had final cut and "needed to get the movie under 1:35" so they cut away the animated comedy to favour time with the live action actors 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ )

[manic basin]

And a few I really WANT to see that will never be released. 😦

Exactly!

[hearty oar]

probably depends on what it is you are actually doing/what your role is - I mostly help with porting, bringing up graphics for our engine on new rendering backends for eg. Stadia, iOS, Switch - I very rarely needed to spend any time playing the actual game for that kind of work

[manic basin]

I got to stand in for Brian David Gilbert on the next thing I want to see, but it's a long road because the creator is pretty independent - he has a lot of help, but the big set pieces are all his work so it takes a long time. But it looks incredible so it's totally worth the wait.

[slate sundial]

I'm way behind the curve on indie culture. I read he has a show on polygon? game related I assume?

[manic basin]

Nah, this is a VFX focused show called Dynamo Draem.

The 3D artist/writer/director/mad scientist Ian Hubert is a machine.

[slate sundial]

Ah ok, nice!

[manic basin]

Yeah, love the work, love the outcome. Whereas most film is just punching a clock. And sometimes a handsy producer.

[slate sundial]

those are the golden roles, few and far between

[manic basin]

Indeed.

[quick arch]

thank you for your test

[covert bough]

Ian Hubert is nuts with what he's able to do in blender

[mild ether]

@slate sundial Thought this might interest you. One of my favorite interviews with someone was at Rare back in the N64 days.

https://youtu.be/AcarhtNUgvc

[manic basin]

I'm supposed to be learning it but stuff keeps coming up. I need to just pick a few days a week to walk over and sit with him.

[covert bough]

I was a modo guy I had to go cold turkey to make the switch

Luckily there's a lot of YouTube tutorials to answer questions

[inner garden]

when I find out there’s a 64 game with a chameleon that embarks on an adventure through surreal and whimsical worlds, using his tongue as his main mode of transportation

[hollow rune]

This i the firs gtame I test with each new test build

The title screen has improved a bit but everything else has remained the same

[night saddle]

just got MiSTer fully set up again and my N64 library copied over. looking forward to finally trying the core and help with testing!

[silent marten]

Yooo Walrus, been a while

[night saddle]

finally something that will actually fit on my sd card 😅

[night saddle]

heya fuzz, how's it going?

[native mesa]

Yeah I want to move everything over to my NAS so I can share across two misters

[silent marten]

Yeah going good dude, been happily testing the N64 core 🙂 how's things been with you bro?

[fallen sparrow]

Nice, welcome back. I thought we lost you to Quake 2 😂

[native mesa]

So there's only a few hundred N64 games right?

[silent marten]

296 USA

[fallen sparrow]

My USA set has 302 I think

Some might be dupes

[silent marten]

84 JP exclusive and 4 EU exclusive

[fallen sparrow]

We living it large in PAL here in Europe lol

[silent marten]

Plus beta's and Prototypes

[night saddle]

pretty good, still settling in my new place but at least the move is mostly done. still a bit in storage to fetch and hella boxes to unpack, but mostly set up now

[silent marten]

Good to hear, moving can be stressful but when it's done it's done, hope the settling in period goes smoothly bro

[night saddle]

PC was one of the first things I had setup for work and stuff, so yeah PC games have been the only downtime entertainment for a few weeks lol

[night saddle]

thanks fuzz 🙂

[fallen sparrow]

Sweet, nothing wrong with Quake, I was playing the remaster on the switch

Got pwned online

[silent marten]

We also got screwed in this generation with the whole 50hz BS whilst USA was chilling with their 60hz hahaha

[fallen sparrow]

I know, we got F'd

[night saddle]

got a few projects in the works, mostly planning stage but cool to get back in the swing of things. got room for a massive garden now at the new place which is exciting. gonna wait til it's cooler out to tackle sorting that out though

[fallen sparrow]

Nice

[silent marten]

That is very nice

[night saddle]

I can't believe how fast n64 is coming along. @wanton sun is a real wizard to get things so far along already.

[pallid falcon]

Good to see you back, Walrus

[weary palm]

I wonder how complete that other N64 FPGA implementation is.

[night saddle]

been watching all the advancements and testing folks have been doing it's so nuts to see Mario kart running that well.

[weary palm]

Absolutely bonkers, indeed

[compact depot]

That’s irrelevant now that we’ve got Robert on the case 😌

[native mesa]

Yeah remember that other guy working in a PS1 core?

[silent marten]

The one that was running on a different framework?

I not seen any updates on that one for a while but I still don't think it is as far along as Roberts core

[cerulean elk]

Ooh nice. Whatcha gonna plant?

My wife and I have a ton of fruit and veg in the back and then a garden plot like ten blocks away. Drowning in tomatoes right now. More than any one human can eat

[native mesa]

Make salsa

[night saddle]

all the things. mostly looking forward to tomato's right now because the ones in stores around here are awful

[cerulean elk]

Not a bad idea

[silent marten]

This is so true, Robert is a godlike core developer and has debunked that N64 is impossible on MiSTer

[night saddle]

heya alarm. hope you've been well amigo

[wanton sun]

Great to have you back .I'm looking forward to some Videos in the future 🙂

[cerulean elk]

I didn’t notice you were gone @night saddle welcome back as well

[wanton sun]

mazamars core is much more complete, but closed source and will likely stay that way. Also it's done for more powerful hardware (the board i used for DS development, ~600$)

[night saddle]

there will definitely be plenty, and should be good quality with the 1440p setup now. 3d stuff can get really noisy at 1080

[silent marten]

It has been in development for a lot longer though right?

[night saddle]

thanks, been watching your videos to see how cores are coming along. thaks for sharing all the great footage

[cerulean elk]

Happy to do it. Always a fun time. Even if Robert keeps us all too damn busy with his sprinting pace of developments 😂

[silent marten]

Yeah this is true, but as you know I am always happy to test the same games over and over to see what has changed, you know Wetrix is fully playable now right?

[wanton sun]

are you ready for more? 😛

[silent marten]

I am ready for more 🙂

[cerulean elk]

Lolol. I’m always happy to play Mario again and see the weird

[remote hatch]

we are ready 🙂

[cerulean elk]

Jamming a second video at night and just letting it come out with zero attention basically performed exactly as if I had paid attention to it so I now know I can leave my schedule intact and just do a random two a day and everyone is down

Good data for the future

[cerulean elk]

Yeah I saw that. I’ll pop it into the next video. I was trying to hit commenter requests a bit

[wanton sun]

just joking, it's a work day, not sure i get anything done in the afternoon

[night saddle]

can anyone recommend me a 1g1r list for N64, or ones that have region-specific advantages?

[tropic sand]

😂😂😂😂

[cerulean elk]

Lol I won’t mind a break either. You take all the time you need 😂

[silent marten]

No intro set is pretty good if you get the region specific packs

[night saddle]

I'll look into it thanks. I have a curated set thats pretty limited at the moment and want to get the bases covered

[native mesa]

Don't tease us like that!

[pallid falcon]

All good, thanks. Hope you are well as well.

[silent marten]

He can tease us as much as he wants too lol

[lament escarp]

Hope this week won't be 10 hour days again. Kick back and remember to enjoy the nice weather while it lasts. 🙂

[cerulean elk]

Winter is coming. Which is fun but also cold AF. At least here

[mellow path]

I thought all European countries get August off 😏

[remote hatch]

I'd like to 😄

[zinc dew]

Did you know that the word Europe is ancient Gaelic for “August vacation”?

[weary palm]

I wish they posted some videos.

[zinc dew]

In ancient Gaelic, September means “playable Star Fox 64”

[maiden wyvern]

do you know something??

[zinc dew]

no lol

[maiden wyvern]

took way too long to reply

[zinc dew]

The things I know I never event hint or joke at

[night saddle]

[native mesa]

Thought my dentist apt was at 9:30 it's actually at 10. Time to kick back

[native mesa]

It will be quite playable once the z buffer is in place. I think it's just a background texture that covers most things. Maybe one or two more of the missing texture modes

If I was a speculating man. Which I am. Robert says he wants MK64 playable first so after z buffer the next logical thing would be the texture mode that the kart characters use.

[oblique remnant]

Im excited to zee the buffer 😀

[cerulean elk]

dentists are the worst

my father was my dentist. 0/10 recommend

[native mesa]

Oh jeese. Yeah I could imagine that wouldn't have been fun

[cerulean elk]

good pricing, bad bed side manner lol

[native mesa]

Love Jerry Boy

[cerulean elk]

its out there. We just need to find it

[pallid falcon]

Will Americans need a special build for the 'zee' buffer? I'm assuming it will come with the 'zed' buffer.

Might need to change the bios

[zinc dew]

there’s no d in z

That’s why it’s called the ZEE ECKS Spectrum

[cerulean elk]

Zed’s dead

[silent marten]

British made system it is Zed Ex Spectrum xD

[cerulean elk]

I’ve never understood zed. Z doesn’t really confuse ears thinking it’s a diff letter than pronounced so where did Zed come from?

And is it zed in the military or do they go with Zulu too?

[iron dove]

Zed X spectrum with a zee 80, it's perfectly cromulent

[raw oriole]

Nah, we're consistent on zed, so it's a zed80

[silent marten]

British kids are taught Zed in schools when they are young

[raw oriole]

We are also trained in Simplified English so we do understand usages like EZ Bake for example

[cerulean elk]

EZed bake oven

[raw oriole]

Webster wanted to rename soup to soop, I discovered recently.

He was a funny chap

[iron dove]

https://youtu.be/CYqqFqoLnnk?t=870

[silent marten]

I didn't hear of this one but that is funny

[raw oriole]

Stolen from mentalfloss: Cloke: Cloak
Soop: Soup
Masheen: Machine
Tung: Tongue
Greef: Grief
Dawter: Daughter
Korus: Chorus
Nightmar: Nightmare
Turnep: Turnip
Iland: Island
Porpess: Porpoise
Steddy: Steady
Hainous: Heinous
Thum: Thumb
Gillotin: Guillotine
Spunge: Sponge
Ake: Ache
Wimmin: Women
Determin: Determine
Giv: Give
Bilt: Built
Beleev: Believe
Grotesk: Grotesque
Stile: Style
Neer: Near
Sley: Sleigh

The ones that didn't catch on

[iron dove]

I'm Australian so it's a mix of both 🙂

[silent marten]

This is interesting

But what I said to Robby will always stand true, Clive Sinclair was British, we say Zed in Britain, Zed Ex Spectrum!!!

[raw oriole]

We also say fuck Alan Sugar.

[silent marten]

Hahaha

[zinc dew]

HAHA CHAOS

I love playing on my Ned 64

[orchid nimbus]

Nederland 64?

[orchid nimbus]

so Zed is single?

[silent marten]

It is how the letter Z is said so yeah it is singular

[orchid nimbus]

Zed's Ex Spectrum

[raw oriole]

Speccy's dead baby, Speccy's dead

[orchid nimbus]

yeah and people who only saw crappy Speccy ports to the MSX are darn right to think that the MSX sucks

[silent marten]

I was a commodore 64 child

[remote hatch]

Atari 😛

[silent marten]

@zinc dew what have you started??

[iron dove]

I blame the Jim Henson company propaganda

[orchid nimbus]

Atari was for Consuming - C64/Speccy/MSX are for creating

[junior pine]

that's Zed

[remote hatch]

yeah i had C64 and Amiga 🙂

[silent marten]

Amiga was amazing

[zinc dew]

I actually enjoy the ZX Spectrum lol. So cool.

[raw oriole]

It's a very special machine. As is the.... Nintendo 64! 🎺

[zinc dew]

More like Nintendo 32

What games were actually 64-bit? Like Elmo’s Number Journey?

[cerulean elk]

Bomberman Hero is 128 bit. Because it’s twice as good as any other game on the system

[weary palm]

What's this talk about Zod buffer?

[raw oriole]

It's currently lost in the phantom zone but will be brought back soon

[remote hatch]

Daikatana

[cerulean elk]

No. They said sod buffer. It’s the grass between the sidewalk and your home. Diff concept

[night saddle]

Zod 64?

[raw oriole]

Superman 64 being famously the best game on the system

[orchid nimbus]

Charles Martinet announced he'll stop being annoying voicing mario

[hollow rune]

Do I have to kneel before Zod-buffer? I guess if it is in the N64 core, yeah

[orchid nimbus]

https://tenor.com/view/reggie-my-body-is-ready-nintendo-reggie-nintendo-gif-21453494

[hollow rune]

nintendoeverything.com/charles-martinet-named-mario-ambassador-stepping-back-from-voice-recording-in-nintendo-games/

I like his performance, but it has been a long run. I was expecting it soon

I can't imagine they don't have enough sounds to use his voice forever if they want to

[raw oriole]

https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1693624002982314108

Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica)

We have a message for fans of the Mushroom Kingdom. Please take a look.

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[weary palm]

I don't love the voice, to be honest.

[orchid nimbus]

Chris Pratt will do it now lol

He made Mario sound annoying

[hollow rune]

I think it only gets to me in the GBA games. Otherwise I like it, especially Wario and Waluigi

[neat sierra]

Why can’t he do the voice and be an ambassador? Doesn’t seem like a huge commitment 😉

[worn delta]

Must be to get Chris Pratt in for the next big game

[hollow rune]

He will have to train his successor too. I can't imagine they will go a different direction.Th ose voices are pretty distinctive. That woulod be like having a popular social media site and then changing its name even though a verb associated with the name is a word in the dictionary, but that would be silly

[final walrus]

Please not crisp rat

[zinc dew]

Chris Pratt Mario is better than Martinet Mario.

the truth hurts

Like finding out the N64 is better than GameCube

Sorry, but we all grow up at some point

[hollow rune]

I actually don't 🙂

[orchid nimbus]

like when Snake's voice got replaced by a natural sounding actor

[final walrus]

Replaced? (Pls read in snake voice)

[buoyant oxide]

I am having trouble every time i load a game I have tried everything i can think of multiple times before asking here I have boot.rom with the sh1 checked on vampire website also I have the N64-database.txt and it is has the upper case N I can play namco museum but that is it when i play for example mario64 it boots for a second then freezes and garbled image at top 1/4 of screen evertime

[hollow rune]

but that also was a loss of a distinct voice, though admittedly Kiefer is also pretty distinct

[buoyant oxide]

I have the no intro set by the way

[silent marten]

Have you no face patched the Mario64 rom?

[bronze tree]

@buoyant oxide does Mario Kart run? That doesn't need any patching

[buoyant oxide]

yes I tried that version It gives me about an extra 1 sec before it freezes

I will try that now @bronze tree

[bronze tree]

and do you have the unstable MiSTer binary?

[buoyant oxide]

yes i have the unstable mister binary

and latest n64 rbf

[silent marten]

OK that is what I was gonna ask next 🙂

[bronze tree]

hm, should be all good then

[buoyant oxide]

mark kart 64 does work with graphic glitches (which i know are to be expected)

I will try another copy of mario 64 to confirm if maybe i just have a bad copy

[hollow rune]

strange that that one works but not the others

Mystical nINja will also get you stuff

[silent marten]

Quite a lot of games will do something

[hollow rune]

but how many have a lovely song

[silent marten]

Buck Bumble has an amazing soundtrack

[hollow rune]

I knew this would be the first response

[silent marten]

So does Robotron 64

[hollow rune]

unfortunately BB doesn't get to title screen. It didn't for me

R64 I never tried

[silent marten]

You have to press A after booting rom to get the splash screens and hit A constantly through them till it skips the opening and then you will get to the menu

You can either leave it with the image of Buck or go 1 screen further and it will still play over a black screen

[zinc dew]

@silent marten you made my day!

[silent marten]

Good good 🙂

[hollow rune]

Telling my friends about tonight's dance party

[buoyant oxide]

I figured it out I did not have the Lodgenet version

Thanks all

[viral swift]

wtf

[silent marten]

You don't need it but I am glad this one works for you

[viral swift]

Sexual Harassment Panda? 😀

[fallen sparrow]

😂

[neat sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/panda-office-pissed-tantrum-mad-gif-5146825

[fallen sparrow]

Panda of the month ☝️

[silent marten]

Hahaha

[hollow rune]

We are all friends who know about consent and are kind to each other. No sexual harrassment here, just lots of Buck Bumble.

[hollow rune]

I do love this girl's energy

[orchid nimbus]

I am not calling the everdrive collection crap - but there are some hacks in there is accommodate for the the shortcomings of the everdrive - I suggest no-intro instead

[modern sleet]

E.g. the F2 version of DK64?

[lament escarp]

The everdrive is in my opinion still the best option to play n64 games in an accurate way. But I guess soon it'll be the second best option.

[silent marten]

this core is gonna make everdrive obsolete!!

[lament escarp]

What are the i64 files in the no-intro pack anyway? Why are there so many versions of the same games in there?

[orchid nimbus]

I found several

[native mesa]

I don't want to play N64 accurately. I want it to look like a PS1 with an FPU

[orchid nimbus]

hands @native mesa a free copy of Mupen64

[native mesa]

Software emulators 🤮

[onyx minnow]

i love software emulators and fpga too 🙂

[lament escarp]

I wasn't impressed either by all the software emulators when taking a look at them. But I don't want to talk too badly about them either, it's what was possible until now and the people who made them weren't less enthusiastic about the n64 for sure.

[native mesa]

If I had an rgbpi setup it wouldnt be so bad. Just need something CRT capable

[onyx minnow]

a bad pi setup is something that does annoy me though, i went to a friends place with a retrocade and he loaded up super mario world. I've played that game soo many times before, but when i played it on his setup the lag made it so i couldn't get the extra life by throwing the turtle shell on the first level

[orchid nimbus]

used a Pi Zero w

[silent marten]

I was really impressed with UltraHLE when it first released because of how fast a N64 Emulator was created

[orchid nimbus]

yup - It took 10 tries to download the 12.5mb rom of zelda

so eventually I had to take a trip to a friends house 30km down the road to download over cable

oh the good old dial up times

[modern sleet]

Roberts work really shines a light on how complex the RDP is and why Mario 64 worked so well, and golden eye... well is another story

[native mesa]

Only think software emulation has a leg up on is netplay

[silent marten]

Ohhh I agree Mike 🙂

Was just saying N64 was still a current system when UltraHLE released and it was highly impressive for the time

[onyx minnow]

when ultrahle came out i was in high school, and i had a voodoo 1 so it was too slow for me, my class mate worked in a computer shop and had a voodoo 2 in his pc and the performance was pretty amazing for the time

[orchid nimbus]

@native mesa if I wasn't an MSX fan I would not have given 20+ years to the openMSX project - nice things is that all the work I've done for the project (preservation and documentaiton) can be directly used for the MiSTer project

There is a place for software emulation - it saves people who want to just try a library spending $600+ on a retro setup

[silent marten]

I had a voodoo 2 when it dropped and I didn't have a N64 so it was the best thing for me

[native mesa]

Oh yeah it's great for the scene. As an end user though I prefer them not

[orchid nimbus]

My voodoo2 is still at a friends place - I hope he took good care of it 🙂

[silent marten]

I bet he sold it hahaha

[orchid nimbus]

it's been there since 1998 or so

@silent marten don't care - never missed it

[silent marten]

😮 Voodoo 2 was the best card ever made

[orchid nimbus]

Matrox G400

[silent marten]

Glide was the best graphics API as well

[onyx minnow]

it was good but proprietary, anyone remember the glide quake controversy?

glquake was the open version, but bluesnews kept reporting about a guy who wrote a glide wrapper for it was getting sued because he didn't apply for a license to use the api

the glide version was supposedly double the fps, but no one got to see it

[orchid nimbus]

lodgenet - is that the n64 that was built into a hotel TV?

[silent marten]

That ain't fair, mods should always be fair game

[silent marten]

Yeah

[orchid nimbus]

Lodgenet files

i figured

[lament escarp]

Can the mister even use them?

[orchid nimbus]

@lament escarp did your brain leave your head?

the N64 core is in early stages of FGPA development

in case you forgot 😄

[lament escarp]

So the answer is no! I hope. Else I'll seem really stewpid.

[orchid nimbus]

if it's worth implementing it might come up as a future request

[silent marten]

Please no feature requests until core is feature complete

[worn delta]

Are they .i64 file format?

[lament escarp]

Yes

They're 1kb and part of the no-intro set. Dunno what they're doing.

[worn delta]

Weird, someone techy able to dig in what the difference is between these .i64 and the converted lodgnet that work?

Oh, 1kb only? Weird

That's not a full game then

[lament escarp]

Opening with the editor just gives the the name of the game inside

[wanton sun]

nothing on n64 should be smaller than 1 mbyte as that is what the PIF/Bios will copy at startup into ram and do a crc check on

so unless you patch the bios, you cannot load anything smaller

[lament escarp]

Thats one of them in editor

Maybe it's a proprietary apple thing?? Like itunes and iphone and ipod... the i64???

[orchid nimbus]

might be a title card

[lament escarp]

True... if its lodgenet it probably wasn't a cartridge per game but some menu to select from.

[orchid nimbus]

a\98\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00EEPROM/SRAM Eraser\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00

\B6\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00F Zero X\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00

so no - no need for the mister to use these files

they don't contain any information regarding the workings of a rom

[lament escarp]

Unless... for the upcoming lodgenet core!

[languid dune]

Did...did I just enter the Matrix!?

[silent marten]

Looks like you did xD

[orchid nimbus]

looking forward to play this game too

[silent marten]

Try it on the core

[covert bough]

there was an n64 port of cave story?

[silent marten]

I am pretty sure it was ported to pretty much everything

[covert bough]

that's awesome

[brisk edge]

I knew there was a mega drive and PS1 port but the N64 port is new to me.

[orchid nimbus]

https://www.cavestory.org/download/cave-story.php

GreenDev / Cucky made the n64 port

aka CuckyDev

[hollow rune]

My friends and I are dancing to Buck Bumble theme over here via MiSTer thanks to @silent marten

[silent marten]

You are so welcome 🙂

[orchid nimbus]

@hollow rune you have weird friends and you're weird

😄

[mild ether]

@weary palm what codes did you use to produce the level select in sm64?

[lament escarp]

Forsaken64 also plays really nice music!

[orchid nimbus]

Forsaken gave me flashbacks

first game I ever saw on a voodoo 😄

[mild ether]

Tried patching in the GS code from TCRF yesterday for the lodgenet and iQUE versions and it didn't work. I must be missing something else that is needed.

[ocean lily]

I'd have thought it would either wrap the addresses or return 0 for everything past the rom size to 1MB

[hollow rune]

Can't see anything, but I feel like a secret agent listening to it

[lament escarp]

Yeah there's no picture yet^^ just tunes

[native mesa]

Is N64 PAR 1:1 in most cases?

[wanton sun]

with a real cart it depends on the design, but there is not official cart with so few memory, so we will never know

[cerulean elk]

Just a 10/10 game no matter the platform

[mellow path]

I loved that game but I could not make it past the final boss

[orchid nimbus]

it's just a demo - not a full game - also the repo has been taken down

it's gone

[cerulean elk]

Bummer

[wanton sun]

first try

let's see if it's usable

[silent marten]

😮

[silent marten]

Nice job Robert!!!!

[mellow path]

Danggg

[wanton sun]

(ok ok, it's not really the first try...the first crashed the rdp pretty fast... but at least the first that somehow works)

[onyx minnow]

Glide was owned by 3dfx, so it wasn't so much a mod, but more a use of their API that wasn't "licensed". I'm pretty sure ID software refused to pay to use the API which is why Carmack used openGL instead. A lot of people incorrectly remember "glquake" as a glide thing, but it was opengl, not glide.

[lament escarp]

It's beautiful!

[hollow rune]

https://tenor.com/view/i-want-to-go-to-there-liz-lemon-tina-fey-30rock-i-want-to-go-there-gif-20051289

[worn delta]

Wound it be possible to get the next build to default to error codes being on?

[wanton sun]

you can just save the setting?

[silent marten]

<---- wants to test!!!!

[worn delta]

Ah, I may have missed that, didn't see save setting on second page

I keep starting testing and then realise I have error codes off and have to start again

[cerulean elk]

Well that’s looking good!

[daring meteor]

Robert doing a SM64 Speedrun I see, in the category of Render%

[silent marten]

Guess you gotta prepare your studio again!!!!

[cerulean elk]

Lol not today. Wife’s day off. If there’s a core today the video won’t be till tomorrow 4 pm

[silent marten]

Have fun bro

[cerulean elk]

Thanks. I don’t work on days off together. Plus even if we get a core today that looks that much better, people can wait till tomorrow to hear me talk lol

[silent marten]

But August news is coming soon right?

[cerulean elk]

Next thurs since it’s the last Thursday in august. Just happens to hit the last DAY in august too

Rare config of dates

[silent marten]

You gonna have a lot to talk about on the N64 front for that one

[cerulean elk]

Should be a fun month. Arcade cores, N64, Saturn updates. Lots of new fun

[wanton sun]

seems to work quite well...but it's not really like plenty of games more would be playable

mario64 is still a pain without the ground in bob-omb

[cerulean elk]

Bizarro world Mario

The void

[silent marten]

We still want to test it 😛

[daring meteor]

Does it affect framerstes much?

[cloud peak]

Plz skip 60hz

[lament escarp]

Thanks for reminding me, my morning was horrible thanks to your schedule!

[wanton sun]

until some builds ago i was always fetching the full line(320 pixels) even if only 1 pixel had to be drawn. Compared to this version, the z-buffer read is easily faster. I don't notice any more slowdown than before. CPU is still the bottleneck without datacache

[lament escarp]

If you want to add some extra render modes first thats fine too. :p so is the z buffer pretty much done now?

[wanton sun]

z-buffer has some special things for transparency and AA that i didn't implement yet

and maybe there are bugs, we need to see

[daring meteor]

Alrighty, that's good

[chilly ember]

I managed to get like 15 stars in super mario 64 last night without a crash but I died and it crashes because it's back to the face that crashes the game

[wanton sun]

yes, noticed the same when i choose save and quit

[daring meteor]

The TLB face of doom

[plush summit]

Does saving work? or are we all playing in Hardcore mode?

[chilly ember]

No saving haha

[plush summit]

Nice though, I'm still struggling with the Chain Chomp star lol

[wanton sun]

saving(to sdcard) doesn't work and i just noticed the eeprom is cleared on reset 😅

what is the fastest way to test it? need to get 1 star in bob-omb i guess?

then first option(save and continue) then reset

[plush summit]

probably Chain Chomp star

[daring meteor]

Isn't Mario Kart faster?

[wanton sun]

a whole cup?

[chilly ember]

Yea or lose all your lives. Chain chomp is fastest

[daring meteor]

Time Trials

3 laps Luigi Circuit

[wanton sun]

time trials would work, but the text is not readable

[cerulean elk]

So @wanton sun when you plan your Christmas gifts for family do you end up giving them in August? Because I still think you might be ahead of schedule lol

[wanton sun]

having mario kart working in nice quality in september would be great 🙂

[cerulean elk]

Tomorrow confirmed (kidding. Kidding)

[wanton sun]

i need something to spend the evening after work, haha

mk64 and sm64 together would keep me long enough busy until more games work 🙂

[daring meteor]

Tbf I think more games would work at that time

[vapid hawk]

z-buffering already?

[silent marten]

Chances are when he fixes the ground texture on Mario 64 and the Karts on MK64 a lot of stuff that is currently missing in the games that boot will be rendering

[lament escarp]

My vacation starts mid september, I would be super happy to play some mario kart by then!

[vapid hawk]

i thought zbuffering would take like, at least a saturday

congrats - another first on mister?

[wanton sun]

well, most of it i have done yesterday, so...

[silent marten]

Is there a chance we will get to test it today?

[desert crow]

Let's a go!

[hollow orbit]

When @wanton sun implements z-buffering faster than I can recaulk a bathtub…

[wanton sun]

hmm, it crashes when going into bob-omb battlefield...

[mild ether]

I am kinda enjoying the little by little implementation of the RDP, it really helps me understand what each element is doing.

[cerulean elk]

That takes forever

Peeling the old caulk off just SUCKS

[manic basin]

The old owner of our place used outdoor caulk on the tub. So I have to DREMEL it off this week.

[daring meteor]

Never before would I have thought I knew the N64 texture formats

[silent marten]

Also any change to how the track looks on MK64?

[cerulean elk]

Oof. We just can’t keep ours from molding. Every year I change it because it gets moldy. No amount of spraying bleach cleaner keeps it at bay. We spray and wipe down the shower every time. I scrub clean the bathroom weekly. Caulk just insists on getting gross

[manic basin]

I'm in the PNW, so I feel your pain. Everything molds.

[native mesa]

What is a good 240p modeline?

[manic basin]

But caulk, doubly so.

[cerulean elk]

Yeah Chicago is the same. It’s humid here all the time unless it’s winter

[native mesa]

I want to try out some different analog signals

[cerulean elk]

Spring-fall are just swampy

[wanton sun]

mk64 seems fine so far, but first level in mario64 hangs when the z-buffer is written to ram. need to research what happens

[weary palm]

none, I made changes to the source code and compiled. You want EU, Lodgenet etc versions?

[manic basin]

Midwest weather is a trip. I spent a spring in Ontario and it was the most bonkers moodswing weather I've ever experienced. 85+ at 90% humidity one day, snow over night the next, sleet, rain that went sideways.....

Guelph.... what a weird little town.

[cerulean elk]

It’s wild. Gonna be 100 here weds and thurs. Then a high of 68 Saturday. 30 degree swings in 72 hours.

[manic basin]

Me, to those lakes....

https://tenor.com/view/willow-val-kilmer-warwick-davis-you-are-great-gif-13387968

[cerulean elk]

We live one block from the beach. So I can’t complain. Love that

Except in January when the lake effect cold hits and it’s -15 with a wind chill factor of -35 and your nose hairs freeze in your nose when you go outside

Less fun 🤣

[manic basin]

Our beach (south Sound) smells like R'lyeh on garbage day.

So...

[lament escarp]

Had to look up what chaulk is - first I assumed your entire bathtub is rotting xD

[cerulean elk]

Hahaha no. Just the bead between the tub and the tile. It’s just prone to getting gross no matter how much maintenance you do on it

And I keep it clean around here. I’m the main chore house husband. Vacuum, clean, laundry, wax floors…that’s my jam

[manic basin]

I wonder if aquarium sealant would....no....no, I'm flying too close to the sun....

[cerulean elk]

Ooh that’s not a bad idea

It doesn’t get algae covered. It’s water tight. Why not try

@manic basin fuck it…gaff tape!

[lament escarp]

My brother in law is a chemist, I could ask him if he knows any waterproof, indestructible glue.

[cerulean elk]

Or a good safe meth recipe. The way AI is killing production I may need a new career 🤣

[silent marten]

How did this conversation derail into moldy bathtubs and the weather after a really important milestone in the core development?!?!

[native mesa]

For anyone using a CRT with the analog IO board. This worked well for me in mister.ini

[N64] vga_scaler=1 video_mode=320,8,32,24,240,4,3,16,6048

[hollow orbit]

Could just weld our tubs to the wall?

[manic basin]

Moldy bathtub == Superman 64, obvs.

[plush summit]

I like your way, MK64 and SM64 would keep us busy for a long time, if you're focusing on them the most.

[lament escarp]

They're gonna legalize marijuana here soon, including 3 plants for your own consumption. Best I can offer in that regard:D

[cerulean elk]

Lol because life still exists

[silent marten]

Life can go on hold!! We got Z-Buffer xD

[cerulean elk]

I’m only typing here because my wife is on the phone with her dad for a minute while we are out together

[unique coral]

Just make one yourself exactly the way you want it with retool
https://unexpectedpanda.github.io/retool/

[manic basin]

This feels N64 enough to ask here....has anyone had any luck getting the Dreamcast Mario 64 build from the decomp project working on MODE? None of the tools have worked for me. It's unnecessary, I just wanted to check it out. I've got PS3 and OG Xbox running and they are both excellent. I just wanted to see the DC port.

[lament escarp]

About that, there is a brand new unstable mister update. This will still have the n64 loading stuff right? Or are the unstables just what is says in the description?

[silent marten]

It will still contain everything prior to what it says is in it

I expect Sorg will release a new stable MiSTer main this week or next

[lament escarp]

That'd be nice. I imagine a lot more people would than try the core.

[silent marten]

Give the core another month and things are gonna be looking really nice

[lament escarp]

First time I put on unstable mister I felt like diffusing a bomb, and of course my mister wouldn't have video after reboot

[manic basin]

https://tenor.com/view/massive-sweating-airplane-robert-hays-nervous-gif-4349517

[cerulean elk]

I’d still say 95% of commenters on current Saturn core don’t use it. They just like to watch it

[night saddle]

unexpected panda, indeed. thanks for the link!

[silent marten]

When I first did it during the psx core testing I felt the same but it was really easy I mostly run unstable builds these days

[zenith orchid]

Yeah take your time. This is very good progress. I bet MK64 looks pretty solid now with both z-buffer and perspective correction

[silent marten]

I still wanna test it as it is now 🙂

[lament escarp]

Yeah I'm also more comfortable now doing it, especially since I already messed it up once and know how to revert/repeat what I did wrong. But there's definitely a barrier there. Running update all the first time was also a bit scary.

[silent marten]

Yeah I know what you mean, I love to have all the new bleeding edge features for the cores I use

[zinc dew]

Can’t get any more bleeding than the fun machine!

[lament escarp]

I don't like having this huge list of cores which I mostly don't use so at first I just deleted the undesirable ones. That's why update all took forever. Now I have a select consoles folder additionally, so it just grabs the new stuff and a can replace my desired cores if there're newer versions.

[zinc dew]

@lament escarp use filters to prevent downloading cores you don’t need

[lament escarp]

What are tags??

[zinc dew]

https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Downloader_MiSTer/blob/main/docs/download-filters.md

Filter list - https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Distribution_MiSTer#tags-that-you-may-use-with-download-filters-feature

[lament escarp]

Thanks I'll study this this evening.

But its just Filter= this this this and than I only get those right?

[mellow path]

Learn a little bit of terminal/ssh and you'll be borderline invincible

[native mesa]

Not N64 related by holy smokes the PSX Turbo Speed + 24 bit is game changing stuff. Just tried it for the first time

[solemn maple]

Just give in and become a digital hoarder like the rest of us 😈

[zinc dew]

If what you want to add is a smaller list than what you want to omit then yes. Take note that cores are also grouped, so !computer-cores will omit any computer core available.

[lament escarp]

When I start coding it'll be terminal indeed :p

[lament escarp]

Yeah I took a list at the second link with the viable terms. Seems like something I will do on a quiet evening with a couple of bottles of cider.

[zinc dew]

Cheers, friend.

[worn delta]

I have been filling in the gaps on the testing sheet today, but been quite busy with work and out this evening, a few in there that are booting that I haven't seen mentioned. I added a column for error code that is displayed (if one is) and logging if they are in the .txt file (i.e. don't get the error message on load). Big up to the other people who have been logging things, if anyone else wants to load ROMs and log their finding it is quite therapeutic 🙂

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1H4KYg0gsOWGayioXKSETtlM7d7g3Tk4w0QXqtXvugG8/edit?usp=drivesdk

[zinc dew]

@worn delta Is your script running?

[lament escarp]

I don't think there has been consens on which rom pack to use for testing. @orchid nimbus was advocating for the no-intro pack earlier. So which one will we use?

[silent marten]

No intro is the one that the database txt is based on

[orchid nimbus]

All of them

[lament escarp]

I think the database is also based on the no-into pack

[zinc dew]

Is your website running today?

[vagrant ivy]

@robby How Fast can you run ?

[orchid nimbus]

Yup @zinc dew

[zinc dew]

Then you better go catch it!

[orchid nimbus]

I was not going to give a childish reply

Dork

[zinc dew]

LOL

[thick terrace]

I had to step away from the group for 15 minutes. Did he finish the core while I was gone? lol

[wanton sun]

not yet 😦

unified memory has one major disadvantage: when your rdp goes crazy, it can overwrite instruction area of the cpu 😅

[mild ether]

Oh! Was just trying to understand why the patch didn't work and what I missed. I was going to make a new set of patches with the TLB skip and level select for all the sm64 roms.

[wanton sun]

if you create patches, could you do one that doesn't go to the face screen after game over or save+quit?

[worn delta]

The sheet I made is based on htgdb Everdrive pack, the ROMs seem to be the same as no intro, but unlike no intro it has a sensible folder structure. No intro has everything (US, JP, PAL, hacks, tech demos, betas etc.) All dumped in one folder, so it is not really feasible to use it for comprehensive testing.

But the ROMs are the same

[mild ether]

Oh, I didn't even know that happened. I will take a look.

[worn delta]

No intro also has everyone individually 7zipped which is not ideal

[vagrant ivy]

or you write a program to move them to sub directories doesnt take long

[thick terrace]

Fun fact: I designed what one game magazine called "The 5th worst Mario game of all time." Mario's Game Gallery for Interplay.

It was initially entitled "An Evening WIth Mario." lol

[vagrant ivy]

roms are 7 Zipped because its more space efficient than zip and when you are uploading gigs to the Archive it helps alot. Also Mister strangely is a tiny niche and most emulators can handle 7 zip

[lament escarp]

I agree but @orchid nimbus also seems super smart so I wasn't sure which are ideal.

[lilac scroll]

I just ordered two used n64 controllers and preordered two 8bitdo hall kits

This core has made me crazy, clearly

[zinc dew]

omg that’s really cool!

[thick terrace]

It's you playing Go Fish or checkers or dominos with Mario.

[mild ether]

I found someone made cen64 with gdb stub but I haven't gone that far yet. Just edited in hex from GS codes.

[worn delta]

Yeah, someone could write a script and unzip thousands of files, or you know, download the htgdb pack and not have to do any of that nonsense 😉

[vagrant ivy]

Htgdb is no longer updated

[devout leaf]

5th worse? That seems harsh. Mario Typing, Mario Typing 2, Mario Special, Hotel Mario. That’s four and we’re not even on the preschool games lol

[vagrant ivy]

Smoke Monster left the building many years ago

[thick terrace]

I worked on Mario Teaches Typing too, lol

[worn delta]

It is updated regularly

15 May 2023

[devout leaf]

As long as you didn’t work on the Sharp X1 Super Mario Special. That game is pain. Almost to the point of fun?

[thick terrace]

It's weird in the picture they game mario 5 fingers. Looks so weird

[devout leaf]

I can’t stop seeing it now

It’s so uncomfortable

[marble cargo]

Still waiting for Mischief Makers to boot and is playable enough that 100% completion is possible.

[weary palm]

I can try 🙂

[silent marten]

Next year more than likely

[devout leaf]

According to our time or Robert Time™️?

[vagrant ivy]

Quest 6 4 is the first priority !

[silent marten]

Lol our time, in Robert Time, 2 months xD

[silent marten]

This is not a priority at all lol

[vagrant ivy]

It is I am Tier 99 Patreon and so its the number 1 Priority !

[silent marten]

Adds another 64 days till that game is playable......

[vagrant ivy]

64 more days I can tell everybody about the game !

[silent marten]

Current estimated date December 31st 2045 xD

At this rate there will be a 3DO core before you can go on a Quest lol

[vagrant ivy]

Thats just Cruel !

[silent marten]

Hahaha

[vagrant ivy]

I will have to buy Tier 100 Ultra Ultra Director Special Edition

[silent marten]

Lol

[vagrant ivy]

That or recreate Misery. Now I just need to find Robert's House !

[devout leaf]

Gotta max it out at Tier 255 Patreon

[silent marten]

I really want to test the Z-Buffer build!!!

[vagrant ivy]

I already am ! Benefit of being at tier 90 +

[silent marten]

noooooo!!!!!!

[native mesa]

Really?

[silent marten]

inb4 GOT EEEM

[vagrant ivy]

yes and I have a bridge I am wanting to sell

Also a dictionary thats unique. It has the word Gullible removed. Yours for 10k

[native mesa]

I think he'll put it out soon enough when he feels like he's at a good sharing point

What is it 8pm there?

[silent marten]

yeah I know, we would have it already if it didn't crash SM64 when going into Bob-Omb Battlefield

[vagrant ivy]

9Pm in Germany

8 Pm in the Home Of Time

[silent marten]

^

[native mesa]

Ah yes Greenwich

🟩🧙🏿

[vagrant ivy]

well 7 Pm in GMT

Because we still feel the need to shunt the clocks around to help bring in the Harvest !

[silent marten]

hopefully we will have the build tonight if not it will come tomorrow

[vagrant ivy]

or the next day. Its of no real concern its not as if you are going to discover that Quest 6 4 is running perfectly

[wanton sun]

bob omb is no longer crashing and i could finally test what i was going for:

eeprom alive after reset (not yet saved to sdcard, only game reset!)

[native mesa]

😮

Saves

[vagrant ivy]

As an Ultra Director I am disapointed WHat do I spend my 90000 a month on !!

I do pay it to Fuzz directly. I hope he isnt keeping it and not telling me !

[manic basin]

At that point, aren't you an executive producer with invites to all the fancy parties?

[silent marten]

runs away quickly

[vagrant ivy]

Thats what Fuzz Tells me

He did buy a new Ferrari the other day and build a 9 bedroom extension

[native mesa]

In the Mario 64 font how do you think they determine which letter would be what colors

[cerulean elk]

Nice chunky pixels. I prefer this

[native mesa]

Same

[wanton sun]

flying folded paper 🙂

[cerulean elk]

That’s how they look in real life. Right?

[past mango]

These images are interesting. Looks like Mario 64 running on a PS1 🙂

[chilly ember]

Dang, Charles Martinet, voice of mario is stepping down from mario

[silent marten]

This is looking amazing

[fallen sparrow]

Good stuff

[hollow rune]

I showed my mom the picture and said how pretty, but my mom just wants to know what this means for Chameleon Twist. Dad and friends though are loving the pics I share from you @wanton sun

[thick terrace]

I met him once

[wanton sun]

uploaded the build. if you notice games crashing that 100% didn't before, you can try to turn of the z-buffer reads or writes in the OSD to see which causes trouble.

[fallen sparrow]

https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-says-charles-martinet-no-longer-video-game-voice-of-mario

Just came in my feed

[native mesa]

The mad man

Has done it agian

[languid dune]

I leave to go shopping for a bit, and return to another build!? Robert is flexing his magic again I see!

[vagrant ivy]

why are they watching a black polygon

[zinc dew]

It’s unown from Pokémon

[marble cargo]

That polygon almost looks like Missingno.

[native mesa]

missingno

[waxen bear]

Is the unstable Mister main still required to test the core?

[zinc dew]

Haha that was a trap to find out who the poke nerds are

[silent marten]

OMG MK64 track is looking perfect

[zinc dew]

And not at all a mistake on my part

[unique coral]

This is not true, No-intro are not "7zipped" or packed in any way really since there is no official no-intro set and the one that most people use on archive is using torrentzip..

[zinc dew]

I’m loving the progress on this core but we skipped the X and Y buffer then went straight to a z-buffer? @vagrant ivy is that safe??!

[vagrant ivy]

Nothing is Safe. We should start at A !

[unique coral]

and you are really supposed to use rom managers to sort them. You should consider it as a source material that you build from

[zinc dew]

THE TIM HAS SPOKEN, ALL HAIL TIM

[languid dune]

Extreme doubt.

[zinc dew]

[languid dune]

Anyway, time to get testing!

Again!

[vagrant ivy]

3/10 for Driving Ability

[tropic sand]

Wow.. boxracer64 runs 😁

[zinc dew]

I love PS1 graphics N64

[native mesa]

i had one hand

[zinc dew]

It’s like damn, those were some streeeeeetched textures

[zinc dew]

My favorite part of the video is where Luigi said “here we go” every 5 seconds

[silent marten]

Wetrix logo renders properly now

[opal quiver]

This is the PSN64 !

[cerulean elk]

For real. @wanton sun please make pixelated 64 a toggle if it’s easy AF and doesn’t require extra work

[vagrant ivy]

your supposed to be out with your wife !

Concentrate on her

[oblique remnant]

OMFG who zaid zee buffer!!! well done!

[native mesa]

He said texture filtering, AA, dithering, and blur will all be toggles

[languid dune]

And I'm officially using my NSO N64 controller for my testing. It truly begins!

[carmine kettle]

bluetooth or wired

[cerulean elk]

Amazing

[languid dune]

Holy crap, Mario 64 is already looking leaps and bounds better. Both literally and figuratively.

[languid dune]

Bluetooth.

[chilly ember]

My broken N64 controllers got delivered today, just waiting on the 8bitdo kit now

[silent marten]

Now all we need is the texturing modes for some of these games and the core will be very playable 🙂

[marble cargo]

Can't wait until Super Smash Bros boots and it just looks like this for severel weeks

[languid dune]

No more weird overlapping objects from further away. Game changer!

Ha ha, it's actually easy to stomp on the chain chomp's post now.

[carmine kettle]

can you map the c buttons?

[cerulean elk]

Stomp on chomp

[languid dune]

Yes.

[chrome quest]

Dinosaur Planet getting further. Showing an expansion Pak with no text. I'd suspect stopping like DK64

[languid dune]

Mario 64 also seems more stable now. Not crashing on me yet.

[silent marten]

Thank you for this update Robert 🙂

[native mesa]

I have 3 power stars!

[chilly ember]

Last build for mario didn't crash on me at all until I lost all my lives after at least 16 stars

[languid dune]

Just very easily defeated Whomp King in Mario 64. This update makes the game so much more playable.

[chilly ember]

So probably possible to finish the game without a crash if you don't lose all your lives

[wanton sun]

still not easy to get the stars for first bowser world...half the levels are black, so must get nearly all of the other

[native mesa]

freeing chain chop is easiest

[wanton sun]

i gave up after 7 stars now, the others require better controls than what is possible with these 15-20fps

[chilly ember]

If I get through dire dire docks and second last bowser level before the fight, I should be able to use the stair glitch and finish the game

[wanton sun]

dire dire docks is black, you will not get anything there

[chilly ember]

The swimming levels are tough because can't tell where you are

Dang

I figured so, just never got there yet

[wanton sun]

only the bonus star next to it has textures

[orchid nimbus]

mario 64 - advanced only

I had a crash on a save state creation

[wanton sun]

you cannot create savestates

[orchid nimbus]

finished 2 races in a row

[languid dune]

Look'n good Mario!

[orchid nimbus]

oh

@wanton sun that would explain 😄

[wanton sun]

no idea what happens when you try, maybe it crashes

[woeful grove]

this is cursed

[orchid nimbus]

that castle entrance almost looks 100%

@wanton sun it's amazing how much difference the z-buffer makes

thanks 🙂

[cerulean elk]

The entire Mario experience is a creepy pasta from 2016 come to life

[tropic sand]

😮

[native mesa]

has anyone found peaches cake yet/

[orchid nimbus]

nice

[wanton sun]

well yes, for psx the developers knew and adjusted the rendering for it, for n64, the devs didn't have to care and sometimes it's impossible to see something without z-buffer

[chilly ember]

How did peach bake a cake anyways, there isn't even a kitchen with an oven

[silent marten]

I beat a level on star fox 64 🙂

[sonic junco]

Peach's castle is more like an art gallery

[chilly ember]

Where does peach even sleep?

[orchid nimbus]

sssssh.... don't ask!

[cerulean elk]

Servants quarters. They keep that hidden from you

Separate entrance. Very classist

[orchid nimbus]

@chilly ember even if the cake tasted like the one from the bakkery on the corner

[chilly ember]

Toads just sleep in the basement

[native mesa]

free the toads

[lean steeple]

Is twitter/x the only social feed core updates are posted to?