Nintendo 64

[silent marten]

I guess you gotta capture some stuff xD

[zenith orchid]

psyche 😂

[cerulean elk]

JUST sat down to capture Pepsiman too lolol

[odd vector]

Invisible, hm. I should probably try Mission Impossible then

[fair stump]

Yoshi still buggy

[cerulean elk]

lol on it. See you at 4 I think. Maybe 4:30 today. But damn it I cant break the streak

Luckily Ive been holding things back in anticipation of this eventuality

[hasty kayak]

Is the DE1 a more capable FPGA Board?

[zinc dew]

@weary palm you created an updated mister unstable with the controller range adjustments?

Oh shit there’s a new build lol

[zenith orchid]

Sadly HM is still quite crashy

[native mesa]

I am?

[zinc dew]

LOL

[hexed knot]

Glover lookin' good! Had a crash during tutorial, noted on Spreadsheet.

[kind solar]

Core is gonna be finished by the time I’m back from my trip to family

At this rate

[spare meadow]

KI Gold freezes at the beginning of the first fighting

[weary palm]

correct.

[zinc dew]

Wow you’re awesome, thank you

I know everyone is excited for the new build but please remember:

that joke will never get old lolol

[silent marten]

lol

[zinc dew]

It’s the perfect joke too because it pokes fun and demonstrates what an absolute badasses Robert is

[native mesa]

Idk TLB may be a biggie. If it even fits at all

[silent marten]

I think we are getting closer to the big bug fix time

[zinc dew]

I have complete confidence

[silent marten]

I guess Robert will implement the VI stuff first

[zenith orchid]

I'm sure TLB will fit

[daring meteor]

We are already in it

Hahaha

[fair stump]

Worms looking correct now. Had similar issues to Harvest Moon

[quaint pewter]

Vaseline Injector?

[daring meteor]

What's todays version if not bug fixes?

[zinc dew]

Ohhhhh your time to shine, friend!

[zenith orchid]

especially after he removes state loading

[mortal panther]

The joke works on multiple levels simultaneously... just like Robert!

[zinc dew]

What’s that?

[daring meteor]

Only major bug is the random freezes

Save state loading

[zinc dew]

omg I forgot that was even a thing

[silent marten]

more RDP implementations

[daring meteor]

He didn't really remove it

[daring meteor]

The glover modes are trivial

[zenith orchid]

yeah the core can still load save states, if he removes that, it'll free up 2-3%

[zinc dew]

Thanks for the explanation!

[daring meteor]

Ah, removes, not removed, oops

[cerulean elk]

up and running off to the races

[mortal apex]

The latest build seems to have fixed this 😮

[native mesa]

NOOOOO

[hexed knot]

End of an era.

[cerulean elk]

see you at 4. I dont want to miss a goal lol

well unless my internet breaks. Its been weird lately

[mortal apex]

Yep, we had no face mario era, three eyed pikachu, and now party eyes kokiri era comes to an end

[shrewd peak]

DK64 just boots like normal now, no hack needed

[native mesa]

You have a job?!

[zenith orchid]

Hey, was it necessary to have a special version of majora's mask? or could you use the regular one?

[shrewd peak]

idk if that was already a thing

[native mesa]

Regular is fine

[cerulean elk]

Hamburger Helper the game working great

[native mesa]

https://tenor.com/view/hamburger-helper-chili-macaroni-brand-gif-16600283

hamburger helper pees from glovers head

[silent marten]

other than VI and TLB we are feature complete now right?

[zenith orchid]

Quake II is no longer freezing

[zenith orchid]

no transfer pak, so technically no

[native mesa]

I think there are still some 'forbidden' RDP modes

[hollow rune]

Will do testing stream later tonight

[fiery grove]

we demand a dizzy eyes toggle for that

😂

[zenith orchid]

yeah, feature complete would mean that everything is in, even if it's buggy

[silent marten]

I guess you are right there

[zenith orchid]

guys, I think Quake II is playable. it still has that redness glitch, but other than that I don't see any issues

[zinc dew]

lol 007 The World is Not Enough still won’t boot into the game for me. Freezes at the logo.

I think I’m the only one that has that problem

[zenith orchid]

Doom64 also has the same redness bug, but it still freezes

[native mesa]

Apparently the world IS enough for you

[modest helm]

So what’s the deal with CPAK saves now? Should they be inserted in all 4 slots or only slot 1?

[cerulean elk]

only problem with Glover is...its Glover

[zenith orchid]

@modest helm do you plan on saving on all 4 slots?

[native mesa]

Anyone try the Glover 2 beta?

[wanton sun]

i'm sure we could figure out why if you really care 🙂

[hollow rune]

I never had that. Even on last build it played. That is weird

[modest helm]

Nah but I’m a set it and forget it kind of guy. Should the other 3 be empty or rumble pak?

[hexed knot]

Yeah, seems to be working for me.

[brisk edge]

I just played the first 3 missions the other night too lol

[zenith orchid]

@modest helm by default I think every slot is empty

[wanton sun]

also thanks for the fast tests, didn't assume it will fix so many things again 🙂

[shrewd peak]

is mischief makers a tlb game?

[wanton sun]

don't think so

[calm anvil]

You're too humble

[hollow rune]

The Robby Was Not Enough

[zinc dew]

I do want to play the game but if I’m the only one with that issue then please don’t worry about me.

It’s so odd, I tried every rom variant I could think of.

[mortal apex]

Do you have Data Force WB on by any chance? It crashes for me with that option on, it should be off by default.

[modest helm]

Amazing work in short time my friend. Besides TLB how many things are left to implement?

[zinc dew]

Oh! Maybe?

[zenith orchid]

Duke3d still hangs after a while

[native mesa]

TRINE

[zenith orchid]

powerpuff girls still has the transparent 3d model issue

[wanton sun]

still quite some things. Not all of them are very visible. E.g. CPU also needs some things that make it slow currently or might crash games. Same for RSP. and then all the features in RDP that are missing, the full VI, transfer pak, snac, ....

[calm anvil]

Time for real pokemon fights

[cerulean elk]

Extreme G was a fun time

[modest helm]

N64 is my favorite console of all time so I can’t express how grateful I am! Loving replaying these classics

[calm anvil]

This core is going to replace my real n64 under my TV

[modest helm]

Can’t wait to sell my Everdrive 64

[cerulean elk]

Harvest Moon supposed to freeze on intro?

[viscid gate]

Yes, tho proto 1 seemed to freeze more than proto 2 for me

[cerulean elk]

gets by easy with start but just wondering

[zenith orchid]

yep

[wanton sun]

the thing that annoys me most currently is the random rsp crash that is in so many games, but until now i didn't find any place where it's reproducble. Therefore i will try to fix things that cause error flags to show up in the next 2 weeks and then every consistent (not random) error flag will be a good thing to hunt

[manic basin]

I don't know why they call it Hamburger Helper, Clark. It does just fine on its own.

[cerulean elk]

dont cheap me Clark

[hexed knot]

well it's not supposed to 😛

[zenith orchid]

@wanton sun Do you think it might just be timings?

[wanton sun]

sorry?

[fiery saddle]

Superman 64 looks to have had a bit of a regression with maybe a few more missing pixels. Disabling Write Z restores those pixels

[weary beacon]

I hope Robert gets a onion ring in his chicken nugget box

[zenith orchid]

@wanton sun I remember at one point during the PSX cores development you had several non reproducible issues, and many of them were fixed by focusing on passing timing tests

[cerulean elk]

the culling in Harvest Moon is interesting

but I cant remember what that looks like on OG hardware

[native mesa]

Clearly the lack of vaseline is the cause of crashes

[wanton sun]

very unlikely this is the case here. I researched the mario64 rsp hang quite a bit and it happens independent of the speed

[lament escarp]

Doesn't the non-gc version of oot have a rsp crash right at boot? Maybe that's connected to the random rsp crashes.

[wanton sun]

could be, yes

[zenith orchid]

Oh okay

[wanton sun]

the problem with the OoT hang is that it happens somewhere in 5 seconds or so, i cannot simulate it

so until there are no other games to research, i better postpone it, as i can only debug it on hardware

thankfully we still have more reproducible crashes that have a better defined "crash point" 😅

[cerulean elk]

Harvest Moon; bizarro world Animal Crossing

[zinc dew]

@mortal apex / @wanton sun thank you! I had Data FORCE WB set to On which was causing 007 TWINE to not work.

Any other settings I should have off like the Write/Reads?

[fair stump]

And I expect better from a mod

[silent marten]

doesn't this option stall the CPU?

[wanton sun]

just use default values for all debug settings

[zinc dew]

you’re right lmao

[hollow rune]

The Robby is Enough now

[daring meteor]

There is WWF maybe

Not sure if it's RSP or not through

[hexed knot]

Oh the lovely maroon is gone from the Goemon's Great Adventure crash. Just white now.

[hollow rune]

Oh no!

[native mesa]

Does Mystical Ninja work?

[daring meteor]

Also Quake has a reproducible Hang

[hexed knot]

Afraid not, crashes in the same place. (just after the intro cutscene.)

[fair stump]

Goemon games and castlevanias all break with the same error code

[orchid nimbus]

Good!

Hope it stays that way

Expert for goemon

[native mesa]

Need to input Konami code

[zenith orchid]

no improvement on the bust a move games

Dr. Mario still has black boxes around some of the text

[oblique remnant]

I wonder why the JPN an PAL Versions of Extreme G don't have sound ?! or is it just me

[native mesa]

DONT SAY "STILL" OR ELSE

[zenith orchid]

other than that the game is perfect

[spare meadow]

Is that the cause KI Gold crashes? Ps: thank for this core! N64 is my all time favorite console😀😀😀

[bronze tree]

Command & Conquer units are visible now

[hollow rune]

Mario has a box too?

[zenith orchid]

clearly you are HM powered, and it's prone to crashes 😂

[zenith orchid]

yep

mischief makers is still a mischievous tease

[silent marten]

Quake 2 still hangs if you enter the settings menu

[zenith orchid]

MKT still has the same visual artifacts

[manic basin]

This is likely not useful as it's a homebrew, but getting an RSP overlay 0x6 not registered out of Commander Keen. It's got a good debug spew, but I'm assuming this is just currently unimplemented.

[zenith orchid]

@silent marten oh I didn't try that

[zenith orchid]

wait, is it immediate upon input?

[wanton sun]

that is very helpful, thanks!

[manic basin]

@wanton sun it's 100% repro on launch, too.

[silent marten]

It used to be instant now I managed to move down 1

[orchid nimbus]

Yoshi's LSD trip

[hexed knot]

Part of me will be sad when Monet simulator is fixed.

[zenith orchid]

@wanton sun instant hang triggered by input on an earlier build, could that be useful?

[silent marten]

Also Ready 2 Rumble consistent hang at the midway logo

[wanton sun]

mischief makers hangs reproducible if you hold "start" after boot. usually that would enter a controller pak screen, but the game doesn't use controller pak?

[silent marten]

South Park Rally now goes 1 frame further and hangs

[wanton sun]

well, i guess i have enough hangs for now 😅

[wanton sun]

still the same in current build, softlock

[past mango]

Extreme G, oh baby

[zenith orchid]

Yeah, sounds like you have enough to work on. good work! I need to try out Extreme G 😄👍

[past mango]

Extreme G is pretty good, no idea about 2.

[daring meteor]

Also I can't seem to enter California's Speed Controller Pak menu, if someone else can confirm

[oblique remnant]

Mischief Makers shows at least demoplay....

[surreal summit]

I'm able to.

[daring meteor]

Guess its just me than haha

[vapid hawk]

ooh neat lots of changes today

we looking for anything in particular tonight?

[silent marten]

Changes and regressions as usual 🙂

[terse canyon]

thats a bit naughty being behind a paywall

[thick terrace]

Madden games show the field now, and destruction derby has cars visible now.

[vapid hawk]

any change on doom64 sprites?

[remote hatch]

nope

[vapid hawk]

this will cheer you up kuba - you can get to at least labs on resident evil on the saturn core

[lean spruce]

I cant save ghost data in MK64. I have selected CPAK in OSD for controller 1 , didnt work. So I then whent into system settings and formated CPAK, still cant save ghost data Reloading the core fixed it.

[cerulean elk]

to voiceover

[surreal summit]

Started with only one CPak if that matters. Inserting more CPaks only shows the last one. Strange.

[remote hatch]

unfortunately it doesn't work for me , I select Jill and it crashes during the first scene 🙂

[vapid hawk]

where they keep running in circles?

[remote hatch]

Jill turns her head endlessly 🙂

[vapid hawk]

this has my various saves up to just before labs if you want

[manic basin]

"AH PAY GOOD MONEY FOR YOU TO SING INTO A CAN!"

[daring meteor]

Huh

[remote hatch]

thanks 🙂

[modest helm]

Anyone having issues with controller paks and MGL files? Whenever I load a controller pak game via MGL files the save files get erased. Can you test this out @zinc dew since I know you use MGL too

[daring meteor]

Intresting - Robert prepared for gDPSetConvert. Did we find the dreaded game which uses that function?

[fair stump]

It's so strange actually seeing all the scooby doo graphics 😆

[manic basin]

ruh ro

We're a ... scrappy group here.

No.

[hearty python]

DE1-soc is a dev Board with a 85K LE FPGA, but no HDMI. Thought Analog isnt working yet.

https://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&CategoryNo=205&No=836&PartNo=2#contents

[random portal]

Least favorite game on the N64? It's a game you manage to enjoy but isn't among your go-to games?

[shrewd matrix]

Hi all, first post so sorry for the not super helpful picture! But thanks for all the effort put in for this core... its great 😁 just got a hang here in DKR, first race with this guy... hope it helps 🤘

[remote hatch]

@hasty kayak I see bugs in RR64 , cars

also visible on cars during first atrract mode

[thick terrace]

how come that GT 64 championship game is so crazy slow?

[fair stump]

Check out the gun show on Shaggy

[blissful plaza]

Extreme G runs quite well on the core now.
I have some issues to report though :

• The sound effects are missing in-game and the intro.
• There are some troubles on the intro, like with the ACCLAIM logo partially cut (visible on the right side), the rocket on Probe logo isn't aligned with the fire texture at all, motorcycles are invisible on some part of the rest of the intro (we can only see a moving dust texture instead of the 3D motorcycle and the dust left behind).

Just reporting here. @wanton sun

[lean spruce]

So I fixed CPAK in MK64, but is there only storage for 2 ghost data?

[quaint pewter]

ghosts are big-boy files?

[blissful plaza]

Yes.

[lean spruce]

wow, only two ghost files hehe

[hasty kayak]

The Brakes?

[remote hatch]

visible all the time as in the picture

[modest helm]

How did you format your CPAK for MK64? Still trying to figure this out

[lean spruce]

you have to format in OSD system settings. It says "Format CPAK now"

but I think you can do it in the Data section (pressing L or R button)

[chrome quest]

Question for everyone. Is there something we can look out for testing to help Robert on these RSP crashes.
A specific error code? Or some other identifier if we can get something reproducible.

If OoT is an example of that error, I've noticed that crash displays no error code

[remote hatch]

@hasty kayak

lights ?

[surreal summit]

Load MK64 > Menu > Pad 1 Pak: CPAK > System Settings > Format CPAK now

[hasty kayak]

Yep good point and well spotted.

[hollow rune]

I like this question

[mortal panther]

So, when Robert asks "How's it hangin'?", he actually wants to know. 😏

[hearty python]

As long as the crashes are random, its difficult to debug.

Can be a buffer, or some overwriting in ram, etc.

[chrome quest]

Indeed, but is there a way of noting those crashes as specifically RSP crashes. Sounds like what would be great is a non-random version of this kind of error.
But what is that kind of error so we can look out for it? If that makes any sense.

[daring meteor]

Use PJ64 to confirm its not TLB

[cerulean elk]

Video is done. an hour and 7 minutes to rock a 15 minute video out. New land speed record

[native mesa]

gettem' wet shaggy

[daring meteor]

When Robert and VGE are in a compotition to see who can be faster: Updates, or the update Videos

[cerulean elk]

thumbnail vote in a min

[native mesa]

I choose the most phallic thumbnail

[thick terrace]

I got an error message in rally challenge 2000

[silent marten]

Format or reload the core

[cerulean elk]

vote for the fav (I have one I like a LOT more)

[manic basin]

LOL, the Master of Darkness n64 rom I made runs nearly full speed now. It's the worst way to play it!

[zinc dew]

I am glad stoned slippy is on both

[zinc dew]

Ohhh what’s that

[cerulean elk]

Slippy is for life

[manic basin]

There's an N64 SMS emulator. You have to build your own rom for each game, though.

[native mesa]

Stalfos is more phallic

because stalfos is bones

like a boner

[manic basin]

Potential broth.

[languid dune]

The world of Harvest Moon no longer looks like it's covered in scabs!

I'll miss that crusty world.

[manic basin]

Don't worry. The world of Daytime TV still is.

[daring meteor]

Wrong

The PSX one is worse

[cerulean elk]

wow the thumb I expected to do worse is way better

is that the one guys?

[daring meteor]

I did the same thing on the PSX and the emulator there is terrible

[languid dune]

I voted for the bottom one!

[steady basalt]

Me too

[languid dune]

Anyone who voted for the top one is anti-thumbnail!

[zinc dew]

I think so. The bottom one is too busy while the top has a clear Stalfos silhouette. Preferably Link would've been a bit more offset so both characters are seperated but hey, it'll do.

[languid dune]

The ? makes me want to click on it and see what mysteries lie within!

[manic basin]

Neither of them have huge, bulging eyes, so I dunno.... </s>

[cerulean elk]

these really are the hard choices

[silent marten]

I like them both @cerulean elk

[cerulean elk]

I will have to think about it for a minute

I dont think either are LOSERS though

[silent marten]

Preview #I can't believe I have made another video xD

[cerulean elk]

The preview number changed to a new joke

New theme; every preview # is now a joke in and of itself

[silent marten]

Haha

[cerulean elk]

Now back to Pepsiman damn it!

[random portal]

awww bacon :(

[orchid nimbus]

Daytoooonaaaaaaaa peeepsimaaaaaan

[random portal]

or

awwww bacon :D

[cerulean elk]

Nothing beats Pepsiman

Best game of its generation

[orchid nimbus]

@vague sun beats Pepsi man

Not my choice

[cerulean elk]

It’s just the right amount of weird and well known

Vs me doing weird and unknown and getting the views that gets 😂

[manic basin]

Headphone warning. Blasphemy warning. Sanity warning.

[zinc dew]

LOL that’s so cool

[brisk drum]

You don’t say ..

[brisk drum]

Ima miss the crazy eyes

[manic basin]

Ironically the NES emulator hangs right away. You can take a couple steps in Mario before it freezes.

[lean spruce]

I loaded Doom 64 and went into the CPAK manager in the game and MK64 data is on it. Shouldnt the core create a new CPAK for each game?

[brisk drum]

It did until two builds ago

[quaint pewter]

Data is not cleared between rom loads. Either do a full reboot of the core, or just format the cpak.

[lean spruce]

so its safe to format the CPAK within OSD and I wont loos MK64 data?

[viral portal]

I feel more compelled to check your video out with a thumbnail that has "check" on it

[quaint pewter]

It's safe. The data has carried over, but should have been saved also for the previous game

[lean spruce]

thanks

[stuck summit]

We can finally play gamegear games

[manic basin]

The way they were intended to be played. With 3 hands.

[zinc dew]

It's surprisingly a fun game, haha. I own it!

[lean spruce]

@wanton sun I wasnt able to delete the MK64 data on the CPAK for Doom 64 that had carried over when loading DOOM 64 after MK64. I could format through OSD System Settings but not delet the MK64 data from within the DOOM64 CPAK manager.

[cerulean elk]

as do I. its a gem

[orchid nimbus]

The controls on doom64 are horrendous

[orchid nimbus]

Glad we now wield dual sticks

[eternal island]

oh new core. i think i saw thumbnails with zelda in it

did performance in zelda games change?

[daring meteor]

The eyes are not corrupt

[eternal island]

darn

regression

[daring meteor]

lmao

[hollow rune]

Streaming myself testing games. Join to help me suss out problems and find improvements.
https://www.twitch.tv/rgw_panda

[late lake]

Trying to get the n64 core up and running, but no luck! I have boot.rom in the N64/Games folder - as well as the N64-database.txt (case sensitive). I'm trying to load up .z64 files and the screen is just blank. Error overlay shows E000040

I'm using the n64 build that was released today

any suggestions?

[zealous hull]

What's the hash value of your boot.rom?

[daring meteor]

Or, if easier, what's the size of the boot.rom

[zealous hull]

You may want to compare that value with the FAQ pinned in his channel.

[late lake]

78F8983A932E0E5F8830B49A32CD647D1104313C7E352B163D3C06B873A33115

sha256

[worn delta]

If you use update all then best just use the BIOS DB to grab the boot.roms

[daring meteor]

This isn't correct

[zealous hull]

Ah. Yeah. I need to start telling people that.

[worn delta]

Also if you read the pins there is a line to add to the update ini that will grab the latest test build and database .txt, so you will have everything you need to run the core

[late lake]

I grabbed the pif file from the github that was linked in the FAQ

[daring meteor]

It should either start with FA7 or DA51

Did you right click

[zealous hull]

A lot of people don't download it correctly.

[daring meteor]

Don't right click

[zinc dew]

check if it's html lol

[late lake]

what's the best way to grab it from there?

[zinc dew]

raw

as in select the file and then right click and save as the little raw button

[native mesa]

raw all day

[worn delta]

FAQ should really just say both Bios are in the bios DB now if people are using update all script, which most people seem to

[daring meteor]

Click on "View Raw"

[zealous hull]

Or be cool like me and rip your own from your N64. 😎

[late lake]

ahhhh

[native mesa]

https://tenor.com/view/ramsay-raw-gif-13771788

[zinc dew]

did you really

[late lake]

I need both as boot and boot1, correct?

[zealous hull]

You know it.

[zinc dew]

wow! that's pretty damn cool

[native mesa]

How do you rip it

I want to rip mine

[zealous hull]

I used an EverDrive to dump it.

[native mesa]

oh neat i have that

[daring meteor]

ntsc as boot

[native mesa]

I'll do that!

[daring meteor]

pal as boot1

[late lake]

thanks

I'll give it a go

[zealous hull]

I posted the github repo--like--months ago. Haha

[native mesa]

don't want this aleck 64 shit

[zealous hull]

Good luck!

[worn delta]

Do you not use update all Poncho?

[daring meteor]

You could just hexedit or use the github haha

Can't deny, dumping it is cooler tho

[zealous hull]

I don't have the link handy, but be sure to trim the file once it's dumped.

[daring meteor]

Oh wait you have to trim it?

[native mesa]

Just remove some 0s in a hexeditor?

[daring meteor]

Yes
This is the only difference between the mame PIF and "Real" pif

[native mesa]

https://github.com/hcs64/pif_rom_dumper

[daring meteor]

So if that's the part you don't want you could directly just trim the aleck bios and it'll be the same

[native mesa]

I won't feel like Jack Sparrow anymore

[quick arch]

Custom Robo 🙂

[native mesa]

Custom Abobo

[late lake]

You guys rock. Got it up and running 🙂

[mild ether]

Aleck PIF works fine as is.

[daring meteor]

I think the Core doesn't distingish between the two, but not sure

[mild ether]

They work the same.

[daring meteor]

As in, they shouldn't have a single difference even if you make a rom that tries to detect

[eternal ravine]

Custom Adobo

[native mesa]

Are there any aleck64 games worth playing besides vivid dolls?

[daring meteor]

Vivid Dolls

[mild ether]

As I understand it that isn't possible since it is locked after the boot process is complete.

[zinc dew]

yeah I'm pretty excited to finally give that one a play through

[cerulean elk]

so when is Pepsiman going to work on the core?

[native mesa]

Pepsi of Japan couldn't afford to manufacture the cartridge

[eternal ravine]

Whattabout Muscle March

Hopefully Robert will port it to the core

[cerulean elk]

they really should have tried to get Pepsiman in Muscle March

Ive gotta lay off the weird games...I say as I capture pepsiman

[eternal ravine]

Oh No! is kind of fun for PSX

[cerulean elk]

a classic. I am working on something else PSX based thats not just weird games. Since this weird games series has been a collosal turd

[eternal ravine]

hehe

PSX Japan excels at weird games

I have a whole cherrypicked library on MiSTer that took a hot minute to compile

[daring meteor]

Fair enough

[hollow rune]

Madden 64 works no issues seemingly

[eternal ravine]

I cut down the entire JP PSX library to 581 games via research

Endless amusements of the strangest sort

[zinc dew]

@mild ether + @weary palm sorry for bugging you two but could a no face patch be applied to this existing patch - https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5755/

[mild ether]

I haven't actually looked at the difference in the PIFs NTSC and Aleck 64 but have been told it's just NTSC padded with zeros so it will just read it as NOP and slide to the NTSC code.

[cerulean elk]

my wife just found a kitten outside her work and now I am trying to convince her over text to let us keep it

maybe everyone post "KEEP IT" here so I can send her a screenshot

[mild ether]

One second.

[eternal ravine]

Don't fall for the kitten's cuteness

[mild ether]

You can remove the face from any of the SM64 by searching for 14 00 00 78 in hex and replacing it with 14 00 02 0C .

[vagrant ivy]

Kittens make Good Snacks.

[mild ether]

Do you want a patch still?

[zinc dew]

I will try it, I have never done hex editing. Any free software you recommend?

[mild ether]

I will make one just give me a few.

[zinc dew]

Ah you are too kind. Apologies for my lack of skill.

[daring meteor]

The core already allocates 2048 bytes so I think it has zeroes there no matter what

[vagrant ivy]

https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/

[daring meteor]

You can use sed

sed -i 's/\x14\x00\x00\x78/\x14\x00\x02\x0C/g' SM64.z64

Is faster

[quick arch]

I managed to go in game

[native mesa]

Send her that tik tok of the street cat with backwards arms

[viral swift]

You can remap the default setup

[vagrant ivy]

the bigger question is why play doom on the N64 at all. Its PC land

[zinc dew]

It’s a totally different game and actually was the only version of the doom engine that allowed for level scripting. It’s super fun!

[vagrant ivy]

Zdoom does too

[gritty current]

One could handle it the same way as roms where there is a naming convention and established directory. It's up the user to add the files.

[cerulean elk]

ok looks like the video has to go out at 4 without my instant attention...I gotta go get a cat!

[vagrant ivy]

Technically a Kitten

followed by Is this Kitten as good as a Cat Youtube video

and then Modifying my Kitten

[fair stump]

This has worked for some time but will freeze eventually

[fallen sparrow]

Me and the kids want a cat, wife says no, wife wins

[zealous hull]

I know my way around a hex editor, but is there a specific software you use to make patches?

[mild ether]

I just use lunar IPS. I got one made.

[zealous hull]

Oh, duh. I have that. Thanks. Never made patches before.

[zinc dew]

sorry, should've been more specific. I meant at the time.

[carmine kettle]

no memes pls

[zinc dew]

thank you!!!

[zealous hull]

Hell yeah.

[mild ether]

You're welcome.

[weary beacon]

does that work with the english patch?

[zealous hull]

I promise this is related, but is there a size limit to the rom that the N64 core can load?

I removed the face from B3313, but it keeps crashing.

I'm now wondering if it's simply too large (96MB).

[mild ether]

wait!! I messed up one second.

[cerulean elk]

I’m fighting hard for the cat. Name him Mister

[native mesa]

Robby there's a kaze version that has the shindou stuff and other performance fixes

[cerulean elk]

But yes I’ve abandoned active management of todays video going out and I’m taking a stray to the vet once I pick him up 🤣

[mild ether]

Ok this is the corrected patch!

@zinc dew

Sorry, guys I missed a step.

[zealous hull]

pobody's nerfect

[fallen sparrow]

I was gonna name ours DE10 NANO

[zealous hull]

the ones that downloaded the earlier patch got to play the beta

[weary beacon]

https://www.nintendo64ever.com/Nintendo-64-256-Mb-Cartridge-Games.html

if you click on 512Mb you can see those too. I would say 256Mb is max size ever sold.

[zealous hull]

That's odd.

Conker is only 64MB for me.

In fact, I struggled to find anything above 64 MB in the pack.

I didn't check DD games though, admittedly.

[zinc dew]

no problem!

thank you again!

[vagrant ivy]

No forgiveness I want a Lifetime Ban for him and all his relations !

[manic basin]

Remember, MB != Mb.
Divide by 8 for MegaBYTES.

[zealous hull]

Oh hey. I'm dumb.

[mortal panther]

There isn't. Fully extracted, it's easy to see the largest ROMs in the pack. Just sort by descending order in the file size column.

[vagrant ivy]

but then who will think of the decimal MB ?

[manic basin]

No worries. It gets us all.

[manic basin]

I'm going to start using Petanibbles.

[weary beacon]

What if you refer to him as tim the tool man?

[topaz otter]

We need to see the kitten in question before the council will vote on said kitten

[zealous hull]

So that would place B3313 at 768 Mb.

damn

[daring meteor]

Cutting it on the nose for 128MB ram users

[zealous hull]

yerp

[daring meteor]

Supports up to 960mb I think

No official game is that large

[zealous hull]

It does fully load for me. Just crashes immedately after.

[daring meteor]

Did you patch it

[zealous hull]

Immediate isn't the right word. It gets in game.

I did patch it, yes.

[vagrant ivy]

no official game is that large becasue the cartridge would cost a fortune

[vagrant ivy]

gosh if only we had a #pet-pictures channel

[zealous hull]

I patched it, and edited the TLB intro out myself.

[cerulean elk]

Lol this is an exception. It’s not technically a pet 🤣

But I’ll stop posting stray photos lol

[zealous hull]

It's better than the sausage fest from earlier. 😉

[nova grotto]

I lost mine 3 weeks ago it doesn't appear yet Im really worried about it

[topaz otter]

https://tenor.com/view/anakin-master-gif-21795324

[nova grotto]

Is there any new game that was not working before but now it is ?

[elfin depot]

It's yours now, you've been adopted

[daring meteor]

Hope it gets fixed in the bug fixing round that starts now

[cerulean elk]

Try to have a little fun though @vagrant ivy it’s not every day a kitten gets found on the channel. I’ll name him…Brian 😂

[topaz otter]

i vote KEEP IT

[daring meteor]

That is if you verified it has no TLB haha

[vagrant ivy]

Quest 6 4

[zealous hull]

It's a Mario 64 romhack. At the very least the face is gone. 🙂

[vagrant ivy]

or yes you could call it TLB not implemented

[daring meteor]

ℚuest

64

[zealous hull]

For those of you who don't know about B3313, I'd encourage you to look it up. It's a very cool take on Mario 64.

[topaz otter]

take a picture of the cat with some n64 cartridges and it magically becomes on topic

I amaze myself with my genius

[daring meteor]

Say Quεst 64

[vagrant ivy]

just put quest 6 4 cart in with it and continue the Brian's world tour

[topaz otter]

name him Brian

[manic basin]

Mario's just laying down in the ground...heheh.

[quick arch]

The colors cars on Destruction Derby 64 are fine now

[zealous hull]

Yeah it's been like that for weeks now. If you know anything about the hack, it kind of suits it.

[carmine kettle]

mario 64 needs no face patch

[manic basin]

I can only get the camera to move. And then I get a Thread 5 page. But it seems to load fine.

[carmine kettle]

b3313 need no face patch

[manic basin]

Twice. There are two instances.

[zealous hull]

Yep, same here.

[manic basin]

I patched both out and it works fine.

I mean....until that.

[zealous hull]

It's creepy, right?

[manic basin]

Thread 5 is doom

It's weird as shit, yes.

[zealous hull]

It's become a ritual to just boot it up every build.

[manic basin]

I like his gray hair.

[mild ether]

Mario without a face was kinda growing on me.

[zealous hull]

I'm going to keep an old build just so I can boot it up and remember the good, faceless times.

N64_Faceless.rbf

[brisk drum]

Now you have to adopt it

[cerulean elk]

Brian is in the car

To the vet. Pray for my wallet everyone

Please remit all donations to “The Brian Fund” 🤣

[brisk drum]

Get well Brian!

[cerulean elk]

Tiny little dude. Well I dunno if it’s a dude. Just the vibes I’m getting

[brisk drum]

Poor little guy probably had the worms

[cerulean elk]

Glover would be a good name too

[lament escarp]

GIVE HIM TO ME

[cerulean elk]

Murtaugh. Roger Murtaugh. Now there’s a name

[brisk drum]

You sure it’s a boy? Cause of it was a girl you could name it chitara !

[cerulean elk]

I have zero idea. Cats in the back seat in a box chomping runs

Tuna

[mortal panther]

That's awesome you rescued it. Good man.

[cerulean elk]

I can’t not help an animal. If it wasn’t for my wife I’d have a zoo

[brisk drum]

We need to come up with the most bad ass catname ever

[elfin depot]

Could be this years popular haloween costume!

[elfin depot]

Sir.Mr.Snugglesworth the 3rd?

[lament escarp]

If you had a patreon for your pets, you could afford more pets!

[cerulean elk]

Lolol show the kitten on the channel and say “join the patreon and support Murtaugh’s vet bills”

No thankfully we are comfortable enough to take the little tuna monster to the vet and it not really be a big deal if it’s just every day stuff

[native mesa]

Pics of Jimothy now

[mortal panther]

...and who knows, the cat might grow up to be 20 lbs. 🙂

[native mesa]

That's a honkin' boy

[cerulean elk]

He’s busy eating tuna

[mortal panther]

He's not really even 'fat'... he's just a big breed.

I think he's either a Turkish Van or Turkish Angora, best I can tell. He was a stray found in my back yard a few years ago.

[cerulean elk]

Video in ten. Gonna have to find your own link haha

[lament escarp]

I met a friendly cat yesterday, but it's probably from a neighbor. Else I'd catnap the shit out of it.

[zealous hull]

I like it better here. The Saturn channel scares me.

This place has cats.

[mortal panther]

But, it's so pleasant over there.

[zealous hull]

I think he thought I was genuine.

[native mesa]

Saturn channel is like Soviet Russia

[zealous hull]

Oh well! I'm loving these pet pictures!

[viral swift]

MiSTerCaT 🤣

[cerulean elk]

I’ll get more when we get to the vet. 4:30 apt time

[brisk drum]

Too much .. it must be simple yet impactful

[zealous hull]

I lost my cat about 3 years ago and still don't have the heart to adopt a new one.

These are great.

[brisk drum]

Too easy

[cerulean elk]

Gotta figure out where to put him after that. They said gotta keep separate from our dog till dewormed, etc. but thankfully our dog loves all animals. No matter the type

[native mesa]

The cat might night like the dog though

It took months for mine to figure it out

[brisk drum]

Fair point

[brisk drum]

Typical coddled Nintendo kid

[zealous hull]

I just like to curl up with a big warm glass of milk every night and play my Animal Crossing and my Pokemons!

[brisk drum]

Pokémon is acceptable but animal crossing .. ewww

https://tenor.com/view/seinfeld-gif-18623119

It’s a game about nothing

[zealous hull]

Yeah. I still like it though. 🙂

[hearty oar]

It’s a game about mortgages

[zealous hull]

Sometimes I like to play something a little more hardcore like Luigi's Mansion. Boy howdy does that get my blood pumping.

[brisk drum]

It’s a game about Capitalism bro

And consumerism bro

[mortal panther]

The 'Show About Nothing' became one of the most popular sitcoms in TV history. Must be something to that formula. 🤔

[zealous hull]

Scary stuff.

[brisk drum]

That’s GameCube bro this is n64 talk

[zinc dew]

I think accepting that it's a sandbox for personal expression and social interactions makes it easier to understand.

[brisk drum]

Yeah if you like looking at fat babies all day

[mortal panther]

Dunno. I think 'game about nothing' is a better description. 😄

[zealous hull]

I have the beta build of Luigi's Mansion for the N64.

It's pretty cool.

[brisk drum]

The character design in animal crossing makes me legit sick

[zealous hull]

As far as I know, I'm the only one who owns it.

[brisk drum]

Dump that shit bro

Preservation

[zealous hull]

Not after your mean comments.

[hearty oar]

I can’t play Animal Crossing anymore since Fauna decided to leave my village in New Leaf, I’ve never been so hurt before…

[hexed knot]

Wow, I didn't even know there was a version of Luigi's Mansion for 64.

[silent marten]

There was??

[zealous hull]

Losing villagers in NH is kinda funny since I have an Amiibo emulator.
"Oh crap they left? No. They only think they did."

[silent marten]

Unreleased???

[zealous hull]

No, there was no LM demo for N64.

Sorry.

I lied.

On the internet.

[mortal panther]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOtiYZ0OKTY

[hexed knot]

I'm so easy to convince is the problem there.

[zealous hull]

Sorry. 😅

[little bane]

Why not name him Robby, so when he messes up you yell at him

[mortal panther]

There you go, @cerulean elk. Video linked. Got you covered like a jimmy hat.

[hexed knot]

As a launch game, it makes just enough sense to possibly have a 64 version too.

[zealous hull]

It was the perfect lie.

I just wanted you all to like me.

[native mesa]

Waluigi N64 game is good though

[brisk drum]

Sorry guys I ruined for everyone .. again

[zealous hull]

facts

[brisk drum]

Bro you fell for it lol

[zealous hull]

wah

[brisk drum]

I find this game offensive

[silent marten]

Things get leaked all the time and I missed the original message lol

[brisk drum]

It’s all good

I was jk lol

[zealous hull]

I was just being dumb.

Trying to graduate to a light shade of purple, expect more stupidity.

[fallen sparrow]

How to get NSO to rumble?
I've selected pad 1 Pak rumble

[zealous hull]

Are you using the updated drivers?

[fallen sparrow]

Oh no, just latest unstable

Thanks

[zealous hull]

No problem!

#test-builds message @fallen sparrow

[fallen sparrow]

Thanks

[cerulean elk]

Thanks!

[zealous hull]

I try! Love your videos, btw. 🙂

[fallen sparrow]

Thanks, ❤️

@zealous hull those drivers are from the end of August, sure that's right?

[zealous hull]

Uh, @hearty oar would you please correct me if I'm wrong?

[fallen sparrow]

Thanks

[hearty oar]

It depends on if you have the updated mister main in the pinned post that corrects the stick ranges or not

[quaint pewter]

Oh no. Glover crashed in the first proper level for me. Tutorial level worked fine though for me. world 1-1 went boom when I was collecting the playing card type pickups.

[zealous hull]

Would that impact rumble?

[fallen sparrow]

I'm on the latest unstable mister

[hearty oar]

That one from #test-builds doesn’t need it - the version that ultimately got committed in #unstable-nightlies will need that

Rumble should work either way

[quaint pewter]

Quake used to crash near end of first level, but this time it froze evcen sooner for me - just after taking the lift down.

[zealous hull]

Ah, sorry @fallen sparrow , I was mistaken.

[hearty oar]

Yeah just go with the one from #test-builds in that case

[fallen sparrow]

I'm on this unstable
#unstable-nightlies message

And on 21st N64 core,

[hearty oar]

Yeah that should be fine

Eventually markun and Lemonici’s work will be committed and Linux will get a release cut and this will all resolve itself

[zealous hull]

Sorry to pull you in, Shig.

I wonder why rumble isn't working?

[fallen sparrow]

Thanks, I'll mess around some more, but so far 1080, no rumble.

Appreciate everyone's help

[zinc dew]

#1096015979055697940 message

[zinc dew]

Dumb question but you turned rumble on Pad 1 Pak, right?

[zealous hull]

And in the system settings?

[elfin depot]

He did

[zinc dew]

I missed that, thank you

[hearty oar]

Did you update to that Linux build and cold reboot?

Oops sorry wrong post replied to lol

But yeah

[carmine kettle]

reset

[fallen sparrow]

I'll do another cold reboot

[elfin depot]

Be smart, restart

[carmine kettle]

is your nso rumble works on the switch?

[fallen sparrow]

I've only ever used it on MiSTer and PC

[quaint pewter]

ISS 2000 says not enough room on controller pak to save, even when you format - it says it needs 122 pages and it doesn't have room.

[languid dune]

Wait, you mean we're actually getting the Pepsiman episode for What?? Why?!?!

[carmine kettle]

try nso on the psx core'

using call of duty

[hearty oar]

Can confirm it’s working using the latest Linux image from unstable nightlies at least: #unstable-nightlies message

Shouldn’t make a difference though

Also testing just by going into training in Star Fox and ramming the ground

[cerulean elk]

No. Future

Something diff

But now I’m at the vet lol

[carmine kettle]

if rumble doesnt work then its no good

[hearty oar]

Shouldn’t these PRs be against the mainline?

[cerulean elk]

The eagle has landed

[native mesa]

Jimothy is so angry!

[fallen sparrow]

awesome

[carmine kettle]

what the verdict?

[fallen sparrow]

still trying

i'm tired, so I'n probably doing something stupid. I should sleep lol

[hexed knot]

After a run through of the Spreadsheet, Boots to Playable with the latest build:
NFL Blitz 2000 NHL Breakaway 98 & 99 PowerPuff Girls - The Chemical X-Traction Rat Attack! Scooby Doo - Classic Creep Capers

[carmine kettle]

go to sleep then there always tomorrow

[hexed knot]

Latest counts are at 77+% Playable and up.

[languid dune]

I can't wait for Mischief Makers to be playable. Easily my most anticipated among the games that aren't playable yet. After that, KI Gold.

[quasi storm]

Yeah. It works great, now! What a goofy thing.

[remote hatch]

Nice! And rumble ?

[manic basin]

"Not sold in Alabama."

(because they banned vib...you get it)

[fallen sparrow]

I got it working, I'm too embarrassed to say what it was lol.

Thanks everyone, I'm gonna sleep

By buddy VGE has it covered tonight

[manic basin]

Get some rest!

[cerulean elk]

Boy cat parts confirmed

[jade jetty]

you can't fool me. that's a cat

[manic basin]

#1096015979055697940 message

[fallen sparrow]

Nice, I don't wanna see it at the end of a pencil pointing at electronics

[fallen sparrow]

@cerulean elk

[cerulean elk]

I had to give the cat a name for his “client profile” and since I had to stop capturing Pepsiman…at least for now….Pepsiman

[languid dune]

OMG yes. You absolutely need to keep him now.

[cerulean elk]

I don’t see any reason we won’t. Just need to confirm he’s healthy. Diff between keeping him if it’s vaccines and gen care vs like some obscene expensive care

[languid dune]

Say hi to Pepsiman for us!!

[zinc dew]

So has this build been a big perf improvement?

[manic basin]

Mike Butters is a local hero. I've had the joy to work with him on a small production, but he's amazing. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0125320/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

[manic basin]

Yes, in terms of some of the crashes!

"She called me a fascist....but I don't control the rails or the flow of commerce...."

[vapid hawk]

oh is mario more stable today?

[zinc dew]

Bomberman Hero and Space Station Silicon Valley has seen dramatic fps improvements

[manic basin]

Body Harvest.....still no.

Hehe.

[zinc dew]

Yeah near the start of the game in Bomberman Hero there was a section where it would drop down to 5fps and hover around 10. There’s still a minor hitch (I assume on OG hardware too) but this section is a rock solid 30fps now.

[jade jetty]

leave my ibs out of it!

[carmine kettle]

expose your self

[manic basin]

Ah man...Destruction Derby doesn't have you crashing a SINGLE horse....

[zinc dew]

I was waiting to play until the framerate got improved

[jade jetty]

not again, mike matei!

[zinc dew]

So I check it every build lol

[languid dune]

I'm a little weirded out by Robby and Awbacon having a conversation without the constant 🔥 s!

[zinc dew]

@manic basin holy shit Chameleon Twist 2 runs a full 30 now. It used to slow down to 5 fps when you used your tongue but that’s fine completely.

[jade jetty]

*slim jim

[languid dune]

I wonder if Wave Race still has the random crashes.

[jade jetty]

oh no

[zinc dew]

Holy shit Duke Nukem 3D is playable now, it had terrible fps before

Wow this build has been a massive perf improvement for a bunch of games!

[brisk drum]

Name him Robert

[languid dune]

I want to post a GIF of Duke booting everything! But I shall refrain for Robby's sake.

[worn delta]

At the rate Robert is going we may have an official release by Christmas, truly insane levels of progress...

[brisk drum]

With Paul Reuben “expansion” pack

[uncut gyro]

looks like Diddy Kong Racing is working better in the new build, but I’m noticing some flicker in the logo during the attract mode. Does that happen on original hardware?

[zealous hull]

Hopefully we can get some games back down to an unstable ~25.

Won't feel authentic otherwise.

[uncut gyro]

Video example of the flicker, in case it helps

not game-breaking at all

[zinc dew]

omg Doraemon 1 is a rock solid 30. It would slow down to literally 2fos when you jumped on the old man tree at the beginning but now there’s zero slow down!

[weary palm]

the letters flickers as well, don't they?

[zinc dew]

That was the worst perf I’ve seen on the core

[worn delta]

Nice!

[zinc dew]

And it’s just gone

[weary palm]

I see you

[worn delta]

Anyone keeping an eye on the 4 PAL exclusives?

[rose crypt]

no but this has been the case with the core for a while

[languid dune]

Yeah, there's been flicker on 2D assets a lot in the core. MK Trilogy is another example.

[uncut gyro]

RakugaKids looks okay (EU/JP exclusive)

[zinc dew]

@wanton sun sorry to bug ya while you’re sleeping but today’s core update has been a massive performance improvement for several games. Amazing job!

[uncut gyro]

oh, actually. RakugaKids hangs when going into a game

EU

[zinc dew]

Yeah I just checked that too

[compact depot]

How’s Nightmare Creatures now?

[zinc dew]

Aeroboarder 64 should run a lot better now though

[weary palm]

Idk, should they?

[zinc dew]

I dunno, I actually don’t have it added lol

is the PS1 version better?

[hearty oar]

Yes, you’ll notice there are no other PRs there, pretty sure that fork exists purely for automated builds, you want to make PRs here instead: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer

[compact depot]

Both are terrible

[brisk drum]

Wcw backstage assault now has graphics ..

As predicted by me earlier

[zealous hull]

That's amazing news!

Now I don't have to test it since you did. 😏

[brisk drum]

Your lost , lol not really

https://tenor.com/view/the-critic-it-stinks-jon-lovitz-gif-14290822

[zealous hull]

Are there legit any good wrastlin' games on N64? I'm curious.

[brisk drum]

Are you joking me bro ?

[zinc dew]

All the good wrestling games are on the an64

[zealous hull]

I sincerely didn't know that.

[brisk drum]

Where do I even began

[zinc dew]

@weary palm thanks again for posting that MiSTer unstable earlier today. That Saffun controller I got is running like a champ now!

[zealous hull]

What do you mean where do you begin? Are there that many?

[brisk drum]

When it comes to the second golden era of wrassslin N64 has no equal

[zealous hull]

What, N64 gets--like--70 games, and a quarter of them are wrestling?

[brisk drum]

But more than half of those are good

[zinc dew]

I think there’s over 12 lol

[zealous hull]

The only experience I have with any wrestling games is watching Jermania.

So I know nothing.

I...guess I'm curious now? I'll check some out?

[undone oak]

.

[brisk drum]

May I recommend wcw vs nwo revenge kinda bare bones for modes but it’s a good start

[undone oak]

resi2 still crashing at the stars room

wwf wrestlemania has an amazing intro video

[brisk drum]

Than move on to wwf no mercy and check out the story mode even though the dialogue doesn’t show in the core yet so just make up your own storyline

[brisk drum]

I like the intro for revenge better

Purely for its cheese

[covert bough]

i tried one of those wrestling games on the everdrive with my brother and we couldnt figure out how to get back in the ring lol

[fair stump]

WWE All Stars is the only good wrestling game 👀

[undone oak]

yea its another cracker, i just prefer the wwf cast haha

[covert bough]

its funny to see low poly the rock

[primal bolt]

There is only 6 good ones... 2 of which are Japanese Import versions

[undone oak]

the eyebrow in low poly rock is the best

[primal bolt]

the other 4 or whatever suck. There is probably only 10 total

if that

[undone oak]

im comin back with a clip of it

[zealous hull]

Does WCW Backstage Assault work?

[primal bolt]

not sure, but it sucks

[zealous hull]

@primal bolt I just want somebody to try it.

And tell me.

[primal bolt]

I can try to boot it later but I am lacking an adapter to use an analog controller

[zealous hull]

Please beat it and tell me if it works.

[primal bolt]

lol no

[zealous hull]

please?

[primal bolt]

ask Vampier

[zealous hull]

I'm done.

Sorry. lol

Thanks for the recommendations, everybody.

[cerulean elk]

His head is shaped LIKE a rock in these games

[zealous hull]

I know nothing about wrestling, other than the guy from the newer Jumanji movie is in it!

[zinc dew]

@dense wagon hey friend, I know you have a Saffun controller too. You’ll definitely want to grab this MiSTer unstable as it includes the analog range clamp so the Saffun has similar ranges to a real N64 controller. Night and day improvement!

#1096015979055697940 message

[primal bolt]

The Rock says....

[cerulean elk]

The Rock says…. @zinc dew thinks Bomberman Hero is the best game on N64

[primal bolt]

IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT ROBBY THINKS!!!

IF YOU SMELLLLLLL ALAL ALLALALALAAOW

is there any games I can play without analog stick?

[zealous hull]

Kirb

[primal bolt]

kirby? cool

[eternal island]

not sure if a line from wrestling game or ai got confused writing a script

[zinc dew]

It’s honestly the Bomberman game I’ve always wanted. I love the mechanics and the clever puzzle scenarios of Bomberman, I just wanted worlds to traverse instead of just MP arenas.

[zinc dew]

Kirby 64 is a great one

[cerulean elk]

I do wish there was a Bomberman Hero 2 on something like GameCube with massive open Platformer worlds

[zealous hull]

Did you like the Switch Bomberman, @cerulean elk ?

[zinc dew]

Wasn’t Jetters like a spiritual sequel?

[lone geyser]

Vast, vast majority of the SNES library

[brisk edge]

jetters is a lot different

[dense wagon]

Awesome yeah I was going to pick one up:)

[compact depot]

Xeno Crisis shows up the first logo screen! Yay!

[primal bolt]

who would have thought?

[manic basin]

If you turn on writeback, the sound will suck but you can totally play.

Using the Everdrive rom from the download bundle in the purchase link.

[cerulean elk]

Pepsiman has a prelim clean bill of health. Underweight but good. Now to the pet store

[manic basin]

The choice of a cute generation.

[manic basin]

I feel like I really need to emphasize though...the sound will SUCK (at least on the two MiSTers I've tried....like you accidentally did ALL the mushrooms)

[primal bolt]

https://youtu.be/yypKSSQky8w?si=XIbBEXhtCpeZOqeG

the n64 section is shorter than I thought

[versed cairn]

I feel like if he counts guardian heroes as 3D enough I think mischief makers should count on the N64 side. it has quite a bit of 3D. Probably more then Guardien heroes. but I'm just nitpicking it's a fun video.

[final knoll]

big shout to @zealous hull for the helps earlier... 🙂
he touched my C-Buttons and i know ill never be the same.

[brisk drum]

It does but yeah it totally sucks

[orchid nimbus]

cobra commander

[cerulean elk]

Kitten commander

[orchid nimbus]

kitrinx kitten

[compact skiff]

I bought the same controller on eBay but it was unbranded. Same results. Works great, but needs to be in XInput mode for rumble to work.

[zinc dew]

Yup! My favorite part is that I don’t have to resync it like the NSO controller every time I turn on the MiSTer

[hearty oar]

When you say resync, do you mean actually going to into the OSD menu and pairing again? Because I definitely don’t need to do that at least

Just press the sync button on the top once for me at least and it sorts itself out

[compact skiff]

Thanks @visual wadi for the recommendation for a controller. It came at the perfect time after returning a bad controller I had just purchased. The analog stick was way too sensitive even with the MiSTer main fix. I was considering buying one of the other popular third party options, but I couldn't bring myself to getting a controller with modern layout.

[mortal panther]

@cerulean elk

I have the perfect name for the new member of your family:

Guillermo

Although, pets like cats and dogs typically respond well to names that have an "Ee" sound at the end...

...like Robby. 😏

[cerulean elk]

🤣🤣🤣

[manic basin]

I, for one, welcome Gizmo with open arms! Not too open, because those little bastards scratch and I'll not be bandaged and bleeding to-night unless it's in a bar fight! BAT!

[visual wadi]

Glad you like it. I think for the money it’s a slam dunk.

[eternal ravine]

They always looked devious to me

[cerulean elk]

He managed his first shit…right in the litter box. Little street urchin is a pro

[eternal ravine]

This kitten may be a grifter and good actor

[manic basin]

Riff raff, street rat, just a cute cat...but if only they'd look clooooser..."

[eternal ravine]

Maybe it's like that movie Orphan where the adult cat has a disorder that makes them appear young

but really, kittens rule

My parents got a Siamese who does that arched back thing and acts ready to brawl

Attacking feet is his current phase

[cerulean elk]

We will see what he does to our dog lol. Our dog loves all animals. See how the cat feels bout that

[zinc dew]

Maybe I’m wrong? I’m glad to hear you’re not having an issue. Maybe it’s my Bluetooth device.

[zealous hull]

I have to repair every time I want to use my 8BitDo ModKit in Switch mode.

Which--I know is different.

[hearty oar]

It’s not surprising, the hid-nintendo driver seems pretty bugged when it comes to pairing and initialising

[zealous hull]

( I still can't get rumble to work :/ )

[limber willow]

@zealous hull how do we swap to switch mode, and why do we want to?

I'm struggling to keep up, but I know my 8bitdo mod, paired via standard Bluetooth, doesn't vibrate

[zinc dew]

Does the 8BitDo mod include a vibration motor?

[zealous hull]

It does, yes.

I know a user--Dave'sGameRoom--managed to get it working.

[zealous hull]

You can swap to Switch mode via the toggle switch at the back of the inserted pak.

[zinc dew]

That’s pretty cool

[zealous hull]

It's really cool! Yeah. Things are still just a little shakey at the moment, but that's to be expected.

Well, in the case of my rumble, not shakey enough.

[zinc dew]

lol but also I’m sad it’s not working for you

[zealous hull]

If I'm being honest. I don't really like rumble--I even turn it off for modern games.

So no worries.

But it would be nice to have.

[hearty oar]

Do you have the updated Linux image with the NSO driver? It will need that to work if it correctly identifies itself as an N64 switch pad

[zealous hull]

I'm using the 2023-09-04 unstable.

It's fine. I don't want this to be the 3rd night of fruitless troubleshooting. 🙂

[zinc dew]

You got the Linux driver?

[zealous hull]

I'll most likely just figure it out on my own eventually.

[mortal panther]

You only want it because you can't have it.
Humans are funny. 😉

[carmine kettle]

just waiting on my replacement rumble from 8bitdo so i cant try the rumble feature. my controller sync well but it doesnt rumble

[zealous hull]

Correct, that's the unstable image I was talking about. 🙂

[zinc dew]

oh yeah

[zealous hull]

More for the times where it's actually useful for more than just feedback. Mario Party, LoZ, etc.

But ah, it's cool.

[mortal panther]

Alerting you to something you need to be aware of in-game, definitely good to have.

[zealous hull]

Oh sorry, as an addendum to my last reply. Another user was able to get rumble in Switch mode only. That's why the mode is useful.

[quasi storm]

It's all working! The only thing that is being stubborn (Oddly)... It won't let me map both triggers for Z. Alternative mapping just won't do it. No big deal, though. I just mapped it to left trigger for main.

[junior yarrow]

I did decide to poke around with some paper mario romhacks, they unsurprisingly all still crashed

[zealous hull]

Yeah...I still have my N64 hooked up for those.

But maybe not forever? 🙂

Did you see the TTYD 64 that elDexter did?

Wild stuff.

[junior yarrow]

ttyd64 lets you choose where the game starts so i wanted to try skipping the opening

it still crashes no matter where lol

[zealous hull]

Clever idea, though.

What gives me hope is that Black Pit, Randomizer, TTYD64, etc all play on OG hardware. So if base PM can fit, they all can too.

Which--I mean--will make the MiSTer my most played system by far.

[junior yarrow]

I can stand in the debug room but the second i move mario its over once again

[zinc dew]

n64 rom hacks are amazing

[zealous hull]

It's like VGE said in his video today, it really does help flesh out the pretty anemic library.

[zealous hull]

Honestly, I'm probably going to do that just to get farther in anything paper mario related.

Hey mods, how do I delete another user's chat message?

[zinc dew]

if it’s offensive you can ping anyone on the mod team and we’ll take care of it

[zealous hull]

I'm 100% kidding.

[zinc dew]

We don’t want anyone to feel uncomfortable

Oh ok, but it’s a good question anyways

[zealous hull]

Wasabi can keep their literally shitpost. 😆

[zinc dew]

I read all his posts in that AVGN guy’s voice

Mike?

[zealous hull]

Mike

[zinc dew]

It’s like a curse, @jovial briar is a genius

[zealous hull]

I made my profile picture my own face, that way people can read my messages in my voice.
I'm pretty smart.

[junior yarrow]

Wow I did it

[zinc dew]

why are you hacking

[mortal panther]

Really need some Invincible season 2... stat!

[native mesa]

The Reddit app is absolute dogshit

[cerulean elk]

Subtle ATHF ref

[brisk drum]

@cerulean elk is probably gonna raise that cat to be a pussy

[zealous hull]

pst...use revanced. You can patch other 3rd party reddit apps

well, on Android at least.

[cerulean elk]

He’s from Chicago not Wisconsin

[trim seal]

Bust a move 2 arcade edition is as if it was made on the Atari 2600. All them squares. Sounds good though.

[fair stump]

Went ahead and completed Xena

That game has some silly audio

[marble cargo]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[trim seal]

Command and Conquer is working...really well. Sprites visible, water etc.

[fair stump]

Would anyone mind testing the rumble pak with wcw Nitro? I start with the controller pak in and switch to rumble when prompted but it doesn't seem to recognize rumble from then on

[trim seal]

Starting with rumble instead of switching to it, rumble works fine. Game hangs shortly into a match though.

I'll try switching

[fair stump]

Yeah, I just found that about starting with rumble

Something seems a bit off about it

[trim seal]

Confirmed, switching doesn't detect it. I think that's the state of the core though, doesn't support pak switching in game yet.

[fair stump]

Oh, I didn't realize switching wasn't a thing yet

Thank you for testing 👍

[trim seal]

No problem. I'm fairly sure I read that but I'ma see if I can find where.

[fair stump]

Going from None -> rumble also isn't working

So something is up with swapping to rumble

None -> controller pak does work

[trim seal]

That's interesting.

Can confirm going from Rumble to CPAK does work.

[fair stump]

@wanton sun maybe you could shed some light on the rumble pack not being recognized?

[trim seal]

But starting in rumble, going to CPAK works in the pak option menu, then you exit it and it re-prompts to insert rumble, which I do, but it doesn't work BUT the menu thinks the CPAK is still in.
I think the Rumble isn't asserting some other condition for detection in-game, only at startup.

To clarify, in the pak menu of WCW nitro, with the CPAK in, when you leave the menu and it asks for rumble pak, it doesn't recognise it when you change it in the OSD, so pressing "continue anyway" and going back into the pak menu, it still thinks the CPAK is in.

[quasi storm]

Maybe some sort of buffer should be put in place? e.g when you switch from pak to rumble the menu goes like this:

Cpak

Switching...(for like a second or two)

Rumble

[trim seal]

I can't imagine the speed of the switch would cause the problem -it doesn't seem to matter going from rumble to cpak, only the other way, and it still thinks cpak is in. Seems more like a flag of some kind not being set or cleared.

[quasi storm]

May just be an oversight. Like you said, maybe cpak is set to true, but never set to false, or something.

In layman's terms, anyway. I don't know how the code is structured

[trim seal]

Me either, I'm just postulating as an engineer.

[quasi storm]

And I'm just guessing as a dabbling programmer 😆

[hearty oar]

The game might be looking for an empty state first? It’s not like on real hardware it’s possible to just flick from one to the other, you physically have to pull it out first

[trim seal]

You know what this means? Clearly we should form a Ska band

[quasi storm]

This was my idea, to simulate the physical act of swapping.

[hearty oar]

All just postulation on how both the n64 core, real hardware and the game itself works lol

[trim seal]

I tried going to "None" as the pak after the game detects the cpak then asks for the rumble pak, then detecting, then changing to rumble, then detecting - and nope, still doesn't see it. Definitely something not being cleared.

[quasi storm]

We could call ourselves "Syntax & Ska-matics"

[trim seal]

Our first track could be called PCBeatdown.

[zinc dew]

Sorry for being so late in responding to this but I can confirm this is also an issue for me.

An easy way to test is with Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes. If you load the core first and then that game, the controller pak saves shows up correctly (it’s part of game boot sequence). If you load the game via an mgl file it doesn’t recognize the controller pak save and says it’s empty.

[fair stump]

Because everyone was wondering, Wheel of Fortune is completable

[languid dune]

What is an MGL file exactly?

[junior yarrow]

Finally

[trim seal]

Sweet, I can sleep easy tonight.

[quasi storm]

I had that happen without even using an mgl. Rush 2049 lost my player record, but when I went to make a new player with the same name, it said it already existed...

[zinc dew]

It’s a text file that serves as a means to load a game directly instead of having to go into the core first. Basically it’s a short instruction set that says “when this file is opened, boot this core then load this game”.

[junior yarrow]

Hey you pikachu runs fine if you ignore the part that you can't play it

[iron trail]

What Bluetooth adapter do you have? I have this same issue (NSO requires re-pair after each reboot). I saw it posted in the controller channel as well when the driver first dropped. Both that other user and I were using the same combo WiFi+Bluetooth adapter (I got mine from MiSTerAddons).

This one:

[zinc dew]

I also have a Bluetooth WiFi combo adapter.

[languid dune]

Interesting. I didn't even know you could do that.

[zinc dew]

I have all of games launchable via MGL. It’s very convenient. Even more convenient is that through symbolic links I also have a favorites list for quick access.

[zealous hull]

I use it with an RFID reader to auto launch my physical games. 🙂

[quasi storm]

Followed by "Algorithmic Groove"

[zealous hull]

I even recorded audio of me inserting a cart into my SNES that plays when games are launched. 😅

[quasi storm]

That's so nerdy 😆

[iron trail]

Here's the part of the convo where we saw the same thing #controllers message they tried another Bluetooth only adapter and it resyncs fine

[zealous hull]

It sure is.

[quasi storm]

It's like Amiga emulators mimicing disk sounds.

[zealous hull]

Hahaha, pretty much.

[zinc dew]

@languid dune if you want to learn more go here - https://mister-devel.github.io/MkDocs_MiSTer/advanced/mgl/

If you want a script to auto generate mgl files for you go here - https://github.com/wizzomafizzo/MiSTer_GamesMenu

[languid dune]

That would be useful for arcade cores!

[limber willow]

Thanks, I'll give it a try later.
ANy downsides to switch mode?

[zealous hull]

It's just sort of a big pain. Myself and a lot of users have to repair and re-bind controls every boot.

[quasi storm]

What are we talking about?

[zealous hull]

Sorry, they were replying to my comment about the 8Bitdo Mod Kit.

[woeful grove]

@zealous hull no trebuchets?

[zealous hull]

It's a reference to a Demetri Martin joke. A joke that has--upon reflection--not aged super well, tbh.

[quasi storm]

Oh. You were making me think of the brawler64 pad. It was a real pain, too. Until @orchid nimbus swooped in and saved the day, that is.

[zealous hull]

btw Kitrinx, you won't remember this. But you took the time to help me out with a really dumb issue I was having a few years ago with Mega Man Zero cheat codes of all things. I really appreciated it. ❤️

[quasi storm]

Dang... playing the long game, are we?

[woeful grove]

oh, glad to help 🙂

[iron trail]

Same as Robby here, have to re-pair after every reboot. Saw the same thing in controllers channel after the driver dropped: #controllers message it seems to be an issue with dual wifi+bluetooth adapters. Not sure which one Robby has but the user linked above and I were using the same one. Would you mind sharing which Bluetooth adapter you're using?

[carmine kettle]

i have the same wifi+bluetooth also having same issue

[iron trail]

Thank you for confirming!

[zealous hull]

Other than that short exchange, I've just been a lurker for a while.