Regen for Linux and Windows

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Wed May 07, 2008 2:31 pm

Hi,

I just quickly looked at the sources. The core implementation is in nall/ups.hpp...right? It seems I just need to provide some crc functions. I haven't looked in detail so I might have missed some other stuff.

stay safe,

AamirM

byuu · Post by **byuu** » Wed May 07, 2008 6:29 pm

Yes, the algorithm is entirely in nall/ups.hpp.

The rest of the files in nall/ just add some simplicity, such as an MSVC stdint.h wrapper and such.

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Fri May 09, 2008 4:11 pm

Hi,

Do you have any program(s) to test if one's implementation of UPS is working correctly?

stay safe,

AamirM

Dr. Claw · Post by **Dr. Claw** » Sat May 10, 2008 6:28 pm

Question about the redefine keys dialog in v0.85 --

is it supposed to move that quickly between keys? I don't even have enough time to redefine the keys as the dialog goes by too quickly.

Here are my computer's specs for reference:

AMD Athlon 64 x2 4600+ (Windsor)
2GB RAM
Windows XP

I am using the P3/AthlonXP version of Regen.

Please help, because I can not redefine keys in this app.

Dullaron · Post by **Dullaron** » Sat May 10, 2008 6:37 pm

Sometimes it auto pick a key on first button setup. Seem weird. Same thing happen on pSX as well.

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Sat May 10, 2008 6:54 pm

Hi,

Working fine here. What do you exactly mean by "moving quickly"?

stay safe,

AamirM

Dr. Claw · Post by **Dr. Claw** » Sat May 10, 2008 6:59 pm

When I try to set up my controller for use with this emulator, I do the following:

Go to System > Redefine Keys from the Menu Bar.

The Configure Controllers window appears.

Then, in the Port 1 section, I select 6 Button Pad, and the name of my USB controller (auto-detected by Regen) in the drop downs.

When I click "Define", "INPUT KEY FOR (name of Button Here)" appears in rapid succession, not giving me enough time to press the button on my controller that corresponds to the desired key.

It does the same thing if I try redefine the keyboard settings.

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Sat May 10, 2008 7:39 pm

Hi,

Disconnect your USB controller and then try to redefine the key using keyboard and see if it works.

stay safe,

AamirM

Dr. Claw · Post by **Dr. Claw** » Sat May 10, 2008 8:57 pm

Now it works just fine.
Perhaps there's a problem with the use of USB controllers? It detects the controller fine, but the aforementioned just happenens anytime I try to reset the keys for the USB controller.

DancemasterGlenn · Post by **DancemasterGlenn** » Sat May 10, 2008 10:38 pm

Does your controller have a joystick? If so, is the joystick centred? Might be a deadzone problem...

byuu · Post by **byuu** » Sun May 11, 2008 4:14 am

AamirM wrote:Do you have any program(s) to test if one's implementation of UPS is working correctly?

I don't, but Nach has some tests, I'll check with him.

Thristian · Post by **Thristian** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:19 pm

AamirM wrote:Do you have any program(s) to test if one's implementation of UPS is working correctly?

As far as I can tell, if you can apply the Der Langrisser patch to the Der Langrisser ROM and create a file with a correct CRC32, then re-apply the patch to the patched ROM and get back a bit-perfect copy of the original, that should be good enough.

There's a bunch of corner-cases that aren't tested with that approach (one that bugged me was whether or not patch-hunks were allowed to cross the end of the shorter file), but in the absence of an official test suite you can't do much better.

byuu · Post by **byuu** » Sun May 11, 2008 6:30 pm

You always "read" 0x00s past the end of the shorter file, so if the last byte of the shorter file is different from the longer file, and the first byte of the longer file is not 0x00, then yes, a patch block can continue past the end of the shorter file.

Dr. Claw · Post by **Dr. Claw** » Sun May 11, 2008 9:05 pm

DancemasterGlenn wrote:Does your controller have a joystick? If so, is the joystick centred? Might be a deadzone problem...

The USB controller is much like a console's gamepad (it's a Saitek P220).

DancemasterGlenn · Post by **DancemasterGlenn** » Mon May 12, 2008 12:53 pm

That didn't answer my question, but googling what you did give me shows that it does not have a joystick.

kode54 · Post by **kode54** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:30 pm

However, it does have a throttle control.

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:50 am

Dr. Claw wrote:Now it works just fine.
Perhaps there's a problem with the use of USB controllers? It detects the controller fine, but the aforementioned just happenens anytime I try to reset the keys for the USB controller.

It seems your controller is constantly giving some input. But, since I don't have any gamepad/controller myself I cannot test the code ery well and it may ave some bugs.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:58 am

AamirM wrote:
Dr. Claw wrote:Now it works just fine.
Perhaps there's a problem with the use of USB controllers? It detects the controller fine, but the aforementioned just happenens anytime I try to reset the keys for the USB controller.
It seems your controller is constantly giving some input. But, since I don't have any gamepad/controller myself I cannot test the code ery well and it may ave some bugs.

My guess is that you need to implement some form of joystick sensitivity option/slider so this doesn't occur.

Neo Kaiser · Post by **Neo Kaiser** » Tue May 13, 2008 9:05 am

AamirM wrote:
Dr. Claw wrote:Now it works just fine.
Perhaps there's a problem with the use of USB controllers? It detects the controller fine, but the aforementioned just happenens anytime I try to reset the keys for the USB controller.
It seems your controller is constantly giving some input. But, since I don't have any gamepad/controller myself I cannot test the code ery well and it may ave some bugs.

You forgot to say "Stay Safe" lol. The emulator is working good so far except that it don't ha support for it's peripherals like Sega CD.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Tue May 13, 2008 2:46 pm

Yeah, I can't believe how well and accurate Regen is considering how new it is!

King Of Chaos · Post by **King Of Chaos** » Tue May 13, 2008 3:18 pm

Dude, somebody with an old gamepad send AamirM it, and maybe he can fix/test this stuff.

ZH/Franky · Post by **ZH/Franky** » Tue May 13, 2008 3:48 pm

neo_bahamut1985 wrote:Yeah, I can't believe how well and accurate Regen is considering how new it is!

He'd probably been working on it years before releasing it to the public.
psxauthor said he'd been working on pSX for about five years before he released it.

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Wed May 14, 2008 6:20 am

Franky wrote:
neo_bahamut1985 wrote:Yeah, I can't believe how well and accurate Regen is considering how new it is!
He'd probably been working on it years before releasing it to the public.
psxauthor said he'd been working on pSX for about five years before he released it.

Hi,

I wrote it in three months before releasing the first version (0.2). The first version wasn't very accurate. The accuracy I've reached is because you all people gave bug reprots. Before that, I worked on my Nugen emulator which was a failure. I am hoping to rewrite it some day.

stay safe,

AamirM

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AamirM wrote:reprots

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Dullaron · Post by **Dullaron** » Wed May 14, 2008 5:42 pm

AamirM that website looking great.