Multiple windows

Lordlaxative · Post by **Lordlaxative** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:56 am

Me and my friend both want to play ChronoTrigger. And since the game is not two players, I was wondering if with ZSNES you can open up two windows of the same game so we could both play (me with a controller, him with the computer). I know I was able to do this with an old gameboy emulator, so I was wondering if it would work on this emulator. If not is there an SNES emulator that can do this? Thanks in advance.

Post by **Agozer** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 9:20 am

No. It wouldn't work, nor will it be implemented.

Besides, Chrono Trigger is a single player game.

Post by **Nach** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:06 pm

Why can't you just pass one controller back and forth, or assign both the keyboard and joystick to controll the game?

Ichinisan · Post by **Ichinisan** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 2:57 pm

If he's talking about playing two simultaneous instances of ZSNES independantly, it's possible. There is an option in the GUI to allow multiple instances.

Silensho · Post by **Silensho** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 2:59 pm

I suspect running more than one instance will cause a slow down

Lucifeer · Post by **Lucifeer** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 3:20 pm

I suspect that running multiple windows on the same machine would cause multiple sound-sources playing at the same time wich would destroy the fun in playing a game...

Post by **Agozer** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 3:27 pm

Ichinisan wrote:If he's talking about playing two simultaneous instances of ZSNES independantly, it's possible. There is an option in the GUI to allow multiple instances.

Oh it does? But wouldn't that have quite an impact on performance?

Post by **grinvader** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 3:33 pm

I already ran three Secret of Mana at the same time, to check movie 'random' reproduction.
I got 3 * 30 FPS, which is relatively good (imo) for a P4 1.8GH.

I think above 2.5GHz comps can eat 2 zsnes 60/60.

Starman Ghost · Post by **Starman Ghost** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 7:02 pm

You can run 2 instances of zsnes, but the way windows work, only 1 will be able to recieve input.

Lordlaxative · Post by **Lordlaxative** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:02 pm

So is there any way we could both be playing different instances of the same game at the same time?

Post by **Agozer** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:06 pm

Lordlaxative wrote:So is there any way we could both be playing different instances of the same game at the same time?

I guess not. Read what megabyte posted.

Ichinisan · Post by **Ichinisan** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 5:51 pm

I think gamepad input works when the window is not selected.

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