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Runik - Sep 19, 2003

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  Runik Sep 19, 2003
It's Vbt's idea, so you know who's to blame


Shanghaï triple threat : the game loops after what I think to be the explanation screen







Hanagumi looks nice now ! Let's see if you can spot the differencies with the Mame version









Saturnin WIP...

 vbt Sep 20, 2003
Great idea, isn't it ? You start to have really great results with Saturnin. keep on your good work


 Pearl Jammzz Sep 20, 2003
looks good, I take it that saturnin is a new sat emu? If so, damn lookin nice...

 Runik Sep 22, 2003
The first version was out in the beginning of april, and the second (and last) version was out in the beginning of august.

But I'm working on this since april 2002

 Runik Sep 23, 2003
I fixed some colors and transparencies problems on differents sprites modes







I just need to fix a little DMA issue, and I can start to speed everything up

 Runik Sep 24, 2003
Well, it wasn't a DMA issue, it was just a bad color index calculation ...

Now the versus pictogram is displayed correctly :



I'm pretty much done with the graphic part now (even if there are some minor glitches appearing sometimes), it's time to launch my good ol' code analyst

 mal Sep 24, 2003
Looking good. :thumbs-up:

Are any other games running at all?

 Runik Sep 25, 2003
Purikura Daisakusen shows a green screen then hangs (it writes in the bios),

Groove On Fight shows the credits on the lower part of the screen and zeros on the upper right and left (it uses the 2*1 planes mode that isn't added right now),

Shienryu hangs on the slave SH2 (Haze told me that this game should be rather easy to emulate),

Radiant Silvergun hangs after the resolution change, same thing for Dynamyte Deka, and all the others games (non IC13) just keep reseting (due to a master slave internal identification problem)

 DBOY Sep 27, 2003
What are the system requirements for Saturnin's current state?

 Runik Sep 27, 2003
Right now, without any optimizations, on my athlon XP 1700+ i have an average 13 fps during the saturn bios, and 6 fps ingame in Hanagumi Taisen Columns.

That's not fast, I know, but I'm working on a texture cache system for the VDP1 that will speed things up. When it'll be ready, I will apply this technique to the VDP2.

And I also have plenty of others optimizations that can be done

 CrazyGoon Sep 27, 2003
Keep up the good work Runik! I shall click on your banners when I visit

 Runik Sep 27, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Keep up the good work Runik! I shall click on your banners when I visit


Thanks ! I'm sure my webmaster will appreciate :thumbs-up:

 Runik Sep 28, 2003
I updated my website with a nice Shanghaï - The Great Wall screenshot.

Here are some more :





My VDP1 texture cache is working (it only needs a better discarding detection now), and with some more optimizations I have between 15 and 20 fps during the saturn bios ...

Hanagumi had a tremendous speed increase : 33% ! (I know, that's only 8fps :lol: )

 vbt Sep 28, 2003
You work too much Runik. I have a little question for you, why did you choose to use Open GL API instead of Direct X API ? maybe your goal is to port it on Linux

 Runik Sep 29, 2003
Well, because openGL is far easier to use than directX (for a beginner like I was when I started to deal with graphics)

But I didn't drop the idea to use directX later

 vbt Sep 29, 2003
ok I didn't know that Open GL was easier to use than Direct X API.

Eh, look at this you start to become famous :


  Runik Sep 29, 2003
Ah ben ... ça ... ben alors ?!?

C'est le PC-Team de ce mois-ci ? On m'avait dit qu'on parlait de Saturnin dans le HS émulation (que j'ai depuis acheté), mais là c'est encore plus fort !

Il faut dire que je suis plus Joystick que PC-Team, c'est peut être pour ça

Merci pour l'image en tout cas :thumbs-up:

Sorry for the french language, I think I work too much, I need to rest

I'm in the middle of a full rewrite of the VDP2 to change it into something more generic (and more maintainable), and after that I think I will look deeper into the cd-block

 slacker52 Oct 8, 2003
criminy jickets lad! i plan to keep an eye on this one........and the duck "hes so cuuuuuuuute"

 racketboy Oct 8, 2003
what publication is the article from?

pretty cool...

 Runik Oct 9, 2003
It's from a french video game magazine named PC-Team ...

The same guys that did Fabien Autrel's interview some years ago (it's still present on his website)


  
	
	

		
		

			and the duck "hes so cuuuuuuuute"


Beware of what you say in front of him, because he can kick your ass :lol:

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