Make Mupen64 work faster
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Hey,
I have tried installing Mupen64 to play some old N64 games. However, it works very slowly, kinda like sound always stuttering and video moving at a choppy fps. I THINK it is because it is using OpenGL for the graphics, which is probably not a good idea with me having a ATI graphics card (no blobs installed). Is there anything I can do to improve it? Maybe some other emulator? Thanks!
i reccomend using M64PY as it gives you a GUI
then it will be easy to configure to graphics settings to try and improve performance by selecting
setting -> plugins -> video -> configure
Not sure if this computing as non-free games, but as they are dumped *ROM* boards, who knows.
CuteMupen worked long ago, don't know if is still alive.
BTW, check Supertux2 and SupertuxKart as Super Mario(Kart) based clones to nonfree games =) .
For some games like Pokémon for the GB and such is more difficult, but you have the decompiled Z80 ASM ROM code on github, you can compile it freely at least and run the game with gngb or gnuboy-sdl for example .
I have a config file to run smoothly the emulator if you want.
The config file you mentioned is what, the config for mupen64 that require less from the computer? I am having difficulty finding what settings I should use to have the best performance (even if at the cost of some quality and such).
That's pretty awesome! I hope nintendo doesn't descend from them like locust and they probably would especially since the assets are in the repo. A better free implementation would be if it was ported to C++/SDL2 and it was free/contrib where it would point to address points in a rom (ideally ripped from a retrode) or a homebrew "Lebrémon" game where you "Gotta free 'em all". Instead of "Bill's PC", you could put it on "Red's Private Server" because there is no cloud, only somebody else' Computer.
I don't think Nintendo has developed a Pokemon MMORPG, so it would actually be very significant if someone were to develop something like that (obviously not including any Pokemon characters, but using original monsters) and make it libre. I suspect such a game done right, before Nintendo decides of its own volition to release a Pokemon MMORPG, could make a huge impact.
I'm not talking about a MMORPG, I'm talking about "Bill's PC"==Cloud Storage for Pokemon and if you have your own private server, you use your own cloud to store your Pokemon. But, yeah, they could make an engine that "just so happens to be compatible with Pokemon Roms". Be it with a rom scan or an importer that converts the blob assets in the rom to something that's compatible with the Free Engine or whatever and I guess you could use that engine to make a non-pokemon clone. It could be like a DnD clone. There's already a pokemon clone, but it's not free. https://steamcommunity.com/app/308520/discussions/0/618457398956473202/
Another good idea would be replacement sprites or midi mod for the original non-free content.
I know, I was just throwing that out there.
You already have the decompiled ASM for GB Pokemon ROMs at github.
Yeah, but there are legal issues with sharing copyright & trademarked content content like the music notes, wave tables, images, dialogue, in-game scripting, etc. I've looked at the github page and except for the wave tables, (of which I couldn't find) it's all in there.
Like I said, a more legal way to do it would to be to design a rom importer where it scans the rom for the asset files in that binary blob and converts it to something else like a bitmap spritesheet, midi files, wave pcm files and lua scripting.
There is a LLVM NES 6502 converter. Maybe some guy can create a custom Z80 recompiler for the GB roms translating them into C and SDL.
Thank you both.
I will try the GUI suggested :)
I have mentioned in another thread that I love SuperTuxKart :D but unfortunately my PC can't run that game (no 3d graphics) :(
So, my thought was that maybe my CPU could handle emulating the N64 and I could play the Super Mario Kart game. I know it's not perfect, but better than nothing (and certainly better than spending money buying a console that would require me to spend money buying games, all that money going to companies that don't give a s*** about me or my principles).
What config file you mean? Isn't it enough to download the rom file and run it in an emulator?
Ok so in my journey to be able to play some 3d karts game, I have tried the following emulators:
snes, super mario kart;
gba, super mario kart;
nintendo ds, super mario kart;
nintendo 64, super mario kart;
the firt two play nicely, no matter what options i choose, but the graphics are kinda... meeh. Of course, that is to be expected. The gba actually have nice graphics problem is when I want to play full screen at a much bigger resolution than it was originally intended for :P And the snes games are always enjoyable :)
The last two are too demanding on my machine, considering the fact that I don't have graphics card with 3d acceleration to help it.
I suppose I will have to stick to what works, which is snes :(
I will also try to check some free/libre 2d games in the repos (or not in the repos but 2d games). I want to play some "fun" games with my gf, and she isn't very into "real gaming". It's more a way to play some fun games, have some laughs, a little healthy competition, maybe organize a gaming night with some friends... just that :)
Any help/suggestions?
thanks!!
I keep a list of multiplayer games I have installed. This is my current list:
Thanks! I took a look and maybe there is something that might help :)
After a short talk with her, she used to enjoy (with some family members) games like Call of Duty, some racing cars games, and of course Wii games (which unfortunately I can't even find anything that compares).
So... yeah, though luck :-/
As it seems, my PC can't handle emulating n64 or any other "3d" machine. And I don't want to force her (and a few friends) to play ugly looking games in a Full HD tv :(
did you try changing the graphics settings to get better performance?
what is the current FPS you are getting?
also you could sell your current laptop and buy another with a GPU that works well with trisquel the thinkpad X60 runs mupen64plus very well and it also runs DeSmuME
(which unfortunately I can't even find anything that compares)
you can use Wii remotes with fully free software
so if you ever find a game that you think would benefit from it try making a feature request to the developer as it may not be hard to implement
Personally, I would never volunteer time to add motion controls to a game. Not because I'm against it, but because I think it's a waste of time. Motion controls were nothing more than a fad, really, and you have to be able to fall back to the more precise keyboard and mouse, anyway (not everyone has a Wii controller).
I suspect a lot of other game developers probably feel the same way. So there's a good chance you'll have to add the feature yourself if you really want it there.
I have tried messing around with the settings, but got nothing good. I mean, it runs well in 320x240, which is fine by me, but I can't even stretch that over the entire screen. If I use higher resolutions or just "stretch" a low resolution over the entire screen, it starts lagging.
On the happy side, I discovered some really nice 3d games on Game Boy Advance. I never played or gave any interest to that console, but discovered that there are some fun games. And, because it doesn't demand too much CPU, my computer can play it very well.
I have been using the "super eagle" filter, though I have read about a hq8x filter that apparently makes GBA games almost HD. Too bad I can't find any way to install/compile it for GNU/Linux.
As for the suggestion... thanks, but in my country is not easy to sell this pc and get a new one. Not when I am broke :(
However, I might give it a go when things get better :)
Another possible "solution" is to try to use an Android Tablet my gf has around and get it to run some games (emulators or not). F-Droid has some free/libre games for android :) I think the tablet might be able to run hdmi out :)
You can pretty much guarantee that this tablet is far less capable than your laptop without the proprietary video driver or OpenGL ES implementation it probably has. It also doesn't help that Android is actually a very heavy system.
I know :)
But since the tablet already has blobs installed and can't even function without them, i think we could at least make use of it (hoping to one day get Replicant gaming machine ^_^).
you mentioned something about "if a computer can play an emulator+rom, it can probably play other games with same or better graphics". And I have been thinking, the use of emulators+roms for me is a "last resort" solution, because I don't want to install proprietary games, AND modern libre games are not made thinking about low spec machines. Emulating a machine that already had low specs, but the game creators used to maximum potential actually allows to play some interesting games that I wouldn't be able to find a proper "clone" in the free/libre world to run in my machine.
Does it make sense? :P
> AND modern libre games are not made thinking about low spec machines.
To me, OpenArena seems to care a bit too much about the legacy…
renderer_oa changes - Widescreen horizontal expansion support - Paletted texturing support, for the few older cards that support the paletted texture extensions (3dfx) - Many changes to the flares code - sun flares, support for custom flare shaders, a lower quality flare option (huge framerate jump on oa_pvomit), additional lens reflection effects, configurable lens reflection types for dynamic lights, sun or map lights - Brightness by blended quad, allowing overbrights to work in a window without the need for a fragment shader - More postprocessing effects, including a multipass shader effect for simulating the looks of a popular 1996 3d card - Slowness feature to simulate the rough speed of a typical 6th generation computer setup by default (common 1998 computers), potentially useful for content producers looking to optimize their stuff
I don't think what you're observing is a modern thing. Very few game developers ever make games for especially low spec machines specifically (one limited case I'm aware of is the OpenPandora, which has quite weak hardware even with the proprietary OpenGL ES implementation). Optimizations are made either because they're necessary for the mid-range of computers or a dedicated "console" being targeted, or because they're obvious or easy optimizations.
For example, interesting fact: while Project: Starfighter will work on very old hardware, it has virtually no optimization that's more than common sense. In fact, for example, it uses a method for updating the screen that the SDL documentation specifically warns against because it's inefficient. The reason for this is Starfighter is simplistic enough in the way it works that performance was never a problem for it.
What I meant was, that by emulating a low specs machine, games were already made to work on a slow machine. If I would install proprietary games, I could run some older games and get decent gaming experiences. But since I don't, those roms are good because they are aged (though they aged well).
I know that games are always pushing the limits of the machines they are designed to work on, so you sometimes have to take a step back. :)
Hey you guys still playing libre game night? Any non-3d-required games being played?
Also, any way to play over Tor?
Thanks!
> Also, any way to play over Tor?
Games are never properly configured to use Tor, and you wouldn't want to; it would cause terrible lag.
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