PSPVBA: GameBoy Advance Emulator for PSP v1.1.0 (smooth)

[zx-81]

http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/images/pspvba-snap-11.jpg

Hi All,

Here is a new version of PSPVBA the GameBoy Advance Emulator for PSP.

What's new in version 1.1.0 :

- It works now on 2.5 and 2.6 FW (i've tested it using DevHook)
- All the graphic part has been rewritten to replace SDL by direct GU access (faster)
- Sound is now played at 22Khz instead of 11Khz (i can play it up to 44Khz, it's better but slower :( ).
- The images are now smooth (using the GU)
- Snapshot files are now in PNG format (instead of BMP)

How to use it ?

Have a look to the README.txt file !

Two binary versions (for 2.x and 1.5 FW) and sources are included in the zip archive.

This package is under GPL Copyright, read COPYING file for more information about it.


Enjoy, :D

Zx.

edit: this should be the last version for 2.x because i will try to use the ME (available only on 1.5) :o

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[sroon]

Yup! every 2 days!
THX your the best!

[Dementia7]

thanks man, i check up on ur emu daily. im testing this right now as i speak.

[zx-81]

don't expect full speed ;) ... or without the sound :).

[sroon]

It sure is fast tho, Metroid fusion is playable!
and how do you change the sound frequency?
thanks!

[seiryuken]

nicely done zx-81, i always use youre updates to play game, just the knowlege of knowing you can play games is fun. keep up the good work, and take some days off u must work like a animal to make these updates. lol

[Uruz 6]

Tested on 1.5 with Tales of Phantasia and it's A LOT better, still slow, but you can really see the improvement. Thanks!!

[zx-81]

nicely done zx-81, i always use youre updates to play game, just the knowlege of knowing you can play games is fun. keep up the good work, and take some days off u must work like a animal to make these updates. lol

I'm in vacation, and i'm working on it day and night ... but i have to stop for a day or two now :D

[Dementia7]

ya no kidding, take a breather. by the way, it is MUCH faster, i can get 15 fps running about 80-95 %, also when i enter batter, it can slow it down to about 7 fps and almost freeze out, though it doesn't. may be a bug, may its just my settings. either way, GREAT JOB.

[Gazz021]

just tried it with Mario Pinball Land,A lot smoother sound still not that clear but at least that line across the screen as gone.Keep up the good work your get 100% emulation soon.

[Exoskeletor]

man in the new version fifa 2005 doesnt show anything. i can hear only the sound.
Also the game sims 2 isnt playing (i think in all the versions)

[zx-81]

It sure is fast tho, Metroid fusion is playable!
and how do you change the sound frequency?
thanks!

The sound frequency is hard coded to 22k ... but i can add an option in the emulator menu. :)

[sroon]

Thx alot bro!

[scupitangul]

man ...zx...you really are something....ive just tested pokemon emerald because it was one of the games that moved moderately slow and i can see a 30 percent speed improvement...thats really something.....you should really take a break ...you really deserve it

[sroon]

but not now!
in a few days after your break!(O)(O)
just relax bro!

[SSaxdude]

Nice GBA emulator, though I just got my M3 adapter for my DS this week.

[reggie1620]

Thanx, .... and my son is angry, I just took his PSP, need to play alittle with this new version :-)

[Masch]

Thank you, zx-81 :)

[Accordion]

wow glorious (i like that word!)

can any one get kingdom hearts to work? or is it too big, no trouble though, ive been playing kuru kuru kururin, its incredibley easy with the analog nub though.

[troom]

you rock i love gba

[Apoklepz]

Hmmm....haven't tested this emu yet, but to answer your size question about Kingdom Hearts, accordian boy...It's 32MB big and 15MB if compressed into .zip, though I don't know for sure if this emu runs compressed games or if it runs Kingdom Hearts:Chain of Memories.

If you excuse me, I'll have to get a modchip for my poor old brick, now that this emulator release got me excited...good work zx-81!

[Dementia7]

yea, great improvement.

[Mr. Shizzy]

Zx- you are the man dude. I am eternally grateful for all you've done. THANK YOU

[D0N]

Nice work zx-81! Just as i turn around and then look back there is another update from you! Brilliant work man keep it up!

Also you said in your first post on this thread:

!edit: this should be the last version for 2.x because i will try to use the ME (available only on 1.5)"

There are still some people who couldnt downgrade and are still on 2.5/2.6. My question is what are you going to do about them?

[enekomh]

I've just tried kingdom hearts and it doesn't seem to run at all... It shows a yellow (?) screen and the percentage (which I don't know what means) keeps switching between 5 and 6 fps... (even though nothing changes on the screen).
What settings do you people use?

[ACID]

Nice GBA emulator, though I just got my M3 adapter for my DS this week.
You should have gotten the Ninjapass for the ds.

ZX your awesome another great release castlevania now plays much better.

[vettacossx]

just tried it with Mario Pinball Land,A lot smoother sound still not that clear but at least that line across the screen as gone.Keep up the good work your get 100% emulation soon

mario pinball land worked perfect for me last release without sound it was MORE than playable it was damn near full speed maybe its the rom 2 ;) for example: daedlious plays the f-zero x (e) (hack) rom faster than the (u) version ;)

[jak66]

Yay, another update for a brillient emu by a excellent programmer
one question, why did it go from 1.0.7 to 1.1.0?lol

[Mourningstar]

This is the first time Ive tried your GBA Emu.....

First of all I want to thank you for working so hard at it and releasing updates quickly, but.....

This is really no better than the first GBA emu for PSP.....sure yours has a better menu and sound, but the games themselves really arent performing any better at all. They arent looking better, they arent running better...sorry...

[jak66]

@Mourning star you gotta remember that zx is only using user mode atm so everyone can use this emu (it is user mode isnt it?) all the other emus were unuseable on 2.0+. soon as zx uses kernal mode and the ME this will be tons better (hope i got all that right)

[zx-81]

Nice work zx-81! Just as i turn around and then look back there is another update from you! Brilliant work man keep it up!

Also you said in your first post on this thread:

!edit: this should be the last version for 2.x because i will try to use the ME (available only on 1.5)"

There are still some people who couldnt downgrade and are still on 2.5/2.6. My question is what are you going to do about them?

Nothing, because i can't do more on 2.5/2.6. BTW, i really don't know if i will be able to run anything on ME, so it was may be my last release on this one ;).

[.:}<3\/!}\{:.]

brilliant,just brilliant. you are my favourite coder from now on, thx for this update!!!!!!!!!

[gamer121]

omg

castlevania HOD is fast minimum% is basically 100

and the in menu % is 280+... its menu is very fast

grest work

[gamer121]

This is the first time Ive tried your GBA Emu.....

First of all I want to thank you for working so hard at it and releasing updates quickly, but.....

This is really no better than the first GBA emu for PSP.....sure yours has a better menu and sound, but the games themselves really arent performing any better at all. They arent looking better, they arent running better...sorry...

ive been testing more games and i gotta say ur crazy

sonic adv works so much better...

ZX ive notice the in game menus the % gets an great increase

[tsurumaru]

Nothing, because i can't do more on 2.5/2.6. BTW, i really don't know if i will be able to run anything on ME, so it was may be my last release on this one ;).

zx-81, I'd really recommend speaking with yoyofr and laxer3a from SNESTYL, I'm sure they would be happy to share their work on implementing ME functionality.

[kcc86]

zx is the man. nice work

[tommydanger]

Nice work zx-81! Just as i turn around and then look back there is another update from you! Brilliant work man keep it up!

Also you said in your first post on this thread:

!edit: this should be the last version for 2.x because i will try to use the ME (available only on 1.5)"

There are still some people who couldnt downgrade and are still on 2.5/2.6. My question is what are you going to do about them?

Well, as I appreciate and respect Zx's work, I don't think there's anything still hidden in user mode that would make it go faster.
Zx did already an outstanding job in user mode (notice this version, as the previous ones didn't use kernel mode at all and look how fast it is)
1.5 is the honeypot in terms of psp coding.
It would be a shame if a very talented coder like Zx didn't have the chance to get his hands on a 1.5 ;)

[zx-81]

Yay, another update for a brillient emu by a excellent programmer
one question, why did it go from 1.0.7 to 1.1.0?lol

I've tried many many things, and i've done many different versions (even if there weren't released).

Anyway 1.1.0 means a major change in the source. I've removed all SDL graphic stuff and replace it by GU ...

:D

[WarpOn]

Marvelous again Zx-81!
I think you need concentrate in 1.5 with the kernal mode. 1.5 is the future :D

[felonyr301]

yay zx-81 is going to use kernal now ohh the possibilities cant wait. keep up the great work.

[ACID]

Man a lot of games are working great for me. Great job ZX.

[Jmax]

Nice Job, and it work on 2.6 cool. :)

[junnikokuki]

http://dl.qj.net/SNESPSP_TYL-Source-Code-v0.4.2-PSP-Emulators/pg/12/fid/7759/catid/135

Here is the source code of SnesTYL 0.4.2.
May this helps you with ME.

[zx-81]

http://dl.qj.net/SNESPSP_TYL-Source-Code-v0.4.2-PSP-Emulators/pg/12/fid/7759/catid/135

Here is the source code of SnesTYL 0.4.2.
May this helps you with ME.

I've already downloaded it, and i've been in touch with Yoyofr (who's a french guy, so it's easier to talk with lol).

:)

[YourStillWithMe]

Every version you put out keeps getting better and better slowly but surely in the future i see a perfect emulator! good job man!

[Kvonx]

Nice work as expected

[John Vattic]

man, zx-81 you deserve a full fledged vacation.

you are the hardest working person in the psp scene.

media engine you said? very cool :)

[pkmusicmaker]

When this project first started, I thought "great, another gba emulator that dies in a week and never works," but you're really proving me wrong. I have total faith in this getting to be just as good as the Genesis, and SNES emulators.

[D0N]

Nothing, because i can't do more on 2.5/2.6. BTW, i really don't know if i will be able to run anything on ME, so it was may be my last release on this one ;).

Ok. Thanks for the info. I was just trying to find out what you were going to do about the unlucky 2.5/2.6 PSP users. BTW you are my best coder! :D

[Gazz021]

Fifa 05 does'nt show up you hear the sound...

[BPM9]

Awesome!!!

I am putting it on my PSP now. Can't wait for your next releases

[drew4237]

i started using this emu a long time ago but i wish that he whould use kernal cause i have a 1.5 and anyone who doesnt understands that it wont run full speed but i can maybe be playable. so you should just program it for kernal for a while so us 1.5 users can be happy too

[uhoh_hotdogs]

Wow, it seems as if with each release games are becoming more and more playable. Good job and keep up the good work!

[Mourningstar]

omg

castlevania HOD is fast minimum% is basically 100

and the in menu % is 280+... its menu is very fast

grest work
Ill have to try HoD......is it that good with or without sound?

I tried CotM and it was crap....

What other games work as good as HoD?

[Kaiser]

Its nice coming home from work to another quality ZX-81 release. :D

Nice work ZX

[tophead420]

I'm in vacation, and i'm working on it day and night ... but i have to stop for a day or two now :D

omg zx your a freakn machine dood your work is very F N fast and yeah dood take a break you deserve that much i mean hell dood you said your on vacation take your day or to break maybe the rest will clear your mind and maybe a new idea will pop up in your head lol and as always good job dood:D :D

[momochi_zabuza]

can i run it in 2.6 without GTA e-Loader? thanks in advance.

[siulmagic]

ok mornigstar put this settings for castle vania hod then tell me if this emu is not what you spected =P
sound enable yes
skip frame 4
turbo mode 2
render mode max
screen Ymin 10 (if you want to change it to 30 more speed)
screen Xmax 155
disable SFX no
click frequency 333
ARM tick average 5

again you guys cna try this settings in other games im shure they will be prety fast =D

[SnoopKatt]

That's awesome that updates just keep coming.

[momochi_zabuza]

can i run it in 2.6 without GTA e-Loader? or i still need the GTA e loader? thanks in advance.

[siulmagic]

you need gta loader thats the only way to run homebrew in 2.6

[odino]

Good! Very playable with some games!!!:)

But The hack\debug menu of snes9xTYL is possible? Its very very useful.

[mcvader]

Barely do i get a chance to test this emulator before there's a new version out! Your'e keyboard must be melting. thanks for all your efforts for the PSP scene, you now have the world wide fame you rightly deserve, keep 'em coming. P.S, thanks for the interview on the other thread, hopefully the first of many.

[gamer121]

Ill have to try HoD......is it that good with or without sound?

I tried CotM and it was crap....

What other games work as good as HoD?

klonoa is full speed
metal slug is very playable

[NeoXCS]

Wow, you have been improving this thing like crazy. Yeah you do need a rest you don't seem to ever sleep! XD Thank you so much for this emu, it gives me a reason to play my old GBA games again! :p Good luck on future releases! :D

[zx-81]

can i run it in 2.6 without GTA e-Loader? thanks in advance.

You can run it on 2.6 but using eloader and GTA ... I've tested it using DevHook and it works fine ;).

[jak66]

Would it be possible to do ad-hoc wifi for link up for 2.0+ without kernal mode? or would it still be tricky with kernal mode?
doesnt bother me too much but for the don't want to downgrade/can't downgrade ppl that might want this feature its always nice to know
keep up the good work and can't wait for next release

[s075933]

man ...zx...you really are something....ive just tested pokemon emerald because it was one of the games that moved moderately slow and i can see a 30 percent speed improvement...thats really something.....you should really take a break ...you really deserve it

Good to see someone interested in pokemon

What were your settings to make it 30% faster?

[siulmagic]

sad news =/ i bricked my psp oday wile restoring my gameboot sound i wish you all luck and plz dont use flashing software unless your shure of it heh till then laters was great living this scene -/

[zx-81]

sad news =/ i bricked my psp oday wile restoring my gameboot sound i wish you all luck and plz dont use flashing software unless your shure of it heh till then laters was great living this scene -/

Sorry to what happened to you :(

[Sterist]

sad news =/ i bricked my psp oday wile restoring my gameboot sound i wish you all luck and plz dont use flashing software unless your shure of it heh till then laters was great living this scene -/

howd you manage that? gameboot is not vital to the OS. if its cut-off or corrupt, it will act like there is no gameboot at all, or freeze when launching games (idk), but gameboot cannot brick your psp.

the NAND flash chip is 32mb, firmware 1.5 is 13.3mb. 32-13.3=X if you exceeded X then thats most likely the reason it bricked

[Exoskeletor]

Zx why sims 2 never play on any gba emulator? because of its size? (32mb) cant we make a program like in neogeo to still the big roms in smaller?

[Pocker_matt]

:confused: :( whhhhhhhhhhhhhy mr zx-81 why would you let those other "side" not
to gain the same thing as the 1.5 do. not fair :'( i would downgrade if i didnt have an ic3001 on my psp:(

[WarpOn]

With 1.5 he can use Kernal, with 2.6 I think he's limited... He have more posibilities on 1.5

[Sterist]

btw ZX there is a graphic bug right now, or atleast in dragon ball z: legacy of goku II

here is the save file to get to the bugged spot, go inside the cave above where you start

the cave is supposed to be a faded area and you are supposed to be able to see the guy.

.sav:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D2XZNUME

.sgm:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EW42YEHX

[siulmagic]

i replaced the opening_sound.rco and wqen i was restoring its original it briked the file was very small i dont now y it briked

[siulmagic]

oh thx zx-81 still you the best coder=P

[acn010]

oh cool, that fast?

[felonyr301]

love your work man but ive been closely monitoring the mega man zero games and for the past 4 releases i havent noticed a thing in speed and the sound is the same (horrible) but i know from what i hear that you doing a great job but mega man zero is what im hoping for to be good.Is it a tough game to emulate or something like to know zx-81?

[Pocker_matt]

zx-81,
you know how you can use the 1.5 eboot to play the pspvba 2.xx , can the 2.xx do this for the kernel thing you are about to start?

[mameuser]

It really smooth, did you copy the psp298 GU Code

[momochi_zabuza]

siulmagic and zx 51 -- thx for the explanation... :D

[ArchAngel]

I would donate my PSP 1.5 to you, but I kinda need it :) 1.5 original anyway, so I really cannot wait for full speed :P

[Broonale]

Thank you again!

[Tehcpt]

Okay, i hate to sound like a complete moron, i just bought my PSP the other day, managed to downgrade the firmware to 1.5

so i copied the 1.5 file folder for the emulator to my psp/games directory, then i left USB connection mode and went to game and nothing was there.... am i supposed to use Devhook to launch the Emu? or should it show up on Game/memorystick file?

Thx in advance.. sorry for being a nub ><

[Pocker_matt]

tehcpt, just put your emu in the game file with the corresponding pspvba file which is 1.5, hey tehcpt when did you get your psp? was it a 2.5 factory at first then you downgraded?

[Tehcpt]

I put the 1.5 folder in the F/PSP/Game directory

and nope, it was a 2.01 factory, i upgraded to 2.5 then downgraded using the GTA downgrade

[Tehcpt]

Okay, im a complete moron, i had copied the folder "1.5" vs. just copying the CONTENTS of it into the game folder, Great Emu GJ Guys!

[mameuser]

Only left Media Engine to go for Speed

[disturbed19]

Dont forget about the sound! ::p most of us know that there are many more ways to increase speed, developers just need time to figure those ways out.

[zx-81]

It really smooth, did you copy the psp298 GU Code

I'm using the GU Blitter as psp298 did, and many other emulators ;). The GU code is nearly the same (sorry i didn't want to reinvent the wheel), but i'm not using another temporary screen buffer as he did ;) ...

[b8a]

Haven't used this yet, just making an appearance as part of the official zx-81 fanclub to say thanks!! Truth be told, GBA is the only system I truly ever wanted to emulate on my PSP! I really hope there's some programming tricks left up your sleeve, as I will be very sad if full emulation turns out to be impossible (;_;)


This is the first time Ive tried your GBA Emu.....

First of all I want to thank you for working so hard at it and releasing updates quickly, but.....

This is really no better than the first GBA emu for PSP.....sure yours has a better menu and sound, but the games themselves really arent performing any better at all. They arent looking better, they arent running better...sorry...If you were a newbie, I'd understand... But you've been coming around for a year and saying this? Wow. I just couldn't disagree more. I haven't upgraded since v1.0.2 (I believe), and at that point it was slow, but very playable. I've used all of the previous GBA emulators, and while some were slighly faster than others, I wouldn't have considered ANY of them playable (well, not with the games I tested anyway). Give it a proper chance, my friend!

[DrNicket]

You never cease to amaze me Ludo... This version is even better. I hope you enjoy your break. You've earned it (in so many ways).

[Gazz021]

on silent scope when the red cursor moves over a shooter,they are not there,thou the speed and sound have improved on this release it as upset a few in game graphics on some roms.

[rocker]

man...zax u awesome!!

[zx-81]

You never cease to amaze me Ludo... This version is even better. I hope you enjoy your break. You've earned it (in so many ways).

Thanks Jay :)

[disturbed19]

Hey zx-81!

i have a huge favor to ask for your next release. ok here it goes,

u must have heard this a few times....games such as DBZ buu's fury, pokemon emerald, etc dont run properly, for example, 10 minutes into DBZ buu's fury u can no longer play bcuz it says something like "this game cannot run on this hardware" and as for pokemon emerald it says " the internal battery has run dry timed events will not work". heres the thing though all these games work perfectly fine on VBA v1.1 for pc. and u can find this here http://dragonballarena.gamesurf.it/english/media/giochi/gameboyadvance.php im pretty sure your emulator is a port of the latest VBA emulator.

so is it beacuse this version has a different or specific code that lets these games run? would it be possible to take a code from v1.1 and put it in your emulator? or maybe u could just possibly fix it urself with out v1.1, but i dunno we'll see wat happens :p

The main point is i was wonderin if u could fix this problem, if so you would make alot of pokemon fans and dbz fans very happy :D thanx alot ZX ur a cool dude!:D

[Exoskeletor]

yeah and the problems with sims 2 why exist?

[robotdevil]

Wow. That's all, just wow. I've been away for about 3 months from the scene. When I left there were no GBA emulators that were considered playable. Now there's one that's considered playable, that's just amazing progress. As to why some games work and some don't, it's probably due to the rom size (32MB is too much to load fully), or perhaps the complexity of what it's trying to accomplish. There are tricks for every system that cannot be fully emulated, and hence some of the more advanced games do not work on the emulators.

No that's just a guess, and if I'm wrong someone should correct me. But other than that, I think it's great progress, and I wouln't say that all the tricks of user mode are being used, we really have no way of knowing that. It's probably more fair to say that all known tricks of user mode are being used, but lets see what the future holds.

[Dementia7]

Hey Zx, Ive been testing the new version latly and i decided to take snapshots of my testing for either you or anyone else's here veiwing pleasure.

NOTE- the game is The Legend Of Zelda - Link to the past/4 swords.

NO frame skipping, and turbo set at 4, also no screen cutting as you can tell, everything else was changed between shots, so you can do those yourself if you feel like it. arm tick was set at 5-8.

PS- ingame plays VERY fast. enough to beat the game and enjoyable. also, some screen shots show a REDUCED fps/speed % cuz of the snapshot in progress, so most are actualy showing LOWER speeds than it actualy was.

great job Zx, your a mod god.

-Dementia

[ACID]

Nice pics goes to show ZX great emu nice.

[Dementia7]

Thanks, it truly shows Full speed emu for pspGBA is only over the hill, or mountain..haha, but its over there

[Pocker_matt]

zx-81,
stop repyling, take a break, give yourself a breather, just enjoy your time off... from your friend 2.6,?, how come snestyl runs so fast for the 2.xx? isnt that using kernel too?

[zx-81]

Excellent ! Thanks :).

[Dementia7]

yea Zx, it seems like you only sleep 2 hours a night, i mean, new updates every 2-3 days. although IT IS awsome cuz i always know when to be EXTRA happy on days. haha

[repuken2]

Bubble Bubble Old and New - full speed with sound!!
Namco Museum - full speed with sound!!

Kirby and the amazing fountain - very goodspeed with sound!!

It seems sound doesn't affect video performance, i mean it's the same having the sound turned on or off. Video seems to affect sound though.

Great emu Zx!!, now the dream of having full speed GBA emu is very near.Thanks a lot!.

[jOeBrO]

ZX, just curious, but are you planning on using the PSP's GPU as well as the media engine??

[zx-81]

ZX, just curious, but are you planning on using the PSP's GPU as well as the media engine??

This version already se the GPU that's why it's a bit faster :)

[s075933]

man ...zx...you really are something....ive just tested pokemon emerald because it was one of the games that moved moderately slow and i can see a 30 percent speed improvement...thats really something.....you should really take a break ...you really deserve it

What are your settings for pokemon emerald as i would really like to see the performance differnace?

[jOeBrO]

This version already se the GPU that's why it's a bit faster :)

oh! "GU" = GPU duh!!

sry for that lol

great work ZX!!

[WarpOn]

Can somebody put here a list with the roms running at full speed or near?

I begin:

-Klonoa runs at 95% more or less at full speed but it freeze sometimes just a second.

-Wario Land runs at 80-90%


Thanks.

[Shadowblind]

Sonic battle runs nice, a little slow, with odd sound.

KH-CoM still unplayable...

[ACID]

CASTLEVANIA hod runs very good.

[Dementia7]

pokemon emerald runs great too, EXEPT when entering a battle as the battle intro slows it down to 2 % and takes about a minute and 30 secs. to load. for some reason i can't figure out a way around this, even with massive Frame skip.

anyone else experiance this?

[liam231]

I can't seem to get the emu working on my v2.5 psp. When I select "vba" in the GTA eLoader menu it goes to the vba loading screen but then it eather shuts down the psp or goes back to the eLoader menu.

I dunno if I've done something wrong or what. :confused: :confused: :confused: Any help would be GREAT!!!! :D :D

[anobulis]

ok yeah i like it its koo, but i could save in the old vs, how come i cant save my game in this one it sais "Can't save file!"

[liam231]

Fixed my problem, turns out I had an old version of the eLoader. Everything works fine now!

[s075933]

[QUOTE=Dementia7]pokemon emerald runs great too, EXEPT when entering a battle as the battle intro slows it down to 2 % and takes about a minute and 30 secs. to load. for some reason i can't figure out a way around this, even with massive Frame skip.

What were your settings to get it like this?

[Dementia7]

ANY setting in the frame skip 1-5, turbo 1-4, arm tick 1-6, NO screen cuting/trimming, sfx yes/no, 333mhz,.

the ingame runs alright, but wen going into a normal battle, the intro or the screen moving and changing pace and swirling slows it down to incredibly slow speeds.

[mr_nick666]

I go away for a weeks holiday and loads happens! :eek:

Great work on the latest update ZX :D (what Id give for an ounce of your talent!) :rolleyes:

[anobulis]

ok i figured out why it wouldnt save, i had the same prob the other dude had, but now it wont render stuff, like the old vs of vba i was playing mega man zero, it worked fine, then i updated to this vba, im at the end of the game now and it wont render the water for the 2nd to last boss, wtf, i mean the hole screen is blue sept for the lives, why can this one not render water and the old vs can, and how do i fix it?

[Gazz021]

the games I ve tried with this update,Sim's Busting out about 98% full speed,Mario pinball land around 92% Silent Scope speed around 95% but the men you shoot at don't show up using this update?Harvest moon more friends of mineral town approx 95% speed.

[Dementia7]

happens with Zelda also. dunno why

[Gazz021]

Hi Dementia7,I ve been using pspvba 1.0,the sound is rubbish but the speed seems to be just as fast and you don't get the missing in game graphics like in Zelda and Silent Scope.

[zx-81]

ok i figured out why it wouldnt save, i had the same prob the other dude had, but now it wont render stuff, like the old vs of vba i was playing mega man zero, it worked fine, then i updated to this vba, im at the end of the game now and it wont render the water for the 2nd to last boss, wtf, i mean the hole screen is blue sept for the lives, why can this one not render water and the old vs can, and how do i fix it?

You can set "Disable SFX " to no, and set the turbo mode to 0.

[kpaul_nyc]

Hey zx-81!

i have a huge favor to ask for your next release. ok here it goes,

u must have heard this a few times....games such as DBZ buu's fury, pokemon emerald, etc dont run properly, for example, 10 minutes into DBZ buu's fury u can no longer play bcuz it says something like "this game cannot run on this hardware" and as for pokemon emerald it says " the internal battery has run dry timed events will not work". heres the thing though all these games work perfectly fine on VBA v1.1 for pc. and u can find this here http://dragonballarena.gamesurf.it/english/media/giochi/gameboyadvance.php im pretty sure your emulator is a port of the latest VBA emulator.

so is it beacuse this version has a different or specific code that lets these games run? would it be possible to take a code from v1.1 and put it in your emulator? or maybe u could just possibly fix it urself with out v1.1, but i dunno we'll see wat happens :p

The main point is i was wonderin if u could fix this problem, if so you would make alot of pokemon fans and dbz fans very happy :D thanx alot ZX ur a cool dude!:D
Dude, you have to patch them with an IPS file.

[ENG]

This is a good release, keep em coming,
Thanks

[ACID]

ZX rules And POKEMON Fire Plays great.

[Gazamadaz]

Ya man, wow. This is really fantastic. You're a legend.

[kpaul_nyc]

Hey ZX, How long will it take to incorporate the Media Engine into the emu? Did you look into streaming the roms to play larger roms (e.g Kingdom Hearts)? Anyways, take a vacation or something.

[homemade]

Well i'm kinda new at posting here but i have been comming on this site for some time now,well i just thought i would tell the fire emblem fans about this incase u guys dont know, if u turn off the music on the option menu (on the actual rom not the emulator menu) it will run at about 95% but of course u will only have sound effects and no music this works 4 the following: fire emblem, fire emblem the sacred stones, and fire emblem 6 (the one with roy in it) i used the following options:

sound enable: yes
skip frame: 0
turbo mode: 0
render mode: max
screen Ymin: 0
screen Ymax: 160
disable sfx: no
arm tick average: 1

hope that helped and thanx ZX this emu is comming along great keep it up man.

PS: if its not 2 much trouble for u do ya think u could try an fix the bug or whatever it is that makes games like Riviera The Promised Land, yggdra union and kingdom heart to not work? if it is 2 much trouble dont worry about it now, anywayz thankx again 4 the great emu.

[PSPKOR]

Very nice release, I like the whole new attention to the design and logo of it. You work very fast and hard, hope you can keep it up, then again you could have a break i dont think any one would begrudge you a little break. Not saying you should though.

[ACID]

Nice bit of info homemade will try it out.

[Exoskeletor]

with media engine we can play roms like sims 2 even in zipped format?

[theuniquejimmy]

Nice post homemade, been wanting to play Fire Emblem a little faster. :)

ZX-81 you are a GOD!

[Dementia7]

Ima try those settings right now, thanks.

[jOeBrO]

so ZX, how are you enjoying the break?

take as long as you like you deserve all the time you want :)

[shad0 ninja]

i cant get it to work...i keep getting "corrupt data" any help on what im doing wrong? i do everything the readme says and i used both fw1.5 and fw2.x

[siulmagic]

i posted some setting for the castlevania harmony of disonace some post back

[zx-81]

so ZX, how are you enjoying the break?

take as long as you like you deserve all the time you want :)

I'm not anymore in vacation, and i fact i haven't take a break lol. But many work still remain to use the ME ... ;)

[Dementia7]

wow, not on vacation and NO brake...well thats just insane.

[tommydanger]

no not insane, thats what I call passion :D

[Dementia7]

and dedication. I wonder what he's done for the next realease. V 1.1.1?

[jOeBrO]

ZX, your the most dedicated and hard-working coder i have ever known, seriously, and i have been here since before the swaploit was found

everyone in the PSP commuinity is so lucky to have you here coding

thanks for all your hard work :)

[shad0 ninja]

ok so i seriously need help with this thing...everytime i try to work it it says corrupt =/...what am i doing wrong ...im doing rverything the readme says...do i need any aditional add ons besides just the pspvba? casuse all i have is the vba

[kpaul_nyc]

ok so i seriously need help with this thing...everytime i try to work it it says corrupt =/...what am i doing wrong ...im doing rverything the readme says...do i need any aditional add ons besides just the pspvba? casuse all i have is the vba
No...no... What version is your psp? If its 1.5, open up the 1.5 folder and take its contents and put in the GAME directory on your MS. Don't just put both of the folders in there like that. And if its 2.01,2.5,2.6 than use the eloader. If its 2.7 or 2.71, this isn't for you

[Hirun]

x3 ZX, You rock. I have been following this emulator for a while now, and I have to say, you've made great progress. You deserve a pat on the back.

I've been trying for a while my Megaman game (lawl, I'm an addict) and although it may be slow, I am extremely happy when I notice the speed pick up.

I believe there was one update where I could move in the game slowly, and then in the next one I moved even slower. >_<;

[gamer121]

Other people talk about pokemon working

Ive tried 3 different games and they all have a white screen when i load them.

what going on?

[Dementia7]

Red and Leaf work fine. Emerald has to be a patched one. saphire and the other one like it...i have no idea.

[disturbed19]

hey how do i patch them with an IPS Patch, can anyone explain to me how to do this?

[Dementia7]

www.ngemu.com look at theyre forums theyre all about pc emulation. they'll have all ur answeres.

[kpaul_nyc]

Any progress on the Media Engine?

[Dementia7]

yea im wondering that too, this is been the longest wait for a next release compared to the others, although im very patient and by no means should he need to rush. but um..he's on either brake or major improvements or SOMTHING. with Zx you never know...or do you?
:D

[disturbed19]

ya i know hey, im already excited for the next release. hey zx do u think you can give us a little update on how things are going?

[zx-81]

ya i know hey, im already excited for the next release. hey zx do u think you can give us a little update on how things are going?

Well, i've tried many things to improve the speed but without any success from now. As an example, i've rewritten the ARM processor emulator function to improve the decode step, but it doesn't provide any befenits :(. So i went back to the original code.

I've also remove the SDL stuff for the audio part, to use directly the audiolib functions (first step needed to integrate the Media engine process). I've added a new menu to choose the sound quality (best quality is more cpu consumming of course).

I've begun to integrate the media engine stuff ... but many work still remain, and this won't increase the speed. This emu will go as fast as it already goes without sound ... so don't dream about a full speed GBA emu ;).

[ACID]

See your working hard ZX. We apreciate all your eforts.

[DrNicket]

... i've rewritten the ARM processor emulator function to improve the decode step, but it doesn't provide any befenits :(. So i went back to the original code.

That doesn't mean it won't yield benefits down the road. If it does indeed improve the decode step, (regardless of the expected result not manifesting), could it not have other benefits you don't yet see? or am I not understanding correctly?


I've begun to integrate the media engine stuff ... but many work still remain, and this won't increase the speed. This emu will go as fast as it already goes without sound ... so don't dream about a full speed GBA emu ;).

If I'm not mistaken, using the media engine will take some pressure off the CPU, right? So this may provide better, cleaner sound at speeds already realized? If so, that in of itself is a major accomplishment.

[kpaul_nyc]

That doesn't mean it won't yield benefits down the road. If it does indeed improve the decode step, (regardless of the expected result not manifesting), could it not have other benefits you don't yet see? or am I not understanding correctly?



If I'm not mistaken, using the media engine will take some pressure off the CPU, right? So this may provide better, cleaner sound at speeds already realized? If so, that in of itself is a major accomplishment.
Logically, I would have to agree. Also, in user mode you only use the main cpu, right? does Kernal mode provide access to those other 2 processors?

[Lagnus]

Hi zx-81, and nice work.

Do you have vsync set somewhere in the code for pspvba, and what filters are you using on the screen output- if any(because Virtualboy uses multiple filters to increase picture quality which increase the load on the processor).

Also I wonder if using the gba bios function in Virtualboy for the pspvba would increase performance. I have a bios file if you need it.

Keep up the good work, chat to you later.

[jOeBrO]

hey ZX, i have a question

would it possible after the sound is fully emulated on the ME, to put some other operations on the ME as well?

the whole point to my idea is to equally stress both the media engine and the CPU.

or would sound alone stress the ME enough?

[DrNicket]

Hey Zx? Can you tell we love ya?
Only our ignorance of higher coding prevents us from doing more. (speaking for myself at least).

[zx-81]

If I'm not mistaken, using the media engine will take some pressure off the CPU, right? So this may provide better, cleaner sound at speeds already realized? If so, that in of itself is a major accomplishment.

Yes that's it. :)

[zx-81]

hey ZX, i have a question

would it possible after the sound is fully emulated on the ME, to put some other operations on the ME as well?

the whole point to my idea is to equally stress both the media engine and the CPU.

or would sound alone stress the ME enough?

The sound part take 20% of the total CPU, so may be the ME should be able to do a bit more than the sound ... i have to test :)

[kpaul_nyc]

The sound part take 20% of the total CPU, so may be the ME should be able to do a bit more than the sound ... i have to test :) Hey ZX does less stress on the CPU mean more speed?

[jOeBrO]

The sound part take 20% of the total CPU, so may be the ME should be able to do a bit more than the sound ... i have to test :)

hmm... sounds promising

thanks for all your hard work ZX!!!

it is much appreciated!!

EDIT: @kpaul_nyc - yes that means more speed

[Lagnus]

Will there be any new settings in your next release?

[zx-81]

Will there be any new settings in your next release?

yes i think so.

[Dementia7]

hey Zx, have u been looking at the Suggestion forum? if so, any possibilities for any of em in the far or near future?

[Lagnus]

If you want any help with some basic coding zx-81, I am willing to help you.
I would like to become more familiar with coding for the psp as I have some ideas of my own. :)

This way two birds are struck with one stone.

[Exoskeletor]

A long time without a release :?

[ACID]

A long time without a release :?
I noticed but he will come out with a bang for his next release.:D

[zx-81]

A long time without a release :?

Yes, i'm working hard to integrate the ME. I could have release something this week (without ME) with some new features and new skin, but i would have been flamed immediatly by all kids, because it's not faster than previous version ;) ...

[zx-81]

If you want any help with some basic coding zx-81, I am willing to help you.
I would like to become more familiar with coding for the psp as I have some ideas of my own. :)

This way two birds are struck with one stone.

Thanks, but for the moment i needn't, may be later if someone want to rewrite the UI ;) (even if i won't change mine).

[zx-81]

hey Zx, have u been looking at the Suggestion forum? if so, any possibilities for any of em in the far or near future?

Don't worry i've read all suggestions / feature requests. Some of them are already done (such as zip support), but i will soon sum up all requests, and discuss each one to see if it is possible or not. But from now, nobody cares about new features, we all want more speed ;)

[ACID]

yes more speed thats the most important right now. Oh and thanks for every thing ZX

[Lagnus]

Sounds good and I look forward to your next release:)

[zx-81]

Sounds good and I look forward to your next release:)

I should come soon, because i've sucessfully rewritten the sound part of the emulator, and it's now running with ME :D ... But problems still remain to pause the sound etc ... (communction between the main CPU and the second core is not so easy ... mainly due to the memory cache ... ). But i can say now, that the emulator is running at the same speed as previous version without the sound (so 100% for several games), but now the sound is played by ME !

I will probably put back the real ARM stick computation, it's slower but emulation is more realistic (less lag).

[jOeBrO]

I should come soon, because i've sucessfully rewritten the sound part of the emulator, and it's now running with ME :D ... But problems still remain to pause the sound etc ... (communction between the main CPU and the second core is not so easy ... mainly due to the memory cache ... ). But i can say now, that the emulator is running at the same speed as previous version without the sound (so 100% for several games), but now the sound is played by ME !

I will probably put back the real ARM stick computation, it's slower but emulation is more realistic (less lag).

thats great news ZX, thanks for all your hard work, that couldnt have been easy:D :D

just curious, but have you tried implementing other tasks to the ME to see if that helps the speed as well?

[Triggerman]

I wonder if sound playback is better or even perfect now !?

[Lagnus]

Nice to hear it and I hope you have the audio frequency configurable, for 11khz, 22khz and maybe 44khz(for future ventures). :D

Haha good work.:cool:

[Lagnus]

Also isnt the second core your refering to just the GPU? Also this hardware specification might be helpful, at this url - http://wiki.ps2dev.org/start.

[zx-81]

Also isnt the second core your refering to just the GPU? Also this hardware specification might be helpful, at this url - http://wiki.ps2dev.org/start.

I refer to the second MIPS R4000 (in the Media engine) :)

[zx-81]

Nice to hear it and I hope you have the audio frequency configurable, for 11khz, 22khz and maybe 44khz(for future ventures). :D

Haha good work.:cool:

We don't care about sound frequency, when you can always run it at 44Khz, and not altering the global performances ;) ...

[zx-81]

I wonder if sound playback is better or even perfect now !?

Sound playback is not good for the moment ... I've to rewrite some part to have a better synchro between the ME and the audio samples player thread.

[Dementia7]

hey Zx, i saw that you said if you released another version kids would flame you cuz the speed is the same, but seriously, dont worry about them, if they can't apreciate your hard work then they dont deserve anything.

Great work Zx, your by far one of my fav. PSP coders on here.

[jOeBrO]

hey Zx, i saw that you said if you released another version kids would flame you cuz the speed is the same, but seriously, dont worry about them, if they can't apreciate your hard work then they dont deserve anything.

Great work Zx, your by far one of my fav. PSP coders on here.

i agree 100%

[Dementia7]

Thanks, I'm just sick of all these kids crying cuz the speed is slow. If you go see the comments on pspupdates.qj, its full of kids complaining.

[jOeBrO]

yea i know i've seen it
its absolutely ridiculous

[DrNicket]

Great work Zx, your by far one of my fav. PSP coders on here.

I agree wholeheartedly.
Zx-81... You're doing great. You're one of the best.

[JD/]

:D This knew GBA emulator is awesome it is by far the best on PSP i have come across so far. The menu interface is easy to work with + there is increased smoothness in the gameplay ive got my tales of phantasia running at 50%+ with sound on :D. I just know with all the hard work you are putting in this is going to be the best gba emulator for PSP.

[zx-81]

@all: thanks :)

[tommydanger]

hey, how come i never see you online nowadays :'(

[Lagnus]

Lol, I overlooked that detail of the media engine :D
and nice work on the integration.

:rolleyes: Also could we get a pre-release version plsss, if you still have alot to do before the next release.

Keep up the good work, and many thanks.

[jOeBrO]

hey lagnus, ZX will release his next version when its ready.

Dont rush perfection man

[sroon]

you are certanly a working machine!!!
you teach children, and work on emus during your summer!!
you ARE my favourite coder friend!!!
But keep up the wonderful work because you never know what will happen!!!

oh.. and thank you brotha!!!

[Lagnus]

hey lagnus, ZX will release his next version when its ready.

Dont rush perfection man


Your right, but the wait is a hard one.:(

The tree doesnt bare fruit until its the right time of the year.

[zx-81]

hey lagnus, ZX will release his next version when its ready.

Dont rush perfection man

I will release today ;)

[Triggerman]

I will release today ;)

Awesome. You're one of my personal favorite coders ;)
Can't wait for the release. And you really shouldn't listen to what noobs are talking about speed in comments.

Besides DevHook this is the project I keep looking at. A GameBoy Avance Emulator makes the PSP perfect for me. :) Please keep it up ZX, you can do it!!!

/Triggerman®

[zx-81]

I've already release it few minutes ago :) ...

[unrealphantasy3]

props to you zx-81! this emu rocks and is very easy to use! thanx for all your hard work!!!:)

[DrNicket]

props to you zx-81! this emu rocks and is very easy to use! thanx for all your hard work!!!:)

Are you aware of the latest version 1.2.4?
Here's the direct link to v1.2.4 on Zx-81's site (http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/serendipity/index.php?/archives/87-PSPVBA-GameBoy-Advance-Emulator-for-PSP-v1.2.4.html).

[dili]

Hmmm....haven't tested this emu yet, but to answer your size question about Kingdom Hearts, accordian boy...It's 32MB big and 15MB if compressed into .zip, though I don't know for sure if this emu runs compressed games or if it runs Kingdom Hearts:Chain of Memories.

If you excuse me, I'll have to get a modchip for my poor old brick, now that this emulator release got me excited...good work zx-81!

whats the emu called can you tell me i really wanna play kingdom hearts.

[bilald]

No...no... What version is your psp? If its 1.5, open up the 1.5 folder and take its contents and put in the GAME directory on your MS. Don't just put both of the folders in there like that. And if its 2.01,2.5,2.6 than use the eloader. If its 2.7 or 2.71, this isn't for you



i have 2.5 and i did do wat ur saying it still says its not working
wat do i do please help me
:(

[Killclownz]

thanks zx it work fine on my psp

[zx-81]

yes but it's a dead project, and i suggest you to install gpsp instead (it's much faster ;) )