Daedalus R7 - Bug Fix News

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July 29th, 2006, 18:27
Xiro

Daedalus R7 - Bug Fix News

StrmnNrmn posted this news of his Nintendo64 emulator for the PSP.

Fixed!

I'm very pleased to be able to say that I've finally managed to fix the nasty bug I blogged about on Thursday.

I'll go into more details in a later post, but in essence the problem was due to very rare situations where the trace recorder would exit a trace when there was still a branch delay instruction pending. This caused the fragment generator to inadvertently skip the branch instruction, causing the odd behaviour I was seeing.

For reference, here are some updated figures for Super Mario 64 and Mario Kart (initial results are from a previous post). Generally the current changes seem to indicate an overall speedup of 20%-25%, which is great for a few days work. What's even better is that I've still not implemented all the optimisations that I have planned for R7, so hopefully these numbers will look even better soon.

StrmnNrmn has gained up to 5FPS on some games on this news.
July 29th, 2006, 18:29
felonyr301

yeaaaaaaa i wanna see the zelda im so hyped up for the r7 release wanna play zelda so badly on the psp.
July 29th, 2006, 18:29
Video_freak

great news! very good progress :)
July 29th, 2006, 18:34
D0N

Excellent news! Keep up the great work StrmnNrmn!
July 29th, 2006, 19:03
BL4Z3D247

awesome news :D keep workin ur magic strmnnrmn
July 29th, 2006, 19:06
Video_freak

its all good :)
July 29th, 2006, 19:11
BrooksyX

Ahh I want him to release it soo bad!. I can wait and i hope when he adds the other optimisations that he will get another 10-20% speed increase atleast. Keep up the work!
July 29th, 2006, 19:33
jimmi

Praise be!
July 29th, 2006, 19:43
Zion

Superb work :D
July 29th, 2006, 19:52
shinysuitman

Drools.... this is completely awesome. every nintendo console (minus GC) on the psp... sweet.
StrmnNrmn r0x0r$ 7h3 $#!!zl3!!!!!!111!!oneone!

hah sorry got carried away
July 29th, 2006, 19:58
csd-san

o: Thats intense. I can't wait.
July 29th, 2006, 19:59
Mr. Shizzy

This is wonderful news. I never expected so much progress on this emu so quickly. This emu is truelly going to be a game come true. Thanks Strmnrmn- keep up the great work!!!
July 29th, 2006, 20:06
Uruz 6

Wow, things are going fast! keep up the good work!
July 29th, 2006, 21:30
Voltron

You know, it may be blasphemy to say this but I was never really excited about N64 emulation on the PSP because I did not expect it to progress much.

But I must say, once again, it is proven that time always yields good things for the PSP. This news about R7 is very exciting. I am really impressed at the progress that is being reported.

Great work all the way!
July 29th, 2006, 22:05
dutchMasta

i'm really excited, and so happy that StrmnNrmn is putting a lot of effort into this, and really progressing well.

but the only thing bugging me is the fact that the n64 controller is nothing like the psp's interface, and could really screw things up. the c-buttons and z-button are really important,....ah well, i'm sure there will be/are solutions to this.
July 29th, 2006, 22:15
aries2k4

Bring it on baby, lol
Real great to hear you´ve been making some real progress. thanks for all your work!!
July 29th, 2006, 22:17
Megaman Fanboy

i cant wait for the next release i sure hope he's corrected the graphic issues on megaman 64 that would be COOL!!!!
July 29th, 2006, 22:56
nyrtrublue

What's even better is that I've still not implemented all the optimisations that I have planned for R7

Holy shit that means its gonna get even faster
July 29th, 2006, 23:11
NeoXCS

Awesome! :p Good job on fixing that bug! :) I can't wait to see what the rest of the optimizations yield! :D As always, good luck! :)
July 30th, 2006, 00:03
Lodis

I am not very excited because I think one needs to be careful not to over estimate the speed increases. It is great news to hear that a major bug has been fixed though.
July 30th, 2006, 02:47
emuking

nice cant wait for r7

next release gc emulator !!!

lol just joking :D
July 30th, 2006, 03:19
smith1

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lodis

I am not very excited because I think one needs to be careful not to over estimate the speed increases. It is great news to hear that a major bug has been fixed though.

Agreed. It's sad to see people go "I CAN'T WAIT TO PLAY ZELDA YAY" when they're not actually going to be playing it as much as they are going to be watching it render.
July 30th, 2006, 05:29
Festizzio

Awesome, 20 fps with Mario Kart's going to rule!:D Btw, does anybody know what "StrmnNrmn" means?
July 30th, 2006, 07:59
hockey2112

Quote:

Originally Posted by Festizzio

Awesome, 20 fps with Mario Kart's going to rule!:D Btw, does anybody know what "StrmnNrmn" means?

I assume it refers to the Gulf War US general "Stormin'" Norman Schwarzkopf.
July 30th, 2006, 14:02
Raydar

For me, Deadalus could mean Sony's PSOne emulator would be useless. For every great PSOne game, there is a better one on the N64. That combined with far smaller ROM sizes makes this one hell of a project.

You will go down as a god in the world of PSP.
July 30th, 2006, 16:15
Accordion

to Raydar:
FF7
July 30th, 2006, 16:42
mr_nick666

Quote:

Originally Posted by accordian boy

to Raydar:
FF7

FFVII indeed! :)

Moist with anticipation for the next release! :p
July 30th, 2006, 17:35
Xiro

Quote:

Originally Posted by accordian boy

to Raydar:
FF7

alright, you can have that. N64 didnt have any good turn based RPG's, but it did have zelda, an action RPG of sorts.
July 30th, 2006, 17:49
Accordion

still off topic but
metal gear solid
July 30th, 2006, 17:53
psiko_scweek

I think that R7 is going to be a great improvement. I cannot wait to be able to play Zelda on the PSP. But my worries are what if they find out they can only improve it soo much? sorta like the GBA emulator! lol oh well, its still really freakin cool to see the Super Mario 64 on the PSP.
July 30th, 2006, 23:30
JD/

This n64 emulator has made phenominal progress and i cant w8 to see the speed upgrades the next step for this emulator is graphics and save states then itll truly be the ultimate emulator for psp.

thanks StrmnNrmn for all your hard work and effort you put into this emulator ur the man :p
July 31st, 2006, 01:26
NoQuarter

Can't wait to see this.Zelda 64 would just be the iceing on the psp cake.