NDS - SNEmulDS v0.4 Beta released

**DanTheManMS** · February 25th, 2007, 23:52

New release from Archeide:

SNEmulDS 0.4 alpha contained a lot of stupid bugs that i fixed in this beta release. There are still bugs, but i think it worth a try for most users, because a lot of games were broken. I also added a manual background layers selector.

Here is the complete list of changes:

* Fixed the broken BREAK and COP instructions
* Fixed the ROM write protection by using the protection unit of the ARM9 (thanks to bubble2k for pointing me that)
* Fixed the Emulation flag at startup (problem with DKC3)
* Stupid again, SNES’s RAM was not in the cached memory, speed up games (10-20%)
* Reduced memory consumption, now ROM memory is static (no more malloced), should remove ROM overflow and RAM overwriten problems
* Added an experimental “line by line” engine (buggy, slow, unstable, uncomplete… maybe useful for a few games)
* Added a manual background priority selector (can be choosen in options or with START+LEFT+RIGHT+UP or START+LEFT+RIGHT+DOWN for automatic)
* Added another speed hack option : “Interrupt speed hacks” that should be better than “Full speed hacks” for some games. “Middle speed hacks” is now “Cycles speed hacks”

As usual you may have to patch it with DLDI drivers, for more information see here : http://chishm.drunkencoders.com/DLDI/

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**crookedmouth** · February 26th, 2007, 00:03

Thanks for the info Dan

And many thanks to Archeide for working on this awesome emulator! Can't wait to fire it up.

**Buddy4point0** · February 26th, 2007, 00:06

cool ill give it a try

**DanTheManMS** · February 26th, 2007, 02:17

Alright, some minor testing on a few games shows that though DKC2 boots now, it's got some serious gameplay errors. In separate instances, I've been returned to the level select map, prevented from moving further to the right in a level, and even been warped around the level, usually to my death. DKC3 on the other hand seems nearly perfect aside from slow speed in a few levels. Sim City and other games that didn't boot in v0.4 Alpha now boot. Things are looking good for this emulator.

Also note that when he says the shortcut keys are "Start+Left+Right+Down" he means to use Start+L+R+down. I find it easier just to enter the menu and tap the text, but it's nice that the button combo exists anyway.

**talesyuan** · February 26th, 2007, 03:21

cool~
i'll try it~
thanks~

**danmiracle** · February 26th, 2007, 11:27

Wow, that's a huge speed increase (to the point that games like Super Aleste run a bit too fast now)

Even the music seems fast! (I guess it makes the game more of a challenge :-P)

Everything in that game is running smoothly though (other than the intro screens); even the complex mode 7 zooming spaceship on the 2nd level now works so that's me happy :thumbup:

Super Mario World is running much better too. Few glitches here and there (mainly the top bar with the points/cars and being visible when teleporting down a pipe) but the sound is pretty much perfect and it's playable (again if a little faster than it should be!)

Tried DKC and it now seems really corrupt at the menu stages compared to the previous release (as well as being fast). The background glitch still remains.

Looking forward to future updates!

**Mikaa** · February 26th, 2007, 15:24

Just downloaded, going to go patch it and try it out.

Mikaa

**Klaus2** · February 26th, 2007, 16:04

Nice update,thanks u.

Jimmi Connors is 100% speed ingame but the ball physics complete broken all serves r out ^^

And when u got time somewhen please could u fix the scoll down button in roms menu or make it bigger,i hit it in 30% of the trys.

Greets
Klaus