Re: PSX4All Maemo Edition
 

You don't make it; you download it. I can't link you to any because it's illegal.

EDIT

Smoku, can you please explain to me why is it so hard to get GPU acceleration on the N900? I'm intrigued...
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Yes, i know, but when i download any gamep there are just bin,img,sub.....files.So every game has thier own bios?

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http://forums.ngemu.com/misc-psx-dis...ing-guide.html

It's illegal to download BIOS image if you do not own PlayStation hardware.
Even if you do own one, some countries fair use law does not cover this use case, so it's also illegal.
And in come countries it's even illegal to make a dump.
You need to check for yourself.

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It's not really hard. You just need two things:
1. Knowledge about PSX GPU internals and specification
2. Knowledge and experience with OpenGL ES or OpenGL ES 2 programming

I don't posses both.

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No the bios is a sepprate thing. i'm no expert but somewhere in this thread some one explains what it does. Anyway you need one to start up the games in the emu (or atleast most of the times, for me). Its described in the first post where to put it and wich one to use. Just google it and you shall find it ;)

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Oh wow, haha. That's quite a bummer. Maybe you could get help from someone in the community? (ZodTTD is probably out of the question because he answer to almost nobody)
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BIOS for PSX is the same thing as BIOS for your PC.
It allows machine startup, displays boot screen, and provides services for applications to access the hardware. It's a piece of software that allows other applications to start and operate.

PCSX and PSX4All have something called HLE built-in. It's a reimplementation of original PSX BIOS in emulator software. It's mostly complete and allows running most games. But some games using bizzare BIOS features may need a real BIOS from a real PSX. This is when you need to provide the scph1001.bin file.


As for the so called "ROM files":
PSX does not use ROM files. Other game consoles used hardware cartdridges with some ROM variant chip inside storing the game code and data. Dumps of content of this chip are called "ROM files".
PSX does not use cartdridges but compact disks. So a dump of a CD is your familiar CD image file you usually use to burn CD-Rs. PCSX and PSX4All are able to use these image files directly, without burning to CD. You may use most image files format different imaging software use. Just pick your favorite one and dump your PSX CD to file.

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Who exactly do you mean?

Re: PSX4All Maemo Edition
 

I added a few "pages worth reading" to the first post.
If you think I should add more, please specify which.

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I don't have specific users in mind but there must be people here who are well acquainted with Open GLES on Maemo 5/N900.
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How can I adjust PSX clock in latest version?

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Does everyone have their games running smoothly or are they fairly slow in terms of FPS.


If games can be played smoothly could somone please let me know some optimal settings?

Thanks.

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http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=47937
simples.

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Well i suggest you try out diffrent multipliers in diffrent games. f.ex Tony Hawks runs best at around 3-5 multiplier, where FF7 runs best with Multiplier on 10. Some games can't even start with too high multiplier

Second, you need to play around with Frameskip, i recommend setting it to 1/2, but dont enable frameskip on all elements. Maybe only blits or something like that.

Consider getting a bios, scph1001.bin and scph7502.bin is the most recommended. I get better fps in some games using my own bios.

With these 3 things in mind you can make alot of games playable... at this point i can play: FF7, Tony Hawks 1-3, Abe's oddysee, Kula World, Diablo, Wipeout 2097, and few others. Also at this point i would say half the games i tested worked, and again half of those are playable, so thats around 1/4 that can be played, maybe more :) gl with it

Re: PSX4All Maemo Edition
 

hi all

i've send a message to ZodDDT about the psx4all maemo project (and the lack of gpu acceleration) i told him where the project was and linked this thread

here is his answer:

Hi, I've been meaning to get an N900 for awhile now. If I get one, I can get it up and running with some newer code (from my work on psx4pandora which is faster and more compatible with games) very quickly with some forum help as it seems a lot of the base work is done.Sound like a good idea? If so I'll check my budget and prices on the N900. Thanks!
ZodTTD
zodttd@zodttd.com
http://www.zodttd.com


I'll send him a reply and tell him i would probably pay for a fully playable emu and that i would probably not be the only one

Smoku : i asked him if he could take contact with you for the GPU part

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Cool! :D
I will gladly help with integrating my UI. :)

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Here is what i tested for the moment:

Tomorow never dies 007 : Crashes when loading
Alien Trilogy : NOT WORKING
Ape Escape : Lauch but no analog controller detected so doesn't work
Battle Arena toshinden : Works (very slow)
Cool Boarders 2 : Works (well)
Defcon 5 : Works (well but the wall textexture are cuted in parts?)
Destruction derby : NOT WORKING
Destruction derby 2 : NOT WORKING
Die Hard trilogy : Crashes
Driver : Works (slow)
Formula One : works (fast but game crashes after a while)
Gex 2 : works (slow)
Medievil : NOT WORKING
Micro machines V3 : Crashes after language selection
Need for speed : NOT WORKING
Pandemonium : NOT WORKING
NFS porche Challenge : Crashed at begining of race
Tekken : Works (slow)
Tekken 3 : NOT WORKING
Twisted metal 2: Works
Wipout 3 : Works (ok)

Re: PSX4All Maemo Edition
 

Please edit your message and remove the link to illegal software.
Otherwise it will be subject to moderator action.

Re: PSX4All Maemo Edition
 

sorry bud, wernt sure if links was okay or not.

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Naughty naughty kevstace ;)

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Tekken 3 works for me, well, I downloaded 2 different, 500mb version which didn't work and 50mb version, which did work.

Re: PSX4All Maemo Edition
 

Also tried Moto Racer :

The game lauches, but there is no menu on screen so you just press buttons until race starts.

When it starts, the game seems to be full speed (at 600mhz) but after a while it crashes

To bad it has those issues, it's the fastest game i've seen so far

Re: PSX4All Maemo Edition
 

Did you try it with other bios files?

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What !!! :eek::eek::eek::eek:

Oh sorry i misread your post. i thought you typed take.:D:D:D:D:D:D

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LOL You made my day.

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I posted it in the wrong thread. lol

But hey its good to laugh .:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

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....in plain english, how and where do you save a game (for example Abe Odyssey)....it asks me to format the memory card! (I don`t want to do that)....help :)

Re: PSX4All Maemo Edition
 

before you can save on the memory cards you need to format them atleast once, after that it should just save normally. If you still dont want to format then you will have to wait for a update that has save states again.

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It's asking to format your virtual Playstation Memory card, not the Micro SDHC memory card in your N900. This is safe and allows you to save your Playstation game states.

Re: PSX4All Maemo Edition
 

...another question....I have some .pbp games, will these work or do I have to convert to .bin files?....also, what other formats except .bin would work with this emulator?

Thanks

Re: PSX4All Maemo Edition
 

bin, img, iso are the ones that have worked for me so far

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Smoku, firstly I have to say thank you for your work. It is amazing. Is there any chance that graphics and fonts will look better? Do you still work on this emu?

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I'm waiting for new release from ZodTTD.

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Thank you for quick answer. I can´t wait :)

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Do you have any idea if he's going to release it soon? I see no reference to it in his blog/twitter.. he also seems to have not worked on it for a long time when I looked at his github.
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Re: PSX4All Maemo Edition
 

As he told me he has been working on the pandora (that seems to work great) version, he is trying to get a n900 device and then release a version of new emu with the help of smoku.
Still that for the moment only smoku is working on this project for n900.

Again THX smoku for the work you did as you all gaved us a real gaming potential.

Now all we can do is prey for ZodDTT to come here and help you as i asked him to do

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BTW, You pal must have real magical powers! :D

He didn't answer any of my e-mails I've sent him.

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Hello guys!
Could anyone help me? I want to run Diablo 1 on my device, but I can`t press "Start" to enter the game. Remapping keys has no effect. What is the problem? Or maybe it depens on unworking .bin? Could anyone give me a working version of Diablo? Plz
Sorry for English, I don`t speak well :(

Re: PSX4All Maemo Edition
 

maybe nokia could send him one of the loan returns that are heading back their way and then being sent out agin to more devolopers :-)

there is a thread

returning amsterdam loan n900

there may be some users worth sending a pm to see if they can arrange something :-)

iam sure he would like a loan n900 untill his budget is better and the n900 communtiy would benifit :-)


just an idear

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I've been playing FF7 on the most recent version available for my N900 (0.39 I believe) and it seems like it should run really well but my frame rate is incredibly inconsitent, like it fluctuates between 50FPS and about 3fps at some points and it's making the game very difficult to play. Is this a known issue and is there a way to fix it? I'm running Lehto's 900-mhz kernel so it should be fast enough to keep up.