http://blog.system11.org/?p=1442
Now you can enjoy smoother Metal Slug 2 without overclocking. Actually with OC it might even run as fast as X, but my motherboard is just a standard one.
Enjoy.
http://blog.system11.org/?p=1442
Now you can enjoy smoother Metal Slug 2 without overclocking. Actually with OC it might even run as fast as X, but my motherboard is just a standard one.
Enjoy.
This
Is
Rad
More proof that 2 > X
Cool. Interesting to know that SNK built Metal Slug X from the ground up. I was always of the opinion that X > 2, but after playing 2 quite a lot it does feel a little better (and with this, hopefully better still). Can't wait to try this.
That looks like a pretty significant improvement! Fantastic job!
Now I'm just wondering how well this would run in 2 player mode. I love Metal Slug 2 but 2 player in that just goes way overboard with the slowdown.
Yeah it's not night and day, but it feels better to play, sadly that's as far as it can really go without disabling graphical features or rewriting lots of code. Trap15 had a look into this for me after I .. encouraged him to spend some time on it for me, but there were no other obvious big wins to be had. I guess that's why SNK wrote a new engine in the first place.
Last edited by system11; 03-29-2015 at 04:36 PM.
It would still be terrible in 2p I'm afraid. The train level is still pretty rough too, apparently the code which tracks the train movement is somehow really slow.Originally Posted by Ray
Yeah, I figured that would be the case... Still, even with the slowdown MS2 is still a blast to play with 1 player, and this fix would help a lot, especially with some of the more notorious choking points like the bridge on the final mission.
Very nice work.
I wonder if this is something the unibios could catch via a cheat?? I may have a look if I find some free time to see if that's doable if your ok with that.
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Nice work!! can a M27C160 be used with the fixed code in the lower half and the original code in the upper half (or viceversa) and solder a switch to the highest address line to switch between version? also, I guess some jumpers gotta be moved in the board, right?
Regards.
Last edited by aha2940; 03-29-2015 at 05:40 PM.
Yes a 27C160 will work as a replacement for the 27C800. Just lift pin 1 (A18) and switch that between 5v (via 4K7 resistor) and ground on the other end of the switch. If the cart is using a 1Mb chip already there's no need to change the jumpers.
It's also cleaner to use a 74HCT161 or something to switch between ROMs using reset. I did that on my Magician Lord.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXWZlWuGljk
Last edited by GadgetUK; 03-29-2015 at 05:52 PM.
My YouTube channel contains some MVS repairs and stuff:-
http://www.youtube.com/user/GadgetUK164
Nice, I think I'll give this a go when I fix the issue I'm having with 27C160's and my programmer.
Thanks!!
I'd actually like it to be kept standalone for a few reasons.
With a 16MHz overclock and the patch, the game is smooth as butter. As good or better than stock MSX in the frame rate department.
Last edited by trap15; 03-29-2015 at 06:19 PM.
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<S.Yagawa> I like the challenge of "doing the impossible" with older hardware, and pushing it as far as it can go
<T.Fuzisawa> Think of something that has never been done and make it a reality.
Nice work! Do you think it would ever be possible to sub in the entire Slug X engine so no OC is needed?
I remember we where talking about doing the switch with reset about a year ago. Cool to see at least someone did it
Are you able to test and see if the /RST is pulsed when you switch games on a multislot?
Not really. If that was something someone wanted to do, they'd have much better luck just hacking X to change things to be like 2. Trying to replace an entire engine's just not worth it or really feasible.
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<S.Yagawa> I like the challenge of "doing the impossible" with older hardware, and pushing it as far as it can go
<T.Fuzisawa> Think of something that has never been done and make it a reality.
Fucking sweet. Thanks a bunch to you and your team for helping with the slowdown in MS2. Looks awesome. You guys already made my year.
Nice work! I'll have to let my friend know about this, he loves that game.
It is now time to crack open my Slug 2 carts and give them the engine facelift they so desperately need.
Thank you kind person for taking pity on the rest of us!
Makes sense. Thanks for the work you put into this. Will definitely give it a try!
You mean this wasn't enough?
For those curious about what exactly the problem was and what was changed to fix it, I wrote a technical explanation of things: http://daifukkat.su/blog/archives/20...ts_turbo_time/
Forgive how terse and technical the writing is, but I tried to give a decent explanation while not leaving out details.
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<S.Yagawa> I like the challenge of "doing the impossible" with older hardware, and pushing it as far as it can go
<T.Fuzisawa> Think of something that has never been done and make it a reality.
Nice, so it did have something to do with updating, just not game logic. From the comparison vids it's like night and day. Is it true that in the PS2 MS Anthology version of MS2 that SNK just super over clocked the game to try and fix the slowdown?
Last edited by Xian Xi; 03-29-2015 at 08:44 PM.
Well, I'd really not call it even updating. It's just the lock code is terrible. The game logic is really slow though, as system11's post mentions. It's really really slow. They didn't put much work into optimizing the game.
I'm assuming the anthology versions just overclock the emulated machine, yeah. I doubt they went through the effort to optimize it. I've not looked, but I don't think it's even worth checking; it's almost a guarantee.
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<S.Yagawa> I like the challenge of "doing the impossible" with older hardware, and pushing it as far as it can go
<T.Fuzisawa> Think of something that has never been done and make it a reality.
Nice work guys!
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