Homebrew Not64 Update

[pedro702]

There is currently no interest to do this, if you want to use a Wireless Controller, just use the Wii Classic Controller Pro.
Today I have a day off so, i intend to work thru the Wii64 Compatibility List
testing all the games marked in red, I think at least half of these will be Playable now.

why is there no interest? its an official nintendo controller that can be added very easily to anyone that added a classic controller its just id replacements and such of course you need to know where all the controller stuff is on the program so its much harder for anyone that isnt the actual coder to implement it since they have to go dig around and find everything.

 

[ngs428]

Today I have a day off so, i intend to work thru the Wii64 Compatibility List
testing all the games marked in red, I think at least half of these will be Playable now.

There are probably games not on the list that are playable.
Posts 598 and 644 in this thread give us about the most info on compatibility.

 

[Bryon15]

This works great for N64 games.

http://tinyurl.com/n2aj65l

 

[Bryon15]

Hey, I downloaded and installed the latest version of Not64, and now there are black borders on the right and left side of my tv screen. This wasn't on the old version. Is there a way to fix this?

 

[OriginalHamster]

Hey, I downloaded and installed the latest version of Not64, and now there are black borders on the right and left side of my tv screen. This wasn't on the old version. Is there a way to fix this?

I want your version, really, want to play on 4:3

 

[SinkyChan17]

For me, I can choose 4:3, 16:9 and Force 16:9. Force 16:9 just makes it 4:3, and well.. obviously 4:3 is 4:3, 16:9 (not forced) is the only way to eliminate it (for me).

 

[Link_of_Hyrule]

I really love this emulator works great for a lot of games but I wish it worked better for DK64 so I could do multiplayer on it hopefully that can get fixed soon. Also really want Monstertruck Madness, kirby 64, and PKMN Stadium 2 to get the bugs worked out. Anyways keep up the great work. Hopefully in the future we can be able to change out the video plugin to use glide or some of the others that worked better with these games.

 

[pedro702]

just tryed afew games and they work great thank alot for this update.
played goldeneyfully on not64 amazing game even after so manny years.

i will be waiting for shadows of the empire and rogue squadron fixes same for castlevania wich only runs very slowly on intrepreter, but amazing work and if you ever have some wish adding lib to support wiiu pro would also be nice, but yeah for the first time im playing banjo goldeneye and it works great.

 

[Drak0rex]

castlevania wich only runs very slowly on intrepreter

If you switch back to dynarec after launching the game, it will run at super speed. But pausing causes it to freeze.

 

[pedro702]

If you switch back to dynarec after launching the game, it will run at super speed. But pausing causes it to freeze.

i tryed that and i frooze when i was walking i didnt even paused lol

 

[manic.blood]

Hey Im slowly testing all the N64 USA Romset.
All from A-Z only on B and gotta go to work....
I can confirm All Star Baseball 99 works but slight graphics issues.
Army Man 1 and 2 works no cutscenes on 1 tho.
Banjo Tooie - FULLY WORKS.
Turn FB off then near end of 1st cutscene when witch logo
appears turn FB on.

Keep adding to Wii64 Compatibility list. We want lots of green no red

 

[DeezTits]

Thanks, Extrems, for continuing to update this! I'm 29, but feel 13 again playing my old faves!

 

[Vague Rant]

Hey, I downloaded and installed the latest version of Not64, and now there are black borders on the right and left side of my tv screen. This wasn't on the old version. Is there a way to fix this?

Can I recommend that you don't try to "fix" something which isn't broken? N64 games were made at a time when 4:3 TV screens were by far the most common kind people had in their homes. Your modern widescreen TV is wider than an old TV, so the ideal way to deal with the difference is to have the picture fill a 4:3 area and leave the rest blank. The picture isn't supposed to fill up a whole widescreen TV, so if you insist on stretching the picture, you're just making it display wrong.

For most games, the best thing you can do is have Not64's Video settings on "4:3" and the same thing on your TV. This displays games the way they were intended.

If, for whatever reason, your TV can't do 4:3, the next-best thing is the "Force 16:9" setting. This inserts the black bars, which cuts into your picture's resolution somewhat in exchange for displaying in the correct ratio.

The "16:9" setting in Not64 kind of barely does anything. The display of the games isn't changed, just the Not64 menu. There's not much reason to use this option, except ...

A very small handful of N64 games had widescreen support built in (check their in-game options menus). From memory, there's GoldenEye, Perfect Dark, The World Is Not Enough, Banjo-Tooie (not Kazooie). I think Starshot: Space Circus Fever, too, but that game suuuuuuuuuuucks. (Sorry, that game.)

Jet Force Gemini gets an honorable mention. On the N64, It supported a letterboxed widescreen mode (displaying in a 4:3 area but with black bars on the top/bottom), but the way this was implemented isn't supported by Wii/Not64, so enabling it actually gives you proper anamorphic widescreen. Bonus. (EDIT: I think the same is true for Mickey's Speedway USA. I never tried it on hardware, but the widescreen seems to work the same as Jet Force Gemini--and these two games were by the same internal teams at Rare.)

If you're playing one of this small handful of games, you want either the 4:3 or 16:9 settings in Not64, with your TV set to widescreen, too. You absolutely don't want "Force 16:9" on Not64 or your TV set to 4:3, which is displaying the games wrong but in the opposite direction to the above.

 

[OriginalHamster]

Can I recommend that you don't try to "fix" something which isn't broken? N64 games were made at a time when 4:3 TV screens were by far the most common kind people had in their homes. Your modern widescreen TV is wider than an old TV, so the ideal way to deal with the difference is to have the picture fill a 4:3 area and leave the rest blank. The picture isn't supposed to fill up a whole widescreen TV, so if you insist on stretching the picture, you're just making it display wrong.

For most games, the best thing you can do is have Not64's Video settings on "4:3" and the same thing on your TV. This displays games the way they were intended.

If, for whatever reason, your TV can't do 4:3, the next-best thing is the "Force 16:9" setting. This inserts the black bars, which cuts into your picture's resolution somewhat in exchange for displaying in the correct ratio.

The "16:9" setting in Not64 kind of barely does anything. The display of the games isn't changed, just the Not64 menu. There's not much reason to use this option, except ...

A very small handful of N64 games had widescreen support built in (check their in-game options menus). From memory, there's GoldenEye, Perfect Dark, The World Is Not Enough, Banjo-Tooie (not Kazooie). I think Starshot: Space Circus Fever, too, but that game suuuuuuuuuuucks. (Sorry, that game.)

Jet Force Gemini gets an honorable mention. On the N64, It supported a letterboxed widescreen mode (displaying in a 4:3 area but with black bars on the top/bottom), but the way this was implemented isn't supported by Wii/Not64, so enabling it actually gives you proper anamorphic widescreen. Bonus. (EDIT: I think the same is true for Mickey's Speedway USA. I never tried it on hardware, but the widescreen seems to work the same as Jet Force Gemini--and these two games were by the same internal teams at Rare.)

If you're playing one of this small handful of games, you want either the 4:3 or 16:9 settings in Not64, with your TV set to widescreen, too. You absolutely don't want "Force 16:9" on Not64 or your TV set to 4:3, which is displaying the games wrong but in the opposite direction to the above.

I have the contrary problem, games doesn't display in proper 4:3, even when I set that AR, I'm on Wii U btw.

 

[Vague Rant]

I think I've read that the Wii U has no ability to run natively in 4:3 at all, so in that case you'd want to use "Force 16:9", which inserts the black bars. I don't have a Wii U to try that on, though, so I'll just cross my fingers for you.

 

[ShadowOne333]

i tryed that and i frooze when i was walking i didnt even paused lol

Same here.
If you do switch cores while any of the two Castlevania games are in standby, when you change from interpreter to dynamic, sometimes the game simply freezes when you perform such a simple action like jumping.

It happened to me with both Castlevania and LoD.

 

[OriginalHamster]

I think I've read that the Wii U has no ability to run natively in 4:3 at all, so in that case you'd want to use "Force 16:9", which inserts the black bars. I don't have a Wii U to try that on, though, so I'll just cross my fingers for you.

Will try, thanks

 

[Bryon15]

I changed it to 16:9 in the settings. And now the black bars are gone. Which is what I wanted. Thanks.

 

[camurso_]

Hi guys!
I only found out about this emulator now.
I already downloaded it and later will install it on my wii.
Can we play n64 roms on an usb HD using this emulator, or must we place it in a specific folder?
Does it support .zip files?

Thank you and sorry my bad english

 

[ngs428]

Hi guys!
I only found out about this emulator now.
I already downloaded it and later will install it on my wii.
Can we play n64 roms on an usb HD using this emulator, or must we place it in a specific folder?
Does it support .zip files?

Thank you and sorry my bad english

It does support zip files. Not sure about the rest of your question.