PS1/2 Emulator WiiStation - Another Fork of WiiSXRX released

[rexus_pl]

@SaulFabre I guess you haven't included my code? Individual settings handling seems to be working same as before.

Strange sound problem on Vib-Ribbon I've mentioned earlier seems to be fixed in last release (or, at least, I can't reproduce this bug anymore). But other problems are not fixed (yet?) - Return Fire still freezes after selecting weapon, Pro Pinball - Timeshock still work way too fast.

Have anyone experienced any problems with CHD/ZStrandard/FLAC files? I'm considering recompress all my CHD/Zlib/FLAC files (and compress those that are uncompressed yet), so I'm asking if anyone noticed any problem (and I know that CHD support, even with Zlib, is strongly improved in latest versions).

 

[SaulFabre]

Pro Pinball - Timeshock still work way too fast.

This also happens in WiiSX and even in the Wii Libretro core of PCSX-ReARMed, sadly.

Return Fire still freezes after selecting weapon

does this happens on upstream PCSX-ReARMed btw?

Have anyone experienced any problems with CHD/ZStrandard/FLAC files? I'm considering recompress all my CHD/Zlib/FLAC files (and compress those that are uncompressed yet), so I'm asking if anyone noticed any problem (and I know that CHD support, even with Zlib, is strongly improved in latest versions).

i think the most compatible CHD compression on Wii is ZStandard only, but people also reported that ZStandard+FLAC (which achieves a little more compression than ZStandard only) also work fine in most games.

I guess you haven't included my code? Individual settings handling seems to be working same as before.

Still no, btw.
If you want, i could compile a special build with your code change suggestion and i'll tell you here.

 

[rexus_pl]

does this happens on upstream PCSX-ReARMed btw?

I can't check it.

Still no, btw.
If you want, i could compile a special build with your code change suggestion and i'll tell you here.

I would be very happy.

 

[SaulFabre]

I can't check it.

you can download RetroArch on your PC, install the PCSX-ReARMed core in here using the Core Online Updater, and then try launching that game in the core for see if happens here too.

 

[imfiru]

Thanks so much for this latest build of wiistation. The stabillity has been improved and runs better than ever. My only question is about some lines in vertical transitions, like if the emulation doesnt had activated vsync. Is anyone having this issues? I'm running wiistation in 240p mode with CRT TV, by component cable. Other emulators give me perfect 240p image with no image glitches.

 

[MeXen]

you can download RetroArch on your PC, install the PCSX-ReARMed core in here using the Core Online Updater, and then try launching that game in the core for see if happens here too.

Yeah except that only RA 1.7.9 which is an old version seems to be the one that is the most stable and some cores modern cores dont work well there.

Post automatically merged: May 3, 2024

Thanks so much for this latest build of wiistation. The stabillity has been improved and runs better than ever. My only question is about some lines in vertical transitions, like if the emulation doesnt had activated vsync. Is anyone having this issues? I'm running wiistation in 240p mode with CRT TV, by component cable. Other emulators give me perfect 240p image with no image glitches.

that has been a thing since the rebrand of Wiistation, whereas on WiiSX there seem to be gone.

 

[CheeseBurgerwithLove]

If only stability could be improved instead of prioritizing other less relevant aspects or adding new plugins and so on that set back the improvement of emulator...

 

[ssjkakaroto]

If only stability could be improved instead of prioritizing other less relevant aspects or adding new plugins and so on that set back the improvement of emulator...

This is a general issue these days, not limited to Wiistation.
Take a look at most of the decomps that we had in the last few years. Before getting the games to run 100% with clean code, people start adding tons of features that make it impossible to properly debug and fix anything.
It also doesn't help that interest in Wii (and most retro consoles) is extremely limited.

 

[Ouaz]

What does this mean? Because it is necessary to read the HID INI (.ini) configuration file of the USB, it is always necessary to initialize the USB.
Maybe this fixes the issues of HID controllers that cannot be used if we're loading WiiStation from USB?

Tested the new build to see if the HID .ini file is read from the USB device (still Dualshock 3 054C 0268 in port 1, Wiistation on port 0)

... and it doesn't work.

The four leds continue to blink, and the controller does not respond.

Note: I noticed in the ini.file (https://github.com/xjsxjs197/WiiSXRX_2022/blob/main/Gamecube/release/controllers/054C_0268.ini) that the Home button is not set (is ist normal ? shouldn't it be Power=04,01 ? -that's the offset in HIDTest -)

 

[cereal_killer]

Finally, I managed to make the PS3 controller work on the Wiistation, it only works via sdcard, it doesn't work via USB, what happened, I was using the Nintendo controllers folder and the nomenclature was different from the Wiistation, now it's perfect, I'll leave it here Complete, just play.

how did you manage to get it to work? Nevermind, figued everything out on my own. Thanks for the files though

 

[grandosegood]

how did you manage to get it to work? Nevermind, figued everything out on my own. Thanks for the files though

Can I let us know what u did?

 

[cereal_killer]

Can I let us know what u did?

if by "Can I...." you mean Can you, then ok,

1. I checked whether PID & VID values corresponded to those of my controller
2. Then I just added the controllers folder to the required folder on the root of my sd card

and there you go, the controller got identified and worked right away

Now, the question is how to understand and convert what i see on HIDTest when I press buttons into corresponding values in an .ini controller config file. I wanna get a PS4 controller going too and I've made some progress, everything works, only couple of buttons left to be mapped

 

[MeXen]

So....what can be done to fix the awful frame stutter from current builds? really sucks cause i really love the new sound interpolation.

 

[0arsoluto]

hello. some emulator updates do not respond to the gamecube controller or wiimote. I launch the games from Wiiflow. Could that be it? mention that I deleted the configuration files before putting a new update. thank you. all the best

 

[Hyllian]

So....what can be done to fix the awful frame stutter from current builds? really sucks cause i really love the new sound interpolation.

I feel that pain too, bro .

I'm using two builds, the last jokkipo's 2.4 fastest version that run SOTN smoothly. And the last 3.x for other games.

 

[cereal_killer]

Latest WiiStation build until git 8e34107
https://github.com/xjsxjs197/WiiSXRX_2022/commit/8e341079e861a2d299be6b4a158bb6a41b5118a3

is this an unofficial update?

 

[BuddhaHunterMac]

Oh goodness

 

[SaulFabre]

is this an unofficial update?

all builds posted here not coming from @xjsxjs197 are unofficial builds (updates).

Official releases can be found here but it doesn't have all updates made since then: http://github.com/xjsxjs197/WiiSXRX_2022/releases

 

[Hyllian]

My only question is about some lines in vertical transitions, like if the emulation doesnt had activated vsync. Is anyone having this issues? I'm running wiistation in 240p mode with CRT TV, by component cable. Other emulators give me perfect 240p image with no image glitches.

Yes. I noticed that recently. It isn't a vsync issue. It's a resolution issue. It doesn't happen on 2.4, though. I realized that issue in Chrono Cross, when walking from down to up or vice-versa. CC's native resolution is 320x216 (not 240), maybe it's the problem. I took two photos to show:

See the text on WiiStation v2.4:

Now on WiiStation v3.2 (lines duplicated in the fonts):

Again WiiStation v2.4 (See the circles):

Now on WiiStation v3.2 (see the lines duplicated distorting the circles):

These lines appear all over the screen when scrolling vertically the game, giving a general shimmering artifact. You can see that those lines are duplicated lines, like if the original 216 lines were upscaled to something like 224 or something.

EDIT: I just submitted the issue here: https://github.com/xjsxjs197/WiiSXRX_2022/issues/223
I hope it gets fixed some day!

Other thing I noticed on my crt is that after psx bios splash screen, a graphical glitch happens on screen just before the first game screen appear. It doesn't happen on v2.4, though. Only in new 3.x versions.

Besides that and microstutters in SOTN, 3.x versions are better in any other aspects and much more compatible. I want to thank @xjsxjs197, @SaulFabre, @Jokippo and other collaborators for this amazing achievement of making ps1 emulation a reality on Wii.

 

[Qaztab]

Return Fire still freezes after selecting weapon

I got Contra Legacy of War to work. Everything would work up to the character select screen where the controller wouldn't work at all after that. The music was still playing but nothing else was happening and I couldn't even hit "Home" on the classic controller to get back to the main menu. Had to hit reset on my Wii to get back to the Wiistation menu.

Found out that if I loaded the game, changed the controls to Analog, and then played the game, it would work and let me select the character and everything would work normally. Interesting thing is the game doesn't require or use analog controls at all.

Just a suggestion to try.