DraStic (Nintendo DS emulator) OUT NOW for pi2/3!

BuZz

I didn't test the PR before accepting and there are a few issues - I don't recommend running it until I have sorted it. It makes folders in the folder wherever you launch it from, so if you launched ES from another folder, it would also create its folders in there.

I'm going to adjust the launch script so it changes to a configuration location etc.

jcarhat

@jcarhat

Just got a bad rom. But i'm getting errors accessing data, I cant seems to be able to save?

lilbud

@jcarhat same here

jcarhat

@lilbud
Black screen seems to be a rom issue or a or a bios issue, (make sure that the ones that come included in the drastic folder are moved to home/pi/system and renamed to nds instead of drastic.), I fixed mine by redownloaded the rom.

The saving issue seems to occur on every game that checks the memory for data. saving issue seems to be a problem with the current build, hopefully an update comes soon.

Drastic is EASILY the best emulator for NDS on android, i'd be stoked if I could play contra on the big screen.

blackshadow

indeed some games cannot start due to detecting corrupt memory or stating unable to save

also in reference to jcarhats comment the black screen with "000.000% 000.000%" is the current rom speed and on some larger roms eg pokemon black 2 it takes some time for the rom to accually load this seems to happen on larger roms wereas smaller games load up more or less instantly so bear that in mind when testing a game

not really tested saving on mine just speed on a side pokemon black 2...full speed :D also those crashes i was having was a rogue controller setting for somereason it defaulted some controls on a couple of games on my gamepad to various emulator settings fixed that and now all th games i mentioned are fine :D

lilbud

Now, the keyboard refuses to work in drastic. Games crash on boot and can't exit unless I ssh in to the pi.

jcarhat

@blackshadow

Contra 4, New super mario brothers and dark spire have memory errors. Any NDS games that don't require saving, or is there any way to disable it to test how the emulator runs actual gameplay?

BuZz

You are probably best reporting problems to the author - it's closed source so nothing we can fix. (Excluding some other issues with the retropie-module - eg the games database is not readable due to permissions etc).

lilbud

I found that if you launch the emulator from cli, it works perfectly.

BuZz

I have applied my fixes now - you need to update retropie-setup and reinstall.

configuration structure will be created in /opt/retropie/configs/nds/drastic with symlinks to the shipped games database / cheat file / custom bios files.

When launched from ES, the config location will be changed to, so it is used for save data etc.

mediamogul

I'm losing my mind at how amazing this is!! I had forgotten how many great games there are for this platform. I'm glad it's a rainy Saturday here, otherwise I'd feel bad about all the gaming I'll be doing today. Thanks to everyone involved for integrating this so early. If this is a beta, I can't wait to see the final.

PokeEngineer

Keep in mind it's just a beta, there are going to be some issues and bugs...

blackshadow

indeed i was getting some random crashes on diddy kong racing a few mins ago

@BuZz
thanks for the updated setup seems to fix the save data so far :D

daeks

@BuZz thx for your fixes - Looking on your post regarding unwanted folder creation: is it required to cleanup anything manually afterwards (retropie latest default installation)?

BuZz

@daeks If you install from latest retropie-setup folders are now created in one place if launched from ES as usual. However, old folders in /home/pi/ if you installed before will need removing. I cannot change the behaviour of the app as it's closed source (My workaround is to change to a set folder before launching etc).

lilbud

Welp, there goes any productivity for today. Scuse me while I relive my childhood.

celly

I really can't believe how well this works on my pi3. Everything I've tested, works! I didn't even have to edit the drastic cfg file as the onboard gui works. Only gripe is the emulator hangs in the background for me sometimes, but I understand this is still beta. I'll totally following the progress of this.

windale

I tested about 20 games on this and nearly all of them worked perfectly ! Instead of listing the games I tried, I'll list the ones that had problems.

GTA Chinatown Wars - Exited the Emulator when it said 'saving' (very beginning of game)
Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass - Exited the Emulator
Mystery Case Files Millionheir - Exited the Emulator when it asked to use the microphone to clean the badge (No microphone emulation ?) (yet)

lilbud

Maybe this is just for me, but run command no longer works. Upon launching any game, I get a black screen with a cursor. Only happened after installing Drastic. Also, stylus will not work anymore.

mediamogul

@lilbud said in DraStic (Nintendo DS emulator) coming to Pi 2/3 "very soon"!:

Maybe this is just for me

It's not just you. I believe it has to do with DraStic hanging on exit. You can continue to launch other DS games, but anything else requires the program be forced to shut down or a system restart.