nice job with n64

mitu

@hornsoverithaca You just had the previous post saying it works well....

HornsOverIthaca

Hmm... Well I'll try again, but the slowdowns on my previous try were too much for me.

Ranma

@ranma I just beat GoldenEye on my overclocked pi3 using the gliden64 plugin. Most levels ran pretty smoothly only encountering slowdown if there was a lot of action on the screen (I believe this happened to a degree on the original hardware as well). Even with the slowdown I found it very playable otherwise I would have never finished it. This is one title that is right on the verge of being perfect. I think if the next gen pi has a better GPU this will no longer be an issue.

Really? Admittedly it's been a while since I last tried it. It was pretty laggy as I remember. I'll give it another go, thanks! :-)

Can I ask what version of Retropie you're on? I'm still on 4.3 at the moment. Also, what joypad settings do you use for Goldeneye? That was always another issue with the game for me as I could not find a setup that worked well. Thanks again.

quicksilver

@ranma I'm using the mupen64plus-gliden64 emulator/plugin, retropie 4.3, and my GPU core is overclocked to 575mhz. I'm using an Xbox 360 wireless controller with default mapping (left analog stick is direction control, x and a become a and b and left trigger is z). Ill stress that even with overclock it is not perfect but it was certainly fast enough for me to complete the game. A few levels like the runway, statue park and skyhook were a little slow to be enjoyable but most of the other levels ran pretty smoothly.

Ranma

@quicksilver said in nice job with n64:

@ranma I'm using the mupen64plus-gliden64 emulator/plugin, retropie 4.3, and my GPU core is overclocked to 575mhz. I'm using an Xbox 360 wireless controller with default mapping (left analog stick is direction control, x and a become a and b and left trigger is z). Ill stress that even with overclock it is not perfect but it was certainly fast enough for me to complete the game. A few levels like the runway, statue park and skyhook were a little slow to be enjoyable but most of the other levels ran pretty smoothly.

Sorry for late reply. Given it a go and yeah it's not too bad is it? Still a bit laggy on the intro, but the game runs largely pretty well. Tried also on lr-mupen64plus and it's pretty good there too. The funny thing is it got me thinking how people seem to expect perfect frame rates from N64 games, but the original hardware was often laggy when things got busy. Despite it's "64 bit" status, I often thought the PSX outperformed it.

On Goldeneye, what settings for your pad do you use in-game? I have a Logitech F710 dual analogue thing, but I just can't get the right set-up in-game.

Spent a couple of hours with N64 on the Pi 3 today. Really nice. Lots of Wave Race, SM64, Wipeout 64, Banjo...there's like a real hardcore of good games that do play very well indeed.

quicksilver

@ranma I used the default mapping for my Xbox 360 controller. Since retropie 4.0 I believe, it will automatically generate a config for you in mupen64plus. So my left analog is the the analog stick, left trigger is z, l and r are unchanged. The only thing that is a little awkward is the right analog stick controls the c buttons but there isn't a good way around this. How is your controller configured in mupen64plus?

Ranma

@quicksilver
Sorry, I meant from in the game. There's a number of presets in Goldeneye but I can't get one that suits. There's Solitaire, Domino, Goodnight and others. Ideally I'd like one that simply puts the 'look' function on the C buttons (right analogue) rather than the left stick. I play like an idiot otherwise!

quicksilver

@ranma I think I play with the default (honey something?) It definitely takes a bit of getting used to. Or should I say re-used to? It's amazing how little standardization there was in video game controls back then. Go try to play turok on N64, I suppose it's ironic that it's controls are quite primitive :)

Ranma

@quicksilver said in nice job with n64:

@ranma I think I play with the default (honey something?) It definitely takes a bit of getting used to. Or should I say re-used to? It's amazing how little standardization there was in video game controls back then. Go try to play turok on N64, I suppose it's ironic that it's controls are quite primitive :)

Yeah I've tried to play Turok, and yeah it drives you crazy! I suppose there's nothing for it - I have to get (re)used to it. :-)

Or maybe I could try one of those USB N64 knock-offs? God I wonder how an N64 pad would feel after all these years!

Then again, nah, I'll stick with the Logitech!

quicksilver

@ranma N64 controllers feel awful imo and the analog sticks are garbage. Really the only thing that doesn't translate to a modern controller is the c buttons, it's a little awkward having them mapped to the right analog.