New Hypseus and lr-Daphne to add on Retropie-Setup

Darksavior

@darknior I'm using the command from grant's instructions: /opt/retropie/emulators/daphne/hypseus lair2 vldp -framefile /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/daphne/lair.daphne/lair.txt -useoverlaysb 2

Delete your dats so they can be re-generated and delete any special command files.

darknior

@darksavior Thanks a lot i have make some more test and now it working really better :)
I post here my progress before updating the first post.

@grant2258 said in Hypseus new Daphne fork to try on Retropie:

check your error logs

Thanks a lot, sorry for the mistake.

I finally found the LOGs file in the Daphne directory /opt/retropie/emulators/daphne, you don't use the runcommand one ...
I don't found the solution to hide the mouse pointer. Is there a trick for it?
So bad the video parsing (.DAT) not always working fine and crash Hypseus. I must do it with Daphne. And it's better on Daphne to see this operation to understand the emu is not crashed but is working.

Edit the launch file /opt/retropie/emulators/daphne/daphne.sh and modify it like this :

#!/bin/bash
dir="$1"
name="${dir##*/}"
name="${name%.*}"

if [[ -f "$dir/$name.commands" ]]; then
    params=$(<"$dir/$name.commands")
fi

"/opt/retropie/emulators/daphne/hypseus" "$name" vldp -framefile "$dir/$name.txt" -useoverlaysb 2 $params

Compatibility list :

Here is my compatibility list with the commanded commands i can found over the web.

Astron Belt : -latency 950S -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 01000000
Badlands : BLACK SCREEN -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 10000010
Bega's Battle : BLACK SCREEN -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000001
Cliff Hanger : -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 01000000 -bank 2 00000000 -bank 3 01111000
Cobra Command : -bank 0 11010000 -bank 1 00010001
Dragon's Lair : -bank 1 00110111 -bank 0 10011000
Dragon's Lair [Remastered by Accumbens (and Franck) to HD 720p the 15/02/2016] : NOT Smooth on PI -bank 1 00110111 -bank 0 10011000
Dragon's Lair 2 (Enhanced v3.19) : Freeze on title screen after a long bip. The video parsing (.DAT) not working and crash Hypseus. I must do it with Daphne. No options.
Dragon's Lair 2 [Remastered by Accumbens to HD 720p the 12/03/2016] : NOT Smooth on PI impossible to play, No options
Esh's Aurunmilla : No options
Firefox : Not working on Daphne BUT START on Hypseus Impossible to play, controls not respond, No options
Galaxy Ranger : -bank 0 00000000 -bank 1 00000000
GP World : The road is freezing some time, impossible to play, No options
Interstellar, Laser Fantasy : -bank 0 00100001 -bank 1 00000000
MACH 3 : Working but NO SOUND on PI like with Daphne -bank 0 01000100
Road Blaster : BLACK SCREEN like on Daphne, -bank 0 11111001 -bank 1 00100111
Space Ace : Launching fine, but FREEZE on title screen, -bank 1 01100111 -bank 0 10011000
Space Ace [Remastered by Accumbens to HD 720p the 31/03/2016] : NOT Smooth on PI, -version ace_a -bank 1 01100111 -bank 0 10011000
Super Don Quix-Ote : The video parsing (.DAT) not working and crash Hypseus. I must do it with Daphne., -bank 0 00100001 -bank 1 00000000
Thayer's Quest : Launching fine, but like on Daphne (special) keyboard controls are not working. -bank 0 00010000
Us Vs Them : -bank 0 00000000

darknior

Update first post with all the informations for now.

Darksavior

@darknior DL1 HD, DL2 HD and Space ace HD are fine for me. I'm not using those extensions you're specifying like -bank, etc. As I said, try Grant's instructions first then tweak it from there.

I did personally convert DL1 HD from a DL1 HD-Dvdrom iso using dlhd2daph which converts it to 640x480. I'm running everything at 720x480.

darknior

@darksavior I know and i use the same settings like you, have you read my command line in daphne.sh.
-bank are same as dipsiwtch in arcade MAME games. To change the coin price and some other things ... it not change the game emulation. And i already use without anything, i put these settings because i try with and without them, and because there are the dipsitch commanded by Hypseus, Recallbox, Daphne and many other site.

My games are not working because mine are in read HD 720p !!! not 640x480 and PI not reading them fine with the Hypseus MP2 i think.

DL1 HD-Dvdrom iso using dlhd2daph which converts it to 640x480

I don't do it, because i want to play it in real 720p HD (1080x720). The image is incredible in 720p, and i really wish to play them smooth one day.
On PI3 if the MP2 codec is updated with hardware acceleration, OpenGL?
Or on PI4 or Odroid X4 when it will come, with un bigger proc <3

Darksavior

@darknior The games were never supposed to be in widescreen. Accumbens/Franck's DL1 HD 720p (1280x720) rip is the cropped 16:9 version. Yuck. I haven't checked the other two yet but they look squished at 640x480 4:3 so that's why I thought 720x480 was the correct res. I converted my DL1 HD Dvd-Rom again to daphne with its original res of 1440x1080. According to the Space Ace HD Dvd-Rom iso I have, it offers 3 resolutions and 1440x1080 anamorphic 5:4 is the optimal resolution.

Edit: 1440x1080 is not 5:4 but 4:3.
I tried my own DL1HD 1440x1080 converted rip and it's unplayable. Too slow. So it is a resolution problem. Using the original 640x480 rip I did first works just fine. Trust me, the game still looks great and barely noticeable. I highly suggest you hunt down the original DL1 HD Dvd-rom but I don't think it's avail anywhere on the internet anymore. Unfortunately, there's no converter for the Space Ace HD Dvd-rom. I don't believe there's an HD Dvd-rom version of DL2. Bluray versions might all be cropped widescreen garbage.

darknior

@darksavior said in Hypseus new Daphne fork to try on Retropie:

Those hd rips weren’t supposed to be ripped at 1280x720. I’ll try to convert dl1hd in its original res and report my findings but I think the higher resolution might be causing your freezes/lag. Try 720x480.

I've use MediaInfo and you are right, my Dragon's Lair M2V file is in 1280x720 16/9 resolution MP2 NTSC HDV 720p

Real games resolution to respect are 512x480 / 640x480 / 720x480 / 1280x720 :

Astron Belt : -fullscreen -x 512 -y 480
Badlands : -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480
Bega's Battle : -fullscreen -x 512 -y 480
Cliff Hanger (2009 Restoration by Darryl Hirschler) : -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480
Cobra Command :-fullscreen -x 512 -y 480
Dragon's Lair : -x 640 -y 480
Dragon's Lair [Remastered by Accumbens (and Franck) to HD 720p the 15/02/2016] : -fullscreen -x 1280 -y 720
Dragon's Lair 2 (Enhanced v3.19) : -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480
Dragon's Lair 2 [Remastered by Accumbens to HD 720p the 12/03/2016] : -fullscreen -x 1280 -y 720
Esh's Aurunmilla : -fullscreen -x 512 -y 480
Firefox : -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480
Galaxy Ranger : -fullscreen -x 512 -y 480
GP World : -fullscreen -x 720 -y 480
Interstellar, Laser Fantasy : -fullscreen -x 512 -y 480
MACH 3 : -fullscreen -x 512 -y 480
Road Blaster : -fullscreen -x 512 -y 480
Space Ace : -fullscreen -x 720 -y 480
Space Ace [Remastered by Accumbens to HD 720p the 31/03/2016] : -fullscreen -x 1280 -y 720
Super Don Quix-Ote : -fullscreen -x 512 -y 480
Thayer's Quest : -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480
Us Vs Them : -fullscreen -x 512 -y 480

But for Dragon's Lair it's better, but not smooth :(
I can't play it, many times i hear the sound before the image, i don't have this problem with SD version where i can complete some scenes :D

I will update first post with these settings.
Thanks

Stuart2773

@Darksavior @darknior

ive found some really nice 4:3 versions of Dragons Lair 1 & 2 & Space Ace, that run smoothly in daphne, heres a few comparison screens of the original and the newer versions :-

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the new video files are 960x720 & 720x480 instead of 640x480, and are not that much bigger in disk filesize, these new video files by dex77 are BRD REMASTERED and are far superior to the accumbens & Franck releases.
HVG also released a nice HD Version of Dragons Lair,

grant2258

Good news Daphne is getting ported to libretro no sound yet but its up and running not ready for users yet though

mediamogul

@grant2258

That is great news indeed! Any links where we can follow progress?

@Stuart2773

if you wish to test these versions i can glady point you in the right direction.

The video files are definitely beautiful, but please remember that they are protected works and even sharing their location is considered facilitating piracy, which is in no way allowed here.

Stuart2773

@mediamogul said in [Hypseus new Daphne fork to try on Retropie]

@Stuart2773

if you wish to test these versions i can glady point you in the right direction.

The video files are definitely beautiful, but please remember that they are protected works and even sharing their location is considered facilitating piracy, which is in no way allowed here.

@mediamogul
ive amended the original post, no need to worry i have no plans on posting the links to the files, pretty easy to find on google if you know what to search for.

Stuart2773

@grant2258 said in Hypseus new Daphne fork to try on Retropie:

Good news Daphne is getting ported to libretro no sound yet but its up and running not ready for users yet though

this is great news, do you have anymore info on the progress?
hopefully we will be able to configure the controls properly, also do you know if the LR version will include the singe engine that had better compatibilty and enabled more laserdisc games to be played ?.

grant2258

@mediamogul https://github.com/libretro/daphne

twinaphex and the original aurthor has done all the work inputs and video are hooked up. I just went through the source and figured out where to put everything to see how its running on windows. it was one line of code stopping it.

screen shot here.

https://github.com/libretro/daphne/pull/20

Stuart2773

@darknior

may i ask the file size of your Firefox video file for daphne/hypseus?

thanks

stuart.

grant2258

its a retroarch daphne screenshot.

lair.m2v 852 MB (893,769,849 bytes) is the framefile im using

darknior

@stuart2773 It's firefox.m2v : 1,70 Go (1 836 320 618 octets)
Why ?
And thanks for the games HD version informations ;)

@grant2258 said in Hypseus new Daphne fork to try on Retropie:

@mediamogul https://github.com/libretro/daphne

https://github.com/libretro/daphne/pull/20

Great news :) Maybe in a few time include to Retropie on PI :p

Stuart2773

@darknior

Thanks for the info on Firefox, the reason I asked is so I can try and locate the video files and knowing the file size is a starting point, I hope you can locate and try the versions of dragons lair 1&2 from the info provided ;)

grant2258

@mediamogul i tried compiling this for the pie to test it and came across an issue. I originally thought it was path related but it isint.

grants original path /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/daphne/roms
grants new path /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/daphne/roms
SDL failed: SDL not compiled with stdio support

is there any reason the support isint there that you know of?

mediamogul

@grant2258 said in Hypseus new Daphne fork to try on Retropie:

is there any reason the support isint there that you know of?

Not that I'm aware of, no. It could be to accommodate some strange outer fringe case or something. @psyke83 might know more about it.

grant2258

never mind i looked into it more seems the core is compiling sdl with it,. Its not the retropie end