Regen for Linux and Windows

ArtVandelae · Post by **ArtVandelae** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:46 pm

There is a sound problem in Sonic 3. When the aircraft appears to drop bombs on you at the end of zone 1 act 2 there are some clipping artifacts in the audio. This occurs using both the 44100 and 48000 sampling rates and the SuperHQ setting has no effect on it either.

I logged a wav dump which is available here.

King Of Chaos · Post by **King Of Chaos** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:52 pm

ArtVandelae wrote:There is a sound problem in Sonic 3. When the aircraft appears to drop bombs on you at the end of zone 1 act 2 there are some clipping artifacts in the audio. This occurs using both the 44100 and 48000 sampling rates and the SuperHQ setting has no effect on it either.

I logged a wav dump which is available here.

Yes, you're right. I noticed this on older versions and forgot to test this yesterday. Thanks a lot.

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:28 pm

Kettenhund wrote:Hi there,

i don't know if it's a bug since i haven't played the game for some time on the real machine now, but the voice in "Mega Turrican" that says "Data East" in the Intro sounds a bit pitched down. Going to try now on real hardware...

Edit: The sound, that appears on the Factor 5 Logo sounds a bit pitched down as well. The intro music that follows plays fine.

Hi,

Thanks for the report. I have found the fix for it. I'll include it in the next version. Any more games with sound problems?

BTW, I'll also see the Sonic 3 sound problem.

stay safe,

AamirM

King Of Chaos · Post by **King Of Chaos** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:37 pm

AamirM wrote:
Kettenhund wrote:Hi there,

i don't know if it's a bug since i haven't played the game for some time on the real machine now, but the voice in "Mega Turrican" that says "Data East" in the Intro sounds a bit pitched down. Going to try now on real hardware...

Edit: The sound, that appears on the Factor 5 Logo sounds a bit pitched down as well. The intro music that follows plays fine.
Hi,

Thanks for the report. I have found the fix for it. I'll include it in the next version. Any more games with sound problems?

BTW, I'll also see the Sonic 3 sound problem.

stay safe,

AamirM

Check other Data East games, like Dashin' Desperadoes and Captain America And The Avengers.

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:16 pm

Hi,

Thanks. These are all related problems with DAC.

EDIT:
For the people runninf Win9x, I'll post a special build of Regen for them soon.

stay safe,

AamirM

juetroll · Post by **juetroll** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:24 pm

I know this is kinda stupid to ask, but I was wondering: is there any chance to see a port of Regen for Linux ? There aren't many good and accurate genesis emus under linux (the Gens port is quite outdated and bugged, SDLMESS seems the best alternative but it's emulation level is not so good). It's just so sad that genesis is not so popular among linux emus developpers...

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:46 pm

juetroll wrote:I know this is kinda stupid to ask, but I was wondering: is there any chance to see a port of Regen for Linux ? There aren't many good and accurate genesis emus under linux (the Gens port is quite outdated and bugged, SDLMESS seems the best alternative but it's emulation level is not so good). It's just so sad that genesis is not so popular among linux emus developpers...

Start by reading through some of the previous posts first.

DancemasterGlenn · Post by **DancemasterGlenn** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:34 am

juetroll wrote:I know this is kinda stupid to ask, but I was wondering: is there any chance to see a port of Regen for Linux ? There aren't many good and accurate genesis emus under linux (the Gens port is quite outdated and bugged, SDLMESS seems the best alternative but it's emulation level is not so good). It's just so sad that genesis is not so popular among linux emus developpers...

Use thisin the meantime if you want, it's much more stable than the last Gens release on the official site.

juetroll · Post by **juetroll** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:55 am

Deathlike2 wrote: Start by reading through some of the previous posts first.

Oops, my mistake ! Well, that's nice to hear, can't wait to see a fully working release ! Sound seems to be the problem for the moment, am I right ?

juetroll · Post by **juetroll** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:59 am

DancemasterGlenn wrote:Use thisin the meantime if you want, it's much more stable than the last Gens release on the official site.

Ok, thanks a lot ! Anyway, does the CVS .deb include the ati patch (I've got an ati mobility x700 and using fglrx 8.4) ?

DancemasterGlenn · Post by **DancemasterGlenn** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:21 am

juetroll wrote: Ok, thanks a lot ! Anyway, does the CVS .deb include the ati patch (I've got an ati mobility x700 and using fglrx 8.4) ?

Not sure. I'd suggest posting on the forum I linked to if you'd like answers for deb specific questions.

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:52 pm

Hi,

juetroll wrote:Oops, my mistake ! Well, that's nice to hear, can't wait to see a fully working release ! Sound seems to be the problem for the moment, am I right ?

Not anymore. Linux version is going to be the next release. I am woking on it to release it soon.

stay safe,

AamirM

DancemasterGlenn · Post by **DancemasterGlenn** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:00 pm

Dullaron · Post by **Dullaron** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:41 am

Just don't drop the windows version.

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:37 am

Hi,

I won't

.

BTW, besides the GUI, what features do the Linux people want? I already have the fullscreen, plugins, savestate and nice sound support.

stay safe,

AamirM

DancemasterGlenn · Post by **DancemasterGlenn** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:04 pm

Hmm... fast-forward would be useful. And usb controllers I'm assuming are included in "plugins", so... yeah, that's all I think I would need.

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:29 pm

Hi,

By plugins I meant video plugins

. But joypad support will be available. And the fast forward featue is noted down on my to-do list.

stay safe,

AamirM

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:48 pm

Anybody here wants to make a small web about my emus? My current one page website sucks.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:55 pm

AamirM wrote:Anybody here wants to make a small web about my emus? My current one page website sucks.

I wouldn't mind making a website for you. Despite this, however, you could probably make a nice website by yourself using wordpress.

If you need hosting, I could ask my friend; I'm sure he wouldn't mind hosting for a nice emulation project.

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:47 pm

Aaron wrote:
AamirM wrote:Anybody here wants to make a small web about my emus? My current one page website sucks.
I wouldn't mind making a website for you. Despite this, however, you could probably make a nice website by yourself using wordpress. If you need hosting, I could ask my friend; I'm sure he wouldn't mind hosting for a nice emulation project.

Thats nice of you and your friend but I already have a very nice host. I just want someone to make the small website.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:10 pm

AamirM wrote:
Aaron wrote:
AamirM wrote:Anybody here wants to make a small web about my emus? My current one page website sucks.
I wouldn't mind making a website for you. Despite this, however, you could probably make a nice website by yourself using wordpress. If you need hosting, I could ask my friend; I'm sure he wouldn't mind hosting for a nice emulation project.
Thats nice of you and your friend but I already have a very nice host. I just want someone to make the small website.

Oh. I'll make the website for you on your host, then. Would you mind using Drupal or WordPress? Both are very good for blogs and support "static" (but easily changeable) pages, which seems to be perfect for the type of website you want. I can use other server-side software for your pages, as well...

[edit] Both are very both? Oh, my...

DancemasterGlenn · Post by **DancemasterGlenn** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:52 am

I realized some people might also like rewind support as well... I've never really used it in any emulator, but it might be a nice feature that someone else might like. Just as long as you're asking for feature ideas.

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:09 pm

Hi,

Aaron wrote:Oh. I'll make the website for you on your host, then. Would you mind using Drupal or WordPress? Both are very good for blogs and support "static" (but easily changeable) pages, which seems to be perfect for the type of website you want. I can use other server-side software for your pages, as well...

[edit] Both are very both? Oh, my...

Use anything

as long as it looks good. Asking about web stuff from me is not a very good idea

. I have very less knowledge about web programming and my friends have deemed me useless because of this

.

stay safe,

AamirM

juetroll · Post by **juetroll** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:59 pm

Just a few small questions about the "coming soon" linux release: will it use opengl ? If so, will it be ok with ati cards ? I know it may sound a bit off topic, but ati users like me, who are more or less forced to use the "crappy as hell" fglrx drivers will surely understand my concern. For some reasons, these terrible drivers aren't very friendly with many emus on Linux (ZSNES, GENS, SDLMAME - though it has recently improved for this one - and others).
This being said, next time I buy a PC, I'll definitely switch to a more "Linux friendly" video card !

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:15 pm

Hi,

No, OpenGL will not be used. Just the simple SDL APIs.

stay safe,

AamirM