Super Mario RPG - Textbox flickering

Socob · Post by **Socob** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:06 pm

Hello everyone,

As you can tell from the title, I'm having a minor problem with Super Mario RPG: Some textboxes, almost exclusively, but also very commonly in towns, cause the area around themselves and the edges of the screen to flicker, which also seems to lead to some slowdown. Now, I know you're going to tell me to use v1.42, however I already am using that version and I even randomly tried v1.29, but it's the same on those two versions and on the newest release. I apologize if this is a known bug; if not, is there a way to fix this? I'll upload screenshots/configurations files/save files/whatnot if necessary.
Also, on an unrelated note, is there an option to control rewind speed? And where did the option to set the rewind key go in v1.51? It was magically configured to Button 7 of my controller, but I've no idea if/how I set it myself.

nintendo_nerd · Post by **nintendo_nerd** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:18 pm

This is a known bug on Zsnes and the authors have been aware of it for quite some time. But until Zsnes 2.0 is released, (which, is supposed to be "soon"), I recommend using SnesGT 0.230 beta 6 in the mean time; it's the second most accurate SNES emulator out there. The first one, is Bsnes, but unless you have at least a Core 2 Duo E8400, it will be slow. This problem is compounded by the fact that this game uses the SA-1 chip. SnesGT is not CPU intensive and will always achieve full speed with Super Mario RPG.

byuu · Post by **byuu** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 1:08 am

nintendo_nerd wrote:unless you have at least a Core 2 Duo E8400, it will be slow.

Super Mario RPG runs at about ~120fps on a stock E8400, compared to about ~190fps for non-SA1 games. This forum is for ZSNES though. Doesn't sound like the game is unplayable, at least.

nintendo_nerd · Post by **nintendo_nerd** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 4:04 am

I don't know what's wrong with my setup, since I get constant skipping/stuttering on my E8400 CPU. Maybe I shouldn't sync both audio and video. This is why I stick with SnesGT.

byuu · Post by **byuu** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:10 am

nintendo_nerd wrote:I don't know what's wrong with my setup, since I get constant skipping/stuttering on my E8400 CPU. Maybe I shouldn't sync both audio and video. This is why I stick with SnesGT.

Seems a lot of people have trouble with video+audio sync. Good idea though, use whatever works best :)

Socob · Post by **Socob** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:57 pm

First of all, thanks for the replies.
I didn't even know about SnesGT, but so far it seems to be working perfectly. Why exactly is it the second-most "accurate" emulator? Accurate in terms of speed/video/audio? Or is it the way it's programmed? Should I even care?

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 4:11 pm

Accurate as in how close the end result matches a real SNES. You shouldn't really care too much unless you like being pedantic or want to confirm if something is likely to behave a certain way on hardware and you don't have access to the hardware to perform the test.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:07 pm

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zxcmk0rv3ib

You can use a special ZSNES build made a while ago.

Post by **grinvader** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:25 pm

nintendo_nerd wrote:(which, is supposed to be "soon")

nice drugs you're on

nintendo_nerd · Post by **nintendo_nerd** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:34 pm

grinvader wrote: nice drugs you're on

They are nice, almost like vicodin or oxycodone. As a matter of fact, I can give you some if you want me to. The best part is that I can give them away for free.

kode54 · Post by **kode54** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:59 am

nintendo_nerd wrote:(which, is supposed to be "as soon as Duke Nukem Forever is released")

Fixed that for you.

nintendo_nerd · Post by **nintendo_nerd** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:18 am

kode54 wrote:
nintendo_nerd wrote:(which, is supposed to be "as soon as Duke Nukem Forever is released")
Fixed that for you.

Ah, thanks for the correction.

Socob · Post by **Socob** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:28 pm

snkcube wrote:http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zxcmk0rv3ib

You can use a special ZSNES build made a while ago.

Hm, that works, too. I don't think I'll use it, though, because it doesn't let me specify where it puts the save file - my folder is messy enough already - but it's nice to have an alternative.

Post by **Agozer** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:12 pm

Edit zsnes.cfg manually to set your save path. Older versions didn't have a GUI entry for paths.

Socob · Post by **Socob** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:26 pm

Agozer wrote:Edit zsnes.cfg manually to set your save path. Older versions didn't have a GUI entry for paths.

Oh, I didn't know you could do that. Thanks!