3.0 Alpha Testing

[RogerSmith]

I hope I'm posting in the right place. This is regarding the latest buildbot APK on the top banner of this website.

I own a Nvidia Shield Portable and Mupen64 on this thing is absolutely abysmal. I have no idea whats going on, but any video plugin thats not exactly "gln" has the game stutter and skip horribly with bad FPS regardless of what settings you use. GlideN64 is specifically noteworthy.

Am I doing something wrong here? The Nvidia Shield Portable uses a overclocked Tegra 4 chip.

I'm also running the nvidia shield handheld, and I've been using mupen AE on it for a long time and I've had those kinds of serious problems. Almost every game for me is playable, and with the FZ branch there's been improvement.

[Mithrot]

I'm also running the nvidia shield handheld, and I've been using mupen AE on it for a long time and I've had those kinds of serious problems. Almost every game for me is playable, and with the FZ branch there's been improvement.

I think a large part of these issues stem from the fact that the Tegra 4 isn't a popular chip, especially in 2016.

FZ branch? I'm not sure which one you are referring to.

[fzurita]

Search the playstore for mupen64plus fz. It's the version I'm keeping up to date.

[Mithrot]

Without derailing this thread too hard, I'd like to thank you two (especially fzurita) for letting me know about the FZ branch of Mupen64ae. I have no idea what kind of black magic you performed, but the stuttering I always encountered on Mupen64ae on any Tegra 4 device is completely gone! GlideN64 (GLES 2.0) is also far more stable. 

Perhaps this is something worth merging back into the main branch? I'm not exactly sure what the cause of it is specifically (on the Nvidia Shield Portable), but I can try to help.

[fzurita]

I have been keeping the main branch up to date. The build server is just not working so the auto builds are not showing up.

[Mithrot]

Oh, alright thanks!

[Bradleyw801]

Search the playstore for mupen64plus fz. It's the version I'm keeping up to date.

Looks like it's not up anymore? I managed to download it and leave a review, but now I can't find it anymore.

[fzurita]

Yeah, Google took it down. The email said I was accepting payments from a non Google based payment system. I don't understand why since I only accepted Google play in-app purchases.

[casiragi]

Hello, i know i'm late. The last update is Long available, but now I tried to test Gamepad Support..

I just installed the 3.0111 beta on my fire tv 4k and configured my Fire TV Controller. Then i tried to start Wave Race, but the game tells me, that no Controller ist connected. Ok, i tried Mario Kart and everything worked fine. then i tried Mario 64 und there are many texture Problems (greend ground) in the 1st world and the framerate is really really bad. So i installed Version 2.4.4. Mario 64 runs fine and Wave Race makes no more Problems.

Am I the only one with those Problems? The 3.x release has a really nice Interface, but if not many games will work ist useless for me :-( Is somebody still working on the emulator?

Best Regards

[grmilbrand]

Try this:

-c 'am start --user 0 -n org.mupen64plusae.v3.alpha/paulscode.android.mupen64plusae.SplashActivity -a android.intent.action.VIEW -eu Uri "file://%rom%" && am start --user 0 -S -n org.mupen64plusae.v3.alpha/paulscode.android.mupen64plusae.GalleryActivity'

Let me know how it works. If it doesn't I'll dig further to find the right activity to use.

OK, so I tried these:

-c 'am start --user 0 -n org.mupen64plusae.v3.alpha/paulscode.android.mupen64plusae.SplashActivity -a android.intent.action.VIEW -eu Uri "file://%rom%" && am start --user 0 -S -n org.mupen64plusae.v3.alpha/paulscode.android.mupen64plusae.GalleryActivity'

-c 'am start -n org.mupen64plusae.v3.alpha/paulscode.android.mupen64plusae.SplashActivity -a android.intent.action.VIEW -eu Uri "file://%rom%" && am start -S -n org.mupen64plusae.v3.alpha/paulscode.android.mupen64plusae.GalleryActivity'
(without user 0)

&

start -n org.mupen64plusae.v3.alpha/paulscode.android.mupen64plusae.SplashActivity -a android.intent.action.VIEW -eu Uri "file://%rom%"
(my Shield is non-root version)

*all just said launching without any further action.

@fzurita, i was never able to figure out the launch command. Now that I installed the version you provided, are you able to provide a launch command for use in Rom Collection Browser?

[fzurita]

Here is the command:
<emulatorParams>start --user 0 -n org.mupen64plusae.v3.fzurita/paulscode.android.mupen64plusae.SplashActivity  -a android.intent.action.VIEW -eu Uri "file://%rom%"</emulatorParams>

[grmilbrand]

Thank you very much for that, although it's not working for me. Are there some troubleshooting steps I can take to make sure it isn't my system. I'm running Kodi on Android TV on a Shield.
Where in the file system could I look for the package org.mupen64plusae.v3.fzurita?

[fzurita]

Interesting, are you using the Mupen64Plus FZ app in the play store? That command is for that.

[grmilbrand]

Yes, I just downloaded prior to inputting that command.it runs fine out of the leanback launcher and opens games. Runs perfect. It's just when I go into Kodi and use that command in Rom Collection Browser. I input the command just as you have it. checked it twice, and it just states launching with no further activity.
I'll mess with it again tonight. I didn't know if there was someway to check the file structure of the org.mupen64plusae thru ESFileExplorer or something like that, to make sure it's installed in the same place. Do you have the Shield, or does anyone else with a Shield/Kodi/RCB/Mupen wanna test and make sure it's not just me?

Thanks again. I enjoy using it as standalone, just wish I could get the launcher to work like NESemu. It's soothing to play old video games. Must be the nostalgia!

[fzurita]

I'll have to give it a try to see if I can get it to work. All I can tell you for sure is that SplashActivity is the entry point.