Porting Yabause to Android

[Paul]

The next step (after adding audio linkage, just because that will be easier) will be porting the GL rendering pipeline to GLES.  I'll look to see which version will be easier, but I suspect GLES1 will be the way to go (GLES2 might be faster, so I'll probably eventually port two different render pipelines, which would sort of be like having two video plug-ins.. a good idea from a game/ device compatibility perspective, I think, but it will take some time).

[xperiagamer.com]

Nice work Paul.

We have been testing a bit ourselfs. Albert Odyseey works perfect played for about 20mins without crashes and no graphic issues, except the speed not great (average FPS 4 in game) but to be expected great job.  

Nice to see someone working on something new

[Epic_bubble]

Awesome progress on the emulator, Its vastly improved since I first used it.

I tested sonic R but the game looked like this

[xperiagamer.com]

I tested sonic R but the game looked like this

We had this issue with our copy of Night's E.U (cue + bin) but it seams to run in the background. You can sort of tell the game is moving to different screens when selected also tried it with different bio regions.

[Paul]

That's a problem with frame width and/or stride.  The simple renderer assumes a specific source frame width and contiguous pixel data, which may not always be the case.  I expect a lot of problems like these will be fixed with a proper renderer (besides running faster)

[DarkRaziel64]

i tested Akumajo Dracula X - Gekka no Yasoukyoku [NTSC-J] (converted by Saturn Region Patcher v3.0) on my xperia play its crash when konami logo booting
it say "MASTER SH2 INVALID OPCODE" and codes ?@#$/23$?%#@?%#% bla bla bla 

but i have many questions paul
why FPS 3 or 1 its very slow 
why it has no sounds and musics 


all i can say thank you very much paul keep it up 

[Paul]

The emulator is slow because it is using a software rendering pipeline, and then sending each frame through JNI to be drawn with the ridiculously slow Android API.  I expect it will run most games at a playable speed once I've ported the OpenGL render to GLES.  I'll be tackling this after I add the audio linkage, but this will not be an easy project (it will take some time to get it running properly)

There is no sound, because Android doesn't ship with SDL or OpenAL, which are the two audio pipelines written into Yabause.  I have written an Android port of OpenAL (called ALAN) which I may use, or I could port the SDL pipeline to SDL 1.3 and use the official Android port of SDL, or (preferably) I could write a new audio pipeline for SLES, which would be fastest.

[OnijJoku]

So far I tried Burning Rangers and Doom. Burning Rangers and Doom was responding. I can't wait for the next update, I would love to fully test both Doom and Burning Rangers. Thanks Paul!

[MaXiMu]

Wow nice changes I Maped buttons perfect

Albert Odyssey Running 2-3 fps for me but playable  ** Some Glitches in sometimes  sprites in the loading stage  No saves work.

[Oniros]

i tested Akumajo Dracula X - Gekka no Yasoukyoku [NTSC-J] (converted by Saturn Region Patcher v3.0) on my xperia play its crash when konami logo booting
it say "MASTER SH2 INVALID OPCODE" and codes ?@#$/23$?%#@?%#% bla bla bla 

but i have many questions paul
why FPS 3 or 1 its very slow 
why it has no sounds and musics 


all i can say thank you very much paul keep it up 

I was going to test Symphony of the Night as well. Thanks for reporting your findings here before I started posting redundant observations. If you can also make and entry on the spreadsheet!

Again Paul, thanks for all of this. Keep up the great work!

[Paul]

That's a problem with frame width and/or stride.  The simple renderer assumes a specific source frame width and contiguous pixel data, which may not always be the case.  I expect a lot of problems like these will be fixed with a proper renderer (besides running faster)

I posted another update that should fix this problem (assuming I am correct about the cause).  This build will almost certainly run much slower.  It is really just intended to see how many of the reported graphics glitches are being caused by frame width/ stride problems.  It should give me a pretty good idea how many graphics issues will still need to be worked out after completing the GLES renderer.

Pre-Alpha Test  (source code)  12 March 2012 (Yabause core: r2849)

[trev186]

Hi

So with the most recent update compatibility has not really changed but things look and run much better.

Just thought I would mention that in addtion to Albert's Odyssey running so well in game Dragon force also does.

In fact since dragon force is a very unique strategy rpg you can almost play the game fully sound would be nice but I was able to play dragon force for like 45 mins straight.

I am looking forward to seeing how things run in the GLES rendered version

Thank you again Paul

[OnijJoku]

Paul you are the MAN!! Its much more easier to test these games. Right now I'm testing burning rangers and after you choose your character and the begins, it flashes.

[amdradeon]

This fixed my problem with nights!. There are still a few glitches like the sky is black. But it would be pretty play able with a few more fps's

[snk4ever]

I love the Saturn and registered just to let you know I'm very excited to see someone working on getting it emulated on Android. Thank you for the projects you do !