Enable the thread by adding this line to the video plugin ini files, "User\Config\gfx_dx9.ini" and "User\Config\gfx_opengl.ini":
UseFIFOThread = True
The line should be added under the UseXFB line.
To disable the FIFO thread, use this line:
UseFIFOThread = False
If the line is not in the ini file, the default is disabled (i.e. False).
The FIFO thread causes an error when the OpenGL plugin is used. The D3D plugin works.
Only top left quarter of the screen can be seen when rendering to main window. The entire screen can be viewed when running in a window.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4930 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Advantages:
* Less confusion for users
* No need to build twice to make sure you didn't break something
* Easier to switch between the cores for testing
Disadvantages:
* None, as far as I can tell :) Maybe some extra code complexity, but not much.
Also break some include chains that caused <windows.h> to get included into everything, slowing down the build on Windows. There's more to do here though, there's still a lot of files that get it included that don't need it at all.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4891 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
in opengl correct an error introduced by mi in efb to ram alignment, it's seems to fix SMS but it missalign a lot of other games, so revert to the default. must solve truncated coins in NSMB.
revert alpha testing values to the values in rev 4812 as they fix some games.
in d3d dynamized the Render target size so it will change at runtime when viewport exceed it size, in the worse case it will cause a missing frame when resizing but in the games I tested is not noticeable at all
This must solve all the remaining viewports problems in nvidia cards, in ati this is not needed.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4888 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
in videocommon little fix for the alpha test values, return to the original values as they are more accurate.
in D3D:
huge change in state management, now all the state management is centralized and redundant state changes are eliminated.
Fixed the overlapped viewport error in non ati cards:
the error was caused by this: when a viewport is defined larger than the current rendertarget, an error is thrown and the last valid viewport is used, this is the reference behavior, in ati cards if a larger viewport is defined, no eror is returned, the rendering is valid and is rendered using the projection defined by the viewport but limited to the rendertarget are, exactly like opengl or the GC hardware.
to solve this in reference drivers defined a large rendertarget (2x the size of the original) and proceed to render in a centered quad insithe the larger rendertarget, in this way larger viewports always falls inside a valid rendertarget size, the drawback of this is the waste of resources. it can be dynamized, depending or games or changed at runtime when a oversized viewport is detected, but i live that to future commits.
please test this and let me know the results.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4841 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
2. Fixed a bug (for Win 32bit) that reports "No possible memory base pointer found!" even when there IS valid memory base found.
3. Made Metroid Prime 2 (maybe also other games) boot
PS: There is definitely some initialization problem with Dolphin (not found exact location yet), which prevents Metroid Prime 2 from first time booting (If you boot some other GC game first, stop it, then MP2 can boot without problem).
So I added an instant BP hack that can make MP2 boot even at first time.
And I've tested all my games to guarantee it won't break any game that already boots before this hack.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4795 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Now the frame limiter yields on CPU thread, not as before on GPU thread mistakenly
2. Fixed clear of VI interrupts
I guess VI interrupts are not used at all, because they were never cleared before
3. Made GPU thread 0% processor usage when paused whatever your active config is.
I tried the event approach but somehow the thread resume latency is excessively long (Who can tell me why?)
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4790 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
"VideoFifo_CheckEFBAccess()" & "VideoFifo_CheckSwapRequest()" should be moved to a more suitable place than inside function "Fifo_EnterLoop()", which wastes considerable amount of CPU time (exhausting one core completely even when paused) and also makes VPS inaccurate.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4778 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
This also fixed Ikaruga, not sure whether it could fix Metriod Prime. If not, how about disabling EFB copy?
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2. Fixed Issue 1909
Multi-Nunchuck control problem
3. Updated SYSCONF, which should enable games that require MotionPlus, such as "Wii Sports Resort"
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- Add an option to enable the EFB scaled copy *TODO find a better place for it to go.
SOIL - Update stb_image to the latest version (1.16 to 1.18)
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4716 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
There was a problem with the fog calculations... Now NSMB shows the background, while the fog still works!
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4714 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Because commenting out this behavior fixes Silent Hill Shattered Memories.
If this commit breaks any game, please report.
PS: There is a EnterCriticalSection in fifo.cpp, which performs the Read Access, but there is no EnterCriticalSection in CommandProcessor.cpp which performs the Write Access, so how can we guarantee the Write Access is atomic?
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in D3D and Opengl:
fixed one nasty bug in texture loading where if a dynamic texture keeps his format but the tlut format is changed, the try or reloading the texture in the same texture could cause a hang if the size of the resulting texture is different than the original (size in bytes)
Applied a ugly temporal hack to the texture conversor to solve efb to ram misalignments and effect distortions.
in D3D:
Pseudo implementation of logic ops using basic blending: the first 8 operations are "good approximations", the remaining 8 are bullshit :) if someone have a better approximation to emulate this logic please let me know.
please test if i don't break anything in the process and test Mario kart wee you will get a nice surprise.:)
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D3D: add the EFB Copy option to complete Rodolfo's commit plus add the Overlay FPS and the Disable Fog options
also change the config dialog's behaviour a bit
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4622 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Now efb to ram display correctly but still is misaligned by one pixel
please test and give me feedback
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4618 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Also reimplemented screen clearing as a color quad to support alpha blending when clearing as in the original hardware.
the funny thing is how is implemented peeking, as locking depth textures is not supported, implemented peeking copying the values form the depth texture to a r32f render target and then reading back the data.
please a lot of testing to this commit.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4599 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
first part if fixing, fixed, i thing, the flickering that everyone has reported, at least in my case i only have flickering in the one texture in one game and now is fixed. The other fix is not for an reported issue, is more a correctness fix, running dolphin with pix to review debug errors, result in a ton of warnings and error, now with this commit, at least for ati, there no more error or warnings, this means, correct management and state change, no accurate emulation, for this still a lot of work to do.
for this part of the commit please give me feedback and let me know of remaining issues
Te second part is the partial implementation of efb to ram copy in d3d, this won't brake anything because is commented but i commit this to ask for help from ector and donko in some errors remaining in the implementation related to differences between opengl an d3d.
if you want to test this you have to uncomment line 150 to 155 of bpstruct.cpp
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4594 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
corrected a little depth textures still broken but now at least i discover the reason, the ultra bad news for d3d lover is, the only correct way to implement depth textures will be do a firs depth only pass disabling blending.
This is because blending is affecting the values stored in the depth texture, so to store the true values, blending mus be deactivated.
this will degrade performance but is the only "Correct" way in d3d 9. the other possibility is dx10 but that's a complete different story ;)
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Implemented all the correct format conversions in efb to texture copy.
replaced all the stretcrect calls with quad draws this must improve speed a bit.
A BIGGGGGGGGGG cleanup in the code and reorganization.
reimplemented zpeek using a secondary render target ( this still is buggy so many issues left)
please a lot off feedback.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4520 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Fix Paper mario and any games that uses SETZSCALE or SETZOFFSET
c# is making me soft i don't see the cast error
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fmrx can do some different behavior depending on the current mode of the fpr, but we *seem* to not have a problem ignoring this behavior...
add a tiny comment to the PECopy register - some sources call the half_scale bit "mipmap"
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thinking going to get a lot of -1 for this one but is the only for of really test it.
hope this fix something and don't break to much ;)
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4475 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
* clear and flicker problem in d3d, backbuffer clearing was commented out, (if this was on right let me know and I'll revert).
* alpha problem introduced by my modifications to the tev, must been sleeping when i wrote that code, should be fixed now.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4471 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
please test specially in paper mario and Killer 7 that where games where supposedly this was used.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4470 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
thanks a lot to chaoscode he make possible to test this on nvidia. please test this a lot and give me feedback :)
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4468 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
d3d: remove the depth texture path it will not work so for now only lockable textures were available. i thing the only way will be a use a secondary render target and do a depth pass to mimic depth textures.
opengl: minor cleanup here and there and a possible fix to issue 1509, but not tested because in my system the errors remarked in the issue don't show.
commond: code reorganization an optimization in the pixel shader generator, trying to understand the tev stages, make some changes to make the generator faster (not much only started for the alpha test and fog).
this changes try start solving the diferences bethen the hardware plugins and the soft plugin.
i hope with i don't brake nothing but please test this a lot.
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4465 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
Fixed RGB5A3 decoding with alpha
New CMPR decoding, blocks with no alpha are great, still have to figure the problems with transparent blocks. Disabled for now.
Added a better error reporting to the base OpenCL functions
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4439 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
implemented buffer format fall back to allow hardware that don't support lockable formats to run the games with Z peeking disabled, applied as well the patch suggested in issue 1494 please give heavy test to this commit
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Opengl:
Reorder the rendering path to make it more generic, and a little bit faster i think.
Reduce the index Buffer size to make it more Friendly to older video hardware.
get rid of the remaining annoying sps (I hope).
D3D:
Implement the same path as opengl to make the plugins more similar and maintainable.
Fixed Peek_Z this means, Pushing stars in SMG Now Works.
Please give heavy testing to this changes and compare the performance with the old path.
Thanks to hrydgard for let me participate :).
git-svn-id: https://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4353 8ced0084-cf51-0410-be5f-012b33b47a6e
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