Need to adjust GameDB entries for to remove ones no longer required, added EE Timing fix for SOCOM as that seems to fix it up like its sequel.
Some misc changes too which are inconsequential (mostly formatting)
* VIF MSCAL instructions wait on VU T-Bit stop
Fixes:
The Sims
Spiderman 3
Sharks Tale
Maybe some bits of Over the Hedge
* Removed Spiderman 3 patches
* Fix VIF DMA resuming when stalled on tag
* Remove warning which doesn't really need to be there anymore
1/ initReadFifo will be first called on the GS thread
(openGL can only be done on the GS thread)
2/ readFifo will be called on the EE thread. It is not safe too access eeMem from GS
because of memory is virtual
Fix "recent" regression (crash) on Kingdom heart and others game too.
v2: add a len check on GSState::InitReadFIFO
-Implemented GIF_MODE Masking fixed the All Star Pro Wrestling series slowness/hanging.
DMA:
-Standardize the IPU and SIF dma's to use the standard chain handling in hw.c, fixed up some DMA resuming stuff in the forementioned units, VIF, GIF and SPR.
-Added some warnings for DMA stall control which isn't implemented, hopefully somebody will find a game that does it so we can add/test it :)
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* use same path as game index db for cheats and cheats_ws
* install the new cheat zip file on cmake and debian installer
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I'm expecting something to break, it's my code, it's bound to. But i have tested some 40 games without problems, so my hopes are high!
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Everblue: Slightly messy fix, not as nice as id hope, but it seems to work, we need to remember VU programs written to the VU so we can check if an unpack is modifying it. This retains the behaviour of the Snowblind engines whilst fixing everblue.
Hitman 2: Our vif0/1VUFinish() routing which works in conjunction with the delays wasn't paying attention to if the VIF was stalled or not and reran it before the game wanted it to, now fixed.
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Examples of speed ups:
Outrun 2006
before 43.4 - 45.7
after 44.7 - 47.33
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
before 63 - 66.9
after 66 - 69.5
Need for Speed Most Wanted
before 33.0 - 33.3
after 33.22 - 33.57
Burnout 2
before 46.5 - 48.3
after 53.2 - 55.5
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VIF Stall Delay hack: Modified slightly for Onimusha Blade Warriors. This expects the end of the packet to all be in the VIF1 FIFO (which doesn't exist) and the VIF to have finished, so the Stall is technically ignored now, doesn't hurt SOCOM 2.
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-Fixed a bug stopping GT4 running.
-VIF now waits if the VU is busy rather than spinning, causing huge slowdowns.
-Filled in some bits i missed
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Path3 Masking: Fixed a bug which caused persona 3 not to boot, previous a hack had been put in place to get around this.
VIF: Fixed a VIF error with the rare game Realta Nua, now goes through the prologue correctly. Game requires the EE timing hack to get rid of most of the noise (Path3 masking problem with new GIF unit, unfixable).
Expecting bugs, I will be monitoring this.
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Also added a couple important global variables to be savestated (breaks old state compat).
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* Vif: Altered how resumed transfers are handled slightly on VIF side (for MFIFO).
* SPR: Now transfers data to the MFIFO even if not in MFIFO mode if it meets the conditions of the ring buffer location (SOCOM 2)
SOCOM 2 is now playable, sort of, the HUD is a mess (unless a tip shows up), looks like Path3 masking but isn't.
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Threading VU1 took a lot of rewrites and new code to make possible (MTGS, microVU, gifUnit...), but we finally got to the point where it was feasible, and now we've done it! (so now everyone can stop complaining that pcsx2 only takes advantages of 2 cores :p).
The speedups in the games that benefit from it are great if you have a cpu with 3+ cores (generally a 10~45% speedup), however games that are GS limited can be a slowdown (especially on dual core cpu's).
The option can be found in the speedhacks section as "MTVU (Multi-Threaded microVU1)". And when enabled it should should show the VU thread-time percentage on the title bar window (Like we currently do for EE/GS/UI threads).
It is listed as a speedhack because in order for threading VU1 to have been a speedup, we need to assume that games will not send gif packets containing Signal/Finish/Label commands from path 1 (vu1's xgkick). The good news is very-few games ever do this, so the compatibility of MTVU is very high (a game that does do this will likely hang).
Note: vs2010 builds and Linux builds need to be updated to include "MTVU.h" and "MTVU.cpp".
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- Fixed a bug with mVU's ESIN implementation. This finally fixes the flower-petal bug in Radiata Stories (and hopefully the clouds-bug in VP2 but havn't tested). Rama and I have wanted to fix this for a long time, but never knew the problem :p
- Improved implementation of some undefined behavior that happens on branches to take into account pipeline stalls.
gif / vif:
- Added some logging code that parses gif packets. It can be enabled by the PRINT_GIF_PACKET macro in Gif.h
- Deleted some old gif code.
- On ReadFIFO_VIF1() clear the out-reg to prevent uninitialized results in case GSreadFIFO() doesn't modify it...
- Create a fallback for GSreadFIFO2() so that its always defined (as long as the plugin implements GSreadFIFO())
pcsx2:
- Organized the virtual folders in vs2008 a bit...
Note: vs2010 and Linux builds need to be modified to add Gif_Logger.cpp and delete GIFpath.cpp
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fixes Bleach bankai problem, and probably other games (wizardry/growlancer 3) but haven't tested...
Also removed a vif FlushA hack that used to be needed for tekken 4/gitaroo man but not anymore...
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some bits were kept for reference and should be deleted in the future (along with the entire GIFpath.cpp)
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Pcsx2 now has a gifUnit class which acts like the ps2's gif and executes a single gif transfer at a time (and performs path arbitration according to priority and path3 slicing).
This new code is generally a speedup for most games. Particularly VU heavy games like GoW.
This revision breaks old saved state compatibility so don't update if you wish to keep playing with your old saved states.
Leave comments if this revision fixes or breaks anything...
Message to GS Plugin authors:
This new code now uses only 1 gif callback to transfer data to the gs plugin (GSgifTransfer).
pcsx2 also is garaunteed to send full GS primitives to the plugin. So you don't have to account for partial-transfers anymore.
Thanks goes out to shadowlady who tested around 500 games for me :D
Note 1: The old gif code is still in this revision, and can be enabled by the USE_OLD_GIF macro. The old code will be deleted soon.
Note 2: This revision also enables assertion dialogs in devel builds, and changed a lot of assume cases into assertions.
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