Progress

[Shamus]

Yes, progress is being made on Virtual Jaguar. As a matter of fact, if you look at the screenshots on the official homepage you'll see some nice progress in a few of the games.

There are of course still lots of bugs to take care of, and some polish to do on the GUI but a 1.0.7 release is getting nearer...

Stay tuned!

[Guruma]

Very nice ill be glad to test when it will come out. May i request quick save state and load option becouse it would be easier to test games...
Keep up the great work guys!!!

-=Guruma=-

[Shamus]

Save states is definitely something that I would like to see in VJ, but I don't know that we can do that in the near future because the DSP & GPU may be undergoing some changes that would make state saving difficult.

It's going on the TODO list...

[nwagenaar]

*which is a very long TODO list by know*

Okay, I'm back online again after some nifty motherboard problem (smoke came out of the case) and the result is that my mobo, CPU and memory is know officially dead Since I didn't had a spare development system available I decided to buy a new one :

- AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (2,0Ghz);
- Gigabyte GA-K8NNXP (nForce 3 150 chipset);
- 512MB Corsair XMS PC3200 CL2 memory;

In other words. Compile time goed down bigtime!

[Shamus]

Compile times on my 1.4 GHz box were always pretty good (around a minute for a full build on MinGW, faster on Linux).

Glad to see you're back! I recently had to replace my CD-RW after 2 years of service (and it only had a 1 year warranty! ) If you get a chance (I know you've got lots to do lately) to grab the latest CVS and take a look at AvP, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

[Shamus]

Dammit! This board ate my last reply!

Well, icculus seems to be down at the moment, so, just in case you were wondering, we're still working on VJ. I've figured out why Flip Out wasn't working and found yet another bug with the GPU which kept Fight For Life from working. That last bugfix also fixed Hover Strike, Phase Zero, Ultra Vortek (the official release) and probably a few other that I haven't gotten around to testing yet.

In other news, I'm not sure when the official 1.0.7 release will be since I haven't heard from Niels in a while (hey, Niels! ). In the meantime, though, I'm thinking about posting semi-regular binary builds of CVS on the website so that those of you who aren't able to build CVS can check out the latest developments.

Stay tuned!

[Guruma]

Yea Shamus its good news! Give those binaries :P Keep up the great work!!!

[Shamus]

Check icculus.

Oh yeah, one other thing--the file formats that VJ supports has changed slightly to reflect what's out there. Note that many of the files that Cowering's GoodJag renaming tool "fixes" are incorrectly identified! Be sure to check this page for an explanation. One major change is that the .jag extension is now properly recognized as a Jaguar Server file. This means that if you have ROMs that are named with a .jag extension, they won't be properly recognized. The proper extension for ROMs is .j64 (as far as VJ is concerned).

[Guruma]

I dont know if this is ok...but i cant access video and audio options, and in misc options when i click PAL bios the emu is exiting to windows! Now to test some games :P

Hi! I checked compatibility of newest VJ and here it is:
(screenshots may not work becouse they are on my email account

Title Works? Caveats
Alien vs Predator (1994) Yes Glitchy view in predator invisibility mode (green and half of a screen)
Arkanna Demo (PD) No Hangs up emu
Assassin Demo 1.0 Release 2 (PD) No Its exiting to windows
Assassin Demo, The Part 1 (1999) (PD) No Its exiting to windows
Assassin Demo, The Part 1 (for BJL) (1999) (PD) No Its exiting to windows
Asteroid (2000) (PD) No Its exiting to windows
Atari Karts (1995) Yes Works great!
Attack of the Mutant Penguins (1996) Yes DSP ON - Works great!
BADCODE0 by Badcoder (1999) (PD) No Its exiting to windows
BADCODE1 by Badcoder (1999) (PD) No Its exiting to windows
BADCODE2 by Badcoder (2000) (PD) No "Executes" in 1280x240
BADCODE3 by Badcoder (2000) (PD) No Freezes at the beginning
BADCODE3 by Badcoder (jag format) (2000) (PD) No Its exiting to windows
BadCode4 (Metal) (bin format) by Badcoder (2000) (PD) No Friezes
BadCode4 (Metal) (jag format) by Badcoder (2000) (PD) No Friezes
BadCode4 (Metal) (rom format) by Badcoder (2000) (PD) No Friezes
BADCODE4 by Badcoder (2000) (PD) No Friezes
BADCODE4 by Badcoder (jag format) (2000) (PD) No Friezes
BADCODE4C by Badcoder (2000) (PD) No Friezes
BADCODE4C by Badcoder (jag format) (2000) (PD) No Friezes
Brutal Sports Football (1994) (Telegames) No Friezes (Homebrew?)
Bubsy - Fractured Furry Tails (1994) Yes Works great!
Cannon Fodder (1995) (Computer West) Yes Works great!
Checkered Flag (1994) Yes DSP ON - In car selection car are without textures, glitches on track (car shadow, wheels marks)
Chroma-Luma Colors Picker (1996) (PD) No Exiting to windows
Chroma-Luma Colors Picker for Mouse (1996) (PD) No Exiting to windows
Club Drive (1994) Yes Works good (some bad perspective when close to walls)
Cybermorph (1993) Yes Reguires DSP. Works great (Perfect hud, some weird polygonsedges)
Defender 2000 (1996) Yes Works great!
Doom - Evil Unleashed (1994) Yes Requires DSP. In game, the screen is horizontally compressed to half its size
Double Dragon V (1995) (Williams) Yes Works great!
Dragon - The Bruce Lee Story (1994) Yes Works great!
Evolution - Dino Dudes (1993) Yes Works great!
Fever Pitch Soccer (1995) Yes Works great!
Fight For Your Life (1996) No It goes to ingame but no response from pad, SLOW!, minor glitches in menu
Fight For Your Life (1996) [a1] No It goes to ingame but no response from pad, SLOW!, minor glitches in menu
Fight For Your Life (1996) [a2] No Its exiting to windows
Flashback (1995) (U.S. Gold) Yes Works great!
Flip Out (1995) Yes Works great!
FORCE Design - Legion Force Jidai Intro Demo 0! (2001) (PD) No Its exiting to windows
Gorf 2000 (PD) No Friezes
Hover Strike (1995) Yes Many glitches (menus, landscape in game)
I-War (1995) Yes Works great!
International Sensible Soccer (1995) Yes Works great
Iron Soldier (1994) No After starting a new game it hangs up. Perfect menus!
Iron Soldier (1994) [a1] No Friezes(red screen)
JagFest Demo (2001) (PD) No Its exiting to windows
JagMania (Apr 18) (1998) (PD) No Its exiting to windows
JagMania (Aug 31) (2000) (PD) No Friezes
JagMania (July 8) (2000) (PD) No Friezes
JagMania (Sep 10) (2000) (PD) No Friezes
JagMania (Jan 06) (2001) (PD) No Friezes
JagMarble (1999) (PD) No Its exiting to windows
JagMarble (2000) (PD) No Its exiting to windows
JagMarble (Jul 13) (1997) (PD) No Its exiting to windows
Jaguar Tetris (1995) (PD) No Its exiting to windows
JDC Demo V1 (2000) (PD) No Its exiting to windows
JDC Demo V2 (2000) (PD) No Its exiting to windows
JDC Demo V3 - E-JagFest Demo by Lars Hannig (2000) (PD) No Its exiting to windows
Joypad-TeamTap Test Program (2000) (PD) [a1] No Its exiting to windows
Joypad-TeamTap Test Program (2000) (PD) No Its exiting to windows
Kasumi Ninja (1994) [a1] No Its exiting to windows
Kasumi Ninja (1994) Yes Reguires DSP, on stages missing floor graphic, bad shadows
Missile Command 3D (1995) Yes Option "Original " works great, "3D" smal glitches (background), "Virtual" works good(bad water effect)
Music Demo (2002) (ScatoLOGIC) No Its exiting to windows
Native (Demo) (bin format) (1997) No Its exiting to windows
Native (Demo) (jag format) (1997) No Its exiting to windows
NBA Jam TE (1996) Yes Reguires DSP. Works great!
Painter (1996) (PD) No Its exiting to windows
Painter (bin format) (1996) (PD) No Its exiting to windows
Phase Zero (2000) (PD) Yes Many glitches(green borders)
Pinball Fantasies (1995) (Computer West) Yes Works great!
Pitfall - The Mayan Adventure (1995) Yes Works great!
Power Drive Rally (1995) (TWI) No DSP OFF - It shows white screen then menu screens are "looping" it doesnt react from pad
Raiden (1994) No Friezes
Rayman (1995) (UBI Soft) Yes Works great!
Ruiner Pinball (1995) No Friezes
Super Burnout (1995) No DSP ON - Only menus
Super Cross 3D (1995) No Without DSP works menus, with DSP emu crashes
Syndicate (1995) (Ocean) Yes Glitches in menus
Tempest 2000 (1994) Yes Works great!
Theme Park (1995) (Ocean) Yes Works good!
Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy (1993) Yes Works great!
Troy Aikman NFL Football (1995) (Williams) Yes Works great!
Ultra Vortek (1995) Yes DSP ON - Works great!
Ultra Vortek (1995) Beta (Rev. 0.94) Yes Reguires DSP. Perfect
Val D'Isere Skiing & Snowboarding (1994) No All menus working, friezes after loading game
White Men Can't Jump (1995) No Requires DSP. It hangs up
Wolfenstein 3D (1994) Yes Reguires DSP. Glitch floor and ceiling.
Zool 2 (1994) Yes Works great!
Zoop! (1996) No Its exiting to windows(Homebrew?)
Later i will test more

[Shamus]

Great job! BTW the Video/Audio options screens aren't hooked up yet, that's why everything is under "Misc.". If you look at the Compatibility chart on the official website and the item under Brutal Sports Football, you'll see an explanation of how to fix that image.

Like I said before, the reliability of GoodJag to identify everything is not 100% at the moment, and it seems that Cowering doesn't care about it either. I could be wrong about that, but...

Also, I know what the problem is in AvP with the Predator invisibility mode and how to fix it as well...

[Guruma]

Percentage Compatibility (only games no demos)
1.Works great - 50%
2.Don't Work - 24%
3.Works good - 15%
4.Works bad! - 11%


Works great! - Perfect Emulation
1.Atari Karts (1995)
2.Attack of the Mutant Penguins (1996)
3.Bubsy - Fractured Furry Tails (1994)
4.Cannon Fodder (1995) (Computer West)
5.Cybermorph (1993)
6.Defender 2000 (1996)
7.Double Dragon V (1995) (Williams)
8.Dragon - The Bruce Lee Story (1994)
9.Evolution - Dino Dudes (1993)
10.Fever Pitch Soccer (1995)
11.Flashback (1995) (U.S. Gold)
12.Flip Out (1995)
13.I-War (1995)
14.International Sensible Soccer (1995)
15.NBA Jam TE (1996)
16.Pinball Fantasies (1995) (Computer West)
17.Pitfall - The Mayan Adventure (1995)
18.Rayman (1995) (UBI Soft)
19.Tempest 2000 (1994)
20.Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy (1993)
21.Troy Aikman NFL Football (1995) (Williams)
22.Ultra Vortek (1995)
23.Zool 2 (1994)

Works good! - Some small glitches that doesnt disturb in playing! 15%

1.Alien vs Predator (1994)
2.Checkered Flag (1994)
3.Club Drive (1994)
4.Missile Command 3D (1995)
5.Syndicate (1995) (Ocean)
6.Theme Park (1995) (Ocean)
7.Wolfenstein 3D (1994)

Works bad! - Major glitches 11%

1.Doom - Evil Unleashed (1994)
2.Hover Strike (1995)
3.Kasumi Ninja (1994)
4.Fight For Your Life (1996)
5.Phase Zero (2000) (PD)

Don't work! - Doesnt boot or dont go in game! 24%
1.Brutal Sports Football (1994)
2.Gorf 2000 (PD)
3.Iron Soldier (1994)
4.Power Drive Rally (1995) (TWI)
5.Raiden (1994)
6.Ruiner Pinball (1995)
7.Super Burnout (1995)
8.Super Cross 3D (1995)
9.Val D'Isere Skiing & Snowboarding (1994)
10.White Men Can't Jump (1995)
11.Zoop! (1996)

[Shamus]

Hey Guruma, Brutal Sports Football does work, you just have to remove 512 bytes from the front of the ROM image (who knows why it's there). I'm pretty sure that Ville Linde has a utility to strip those bytes from the header on his website...

Let's see... Look here, at the bottom of the page. I used a hex editor to remove those bytes, but you'd probably have better luck with Ville's file fixer.

[Guruma]

I cant make it work :\ and file that was meant to fix this game on Project Tempest is not working on WinXP :\

Any more help???

[Shamus]

It really is easy to fix this one, so I'll walk you through it step by step.

1. Go to this page and download a copy of frhed--it's probably the best hex editor for Windows that I've seen.
2. Install and run frhed.
3. Once frhed is running, go to File|Open and open the Brutal Sports Football image (make sure that it's unzipped!).
4. Highlight the first 512 bytes of the file (use the mouse or the keyboard--it doesn't really matter).
5. Press the delete key. A dialog will ask you to confirm that this is really what you want to do. Click OK.
6. Either press CTRL+S to save the file or go to File|Save.

That's it! You've just cut out the first 512 bytes from Brutal Sports Football. Give it a whirl with VJ.