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[SparkTR]

Nintendo consoles always seem to be a hotbed for emulator developers, this and Citra are by far the most matured recent-generation emulators on the market. We're like a year away from games being fully playable it seems.

 

[GaimeGuy]

Nintendo consoles always seem to be a hotbed for emulator developers, this and Citra are by far the most matured recent-generation emulators on the market. We're like a year away from games being fully playable it seems.

Because they've utilized a PowerPC architecture ever since GC for their CPUs. This architecture is well-understood.

 

[atr0cious]

is an aim of this to eventually be able to use the gamepad with it? I just wanna see someone finally crack that thing fully for the pc.

 

[Battlechili]

I'm impressed with how fast things are coming along. Things are looking really good.

 

[Azure Dream]

is an aim of this to eventually be able to use the gamepad with it? I just wanna see someone finally crack that thing fully for the pc.

The problem with the Gamepad is that it uses some very old, hacked hardware to communicate with the console. It's possible to talk to it already, just very, very hard and requires very specific wireless hardware.

 

[Nightbird]

Because they've utilized a PowerPC architecture ever since GC for their CPUs. This architecture is well-understood.

I really hope they drop PowerPC with NX.
At this point it's doing more harm than good

 

[Mivey]

I really hope they drop PowerPC with NX.
At this point it's doing more harm than good

I don't think their sucess is tied to having a high performance CPU, so I could see them pulling a Bethesda on this one.

 

[Painguy]

Holy shit, DAT MUSIC!!

LOOOOOL. For real tho. Cool to seem some progress has been made.

 

[PGamer]

More Cemu 1.1.0 game updates:

- Ben 10: Omniverse
- Ben 10: Omniverse 2
- Shovel Knight
- Splatoon
- Super Mario Maker

 

[PGamer]

Cemu 1.1.1 is now out.

Download: http://cemu.info/index.html#download

- Improved shader emulation
- Added support for 3D textures
- Lots of bugfixes

Game updates:

- Mario Kart 8 (1)
- Mario Kart 8 (2)
- Splatoon

 

[c0de]

Cemu 1.1.1 is now out.

Download: http://cemu.info/index.html#download



Game updates:

- Mario Kart 8 (1)
- Mario Kart 8 (2)
- Splatoon

This is some amazing progress. Do we know who is behind?

 

[Nyoro SF]

Man, thinking of Bayonetta 1 & 2 with proper AA is quite the incentive...

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

cool beans

 

[Oberon]

So crazy that some people on a gaming forum still don't know the difference between emulation and piracy.

Emulation is piracy if you don't already own the game, right?
(thinking about, my post wasn't that well thought out anyway)

 

[-shadow-]

Wow that went really fast! Can't wait for it to be a bit more usable. Bayonetta 2 at actual solid framerate would be awesome!

 

[PGamer]

More Cemu 1.1.1 game updates:

- Ben 10: Omniverse
- Darksiders II
- New Super Mario Bros. U
- Splatoon

 

[InfiniteNine]

Also thanks PGamer for keeping the recent emulator threads all up to speed.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

The problem with the Gamepad is that it uses some very old, hacked hardware to communicate with the console. It's possible to talk to it already, just very, very hard and requires very specific wireless hardware.

What are you talking about

This gets me excited about potentially being able to play smash 4 with out a boat load of lag.

On the other hand its kind of sad to see this happen as this might eat into some hardware sales if it really picks up.

What lag??

 

[captain_skyhawk]

This gets me excited about potentially being able to play smash 4 with out a boat load of lag.

On the other hand its kind of sad to see this happen as this might eat into some hardware sales if it really picks up.

 

[Demise]

Told you it was going to be quick, i think less than one year and a half from now and we are good. Good work.

 

[Fantastical]

Man, thinking of Bayonetta 1 & 2 with proper AA is quite the incentive...

Thinking about most Wii U games with AA is very exciting.

 

[OryoN]

Awesome, now people who were reluctant to purchase the console can enjoy all those great Wii U exclusives with gratuitous AA, higher resolutions, @ a whopping 7fps!

Joking aside, that's some impressive progress in terrms of the groundwork laid. However, given how customized Wii U's architecture is - with all those relatively huge on-die memory pools - I'm afraid the harder work is yet to come. I see a very long road ahead in terms of optimization. But hey, good luck!

 

[jediyoshi]

What are you talking about

Exactly what it says. The wireless functionality the Wii U uses to speak to the gamepad and vice versa may as well be proprietary, it's not standardized like Wiimote or Dualshock bluetooth. There's a talk from 2013 about reverse engineering it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC1CqQK_beU

So to the original post, in the future, syncing a gamepad with a PC to use with the emulator is basically out of the question.

 

[stan423321]

Exactly what it says. The wireless functionality the Wii U uses to speak to the gamepad and vice versa may as well be proprietary, it's not standardized like Wiimote or Dualshock bluetooth. There's a talk from 2013 about reverse engineering it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC1CqQK_beU

So to the original post, in the future, syncing a gamepad with a PC to use with the emulator is basically out of the question.

Well, there's always the possibility of someone manufacturing, erm, CafeBar.

 

[Dr. Buni]

This gets me excited about potentially being able to play smash 4 with out a boat load of lag.

On the other hand its kind of sad to see this happen as this might eat into some hardware sales if it really picks up.

Hardware sales of a system that's about to be replaced. Plus, emulation didn't seem to have a big impact in the DS hardware sales anyways.

What lag??

Yeah. Lag is so rare in Smash for me.

 

[jediyoshi]

Mario Maker on 1.1.1
https://youtu.be/i6LFTxPzwMM?t=195

Shows off item placement with the mouse cursor for gamepad controls

 

[Rödskägg]

LOOOOOL. For real tho. Cool to seem some progress has been made.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY4I5XeOZ0I

Who made these?

 

[PGamer]

Cemu 1.1.2 is now out.

Download: http://cemu.info/index.html#download

- Added controller options
- Added support for OSCoroutine API
- Improved shader emulation
- Improved texture/depth/color buffer management
- Improved CPU timing and thread synchronization
- Synchronous file operations no longer block CPU execution (reduces frame stutter)

Game updates:

- Ben 10: Omniverse
- Darksiders II
- Mario Kart 8 (1)
- Mario Kart 8 (2)
- Splatoon (1)
- Splatoon (2)
- Xenoblade Chronicles X

 

[Vuze]

1.1.2b is out. http://cemu.info/changelog.html

• Fixed rendering issues on AMD graphic cards
• Minor changes and bug fixes

 

[Panda Rin]

This is coming along really nicely.

 

[Platy]

Hey that game loads awesomely !

*looks at "5x video speed" at description*

Oh xD

 

[frogger]

need flawless Bayonetta 2. That's the only game I am jealous of Wii U owners.

 

[Human_me]

This is progressing quicker than I thought.
I can't wait to see it in a years time.

 

[FyreWulff]

Exactly what it says. The wireless functionality the Wii U uses to speak to the gamepad and vice versa may as well be proprietary, it's not standardized like Wiimote or Dualshock bluetooth. There's a talk from 2013 about reverse engineering it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC1CqQK_beU

So to the original post, in the future, syncing a gamepad with a PC to use with the emulator is basically out of the question.

The Gamepad uses technology that was only finalized for general use a mere 2 months before the Wii U came out, and also uses 5GHz N to communicate with the Gamepad, which is a wireless mode the PS4 doesn't even support. Hell, barely anything has support for 5GHz N because of it's relative newness.

 

[PGamer]

Cemu 1.1.2b game updates:

- Mario Kart 8
- New Super Mario Bros. U

 

[MUnited83]

Goddamn, those updates. This emulator is progressing at a unbelievable rate.

 

[Novum_Veritas]

This progress rate is crazy, looking forward to it.

 

[LilJoka]

Every time - wow

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Just saw the MK8 video, wow at the speed this emu is progressing

 

[woen]

I would love to see MK8 running at a better resolution...on 21:9 even maybe. Let's hope at the end of next year it'll be playable!

 

[Oxn]

Holy crap this is far along. Hoping my 3770K at 4.4Ghz can handle.

 

[Chû Totoro]

I really hope they drop PowerPC with NX.
At this point it's doing more harm than good

PowerPC is very efficient. I'm sure they'll drop it so they could offer a more "common" architecture and give devs easier tools to develop with but it makes me sad.

I love PowerPC... when Apple dropped PowerPC for Intel, problems started to come :'(

 

[LilJoka]

Holy crap this is far along. Hoping my 3770K at 4.4Ghz can handle.

Will do 10-15fps in MK8 currently with 30% CPU usage.

 

[nampad]

PowerPC is very efficient. I'm sure they'll drop it so they could offer a more "common" architecture and give devs easier tools to develop with but it makes me sad.

I love PowerPC... when Apple dropped PowerPC for Intel, problems started to come :'(

Apple dropped PowerPC for a good reason. IBM couldn't deliver good CPUs for their notebooks anymore.

 

[Locuza]

PowerPC is very efficient.I'm sure they'll drop it so they could offer a more "common" architecture and give devs easier tools to develop with but it makes me sad.

Why?

I love PowerPC... when Apple dropped PowerPC for Intel, problems started to come :'(

Which problems?

 

[Herne]

Apple dropped PowerPC for a good reason. IBM couldn't deliver good CPUs for their notebooks anymore.

That, but more likely none of the chip companies have been able to beat Intel for years.

 

[AmFreak]

That, but more likely none of the chip companies have been able to beat Intel for years.

Apple announced their switch in 2005, at a time when intel basically got beaten by everyone. They switched with the core duo the first architecture after the p4 disaster.

 

[Übermatik]

I know these things are extremely difficult but I couldn't help laugh at that video description:

Mario Kart is practically playable now if you can ignore graphics glitches and slow framerate

Um, no?

video has been sped up nearly 10x speed

Yeah... no.

Still excited to see the progress they make.

 

[tuxfool]

Apple announced their switch in 2005, at a time when intel basically got beaten by everyone. They switched with the core duo the first architecture after the p4 disaster.

You know what Intel was doing at the time...

 

[T.E.D]

Looking at how quickly this is making progress, it's crazy to think that The Legend of Zelda U could release on Wii U and PC simultaneously.....