Player Compatibility

[evilo]

Please report player compatibility status in this thread.

With player version, and problem description (if any)

A screenshot would be appreciated as well

thank you,
evilo

[evilo]

v0.20r3 : sound issue

so first "official" bug report,


There is actually a bug I just discovered...

FX and/or Music are not always played in some games !

While I still don't know why, I discovered a workaround : Just execute first the MusicTest sample (Applications dir) before running your game, and it will then run fine ! (yes, something is not initialized correctly, but I don't find it right now...)

[knite19]

Thanks Evilo for updating this app. Here are some games I tested out.

- Dr Mario: Working. Music no longer skips.

- Luamines: Working.

- Reactor: Working.

- All or Nothing: Working.

- LuaAirForce V4: Working. FPS drops from time to time.

- Sonic Avol 3: Working.

- Solitaire Mahjongg: Working.

- Quarters: Working.

- Rush: Working. Cars don't seem to randomize.

- Marvin Air Hockey: Working (Script need update to be compatible Lua 5.1.1)

- PSP Golf: Working (Script need update to be compatible Lua 5.1.1)

- Do we have a Deal or What: Not Working. Title Screen only.

- Who wants to be a Millionaire: Not Working.

- ServeNGo V2: Not Working.

- Vexed v1.1 : Working (Script need update to be compatible Lua 5.1.1)

[gamecubesuxs]

Was going to test out but then my usb drive died I'll post my findings when i get a new drive

[evilo]

- Marvin Air Hockey: Not Working. Title Screen Only.

The code is not LUA 5.1.1 compliant, that"s why it hangs at the title screen,
I changed the following lines to make it run :
line 190 :
for coord, borders in coords do
to
for coord, borders in ipairs(coords) do

line 552:
for i, value in possibleOption.values do
to
for i, value in ipairs(possibleOption.values) do

btw, the game is very funny

- PSP Golf: Not Working. Title Screen only.

same thing for this one :
index.lua, line 1043
for index, file in files do
to
for index, file in ipairs (files) do

- Vexed: Not Working.

same thing for this one :

common.lua, line 59
change
for idx,file in contents do
to
for idx,file in ipairs(contents) do

common.lua, remove line 64




as the PS2 player relies on Lua 5.1.1, some games won't run without some modifications (lua related)
Basically, the things you'll need to change for 5.1 :
- change table iteration code:
"for i, value in someTable do" to
"for i, value in ipairs(someTable) do"
(but use "pairs" for tables like "t={foo=bar, foobar=99}"
and "ipairs" for tables like "t={foo, bar}")
- it's pure Lua 5.1: no binary operators and double as number type
(e.g. now you can use one number for storing IP addresses)

Also, note that in case of script error, the player actually display it on the screen, if I take back the PSPGolf game, it gives (before modification)

Error: index:1043: attempt to call a table value

so, it gives you the error position and the error type easy then !

enjoy

[knite19]

Many thanks evilo!

Some games are a bit laggy. (PSPGolf) I'm guessing that it's a hardware issue?

[evilo]

thank you

about the lags, I don't know.... some games are faster on the PS2 (i.e. drMario) so I don't think it's a hardware issue, but more a lack of optimization in the current code. But yeah, the whole code need to be reviewed for optimization (-> rewrite the 2D blitter, etc..).

[acer5050]

I'm going to start doing this