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3DS Emulator Citra Now Supports HD Rendering
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I agree. It looks a lot sharper and cleaner than on the 3DS, as expected, but is not as impressive as seeing the previous games in this thread upscaled.
Yeah I know, I just couldnt play on a 3DS, but this way I can play on a tv with a controller
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
But how will you play your 3DS carts without a way to rip them?
This sounds like piracy
lostsupper
Banned
Quick, call the police.
Joyful
Member
a year or two id guess to full speed
See my last comment. I said I know I have to buy a 3DS and carts. Piracy police are out in full force tonight
It looks okay...but isn't the game basically unplayable without multi-player?
It could, it was crazy to be able to play Mario kart Wii on the PC online against actual Wii players. Too bad the servers are now down
Still waiting for a Xenoblade comparison between Citra and dolphin in 1080p.
Well, Dolphin is going to look much better. And there have been texture packs released for it which can improve the IQ considerably.
I just want to see how good the port to the n3ds actually was. Yes, it will look better and of course texture packs would make the comparison invalid.
I'm still interested in seeing how they'd turn out, especially MGS3. People actually liked the new models and crouching the game added, but its framerate and low resolution made it a weak port. I wonder how playing on PC with a stable framerate at 1080p or higher would serve the 3DS version. It's probably still not as good as the HD PS3 version, but it might be competitive.
I think it's still limited to 30fps, even though it struggles to ever hit that on an O3DS (but with a N3DS and HANS is a pretty stable 30 fps). Of course it's possible that the 30fps lock could be overcome when emulating it.
I think you're right that the HD collection version would still be the best way to play it, but it would be fascinating to see the various different versions compared to the 3DS version being emulated.
MGS 3D actually has 20 fps lock. All N3DS overclocking does is less framerate drops.
Hopefully there is a hack to unlock it, but not every game gets one. A lot of games get their physics screwed by trying to unlock their framerate.
What res is the HD collection, though? 720p? Citra would be capable of doing a higher res and enhancements on top of that, so it may end up with much better image quality. 60fps is still a great advantage, but it's not impossible that a 60fps hack could come along for Citra if Dolphin is making progress with it.
For fun, here's another comparison with TwilightZoney's Majora's Mask images:
I prefer the original here... The red is too much. Also, I never noticed before, but did they change the sky during the
moon entrance
PJ64
Citra
Ah that's right, I misremembered.
Even getting the game to run at all on a handheld is impressive, but yeah the framerate obviously took a big hit.
mntorankusu
Member
There are still lots of limitations (and I could complain endlessly about Valve's fuckups with the Steam controller), but even with the current options you could make the game completely playable. Mouse region enables you to use the right pad as a touch screen. Navigating menus is solved easily by switching action sets or mode-shifting into standard mouse control. Or just use the left pad as a mouse.
The d-pad can be used to select and activate powers. The touch screen isn't required. You could also mode shift the mouse region to the bottom left side of the screen if you really wanted to.
Quote
Member
I tried SMT:IV. With an i7 and 980 Ti, the fps ran in the single digits
But it looked nice!
But it looked nice!
Doesn't seem like it.
Even DS games in high resolution look almost as good as 3DS games.
What emulator is that?
I believe it's DeSmuME X432R, unless it's been integrated in another fork.
Your processor better be up for it, or you're not running the games full speed.
MGS3D is unironically my favorite version of the game. The controls are so fucking good compared to the original and the HD versions. And I'm sure at 1080p the models will look lovely.
Also, Peace Walker got a framerate unlock cheat on PSP, and I'm pretty sure MGS3D uses that engine, so there's some hope.
The main fork of DeSmuME recently added texture filtering and the ability to render at higher resolutions.
Crazy processing power no longer required.
Twilightzoney
Member
I think it only shows the morning on the first time it shows the cutscene? I can't quite remember now. Does seem odd.
Oh my, I better try some games myself.
Did they allow you to run the games at any resolution or you're still limited by a multiplier of DS internal res?
Locuza
Member
You are limited by a multiplier.
Config --> 3D Settings --> HD prescaling from 1 (native) to 5.
(Use OpenGL 3.2 and for some games (Pokemon I believe) you better deactivate "Enable Edge Marking" and "High Precision Color Interpolation")
If you don't have a modern PC then the emulator is still very demanding, but fortunately you can adjust the emulator speed and accuracy and improve frame-rates dramatically.
Config --> Emulation Settings --> uncheck "Enable Advanced Bus-Level Timing" + checkbox "Use dynamic recompiler" and set the block-size on 100 for the fastest mode.
They may be some issues with certain games, so you have to play a little bit, but for the most part the emulator should work very well without any major issues.
PotionBleue
Member
You can complete all 128 missions as well as the free DLC (Den of Trials) in single player. It's more tedious and boring, but still better than dumb teammates or lag that makes multiplayer a slideshow.
SirNinja
Member
Hooooly shit. If I knew nothing else about MM3D or Citra, and you told me that shot was from Wii U, I'd probably believe it
(if it weren't for that crummy A button, at least, but not too much can be done about that)
Anyone manage to take some Kid Icarus shots yet?
Hey, this helped a lot. Thanks!
sixteen-bit
Member
What does Smash look like?
Could you provide a link to the x64 version of this build?
Triforce141
Member
Well now, Kid Icarus Uprising can boot in one of the more recent builds, certain lighting issues on things like Pit are present, but the game looks really good as it stands.
