Core rewrite

[MarathonMan]

Most of the way through the core rewrite, things are shaping up:

Still need timings for almost all components, as well as RSP/RDP fixes and rewrites. The intricacies of the cycle-accurate pipelines are proving to be quite the challenges.

 

[theboy181]

Looking good! Keep up the good work!!

You have an update release date planned?

 

[MarathonMan]

Looking good! Keep up the good work!!

You have an update release date planned?

Nope. Unfortunately, the amount of time that I can devote to development is highly variable and typically occurs in bursts. Even when I do get the time, success itself is bursty in nature.

 

[EsotericForest]

Is this project still active? I know you are very busy as the lead but I am wondering if I have anything to contribute. Thanks.

 

[MarathonMan]

Yes, absolutely. I just got the new RSP core serving up some 3D graphics for the first time ever today, in fact. The performance improvements are more than I ever could have hoped for. FYI, the project is been hosted on CEN64.com since the rewrite of the "new core":
forums.cen64.com
git.cen64.com

I'm currently battling a missing triangles issue, but the new (virtually unusable due to instability) core is able to maintain ~50VI/s in Ridge Racer 64 on a 3GHz Haswell.

 

[MarathonMan]

And with that bug fixed, we're back on track.

 

[Predator82]

Nice

 

[MarathonMan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oPN3_N_31s&feature=youtu.be

Video of it in action.

 

[MarathonMan]

And another!