Posted: 6/9/2016 6:02 PM
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RainbowSprinklez
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my computer is poop. it's very bad. i am having trouble with playback when i open the ram watch viewer, but not running lua scripts. my question is, what syntax is wrong here? Download test.lua
Language: lua
local ramAddress = 0x7E0577
local ramValue

while true do
  ramValue = memory.readbyte(ramAddresss)
  gui.text(0,0, ramValue)
  emu.frameadvance()
end
ultimately, i want to write a script that displays things like speed and position on the screen. this will circumvent playback issues.
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Posted: 6/9/2016 6:08 PM
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You wrote ramAddresss with 3 s within the loop.
Posted: 6/9/2016 6:10 PM
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Also, from the looks of it, it seems you are attempting to read a SNES address. The address you have is from system bus, but memory is set to WRAM space by default. You either need to set the memory domain to the bus, or convert your address to WRAM. I think you chop off the 7E to convert from bus to WRAM? I'm not 100% sure of that though.
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Posted: 6/9/2016 7:14 PM
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thanks for noticing the typo. the code works perfectly well with snes9xrr, but still throws an error on bizhawk :/ the current error is an infinite loop
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Posted: 6/9/2016 7:37 PM
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As adelikat said, BizHawk defaults to WRAM region. You cannot use the bank $7E at the beginning of the address, unless you set the region to BUS, "System Bus" IIRC. 
Language: lua
local ramAddress = 0x0577  -- WRAM is from $00000 to $1FFFF for SNES
local ramValue
memory.usememorydomain("WRAM")  -- just in case

while true do
  ramValue = memory.readbyte(ramAddress)
  -- ramValue = mainmemory.readbyte(ramAddress)  -- is valid too, without using memory.usememorydomain
  gui.text(0, 0, ramValue)
  
  emu.frameadvance()
end
Reference: http://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk/LuaFunctions.html
Posted: 6/10/2016 5:10 PM
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thanks! sorry for my noobiness!
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Posted: 6/10/2016 6:43 PM
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Tip: Is memory.readword or mainmemory.readword listed in the reference?
Posted: 6/10/2016 7:06 PM
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no, i looked at your references shortly after posting. im using memory.read_s16_le now. it works for 1 ram value but not for 2
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Posted: 6/10/2016 7:38 PM
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[string domain = null]) <- what do i replace that with?
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Posted: 6/10/2016 8:27 PM
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This appears to be something you may want: memory.getmemorydomainlist
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Posted: 6/10/2016 8:28 PM
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RainbowSprinklez wrote:
[string domain = null]) <- what do i replace that with?
This means that "domain" is optional and will be set to null by default if you leave it out. In this case, you should be safe to just leave it out, because you set the domain earlier.
Posted: 6/10/2016 8:37 PM
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thx! btw, this is the code im using: Download this.lua
Language: lua
local front = 0x056F
local frontVal
local xDiddySpeed = 0x0E8D
local xDidSpdVal
local xDiddyPosition = 0x0B1D
local xDidPos
memory.usememorydomain("WRAM")  -- just in case

while true do
    frontVal = memory.readbyte(front)
	if (frontVal == 2) then
	    xDidSpdVal =  memory.read_s16_le(xDiddySpeed)
	    gui.text(0, 50, "Speed - "..xDidSpdVal)
		xDidPos = memory.read_s16_le(xDiddyPosition)
		gui.text(0, 65, "Position - "..xDidPos)
	end
  
    emu.frameadvance()
end
Why wont this work??
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Posted: 6/10/2016 9:12 PM
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RainbowSprinklez wrote:
thx! btw, this is the code im using: Download this.lua
Language: lua
Why wont this work??
I don't have a ROM of DKC handy, so I can't tell what's wrong with the script. What is the script supposed to do, and what does it do instead?
Posted: 6/10/2016 9:17 PM
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well, it's supposed to display speed and position on screen. instead, it falls in an infinite loop of some sort. so something is obv wrong in my syntax/code
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Posted: 6/10/2016 9:24 PM
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RainbowSprinklez wrote:
well, it's supposed to display speed and position on screen. instead, it falls in an infinite loop of some sort. so something is obv wrong in my syntax/code
That's weird. Trying the script on another game displays the values fine for me. The game also runs normally. I don't know what's going wrong for you.
Posted: 6/10/2016 9:27 PM
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idk either! D: This sucks! I KNEW I coded it right!
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Posted: 6/10/2016 9:29 PM
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only thing i could think now is im using bizhawk v 1.11.4. Did something change?
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Posted: 6/10/2016 9:33 PM
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RainbowSprinklez wrote:
only thing i could think now is im using bizhawk v 1.11.4. Did something change?
Try version 1.11.6. Sometimes bugs do sneak their way into these things.
Posted: 6/10/2016 9:33 PM
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Your script is working for me. Remember that it only displays that information if Diddy is the active character, not Donkey. Also, I would recommend using a colon instead of a dash to separate your text from your value, as speed goes negative when traveling left.
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Posted: 6/10/2016 9:39 PM
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ok! got it! using an updated bizhawk did the trick!
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Posted: 6/11/2016 2:03 AM
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i MAY have overcomplicated it and it's not pretty yet, but here is todays work! Download dkcRamWatcher.lua
Language: lua
local front = 0x056F
local frontVal
local xDiddySpeed = 0x0E8D
local xDidSpdVal
local xDiddyPosition = 0x0B1D
local xDidPos
local xDiddySub = 0x0DBE
local xDidSub
local yDiddySpeed = 0x0EF5
local yDidSpd
local yDiddyPosition = 0x0FF9 
local yDidPos
local diddySJ = 0x16FC
local didSJ
local donkeySJ = 0x16FA
local donSJ
local status = 0x1B03
local statuss
local xDonkeySpeed = 0x0E8B
local xDonSpd
local xDonkeyPosition = 0x0FC3
local xDonPos
local xDonkeySub = 0x0DBC
local xDonSub
local yDonkeySpeed = 0x0EF3
local yDonSpd
local yDonkeyPosition = 0x0FF7
local yDonPos
memory.usememorydomain("WRAM")  -- just in case

while true do
    statuss = memory.readbyte(status)
    frontVal = memory.readbyte(front)
	didSJ = memory.readbyte(diddySJ)
	donSJ = memory.readbyte(donkeySJ)
	gui.text(120, 35, "X")
	gui.text(170, 35, "Y")
	if (frontVal == 2) then
	    xDidSpdVal =  memory.read_s16_le(xDiddySpeed)
	    gui.text(0, 50, "Speed:    "..xDidSpdVal)
		xDidPos = memory.read_s16_le(xDiddyPosition)
		gui.text(0, 65, "Position:  "..xDidPos)
		xDidSub = memory.read_s16_le(xDiddySub)
        gui.text(0, 80, "SubPixels: "..xDidSub)
		yDidSpd = memory.read_s16_le(yDiddySpeed)
        gui.text(150, 50, yDidSpd)
		yDidPos = memory.read_s16_le(yDiddyPosition)
        gui.text(160, 65, yDidPos)
	elseif (frontVal == 1) then
	    xDonSpd =  memory.read_s16_le(xDonkeySpeed)
	    gui.text(0, 50, "Speed:    "..xDonSpd)
		xDonPos = memory.read_s16_le(xDonkeyPosition)
		gui.text(0, 65, "Position:  "..xDonPos)
		xDonSub = memory.read_s16_le(xDonkeySub)
        gui.text(0, 80, "SubPixels: "..xDonSub)
		yDonSpd = memory.read_s16_le(yDonkeySpeed)
        gui.text(150, 50, yDonSpd)
		yDonPos = memory.read_s16_le(yDonkeyPosition)
        gui.text(160, 65, yDonPos)
	end
    if (statuss == 1) then
	    if (didSJ == 0) then
	    gui.text(0, 95, "SJ Diddy: Stored!")
		else
		gui.text(0, 95, "SJ Diddy: Not stored!")
		end
		if (donSJ == 0) then
		gui.text(0, 110, "SJ Donkey: Stored!")
		else
    	gui.text(0,110, "SJ Donkey: Not Stored!")
		end
	else
	gui.text(0, 95, "SJ Diddy: Not stored!")
	gui.text(0,110, "SJ Donkey: Not Stored!")
	end
    emu.frameadvance()
end
Also, I blame notepad++ for any formatting errors. it looks good to me!
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