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I'm testing the script and it's amazing! The main lag problem is drawing inside fors. Since the main RNG drawing is
Language: lua
local rngcols = 12
for i=0,rngcols-1,1 do
for j=0,17,1 do
--[...]
drawRNGsquare(j,i,clr)
end
end
you're drawing 216 squares each frame, which indeed lags (my fps drops from 60 to 45, which is not that bad). I removed just this square printing and my fps went back to normal, as you can see. I noticed that this RNG grid is like a stream of values: the squares are floating from the right to the left, like if it was printing the current RNG value + the past 17 values (correct me if I'm wrong). If so, is it really necessary printing past values?
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mkdasher wrote:
So I was trying to build a lua script for Bizhawk that displays data on the screen.
Can you show a screenshot to understand better the situation?
mkdasher wrote:
I notice that if I try to display a lot of data [...] emulator slows down a lot
Do all this data need to be printed everytime? I mean, for example if it's a player info, usually you wanna see it inside the level, not on the overworld/menu/etc, so you can make a conditional for this info based on the value of the game mode address.
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What an amazing run! Definitely a yes, specially because I follow Really_Tall in twitter and saw all the hype from finding new glitches and exploring exploits during these past months.
This is a great gift for the SM64 community!
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creates these gaps used in the Super Mario World script. You can fit a lot of info there, specially for seeing sprites before they enter the screen or a map of the level, for example.
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Masterjun wrote:
default color is white so might be hard to see
Language: lua
-- Background colour in 0xaarrggbb format, use it first before drawing anything
myCoolCanvas.Clear(0xFFE9C662)
-- Setting a title for the window with any string
myCoolCanvas.SetTitle("My Cool Canvas!!!")
-- Refreshing to be able to draw each frame (or amount of time your loop takes).
-- USE IT AFTER ALL CANVAS DRAWINGS
myCoolCanvas.Refresh()
Also, you can print text with different sizes and fonts, just like gui.drawText
DrawText(int x, int y, string message, Color? color = null, int? fontsize = null, string fontfamily = null, string fontstyle = null)
Try different font sizes to see which draws your info better without taking too much space. And try fonts that come with Windows, but not all of the works so you have to test (is nothing is printed, then the font doesn't work here).
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Taking from the Adventures in Lua thread here, since it's a nice request:
CtrlAltDestroy wrote:
I'm wondering, is there any way to actually draw on a form made with forms.newform? I've created a script that draws a minimap of the currently loaded stage, about 800 tiles total, and it's a bit clunky trying to draw it on a side buffer.
I would love to have this feature, like a forms.drawImage(), and would be amazing to have this in the canvas list of functions (which is way too limited) too.[/quote]
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ThunderAxe31 wrote:
But seriously, do more backups
Also
change to 600 for example to save each 10 minutes, but keep in mind that if your tasproj is big the backups will be big too, so I recommend cleaning a little the backup folder each time you end your work in the day.
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PikachuMan wrote:
If Store movie working data on disk instead of RAM is checked, your input might get erased when frames are being added.
If Store movie working data in extended > 1GB RAM is checked and Store movie working data on disk instead of RAM is not checked. A fatal exception will even if you max out the metadata settings.
Do not use these until we get a fix. Otherwise you’ll experience frustration I was having too.
I recommend you start reporting issues directly to their repository issue page, describing the problem as better as you can.
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When using the SMW Utilities script, it runs normally. But when I untoggle and re-toggle (not the reload button) I get the following error:
LuaInterface.LuaException: unprotected error in call to Lua API (0)
in LuaInterface.Lua.PanicCallback(IntPtr luaState)
in lua_error(lua_State* )
in LuaInterface.ObjectTranslator.throwError(IntPtr luaState, Object e)
in LuaInterface.Lua.SetPendingException(Exception e)
in LuaInterface.LuaMethodWrapper.SetPendingException(Exception e)
in LuaInterface.LuaMethodWrapper.call(IntPtr luaState)
in LuaInterface.MetaFunctions.runFunctionDelegate(IntPtr luaState)
in lua_resume(lua_State* , Int32 )
in BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.EmuLuaLibrary.ResumeScript(Lua script)
in BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.LuaConsole.<>c__DisplayClass3c.<ResumeScripts>b__35()
in BizHawk.Client.Common.EnvironmentSandbox.Sandbox(Action callback)
in BizHawk.Client.Common.LuaSandbox.Sandbox(Action callback, Action exceptionCallback)
I get this with v.1.12.0, but not with previous versions. Also, this error doesn't happen with non-modular scripts (this SMW one has a lot of modules). Maybe it's related with how BizHawk handles modules, by not closing them when the script is off/reloading.
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ThunderAxe31 wrote:
I think an "are you sure?" dialog would be much more effective.
Oh yea I was thinking exactly this before I posted, but forgot to type. Just a pop up window would be perfect.
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When recording a movie, me and friends faced a delicated situation: misclicking "Stop Movie without Saving" instead of "Save Movie As...", losing work. This could be avoided with it had a separator before "Stop Movie without Saving" or just moving the "Import Movies..." down before it:
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CrazyTerabyte wrote:
creaothceann wrote:
What if there's more than one screen and the program is partly on both? :)
What if each display has a different resolution? Or if one of the displays is portrait? (like this: ▄▄█)
My point is: Windows stores these values in registers (and maybe somewhere else too), BizHawk could have a function to get these
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samurai goroh wrote:
You can use these 2 functions:
client.screenheight()
client.screenwidth()
These return the size of the BizHawk window, not the resolution of you computer :<
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Is there another way to get the computer screen resolution and store its width and height in variables? The only way I could get was this:
Language: lua
local handle = io.popen("wmic desktopmonitor get screenheight, screenwidth")
local result = handle:read("*a")
handle:close()
local resolution = {}
for num in string.gmatch(result, "%d+") do
resolution[#resolution + 1] = num
end
local screen_width, screen_height = resolution[2], resolution[1]
print("width:"..screen_width..", height:"..screen_height)
-- width:1366, height:768
It works for any emulator I guess (I don't know about other OS, I'm using Win7), but would be nice if BizHawk had a function that return this, something like client.oswidth()/client.osheight() or just os.width()/os.height().
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When I use forms.newform in a lua script, the current active window is the form, not the emu. Is this preferable by most people or just no one didn't care as I do? Because when I use the script I wish that the emu window were the active, to quickly play the game without having to click its window. Maybe a lua function like client.setemuactive() (and/or a generic function like client.setwindowactive(string window_name) to all uses) would be nice.
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My mind, during this:
0:59 - Oh Pokémon ACE, I like ACEs
1:05 - Oh I love this colour
1:27 - lol OK
1:50 - OOOK
2:49 - :)
3:48 - OK
4:12 - OK but each time I think "OK" it gets even more OK
5:45 - OK
I loved it, definitely a yes since my first "OK"
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Master of Puppets wrote:
It comes back when you click on Options->Restore Default Option.
Somehow when re-opened BizHawk the issue was gone, but thanks for this tip!
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The "Changes" column is the only one that doesn't appear in RAM Search:
(I'm using version 1.11.9.1, and this also happens in version 1.11.8.2)
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Team: BrunoValads, Amaraticando, BrunoVisnadi and Kaizoplayer
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Feijoada is a typical dish from Brazil, so we are a team that you can eat on sundays exclusively.
I made this image performing this exact process described in this other image.
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I'm definitely in! 2 months is a nice amount of time to study the game and optimize the TAS
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Of couse yes!
It was nice to see the development of this TAS, Visnadi always does a great job at optimization. Also, this hack is really well made, the custom asm and sprites open room for a lot of ideas, specially in bigger categories (as speedrunners already do).
Trivia: we started this project together, but I got so busy with other projects that I couldn't event do a single input. I'm so happy to finally see this done, and it's encouraging me to start other things with this hack, like Credits Warp and Submap Warp.
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I'd love to see this TAS done. Or maybe even try it myself, would be fun to get used to 3D games.
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change to 600 for example to save each 10 minutes, but keep in mind that if your tasproj is big the backups will be big too, so I recommend cleaning a little the backup folder each time you end your work in the day.
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