Oh right. Gotcha.
Yeah, I see now. The GZDoom example helped me understand.
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A PC port of Mario 64 has appeared out of nowhere
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They haven't done anything to the decompilation project, and they will do nothing to this PC port either, since they can't. The decompilation project is still sitting happily in Github, and will continue to be there, since it's completely legal, just like this PC port.
GitHub - n64decomp/sm64: A Super Mario 64 decompilation, brought to you by a bunch of clever folks.
A Super Mario 64 decompilation, brought to you by a bunch of clever folks. - n64decomp/sm64
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Have you tried launching the game from Steam? The port supports Xinput controllers and not DirectInput (which is what the Pro Controller defaults to when connected on PC). Otherwise a DirectInput to Xinput mapper would probably work.
i stand corrected, i assumed it was just an exe you can download to play the game. if it requires the rom to extract the assets, yeah it's fully legal.
I know, I was just responding to people saying there is no way this is legal.
Add the game to Steam as a non-steam game and enable Switch controller mapping in Steam. The game will see it as an Xbox pad.
Cap the framerate to 30fps, logic seems to break when trying to run it at higher framerates.
One of the things that has leaked is, as you say, an .exe. But again, that's clearly not what the devs meant to release. I mean, I can take URDE (the Metroid Prime PC port) right now, put the assets in there, create a .zip that includes URDE and the assets, and distribute it. That doesn't make URDE illegal, it would be me who is doing something illegal by distributing URDE + the assets, not the devs. Same thing here: yes, the .exe going around is technically illegal, but that's not what the devs inteded to release, so the devs haven't done anything wrong.
Remember you can download the source code for the PC port completely legally right now! You can compile it yourself by providing the assets.
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Yes, if your monitor has a refresh rate of over 60 Hz it's sped up. Happens to me too, on my 240 Hz screen. My solution was to cap it to 30 FPS via the Nvidia Control Panel. RTSS also works.
Oh ok, so Ubisoft can just go make their own Zelda BOTW because they reverse engineered the code?
People are getting confused because someone leaked this port from whoever made it right at the same time as the Nintendo leaks happened.
This is a leak, from someone somewhere who developed the port. But it's a completely separate leak to the Nintendo one, it has nothing to do with that. Probably a playtester who couldn't resist the temptation to share the port.
This is not a Mario Game, it is a Mario 64 Engine Reimplementation. It does not use Mario IP.
If Ubisoft really really wanted to, they could totally reverse engineer the code and create their own code that does the exact same thing, yes. But without assets, it'd be useless, and they can't distribute the assets, so why would they do that? Not to mention they'd be creating bad blood with Nintendo for no reason?
It has higher poly models and different (improved?) textures, but runs at lower resolution on the DS. It's by most metrics the better looking version, but it's not as clean as the original, and doesn't quite carry the same charm to me.
This worked, also had to be set in big picture mode
Hmm I supposed whomever leaked this then probably leaked the src used to compile it too?
it's literally Mario 64.
edit: talking about the end-product here, not the rev code
They are.
I don't think so. MVG did a video about how the source code for Mario 64 was reverse engineered from the original ROM
But why talk about the end product when the devs clearly didn't mean to distribute the end product since this is a leak?
If this hadn't leaked and they had been able to distribute it at their own pace, they would have done the same thing as URDE (metroid prime pc port): Distribute it with NO assets and include a tool that imports the assets from the original ROM.
Again, you can download this port legally right now by downloading the source code, providing the assets from your own ROM, and compiling it yourself.
I imagine they will, but any enhancements like that always come after getting the game running as-is.
I think there's a version of ReShade with experimental DX12 supports. Gonna try it right now and report back lol
I actually want to see screens of that if you can spare the time - I'm wondering how long before there's RTX patched in too.
Flippant use of the word "obviously" make me even less inclined to trust you
AH YES
GOOD OLD SUPER MARIO 64
JUST LIKE I REMEMBER IT
MARIO IS T H E S U N
AH YES
GOOD OLD SUPER MARIO 64
JUST LIKE I REMEMBER IT
MARIO IS T H E S U N
That's definitely a look. Not quite what I was picturing, but thanks for sharing!
That was just me turning everything on for laughs. Let me investigate it a bit to see if I can get it to look nice
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Somebody posted the compiler or whatever tool it was, no links to any .exe will be provided here. But the tool is available for all to use.
Since people are here: how's the Metroid Prime source port going?
Tell that to Sega who took down Streets of Rage Remake which uses no code from the Genesis games and it's entire engine was created entirely from the ground up.
It's not not much different then what Christian Whitehead did something similar.
That's debatable in this instance. If it were clean room reverse engineered then you'd have a point but, in this case, the code was reverse engineered by decompiling the rom (which is itself copyrighted code). If it went to court, I'd put my money on Nintendo.
Okay, I still have no idea how to use this thing, but here's a more serious attempt at doing... something
I'm sure other people will do a way better job than me, tho. This is literally my first time using ReShade
fwiw, they took that down because there was money involved, not because it was a fan project
Emulators also get made by reverse engineering the consoles, and emulators have been proven legal in court already. It's new code made with the help of reverse engineering the ROM.