[Emu] Virtua Striker 4 (Arcade Triforce) | Emulator PC: Dolphin 5.0 Triforce

[brodostar-]

 

 

 

Virtua Striker 4 (all Arcade Triforce versions) on Windows PC with Dolphin Triforce-brodostar-v4.0-310.1

 

This is a custom Dolphin Triforce build based off of v4.0-310 (latest update from @crediar ~8 years ago).

The latest version of Dolphin Triforce technically already emulates VS4, but what’s preventing it from running is the Media board boot/firm version check at boot, and the incorrect input mapping for the game (VS4 is the only game in the franchise with analog lever input).

 

I spent a while playing with the Dolphin Debugger + Ghidra to find the instruction to patch for the boot/firm check and learning the JVS spec to add support for analog lever input for VS4.  

I also included all the patches for configuring all the game settings, including disabling the network/card in-game 

features (to remove the network/card unavailable icons at the bottom of the screen).

 

See the README file in the link below for FAQs.

 

Link: https://mega.nz/folder/U0tQXYTa#qcVLwmVz3KL9VR_XKMdXCg

 

-brodo

 

link forum Dolphin 5.0 Triforce

[ducon2016]

Great work! Thanks for sharing! Can this method work for the other Triforce games?

[arcadeforty]

Thanks for this, i'm just retrieving my legally owned roms from my online file storage archive. I'll give it a shot soon.

[Pa0l0ne]

This is a piece of puzzle that i hoped someone fix for a loooong time. 

So what to say: grazie brodi'

[brodostar-]

15 minutes ago, ducon2016 said:

Great work! Thanks for sharing! Can this method work for the other Triforce games?

What do you mean by “this method”? I haven’t tried but I thought every other Triforce game was already supported (with one version of the Dolphin or another..), except for VS4

[Hyperscorpio]

Thanks brodostar for the emulator, i just wanna post here the game list of the dumps are working and others need some repair.

 

Stable

Virtua Striker 2002 (Type 3) - Working
Virtua Striker 2002 (Japan) - Working
Virtua Striker 2002 (Export) - Working
Virtua Striker 4 Ver.2006 (Japan, Rev D) - Working
Virtua Striker 4 Ver.2006 (Japan, Rev B ) - Working, but icons need to be removed.
Virtua Striker 4 Ver.2006 (Export) - Working
Virtua Striker 4 (Export) - Working

 

Boot Firmware need

Virtua Striker 4 (Asia)
Virtua Striker 4 (Asia, Rev B )
Virtua Striker 4 (Export, Rev A)

 

Missing dumps - Avaliable but are in CHD and extracted CHD, need a correct BIN File. 

Virtua Striker 4 (Japan, Rev C)
Virtua Striker 4 (Japan, Rev E)

 

All of this dumps are from here: https://archive.org/details/triforce-roms

 

Don´t forget! The dumps to play the games are Decrypted versions.

Rename the .bin file to .iso and then if you want convert it in to .gcz for small size you just simply compress by just clicking in your right button of your mouse in the dolphin emulator in the game you choose for compressing the ISO. 

Enjoy! 

Modifié le 17 février 2022 par Hyperscorpio
I'm a piggy and sometimes needs more info.

[arcadeforty]

Haha, there's this odd bug that seems to happen where the ball appears to... well... enter the player from the lower end, and it gradually makes it's way up the players body before coming out of his face. When this happens, he just sits there going around in circles trying to find the balll....lol. It's quite funny, happened a few times.

 

 

[EvilRob]

Good work Brodostar, please fix F-Zero AX

[Hyperscorpio]

20 minutes ago, EvilRob said:

Good work Brodostar, please fix F-Zero AX

I hope brodo find a way to fix the speed, i don´t have no problems playing the latest stable version is 5.0 even with opengl, must be a way to implemented the speed from this version over the 3.0. 

[EvilRob]

Adesso, Hyperscorpio ha scritto:

I hope brodo find a way to fix the speed, i don´t have no problems playing the latest stable version is 5.0 even with opengl, must be a way to implemented the speed from this version over the 3.0. 

you can play at F-Zero AX? how do you do it

[eljose]

could someone upload the VIRTUA STRIKER 4 only ? to test the emulator

[Hyperscorpio]

17 minutes ago, eljose said:

could someone upload the VIRTUA STRIKER 4 only ? to test the emulator

Check below my last post. 

37 minutes ago, EvilRob said:

you can play at F-Zero AX? how do you do it

Each game have is own codes and versions to work! 

Modifié le 17 février 2022 par Hyperscorpio

[arcadeforty]

19 minutes ago, eljose said:

could someone upload the VIRTUA STRIKER 4 only ? to test the emulator

 

Read the post, he went to all the trouble to test and document every rom, and give the link.

[Fabietto636]

Complimenti per essere riusciti a farlo funzionare. Quindi la versione che funziona meglio che ha meno problemi quale sarebbe?

[eljose]

TESTED , there are slowdowns 😞 but the game says FPS: 60 iit's ok ?

 

also do i need to rename always the .BIN to .ISO to play the game ?

[Hyperscorpio]

5 minutes ago, eljose said:

TESTED , there are slowdowns 😞 but the game says FPS: 60 iit's ok ?

also do i need to rename always the .BIN to .ISO to play the game ?

Yes and Yes. 

Is the same thing as me, we need to implemented something on this emulator to work more fast but i don´t know how. 

Modifié le 17 février 2022 par Hyperscorpio

[cyrax3]

2 ore fa, Hyperscorpio ha scritto:

Check below my last post. 

Each game have is own codes and versions to work! 

are you referring to the method to convert gamecube's fzero gx in ax, or you can start the arcade version?

Modifié le 17 février 2022 par cyrax3

[ducon2016]

5 hours ago, Hyperscorpio said:

All of this dumps are from here: https://archive.org/details/triforce-roms

 

Don´t forget! The dumps to play the games are Decrypted versions.

Rename the .bin file to .iso and then if you want convert it in to .gcz for small size you just simply compress by just clicking in your right button of your mouse in the dolphin emulator in the game you choose for compressing the ISO. 

Enjoy! 

 

Those links are .zip, if I extract Virtua Striker 4 Ver.2006 (Export) I have 4 files: disc.gdi, track01.bin, track02.raw, and track03.bin

 

How do I get to an iso from those?

[arcadeforty]

18 minutes ago, ducon2016 said:

 

Those links are .zip, if I extract Virtua Striker 4 Ver.2006 (Export) I have 4 files: disc.gdi, track01.bin, track02.raw, and track03.bin

 

How do I get to an iso from those?

You have to click blue SHOW ALL FILES button at top of page, not the ZIP link on the right. You will see they are all bin files.

 

Here is direct link for you to bin files.
https://archive.org/download/triforce-roms/Extracted Disc Images (Decrypted)/

[Hyperscorpio]

27 minutes ago, ducon2016 said:

 

Those links are .zip, if I extract Virtua Striker 4 Ver.2006 (Export) I have 4 files: disc.gdi, track01.bin, track02.raw, and track03.bin

 

How do I get to an iso from those?

Quote

The dumps to play the games are Decrypted versions.

I just tell this before. People are blinded here. 

51 minutes ago, cyrax3 said:

are you referring to the method to convert gamecube's fzero gx in ax, or you can start the arcade version?

No, the fzero have a different version of triforce dolphin with is own especific codes to put in the .ini file. 

Remember, the fzero, mario kart versions have their code in.

I post before on supermodel's forum.

 

Here it is.

 

F-ZERO AX - Not tested yet, but the solution maybe is here: https://hyperspin-fe.com/forums/topic/27667-sega-triforce-playable-games/?tab=comments#comment-275173

It's a hack from the original gamecube game that let the arcade version working, but i never test it.

Mario Kart Arcade GP (USA) - GGPE01

[OnFrame_Enabled]
$Disable crypto
$Loop fix
[OnFrame]
$Disable crypto
0x8023D828:dword:0x93A30008
0x8023D82C:dword:0x93C3000C
0x8023D830:dword:0x93E30010
0x8023E088:dword:0x4E800020
$Loop fix
0x800790A0:dword:0x98650025
0x8024F95C:dword:0x60000000
0x80031BF0:dword:0x60000000
0x80031BFC:dword:0x60000000
0x800BE10C:dword:0x4800002C
0x8009F1E0:dword:0x60000000
0x800319D0:dword:0x60000000
[EmuState]
EmulationIssues = AM-Baseboard
EmulationStateId = 5

Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 (USA) - GGPE02
 

[Gecko]
$Button Activator for L and R Trigger [CosmoCortney]
28858D32 0000XXXX
*L = 0200
*R = 0100
*L + R = 0300
$Infinite Time in Races [CosmoCortney]
046D0F8C 447A0000
[OnFrame]
$99 credits
0x80690AC0:dword:0x00000063
$DVDInquiry Patchok
0x80286388:dword:0x3C602100
0x8028638C:dword:0x4E800020
$Ignore CMD Encryption
0x80285CD0:dword:0x93A30008
0x80285CD4:dword:0x93C3000C
0x80285CD8:dword:0x93E30010
$Disable CAM
0x80073BD8:dword:0x98650025
$Seat Loop patch
0x800BE10C:dword:0x4800002C
$Stuck loop patch
0x8002E100:dword:0x60000000
$60times Loop patch
0x8028B5D4:dword:0x60000000
$GameTestMode Patch
0x8002E340:dword:0x60000000
0x8002E34C:dword:0x60000000
$SeatLoopPatch
0x80084FC4:dword:0x4800000C
0x80085000:dword:0x60000000
[OnFrame_Enabled]
$99 credits
$DVDInquiry Patchok
$Ignore CMD Encryption
$Disable CAM
$Seat Loop patch
$Stuck loop patch
$60times Loop patch
$GameTestMode Patch
$SeatLoopPatch
[EmuState]
EmulationIssues = AM-Baseboard
EmulationStateId = 5

Modifié le 17 février 2022 par Hyperscorpio

[vindaless]

WOW thank's you all! I just have some slowdown and I think its not depending from my pc configuration but from the emulator itself. We just have to wish for an update of the dolphin, anyway the game is absolutely amazing!

 

[eljose]

there is a HACKED emu so when you charge the modified rom it tells FZERO AX which is supposed to be the arcade version

 

give a try at :    

 

https://1fichier.com/?lmcufkas0jh0i9dikmp0

 

 

Emulator (patched) + ROM Japan (Patched) us the rom inside for the Emu

Modifié le 17 février 2022 par eljose

[Phantaso]

Virtua Striker 4 Ver.2006 (Export) how to run this game, the emulator does not see the bin file and it does not convert. Also, I tried with another rom, it won't boot.

Modifié le 17 février 2022 par Phantaso

[eljose]

change the extension from .BIN to .ISO

[Hyperscorpio]

55 minutes ago, eljose said:

there is a HACKED emu so when you charge the modified rom it tells FZERO AX which is supposed to be the arcade version

 

give a try at :    

 

https://1fichier.com/?lmcufkas0jh0i9dikmp0

 

 

Emulator (patched) + ROM Japan (Patched) us the rom inside for the Emu

Can for both Mario Kart Games, is there something up there? 

[eljose]

i have mario kart GP 2     only as an .exe complete with emulator for pc inlcude a setup.exe and setup.bin  to get a portable version with an incluided emu

 

https://1fichier.com/?h0ep7gd2pngs7ji1zhjw

 

 

[punkdark2000]

Do you have any settings that make the game perform better? I tried to follow the video but here it is very slow.

 

My configuration:
i7-7700K CPU 4.20 (8 CPUS) 4.2Ghz
16 GB Ram
SSD 860 QVO 2TB
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 Ti

Modifié le 17 février 2022 par punkdark2000

[brodostar-]

1 hour ago, punkdark2000 said:

Do you have any settings that make the game perform better? I tried to follow the video but here it is very slow.

 

My configuration:
i7-7700K CPU 4.20 (8 CPUS) 4.2Ghz
16 GB Ram
SSD 860 QVO 2TB
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 Ti

This setup should be very powerful. What do you mean by “it is very slow”? How many FPS are you getting? I have a less powerful setup but I’m getting ~50fps (although the emulation slows down a bit sometimes).

A couple of things I did to improve performance on my end was:

- go to NVIDIA control panel, and set maximum performance / triple buffering on the dolphin exe

- enable V-sync in the dolphin settings

- enter windows display settings and confirm the monitor refresh rate is 60hz

 

I’m not sure if others have other tips on what worked for them

[ZX3000GT1]

7 hours ago, eljose said:

there is a HACKED emu so when you charge the modified rom it tells FZERO AX which is supposed to be the arcade version

 

give a try at :    

 

https://1fichier.com/?lmcufkas0jh0i9dikmp0

 

 

Emulator (patched) + ROM Japan (Patched) us the rom inside for the Emu

Is that F-Zero GX with AX code? IIRC they're actually different in physics. Actual AX version has different handling compared to GX or GX with AX code.

 

EDIT : Not only that, the game's camera seems to behave weirdly with the version you give

Modifié le 18 février 2022 par ZX3000GT1

[Cool Coyote]

23 hours ago, brodostar- said:

 

 

 

Virtua Striker 4 (all Arcade Triforce versions) on Windows PC with Dolphin Triforce-brodostar-v4.0-310.1

 

This is a custom Dolphin Triforce build based off of v4.0-310 (latest update from @crediar ~8 years ago).

The latest version of Dolphin Triforce technically already emulates VS4, but what’s preventing it from running is the Media board boot/firm version check at boot, and the incorrect input mapping for the game (VS4 is the only game in the franchise with analog lever input).

 

I spent a while playing with the Dolphin Debugger + Ghidra to find the instruction to patch for the boot/firm check and learning the JVS spec to add support for analog lever input for VS4.  

I also included all the patches for configuring all the game settings, including disabling the network/card in-game 

features (to remove the network/card unavailable icons at the bottom of the screen).

 

See the README file in the link below for FAQs.

 

Link: https://mega.nz/folder/U0tQXYTa#qcVLwmVz3KL9VR_XKMdXCg

 

-brodo

 

why is mine got graphical dark areas? also its slowish. i have a very fast pc

[brodostar-]

 

15 minutes ago, Cool Coyote said:

why is mine got graphical dark areas? also its slowish. i have a very fast pc

 

Probably an issue with shaders or shaders cache?.. I get those too sometimes (sometimes they seem to go away); I'm not sure if it can be mitigated/fixed with different graphical settings. Probably an issue with the older Dolphin Triforce branch

 

[Cool Coyote]

9 minutes ago, brodostar- said:

 

 

Probably an issue with shaders or shaders cache?.. I get those too sometimes (sometimes they seem to go away); I'm not sure if it can be mitigated/fixed with different graphical settings. Probably an issue with the older Dolphin Triforce branch

 

but in his video, he hasn't the problem.  cache? for lil ole dolphin?  hm ok. 

[brodostar-]

Yeah it doesn’t happen in my YouTube video (except if you look at the intro scene, the red card from the referee shows the same issue).

During gameplay it happens relatively rarely to me, but I’ve seen that issue too.

Anyone has any idea on how to fix it?

[Cool Coyote]

2 minutes ago, brodostar- said:

Yeah it doesn’t happen in my YouTube video (except if you look at the intro scene, the red card from the referee shows the same issue).

During gameplay it happens relatively rarely to me, but I’ve seen that issue too.

Anyone has any idea on how to fix it?

also which vs4 game are u using i got these games 10 years ago, they work, but which vs4 game do u use? or have i got the same game

// and can u play the ax game

[brodostar-]

Take a look at the README file; I listed the games (md5 hash) that I used for testing

[Hyperscorpio]

2 hours ago, Cool Coyote said:

why is mine got graphical dark areas? also its slowish. i have a very fast pc

In opengl appears that way.

9 hours ago, brodostar- said:

This setup should be very powerful. What do you mean by “it is very slow”? How many FPS are you getting? I have a less powerful setup but I’m getting ~50fps (although the emulation slows down a bit sometimes).

A couple of things I did to improve performance on my end was:

- go to NVIDIA control panel, and set maximum performance / triple buffering on the dolphin exe

- enable V-sync in the dolphin settings

- enter windows display settings and confirm the monitor refresh rate is 60hz

 

I’m not sure if others have other tips on what worked for them

It will not make any effects, because the problem here is the emulator to be not stable. You need at least dolphin 4.0, sadly the triforce source was removed in there. You need to ask dolphin for the source of 3.5 version triforce branch and the official 5.0. 

Modifié le 18 février 2022 par Hyperscorpio

[Hyperscorpio]

12 hours ago, eljose said:

i have mario kart GP 2     only as an .exe complete with emulator for pc inlcude a setup.exe and setup.bin  to get a portable version with an incluided emu

 

https://1fichier.com/?h0ep7gd2pngs7ji1zhjw

 

 

I found something great, someone with spanish make mario kart 1 and 2 over here already pre-configurated.

 

https://archive.org/details/m.4.r.1.0.k.4.r.t.4.r.c.4.d.3.g.p.1

1 - Unzip the "Dolphin Emulator.rar" file in the "Documents" folder.
2 - Install the game from the "Setup.exe".

3 - Run the game (Always as Administrator).

4 - When the message "Please Insert 1 Coin(S)" appears, press the "F1" key.

 

https://archive.org/details/m.4.r.1.0.k.a.r.t.a.r.c.4.d.e.g.p.2

1 - Unzip the "Dolphin Emulator.rar" file in the "Documents" folder.

2 - Install or play from "Setup.exe".

3 - Run the game (Always as Administrator).

4 - When you get a message "Press the accelerator pedal to start" press the "F2" key.

Modifié le 18 février 2022 par Hyperscorpio