So my man* has apparently at least tripled the performance of Super Mario 64, mostly by just adding an Expansion Pak and optimizing the code.
All of the code. He describes it as a "Theseus' ship".
The Expansion Pak is necessary because despite the botched memory controller, you can apparently still gain performance by putting stuff that needs simultaneous access in different banks. I don't think he actually needed the extra memory as such - he just needed the extra banks.
And as far as I know he hasn't yet mentioned the microcode. I'm pretty sure Super Mario 64 used an early version of Fast3D, which was by all accounts not particularly well named. I wonder if there's more performance lurking there?
* That's just an expression. I'd never heard of him before watching that video.
Super Mario 64 performance enhancement
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Replacing F3d with the v2 was one of the first things he did, years before all these new hacks. So very likely it's already there.
More perf: if it's already 60fps, what use is more perf?
More perf: if it's already 60fps, what use is more perf?
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I should have known he wouldn't overlook such a well-known performance issue...
Custom levels and two-player mode. It's not capable of locked 60 fps in the giant custom levels he makes.More perf: if it's already 60fps, what use is more perf?
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Hacking Mario 64 at that level, adding a two-player mode, huge levels, or Odyssey mechanics or whatever, it really feels to me not a good use of time, spending so much effort on something illegal. Making a custom, original 2p 3d platformer with huge levels shouldn't be beyond him by now.
Just my opinion of course.
Just my opinion of course.
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Still, finally Luigi may be back in Super Mario 64 and with a split-screen 2-player mode! The lack of two players was the main gripe with the game back in the day.
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I think basically the same thing; it's bitter-sweet. I love seeing what he's doing, and I want to play his game, but I know that the moment some lawyer for Nintendo sees it, all his work goes in the trash.calima wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 7:32 am Hacking Mario 64 at that level, adding a two-player mode, huge levels, or Odyssey mechanics or whatever, it really feels to me not a good use of time, spending so much effort on something illegal. Making a custom, original 2p 3d platformer with huge levels shouldn't be beyond him by now.
Just my opinion of course.
But also at the same time, I know that if he had spent this time building some brand new 3D platformer, despite the tremendous quality I'm certain he could achieve, he'd never garner even a fifth as much attention as he has with this Mario hack.
Honestly I'm not sure which of those two facts upsets me more.