Sega Triforce - Worth pursuing yet?

[pavlovtiger]

I'm steadily working through the hundreds upon hundreds of PS1 games for my setup, but when the going is that slow I naturally tend to let my attention wander. It's wandered into the small handful of games for the Triforce hardware and I looked far enough into it to grab the apparently required Triforce build of Dolphin. I got Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 "running," in quotes because it is not video gaming as I'd wished. Game loads, looks great, sounds great, I can insert credits with a controller mapped to the Gamecube specs, good as gold. The minute I start the race, try braking round a turn (tried the Y button I'd mapped) emulator crashes. Every time, whenever I dare to press the Y button.

That's just one example. Can't seem to run the first Mario Kart Arcade GP game at all, DVD Error, and haven't tried any other games. I know very little about emulation of this system; is it even worth going after just yet? I found a thread about a main menu theme from 2 years ago, and the .ahk is in my modules folder. Nothing about a system theme (I see plenty of folks with one, just no word on where -I- can get it,) and most importantly, no database file.

So, assuming I can find someone kind enough to share their xml and system theme (and maybe wheel art?) how much of the Triforce library is actually bootable/playable? I know it's essentially elevated Gamecube hardware, but apparently it requires a different Dolphin version, so there must be issues with it or they'd have made it part of the normal Dolphin (I can only assume.) What do I need in order to get these games running, or should I wait a while for any sort of updates? Is Dolphin my only option or is there another arcade emulator that might work too?

Cheers.

[klizine]

Worth pursuing is relative. There are versions that are playable... but to a degree. Just enough to make me frustrated. I pretty much gave up. At the time crediar was cranking out updates, then everything stopped. Also, the updates that supposedly fixed things were not quite fixed. Example: "Dolphin can now run F-Zero AX!" I personally, have not for been able to get it to work. So of the four or so playable games each required a different build. Also, I got Mario GP 2 playable, however it was frustrating that I could not save. I think he is mostly focusing on Wii U and Dios Mios. I am not going to tell someone where or how to spend their time, but I hope the project is worked on further. So in short, I would not say it's worth it. ...but hopefully someday...

[HazzardActual]

I only have gp2 working at the moment. apparently theres a way to get fzero AX to work, but its basically a port from the gamecube game(or vice versa). And i say working in the loosest of terms. the audio is pretty choppy on most levels. dont get me wrong, its a fun game to play. but its not worth the hassle.

[klizine]

I only have gp2 working at the moment. apparently theres a way to get fzero AX to work, but its basically a port from the gamecube game(or vice versa). And i say working in the loosest of terms. the audio is pretty choppy on most levels. dont get me wrong, its a fun game to play. but its not worth the hassle.

Haha, yeah, I tried that... was not impressed... better off just playing literally the GC version.

[pavlovtiger]

Alright, let's say I only focus on Mario Kart GP 2, and leave the rest for 'maybe someday.' What would I need in order to run it in a stable manner? I need the Triforce.xml obviously, and a system theme for Triforce would be grand if someone has it to share with me, but what of the actual game? All I know so far is to set the AMD Baseboard to SP1 and.. one of the other options in that same menu, controller I think, both these should be that Baseboard (no idea what this does, I just know the Dolphin build crashes without them) and Enable Cheats. Any idea why I'm crashing when I press Y? Is the vehicle brake meant to be another button?

[klizine]

Alright, let's say I only focus on Mario Kart GP 2, and leave the rest for 'maybe someday.' What would I need in order to run it in a stable manner? I need the Triforce.xml obviously, and a system theme for Triforce would be grand if someone has it to share with me, but what of the actual game? All I know so far is to set the AMD Baseboard to SP1 and.. one of the other options in that same menu, controller I think, both these should be that Baseboard (no idea what this does, I just know the Dolphin build crashes without them) and Enable Cheats. Any idea why I'm crashing when I press Y? Is the vehicle brake meant to be another button?

Each tri-force branch, from my experience, acted, a bit different. Worry about getting it to run outside of Hyperspin. I'll check tomorrow, but in the meantime, grab one of these (at the moment i forget which one) and then just read up and mess around with your GGPE01.ini file. I think the third page had the right "codes". Good luck.... if you get it working then REALLY REALLY want to save, don't say I didn't

[pavlovtiger]

I love Trailer Park Boys. =p Thank you for the info to read through. I'll try that other build of Dolphin Triforce.. have you got the xml you can send my way/clue me into where it might be on FTP? If I manage to get the game running I'd like to make a spot for it on HS, even if it's the only Triforce game for the foreseeable future that works.

[Dime333]

Check out post #4 & 6 here. http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?33797-Dolphin-Triforce-MarioKart-GP2-JVS-I-O-Error&highlight=triforce