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Re: Star Wars Arcade (SEGA, 1993): fixing model1 emulation
04/10/16 07:50 PM


More info uncovered. Remaining issues:

1. collision detection and reaction
2. torpedo lock-on system (f50_swa)
3. semi-autopilot ship/torpedo speed (f47)
4. darth vader ship movement/spawning
5. invulnerability of dart's escort tie fighters
6. crash after shooting the reactor core
7. freeze after entering high score initials
8. cockpit radar display shows nothing (../video/model1.cpp)
9. missing flashing red when 0 shield (../video/model1.cpp)


- Issue 2.
f50_swa is geometry culling function. First three inputs are xyz coordinates, fourth input is size. If f50_swa outputs negative number, marking an object is behind/outside field of view, the object will not be drawn. For tie fighters, if output is between 0 and 671, full polygon model will be drawn, if between 672 and 28671 low polygon model will be drawn, and if larger than 28671 it will not be drawn.

Additionally, when objects are marked as behind/outside FOV, by outputting negative number, it makes torpedo target acquisition system to release their target lock. I managed to implement this by using values from f14 for own ship position coordinates, but it is only working for tie fighters on stage 1 and stage 3. On stage 2 and for some objects on stage 3 it does not work properly, as if their position is in a different coordinate system.


- Issue 3.
I call "semi-autopilot" what happens when entering stage 1 and stage 3, when there is limited maneuverability and speed can not be adjusted. Second output of function f47 controls the speed for these sequences, which should be around 200 for stage 1 and around 170 for stage 3. This function also has impact on own torpedoes, in which case second output should be 0 or some very low number, otherwise torpedoes will not be hitting their targets but end up circling around them. Have no idea what the first output is for.

I can force this to work good enough, but can not implement it properly as I do not see any relation between inputs to this function and what should be the output. Only when entering stage 3 does the second input relate to what should be the second output (speed). Unfortunately this is not the case for own torpedoes and entrance to stage 1. Even more strange, for stage 1 this function is called many times, unlike stage 3 when it is called only once per frame.







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* Star Wars Arcade (SEGA, 1993): fixing model1 emulation dkongjr 03/25/16 01:15 PM
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. * Re: Star Wars Arcade (SEGA, 1993): fixing model1 emulation Olivier Galibert  04/20/16 04:06 PM
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