FakeNES Portable Development Test Release 6

Submitted by OliverK on January 14, 2008 - 5:54pm

formely, HOLY CRAP! IT FINALLY WORKED! :)
I've posted a test release of FakeNES Portable.

FakeNES is a NES emulator written in C, and thus its very portable. I like it, and thought it'd be a good place to start in the world of portablizing things.

I want to give credit to the following people:
John- Who may or may not have known what I was doing, but I used his ZNES Portable Launcher for this.
Ryan- Who was nice enough to tell me things I have known the multiple times I contacted him on messenger.
Patrick- Our new moderator, and helped my with that lovely part of the code that makes FakeNES look in the roms folder regardles of where you are
special note: I have to say, after trying ineffectually to get this to work and going through about a half dozen different launchers, this is a "pain"! I don't think I'll ever look at it the same way- and I got off easy,
I didn't have registry entries to worry about!

Please give it a try and post all feedback- even if it is some dufas thing.

Main Download
Website
~~Note: I'll do an official installer when I get that code figure out! Still working on it :)~~ I got that stinker.
For the interested, I would say bottom rate is 1.6 ghz, with 512 sdram. Its still kind of buggy, but it runs

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i am going to test this out.

Mir (Homepage) - January 18, 2008 - 7:28pm

i am going to test this out. i also told some friends at a site i go to about it seeing as they use emulators alot. This might be useful for playing NES games at a school or library. Thanks. I look forward to any updates.

If this is considered

OliverK (Homepage) - January 23, 2008 - 9:12pm

If this is considered bumping, please, then remove it.

The maindownload link has been fixed, and the aplication is on Developement Test 2
I would appreciate all who are willing to be "beta testers".

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If you throw that thing at me, I'll jump right on your head.
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Nice.

John Bentley - January 23, 2008 - 9:59pm

Nice.

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Again, if Bumping Please

OliverK (Homepage) - January 24, 2008 - 11:35pm

Again, if Bumping Please remove

All issues should be fixed- now saves stats etc in the data folders. that was a simple change of the config folder.

Nah

Patrick Patience (Homepage) - January 24, 2008 - 11:40pm

If there's an update to the application, it's not a bump.

It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.

FakeNES too unstable IMO

TStodden - January 25, 2008 - 6:20pm

I hate to say it, but I can't get FakeNES (the non-portable version) to work without freezing up & crashing on me. I'll keep trying to get it work, but it may be a losing battle.

If I can't get the non-portable version to work... I hate to think how badly I'll crash FakeNES portable.

If you're planning on getting a NES emulator portable, I highly suggest trying NEStopia ( http://nestopia.sourceforge.net ) as it's fairly stable.

~TStodden

FakeNES works satifactory

OliverK (Homepage) - January 28, 2008 - 6:53pm

FakeNES works satifactory for me on three different computers that I have tried it on. The readme does state that the program needs a bit of power to run. It sometimes crashes on my computer- both versions, but my computer is having issues of its own. It most often freezes when I pull up another window over it. Killing the process and starting it over usually works well.

I will take a peak at nestopia to see if I like it better . . .

*EDIT*- Its a bad sign when it wants me to update my video drivers, since on a borrowed computer, that's not always an option. I haven't had this issue with FakeNES, so the choice stands- also, its not so easy to swtich from one proggy to the next- I'd probably still get this through to finish and then start Nestopia.
Why don't you take a crack at portabilizing Nestopia?
*EDIT2* a different gave me the same issue. I don't think I'll be doing this.

I had no problem getting the

Mir (Homepage) - January 30, 2008 - 4:51pm

I had no problem getting the portable version to work. trying to minimize or exit was a pain in the ass but otherwise it worked well. I will be testing some more with this.

yeah- I think that results

OliverK (Homepage) - January 30, 2008 - 4:53pm

yeah- I think that results from the portable but I do believe the standard has that issue.

BTW, thanks for the beta testing.

(You think I should give out cookies for beta testing?:P)

I dislike cookies which is

Mir (Homepage) - January 31, 2008 - 8:15pm

I dislike cookies which is why i clear out IE all the time :P

I will try a USB controler this weekend after i dremel my Macintosh to death >:D

I meant a Cookie. What

OliverK (Homepage) - January 31, 2008 - 8:23pm

I meant a Cookie.

What happened to the mac?

the area that a Zip drive go

Mir (Homepage) - February 1, 2008 - 5:48pm

the area that a Zip drive go into on this perticular mac doesnt have the holes to mount a hard drive instead. so i will take a Dremel and make a place for the screws to go. :)

Oh and i dont mind that kind of cookie, but it is hard to send them electronically :(

Yeah

digitxp (Homepage) - February 1, 2008 - 7:17pm

Don't forget the WonkaVision!

Somebody give me a portable video editor... Please!
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Infinity is an infinite series of nines (theoretically). Greatness is made of greatness (I think).

since you are having issues,

ZachHudock - January 28, 2008 - 6:56pm

since you are having issues, check out this list of different emulators. it's not limited to NES, its a decent looking list and I think they are all GPL. there are 4 pages and the navigation is only at the top...took me a while to figure that one out lol

The developer formerly known as ZGitRDun8705

Erm...

Patrick Patience (Homepage) - January 28, 2008 - 7:20pm

What list...? :P

It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.

now he can't reply!that's

OliverK (Homepage) - January 28, 2008 - 7:22pm

now he can't reply!
that's why I didn't reply.
Anyway, since the damage is done :P, I'm only having trouble with the NSIS wrapper.
FakeNES works fine for me.

Doesn't Matter

Patrick Patience (Homepage) - January 28, 2008 - 7:46pm

Because he can't just reply with the link. It's not like he posted something that shouldn't be there, and then made the dumb move of replying to his comment telling him to remove something which he can no longer do. :P

It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.

i could have sworn i

ZachHudock - January 28, 2008 - 7:48pm

i could have sworn i included the [a href=...] stuff oops....lol dont i feel smart now anyway, here's the link for real this time

http://www.webi.org/soft-free-emulators-software.html

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I'm not having issues with

OliverK (Homepage) - January 30, 2008 - 4:38pm

I'm not having issues with the program, just the launcher
Anyway, it comes down to this part of code:

IfFileExists "$EXEDIR\Data\settings\fakenesw.cfg" "" GetPassedParameters
			${StrReplace} $0 '\' '/' '$EXEDIR\App\roms'
			${StrReplace} $1 '/' '\\' '$0'
			${ConfigWrite} `$EXEDIR\Data\settings\fakenesw.cfg` `ROMPath=` `"$1"` $R0

If I comment out

${ConfigWrite} `$EXEDIR\Data\settings\fakenesw.cfg` `ROMPath=` `"$1"` $R0

it will compile. But if its left in ,it gives me this message

IfFileExists: "$EXEDIR\Data\settings\fakenesw.cfg" ?  : GetPassedParameters
!insertmacro: _strReplaceConstructor
Push: $EXEDIR\App\roms
Push: \
Push: /
Call "StrReplace"
Pop: $0
!insertmacro: end of _strReplaceConstructor
!insertmacro: _strReplaceConstructor
Push: $0
Push: /
Push: \\
Call "StrReplace"
Pop: $1
!insertmacro: end of _strReplaceConstructor
Invalid command: ${ConfigWrite}
Error in script "G:\FakeNESPortable\Other\FakeNESPortableSource\FakeNESPortable.nsi" on line 104 -- aborting creation processM

Line 104 is

${ConfigWrite} `$EXEDIR\Data\settings\zsnesw.cfg` `ROMPath=` `"$1"` $R0

Apologies to John, etc if I'm using the pre tag wrong

So

Patrick Patience (Homepage) - January 30, 2008 - 5:02pm

Sounds like you're missing ConfigWrite. You'll probably need a plugin for that in the NSIS directory or your app directory.

It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.

Ug . . . Thanks, Patrick

OliverK (Homepage) - January 30, 2008 - 5:22pm

Ug . . . Thanks, Patrick
*EDIT*- Double Ugh, I can't find it! :(

!insertmacro ConfigWrite

Patrick Patience (Homepage) - February 1, 2008 - 6:33pm

Add:

!insertmacro ConfigWrite at the top of the source under ;=== Include.

It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.

Ready for the third ugh?

OliverK (Homepage) - February 4, 2008 - 3:19pm

Ready for the third ugh? The booger says:

!insertmacro: ConfigWrite
!insertmacro: macro named "ConfigWrite" not found!
Error in script "XXXXXX.nsi" on line 58 -- aborting creation process

I looked, but I can't find what I'm missing- I looked at the ZSNES, but it doesn't have it anywhere in the script, and it would compile fine, but it doesn't like something else.

Sorry

Patrick Patience (Homepage) - February 4, 2008 - 6:01pm

Above !insertmacro you will also need to add:

!include "TextFunc.nsh"

And probably:

!include "StrRep.nsh"

Sorry, wasn't thinking.

It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.

Developement Test 4 is now

OliverK (Homepage) - February 4, 2008 - 7:43pm

Developement Test 4 is now out.

It should be ready for prime time. Features automatic adjustment of paths- something I wanted before the final release.

Awesome. a new version to

Mir (Homepage) - February 5, 2008 - 4:58pm

Awesome. a new version to test out :)

Development Test Release

OliverK (Homepage) - February 6, 2008 - 4:20pm

Development Test Release 4.1- no real need to update, just fixes a minor issue with the config file- also fixes spelling error.
Also has a homepage finally
FakeNESPortable Homepage

FakeNES Developement Test 5

OliverK (Homepage) - February 25, 2008 - 3:43pm

Guess what- I pushed out the final version of FakeNES Portable.
Changes:

Annotated source code- at least a little bit
Changed some of the code to remove unnecessary bits of code I had left in
Compressed the files- the total download size is about 945 kb, istalled size is 1.53 megabytes. :)
PortableApps.com Installer!! Turns out I was missing plugins :o. That's okay. The file now automatically finds your PortableApps folder and installs there.

Hurray for ordered lists. Ain't they pretty :)

You will probably want to update, because of numbers 2,3, and 4.

Thanks to all beta testers.
Download

overall works well on vista

millarrp - March 1, 2008 - 5:42pm

I've been testing this on and off all week, and haven't found any major problems yet.

There was one little thing that I thought I would mention, but I doubt it's a result of being portable. I'm running Vista Ultimate, and I noticed that the minimize and close buttons on the window aren't disabled like they are when I tested it in windows xp.

Other then that minor thing, it runs perfectly...keep up the good work

Thanks for testing. Yeah,

OliverK (Homepage) - March 3, 2008 - 12:32pm

Thanks for testing.

Yeah, the minimize/close buttons are disabled on the default "install". Vista probably handles it differently.

Thanks for the testing.

Download Link Broken?

Strife89 - March 10, 2008 - 12:53pm

Hitting all the download links takes me to what appears to be a "generic" search site. Maybe the target's down?......

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Yea

Patrick Patience (Homepage) - March 10, 2008 - 6:10pm

I was trying to test out some apps the other night, and this was down. I forgot to mention it.

It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.

I temporarily uploaded it to

John Bentley - March 10, 2008 - 7:22pm

I temporarily uploaded it to MediaFire for anyone who wants it. I can remove it when the official link is fixed.

http://www.mediafire.com/?tyjhx1bxlx1

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What is worship without hard rock!

Thanks

Patrick Patience (Homepage) - March 10, 2008 - 7:23pm

Thank you.

It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.

Thanks for the new link.

Strife89 - March 11, 2008 - 9:56am

Muchos gracias. ;-) I'll test it shortly.

When life hands you lemons, make lemonade!

Check out forums.brighthand.com and look for me (as the same username).

Why do I say "huzzah"? Play this and see! http://www.miraigamer.net/cavestory/

Thanks- I've been away from

OliverK (Homepage) - March 11, 2008 - 3:22pm

Thanks- I've been away from the internet for awhile. I'll have to contact Ben- but my next connection for the internet will be tomorrow. Hopefully- it'll sort itself out.

Thanks for posting the mediafire.

I'm mirroring the package here on my geocities. Geocities has a data transfer limit. So, if the site won't let you in, try again in an hour.

Thanks to all.

I'll post development/ #6 hopefully tomorrow.

Hosting?

Patrick Patience (Homepage) - March 12, 2008 - 12:00am

Hey Oliver,

If you want, I've got lots of bandwidth and disk space on my server I'm eager to set people up with, I can create you your own directory with an FTP login, and a web-based login. No more upload limits since you'll have FTP, too.

Sound good? Check out my user page to contact me.

It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.

Simplexity came back. But

OliverK (Homepage) - March 12, 2008 - 1:54pm

Simplexity came back. But thank you for the offer. If you think that it'd be worth mirroring, then let me know.

Also- I'm curious about afew things.

The portable version of this uses a cfg mod to direct the save states, etc. to the data folder for backing up. Sometimes, it gets messed up- do you think its worth having the launcher edit that entry as well? Or should I figure out how to make the luancher check it, and if not, have it adjust the path?
Linux compatibility question, or rather, a wine question- How important is it that a prgram will run in a linux enviroment? I have mepis 7.0 with wine 0.9.57 installed- and this program runs in it. Is this good, bad, or indifferent? It also spans to PNotes Portable- as that program doesn't function inside linux with wine. I believe at one piont this was important. How much so now?

Ch ch ch changes!

Patrick Patience (Homepage) - March 10, 2008 - 8:06pm

Hokay, so... here's ze changes:

You're missing a help.html file. Copy it and Other\Help from another app.

Rename Other\Source\FakeNES Source.txt to AppSource.txt and eventually it should read:

The source for the base application in this package can be obtained from the portable applications homepage mentioned in the help.html file.

In the Other\Source\Readme.txt, remove the version number from the first line, put John's copyright back, and change the website to:
Website: http://PortableApps.com/FakeNESPortable
In that readme, only the first directory structure is supported now, so remove the second.
The VER entry in the source is somewhere around 1.5.5.0 for all the launchers globally, not for the programs.
Look at one of the newer launchers to update the !define's, things like NAME is now PORTABLEAPPNAME and APP is APPNAME, and FULLNAME is NAME, you'll also have to change those throughout the launcher.

Replace:

;=== Program Icon
Icon "${NAME}.ico" ;defines the icon for the script

WITH

;=== Program Icon
Icon "..\..\App\AppInfo\appicon.ico"

;=== Icon & Stye ===
!define MUI_ICON "..\..\App\AppInfo\appicon.ico"

And therefore delete Other\Source\FakeNESPortable.ico.

In the source, there's some new error strings that go near the beggining of the secion and then are referenced throughout the launcher, see if you can figure that one out by looking at the source of something simple like 7-Zip.
Update the NewAdvSplash plugin from the NSIS site and then change:
newadvsplash::stop
To
newadvsplash::stop /WAIT
Change the 200 in line 97 to 0.
In the AppInfo.ini, update it to a newer one from a recent release, and change the homepage like in the readme, and the Publisher should be ... & PortableApps.com.
UPX if you haven't. -> http://cubegames.net/development/compression

That was fun, now you have fun.

It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.

Oke dokie. I made the

OliverK (Homepage) - March 12, 2008 - 1:59pm

Oke dokie. I made the changes. Everything was upx'ed as well.

I'm waiting for a more secure connection then my library to do the upload at.

Sit tight- It'll be here monday just a little after 12.

Development Test 6 is

OliverK (Homepage) - March 17, 2008 - 10:21am

Development Test 6 is out!

Should be final, unless I did something dumb.

Oh, I added a new line of code that always adjusts the save path to the data folder.
Let me know if you like it.

Save State failed.

Emrys - March 18, 2008 - 2:39pm

I tried several roms and keep getting errors:
Failed to open new machine state file.
Quick save failed.
I think I was able to save states on previous releases. Later I will try reverting to release 5.

Edit: I was able to remedy by creating a folder callled "saved" under FakeNESPortable\Data. This was the default folder, but it did not exist until I created it. There is a folder called "saved" under FakeNESPortable\App\fakenes. I was unable to change the path to this folder and keep the settings after closing the program.

yes, this is because I added

OliverK (Homepage) - March 19, 2008 - 9:25pm

yes, this is because I added some code that always set the saved folder to that directory.

Sorry for that.

I have made a note that

Mir (Homepage) - March 18, 2008 - 5:53pm

I have made a note that there are some roms that refuse or crash when used with this program. Though a few of them (EarthBound Zero, Final Fantasy III Alien3) crashed on the Linux port as well and refused to work on KFCEU for some odd reason, There are some others that should have played that didnt including Sonic (yes a NES sonic rom) Final Fantasy IV (Prototype)and Mario is Missing. These worked in other emulators and other ports of FakeNES. hope this helps.

It is possible that this is

OliverK (Homepage) - March 19, 2008 - 9:45pm

It is possible that this is a result of the upxing that I did to it.

If you are interested in doing a little work for me, could you download the zip from here:
http://fakenes.sourceforge.net/
Delete the cfg file
And run it and try seeing if any of those roms work. I didn't use two for testing, so there's a possibility that upxing broke FakeNES in some manner (similar to how Pnotes ran fine in WinXP but was messed up seriously with WinVista when UPX'ed)

Thanks, Mir.
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