Nt-Mini-Noir-Jailbreak icon indicating copy to clipboard operation
Nt-Mini-Noir-Jailbreak copied to clipboard

Micro Mages video glitches

Open bgulotta opened this issue 3 years ago • 18 comments

Within a few minutes of playing, I am seeing very bad video and audio issues with the Micro Mages cartridge on the newest version of the jailbreak firmware.

bgulotta avatar Mar 05 '21 20:03 bgulotta

Can you share a photo and/or video clip?

tjanas avatar Mar 05 '21 20:03 tjanas

Sure let me get one uploaded.

bgulotta avatar Mar 05 '21 20:03 bgulotta

https://youtu.be/Nu1ChD56Cw4

bgulotta avatar Mar 05 '21 20:03 bgulotta

Thank you for the video. Have you tried a different cart voltage setting? What about if you set the Noir to directly boot the cartridge? Either way, it’s a Noir bug for sure.

tjanas avatar Mar 05 '21 20:03 tjanas

I tried a few other carts and they worked just fine. I don’t recall this issue with the previous versions of the jailbreak. I can try and restore to a previous version and or restore the stock firmware to try and identify which version caused the issue.

bgulotta avatar Mar 05 '21 21:03 bgulotta

I have been through the first and second levels using the micro mages physical cart and the rom with my N8 Pro Fami using the 6.6 jailbreak without any glitching. The problem may be with your cart.

dot-bob avatar Mar 09 '21 05:03 dot-bob

I highly doubt there is anything wrong with the cart, it is practically brand new. Also, the game ran perfectly fine on previous versions of the jailbreak and the stock firmware. I'm going to try and reflash 6.6 and see if it was an issue with the flashing process.

bgulotta avatar Mar 12 '21 17:03 bgulotta

I verified it is definitely the 6.6 jailbreak that the issues start. I reflashed 6.5 and the issue went away. Reflashed 6.6 and the issue comes back. I'll just stay on 6.5 for now. I do have 2 wireless n30s attached to the noir. I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it or not.

bgulotta avatar Mar 12 '21 17:03 bgulotta

@bgulotta try it with a single OEM NES controller; @dot-bob can you provide any details on your setup?

tjanas avatar Mar 12 '21 18:03 tjanas

@bgulotta and @tjanas I have a Micro Mages cart and can boot it up this afternoon/evening to verify.

Related to this: I also have Project Blue cart and it very much as graphical issues on the latest firmware JB6.6 with the default 3.6V voltage, switching to 5V initially seems to resolve the issue (more playthrough is required to verify) but this has ONLY popped up with the latest fimmware. Playing Project Blue ROM off the SD card has none of the graphical issues.

pezillionaire avatar Mar 12 '21 19:03 pezillionaire

I am using the controller provided with the noir. The rom used on the everdrive pro I obtained through my Steam purchase of the PC version of micro mages. The cart I obtained from a US Private Seller around Dec 2019 selling a used copy for $40. As far as I can tell it looks legit with box and manual, but still could be a china cart as I haven't cracked it open. All I have compared it with are images from Morphcat's website.

dot-bob avatar Mar 12 '21 20:03 dot-bob

I’ll try it with a single controller later tonight and get back to you guys. My copy of Micro Mages was purchased directly from Morphcat, so I know it is a good copy.

bgulotta avatar Mar 12 '21 22:03 bgulotta

I am also having this issue. Nt Mini Noir on latest JB. Seems to glitch less when cartridge voltage is set to 3.6 but eventually happens.

GR33NDevil avatar Mar 13 '21 01:03 GR33NDevil

Ok I have confimed that having the 3.6v toggle off/false does cause graphical glitches in Micro Mages. This causes similar issues in Project Blue as well.

While this does appear to be a "new" bug in JB6.6 per my experience — I'm not sure if this is actually unintentional. Per my understanding (via the NT Mini Noir manual) the purpose of this toggle is infact to resolve issues with modern NES carts that run a a higher voltage.

pezillionaire avatar Mar 13 '21 04:03 pezillionaire

Yes but I still get glitches when toggling 3.6v

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 11:57 PM Andrew “Pez” Pengelly < @.***> wrote:

Ok I have confimed that having the 3.6v toggle off/false does cause graphical glitches in Micro Mages. This causes similar issues in Project Blue as well.

While this does appear to be a "new" bug in JB6.6 per my experience — I'm not sure if this is actually unintentional. Per my understanding (via the NT Mini Noir manual) the purpose of this toggle is infact to resolve issues with modern NES carts that run a a higher voltage.

— You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub https://github.com/SmokeMonsterPacks/Nt-Mini-Noir-Jailbreak/issues/104#issuecomment-797867244, or unsubscribe https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ATGS6THAXJM64HA3HCN6N4DTDLPDFANCNFSM4YV3GEYA .

GR33NDevil avatar Mar 13 '21 06:03 GR33NDevil

@GR33NDevil regardless of toggle the 3.6v setting the graphical issues still occur? Curious that I don't get that…

Can you describe the graphical issues or where they happen?

When I toggle the 3.6v to true and re-boot the cart there are no obvious graphical glitches. Conversely, when I toggle the 3.6v to false and re-boot the cart — the graphical glitches are almost immediate upon loading of 1-1 (the splash/sizzle screens appear to have no issues regardless from my experience).

pezillionaire avatar Mar 13 '21 22:03 pezillionaire

I thought the same thing but played through all of the first stage to the boss and glitched through the wall a small handful of time. Not immediate but still happens

On Sat, Mar 13, 2021, 5:59 PM Andrew “Pez” Pengelly < @.***> wrote:

@GR33NDevil https://github.com/GR33NDevil regardless of toggle the 3.6v setting the graphical issues still occur? Curious that I don't get that…

Can you describe the graphical issues or where they happen?

When I toggle the 3.6v to true and re-boot the cart there are no obvious graphical glitches. Conversely, when I toggle the 3.6v to false and re-boot the cart — the graphical glitches are almost immediate upon loading of 1-1 (the splash/sizzle screens appear to have no issues regardless from my experience).

— You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub https://github.com/SmokeMonsterPacks/Nt-Mini-Noir-Jailbreak/issues/104#issuecomment-798798664, or unsubscribe https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ATGS6THZUC6YUU2VW7PZNVTTDPN25ANCNFSM4YV3GEYA .

GR33NDevil avatar Mar 14 '21 00:03 GR33NDevil

I have the same problem - but with slightly different glitches, different almost every time.
It works fine with the regular Analogue 1.2 firmware.

It glitches out with the Jailbreak 6.6 firmware. (But the ROM runs fine. Only the cartridge has problems, and only with the Jailbreak firmware.) I've had similar problems with two more recent releases - From Below and Project Blue cartridges.

In my case, the voltage changes make no difference whatsoever so far. But the firmware changes clear up the problems immediately - it's only the Jailbreak that's giving me trouble, and it happens within a few seconds of opening the first stage.

adam16bit avatar May 14 '21 05:05 adam16bit