ESPRade Glitches

Ka0tiK · Post by **Ka0tiK** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:06 am

I have an Int'l esprade board and seen some glitches (like when I bomb). Is this normal? I've noticed some people talking about "waving", but I'm referring to sprite disappearing/flickering. Is this normal?

croikle · Post by **croikle** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:23 am

If there's too much going on, sometimes the game can't keep up and drops some stuff.

Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28WxAK06JIQ at 1:20 when the big turret explodes. Is this what you're seeing?

Ka0tiK · Post by **Ka0tiK** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:35 am

Thanks for the quick reply!

robivy64 · Post by **robivy64** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:55 pm

Yep, normal. The hardware reaches the sprite limit and causes some of the sprites to flicker or disappear. It doesn't show up in MAME usually.

Ka0tiK · Post by **Ka0tiK** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:06 pm

That explains why I never noticed it the first time. Ah MAME...

croikle · Post by **croikle** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:19 pm

Yeah, MAME may overclock the hardware a bit to reduce these effects. So much for perfect accuracy.

kernow · Post by **kernow** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:45 pm

croikle wrote:Yeah, MAME may overclock the hardware a bit to reduce these effects. So much for perfect accuracy.

Probably not, just deal with the sprite hardware in emulation differently.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:19 pm

robivy64 wrote:Yep, normal. The hardware reaches the sprite limit and causes some of the sprites to flicker or disappear. It doesn't show up in MAME usually.

Does an overclocked ESP.Ra.De PCB still have flickering issues, robivy64? I recall in one of your posts that you mention of overclocking one. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~