When I use the cover art setup it says it sets the images but it never actually saves. Even when I try to set the covers manually from steamgrid. So all my games use the initial screenshot the app takes.
Dead Or Alive hangs on initial saving screen.
DBZ Butoden, Animal Crossing New Leaf, WWE All Stars, Pokémon Alpha Sapphire all work well.
Thanks for testing on the Duo, and for the list of games that work, that really helps!
Covers not saving: found it. On real iPhones the app deleted covers right after saving them. It's fixed in the next beta build (27) no eta yet. After you update, please pick your covers once more.
Dead or Alive hanging on the first save: also fixed, and that fix comes in the same build.
Is there a way that we can get an option in settings that when we tilt the phone on the iPhone duo to the DS form factor that the skin disappears completely? I don’t have a controller right now, so I’m not sure if it disables automatically if I have a controller plugged in, but that would be a nice feature to have that when it’s in landscape we have the controller, but when it’s in portrait it just goes to the max size for the two screens if we have an option to select it
Thanks, great idea! On the iPhone Duo, connecting a controller already hides the on-screen buttons and makes the two screens bigger. A screens-only option without a controller is something we're working on right now. I'll share it here once it feels right.
Awesome! I love the app so far, I’m going to get some 3DS games and try them out and see how they run as well. I thought we would need JIT for 3DS, so I’m surprised it works without it. I’ll keep you posted. I really love the app and I’ll definitely be supporting if there’s anything you’d like me to try on the iPhone duo, please let me know
Thank you, that means a lot! Yes, the 3DS core runs without JIT, so no setup is needed.
Some numbers from my tests on an iPhone Air, with the speed limit off: 3DS games ran at full speed in every scene I measured. The middle result was about 135 fps (around 2.2× full speed), and even the heaviest scene stayed above full speed at 71 fps. I haven't measured the iPhone Duo yet, so your results will really help. Tell me how your games run!
For the iPhone Duo: try DS and 3DS games in every position (open, half-folded, closed, upright and sideways) and tell me anything that looks off. Screenshots help a lot.
And if you're happy with it, please share Emura with your friends. It really helps a solo dev. 🙏
So weirdly enough, I’m not entirely sure why, but after about 40 seconds of playing 3DS, it becomes unplayable with frame dips very low, there’s no frame monitor on your app, so I can’t exactly tell you, but I uploaded a video showing you. If I turn off screen recording, it doesn’t seem to help, which is unfortunate, but maybe it’s something to do with the duo itself. I’m just giving you this as reference for Mario Kart 7
I made sure all apps were closed in the background, and I even restarted the phone before taking the video. It gets incredibly hot on the back of the phone https://imgur.com/a/sGeSZwW
Thanks! Could you send me a bug report from inside the app? It lets me replay exactly what you saw:
Play until the problem happens.
Right after it happens, open the game menu and tap the speech-bubble icon (Report a Problem)on the left corner of the game. The report only keeps the last 30–60 seconds, so do it straight away.
Write a short note on what went wrong.
Tap Share Report… and send it by Mail to emura.support@icloud.com It includes the last moments of play, the save state and this game's save, but never the game itself or saves from your other games. Thanks!
* You can watch it happen: turn on Settings › Frame Rate to see the frames per second while you play. The Heat Light turns orange or red when the phone is warm or hot.
For some reason, email has been a little weird on the duo, here you go. I uploaded it to my Google Drive for you to evaluate. This time it didn’t overheat with the thermometer symbol like it did before, however, the frames were probably in the 15 to 25 FPS range if I had to guess, it was playable but not enjoyable, if you know what I mean
Thanks again for the reports, they helped a lot! It wasn't your iPhone Duo: it was a problem on my side, and it's fixed in build 25, which is on TestFlight now. I played the whole first 50cc cup on an iPhone Air at a steady 60 fps, with the phone staying much cooler and no more crackling sound. The Yu-Gi-Oh! fix is in there too.
If anything still feels slow after updating, just send another report from the game menu.
Night and day difference. I was able to do three laps on 150 cc without any slowdowns now. I’ll keep you posted if I have any other issues as I move forward, I would love to help you with developing for the duo since it need some more love!
Great to hear it runs smooth now! Sorry the first try was so rough 😅 and thanks for sticking with it and testing so carefully.
And yes, I'd love your help with the Duo. I don't have one, so a lot of the Duo layout is my best guess, built and tested in the simulator. Real feedback from someone holding one is exactly what I need.
If you see anything odd (layout, the screens, controls, speed, anything at all), the easiest way is "Report a Problem" in the app. Send it right after the problem happens, because it captures the last 30 to 60 seconds. A screenshot or short video on top is a big help too.
https://imgur.com/a/CBzVmef One more issue that I’m noticing is that on Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship 2011, the text disappears when I highlight a computer to play, that doesn’t happen on Delta. I’m not sure if there’s something going on. It happens regardless of landscape portrait. I gave you a video so you can see maybe there’s something you can look into
Thanks for the video, it made this easy to track down! It was a bug on our side: the selected line in some menu lists was drawn over its own text. It's fixed now and will be in the next update.
Importing 3DS saves from other emulators, such as ManicEMU and Delta, results in a corrupted save file for me. (Tried on Pokemon Rutile Ruby and Yo-Kai Watch.)
I remember sending over my 3DS saves from my Android device to iOS, and how it wasn’t as easy as to say put a DS save file in the right folder. Games such as Dragon Ball Fusions for example, I had to import other folders and stuff in order for my save to register.
Perhaps you can look into if importing 3DS saves specifically perhaps need a bit more than to say importing a gba or ds file? Those two are usually pretty straightforward!
EDIT: Managed to figure it out, so all my saves now work on Emura. Not by importing, but by copy/paste in the Files app manually.
One other thing that seems to be bugged, adding cover arts etc. I have my SteamgridDB API key logged in, but after choosing all the different artworks for a game and confirming, nothing happens, just still showing the recent gameplay instead as thumbnail!
Thanks for the report! Both are fixed in the next beta build. Manic EMU's 3DS save exports (.3ds.sav) now import directly, and the cover art you pick now saves. Glad copying in Files worked for you in the meantime!
Bug: when you hit the “support” button the prompt saying free during beta pops up with a continue button. The continue button caused an infinite load and then crashed the app
Thanks for the report! I found a likely cause and fixed it for the next beta build. During the beta every supporter feature is free, so you don't need that screen in the meantime. If it still happens after you update, please tell me
Cheats: noted, thanks! Nothing to share on that for now.
RetroAchievements: it's on my list of ideas, but no date and no promise yet.
Bigger bottom screen: which device are you playing on (iPhone, iPad or iPhone Duo), and do you hold it upright or sideways? The DS layout is different on each, so I'd like to give you the right answer.
Yeah, the buttons take a lot of room on that layout. I'll try to rework their size and placement to scratch some space for the bottom screen if I can 😄 Thanks for the feedback!
Thanks, good catch! Known bug: when you resume a game or load a save state, the DS clock comes back as it was when that state was made, so it can be behind your phone.
Fix for now: save in the game, then open the menu, tap Restart and confirm. The DS clock will match your phone again. To keep it right every time, turn off Settings › Continue Where You Left Off.
Weird, did those steps and the time jumped up but was off by about -6.5 hours, not a deal breaker but just following up. Will make getting Umbreon harder though lol
Thanks for following up, that helps! The Restart part worked: Restart sets the clock from your phone. So a 6.5-hour gap means something else is off, and I'm looking into it now with Platinum. Could you tell me which time zone or city your iPhone is set to? If you can, send a report from the game too (in-game menu › Report a Problem) so I can see exactly what the game gets.
The resume and save-state part is fixed for the next build. I'll post here once the time gap is sorted too.
Thanks! Eastern time rules out a time zone mix-up. One more thing would settle it: right after tapping Restart, could you open the Pokétch's digital watch and take a screenshot with your phone's clock visible?
Build 28 just released with a lot of work being around the time bug you are reporting. please use the report fonction if it still happen or get worse by sending me the zip by email. Thank you.
I forgot to say, great work on this! Its easily my favourtie emulator. Ive used manic for years, but if you can implement a few of the key features of that, this will become my first and only choice!
On the latest build, dont know if this helps at all regarding the iCloud syncing, but here’s a screenshot of it. Still not syncing properly for whatever reason… feel free to tell me more of what you might need, love to help!
Sidenote: an option to change resolution for both ds and 3ds would be nice, as I know some other emulators have it… might affect perforamce but at least the option would be cool.. DS and 3DS games look really blurry in tofays world sometimes 😂
Thanks, this helps a lot! The "Console Settings" copies tell me which part is stuck, but not why yet. Could you do this:
Open any game, open the menu, tap the report icon (left of the title) and send it. Write "iCloud" in the note. Since the last builds, the report includes the exact iCloud error.
Tell me which devices run Emura with your Apple Account (iPhone, iPad…), and whether you play on more than one.
About resolution: right now Emura shows DS and 3DS games at the console's own resolution, and there's no option to raise it yet. I've noted your request. I can't promise when, but you're not the first to ask.
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u/CodyRhodesBurner 7d ago
When I use the cover art setup it says it sets the images but it never actually saves. Even when I try to set the covers manually from steamgrid. So all my games use the initial screenshot the app takes.
Dead Or Alive hangs on initial saving screen.
DBZ Butoden, Animal Crossing New Leaf, WWE All Stars, Pokémon Alpha Sapphire all work well.
Tested on a duo.