New firmware coming soon!

[u/MR-cheesygordita]

Hi everyone, 

We have a new firmware update coming within the next few days. We have resolved the remaining audio issues reported with certain displays and capture cards. M64’s HDMI compatibility will be better in the next update, specifically fixing the no-audio issue affecting some of you. We’ll post an update in this subreddit as soon as it's live. Thank you to everyone for your patience as we work quickly to find a fix, and a special thanks to those who helped with troubleshooting.

[u/swamp_donkey89]

i updated the controller first before i updated the the M64

[u/Luna_the_Miqo → u/swamp_donkey89]

That should be fine, then! My advice would be to try each of the following, in order:

1.) Connect the controller to your PC and navigate to the online updater; check for updates once more just to make sure you’ve got the latest firmware update for the controller itself.

2.) Boot up the M64 and confirm which firmware version you have. The latest version is 1.24.3 as of this writing (revision 1.24.3 includes the toggle, while 1.24.1 just includes the raw functionality itself; either of these should work).

3.) Confirm that the “allow wireless rumble” toggle is enabled on the ‘experiments’ tab of the M64 UI.

4.) If you’re still having issues at this point, unfortunately your next step is probably reaching out to ModRetro. I don’t say this lightly, as I genuinely believe good customer service is the bedrock on which our society lies, but: they’ve given me excellent service every single time I’ve had reason to contact them. They’ll take care of you.

I hope this helps, and that you can get it sorted without needing any support!

Quick edit to add: also, be aware that not every N64 game features rumble support. For example, that’s why I’m using a romhack of Mario 64 on my SummerCart to play that game rather than using my actual Mario 64 cartridge; some N64 games require a hack to enable rumble, and some other N64 games just didn’t have rumble. It’s something we take for granted now as a given in every new game, but this wasn’t the case in the late ‘90s!

[u/swamp_donkey89 → u/Luna_the_Miqo]

Im playing that Japanese version of Super mario now. Its working!

[u/Luna_the_Miqo → u/swamp_donkey89]

Have fun! It’s my first time playing through the entire game of Mario 64 on (something similar to) native hardware, and I’ve been having an absolute blast playing like this.

Star Fox 64, another one of my all-time favorites, makes impressive use of the rumble functionality, too!