Originally posted by DiscoManWell, for you and the "other users" the benefits doesn't worth the drawbacks because no one did even tried to at least do a thing to make this patch or the concept of using the Super FX chip "useful".
No, that's not why. I already stated my reasons. What does the SuperFX have over the SA-1? It has about twice the clock speed and probably some functions specifically related to graphics, and probably some other things that I'm not aware of. I just simply don't feel that the additiona benefits would be worth the cost. Learning a new assembly language I could do (SPC-700 isn't hard to pick up; I imagine SuperFX ASM couldn't be
too bad), and I could get used to the remapping just as I could get used to using $6100-$7FFF instead of $0100-$1FFF...it's really the ROM size limitation that's the deal breaker for me. There is simply
no way in heck that my hack could fit into a 2 MB ROM. Maybe if I used the MSU-1, used every last bit of freespace in banks 00-0F, carefully planned where everything would go in the ROM, and compressed the crap out of everything (or used MSU-1 for data storage, if I could figure out how), I might be able to get away with it...I'd like to think I'm at least a
little more organized and concerned about layout than the average SMW hacker. But, you know, I might not. The SMWCP2 team had trouble even with a ROM twice that size. Even with that aside, though...well, see below.
Originally posted by DiscoManWhat I'm saying is that you guys seems to support SA-1 much more, not that this is a problem but no one else seems to actually TRY to use the patch nor TRY to learn how Super FX ASM and the chip works. The practical use isn't just about graphics, it's about custom codes too (A.k.a ASM).
Well, the SA-1 is easier to use and less limiting, or at least it would appear so, so it's natural that it would have more support. And yes, stuff would run about 8 times faster on the SuperFX chip than it would on just the SNES processor, but it already runs 4 times faster on the SA-1, which is still enough to make a huge difference.
Originally posted by DiscoMantl;dr: What I'm saying is that just a SINGLE guy can't make such a big thing, it needs support, if the work is done by a single person, it isn't a surprise that no progress is done. If the support grows and the guys here start to become interested rather than search for drawbacks (A.k.a Learn the ASM and how the chip works and work together to make a better use of this chip), I'm sure that Super FX can be a very useful thing for the community.
Indeed. There's no reason why we have to support one over the other in the first place. Let those who want to use the SA-1 use the SA-1 and those who want to use the SuperFX use the SuperFX. There's no need to argue about which one is better; it's up to the individual whether to use one, the other, or neither.
Originally posted by DiscoManBy the way, I do appreciate if you could send the ASM of Tessera and see if I can do something. Even though it's better to work as a TEAM rather than myself...
You should get together with Vitor and me on IRC sometime soon (when I have time).
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