#1490 Wario Ware Touched! NTR-AZWE touch not working

[lainz]

Hi, the touchscreen is not working for this game.

This bug was 'random' in the last years (i never reported it), so it appeared in some revisions and in others not. Currently it appears in the latest official build 0.9.11 and in trunk in the rev 5232.

[lainz]

PD: is not working in the 'start' menu, tested on x64.

[rogerman]

Just played through the intro part of WarioWare: Touched!, and the touch screen works fine (and reliably) in both v0.9.11 release and r5232. However, I tested this on OS X using a mouse. Keep in mind that there are issues in Windows where tablet/touchscreen taps don't always work. DeSmuME for Windows was originally designed for using a mouse, and hasn't been updated to support tablet/touchscreen taps yet. If this doesn't describe your situation, then please provide more details on your operating system, hardware setup, and the method you are using to control the NDS touch input.

Also, please be more specific about what "PD" is, and the specific problem you are experiencing. If this is a complete separate issue from the original topic, then you should create a new bug ticket.

[zeromus]

Historically, broken touch screens can be caused by people trying to use firmware files. Is that involved here? This flaky touch screen seems vaguely familiar, it may be reading some illegal memory and the results vary by compilation job. There hasnt been any recent changes in the relevant code which could cause it to break and fix repeatedly over time.

[lainz]

Alright, thanks for your help. First the PD is the bug, I forget to mention that detail in the first bug description.

Specifically, the touchscreen just not works in the start menu, but I can click before that screen appears. For example to skip the intro.

I found the real problem. This only happens when Dynamic Recompiler option is on with Advanced Bus-Level timing, so is just a problem of using these settings together.

Maybe I can't understand the bug, but I think that using these hacks of course can cause problems like this. The normal usage, with these options off, or choosing just one at a time, desmume works fine as you described.

[zeromus]

You still didnt define PD. You said "PD is not working" and "PD is the bug". ...unless theres an actual bug sprite on the menu.

[lainz]

Hi zeromus, PD is "Postdata" ;)
You're right, is abbreviated P.D. with dots.

So the postdata I write in the second comment was the bug. But already say that is just somewhat about mixing settings.

[rogerman]

Sorry for the misunderstanding about "PD." The American writing convention is to use "P.S." for "postscript."

In any case, I tested the Start button in the WarioWare: Touched! title screen, and the Start button can fail to register touch input depending on certain emulation settings.

Advanced Bus-Level Timing DISABLED:
- Interpreter: Always works
- JIT (BlockSize=1): Always works
- JIT (BlockSize=12): Always works
- JIT (BlockSize=100): Always works

Advanced Bus-Level Timing ENABLED:
- Interpreter: Intermittent failure
- JIT (BlockSize=1): Always fails
- JIT (BlockSize=12): Always fails
- JIT (BlockSize=100): Always fails

Seems like this game is being really picky with timing for some reason. And it looks like a workaround for this bug already exists: Turn off Advanced Bus-Level Timing.

[zeromus]

There might be something for us to address here, maybe something with the stylus pressure or jitter. We could look for some unusual patterns of activity on the touchscreen regs

[Anonymous]

I'm use pc don't works

[zeromus]

what don't works?

[Anonymous]

i will try to use another emulator

[zeromus]

please do.