[SLUS-20515] Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of The Roses

[Sombrero28]

Last Tested On 05-08-2022 - https://github.com/jpd002/Play-/commit/a12ab661

Known Issues & Notes Playable with some problems. Some texture issues during loadings. Cards are appearing with transparency, in deck or in field. No ATK and DEF is showing inside the card in-hand. When attacking a monster, part of the screen will be blurry for a brief moment. Exploding vertices still occurs sometimes during battle. And some other small errors. Related

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[boberto5888]

Last Tested On August 10, 2018 - https://github.com/jpd002/Play-/commit/bbdff17 Windows 7 x64

^{Began testing with https://github.com/jpd002/Play-/commit/f62734c but all comments still apply to bbdff17.}

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Known Issues & Notes

• Visual issues, some examples below.
  • Buggy texture on loading screen ¹.
  • Affected by the same frame blending/motion-blur regression introduced between commits bd3855bf and e410cfee that I've reported in #136, #254, #555, and #560 ².
  • Can be observed in the HUD; as it minimizes before battle it leaves a smear of afterimages behind it.
  • Can be observed during some monster's attacks in the battle animation.
  • Before/during the battle sequence the camera is supposed to zoom into the monsters with a motion-blur effect, instead the screen just blacks out for the duration of the zoom ³. ^{This is not part of the above regression (unless I'm mistaken) and AFAIK it has never worked properly on Play.}
  • Exploding vertices ^{[or w/e it is]} sometimes ⁴.
  • Maybe only on certain fields or with certain monsters, IDK.
  • When a card is spellbound rather than having its colors inverted the card appears gray ⁵.
  • Cards have transparent sections which should be entirely opaque ⁶.
    • The text in the name as displayed on the card has a thin transparent outline around it.
    • Some card's portraits have transparent sections.
  • Text and some HUD icons have a thin line/seam in the area around them and generally appear somewhat sloppy, this can be seen in OP's screenshot as well as some of the videos I've included.
  • Forcing bilinear texture filtering cleans up some HUD elements, detracts from others, and leaves some entirely unaffected.
• BGM and SFX work.
• FMVs work and have audio but they run at 20-30fps
• During my short test performance varied greatly going between 20-60fps.
  • Having the HUD visible tanks performance (L2 to toggle during duel). The same exact scene will drop from 60fps down to 30-40fps when the HUD is visible.
  • Older builds mentioned above did not incur anywhere near as severe a performance hit from drawing the HUD.
    • These older builds also had more visual issues so it may have just been a normal trade-off of performance for accuracy.

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Screenshots & Videos

1. Buggy loading screen ^{(click image to view full size)}

2. Frame blending/motion-blur regression - ^{click here to view full higher quality video}     i. When HUD minimizes before battle:     ii. During some monster's attacks:

3. Zoom in before/during battle sequence on Play! [left] vs PS2 [right] - ^{click here to view higher quality video}

4. Exploding vertices ^{(click image to view full size)}

5. Spellbound card is colored gray rather than having its colors inverted ^{(click image to view full size)}

6. Transparency where it doesn't belong ^{(click image to view full size)}