454107D9 - Need for Speed Most Wanted (2005)

[TotalCaesar659]

Delisted

Tested on https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia/commit/3d1d4dea47dd95117befe436ed292ad79ca5ee13

Issues:

After intro movies, the game crashes after trying to press A to continue.

Log:

Log file

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Labels:

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[D1SMBD1D]

I managed to bypass the initial crash and stay ingame by setting the timescale to 4x. It also has to be turned down to 2x or less before the videos or they get stuck. Always crashes after taking control of the car. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waha-75R6Ig A screenshot of quick race: Graphical issues: fake HDR shader constantly maxed out, no car reflections, car shadow texture rendering partly, messed up interface. @Razzile label as gameplay and gpu-shader-errors

[D1SMBD1D]

I'm 2 weeks late but here're the logs anyway OpenGL (warning, enormous) Vulkan (crashes on startup for some reason)

[ThatD07]

I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, but crashing takes much longer on https://github.com/benvanik/xenia/commit/8ccefa160076c13a1cb4e2a8e1d7fc7e254a6b4b. Freezes on taking control over car, then waits, then crashes. This was the first time it happened(atleast for me)

Log: xenia.txt Running from default.xex itself and not from an iso

[ThatD07]

GREAT PROGRESS! Tested on: https://github.com/benvanik/xenia/commit/1e9786eae395ef09de81e82d1c13d6426c7dc6c5 Game does not crash when taking over control a car! HUD is not visible The 4x timescale trick still needed And I'll try to finish a race(didn't crashed, I quitted) And I'll try to record a video

[ThatD07]

Video about gameplay(quick race): https://youtu.be/bCEbDGHgNN0 Forgot to send the log file(and I won't do a race again today, sorry) @Deathlock47 Try to get to the carrer mode. I couldn't(I don't know what to press)

[D1SMBD1D]

@DiamondMaster07 Yep, everything works now

[ThatD07]

@Deathlock47 How can you go to the career mode? I tried everything but I'm stuck, I know the menus are functional, I just don't know what to press in what order.

Edit: I've found out what causes the 4x timescale bug. World updates! If you set it down to 1x, you can stay ingame as long as you don't update the world(load a new chunk). Also, I've figured out how to get into career mode. And another thing. If you put the devbuild xex file to the retail files, you can enable debug menu which appears as broken as any other hud elements, but at least it loads.

[osdeverr]

@DiamondMaster07 Not really. You need to modify that devbuild xex as I did, it's way bigger and it's rebuilt for retail X360.

[osdeverr]

@Deathlock47, nice to meet you, my old heli fan :P

[D1SMBD1D]

@osdeverr Glad to see you too fella. How did you modify the dev xex so it doesn't crash? Btw any of you had success booting on Vulkan? I still get an instant crash to this day

[ThatD07]

Vulkan still crashes for me Osdever can't test Xenia cuz his cpu is not compatible with xenia

[ThatD07]

Tested on: https://github.com/benvanik/xenia/commit/2cf0b39bf5454ffee8055ad33d92f6ff991a1c8f Game now has an issue with textures, only car model's textures load.

[ThatD07]

Latest issue fixed in https://github.com/benvanik/xenia/commit/f162b045ff33d92876abe5400103c63db6f1cbff

[Parovozik]

Tested on (https://github.com/benvanik/xenia/commit/09c29bbdc5167347268f6a78163f30a09032ef1a)

Screenshots (OGL)

[osdeverr]

btw as i can see normal maps are borken @Parovozik

[ThatD07]

Tested on: https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia/pull/789 Vulkan works, same issues as OpenGL, but HUD renders correctly, half of the screen is no longer covered and runs on a better FPS. Here's a video using the devkit version of the game(no gameplay/graphical differences, only a developer menu) https://youtu.be/ybkcVgWyrvU

However, Vulkan crashes on https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia/commit/2a3c66484e818364e321bab4f3bf00e5851c6f19

[Razzile]

@DiamondMaster07 that doesn't make any sense as between 957 and 958 the only change was to the doc files

[osdeverr]

L I T

btw it was me who made the devbuild work shameless self-promotion

[ThatD07]

Thanks to @Parovozik (https://github.com/benvanik/xenia/issues/799) I managed to stay ingame with 1x timescale by removing every sound file from the game. Video: https://youtu.be/hU_UwIi3HA8

@Razzile I tested it multiple times, https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia/commit/2a3c66484e818364e321bab4f3bf00e5851c6f19 broke something and Vulkan crashes on this build while https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia/pull/789 works just fine

[Parovozik]

@DiamondMaster07 What software you used for remove game files? I see there specific archives :)

[D1SMBD1D]

Goes ingame on Vulkan again Now shadows work properly, however the lower part of the screen frequently turns white

[ThatD07]

Here're some screenshots with VisualLookFilter turned off

Also sometimes the lower half of the screen freezes for some seconds

[ThatD07]

In short: Vulkan now has all the visual bugs except for the HUD that OGL has and has worse framerate than on 1.0.957

[ThatD07]

Some findings: when a NIS plays. the lightning is correct Prologue NIS Race intro NIS

Here's a video showing correct lightning when a NIS plays, then showing broken lightning, when going ingame: https://youtu.be/2j_kbcZ6k-s

Also, when a frame breaks, shaders still apply(also seen in the video) This is the reason why half of the picture goes white sometimes(broken shaders)

[ThatD07]

Tested on https://github.com/benvanik/xenia/commit/e4bc5968870f55cbebedb0aba5a5cb30a1962fa3 Previously bugged half-frames now cover the entire screen and are black, resulting in covering the whole 3D part of the garage menus and black flashes ingame

[D1SMBD1D]

@DiamondMaster07 As far as I've investigated, the HDR shader still doesn't work correctly during the NIS, it just gets minimized when the depth of field effect is present. The DOF itself doesn't apply even though it used to in OpenGL, here's an old screenshot with it working correctly

[Parovozik]

Tested on Xenia-DX12 (https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia/commit/d827bbeb6cc5bd2120350e9dc0c4998a8c36a1fe) Log: NFS MW DX12.log Goes ingame but some lighting troubles:

[ThatD07]

Tested on https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia/commit/90c9c24ca5a5664789729df26071c2498df80f59 with --d3d12_readback_resolve=true

Graphics are emulated perfectly but performance is low Still has CPU timing issues, free roam and races require to be launched at 0.13X CPU timescale

[HarGabt]

Tested on https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia/commit/5558c8aafefffca68ada82d3d7a389ac8fcedde6

Graphics without using d3d12_readback_resolve=true got a little better, though there are issues with overbright objects (particles, sky, etc)

Also found out that using disassemble_functions=true lets several chunks of audio load after pressing start without using time scale. Although after a new chunk of sfx loaded and played, audio mutes and still won't let go into gameplay. So, time scale x4.00 is still required to get into gameplay.

Showcase

Edit: added video.

Log:

log file

Screenshot(s):

[Triang3l]

GPU>CPU readback needed for correct eye adaptation to brightness.

[Back2Life888]

The shaders are fixed by custom patches but that belongs in Canary (unfortunately)

[ThatD07]

The "fix" doesn't fix the shaders, it just disables the HDR shader. You get the same results if you decompile the game's files and replace the HDR.fx file with another one.

[Back2Life888]

The "fix" doesn't fix the shaders, it just disables the HDR shader. You get the same results if you decompile the game's files and replace the HDR.fx file with another one.

yeah.. About that.. I got the debug build (don't ask how) and deleted the HDR.fx.. Nothing happened.. Still the same thing bro. And the thing with the brightness bug.. Its called "Bloom"..

[ThatD07]

The "fix" doesn't fix the shaders, it just disables the HDR shader. You get the same results if you decompile the game's files and replace the HDR.fx file with another one.

yeah.. About that.. I got the debug build (don't ask how) and deleted the HDR.fx.. Nothing happened.. Still the same thing bro. And the thing with the brightness bug.. Its called "Bloom"..

Yes, because the file you deleted is an uncompiled source file. You are supposed to REPLACE the hdr.fx.o file in FX/COMPILED - world.fx.o worked for me, the others either resulted in a black screen or a crash. And bloom is an HDR effect.

[Back2Life888]

The "fix" doesn't fix the shaders, it just disables the HDR shader. You get the same results if you decompile the game's files and replace the HDR.fx file with another one.

yeah.. About that.. I got the debug build (don't ask how) and deleted the HDR.fx.. Nothing happened.. Still the same thing bro. And the thing with the brightness bug.. Its called "Bloom"..

Yes, because the file you deleted is an uncompiled source file. You are supposed to REPLACE the hdr.fx.o file in FX/COMPILED - world.fx.o worked for me, the others either resulted in a black screen or a crash. And bloom is an HDR effect.

Worldreflect.fx.o also works for me.. And we need to like lessen the Bloom effect.. Im pretty sure the Bloom is the one that is causing the weird bright shine effect since its a "HDR" effect.. That being an HDR effect means it is somehow tied to the hdr.fx.o file.. Replacng the hdr.fx.o will remove the Bloom.. So yeah.. I am sure that the Bloom is the overbright bug..

[HarGabt]

Tested on https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia/commit/00e7de9297f9353aafd08ecfa99d4c5efb340c47

Lots of commits passed since my previous post, where i mentioned disassemble_functions_true which allowed to pass some of sfx chunks before audio crash. Now this option is not necessary to get into the game, as improvements into emulator code have been made throughout the time to make frontend (menu) sfx play fine enough without APU going silent. Although, there may be some issues with in-game profiles: if you happen to have 2 or 3 profiles (saves), the game at start may replace one of game profiles, but it doesn't happen when you check profiles in alias manager.

But overall, the graphics are still the same and APU still goes silent when engine sounds are played.

log file

[PokeyManatee4]

Hang on that don't look like nfs mw

[MaksimKuznetzov]

Hey Guys. I have such a problem, after the end of the race, my game just freezes on this race that I participated in, I tried to pass the prologue, but every time such a problem. Please tell me how to solve this problem?

[HarGabt]

@MaksimKuznetzov Use Canary build with patches. APU issues with Most Wanted and Carbon haven't been solved yet.

Translation to Russian, considering he speaks russian

Качай Canary версию эмулятора вместе с патчами. Проблемы со звуком в МВ и Carbon ещё не решили.

[MaksimKuznetzov]

I already have a PC version of canary and a patch for games. I wanted to say not about the friezes, because of which the game or sound is buggy, but about the frozen picture when exiting the race.

[TorutheRedFox]

https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia/pull/2199 fixes most of the APU issues making the game actually somewhat playable

[samcomeau]

The game still freezes in Canary at the end of the race. Audio issues remain. Extreme bloom with patch off (video shown with patch).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6YnRPAqV4U&ab_channel=SamuelComeau

[Zaccoder56]

Nfsmw audio cuts off sometimes when playing the game and so does jumping to the safe house freezes the game on recent Xenia canary Xma decoder

[nfxw]

For those who have issue at the end of the race - switch from d3d12 to vulkan. After that no freezes at the end of the race, you may buy car and continue the race. Also recomend to swtich back to d3d12, because perfomance at vulkan ain't that good.

[nfxw]

With new xma decoder and setting use_dedicated_xma_thread = false Audio seems to be alright and game runs fine, UNLESS you play a race with a Cobalt SS. Either you run quick race with it, opponent drives one or you pick one after prologue. After about 5-10 seconds audio cuts off and nearest return to safehouse/main menu causes freeze.

In patches, you have "Skip audio loop stuck code", the only issue is that the audio at some moment might be silent. Basically, you can finish a full game, but with "sometimes" silent audio. Personally, I'm currently at the 8th member of the blacklist, there are no freezes at all, only audio issues. Plus, if you have silent audio, just reset the game and launch again, the only problem is that when beating a blacklist member, the audio might be silent, and you can't restart the game without losing progress.

[Margen67]

Xenia Canary issue: https://github.com/xenia-canary/game-compatibility/issues/28