Russia@Demian_Neville Read my answers again. Nestopia is not recommended. Read the rules of the game. @JosephHTobinJr If your run has problems with emulation and this problem is in your PB - we will check your run and if the emulator does not affect your time and does not violate the rules of the category and Speedrun.com - your run will of course be accepted.
I don't think Nestopia testing is relevant. On different hardware and operating systems, the emulator should work the same way. For example - I have an old computer on Windows XP, Pentium 4 - and another computer Intel i5 12400f, Windows 11. All emulators work the same even with such a huge difference in computer characteristics. It is impossible to test the emulator on all PC builds. But in order for all runners not to experience possible problems with the game due to rare Nestopia glitches, we do not recommend it for use. The tests you are asking for must use different operating systems and different computer specifications. How will I do it? I think this is understandable. I very often run NES and Sega emulators on an old computer. I'm not an emulator developer and don't know what could be causing the occasional sound glitches on Nestopia. Perhaps due to the long work of the emulator, this glitch occurs in rare cases, or perhaps because of some program on your PC - Browser, Background application, Sound card drivers. Either due to lack of RAM or processor power, or due to problems with your PC software. The problem existed, many people know about it and saw it with their own eyes. Unfortunately there is no record of testing. Perhaps you yourself may have noticed problems with sound in Nestopia in some games. I think that this should be reported to the developers, and I, as a moderator, will protect you from the emulator, which may possibly affect your game. Please use any emulator that is not prohibited by the rules of Speedrun.com, but as a moderator I warn you that playing on Nestopia you may run into problems. If you do a race and these issues show up in your PB - you can contact us for help in accepting your race.
If you are interested in the opinion of the runners who tested Nestopia - you can contact them in private messages and they will share their observations with you. You can also contact me on Discord to clarify your questions. Always happy to help!
@JosephHTobinJr The tests were done over a year ago with Shatterhand runners and other runners I asked for help. The community of players ( We asked one of the programmers to test. ) , as well as moderation, decided that Nestopia stands out among all emulators allowed for use. Namely, in rare cases, emulation on Nestopia incorrectly reproduced the sound track on one of the levels. This fact has been shown by Shatterhand players live as well as offline. This issue does not occur in runners who have used Nestopia before. The old races don't break any rules as they don't have sound bugs or incorrect emulation. You can be calm in your races, as the emulators most suitable for this game have been presented for you. The Nestopia ban is due to the fact that in the future these problems will not be tolerated with new runners. Nestopia is currently not recommended by moderation, but you are free to use it as you see fit. The testing method was the usual - the same route on the same section of the level. If you doubt the decision made, you can test this emulator yourself along with other emulators. For example, in the game Contra Force on the NES. In places where the most lags. It does not present any difficulties for society. I suspect that your indignations have another purpose. And we all know about it. All races will be accepted as long as they do not violate Speedrun.com rules. All races that are accepted do not break the rules. I hope that everything became clearer for you.
@EmilSinkler The Nestopia emulator has been banned as an unwanted emulator. Sometimes Nestopia had bugs with sound and frame emulation. In order to ensure that all runners using PC emulators have the same experience, the Nestopia emulator is not recommended due to the nature of some of the game's levels. I have been watching the runs of different runners in Shatterhand for 3 years. These problems may not appear for all runners. It's not possible to do a specific test in one day, as the minor Nestopia problem in Shatterhand doesn't show up very often. Old races will remain as long as they don't violate the rules of Speedrun.com. For new races, it is recommended to use allowed emulators, you can see a list of some in the Rules section. And also in the basic rules of Speedrun.com. Regarding the Co-op category - This category was added with the permission of the site administration, as well as the support of the Shatterhand runner community. Before adding a category, I contacted the site administration and received approval. Please stop being aggressive.
@EmilSinkler The policy is prohibited. Please don't write posts like this again.
@EmilSinkler Пиши. Я приложу скриншоты с травлей от тебя и твоих друзей. Оскорбления, политика которая не должна быть на speedrun.com и так далее. Про эмулятор Nestopia я написал выше. Запуск Jackpro был удален из-за нарушения правил speedrun.com . После разблокировки он может закинуть свой пробег.
At the time of accepting the old runs, there were no known problems with Nestopia. Nestopia was tested as well as other NES emulators. A few months later, I discovered that Nestopia in the game Shatterhand does not work stably in some game moments, which can lead to incorrect emulation. At the time of accepting the races on Nestopia - none of the runners had this bug - smoothing frames in some moments. It only shows up in certain actions. For testing, I used 5 Shatterhand runners. After that, the decision was made by me, as well as other Shatterhand runners, to ban Nestopia. Some other emulators that you can see in the rules of the game are also prohibited. Retroach also has a slight advantage over other NES emulators. In order for all runners to be in the same conditions, specific emulators that we tested were allowed.
GG с ПБ! Сделай уже нормальный звук игры и хватит блять жать на клавиатуру. - УШИ =))))
