VIP inspection tooling #4

SonicSwordcane · 2025-02-24T03:55:47Z

SonicSwordcane commented

2025-02-24 03:55:47 +00:00

Add several new windows to inspect different aspects of the VIP/rendering logic. The layouts are essentially copied from Guy's last emulator, the main functional difference is that they update in real time.

Tools include

Character Data (a grid of all 2048 characters in the system)
Background Maps (view any of the 16 BG maps)
Objects (view any of the 1024 objects)
Worlds (see individual worlds)
Framebuffers
Registers (memory address which control rendering but are hard to visualize)

They're all in the Tools dropdown

Add several new windows to inspect different aspects of the VIP/rendering logic. The layouts are essentially copied from Guy's last emulator, the main functional difference is that they update in real time. Tools include - Character Data (a grid of all 2048 characters in the system) - Background Maps (view any of the 16 BG maps) - Objects (view any of the 1024 objects) - Worlds (see individual worlds) - Framebuffers - Registers (memory address which control rendering but are hard to visualize) They're all in the Tools dropdown

SonicSwordcane added 33 commits 2025-02-24 03:55:47 +00:00

6c9265cb78 First pass of character data viewer

75779f2b24 Dummy second window

57eebb5874 New implementation for reading/showing vram

4601f1b52f Flesh out bgmap viewer

600148c781 Rerender VRAM graphics every frame (slow in debug)

a82389224f Avoid unnecessary computation/cloning in renderer

a461faf89d Render images on background thread to keep UI responsive

ebe444870f Sync memory between emulator thread and UI

ba15dc77ae When the UI consumes an input, don't send it to the game

a5676c20d1 Add a number editor widget

d16c5363da Move about into a button