Chell has arrived in Portal64! (and why it is nearly impossible to optimize her mesh)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ธ.ค. 2022
- Chell is finally in Portal64! It took some work on the animation system but it was well worth the effort.
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Chell doesn't need a portal gun, she manifests them out of sheer will
The only reason you see one as a viewmodel is sheer power of belief
"What is she doing?" "She's beginning to believe"
She stares at the wall so aggressively that it bends spacetime out of fear
Shouldn't he just add a portal gun model to her right hand?
reminded me of "Gordon doesn't need to hear this, he's a highly trained professional!"
As a collector of SGI computers, an Everdrive seems WAY simpler than the days of old using an SGI Indy fitted with the U64 dev kit hardware. I've been amazed by this series and hope to one day run Portal64 on real hardware, keep it up!! I find myself excitedly awaiting every update video!!
You win
I’ve been wanting to get into collecting SGI computers. Where do you get them from / how do you go about collecting them?
@@auxel_ This turned out longer than I was expecting but hope it helps! Honestly there's tons of places to look around, I'd advise against eBay however as the pricing there is notoriously bad and shipping damage is pretty common with SGI systems even if packaged fairly well.
I got my Indy off Facebook marketplace from another collector who knew how to properly package it, and I got my Octane2 from a guy on Craigslist who won it in an auction from a medical center. Try sticking to local options like marketplace and craigslist and maybe even try looking for any businesses that may have used the machine you're looking for (example: news stations that used O2s for weather graphics), another place you could try is surplus auction sites, I was eyeing a lot of 7 SGI O2s from the University of Washington.
One of the best ways to find SGI systems IMO is getting into the SGI community to meet others, you'll usually see random bits of hardware and even complete systems being sold fairly often and the pricing is pretty fair as they're collectors themselves, irixnet.org is a great forum to try as well as the Silicon Graphics User Group forums and discord server. The discord server has been an invaluable resource for me as once you get an SGI, you can be a little overwhelmed with how to do things like install IRIX and where to find disk images, everyone on the discord is incredibly kind and helpful, when I located my Octane2 I asked for some help identifying the specs based on the pics in the listing and several people jumped to help me out, awesome people.
Spend some time picking a system you want, look into the different parts and specs for that system, look around at the reasonably priced stuff for an idea, and just don't give up on your search as it's easy to be discouraged between the overpriced stuff and the lack of results. And join the SGUG discord for opinions if you find something and get a fair price estimate from them, and try to haggle down the seller's price to that or even lower if you're willing, if you're patient and know more about the system than the seller does and you're smart about your offers then you'll most likely score a pretty good SGI for a reasonable price, having that entire community worth of knowledge in your back pocket helps immensely when both searching and getting the system up and running.
Best of luck to you! Another minor note is finding sync-on-green compatible monitors, there's a list online compiled by the PS2 Linux community that has a list of SOG compatible monitors.
@@VintageShark Thank you so much!
Most of the later N64 titles were developed using a different devkit called "Partner N64" that was supplied by Kyoto Microcomputer (but they would only sell it to Nintendo licensees) - that was much more like the Everdrive setup - there was a slightly modified N64 console with extra wires so the debugger could generate reset and NMI and a cartridge you downloaded the code you were testing to - connection to the host system was either via a SCSI based interface (used with the SGI machines) or via an ISA bus plug-in card for PCs. Unlike the Everdrive it was RAM based, so it was fast to download code to, but it was also volatile.
I have to say I always thought that the original Ultra 64 devboard was a slightly strange design because it's use of the GIO32 bus and the connector positioning meant that it could only be connected to the slots on top of the Indy video board and not to anything else, not even other SGI machines.
for some reason, seeing it on an old crt really made it kick in for me that this really IS on the n64. like, you see it in the screen captures, but my mind just cant properly process it. such incredible work you are doing, and i really hope you get approval from valve to distribute it (knowing them, they might be good sports about it)
I’m pretty sure this is all able to run on real n64 hardware, right?
They have Micro Mages (an NES game, that runs on an emulator if you play from Steam), and there are mods of Portal/Portal 2 that are on steam and require you to own Portal (2) to play them.
After letting Hunt Down The Freeman be sold for real actual money, I'd hope so.
Valve lets mods of their games be sold for actual money (provided the people buying them own the original game), so I have no doubt that they'd let him distribute a full blown remake (or is it demake?) of their game. Although people would have to own Portal first before they can download it
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I've played through Portal almost 12 times or more now, but man I cannot wait to play it again this way! Such an impressive project, keep up the amazing work!
"The only thing better than Portal...
... is Weezer."
The everdrive giveaway has ended. Thank you to all who participated.
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Wow she looks great! Love following this project!
What a huge progress with Chell. We appreciate you showing us the behind the scenes 🙂. And thanks to Everdrive too!
This project never ceases to amaze me! Not only in the fact that this is even possible on mid-90s technology, but how well it runs!
Also really awesome that you’re giving away an everdrive, I wouldn’t have thought I’d get a chance to win an X7!
I've got me an EDX7 already (using abbreviation so I don't win accidentally lmao) and have been trying out every new beta for this. Always exciting to see a new update and fascinating behind the scenes stuff!
I have actually never owned an Everdrive before, honestly I would love to give it a shot!
Furthermore this project is seriously amazing. The fact any of this is even possible on N64.. is wild. Absolutely amazing work!
Its insane that this much can be put on an N64. It really shows what the console was capable of. Glad that everdrive made it possible
Man, this is amazing! Subbed and sharing this. Looking forward to seeing more updates. Time to snag an everdrive for my N64.
Been following this on-and-off, figured an Everdrive was what you were using, but I didn't even know there was one that let you run a debugger! Fascinating work on the game, love your commitment to the little details.
This project is just so insanely amazing, honestly you're one of my inspirations to start learn coding. Seeing something like this actually running on a Nintendo 64 is incredible, it doesn't seem like I should be possible in it here it is. Keep up the good work and I hope to someday see this finished! Also, " everdrive " ;)
Everdrive sounds like an amazing tool for dev work. So glad that as time has progressed, the tools for these systems only get better
You're doing amazing work and it's great to see Chell in her in-game form. Keep up the great work, can't wait to see what the new year brings for the project too! 😁
This is insanely impressive, chell actually looks amazing for n64 standards. Also I wish everyone good luck on winning the Everdrive
I've had an everdrive on my wishlist for a long time, they're just too expensive for me to justify yet. I love what you're doing here and I'm excited to eventually see the finished product!
Is there even any chance they'll ever get cheaper?
Been eyeing one as well but I'm not as eager to spend as much for it as the system itself that they're for, even though the price point and features are completely justified it's just a bit much lol
Really enjoy the fact that you're taking the time to explain all of these problems that you come across while making this project, and how you solve them for it to work! Everdrive
Been following this project for a while now. I had no idea you used everdrive. That's really an incredible tool. I'd love to see what I could do with one someday. Keep up the awesome work!
I cant wait to play this myself. Playing this on the everdrive would be soo cool!
great work so far!
I struggle with learning stuff, so I don’t know if I’ll _Everdrive_ … I’ll see myself out.
In all seriousness, this is incredibly impressive. De-makes are always super impressive is because most games are made because of the capabilities of the hardware they are built on, so seeing something scaled down to function on older hardware is always fascinating.
Also, out of curiosity, in more of a speculative sense, what kind of impact do you think the release of a game like Portal would have had, if it had come out during the time of the N64? What would that mean for development, and the tools and techniques that people would have used?
Everdrive! Love your work been following your progress on this and love the updates/explanations 💯
During college I wanted to develop a game project that would run on N64 hardware, but never had the time to take on that project alongside my other classes. Now that I’ve graduated I’d absolutely love to be able to do that, and the Everdrive (plus your other suggested tools and advice) is a huge step forward in that direction. I’ve kept up with your Portal64 development in the past month or two now, and it’s been amazing to see what you can achieve on-console!
Dude this has been an awesome journey thus far. I love Portal so much, so seeing it run so well on the N64 is insane. And now you're giving away an Everdrive? I'm down for that too :)
Thank you so much for giving away an Everdrive (and for everything you do)!
love you showing your process of development on the Everdrive. Thanks for sharing!
Nice work! Been following this for a while and I love seeing the progress. (also, I wouldn't mind that everdrive)
Using the everdrive to test it on console was not something I expected! I thought it would be tested in an emulator first, but this way is just so much cooler (and makes more sense for what you are doing)! Keep up the awesome work!
I absolutely adore this series. Fingers crossed that I win the Everdrive (would love to play this on hardware), but the fact that you're back to working on this project is a gift unto itself.
Spectacular and fascinating work here as always. Could definitely use an everdrive myself
Another great milestone! well done!!
Jesus, those animations are crazy fluid for n64 hardware, and surprisingly high fidelity model and textures to boot! And you know I'd never noticed that little bit of leading Valve did in the first chamber, showing you your "reflection" for lack of a better term.
I've been following this since the start and always look forward to updates! Such a great idea. Brings my favorite things Portal and the N64. I would love to play this on an Everdrive. Also if this is ever released on a dedicated cart, I would totally buy that
Seeing linux running on a thinkpad just feels right. Pretty cool seeing your work.
Linux is the only ideological operating system.
@@eadweard. Sure you dont mean MacOS
Obsessed with this series. Keep up the great work!
That Everdrive having a USB port for bidirectional communication with your dev machine is awesome! Reminded me that I had been considering rendering data to a small section of the screen to enable the Ocarina of Time Randomizer to export information, e.g. to update an automatic item tracker, in an emulator-agnostic way. Of course, it would only be unidirectional.
Debugging on embedded systems can be such a challenge. It's awesome following your progress and seeing what you've been able to create.
Just got an N64 and learnt how to code C recently, I should get myself an everdrive (plus real carts are rare). Very interesting stuff you've done here - I wonder what else could be put onto the N64?
You are doing such an amazing job ! Your EverDrive giveaway looks promising to start working on NES project nowadays !
Hey I loved this video, and I love what you're doing. Keep up the good work. I would absolutely love an Everdrive.
Ah, i've been wanting an Everdrive , so happy to enter the contest! That aside, can you explain how the animations work if they're not keyframe based? I got into lightly into 3d software around a decade ago, back when a lot of the introductory resources still focused on 2d texture, height, etc maps, keyframe animations and IK or triangle weight rigging, etc, and it seems like the entire workflow is different now and those things aren't really used much anymore?
I could have explained that better. I just store the pose of every bone each frame. I still animate using keyframes, the keyframes are just interpolated ahead of time and stored as one giant chunk. They key advantage to the new system is I can jump to any frame immediately since I know how much memory each frame takes. (offset_in_memory = sizeof_of_frame * frame_index)
Just Everdrive? Lol
You are an awesome passionate programmer! I love seeing old hardware achieve their peek potential. It’s amazing just to imagine what Nintendo could have done if they kept development for the console, but you… it’s something beyond that. Keep the good work!
Animal Crossing is a good example of that. I never knew until recently that it originally released for the N64 in Japan and then was immediately refactored for the GameCube and released worldwide. The visual difference is minimal and it definitely looks like a high-end N64 game. With all the development we're getting for homebrew tech, it looks like we may finally get to see what can really be done with it, and not just in little isolated demos.
This video is really cool, I think the community around the Everdrive and homebrew in general fascinating.
this is excellent work, kudos to you!!
I didn’t know you could live debug with an Everdrive, that’s amazing! Now I wanna learn how to develop too! Thanks for the videos!
The everdrive has enabled so many great experiences and development opportunites, I swear. Best of luck to everyone!
This is so impressive, really looking forward to it when I finally have an Everdrive!
I had no idea about the gb emulator for the Everdrive, thanks for plugging yourself, haha. Your talent keeps on impressing!
I'm gonna watch the video and then comment everdrive, I have patience.
Edit: I do realize the irony.
Love your work, keep it up!
I have a couple of flashcarts for SNES and GB, GBA, but seeing that there are some that you can use to debug code on-hardware seems insanely useful. Probabbly don't have that much time and dedication to port something as complex as portal to N64, but I'd like to tip my toes into N64 development. So I'd love to have that Everdrive.
some sample sources were found fairly recently for portal's still alive (radio mix) track, so you could use those for sequenced version of it!
garageband - steel string acoustic
garageband - horn section
there's probably other garageband instruments too but nobody's found them yet
Really cool project! Portal is hands-down my fave game ever. And thanks for the Everdrive giveaway too :D
I've read all about the Everdrive and other console equivalents... coming upon a video about a game series I am passionate about learning about on a system that I also enjoy is truly something crazy.
This is super impressive! I love seeing how you are able to optimize and fit as much as you're able to into the game.
Also everdrive
This is so awesome that you’re making this AND making videos to explain it. It’s gotta be a ton of work!
Sidenote: can I get that Everdrive please???
I'm glad they're still making and selling the Everdrive! Pretty expensive, but for it for anyone interested in investing in this console.
Since you're making these videos more accessible, I think it would be good to do a "Top [x] Features I'd Like in Future N64 Software." Something along the lines of the audio engine and XM player that was added to LibDragon a bit ago, or some retro-optimized anti-aliasing method. You have the insight to make informed suggestions and it could get some wheels spinning in the community.
For Chel, I know your "mesh optimization problem" is more related to transforms (that's what it sounds like, anyway), but how about full model symmetry to reduce poly count? Both the model and texture are already symmetrical, but I'm not sure if any N64 code is tailored to asymmetrically transform mirrored/instanced geometry in a single object. If you're already doing that, that would be cool.
My son and I have been watching the development of your Portal 64 homebrew port. We have been loving the content so far and can't wait to see where this project takes you. #EVERDRIVE64
I really like your videos, and this project is just so fun to watch since i love the n64 and portal is such a great game ❤
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Everdrive! Such Great work you’re doing :D
That EVERDRIVE sponsorship was really unexpected.
Jokes aside, really admire your work and skill. Can't wait for your next update video or even the release of the game. :)
I've been following your project and it's just wicked kewl. Thanks Everdrive as well. Love my growing N64 collection and would be nice to have a drive as well.
It's amazing to see how much goes into making complex mechanics on such old hardware!
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Lovin these videos and the fact that the TH-cam algorithm is actually showing them to me. Keep up the great work!
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Thanks for explaining some of the tools and workflow used for this sort of project. Everdrive
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Keep up the amazing work. I love watching your updates on Portal 64
This is so awesome. Gonna be following this closely
Portal64 seems like such a crazy project, there are developers who make their games feel like they're being ran on retro consoles, much respect to them, but then there are developers like you who make games on the actual hardware is so insane to me. Much much respect, keep up the good work.
I would love to have an everdrive, playing n64 games on emulators unfortunately still isn't 100% perfect, but this would be a great addition to my collection.
Awesome! Can't wait to see this expand even further:)
Would be pretty awesome to play this on my actual N64, if only I had an everdrive ; 3
But for real it's been amazing to see the progress of this. Portal is my favorite game, and I really really love your clear explanations on how you're doing things and it makes me want to try N64 development myself! I guess that might be another use for an everdrive, but I could also always emulate
Excited to see the next update!
Love what you are doing! I really want to try your game on an everdrive I might have to order one some time!
This is so rad. Good luck with the project! I would love to try this on real hardware with an everdrive some day!
Hey! It's been a while since I noticed this project and its so impressive to see! I think the Everdrive shines brightest when used to play ROM hacks, Homebrews or really niche and innovative ideas like this. I love seeing how far a developer can take such limited resources.
That Everdrive thing is actually sick. I wish I had heard about this kind of stuff sooner since I've always wondered how people make games for older systems.
I've been following this homebrew for a while and it's been incredibly impressive. As an N64 hacker (without an Everdrive sadly), it's justifying to see you overcome a lot of the struggles that the N64 and computer science in general set up for you. Keep up the good work!!!
This stuff is so cool, I have an N64 lying around and have always wanted to try developing for it, Would definitely find an Everdrive useful and have looked at buying one in the past. Thanks again for the great content :)
Seeing you go through the process of developing this is so cool, and it's interesting seeing how you use the everdrive to actually test in on a real console I just assumed you were using an emulator or something.
Hey there! Very interesting content. Glad you're sharing your progress on this. And glad you showed up in my recommended.
Question, do you know why, when passing through a portal, Chell's character model disappears for (I'm assuming) one frame? Is this a limitation to the hardware, or is there plans to fix the flicker?
Yes enter me for the everdrive, as well. :)
This is my first time seeing your videos! Keep up the great work and best of luck with all your projects!
Oh yeah and everdrive xd may aswell join the giveaway :)
For some reason I didn't expect you to be able to debug N64 code with a modern IDE. Really cool that it works!
Super cool, thanks for sharing and explaining
Very cool project. I studied N64 stuff for a long time and having that debug environment so easily is amazing. There is a lot of work that can always be done once the main goals of the project are complete to optimize it. Also had no clue where was a modern SDK for it now. I had a separate computer dedicated for n64 development at that time.
This is the first time i see a live demonstration of someone attaching a debugger to an N64 via an everdrive. Some serious impressive stuff to see that this is possible, next to the also impressive project you're working on.
Maybe in a few years, when my kids are bigger and not snotmonsters anymore, I hope to give this a try.
Amazing video as always! Been wanting an Everdrive for such a long time to experience N64 on real hardware, but the price is crazy. Whether I win or not, always love watching your videos.
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I am loving these updates. It looks awesome!
This is looking so dang good! Can't wait for the next update :-)
I am so thrilled to see this game's progress, I remember following portal ds's development and it being discontinued, I love every update you make.
Also looking forward to play this on the original hw with the everdrive, I find it mind-boggling how there can be an r4 for the n64.
Everdrive did the giveaway already happen? Very cool project, love portal and N64. This project and video really helps you appreciate well optimized software
This is literally so cool, seeing everything coming together. I like this off the cuff style of video too. I've been secretly working on an N64 (styled) game myself, never thought about even grabbing an Everdrive but that's a reall neat idea. I wonder if you'd be able to port from Godot to n64...
For Godot...probably no. I mean, it could be possible to rig something up, but that would likely be years away, at best. You could use Godot to sketch out the mechanics and test that before implementing in officially, but you'd need an SDK like the one he mentioned in the video or LibDragon and any related tools.
That's sick, & I've never thought about using an Everdrive as a dev tool before
I wish the best of luck to anyone who wants an everdrive, I love this mod and everything you're doing with it I have been watching it ever since you started. :)
I appreciate the work you do in developing interest towards computer science using video games. Also, Everdrive!
Kriklz did an amazing job on the everdrive . I love how developers can actually use it to code new games for the N64 didn't even know you can debug using it thought it was only for uploading roms!
The Everdrive is amazingly well done and it's so cool how easy it is to play a lot of old games now using it. I haven't been actively keeping up with Portal64, but this is looking super cool so far :)
Just stumbled on this, but what I love about projects like this with old hardware/platforms is seeing clearly how much of the old gen (5th and below) "polygony" aesthetic is driven by hardware limitations and how much of it is the style of the time.
Crazy awesome project. Been building up my n64 library and would love to add an everdrive to the collection 😊
Man, been in gamedev for awhile but really want to get into this retro dev projects. The Everdrive looks like a great way to do that!
it's cool that everdrive gave you an extra unit. Love the project I've been following every video. I have a friend that watches too and every time a new video comes out I tell her it's portal 64 time
I'm so glad TH-cam is still recommending me these updates. The project looks awesome still!
Would love to win the Everdrive. Caught an update on your project earlier this year, very impressive work and love the feeling of quasi-nostalgia.
Awesome project keep up the good work! The everdrive must make debugging so much easier.
Amazing video, I didn't realise you could use ubuntu to use more modern tools over using a VM with XP, definitely tempted to download a distro and give homebrew a go, even without an everdrive :)