1964 - Glossary

Glossary

Term	Explanation
ROM OPTIONS
Check Block	Check the entiree block for a change
Check Block & DMA	Checks the entire block and DMA for a change
Check DMA	Check if DMA overwrites compiled blocks in RAM
Check DWORD	Compares the first 32bits of a block for a change
Check Qword	Compares the first 64bits of a block for a change
Check Qword & DMA	Compares the first 64bits of a block and the DMA for a change
Counter Hack	Adjust CPU counter rate to increase the speed of VI and Compare interrupts, so to increase speed of certain games whose speed depends on VI and Compare interrupts
DMA in Segment	Direct Memory Access. If "Yes", splits the DMA into segments instead of transferring the memory all at once. Most games should not matter.
Dyna-recompiler	When the emulator jumps to a new location, it will check to see if there has been any code at this location. If there is then this code is executed otherwise code is generated and executed. It can handle "Self-modifying code" which static re-compilation can't.
Eeprom
Expansion Pak	8MB RDRAM is required to allow games to run with "High resolution" or "Medium resolution" otherwise it runs on "Normal" or "Low" resolution for 4MB RDRAM.
Flashram
FPU Hack	Float Point Unit Hack. If "Yes", this checks for an exception known as "Coprocessor Unusable" before processing an FPU instruction. Most games should use this to be "safe".
Interpreter	Emulator retrieves emulated code from memory byte-by-byte, translate what the emulated code does, and performs appropriate commands on the emulated registers, memory, and I/O. It is slow compared to static or dynamic recompilation.
Mempak	Often called Controller-Pak by Nintendo, these store Stuff on many Games.
Register Caching	A technique used to make the dynarec a lot faster. Added here for the user to play with if register caching happens to break something by a bug.
Sram
TLB	Translation Lookaside Buffer. TLB provides a mechanism where you access memory through a virtual address instead of accessing the memory directly.
PLUGIN OPTIONS
AI Hack
Bilinear Filtering
Dead-zone (Nrage input plugin)	DeadZone is the Portion of an analogue control's Range that will be ignored.
Direct3D HAL
External Geometry Transforms
Internal Geometry Transforms
Modifier (Nrage input plugin)	Can be setup to alters the Movement of the N64 Analogstick, as a shortcut to press various Buttons with a single Control etc.
RAW Mode (Nrage input plugin)	Determines if Plugin has to process the Data of the Paks, if it's unchecked the Emulator will process it( or just ignore it). Until now Emulators only handle MemPaks, so U need RAW in combination with RumblePaks.
Rumble Paks (Nrage input plugin)	Rumble Paks vibrate on Action when the Game supports them. The Plugin emulates this with Force-FeedBack. RAW Mode is required.
Plugin
OTHERS
Alist
Aspect Ratio
Blending
Cutscene
Dlist
Emulator	An emulator is designed to imitate one system with another so that both accept the same data, execute the same programs, and achieve the same results. Emulators can be pure hardware, pure software, or a combination of both
Fog
Rom	A piece of software that is used with an emulator. The common form of the binary image file is the cart dump; the use of special hardware to literally "dump" the computer code stored within a ROM-based delivery system like e.g. Nintendo 64 cartridge.
Savestates	These are usually saved files used to restore a player's saved game and therefore continue from the point where gameplay was suspended.
Sprites
V/I	Vertical Interrupts per Second. This is for emulation sync. Set to 50 VI/s for PAL (European, Australian games generally), 60 FPS for NTSC games (USA generally). User can also set to no limit for full speed, or auto-detect, and 1964 will attempt to detect the vi sync.

Glossary

Term

Explanation

ROM OPTIONS

Check Block

Check the entiree block for a change

Check Block & DMA

Checks the entire block and DMA for a change

Check DMA

Check if DMA overwrites compiled blocks in RAM

Check DWORD

Compares the first 32bits of a block for a change

Check Qword

Compares the first 64bits of a block for a change

Check Qword & DMA

Compares the first 64bits of a block and the DMA for a change

Counter Hack

Adjust CPU counter rate to increase the speed of VI and Compare interrupts, so to increase speed of certain games whose speed depends on VI and Compare interrupts

DMA in Segment

Direct Memory Access. If "Yes", splits the DMA into segments instead of transferring the memory all at once. Most games should not matter.

Dyna-recompiler

When the emulator jumps to a new location, it will check to see if there has been any code at this location. If there is then this code is executed otherwise code is generated and executed. It can handle "Self-modifying code" which static re-compilation can't.

Eeprom

Expansion Pak

8MB RDRAM is required to allow games to run with "High resolution" or "Medium resolution" otherwise it runs on "Normal" or "Low" resolution for 4MB RDRAM.

Flashram

FPU Hack

Float Point Unit Hack. If "Yes", this checks for an exception known as "Coprocessor Unusable" before processing an FPU instruction. Most games should use this to be "safe".

Interpreter

Emulator retrieves emulated code from memory byte-by-byte, translate what the emulated code does, and performs appropriate commands on the emulated registers, memory, and I/O. It is slow compared to static or dynamic recompilation.

Mempak

Often called Controller-Pak by Nintendo, these store Stuff on many Games.

Register Caching

A technique used to make the dynarec a lot faster. Added here for the user to play with if register caching happens to break something by a bug.

Sram

TLB

Translation Lookaside Buffer. TLB provides a mechanism where you access memory through a virtual address instead of accessing the memory directly.

PLUGIN OPTIONS

AI Hack

Bilinear Filtering

Dead-zone (Nrage input plugin)

DeadZone is the Portion of an analogue control's Range that will be ignored.

Direct3D HAL

External Geometry Transforms

Internal Geometry Transforms

Modifier (Nrage input plugin)

Can be setup to alters the Movement of the N64 Analogstick, as a shortcut to press various Buttons with a single Control etc.

RAW Mode (Nrage input plugin)

Determines if Plugin has to process the Data of the Paks, if it's unchecked the Emulator will process it( or just ignore it). Until now Emulators only handle MemPaks, so U need RAW in combination with RumblePaks.

Rumble Paks (Nrage input plugin)

Rumble Paks vibrate on Action when the Game supports them. The Plugin emulates this with Force-FeedBack. RAW Mode is required.

Plugin

OTHERS

Alist

Aspect Ratio

Blending

Cutscene

Dlist

Emulator

An emulator is designed to imitate one system with another so that both accept the same data, execute the same programs, and achieve the same results. Emulators can be pure hardware, pure software, or a combination of both

Fog

Rom

A piece of software that is used with an emulator. The common form of the binary image file is the cart dump; the use of special hardware to literally "dump" the computer code stored within a ROM-based delivery system like e.g. Nintendo 64 cartridge.

Savestates

These are usually saved files used to restore a player's saved game and therefore continue from the point where gameplay was suspended.

Sprites

V/I

Vertical Interrupts per Second. This is for emulation sync. Set to 50 VI/s for PAL (European, Australian games generally), 60 FPS for NTSC games (USA generally). User can also set to no limit for full speed, or auto-detect, and 1964 will attempt to detect the vi sync.