Editing Emulators, Porting PPC Emulators? How?

[Guest kingdom master]

im trying to learn more about porting things.

so a few questions i hope somoene can help me with.

1, what programs are needed to edit and assemble a source code

2, when editing controls, which i assume is the basis for all emulators, how do u find the area in the source to edit the controls, and what is the native language to link the spv controls to the emul as opposed to the ppc are they different? can u list the code per individual key on the spv.

i.e button 1 =

action button = and so on

3, once edited how do u turn the source into a working program?

4, how do u turn the working program into a self install cab file

5, the processor or speed details within the source would surely need editing to make the most of the spv processor what should one look for in the code to make the most of this could. and again what changes would effect certain items

6, emulating sound and picture would effect the speed so, if removing the sound emulation would increase the speed how would you safely remove the feature of sound or disable it without any effect on the picture.

thanks for any answers and help you can give. ive learned alot from somoene who unfortuantly now has no pc til after xmas but i wana continue on a few things we were working on so im hoping these questions and answer will help me do so.

thanks all.

[Guest muff]

erm, dont know how to say this m8

but you'll need to be able to program to do almost all of the above :?

[Guest kingdom master]

thats fine, if u can give me the pointers from the above question, im goner learn, hee hee cant wait to get started.

[Guest muff]

1, what programs are needed to edit and assemble a source code

download eVC++ and the Smartphone SDK from the Microsoft site

or buy Visual C++, and download the SDK

2, when editing controls, which i assume is the basis for all emulators, how do u find the area in the source to edit the controls, and what is the native language to link the spv controls to the emul as opposed to the ppc are they different? can u list the code per individual key on the spv.

i.e button 1 =  

   action button = and so on

depends entirely on the code - there is no preset place for anything in source code

3, once edited how do u turn the source into a working program?

assuming the code compiles correctly, then u just press BUILD in eVC

4, how do u turn the working program into a self install cab file

there is info on this in the SDK docs

5, the processor or speed details within the source would surely need editing to make the most of the spv processor what should one look for in the code to make the most of this could. and again what changes would effect certain items

erm the compiler will compile the source code for smartphone (again assuming that it compiles ok) using appropriate code (code is not specific to processor speed)

as to what changes will happen when u change code, well that depends entirely on the code you change

6, emulating sound and picture would effect the speed so, if removing the sound emulation would increase the speed how would you safely remove the feature of sound or disable it without any effect on the picture.

again, it depends entirely on the code - there is no preset place for anything in source code

if you are starting out on learning how to code C, I'd start with something a hell of a lot simpler than emulators

emulators are a VERY steep learning curve to start learning how to program - remember that they are emulating the raw machine code of a different machine's processors

not trying to discourage you, just making sure that you start with small steps, rather than diving in the deep end with lead boots on :lol:

the "dummies guide's" and "learn in 24 hours" are both good series' of books to start from

[Guest kingdom master]

thanks for your help ill, look at this in the morning again;-) hee hee i have a photographic memory so once ive seen how to do something its there. very helpful so hopefully hard will be ok.lol

[Guest walibe]

very helpful so hopefully hard will be ok.lol

Some of us spent 3/4 years gaining a degree in the art of programming yet have only really scratched the surface... You have a long way to go before you can think of doing this kind of thing. Your looking at 2-3 years just to start doing this.

[Guest kingdom master]

well, as i said thanks 4 the help, im doing pretty well dont think it will take me 2 or 3 years maybe 6 months to get good at it. ive had some small successes.lol