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Supermodel Dojo is a fork of Supermodel, a Sega Model 3 emulator, with a focus on netplay features, replay, and training options for competitive play. We intend to keep Supermodel Dojo updated with the latest downstream changes made to the parent project.
In addition to the features described above, Supermodel Dojo also contains a frontend for the emulator to make launching your favorite games and adjusting settings easier than ever.
Currently, Supermodel Dojo's netplay & replay functionality only supports games with 2 joysticks and digital buttons. These games include:
- Virtua Fighter 3
- Virtua Fighter 3 Team Battle
- Fighting Vipers 2
- Virtua Striker 2
Replay and netplay functionality is planned for all games with local multiplayer on the same physical cabinet.
Open dojo.exe to start the frontend. You may select any game and a menu will po up with available options.
To adjust Supermodel settings, click on the "Settings" button to show and hide the window.
Session replay recording is enabled by default. To disable, be sure to disable the RecordSession option in Supermode.ini, or in the frontend's Settings Menu.
To load a replay via the frontend, click on your game of choice and select "Open Replay File". To open via the command line, add the -replay-file= argument with the replay path included.
You can watch your old replays and drop in at any time as either character to experiment with your strategy and execution.
When watching a replay, you can assume control over a player by pressing Shift + 1 for player 1 o Shift + 2 for Player 2. This will transfer you to Training Mode with the remainder of the replay playing out.
Supermodel Dojo's Training Mode lets you record, playback, and loop movements on training dummies you can cycle through with a "Switch Player" button.
Switch Player: Shift + F7
Record Slot (1-3): Shift + (F1-F3)
Record Slot (1-3): Shift + (F4-F6)
Toggle Playback Loop: Shift + F9
- Select a game and click Host Netplay Session.
- Confirm Port & Input Delay
- Press Start
- Select a game and click Join Netplay Session.
- Enter Host IP & Port
- Press Start
The following settings should be identical between host & guest player to prevent desyncs:
- PowerPC Frequency
- Refresh Rate
- Delay
A wired connection is preferred, and guarantees a smoother connection between you and your opponent.
supermodel.exe ROMs/vf3.zip -netplay -delay=1 -target-port=6000 -host
supermodel.exe ROMs/vf3.zip -netplay -delay=1 -target-port=6000 -target-ip="127.0.0.1"
To calculate delay, we would use the following formula:
Ceiling( Ping / 2 * FrameDuration (16 ms) ) = Delay #
For instance, if my opponent’s average ping is 42 ms, I would divide it by 32 ms (2 * 16 ms) and round it up to 2.
= Ceiling( 42 ms / 2*16 ms )
= Ceiling( 42 ms / 32 ms )
= Ceiling( 1.3125 )
= 2
If you or your opponent are on WiFi, or you have a fluctuating connection, be sure to bump the delay up a little bit to compensate for this.
The preferred method for building Supermodel is to use GCC and MSYS2. After installing MSYS2, open the MSYS2 shell and install the required dependencies using the pacman package manager:
- GCC (
mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc) - Make (
mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-make) - SDL2 (
mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2,mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2_net)
This can be done using the following commands:
pacman -S mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc
pacman -S mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-make
pacman -S mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2
pacman -S mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2_net
At this point, you can continue using either the MSYS2 shell or Windows Command Prompt but ensure that both gcc and mingw32-make are in your path. In MSYS2, the location of these binaries will be /mingw64/bin and for Command Prompt, assuming MSYS2 was installed in the default location, add C:\msys64\mingw64\bin to your Windows PATH variable.
Build the Supermodel Dojo emulator:
mingw32-make -f Makefiles/Makefile.Win32 NET_BOARD=1
You will find supermodel in the bin folder.
Build the frontend:
cd Frontend
make
Make sure dojo.exe and supermodel.exe are placed together in the same folder, following the same structure found in the latest Release archive.
Ensure SDL2 is installed. Most package managers ought to have this available. For example, on Ubuntu, it should be sufficient to run:
sudo apt install libsdl2-dev
sudo apt install libsdl2-net-dev
Build the Supermodel Dojo emulator:
make -f Makefiles/Makefile.UNIX NET_BOARD=1
You will find supermodel in the bin folder.
Build the frontend:
cd Frontend
make
Make sure the dojo and supermodel binaries are placed together in the same folder, following the same structure found in the latest Release archive.
