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[Bug Report] Pokemon Platinum, microphone feature does not work for Chatot
In the Generation 4 (Diamond/Pearl/Platinum/HeartGold/SoulSilver) and Generation 5 (Black/White/Black2/White2) versions of the Pokemon games, there is a Pokemon known as Chatot who has a special function - You can record voice clips for the Pokemon to use as its default cry, and as the cry used for a unique attacking move it can learn. The unique move is called Chatter and inflicts different effects depending on the volume of the recording.
Unfortunately, however, the microphone functionality featured in MelonDS does not seem to work for this Pokemon's feature. All options (External Microphone, Blow noise, and local .WAV file) do not produce any sound when played back by Chatot in the games. This was experienced in Platinum version, and tested with both Nightly Build fd279be and the current 1.0 Release Candidate. I'm sure it also extends to the other Generation 4 and 5 games.
The same bug is happening in Electroplankton, rendering the Rec-Rec and Volvoice parts of the game inoperable.
does this work on the latest nightly?
if not, is there a way I can test this quickly?
well, I just tested Electroplankton on the latest nightly and it works just fine
I find that on 1.0, audio from a wav file doesn't work, but it does on the latest nightly...
other than that, both blow noise and external mic do work
could you provide more precisions? DS/DSi mode, platform, etc
Cartridge: Electroplankton (Japanese and European versions) Mode: DS mode BIOS ver: 40820D (NTR-CPU-X4), branded as NITRO-BOOTMENU in the menu (beta BIOS) Platform: Windows 11 x64 Japanese cartridge SHA256: 9fdc784ebe1be153d75030218e2bd1eb69d7671a4bfa61ebc33e8ff0cf8da8b6 (last modification: 01-24-2020) European cartridge SHA256: 5562af4c2110f77c1a736d6b69a38f71ea28688c4018c9a93fee3103eff08660 (last modification: 07-07-2006)
weird. I tried the EUR one (which is the same as yours).
for blow noise and WAV input, you need to configure the microphone hotkey, check that you have that set up
Weird...
I've attached my config file as well as the WAV file that I've noticed the bug on. Maybe there is something wrong in the config.
saw nothing wrong with the config...
checked your wav file in melonDS 1.0 and it indeed doesn't work. however, in the last nightly, it does work.
After checking with MediaInfo, the WAVs that I usually use are signed. I, as such, tested with an unsigned WAV. The unsigned WAV also didn't work.
Seems that the WAV input is broken on the 1.0 release.