Testimonial

SN Systems' tools have been invaluable during the making of 'Cold Winter' from start to end. The compiler produces excellent object code, the built in profiler is incredibly useful, and the debugger is packed with reliable and easy to use features.

Alongside this the support team at SN have been quick and helpful when responding to our changing needs meaning that, in short, SN and ProDG allow us to focus on the job of creating cutting edge PlayStation®2 content. 

Tim Austin
Lead Programmer: 'Cold Winter'
Swordfish Studios

Develop Awards 2008

SCE & SN Systems Proud Finalists

Develop Awards.

SN Systems is proud to announce that Sony Computer Entertainment and SN Systems have been selected as a finalist in the Tools Provider category of the 2008 Develop Industry Excellence Awards.

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Tuner for PlayStation®2

ps2tools&middleware

Overview

SN Systems' Tuner lets you capture and visualize program behavior so that you can eliminate conflicts and bottlenecks in your code. High performance games can now be achieved with less guesswork.

The Tuner products have a highly advanced user interface which provides a great deal of detailed information in an easy to understand and visualize format. Tuner does not require you to alter your game code in any way, and even works on optimized release code.

You can save your captured data and easily compare it with other captures. Finally, a quick and efficient way to see if your code changes have improved game execution or not!

Features and Benefits

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  • No source modification required
  • Multiple compatible debug formats (ECOFF/STABS and DWARF)
  • Real-time data capture and instrumented functions
  • Frame by frame analysis
  • Extensive data capture
  • Fill/Circular buffer support
  • Advanced user interface and visualizations graphs
  • Multiple user markers
  • Visual code performance pointers
  • Configurable data collection rates

New features in v1.4.0 released 29th September 2003:

  • Option added to group all PC sample hits by the source file that the function where the hit occurred belongs.
  • Option added to PC sample trace context menu to copy all function names to the clipboard.
  • Added option to launch an external editor from the source view (default is Visual Studio 6.0).
  • Mouse-rollover feature added to PC Sample trace - this highlights the line that the mouse is currently over.
  • Improved Frame Sync trace in Game View to show Min, Max and Average statistics.
  • Improved Frame Time trace to include graph of frame time as well as bar chart.
  • sceSifRebootIOP is now detected and handled correctly.

Screenshots

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PS2 Tuner Screenshot

System requirements

  • Windows 2000 or XP Professional
  • Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation®2 Development Tool DTL-T10000 or DTL-T15000.
  • Network card

Prices

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