ISO Loader 0.8.x Beta + preview of DreamShell v4.0 RC 5

[dimka112]

Я бы и мог чем-то помочь, но нифига не догоню, какие игры тестируются (rus или pal (eng)).
Подбирать самому, или есть какие-то критерии для теста запуска игр. Смотрю на все эти вкладки, и думаю, по ходу я чего не догоняю.

[MastaG]

(06.12.2022 15:57)SWAT писал(а):  

(06.12.2022 13:12)MastaG писал(а):  But Shenmue 1 doesn't want to boot.

Try heap mode - "Behind the loader".

I've tried but it always seems to freeze.

For the record here's my settings:



I've tried all of the "Loader memory" boxes, from 0x8c000100 to 0x8ce00000.
It always hangs on the screen where it says Executing...

I've double checked and the files are not fragmented.
I have a PAL dreamcast with the DreamShell Devkit bios, which boots directly from CF-card.
And the GD-ROM drive has no disc inserted.

Here's the GDI optimized dump I'm using: https://mega.nz/file/jksgFQAA#-jYvb5haqG...N79KI7oCjI
I've verified that it works on the Flycast emulator.

[fafadou]

Have you tried to remove irq hooking option ?
For me except the very little cdda track, they both run well.
Shenmue 1 and 2.

I did others tests :
Millenium soldier Expendables :
Seems to be good with 0.6.0 loader but i didn't have fx only musics and freeze on the end of level one with true dma for data
And tmu1 and 2 dma for music.

Tom jam & earl 3 boot with 0.6.11_se loader and not for me with 0.8.0 loader.

Sturmwind : with irq true dma, cdda tmu1 and tmu2 dma, loader behind : music but black screen after vmu check.
Without irq : no musics but fx and read error screen when i start a game. Damn
With a gdemu, this game crash more or less randomly, it's good to know, but il hope interesting for improving loader.

4 wheel thunder : game reboot with irq randomly. Else everything is good without dma for datas.

Édit :
Toy commander didn't find the good preset. But ok with 0.6.11 loader

A good game for checking the data flow quality is ooga booga.
With 0.6.11_se loader we need the echelon hack for boot.
If you are able to boot the original version... Bingo !

[SWAT]

(06.12.2022 23:52)MastaG писал(а):  

(06.12.2022 15:57)SWAT писал(а):  

(06.12.2022 13:12)MastaG писал(а):  But Shenmue 1 doesn't want to boot.

Try heap mode - "Behind the loader".

I've tried all of the "Loader memory" boxes, from 0x8c000100 to 0x8ce00000.
It always hangs on the screen where it says Executing...

Loader memory 0x8cfe8000, heap mode "Behind the loader". It's should works fine.
If you use defragmented images and the game without CDDA, so IRQ is not needed in general.

(07.12.2022 02:46)fafadou писал(а):  Tom jam & earl 3 boot with 0.6.11_se loader and not for me with 0.8.0 loader.

"se" loaders it's a lite version of loader without CDDA. Seems this game boots only from 0x8c004800 ?

[fafadou]

(07.12.2022 07:13)SWAT писал(а):  

(07.12.2022 02:46)fafadou писал(а):  Tom jam & earl 3 boot with 0.6.11_se loader and not for me with 0.8.0 loader.

"se" loaders it's a lite version of loader without CDDA. Seems this game boots only from 0x8c004800 ?

Ok I'll try with this memory preset.

I download :
Ooga booga "original"
Coaster works
Exhibition of speed
Magforce racing
NBA2K
NCAA college football

[edit] the flinstone (gdi made by megavolt85)
real fishing wild

I'll try them this evening.

[MastaG]

Perhaps the Shenmue dump I'm using is somehow not compatible then?
Could somebody give it a shot?
https://mega.nz/file/jksgFQAA#-jYvb5haqG...N79KI7oCjI
Because I've tried almost every combination of settings and it always hangs for me.

[fafadou]

(07.12.2022 16:20)MastaG писал(а):  Perhaps the Shenmue dump I'm using is somehow not compatible then?
Could somebody give it a shot?
https://mega.nz/file/jksgFQAA#-jYvb5haqG...N79KI7oCjI
Because I've tried almost every combination of settings and it always hangs for me.

I'll check it.

[gilvan999]

Thank you for your time and work S.W.A.T I will test some games too.

[fafadou]

(07.12.2022 16:57)fafadou писал(а):  

(07.12.2022 16:20)MastaG писал(а):  Perhaps the Shenmue dump I'm using is somehow not compatible then?
Could somebody give it a shot?
https://mega.nz/file/jksgFQAA#-jYvb5haqG...N79KI7oCjI
Because I've tried almost every combination of settings and it always hangs for me.

I'll check it.

Run like a charm for me, true DMA loader 0.8.0 memory preset 0x8cfe0000.
no CDDA, no IRQ, auto adress selection.


In my to do list of games I only test few due to my poor laptop who takes too many times for optimized all those games in a raw ^^


Ooga booga "original" black screen instead of pirate of game piracy protection with loader 0.6.11_se

the flinstone (gdi made by megavolt85) : better result with true dma, cdda tmu2 dma or no CDDA no IRQ. Freeze when you choose a menu. Run without cdda with loader 0.7 beta 3 if I believe the Dragon city's list.

Shadow gangs (gdi made by megavolt85) : no boot black screen with or without cdda. I guess it runs with 0.7 loader at least. Must be tried with 0.6.11 loader too.

I continue this evening.

[SWAT]

I just updated build on github.
Fixed CDDA long play and freeze at end of track. Re-download pre-release.

[MastaG]

(08.12.2022 13:29)fafadou писал(а):  Run like a charm for me, true DMA loader 0.8.0 memory preset 0x8cfe0000.
no CDDA, no IRQ, auto adress selection.

Then it seems Shenmue 1 is simply not compatible with CF-Card?
Or perhaps it's not compatible when both GD-ROM drive and CF-Card are connected?

I've tried todays release:




Freeze...

[fafadou]

This is my config yes...
You can try with DMA 16 too.
Maybe the issue comes from your CF ?
I have an ide to sata converter for using a ssd hdd and boot dreamshell with a cd.

[pcwzrd13]

(08.12.2022 16:20)SWAT писал(а):  I just updated build on github.
Fixed CDDA long play and freeze at end of track. Re-download pre-release.

It didn't seem to fix Monaco Grand Prix. Still froze at the end of the first track. Have you tested this game? If so, what settings did you use?

[MastaG]

(08.12.2022 21:17)fafadou писал(а):  This is my config yes...
You can try with DMA 16 too.
Maybe the issue comes from your CF ?
I have an ide to sata converter for using a ssd hdd and boot dreamshell with a cd.

Yes I think CF-card being too fast causing race-conditions/glitching...
Shenmue 2 also not working.

Also why does the disc spin up when executing?

[MastaG]

Small update:
When I replace ide.bin with megavolt85's 0.7.0 b2 loader, both Shenmue 1 and 2 are working fine with 0x8cfe8000 + DMA and TRUE.
I also notice that megavolt85's loader doesn't try to access the GD-ROM drive when executing the game.

So I think it has something to do with 0.8.0 beta doing something wrong with master/slave stuff, because I have both GD-ROM drive and CF reader connected.
And when there is a disc inserted (Postal for example), it will spin up the drive when executing the game, I don't think that should happen.

[pcwzrd13]

Just tested Toy Racer. It still has the issue where when a music track ends, it doesn't start again.

Edit: Also tested 4 Wheel Thunder. It has the same issue as Monaco Grand Prix where the game freezes when a track ends.

Edit 2: Tested Stunt GP. It has the same problem it had on previous loaders which is the music being distorted.

Edit 3: Tested Mortal Kombat Gold. Works perfectly! I let the music play on a practice stage for 10+ minutes and it had no distortion and the tracks looped fine. Used all default settings with IRQ.

[SWAT]

(08.12.2022 19:55)MastaG писал(а):  

(08.12.2022 13:29)fafadou писал(а):  Run like a charm for me, true DMA loader 0.8.0 memory preset 0x8cfe0000.
no CDDA, no IRQ, auto adress selection.

Then it seems Shenmue 1 is simply not compatible with CF-Card?
Or perhaps it's not compatible when both GD-ROM drive and CF-Card are connected?

Shenmue 1 and 2 works for me from CF card with connected GD-ROM
GD-ROM spinning I fix later. Already known issue and it doesn't affect games.
Maybe not enough a power? If the drive spins up, it consumes more. But this is a hardware problem, not a loader. How about other games?

(08.12.2022 23:50)pcwzrd13 писал(а):  It didn't seem to fix Monaco Grand Prix. Still froze at the end of the first track. Have you tested this game? If so, what settings did you use?

(09.12.2022 02:56)pcwzrd13 писал(а):  Just tested Toy Racer. It still has the issue where when a music track ends, it doesn't start again.

Edit: Also tested 4 Wheel Thunder. It has the same issue as Monaco Grand Prix where the game freezes when a track ends.

Edit 2: Tested Stunt GP. It has the same problem it had on previous loaders which is the music being distorted.

Edit 3: Tested Mortal Kombat Gold. Works perfectly! I let the music play on a practice stage for 10+ minutes and it had no distortion and the tracks looped fine. Used all default settings with IRQ.

No special settings for it.
I tested only one game, I will check other.

[SWAT]

I made new build, check it out on github.
Should fixed freezing for other games and do not touch GD-ROM drive.
Thanks for your help, it's speedup me! CDDA testing takes a lot of time.

[MastaG]

(09.12.2022 11:29)SWAT писал(а):  I made new build, check it out on github.
Should fixed freezing for other games and do not touch GD-ROM drive.
Thanks for your help, it's speedup me! CDDA testing takes a lot of time.

- Stunt GP seems to work fine here, I've tried the first arcade race and after the audio track ends it restarts playing without any problems. Only the FPS seems to be a little low (I haven't played this game before so I don't know the original FPS).
- No more spinning up discs when booting games
- Shenmue 1 and 2 still freezing on executing (working on 0.7.0 b2)

Does anybody have the settings for Sonic Adventure 1?
I got it working on yesterdays build, but I lost my settings because I removed the old "DS" folder.

[pcwzrd13]

Ok, so in the latest build, freezing is fixed in Monaco and 4 Wheel Thunder but the music doesn't restart after it ends.