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(01.12.2022 20:36)pcwzrd13 писал(а):  Tested Monaco Grand Prix On-Line (should be the same as the regular Monaco Grand Prix). Good news is that the music works now. Bad news is that the game freezes when a song ends. I used Boot address 0x8cfe8000, auto Heap, CDDA w/ DMA and TMU2, and IRQ enabled. I tried other settings but no better results. Other CDDA options made the game stutter.

Good point. I think I've already seen this in another game, at ending the music the game freezes. Is this problem ever-present?

(01.12.2022 22:15)dragoncity писал(а):  @SWAT
For Sydney 2000 you choose an manual memory in "HEAP".
I tested in Auto and same memory of you, same result it work.

Just because improved auto select since this video.

(01.12.2022 22:15)dragoncity писал(а):  If you can explain IRQ, SQ, HEAP etc... for know how use with game, thanks

I tried to explain a little in the first post. But apparently this is not enough.

• SQ - uses Store Queues from SH4 instead of AICA DMA for transferring PCM samples from main RAM to SPU RAM. If game sound crashes after enabling CDDA, it may help. Sydney 2000 and Unreal Tournament as example.
• TMU - is cpu timer. Some games used TMU2 like Quake 3 Arena, so you need select another timer TMU1.
• IRQ - is ability for hardware interrupt handling. This opens up more opportunities for developing new features and improvements. And they already are.
• Heap - is all dynamic memory that used loader firmware. The loader code uses up to 30KB in normal build + 1KB params + N KB for heap. If you don't use CDDA or CSO, the heap is a little, 1-2KB. If you use CDDA without IRQ, the heap grown by 32KB or 16KB if IRQ enabled. If you use CSO the heap is grown by 16KB more.