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

[CrisMod]

(17.09.2023 19:53)fafadou писал(а):  

(16.09.2023 16:10)megavolt85 писал(а):  

(08.04.2023 02:36)fafadou писал(а):  @megavolt85 : please, I have a favor :

Here the gdi I build for xenocider, here the main file is called loader.bin instead of 1ST_READ.BIN, I descramble it and binhack it with IP.BIN at 45000lba. And finally named the cdda files as you advise :
https://mega.nz/file/Rv5xhQra#d1HIV_njMj...aOxGQMwq1k

But the game still not boot with dreamshell, would you please have a look on it ?
I share the non optimized version gdi in order to get the data files more easily.

test it
https://mega.nz/file/x0pgla4L#JSxqdCGfsJ...TqP2FOzGps

Thank you very much !!
Do you know what I didn't ? I really wish to improve my knowledge in order to don't bother you each time.
The last homebrew game with scramble data is "ghost blade", if you have time and energy for this last one, one day.



I'll try xenociders since I can, I finally received my CF and I confirm the sd to CF aren't working with dreamshell RC5 that it would with RC4.
Else I only try sega rally jap and pal, and still the same with hdd ssd, the pal game doesn't boot, and the jap have a strange loading screen and crash at the end of the first race.
I'll continue to look at some curiosity between CF and ssd.

(16.09.2023 19:56)Freudi93 писал(а):  Is there still some better compatibility If i usw these startech IDE to SATA Adapter instead of the cheap from AliExpress?

Which item ? Do you have a link ?

@crismod : you mean this one ?
https://www.inmac-wstore.com/startech-co...nt=1262880

What difference did you notice than those dragoncity is selling please ?

(17.09.2023 06:35)CrisMod писал(а):  By the way, YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS, the SD Adapter Mod Serial-UART TTL and Raspberry it works greeeeaaaaaaatttttttt.

I'm super happy, I'm testing the baud rate ( Bps/Par/Bits ) with different options, to understand wich settings are the best to display well the Debug words on the program.

It's very impressive, many congrats, you mean you are able to read data from dreamcast during a game is running ?
why this method can't extract datas from originals bleem=! three softwares ?

Yes I mean exactly this one `https://www.startech.com/en-us/hdd/ide2sat2` the product it's called `ide2sat2` and it's a beast!!!

I was in the beginning of my jurnery of my Dreamcast Mod, and before start I read tons of people experiences and so on, after I noticed some discordance on which adapter to use and the most important was that the adapter should have the jumper to put in in Slave mode. So, bullshit , i mean it's true the basic information but it's wrong to be simple in implementation, because when I found that the Dreamcast Mods are so sensitive even with the lenght and type of the wire change you the resaults; I decided that if I had to do it - and since everything is so delicate-, I would do it with the best materials around...and trust me , will save you a lot scratch head of what already gives you all the settings Mod around.

So when I start to compare the dragoncity IDE to SATA with the Startech I was shocked because with the one from Dragoncity some game I can play, some game with certain of settings can year the audio and NOT see the video or reverse can see the Video and the audio was Shuttering (one that I remember was Resident Evil 3) or needs some specific and unique settings to run the game, or some of them (what I have been testing) doesn't boot at all and so on.
The Dragoncity adapter it use JMicron - JM20330 chipset.

When I changed the adapter to the one from Startech with Marvell chip, I saw something unespected at that time, i saw that the boot was more smooth and the general performs was increase, the games performs better and I can run in different settings, so I saw a completely better compatibility with the games. And, the games that I cannot run with DragonCity adapter was running with Startech.
So if you ask me today, I tell you 1000000% the one from Startech!!!

Don't save your money on something so crucial for the Mod, because will pass all the datas from this adapter to translate the two different tecnology IDE/SATA.
Below I attached the pics of the box of my Startech and on the top it's the one from DragonCity that idon't use it (by the way it could be Dragoncity or Aliexpress or what so ever, here I only comment on the product).

Yes i can extract datas from the Dreamcast as should be, now I still under testing because I need to re-build the DS_CORE for debugging as I have a package enviroment broken. When I will finish to play around maybe I will do one post to explain to the people who want's thest and try it. About bleem! I cannot answer you now because i still under testing...