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

[MastaG]

(09.12.2022 20:09)pcwzrd13 писал(а):  Ok, so in the latest build, freezing is fixed in Monaco and 4 Wheel Thunder but the music doesn't restart after it ends.

I will test these two games shortly.

It seems Sonic Adventure 1 requires async=16 to boot.

title = SONIC ADVENTURE
device = auto
dma = 1
async = 16
cdda = 0
irq = 0
heap = 00000000
fastboot = 0
type = 2
mode = 0
memory = 0x8cfe0000
pa1 = 00000000
pv1 = 00000000
pa2 = 00000000
pv2 = 00000000

This is the preset, however the next time I load the preset, the GUI shows async = true.
So the GUI doesn't reflect this setting when loading the preset.

[fafadou]

(09.12.2022 20:09)pcwzrd13 писал(а):  Ok, so in the latest build, freezing is fixed in Monaco and 4 Wheel Thunder but the music doesn't restart after it ends.

For me, 4 wheel thunder has no issue with music with loader 0.6.10,
but now you said that I'm not totally sure , it deserves a test.

(09.12.2022 20:20)MastaG писал(а):  It seems Sonic Adventure 1 requires async=16 to boot.

title = SONIC ADVENTURE
device = auto
dma = 1
async = 16
cdda = 0
irq = 0
heap = 00000000
fastboot = 0
type = 2
mode = 0
memory = 0x8cfe0000
pa1 = 00000000
pv1 = 00000000
pa2 = 00000000
pv2 = 00000000

This is the preset, however the next time I load the preset, the GUI shows async = true.
So the GUI doesn't reflect this setting when loading the preset.

Maybe this games doesn't reach the true DMA, here a comparaison with loader 0.6.11_se may help @SWAT.

[pcwzrd13]

(09.12.2022 21:17)fafadou писал(а):  

(09.12.2022 20:09)pcwzrd13 писал(а):  Ok, so in the latest build, freezing is fixed in Monaco and 4 Wheel Thunder but the music doesn't restart after it ends.

For me, 4 wheel thunder has no issue with music with loader 0.6.10,
but now you said that I'm not totally sure , it deserves a test.

On previous loaders it worked mostly ok but the music would start to distort sometimes (probably when the music played too long). I think the distortion issue is fixed with the new loader, so we just need the music to loop properly now.

[fafadou]

(09.12.2022 23:58)pcwzrd13 писал(а):  On previous loaders it worked mostly ok but the music would start to distort sometimes (probably when the music played too long). I think the distortion issue is fixed with the new loader, so we just need the music to loop properly now.

The improvements are true thanks to @Swat.


I'm not sure if it's my system but i can't boot the flinstone now...

Read error in sturmwind when we start a game (same as before)

Guilty gear X music crash same as before

Can't boot coaster work

Exhibition of speed freeze after press start menu that played almost well with 0.6.11

Please @pcwrd13 would you tried puyo puyo 4 (there is an english translation now if you want), i'm not pretty there are distorsion/noise ingame. For me yes a very little.

[fafadou]

Others tests :
Magforce racing : too speed or too low depend of preset DMA or PIO. Impossible to do Start but CDDA seems to run well during demo.

NBA 2k : black screen after intro (needs test with 0.6.11_se)
NCAA college football 2K2 : black screen after intro (needs test with 0.6.11_se)

Panzer Front : sound crash a very little as before version 0.8.0, ok in game so better due to CDDA end track patch.

Real Wishing wild : very little sound crash during menu, but ok ingame

Roadster : crash during intro

spec ops 2 : still impossible to shoot with CDDA enabled DMA TRUE with or not IRQ : CDDA TMU2 DMA

speed devil online freeze after intro

uefa striker : black screen even with PIO sync 8 no CDDA else just no music with loader 0.6.0

[SWAT]

(10.12.2022 02:14)fafadou писал(а):  Guilty gear X music crash same as before

Research work is needed in this case. Because there is a strong conflict with the game code. These games will be the last to be fixed.

(10.12.2022 02:14)fafadou писал(а):  Can't boot coaster work

Boots for me, but CDDA with distortion. I can't fix it right now, the game every frame stop my sound channels. Need another way, maybe patch game code or something.

0x8c000100
DMA true async
CDDA mode DMA_TMU2

(10.12.2022 02:14)fafadou писал(а):  Exhibition of speed freeze after press start menu that played almost well with 0.6.11

Runs for me with the same config as coaster work. CDDA hungs in select menu, in game sound good.

Seems something is wrong, there are random launch problems that I don't have and I can’t understand what exactly is the matter.

[fafadou]

Maybe it's my system that's not totally good...

[edit] else my rom, I try again with your preset and no vmu inserted same issue. I used a PAL rom.

[SWAT]

(10.12.2022 15:36)fafadou писал(а):  Maybe it's my system that's not totally good...

[edit] else my rom, I try again with your preset and no vmu inserted same issue. I used a PAL rom.

But MastaG can't run Shenmue, so I think it's another issue.

[MastaG]

(11.12.2022 08:36)SWAT писал(а):  

(10.12.2022 15:36)fafadou писал(а):  Maybe it's my system that's not totally good...

[edit] else my rom, I try again with your preset and no vmu inserted same issue. I used a PAL rom.

But MastaG can't run Shenmue, so I think it's another issue.

Sorry for the delays.
Perhaps somebody could share his copy of Shenmue 1 disc 1 with me, so I can give it a run.

[pcwzrd13]

Has anyone tested Quake III Arena with this loader? I can't get it to boot at all, even with CDDA disabled. It works fine on older loaders.

[fafadou]

All these strange issues, make me think @Swat is right.

Edit quake 3 Arena doesn't boot for me too.
It may be a good game to understand what's happening dear @Swat.

[MastaG]

(11.12.2022 23:36)pcwzrd13 писал(а):  Has anyone tested Quake III Arena with this loader? I can't get it to boot at all, even with CDDA disabled. It works fine on older loaders.

Same here, black screen after executing.

Re-Volt: DMA + TMU1: audio works but the cars keep waiting for the race to start.

[SWAT]

I made a lot of changes and update build.

Now it's more closely to final version, but I still not fix random boot problem.
Anyway, this loader can boot most of games in low-level mode And WinCE too.
Version 0.8.0.Beta.4 has included low-level syscalls emulation from version 0.7.x and it can be used just in one checkbox - "low-level".

And also each loader has three types of build - default, extended and full:
- If not used IRQ and CDDA, uses default loader (like SE version, but with CSO support).
- If used IRQ or CDDA then used extended loader (without CSO support, only IRQ and CDDA).
- If used "low level" feature or VMU emulation (still not working) then used a full loader. This loader support all features.

Thus, the compatibility of this version is significantly improved.
But need fix random boot problems in normal mode, because CDDA doesn't supported in low-level mode and SD loader doesn't support low-level mode in general.
I need more examples of games that do not start without "low-level" mode, I have issues with booting Crazy Taxi 2, someone else?

@MastaG as ordered
https://youtu.be/1m3DWrPcFpo

[MastaG]

(12.12.2022 14:55)SWAT писал(а):  I made a lot of changes and update build.

Now it's more closely to final version, but I still not fix random boot problem.
Anyway, this loader can boot most of games in low-level mode And WinCE too.
Version 0.8.0.Beta.4 has included low-level syscalls emulation from version 0.7.x and it can be used just in one checkbox - "low-level".

And also each loader has three types of build - default, extended and full:
- If not used IRQ and CDDA, uses default loader (like SE version, but with CSO support).
- If used IRQ or CDDA then used extended loader (without CSO support, only IRQ and CDDA).
- If used "low level" feature or VMU emulation (still not working) then used a full loader. This loader support all features.

Thus, the compatibility of this version is significantly improved.
But need fix random boot problems in normal mode, because CDDA doesn't supported in low-level mode and SD loader doesn't support low-level mode in general.
I need more examples of games that do not start without "low-level" mode, I have issues with booting Crazy Taxi 2, someone else?

@MastaG as ordered
https://youtu.be/1m3DWrPcFpo

Thanks for your hard work and dedication!
Re-Volt works! I forgot what a good quality game this has been.
Perhaps it also worked on the last release, because I forgot to enable IRQ when I tested using the previous build.

This release doesn't automatically load the preset when the GDI filename is not "disc.gdi".
For example:
"Sonic Adventure/disc.gdi" will automatically load the preset when I press A on the folder-name.
"Sonic Adventure/Sonic Adventure.gdi" will now open the folder first (showing all files) and I have to press A on "Sonic Adventure.gdi" to load it.
Not a problem, I'll batch rename all GDI files to "disc.gdi"

Unfortunately my copy of Shenmue 1 and 2 still hang on the "Executing..." screen.
If somebody could share his copy (just a single disc) then I'm happy to try it.

EDIT:
Crazy Taxi 1 always hangs on "Executing..." same as Shemmue.
Tested with Low-Level enabled at 0x8cfe0000 and 0x8cfe8000.

[SWAT]

(12.12.2022 15:38)MastaG писал(а):  This release doesn't automatically load the preset when the GDI filename is not "disc.gdi".
For example:
"Sonic Adventure/disc.gdi" will automatically load the preset when I press A on the folder-name.
"Sonic Adventure/Sonic Adventure.gdi" will now open the folder first (showing all files) and I have to press A on "Sonic Adventure.gdi" to load it.
Not a problem, I'll batch rename all GDI files to "disc.gdi"

Yeah, I remove directory scanning for improving browsing speed, I think it's used only for non-optimized images ahaha. I can return this feature.
It's check disc.gdi, disk.gdi and disc_optimized.gdi
BTW I should fix your problem in presets.

(12.12.2022 15:38)MastaG писал(а):  Crazy Taxi 1 always hangs on "Executing..." same as Shemmue.
Tested with Low-Level enabled at 0x8cfe0000 and 0x8cfe8000.

Low-level mode is address independent and put loader always to 0x8ce00000, because it just a temp layer in this mode.

[pcwzrd13]

Awesome work @SWAT! I'll do some testing later.

About "VMU Emulation", is that actually a way to use HDD/CF/SD as a VMU? If so, that's awesome!

Edit:

Did some testing:

- Speed Devils Online now works perfectly! Same settings as Re-Volt (IRQ and "DMA & TMU1").
- MagForce Racing works and plays music but the music will get distorted after a short time and the right channel audio will eventually cut out altogether. Tested with IRQ & "DMA & TMU2". I tried other settings as well but nothing helped.
- Monaco Grand Prix has the same issue as before. Music plays fine but the doesn't restart when a track ends. Although I noticed the music will restart if the announcer says something.
- KAO the Kangaroo has the same issue as Monaco. Music plays fine but doesn't restart after track ends. Tested with IRQ, "DMA & TMU2", and Loader Mem 0x8cfe8000.
- I wasn't able to get any Windows CE games to boot. Just a black screen for all of them.
- "Low-level" doesn't work with any of the games I tested. It just sticks at "Loading syscalls...".

[fafadou]

Oh fabulous @Swat !

I'll test all games I can this evening. And crazy taxi in particular, let's go.

Some things are strange with wince games, often, I have to boot them from isoloader because retrodream doesn't boot them like resident evil 2 special edition for example :
https://www.dreamcast-talk.com/forum/vie...ent+evil+2


Could you explain please what low level is ?

Not a big deal to call each .gdi, "disc", "disk" or "disc_optimized" if the compability is increased. Only disc.gdi will be ok for sure if it needs
Same thing for defragmented data only

[pcwzrd13]

Just tested some Unreal Tournament. The music plays perfectly but I noticed there's some texture glitching in the game when you have CDDA enabled. It's not a huge issue but thought I should point it out.

[fafadou]

Here m'y feedback :

Oog booga : doesn't boot even with echelon hack version

Sturmwind : Comes back as before read error screen when the game boots.

I'm sorry, in my system crazy taxi 1&2 aren't optimized. They didn't boot

Puyo puyo 4 music crash a little and musics don't loop

Tom jam & earl 3 : black screen for me. Maybe the same issue with 0.7.x loader i.e. works only with ide. Issue that we don't have with 0.6.11_se loader.

Skies of Arcadia : strangely a black screen for me, i wished to check if the intro Can play to the end like 0.6.11_se loader...

Now the good news !

Revolt runs as your video cdda ans race starting !! Maybe a little distorsion but not sure

Spec ops 2 : with the same config than revolt now WE are able to shoot !! Well done

In low level i could boot : resident evil 2 the version i shared with you, half life but those isos are for me, made by @megavolt si it's probably why. I could boot also Worms World party but non music... And this game run well with 0.6.0 loader.
Same thing with virtua cop 2 but this one doesn't run with 0.6.0.
Black screen for those two last games with irq.
It looks cdda is disabled everytime.

The flinstone has freezed after menu but a very little later than before with revolt config.

[SWAT]

(12.12.2022 17:13)pcwzrd13 писал(а):  About "VMU Emulation", is that actually a way to use HDD/CF/SD as a VMU? If so, that's awesome!

Yes. It's almost done, but there is one problem that interferes with all work.

(12.12.2022 20:38)fafadou писал(а):  Not a big deal to call each .gdi, "disc", "disk" or "disc_optimized" if the compability is increased. Only disc.gdi will be ok for sure if it needs

It's not affected compatibility, just browsing speed in file manager. Return this feature? Someone else used different names of .gdi?

(13.12.2022 02:59)fafadou писал(а):  In low level i could boot : resident evil 2 the version i shared with you, half life but those isos are for me, made by @megavolt si it's probably why. I could boot also Worms World party but non music... And this game run well with 0.6.0 loader.
Same thing with virtua cop 2 but this one doesn't run with 0.6.0.
Black screen for those two last games with irq.
It looks cdda is disabled everytime.

low-level is a part of code from 0.7.x beta loader that used as "mode" in 0.8.x.
And you should know that low-level isn't supporting:

- No CDDA
- No IRQ
- No VMU
- No CSO
- No fragmented files
- Only IDE loader