DreamShell v4.0.1 Release

[SWAT]

(14.01.2025 12:44)Elgor4uk писал(а):  Здравствуйте, после прошивки микросхемы с v2.6 на v2.7 VA1 pal появилась одна особенность. Происходит мгновенный пропуск экрана с проверкой HDD, а именно:
1. После стартовой анимации со спиралью, экран два раза моргает и сразу грузит Dreamshell. То есть, мгновенно пропускается первый чёрный экран с версией Bootloader 2.7 и второй чёрный экран с информацией по HDD.
2. Если, намеренно сделать в HDD моде какую нибудь неисправность (отпаял 3 пин на примере), то экран с информацией не пропускается мгновенно и показывается сообщение с номером ошибки.
3. На других версиях консоли VA0 Japan и Bootload 2.7 такая особенность с быстрым пропуском инфоокон отсутствует.
4. Возможно ли что это особенность с мгновенным пропуском двух экранов на самом деле аппаратная неисправность? Т. К эта приставка пережила очень много записей микросхемы и ещё больше механических сборок-разборок

Нет я думаю это просто быстрее работает новый bootloader в этом случае, поэтому эти экраны очень быстро проскакивают. Это не баг, а фича

[fafadou]

I'm just seeing there are now 5 ! different loaders for one drive !
I'm sorry if you already explain but could you describe them again please or give a link :

ide.bin
ide_cdda.bin
ide_feat.bin
ide_full.bin
ide_vmu.bin

What a huge work

I love the menu for choosing his loader !
Not trying yet the new game menu, due to too long for loading 0pvr covers.

Just trying sega rally 2 and virtua cop 2, sega rally doesn't boot and virtua cop 2 reboot the console vmu screen.
Not sure to have the good preset.

I tried also doom64 and gta 3 and... god so marvelous with dreamshell


@aldair

I refound this for the neo geo rpg :
https://mega.nz/file/5mx1GaAL#ke3MX-r2b1...HdUz4CPg6U

[rpf16rj]

I downloaded the last version and tried Sega Rally 2 and worked only new Mega Menu but with issues.

On the Mega Menu, Sega Rally 2 boots and is playable if you disable CDDA. With CDDA on, it freezes during the race.

With the same settings on Iso Loader, don't boot, black screen.

Does the Mega Menu have better compatibility?

[SWAT]

(15.01.2025 02:57)fafadou писал(а):  I'm just seeing there are now 5 ! different loaders for one drive !
I'm sorry if you already explain but could you describe them again please or give a link :

ide.bin
ide_cdda.bin
ide_feat.bin
ide_full.bin
ide_vmu.bin

What a huge work

This division has existed since release 4.0.0
They are divided according to the features they contain.

• ide.bin - Basic loader without CDDA, IRQ and other features.
• ide_cdda.bin - Loader with CDDA and IRQ support.
• ide_vmu.bin - Loader with VMU emulation and IRQ support.
• ide_feat.bin - Loader with VMU emulation, CDDA and IRQ support.
• ide_full.bin - Loader with all features, including screenshot.
  

[SWAT]

(15.01.2025 12:56)rpf16rj писал(а):  Does the Mega Menu have better compatibility?

No, the loader is the same. Only the auto settings may differ.

[rpf16rj]

(15.01.2025 13:50)SWAT писал(а):  

(15.01.2025 12:56)rpf16rj писал(а):  Does the Mega Menu have better compatibility?

No, the loader is the same. Only the auto settings may differ.

So, why on Mega Loader get boot Sega Rally 2 and Iso Loader no?

[SWAT]

What is Mega Loader? )
I don't know what happened.

[rpf16rj]

(15.01.2025 17:06)SWAT писал(а):  What is Mega Loader? )
I don't know what happened.

Sorry, I did want to say "Games Menu".

[fafadou]

Thanks for explain @SWAT

I saw you have done some great about aica for KOS, it means we can expect an update for dreamshell ?

[KallistiOS:master] 9 new commits
721a210 Speedup and fix AICA cmd iface - DC-SWAT
ba9abe5 Protect the SQs on G2 bus. - DC-SWAT
01ece40 Added spinlock for start/stop the queue. - DC-SWAT
ae90839 Fixed aligning for AICA cmd channel buffer. - DC-SWAT
ccec1cc Added snd_get_pos() and snd_is_playing(). - DC-SWAT

Anyway I have a lot of things to try with the actual version

Édit : more tests
In general, i must shift to higher memory preset, i understand why you came back to older gcc.
Don't know if it's possible to reduce the loaders sizes...
Music still crash more or less in cdda tmu1
Looks like the loader is now able to fix the sound crash better, maybe at the end of the loop.

Sega xtrem sport : no boot
SturmwInd : run well !!! Sound crash a little, yeah !
Skies of Arcadia : run until the end of intro.
Tom jamais & earl : don't boot now
Sega rally 2 : don't boot
Shenmue 2 with cdda, don't boot.
The flinstones : run well, shadow ancer

[SWAT]

(15.01.2025 20:50)fafadou писал(а):  Thanks for explain @SWAT

I saw you have done some great about aica for KOS, it means we can expect an update for dreamshell ?

[KallistiOS:master] 9 new commits
721a210 Speedup and fix AICA cmd iface - DC-SWAT
ba9abe5 Protect the SQs on G2 bus. - DC-SWAT
01ece40 Added spinlock for start/stop the queue. - DC-SWAT
ae90839 Fixed aligning for AICA cmd channel buffer. - DC-SWAT
ccec1cc Added snd_get_pos() and snd_is_playing(). - DC-SWAT

Anyway I have a lot of things to try with the actual version

Yeah in next versions I'll update KOS for DS.

(15.01.2025 20:50)fafadou писал(а):  Sega xtrem sport : no boot

This game always boots fine for me with default settings.

[chth96]

I just have noticed that It is impossible to run "Sekai Fushigi Hakken! Troy" in the latest version of Dreamshell 4.0.1(IP.bin,0x8ce00000,FW:ISO Loader 0.7.x Beta3,OS:WINCE,Heap:behind the loader)

But it have been possible to run it in the latest version of Dreamshell 4.0.0(Boot mode:IP.bin,0x8ce00000,Loader device:10(ISO Loader 0.7.x Beta3),OS:WINCE,Heap:behind the loader or

Boot mode:IP.bin,0x8c004000,Loader device:auto,OS:WINCE,Heap:behind the loader)

[fafadou]

(Вчера 08:20)chth96 писал(а):  I just have noticed that It is impossible to run "Sekai Fushigi Hakken! Troy" in the latest version of Dreamshell 4.0.1

But it have been possible to run it in the latest version of Dreamshell 4.0.0

I have the same issue with a lot of games, probably due to the size of the loader.
@Swat changed the compiler already.

(Вчера 08:10)SWAT писал(а):  Yeah in next versions I'll update KOS for DS.

We love this !
Do you think it's possible to reduce the size of the loader and keeping its huge improvement ?

[SWAT]

(Вчера 13:30)fafadou писал(а):  

(Вчера 08:20)chth96 писал(а):  I just have noticed that It is impossible to run "Sekai Fushigi Hakken! Troy" in the latest version of Dreamshell 4.0.1

But it have been possible to run it in the latest version of Dreamshell 4.0.0

I have the same issue with a lot of games, probably due to the size of the loader.

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It's not clear yet what the matter is, I haven't looked into it.

(Вчера 13:30)fafadou писал(а):  We love this !
Do you think it's possible to reduce the size of the loader and keeping its huge improvement ?

ISO Loader firmware doesn't uses KOS at all.