(24.08.2023 01:35)megavolt85 писал(а):  the read speed of the disk at the end is higher, so all unused space at the beginning of the disk was filled with an dummy file.
when using HDD or ODE, an dummy file takes up space without any benefit.

(29.08.2023 11:52)SWAT писал(а):  @CrisMod

1. This is normal, DMA is disabled for the core in RC5 to improve stability and you see PIO speed, but is enough for the Core to work. It's does not affect the games in any way, ISO Loader firmware uses a different driver that squeezes out the maximum speed of IDE interface. So don't worry about it. Perhaps someday DMA will return to the core, but so far this is not stable.
2. Yes it's known issue, there are problems with some WinCE games.

(29.08.2023 12:21)CrisMod писал(а):  Moving forward, I was wondering if you had any thoughts on ways to enhance the user experience of Dreamshell’s graphical interface? Perhaps we could brainstorm some ideas with community and discuss them in a separate topic. What do you think?

(30.08.2023 09:10)SWAT писал(а):  

(29.08.2023 12:21)CrisMod писал(а):  Moving forward, I was wondering if you had any thoughts on ways to enhance the user experience of Dreamshell’s graphical interface? Perhaps we could brainstorm some ideas with community and discuss them in a separate topic. What do you think?

Of course you can do it, but UI is in the last place in my priorities, since there is a lot of work in the system code.
I know there are a lot of issues, but UI takes a lot of time, which I would rather spend on improving the system part and adding new features.
DreamShell has a large code base, it is difficult to keep up with everything, especially on enthusiasm alone.

(31.08.2023 07:02)SWAT писал(а):  Most work with UI is done in XML, anyone can do it without having to write and compile code. You can quickly check changes in the emulator.
But of course everything is within the current capabilities of the GUI API. And if need additional logic, you will have to work with the code.

(31.08.2023 08:01)CrisMod писал(а):  

(31.08.2023 07:02)SWAT писал(а):  Most work with UI is done in XML, anyone can do it without having to write and compile code. You can quickly check changes in the emulator.
But of course everything is within the current capabilities of the GUI API. And if need additional logic, you will have to work with the code.

@SWAT, so I can play with it and coding, by run it with PC emulator like "nullDreamcast"? So i need to run "DS_CORE.BIN", I need some special settings to the emulator?
Please guide us how to do, because a little coding i made, i can mess around, i have the dreamcast devlopment kit installed in my PC, but to speed up the test with Dreamshell UI mod please tell more how can i use the Emulator in my PC to do it.

(04.09.2023 19:58)MastaG писал(а):  A few questions from my side.
I reformatted my CF-card and downloaded the latest RC5 T26 build.
Then I copied all of the DreamShell/GDEmu games from dreamcat-talk retail collection onto my CF-card and made sure it's defragmented.

1. When you configure a game, you can choose to save the preset, which creates some settings file on the CF-card.
Can these be shared around?
If yes, is there anybody who has most of the games pre-configured to be ready to play and willing to share all of the presets?
Because now if a game doesn't boot or freezes somewhere in the menu, I'll have to look it up in various pages and excel sheets and tweak the settings myself (and I'm lazy...)

2. Is the Worms Pinball prototype compatible with RC5 ?

(08.09.2023 14:44)CrisMod писал(а):  

(04.09.2023 19:58)MastaG писал(а):  A few questions from my side.
I reformatted my CF-card and downloaded the latest RC5 T26 build.
Then I copied all of the DreamShell/GDEmu games from dreamcat-talk retail collection onto my CF-card and made sure it's defragmented.

1. When you configure a game, you can choose to save the preset, which creates some settings file on the CF-card.
Can these be shared around?
If yes, is there anybody who has most of the games pre-configured to be ready to play and willing to share all of the presets?
Because now if a game doesn't boot or freezes somewhere in the menu, I'll have to look it up in various pages and excel sheets and tweak the settings myself (and I'm lazy...)

2. Is the Worms Pinball prototype compatible with RC5 ?

Hi friend, yes in IsoLoader if you save your settings before start the game , on next boot you will have the new preset for that game saved, please check the "wrench icon" settings on the top right when you selected a game.

For compatibility list and settings to start it's here `http://dreamshell.infos.st/`. Remember those settings for each game are the base to start, you could have to face some variation of these "basic settings". These variations are from the type of mods that you use on your Dreamcast, adapter IDE to CF or SATA and wires used to do the mod, could influence that (from my experience). So if doesn't start the game with that seettings you need to try something close or defaults with new IsoLoader 8.x.

(08.09.2023 20:26)MastaG писал(а):  Thank you.
Yes I know the settings listed at dreamshell.infos.st.
But these were made for RetroDream which I believe wraps around multiple loader versions, ranging from 0.6 to Megavolts 0.7 version.
I've downloaded the large retail set for GDEmu/DreamShell from dreamcast-talk and many games aren't booting from scratch.
So if anyone has a set of ini files for most of these games (for RC5) please share them with us

(08.09.2023 21:35)dimka112 писал(а):  

(08.09.2023 20:26)MastaG писал(а):  Thank you.
Yes I know the settings listed at dreamshell.infos.st.
But these were made for RetroDream which I believe wraps around multiple loader versions, ranging from 0.6 to Megavolts 0.7 version.
I've downloaded the large retail set for GDEmu/DreamShell from dreamcast-talk and many games aren't booting from scratch.
So if anyone has a set of ini files for most of these games (for RC5) please share them with us

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-I8SkhBr5cNHcXZYPw9zsjQr0vKxePjvLsfvtgqzYf4/edit#gid=579526532

(08.09.2023 20:26)MastaG писал(а):  

(08.09.2023 14:44)CrisMod писал(а):  

(04.09.2023 19:58)MastaG писал(а):  A few questions from my side.
I reformatted my CF-card and downloaded the latest RC5 T26 build.
Then I copied all of the DreamShell/GDEmu games from dreamcat-talk retail collection onto my CF-card and made sure it's defragmented.

1. When you configure a game, you can choose to save the preset, which creates some settings file on the CF-card.
Can these be shared around?
If yes, is there anybody who has most of the games pre-configured to be ready to play and willing to share all of the presets?
Because now if a game doesn't boot or freezes somewhere in the menu, I'll have to look it up in various pages and excel sheets and tweak the settings myself (and I'm lazy...)

2. Is the Worms Pinball prototype compatible with RC5 ?

Hi friend, yes in IsoLoader if you save your settings before start the game , on next boot you will have the new preset for that game saved, please check the "wrench icon" settings on the top right when you selected a game.

For compatibility list and settings to start it's here `http://dreamshell.infos.st/`. Remember those settings for each game are the base to start, you could have to face some variation of these "basic settings". These variations are from the type of mods that you use on your Dreamcast, adapter IDE to CF or SATA and wires used to do the mod, could influence that (from my experience). So if doesn't start the game with that seettings you need to try something close or defaults with new IsoLoader 8.x.

Thank you.
Yes I know the settings listed at dreamshell.infos.st.
But these were made for RetroDream which I believe wraps around multiple loader versions, ranging from 0.6 to Megavolts 0.7 version.
I've downloaded the large retail set for GDEmu/DreamShell from dreamcast-talk and many games aren't booting from scratch.
So if anyone has a set of ini files for most of these games (for RC5) please share them with us

(14.09.2023 14:42)SWAT писал(а):  It would be awesome if you could run a debug version of the loader firmware with a logging via Serial port. The only thing you need to know is that working with the address space for the loader will differ in some cases, since debug loader is larger in size. And also it's much slower due to logging.