ISO Loader 0.6.x Beta

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(18.11.2020 02:29)pcwzrd13 писал(а):  Just tested 0.6.11 with Soldier of Fortune. Didn't see any difference in load times with that game. They were identical to the previous 0.6 loaders and 0.7. Not sure if IRQ support only helps the load times with certain games.

Soldier of Fortune loading in PIO mode much of data. This is the game specific behavior. Of course PIO can't be faster than already have.

(17.11.2020 18:06)fafadou писал(а):  What's IRQ ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrupt_...hitecture)
I use it for improving fragmented data transfer thought DMA. Also for handling CDDA emulation in WinCE and Homebrew.

(18.11.2020 03:06)Zychion писал(а):  I noticed that 0.6.11 has CDDA working when DMA works. If DMA isn't enabled then no CDDA. Give that a try.

Look like a bug, thanks for report.

(18.11.2020 03:47)pcwzrd13 писал(а):  Zychion is correct. CDDA only seems to work with DMA enabled. Tested with Unreal Tournament.

Also, World Series Baseball 2K2 "almost" works with 0.6.11. It goes into a game but freezes with True DMA enabled. That's as far as I've ever gotten with a 0.6 loader though.

If true async DMA doesn't works, try emu async with DMA.
Almost everyone should work with DMA, only some still need PIO. But not all work well with true async yet.
Emu async with DMA faster than in previous loaders too.
BTW. Unreal Tournament uses sector-by-sector readings, it can't be faster with any optimizations

(18.11.2020 04:05)pcwzrd13 писал(а):  

(18.11.2020 03:58)Zychion писал(а):  @pcwzrd13 Did you notice that the music played in Unreal Tournament fine but you lost all the sound effects?

Yeah, DragonCity mentioned that in an earlier post. I'm guessing the CDDA is using the same memory address as the sound effects and conflicting.

I think software that handle sound effects do hang if I try to use AICA channels. Seems the game handle errors badly
The complete absence of sound effects, I observed only in this game so far.