ISO Loader 0.6.x Beta

[pcwzrd13]

Just tried out the new GCC 7.1 build of the loader and the results are quite good. It seems to have really improved CDDA compatibility.

These games now work with CDDA:

ChuChu Rocket! (froze on 0.6)
Deep Fighter (would not boot on 0.6)
F1 World Grand Prix (froze on 0.6) - There's a glitch where the car engine sound still plays after exiting race.
Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Vol. 2 (would not boot on 0.6)
Mortal Kombat Gold (froze on 0.6)
Soul Fighter (froze on 0.6) - There's a bug where the music track restarts randomly.
Tokyo Xtreme Racer (froze on 0.6)
Vigilante 8 (froze on 0.6 after matches and in the options menu)

These games now boot with CDDA but have issues:

Guilty Gear X freezes when match starts with CDDA.
Razor Freestyle Scooter freezes when you start a game.
TrickStyle boots with CDDA but the music doesn't play.

[fafadou]

Great !

Same thing than you with deep fighter with gcc 7.1 -> ok
Guilty gear reboot when the fight start


I have tried some other things with no cdda as Swat ask us to do with gcc 7.1 :
under defeat -> opt format still at screen now loading with DMA or PIO, I'll try it in gdi standard format
metropolis street racer -> black screen after intro in gdi DMA and PIO, I'll try it in opt format

@swat " You can convert PCM tracks to ADPCM for SD, it's should works much faster"
thanks for the tips :-)


Some games with cdda not try yet :
dave mirra freestyle bmx
deadly skies
DUX and REDUX (hombrew)
Exhibition of speed
flag to flag
Giga wing
hydro thunder
kao the kangaroo
looney toons space race
magforce racing
mdk 2
pen pen tricelon
plasma sword
pod 2
puyo fever
Quake 3 arena
revolt
roadster
san fransisco rush
sega gt
sega smash pack
spec ops 2
speed devil
sturmwind
suzuki alstar extreme racing
toy commander
toy racer
Unreal tournament
V rally 2
wetrix +
zia (homebrew)
zusar wasar



Game doesn't boot with isoloader 0.6.0 to try with 0.6.1 :
floigan brother
fur fighters
godzilla generation
hellgate
karous
king of fighter
msr
nba 2K 0, 1, 2
nhl 2k , 2
Ooga booga
stupid invaders
under defeat


a lot of games maybe pass to the compatible dreamshell side ;-)

Please someone has a mod to build .iso with cdda ?

@pcwzrd13 have you try trickstyle with sd card mod 0.6.0 and beta ?

[fafadou]

I did some others tests with 0.6.1 :

toy commander : same thing with 0.6 and 0.6.1

shenmue : doesn't work
msr : same thing (black screen after intro...)
under defeat : same thing freeze at now loading

soulcalibur : jump to start screen when the music start during intro... The intro start very green until the jump...

kao the kangaroo : freeze at the very beginning of the start screen

no good suprise today...

[fafadou]

I made yesterday I forgot my sega gt test and no reboot :-)

Still continue

[dragoncity]

(02.12.2018 18:38)SWAT Wrote:  Last *stable* ISO Loader firmware from RC4 for IDE without DMA for CDDA.
Builded on different GCC versions. Also interesting is the difference in compatibility, regardless of the CDDA.
RC4 release builded on gcc 5.2, now you can check 7.1.

Thanks SWAT !

Can you add in "Preset" for save "Loader device" please?

It's VERY important because now you have many loader.

Thanks in advance !

[SWAT]

For MSR need new loader, old can't boot it in general.
And ok, will add loader device for preset.

[dragoncity]

And ok, will add loader device for preset
> Hooo great SWAT thank you !!

I test for the moment :

4 Wheel Thunder :
> 0.6.1 gcc-5.2 : freeze loading
> 0.6.1 gcc-7.1 : freeze loading

[fafadou]

Great swat ! Thanks

ok for msr and under defeat, I suppose it's the same problem

@dragoncity : 4 wheel thunder you have same thing than me for the moment the better loader for this game is sd.bin beta version for cdda and intro lag a little less than sd from 0.6.0 sd.bin

[dragoncity]

Monaco Grand Prix Racing Simulation 2
> 0.6.1 gcc-5.2 : CDDA > Black Screen
> 0.6.1 gcc-7.1 : CDDA > Black Screen

---

MDK2
> 0.6.1 gcc-7.1 : CDDA > Sound crash a little

---

Bust-A-Move 4
> 0.6.1 gcc-7.1 : Perfect !

[dragoncity]

Coaster Works
> 0.6.1 gcc-5.2 : CDDA > Black Screen
> 0.6.1 gcc-7.1 : CDDA > Black Screen

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Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX
> 0.6.1 gcc-7.1 : CDDA > Black Screen

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Exhibition of Speed
> 0.6.1 gcc-5.2 : Freeze in the menu with CDDA
> 0.6.1 gcc-7.1 : Freeze in the menu with CDDA

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F1 Racing Championship
> 0.6.1 gcc-7.1 : Perfect ! But normal the music is during the race..very loud ! o_O

[dragoncity]

F1 World Grand Prix
> 0.6.1 gcc-7.1 : CDDA > Black Screen

---

Flag to Flag
> 0.6.1 gcc-7.1 : CDDA > Black Screen

[fafadou]

Dragoncity on fire ! Great :-)

[dragoncity]

pcwzrd13 too is on fire

For F1 World Grand Prix
> 0.6.1 gcc-7.1 : CDDA > Black Screen

and for him works...maybe he use an US version,strange !

[fafadou]

Maybe he's talking about F1 racing championship and not F1 world grand prix but he's not familiar with this kind of mistake...

[pcwzrd13]

(11.12.2018 19:58)fafadou Wrote:  Maybe he's talking about F1 racing championship and not F1 world grand prix but he's not familiar with this kind of mistake...

Nope. It's F1 World Grand Prix. I don't have F1 Racing Championship. dragoncity seems to get different results in some games for some reason. Alone in the Dark for example (all regions and image formats). The game boots for me but it won't start. Just black screens after starting a new game. Seems to work for him though.

[dragoncity]

(12.12.2018 01:07)pcwzrd13 Wrote:  

(11.12.2018 19:58)fafadou Wrote:  Maybe he's talking about F1 racing championship and not F1 world grand prix but he's not familiar with this kind of mistake...

Nope. It's F1 World Grand Prix. I don't have F1 Racing Championship. dragoncity seems to get different results in some games for some reason. Alone in the Dark for example (all regions and image formats). The game boots for me but it won't start. Just black screens after starting a new game. Seems to work for him though.

I think I know why.

You use an NTSC US console no? Because sometimes I don't know why,the configuration is not the same. And NTSC JP is worse !!

I use a PAL console.

Thank you for your come back I tested also but don't find more games compatible for the moment.

[fafadou]

If I tell right the unreleased game agartha in iso with cdda run well with gcc 7.1 isoloader 0.6.1
https://cl.ly/171h1E0Q2P36

But dragoncity is right, there is no cdda in this .iso, it's possible to build a .iso with cdda (without burning a cd for having the lba) ?
Do you have a mod ?

I can see in the list of dragoncity the bust a move 4 now ok, it's a win ce game so it's running only in dma, someting has changed in dma for cdda ?
What was the crash for this game before please ?

[fafadou]

Some others test yesterday with 0.6.1 gcc7.1 sd.bin beta version :

sturmwind.cdi -> error read please wash your disc same error as before run only with RC3
agartha.cdi with cdda -> doesn't boot probably the format is no good with dreamshell
myst -> scumm run with sd.bin beta version don't try with ide.bin


with 0.6.1 gcc7.1 only :
evil twin megavolt and PVS patch in gdi -> boot well each time well done guys :-)
snow surfer : no cdda problem for me run well (cdda crash a little with 0.6)
prince of persia : run well but not sure it's a cdda game... I have no music and I try a .cdi maybe there is no cdda in this copy -> https://assemblergames.com/threads/weird...hts.68238/
sega gt : run well (randam freeze with 0.6)
sega gt homolgation special : run well with cdda
unreal tournament : freeze after developpers video like with 0.6 version (try only in gdi not in opt)
Ooga booga -> doesn't boot like the 0.6 version but I have a pal console and it's a us game maybe same difference like F1 World Grand Prix
V-rally 2 expert edition -> run well (sound crash with 0.6)

So today 4 games with cdda in more run well now :-D


I wish to try next -> unreal tournament in opt format, revolt, bangaio, Quake 3 arena, alone in the dark (in order to compare with pcwzrd13)
It looks this amazing gcc7.1 is very close to the perfection for cdda !

[SWAT]

For Ooga Booga need new loader.
So, looks like DMA for CDDA it's not a BIG problem, but just in case need add the switcher in to app.
And gcc6 and gcc7 works the same, but gcc7 little better, seems because binary size little smaller. So need to make it lighter as it possible.
That all I need to know, thanks for testing!

[fafadou]

Yeah a switcher will be awesome ! Because as you said some games doesn't like dma.
Euh, I just understand someting strange for me in ide mod, you have actually cdda in dma even if the data game bus is in PIO ?

Thanks to you :-)