Neocd/ps2 0.0.3 released !

[evilo]

After a few weeks of work, here is the new version !

Changelog:

- Compatibily greatly increased (no more sprites/tiles missing).
thanks so much to Ian for the very very helpull tip !
- In game "freezing" fixed.
- Memory save "crash" fixed.
- Added 2nd controller support & analog controls
- Added possibility to disable z80 emulation.
- Optimized rendering code (better but still not fullspeed).
- Corrected HDD/MC support ("should" work now, untested).
- Checks local "cd" folder before asking to swap CD.
- Rewrote CD reading/swapping code using Hiryu CDVD library.
no more iso9660 limitations (like 31 files in root dir, ...)
and cd swap issue should be fixed.
- Removed loading of memcard.bin (useless empty file)
- Removed need for timer.irx (not used anymore)
- Automatically set region (EUR for pal ps2, USA for ntsc ps2)

I'm really starting to be proud of it, as it reached now a good level. Graphics are almost ok(still have a few minor pb), and most games are playable at a good speed. No, fullspeed is still not here for all games but it should be fixed in the next version with the integration of a new 68000 core (about 2x faster) thanks to Stef (author of GENS emulator), and with the rewrite of the gfx rendering routines, it will be then ready for the sound support

Last point, It's now time for me to have some holidays (real one, out of the country) so I won't be able to work on it before next month, so next release in October In the mean time, enjoy this version as most of possible and please give it some feedback in the forum, I will try to check it when I can.

For people that was using the previous dev build, as I mentioned previously that version is not anymore maintained, but know that both previous version (official & dev) are now included in this one

evilo.

[pava]

yeahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!i'm gonna test it!!!!
keep on the good work evilo and enjoy your holidays

Saludos

[monkey01]

So should I be able to just install the whole thing to my hd and run if off the of there as long as I have that file tree in place? Also, where is the "neocd.bin" file that goes in the bios folder? Thanks

[<G>]

So should I be able to just install the whole thing to my hd and run if off the of there as long as I have that file tree in place? Also, where is the "neocd.bin" file that goes in the bios folder? Thanks

thats the bios, you need to find that on your own.

[RigoHoward]

Well, to "conmemorate" the release of this new versión, i want to you see this:

Game Name
 Converted by
                                 Bugs
 
Neonopanemon
 KaNyErO
  
 
Columns
 KaNyErO
  
 
NeoDemo
 KaNyErO
  
 
Poker Night
 NEWDUMP
  
 
Neobeast
 KaNyErO
 Graphic glitches in Neocd SDL (missing layers)
 
Legend Of Success Joe
 KaNyErO
 Ok in nebula, some graphic glitches in Neocd SDL(intro)
 
Gururin
 KaNyErO
 Ok in nebula, graphic glitches in Neocd SDL
 
Puzzle de Pon
 NEWDUMP
 Z80 data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing sounds
 
Quiz Daisousasen
 KaNyErO
 Z80 data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing sounds
 
Andro Dunos
 KaNyErO
 Z80 data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing sounds

Ok in nebula, some graphic glitches in Neocd SDL
 
Mahjong Kyo Retsuden
 KaNyErO
 PCM data is bigger that NGCD supports, missing sounds 
 
Janshin Mahjong
 KaNyErO
 PCM data is bigger that NGCD supports, missing sounds 
 
Panic Bomber
 KaNyErO
 Z80 data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing sounds

PCM data is bigger that NGCD supports, missing sounds
 
Pop And Bounce
 KaNyErO
 Z80 data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing sounds

PCM data is bigger that NGCD supports, missing sounds
 
Neo Mr Do
 KaNyErO
 Z80 data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing sounds

PCM data is bigger that NGCD supports, missing sounds
 
King Of The Monsters
 KIKEXX
 Z80 data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing sounds

PCM data is bigger that NGCD supports, missing sounds
 
Flip Shot
 KaNyErO
 Z80 data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing sounds

PCM data is bigger that NGCD supports, missing sounds
 
Quiz Daisousasen 2
 KaNyErO
 Z80 data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing sounds

PCM data is bigger that NGCD supports, missing sounds
 
Zupapa

(Nebula fix)
 KaNyErO fixed by KIKEXX
 Z80 data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing sounds

PCM data is bigger that NGCD supports, missing sounds

 
 
Pochi and Nyaa
 KIKEXX
 Z80 data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing sounds

PCM data is bigger that NGCD supports, missing sounds

Using Zupapa Z80 and PCM files

Ok in nebula and NeocdSDL DC graphic glitches in Neocd SDL Windows
 
Nightmare in the Dark
 KIKEXX
 Z80 data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing sounds

PCM data is bigger that NGCD supports, missing sounds

SPR data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing intro
 
Ghost Lop
 KIKEXX
 Z80 data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing sounds

PCM data is bigger that NGCD supports, missing sounds

SPR data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing intro and backgrounds.
 
Zupapa
 KaNyErO
 Z80 data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing sounds

PCM data is bigger that NGCD supports, missing sounds Doesn?t work on NEBULA (Red logo)
 
Neo Diggerman
 KaNyErO
 Doesn?t Work (Only arcade mode, no playable due to insert coin limitation)
 
Neopong
 KaNyErO
 Z80 data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing sounds

PCM data is bigger that NGCD supports, missing sounds

Doesn?t Work (Reboots)
 
Puzzle de Pon R
 KaNyErO
 Z80 data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing sounds

Doesn?t Work
 
EightMan
 KaNyErO
 Z80 data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing sounds

PCM data is bigger that NGCD supports, missing sounds

Doesn?t Work
 
Bakatono
 KaNyErO
 Z80 data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing sounds

PCM data is bigger that NGCD supports, missing sounds

Doesn?t Work
 
Minasan
 NEWDUMP
 Z80 data is bigger that NGCD supports ? missing sounds

PCM data is bigger that NGCD supports, missing sounds

Doesn?t Work
 
V-Liner
 KaNyErO
 Doesn?t Work (SRAM ERROR)
 

 

* Neocd SDL 0.31 for Windows and Nebula 2.24 were used for testing.

* Fm music plays a little slow on Neocd.

* Maximum Z80 data for NGCD is 64Kb while most of the NG AES/MVS roms use 

128Kb roms that makes the game miss a lot of voices and music. It seems NGCD is limited to 64kb but Nebula doesn?t have that limitation. All games Z80 data were trimmed to 64k to avoid problems. 128Kb roms are still in the isos.

* PCM memory is limited to 1 mb at once, so most of the games miss sounds due to the lack of samples (only the first mb is loaded). All the samples are included but only the first mb is loaded.

* SPR memory is limited to 4 mb at once, so some games miss graphics (only the first 4 mb are loaded). All the sprites are included. Anyway we try to avoid those conversions so only 2 or 3 games

miss graphics.

 
NGCD memory:
------------
PRG 2 Mb
FIX 128 Kb
SPR 4 Mb
PCM 1 Mb
Z80 64 Kb

[evilo]

ok... but what's the point with the last release.. I'm afraid I didn't understand !

[dask]

i test kof97 .is slow.my ps2 model:39001.

[dask]

i add 100m dummyfile in neocd/ps20.0.3.
play game is more slow.

[pava]

hi evilo...i'm having troubles to get work ver.0.03 with ps2link 1.23 and ps2exec...the problem is that the emu boots but when it loads from the folder "cd" it freezes when loading the ipl.txt
i have this problem with all games that i have tested...can be a bug?the other versions works fine for me

Saludos

[evilo]

hmm.. strange.... as this is exactly what I'm using everyday..... do you have any error message displayed ? or just hang up without further notice ?

[EDIT] to be precise I think my version is 1.23b, but I don't think it could change anything...