First thanks for all the feedback, and special thanks to Ebster for his extensive tests. Great work! Please note that some of the IDE fixed games have messed up filenames. Take 'Alien Storm' for example. All files end with a comma, remove it and the game works fine on mmc.

Oh, and it's update time again: if you have a spare memory card please test the new release. It has save and scratch as an experimental new feature.

Please note: I replaced the complete mmc routines this evening without much testing. The code works for me now, but I'm quite sure that it will mess up your memory card as I'm quite pissed already. :) So please be careful, use a spare card or backup your files at least. However, thanks for testing! :)

Grab the beta here: http://rrforum.ath.cx/viewtopic.php?p=650

Uhm, just forgot the other changes:

• Loading blocks is protected by crc16 now. This means loading with sprites on will just produce a load error instead of messed up data. Maybe it's interesting to turn this into multi retries.
• Loading flickers the border. This seems to be just annoying in the first point, but I hope it will prove it's use for the testers.
• Speeded up the mapping switcher a bit. I hope this is still ok for all setups. I just remember the problems with DreaMonRR...

Ok, no retries after a crc error is quite stupid, but what's much worse: it broke castle of jasoom. ;)

Please grab the update here: http://rrforum.ath.cx/viewtopic.php?p=654#654

The new version retries 256 times after a crc error before giving up. If this happens, something is seriously wrong, so the loader stops with a flickering border.

hi there,

thanks for the warm welcome!

screen flashing while loading is cool. i like it very much for testing purpose because you actually see if there is something happening or not.

i tested highscore saving only in world games - screen was flashing while trying to save but nothing was saved... i´ll have some more tries.

greetings from hanau/germany!

sadly score-saving in katakis did not work as well. maybe i should change data-propertieson my card?! i simply copied the converted dfi´s to the sd-card... will have a look.

I tried to scratch several files on al dfi from BASIC with the command


For the first file, this worked.

But when I tried to scratch a second file, I got an "file open error".

It only worked when I took another channel number (2). But also this channel stayed open after using.

CU
Kratznagel

i just uploaded my next pack in the upload section.

did not yet do the ","-renaming, maybe later..

best regards!

space harrier doesn´t save properly as well ...hmmm...

pack 3 uploaded ...ide64 warez complete...

best regards!

so here are my ide64-warez to mmc64-fixez statistics. i´d especially like to get feedback on the ones that seem to cause problems on my c64.

not able to convert:
howard the duck, infiltrator 1 + 2, predator usa, pirates of the barbary coast (cbmconvert error message)

doesn´t run/load:
bankok knights
skate or die *
championship wrestling
3stooges
apollo18
buffallo bills wild west show
bloodwych
black tiger
black hornet
champions of krynn
death knights of krynn
defender of the crown
fast tracks
j. k. squash
gunsmoke
gehirnanalyse
neuromancer
metal warrior 4 big
metal warrior 4
metal warrior 3
metal warrior 2
metal warrior 1
maximum overdrive
maniac mansion
kenedy approach
karateka
superstar icehockey
spitting image
solar jetman
sindbad
shinobi
salamander
rockstar ate my hamster
roadwar2000
zakmckracken
the train
vendetta

runs/loads with later problems:
last ninja 2
last ninja
r-type
afterburner
budokan
blood and guts
barbarian 2
captain zzap
destroyer
pirates!
hostages
hollywood poker pro
galaxy force 2
menace
ultima1
twinworld
turrican2
tiger road
the goonies
19bootcamp
terminator 2

runs good:
turrican
street sports basketball
lemmings
rock n wrestle
roadrunner
knight games
ice guys
mayhem in monsterland
flimbo´s quest *
creatures 1 + 2 *
sly spy *
rick dangerous 2 *
2in1poker
after the war
burago rally
bionic commando
california games
crackdown
cool croc twins
combat school
clik clak
castle jasoom
castle of terror
cardsharks
ducktales
double dragon 1
die hard 2
darkman
dark fusion
eswat
first samurai
fire and forget 2
jumpman
its magic
indy heat
indiana jones 4
highland games
hot rod
gba basketball
gauntlet
world games
newzealandstory
myth
mr heli
monty on the run
midnight resistance
law of the west
laser squad 2
kings bounty
katakis
sword of honour
summer games 2
summer games
summer challenge
street rod
stop the calippo eater
stir crazy
spherical
spelunker
space taxi
samurai warrior
rodland
robozone
rally cross simulator
rally cross
world karate championship
wizzard
winter supersports 92
way of the tiger
wavy navy
warm up
warlock´s quest
viz
untouchables
tusker
trolls
trollie wallie
times of lore
thunderblade
the running man
the institute
the eidilon
team patrol demo
phobia
police cadet
powerboat usa
pp hammer
psi5
raid on bungeling bay
a question of sports
pang
aliens
longlife
daley t. challenge
north&south
m.u.l.e.
alien storm
last ninja remix
street sports baseball
armalyte
blues brothers
7up spot
ghouls and ghosts
target renegade
winter games
giana sisters
captain power
captain blood
gremlins 2
bobwinner
ace of aces
double dragon 2
dragon ninja

Just a quick feedback:

Everything works like a breeze here on my C128D-CR (the one with the metal case). Thanks so much, Doc Bacardi, you rocked my weekend (and will rock probably many more!)

I also tried it on my flat C64 with an old board with 6581 inside, but there all the sprites in the 10 or so games I've tried were completely messed up. The programs worked, though, i.e. I could hear the sound, and if I pressed the button the "game" started and I could move those ugly blotches which once were sprites around as normal. I read about some sprite problems somewhere else, if I can assist in running debug code or something, let me know.

But take note that this old 64 is somehow damaged anyway, it can't load from the 1541 anymore (I've tracked it down to a broken 7406, but haven't found time to replace it yet). Of course the sprite bugs could be related to this.

Cheers!

Uh, this should not happen. Either the plugin still has some loading problems, or your 7406 ruined it. Did the same files run fine on your C128 and did you use the same memory card?

Another version, this time with better save support:

• Fixed 'close' bug, thanks to Kratznagel for reporting
• $ and scratch command now respect patterns and filetype selection (e.g. '$a*=p' now works).
• Load/Save accepts drivenumber and filetype
• reading and writing to files with something like ',s,w'

Now you can copy files from disk to the mmc and scratch them there. What fun! ;)

Please try the fcopy.dfi!

Yup, I tried the same files (more or less, the games from my youth that I liked back then), and it was on the same unmodified memory card, just some 10 minutes later. But that's probably just the broken 64 then (may be more than just a broken 7406).

Cheers,
Steppe

Hi,

The DFI plugin works great in kernal mode with my Retro Replay on my 1982 C64, but it doesn't work on my 1991 C64C.

To test everything else appears ok, I just tried loading the DFI version of Sly Spy on the C64C, and that works fine. The new D64 mounter behaves the same (works on my old C64, not on the new one). So it seems to be something to do with how the MMC64 interfaces with the RR.

I already told tnt/beyond force about it for his plugin, but thought I should mention it here too.

I should also mention that I just installed a SID2SID in my C64C (http://www.prophet64.com/), is it possible that that could have anything to do with it? I can't remember if I tested the DFI plugin in my C64C before installation!

Ed

Edit: When I press K for kernal mode, I get a blank blue screen with "READY" at the top.