Demul 0.4.1 WIP Release

[MasterPhW]

DEMUL is a new Sega Dreamcast Emulator for Windows and was released in a new beta version today.

No english changelog available, here´s a machine translated version:

[DC] Demul 0.4.1 WIP Release

CaH4e3 Today, 21:57
Ахтунг!
It is time to submit yet another version of the suffering Russian-Soviet emulator Drimkasta Demul.

I hope you have waited this just as we are. The same would have liked that the new version lives up your hopes, as well as ours. After a year and a half develop again became quite active phase, so this is not the latest version for this year. I do not want to disappoint you, but it is still far from final and ideal solution. Much work, but because now emulators Drima already quite a lot, including actively developing, is where to draw ideas and what to strive.

It was agreed to build this audience for its comprehensive testing, as the bug is still left quite a lot, you should at least know where they occur. So the main page emulator is not updated, release spread here in the form of bare without soprovodilovki and additional. The main functions and operating principles remain unchanged from previous versions, all features described in the Old readme.txt. Of innovations can be identified only:

In most notably: BIOS files are now directly from romseta MAME and must lie in a folder in the files ROMS DC.ZIP, as in most mothers.
The kernel has been rewritten several times, that was some advance work (especially at Core2Duo).
In connection with the above earned games for WinCE. True, not all and not completely.
Sound transformed anew, for the time being tested at the games, he sounds almost perfect.
Without any changes managed to combine the strengths in one emulator two systems at once: in fact, by itself автомат Drimkast and Naomiarcade based on it.
Now it is possible to change the region stations directly from the menu emulator, respectively, the need for change biosa and flash-file with him entirely disappears.
A small korektirovka processing peaks triangles gave correction nektoryh problems on maps Nvidia c driver OpenGL (see Sonic 2).
By trifles corrected some old bugs (but not all).

Slightly more details on the above:

WinCE works only in the mode Intepreter, so quite slow and not always bezglyuchno. As soon as the realization of MMU will be combined with dynamic rekompilyatorom, it will be possible to talk about a certain playability, but not earlier.
BORG speed the withdrawal of personnel, as before, working through plug-GPU option, although not quite perfect, if you need it. GPU little rewriting, so much emulation disperse it still will not give.
The sound is so perfect in its mass, how bad in some places. Because we tested at this time, some games not to reproduce the sounds of strikes, and additional rounds. I hope with your help we can find more such problems, locate them and correct. This requires simply tell us about possible mistakes to make the sound, and the work of emulation in general. I recall that GPU remained the same, so that part bOlshaya graphic bugs remained on the ground, so do not be quick to shout about the fact that you have something does not work, perhaps we already know what´s wrong and are working on the problem.
Of the currently available at the time available for Roma Naomi, supported only options in the form of ROMov, and only those who have a standard controller. Mahjong and fishing has not worked because neemuliruemosti management. Viruta strayker also showed lack of willingness to work, so not much radio. To start the game, must be standardized romsety naomi of MAME, together with packaging biosov ROMS in a folder in the main directory emulator. I would like to note that available in the files romsete naomi, few are working. The vast majority indicated as NO_DUMP and instead file contains garbage-filler. So do not be quick to complain that you can not run. Dopodlinno know that the work Cosmic Smash and Toy Fighter.

Even I could have forgotten something. As the repository moved a couple of times, a complete list of changes could be traced vryadli. When will reach their hands to upgrade ofsayta, will be updated documentation, a list of changes and compatibility lists. You need support as always, patience and willingness to test the current version, reporting on all the gaps, you have found.

So, forward:

[Hard core Rikki]

You check russian forums? ;p
Wasn't Demul maintained by emu64 people or something, btw ?

edit: nevermind, checked their team list. Sounds nice to see projects move again.

[MasterPhW]

You have to check all the news sources.
The update is atm only available at the official (russian) forum.
The next real (non WIP) release will be postet at the mainpage at emulation64 page I guess.

[ilovehentai]

It looks great, but can someone help me configure the emu? What are the bests plugins and i don't very understand with the bios :S

Appreciate any help thx

[Luzifer]

Yeah I get every time that..

[cyclonmaster]

nice. Thanks for the news.

[RockmanForte]

I config all and even daemon for E: and I got this:

Unable to open

[Zack]

Glad to hear this emulator is still in active development

[hanibal81]

The download link is not working!!

EDIT : No, the site was under construction for a while.

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DEMUL FAST START CONFIG-KIT :
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For those who cant start it, just fellow this steps :

1- Download/decompress and copy to a partition(drive) example : (D: ) (preferable).

2- Before running the program, we must organize some stuff :
* Create a new folder inside the DEmul folder and rename it plugins, then move all DLL files in the DEmul folder to it.

* create a another folder and rename it to Bios, then copy your bios files in it.

3- Launch the program (double click on the demul.exe), you will get a pop-up message that asks for configuration, hit OK and wait for the configuration window.

4- Config marked options (most of'em paths to plugins and bios folders we created). when finished click OK. it will automatically launch the main window.

5- Click file/exit, and check your DEmul folder, you'll find more folders created by the emu.

6- NOW, go on for the configuration & game test, HAVE FUN.

[Hard core Rikki]

It does work (??). Never went down at all too, it seems, so beats me why people say otherwise. ISP issues ?

[Luzifer]

The download link works...
But today often is the site down...
And now with the dc.zip but that gives other trouble with it..

[PsyMan]

Looks like Demul uses MAME's naming scheme. I had to manually rename and zip my bios file to get it working.

[cyclonmaster]

rename the bios and place it in dc.zip. It should work. Work well here, too bad my old save game cannot load from Demul VMS manager. Need to create new memory card then rename my old save same as new memory card then replace that new memory card with my old save that had been rename. And now my skies of arcadia save file work again. Beta stage btw

[thomas241188]

Excuse me me when you say you must compress dc.zip what.
DC bios
dc_boot
DC Flash
DC flash WB

sorry if my English is no one but I am French.

[Anatasia]

This is the most stupid bios naming system emulator that I've ever met.You have to change the file dc_bios.bin in the dc.zip according to the version and CRC:
1/to 1_004_01.bin size 2097152 crc 5454841f md5 37c921eb47532cae8fb70e5d987ce91c sha1 1ea132c0fbbf07ef76789eadc07908045c089bd6
2/to 1_011_01.bin size 2097152 crc 2186e0e5 md5 eafca1eed2d7f76c487e940597c2a786 sha1 6bd18fb83f8fdb56f1941e079580e5dd672a6dad
3/to 1_01d_01.bin size 2097152 crc 89f2b1a1 md5 e10c53c2f8b90bab96ead2d368858623 sha1 8951d1bb219ab2ff8583033d2119c899cc81f18c
4/to 1_01d_02.bin size 2097152 crc a2564fad md5 a5c6a00818f97c5e3e91569ee22416dc sha1 edc5d3d70a93c935703d26119b37731fd317d2bf

[thomas241188]

excuse me yet, but we must do what with bios exactly please

[Anatasia]

compress the bios file to the file dc.zip in the bios folder and change the bios file that you've recently compressed to to the according name(not the dc.zip) I've posted above.Use hanibal81's guide for the rest.
Oh,And you also have to change the setting in the Config->DC bios according to your bios file.

[thomas241188]

you could send me the file bios whom you spoke this address thomas_241188@hotmail.fr
because I spoke no English at all and I am obliged to translate google translator with your sentences, it reflects very badly that you write and therefore I understand anything regrettable.

Thank you. thomas241188

[Anatasia]

@French:
compresser votre fishier bios au dossier dc.zip et modifier le fichier BIOS que vous avez récemment comprimé à l'attribution de nom (pas le dc.zip) J'ai posté.Utiliser hanibal81 de guide pour le reste.
Oh, et vous devez également modifier le paramètre dans la Config-> DC bios en fonction de votre fichier bios.

[thomas241188]

sorry google translator is bad, look my problem.