nullDC 1.0.0 beta 1.6 [07/11/2007 update]

PsyMan · November 4th, 2007, 18:58

<Update>
7/11/2007
Fixed a couple of bugs, it has a new aica plugin & some other minnor fixes.Read the readme for more info.
I'l edit this post for other updates, as well as do a new post at the end of the thread.
<old link is no longer valid>
use : http://www.emudev.org/nullDC/
</Update>

drkIIRaziel "saw the light" and decided that if we don't make a release now we may never do, so here it is:

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Be aware that this is more like an ALPHA than a BETA (thus the version number) so some things might be broken.

Read the included documentation and follow the instructions there if you encounter any problems.

Have fun

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Genius_GZA · November 4th, 2007, 19:12

great, thank you very much, works great

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Linktothepast · November 4th, 2007, 19:16

Woo hoo, a ****ty release i was always dreamed of

. Anyway tnx guys. First impressions: unbelievable. Rez works without a single graphical glitch, even the transitions between the areas are fine now.

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**Xtreme2damax** · November 4th, 2007, 19:55

What's up with the "F" work in the title? Don't tell me, but are teh n00bs up to no good again bugging about release dates?

Anyways thanks for the news, will try it in a bit.

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jajagerman · November 4th, 2007, 20:07

hell yes :]
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Eiji · November 4th, 2007, 20:09

Thanks for the new release!

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superdidi · November 4th, 2007, 20:17

very special thanks for the news release nullDC is a emulator dreamcast number 1

**Xtreme2damax** · November 4th, 2007, 20:24

I am getting an error though when trying to launch nullDC, at first it said I needed the wpcap.dll and packet.dll files because it couldn't find them. I went and got those, put them in my sytem32 directory and now a I am getting another error cannot find packet entry point in packet.dll then it says the one of the plugins or all of them could not be loaded.

Anyway to fix this?

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Borisz · November 4th, 2007, 20:43

Install winpcap drivers, not just copy one or two files but install the driver set.

Whats supposed to be broken in sound support? It plays back fine here, maybe a bit better then the last version (still far from perfect tho). Also joypad works fine, using x360 pad with custom drivers, all my custom mapped buttons are recognized.

my thoughts: no alt+enter fullscreen switch, Ikaruga lvl2 still broken. No Vsync. Framerate is a bit jerky under Vista (stays 60fps, its like if it wouldnt display all 60 frames though), but I use a Radeon so I have no right to complain. Also, no rumble.

Otherwise it probably has anything I need.

TrancëJay · November 4th, 2007, 20:54

Didn't work with Vista x64 here, keep asking for d3dx9_35.dll

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|darc| · November 4th, 2007, 20:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xtreme2damax

What's up with the "F" work in the title? Don't tell me, but are teh n00bs up to no good again bugging about release dates?

Anyways thanks for the news, will try it in a bit.

I believe it has more to do with that they have been trying to do a release for months but it has been delayed repeatedly.

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Borisz · November 4th, 2007, 21:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by TrancëJay

Didn't work with Vista x64 here, keep asking for d3dx9_35.dll

Vista x86 works fine.

Try checking windows update for the latest set of Directx files, maybe...

**Xtreme2damax** · November 4th, 2007, 21:13

It's not loading any games for me, weird because it's not crashing or erroring out, just sits at a white screen.

Tried bot Sonic Adventure 2 and Resident Evil: Code Veronica.

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**refraction** · November 4th, 2007, 21:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xtreme2damax

It's not loading any games for me, weird because it's not crashing or erroring out, just sits at a white screen.

Tried bot Sonic Adventure 2 and Resident Evil: Code Veronica.

do you even get the bios?

if you are usign HLE boot, try using the normal boot

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Dark Mits · November 4th, 2007, 21:21

Since this is a beta (or alpha), maybe we should not even think about complaining. The team has already done more than what any of the rest of us would have done in their place.

**Xtreme2damax** · November 4th, 2007, 21:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Mits

Since this is a beta (or alpha), maybe we should not even think about complaining. The team has already done more than what any of the rest of us would have done in their place.

I'm not complaining, only informing that I'm not able to get it to work.

Yes I am already using normal boot, unless I'm doing something else wrong.

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Eiji · November 4th, 2007, 21:42

JP and US BIOS run at 50FPS PAL and the broadcast and system type are greyed out in the nullDC settings so if a PAL game doesn't have a 50Hz/60Hz selector then I have to play it in PAL which limits the game to 50FPS only.

Sound for me is worse than the previous BETA, its very crackly with either sound plugin. I guess this is what the developers meant by the sound being broken in this release.

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**Xtreme2damax** · November 4th, 2007, 21:53

Scratch my last post, I managed to get it to work. I don't know what I did wrong.

The only thing I did differently this time was choose HLE boot instead of normal.

Excellent release, Resident Evil: Code Veronica is actually running normally compared to the last release. In this release there is shadows and the lighting is much better.

Also it doesn't run too fast or too slow, just normally as if I were playing it on my Dreamcast.

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**drkIIRaziel** · November 4th, 2007, 22:27

Sound works ? strange .. im sure i broke it somewhere >.<
Anyway some notes about this release :
-Its an 'as is' release, both psyman & i have less time lately so we decided to release current beta

.
-It was meant to be fixed, cleaned up and released by 1/11/2007.Due to bad luck it wasnt even fixed

.
-The chanka aica plugin uses new elsemi's aica code instead of chanka's.It has speed limit (on/off with scroll lock iirc) and DSP emulation.
-Netplay should be broken.
-Some menus (like change bios region etc) are not working properly, so they are disabled atm.
-GDI files no longer need the -8 offset hack.You need to fix your files, or they wont work

-DO NOT RUN THE MMU BUILD, unless you use interpreter.when using dynarec IT JUST MAKES THINGS SLOWER WITHOUT ANY IMPROVEMENT ON COMPAT.gah ...Yes, the mmu build will boot wince games and run dreamcast linux & netbsd

I hope i'l fix some of the problems soon so we can have a proper beta 2 release soon

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Borisz · November 4th, 2007, 23:00

Oh, I should've known the AICA has a dsp, now the (lack of) echos in the Ikaruga music makes sense.

btw, if by sound being broken you meant the Chanka plugin, then yea, its pretty damn broken. Sound effects play more or less, but the music in Ikaruga really doesnt work.

Also, with the Chanka Aica plugin I don't get the jerky framerate. It thinks Ikaruga runs in PAL 50hz mode though.

November 4th, 2007, 18:58	#1
PsyMan Bannҽd Join Date: May 2004 Location: Where banned people go Posts: 2,151	nullDC 1.0.0 beta 1.6 [07/11/2007 update] <Update> 7/11/2007 Fixed a couple of bugs, it has a new aica plugin & some other minnor fixes.Read the readme for more info. I'l edit this post for other updates, as well as do a new post at the end of the thread. <old link is no longer valid> use : http://www.emudev.org/nullDC/ </Update> drkIIRaziel "saw the light" and decided that if we don't make a release now we may never do, so here it is: <link is no longer valid> Be aware that this is more like an ALPHA than a BETA (thus the version number) so some things might be broken. Read the included documentation and follow the instructions there if you encounter any problems. Have fun __________________ I'm not insane. YOU are insane... You are all insane! Click Here to Visit my Blog Page Last edited by drkIIRaziel; June 25th, 2008 at 15:42..

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November 4th, 2007, 19:12	#2
Genius_GZA GameCube Player! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Shaolin Temple , The Tibet Mountains Posts: 1,290	great, thank you very much, works great __________________ My specs: Core i7 3930k, GeForce 660Ti, 16GB RAM

November 4th, 2007, 19:16	#3
Linktothepast Deus ex machina Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Greece Posts: 949	Woo hoo, a ***ty release i was always dreamed of . Anyway tnx guys. First impressions: unbelievable. Rez works without a single graphical glitch, even the transitions between the areas are fine now. __________________ System Specifications: Core i -7 860 @ 3.2 Ghz, 4GB DDR -3 1600MHZ RAM, GTX 560 Ti 1GB, 64 GB SSD + 1,5 + 1 TB HD Drives, Windows 7 64 bit Pro* Last edited by Linktothepast; November 4th, 2007 at 20:12..

November 4th, 2007, 19:55	#4
Xtreme2damax Mr. Technological Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Auburn, New York Posts: 4,426	What's up with the "F" work in the title? Don't tell me, but are teh n00bs up to no good again bugging about release dates? Anyways thanks for the news, will try it in a bit. __________________

November 4th, 2007, 20:07	#5
jajagerman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: argentina Posts: 2	hell yes :] NICE JOB TEAM

November 4th, 2007, 20:09	#6
Eiji Emulation Connoisseur Join Date: May 2004 Location: Earth Posts: 180	Thanks for the new release! __________________ Intel C2D E4500 @ 3.3GHz Asus P5N-D SLI BFG 8800GT OC 4GB Corsair XMS2 PC2-6400C5 DDR2 SDRAM Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1

November 4th, 2007, 20:17	#7
superdidi Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: france Posts: 7	very special thanks for the news release nullDC is a emulator dreamcast number 1

November 4th, 2007, 20:24	#8
Xtreme2damax Mr. Technological Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Auburn, New York Posts: 4,426	I am getting an error though when trying to launch nullDC, at first it said I needed the wpcap.dll and packet.dll files because it couldn't find them. I went and got those, put them in my sytem32 directory and now a I am getting another error cannot find packet entry point in packet.dll then it says the one of the plugins or all of them could not be loaded. Anyway to fix this? __________________

November 4th, 2007, 20:43	#9
Borisz Vanned Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: dot hu Posts: 1,327	Install winpcap drivers, not just copy one or two files but install the driver set. Whats supposed to be broken in sound support? It plays back fine here, maybe a bit better then the last version (still far from perfect tho). Also joypad works fine, using x360 pad with custom drivers, all my custom mapped buttons are recognized. my thoughts: no alt+enter fullscreen switch, Ikaruga lvl2 still broken. No Vsync. Framerate is a bit jerky under Vista (stays 60fps, its like if it wouldnt display all 60 frames though), but I use a Radeon so I have no right to complain. Also, no rumble. Otherwise it probably has anything I need.

November 4th, 2007, 20:54	#10
TrancëJay Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: France Posts: 32	Didn't work with Vista x64 here, keep asking for d3dx9_35.dll __________________

November 4th, 2007, 21:13	#13
Xtreme2damax Mr. Technological Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Auburn, New York Posts: 4,426	It's not loading any games for me, weird because it's not crashing or erroring out, just sits at a white screen. Tried bot Sonic Adventure 2 and Resident Evil: Code Veronica. __________________

November 4th, 2007, 21:21	#15
Dark Mits Bin newbie/n00bie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: 39°38'21''N, 20°50'52''E Posts: 112	Since this is a beta (or alpha), maybe we should not even think about complaining. The team has already done more than what any of the rest of us would have done in their place.

November 4th, 2007, 21:42	#17
Eiji Emulation Connoisseur Join Date: May 2004 Location: Earth Posts: 180	JP and US BIOS run at 50FPS PAL and the broadcast and system type are greyed out in the nullDC settings so if a PAL game doesn't have a 50Hz/60Hz selector then I have to play it in PAL which limits the game to 50FPS only. Sound for me is worse than the previous BETA, its very crackly with either sound plugin. I guess this is what the developers meant by the sound being broken in this release. __________________ Intel C2D E4500 @ 3.3GHz Asus P5N-D SLI BFG 8800GT OC 4GB Corsair XMS2 PC2-6400C5 DDR2 SDRAM Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1 Last edited by Eiji; November 4th, 2007 at 22:29..

November 4th, 2007, 21:53	#18
Xtreme2damax Mr. Technological Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Auburn, New York Posts: 4,426	Scratch my last post, I managed to get it to work. I don't know what I did wrong. The only thing I did differently this time was choose HLE boot instead of normal. Excellent release, Resident Evil: Code Veronica is actually running normally compared to the last release. In this release there is shadows and the lighting is much better. Also it doesn't run too fast or too slow, just normally as if I were playing it on my Dreamcast. __________________

November 4th, 2007, 22:27	#19
drkIIRaziel Emu author Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Athens,Greece Posts: 584	Sound works ? strange .. im sure i broke it somewhere >.< Anyway some notes about this release : -Its an 'as is' release, both psyman & i have less time lately so we decided to release current beta . -It was meant to be fixed, cleaned up and released by 1/11/2007.Due to bad luck it wasnt even fixed . -The chanka aica plugin uses new elsemi's aica code instead of chanka's.It has speed limit (on/off with scroll lock iirc) and DSP emulation. -Netplay should be broken. -Some menus (like change bios region etc) are not working properly, so they are disabled atm. -GDI files no longer need the -8 offset hack.You need to fix your files, or they wont work -DO NOT RUN THE MMU BUILD, unless you use interpreter.when using dynarec IT JUST MAKES THINGS SLOWER WITHOUT ANY IMPROVEMENT ON COMPAT.gah ...Yes, the mmu build will boot wince games and run dreamcast linux & netbsd I hope i'l fix some of the problems soon so we can have a proper beta 2 release soon Last edited by drkIIRaziel; November 5th, 2007 at 00:15..

November 4th, 2007, 23:00	#20
Borisz Vanned Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: dot hu Posts: 1,327	Oh, I should've known the AICA has a dsp, now the (lack of) echos in the Ikaruga music makes sense. btw, if by sound being broken you meant the Chanka plugin, then yea, its pretty damn broken. Sound effects play more or less, but the music in Ikaruga really doesnt work. Also, with the Chanka Aica plugin I don't get the jerky framerate. It thinks Ikaruga runs in PAL 50hz mode though.