Hacking DS2x86 0.04 ALPHA

[stanleyopar2000]

WILL TRY WITH SUDOKUHAX

EDIT - No Shell!...System Halted.

EDIT 2 - OMG. it works...no DOS games tested yet...will test my 512mb "games' folder on it...

FIX - I used my "DATA" (from dsx86) folder from my MicroSD and put that folder in the root of the SD card

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if this is true..WE COULD HAVE SUDOKUHAX SUCCESSFULLY USING A "FILESYSTEM"

that means...emulators using sudokuhax is possible

TEST- Aladdin doesn't work still - 386 Opcodes Not Supported

will test another.

 

[Akdul]

WILL TRY WITH SUDOKUHAX

EDIT - No Shell!...System Halted.

FAIL

any fix for this?

Maybe you are using an SDHC card?. Try with a regular one.

 

[stanleyopar2000]

WILL TRY WITH SUDOKUHAX

EDIT - No Shell!...System Halted.

FAIL

any fix for this?

Maybe you are using an SDHC card?. Try with a regular one.

fixed it. see post above!

 

[cornaljoe]

I didnt see a thread for regular 'ol dsx86, so i'll post my excitement here=D

I just loaded my XLs side-slot SD card up with the newest beta, and am now enjoying some Commander Keen via the sudoku exploit. The touch screen even works, yay=)

Thank you Pate!

...now to test some more games...

Yep, FINALLY an emulator that can be run through Sudoku. I don't know if it's just my SD cards or what, but loading is much quicker than running DSX86 from my DS2.
One of the games I notice clearly taking advantage of the hardware is Prince of Persia 2: it chugs pretty badly unless you run it through SH, at which point it runs pretty much at full speed.

That's because it's in DSi mode when running through SudokuHax. It's using the faster processor and more RAM. This is good news: homebrew have acces to the SD and the touch screen works!

 

[DJ91990]

I wonder if it could be possible to run Zquest and Zelda Classic with this?

 

[stanleyopar2000]

compatibility sucks with sudokuhax.

didn't want to play Crystal Caves or other ones that work normally on AceKard

however it DID play Rambo III

Just sayin'

 

[Sir_Voe]

compatibility sucks with sudokuhax.

I've found compatability to be just as good as running it the standard way, only with a nice preformance increase on some titles. The only thing that keeps me from deleting DSX86 from my DS2 and running it strictly from Sudoku is that the SD lib doesn't support writing yet, which is out of the developers hands.

 

[stanleyopar2000]

compatibility sucks with sudokuhax.

I've found compatability to be just as good as running it the standard way, only with a nice preformance increase on some titles. The only thing that keeps me from deleting DSX86 from my DS2 and running it strictly from Sudoku is that the SD lib doesn't support writing yet, which is out of the developers hands.

ah...using Sudokuhax with DSx86 Crystal Caves didn't work..."runtime error 002..."

worked with latest build of dsx86 on acekard 2i..

oh...the touchscreen works with Shadowgate using Sudokuhax...one more step

AND : Sudokuhax on "Jim Power" says "cannot open JIM.DAT"

and on Acekard 2i - Jim Power says "Jim Power Requires 80386 processor or later"


hmm...I think these two issues have to do with with SD lib not supporting writing.

 

[Pate]

Thanks for all your testing!

Yeah, I used the shareware version of Warcraft to test in DS2x86, sorry I did not mention this in my blog.

I have not increased the EMS memory size yet, as the longer-term plan is to have a proper expanded memory manager (like EMM386) running, which can provide either EMS or XMS memory to a program. I'll see if simply increasing the current EMS size would make Elder Scrolls Arena run.

Glad to hear the sudoku hack works in DSx86, I have not been able to test that, I have only tested the DSi mode with the CycloDS iEvolution.

Sorry for the still disappointing compatibility of DS2x86, hopefully the next version will run Worms and Warcraft for real...

Pate

 

[stanleyopar2000]

Thanks for all your testing!

Yeah, I used the shareware version of Warcraft to test in DS2x86, sorry I did not mention this in my blog.

I have not increased the EMS memory size yet, as the longer-term plan is to have a proper expanded memory manager (like EMM386) running, which can provide either EMS or XMS memory to a program. I'll see if simply increasing the current EMS size would make Elder Scrolls Arena run.

Glad to hear the sudoku hack works in DSx86, I have not been able to test that, I have only tested the DSi mode with the CycloDS iEvolution.

Sorry for the still disappointing compatibility of DS2x86, hopefully the next version will run Worms and Warcraft for real...

Pate

you are a hero...your code to make this homebrew work with Sudokuhax could cause a explosion of other DS emulators to be functional using a filesystem on the sudokuhack

 

[Fireballo]

Does this version support sound yet?

 

[nl255]

Does this version support sound yet?

Only 8 bit SoundBlaster digital audio. No midi or FM Synth (i.e. Adlib).

 

[nl255]

compatibility sucks with sudokuhax.

I've found compatability to be just as good as running it the standard way, only with a nice preformance increase on some titles. The only thing that keeps me from deleting DSX86 from my DS2 and running it strictly from Sudoku is that the SD lib doesn't support writing yet, which is out of the developers hands.

You might want to keep in mind that the DSi version will most likely not support 386 protected mode games and is only half as fast as the DSTwo version. In other words, forget about the Elder Scrolls:Arena and other 386 games with the DSi version.

 

[Fireballo]

I have this installed on my DSTWO and it works great but I'm not getting any sound. Any ideas how to enable it?

 

[T3GZdev]

i just tested with sudokuhax

it works, reads from sd card too

 

[nl255]

Good news everyone, the next version of DS2x86 will support Elder Scrolls: Arena. According to his latest blog post, he can start the game, create a character, save and load games, and even move around a bit. Unfortunately that is as far as he tested as he doesn't know how to play it.