+Al_Nafuur Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 New PlusStore feature: browsing ZIP files starting ROMs from the ZIP file VID_20200825_214319.mp4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 New test version v0.14.12 in PlusStore: fixed SuperCharger multiload-header loading bug memory reorganization for DPC+ Exit function for all supported bankswitching types (except DPC+). To exit a game just press and hold first Joystick to the right (or press Paddle button) and press Reset on the console. Then release the Joystick to see the menu. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 New version v0.14.13 in PlusStore and GIT: bugfix for menu responses larger than 9999 bytes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 New firmware version v0.14.14 in PlusStore with: PlusROM functions for FA (CBS RAM plus) Bankswitching 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 New firmware version v0.14.15 in PlusStore and GIT with: Bugfix PlusROM backend connect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 New firmware version v0.15.0 in PlusStore and GIT with: User selectable font ("Small Caps" or ""Trichotomic 12" Font) 3E+ support for 64 RAM banks Bugfix eeprom emulation Code cleanups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 (edited) New draft version v0.15.1 for draft User @Prizrak, @Thomas Jentzsch and @Andrew Davie the only difference to the public version v0.15.0 is a larger range request size (increased from 4096 to 32768 bytes) Edited September 12, 2020 by Al_Nafuur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Testing download speeds... v0.15.0 (4K downloads) Penult: 46.2 s Chess: 11.5 s v0.15.1 (32K downloads) Penult: 23.9 s Chess: 6.6 s I have so far had no issues with the larger download buffer (0.15.1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 New draft version v0.15.2 for draft User @Prizrak, @Thomas Jentzsch and @Andrew Davie differences to the public version v0.15.0: Fixed exit function for ROMs larger than 96 kB Case/style inconsistent in menus fixed larger download buffer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 On 9/13/2020 at 12:59 AM, Al_Nafuur said: New draft version v0.15.2 for draft User @Prizrak, @Thomas Jentzsch and @Andrew Davie differences to the public version v0.15.0: Fixed exit function for ROMs larger than 96 kB Case/style inconsistent in menus fixed larger download buffer I tested downloading Penult with the v015.2 on my wired prototype (even with a breadboard between the STM32 board and the ESP8266) and it worked. Did any of the draft tester had issues downloading files larger than 4 KiB ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Al_Nafuur said: Did any of the draft tester had issues downloading files larger than 4 KiB ? Working OK there, though not a lot of testing yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prizrak Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 My internet seems to be ok today but the cart when first booting or using the existing emulation gives me a request timeout and then a retry wifi. After that it works and I can load the binary for a game. I loaded Penult ok but Mr YoYo and Peril were my other two tries and both ended with a black screen, almost like loading took too long. As you know I used to use my phone's hotspot for internet but since my kids are homeschooled because of this mess we got going on we have a router from GotW3 which is like a hotspot bit in router form, I get better data speeds from it anf typically don't have an issue with PlusCart and it, things have been much better. Might be a fluke today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 5 minutes ago, Prizrak said: My internet seems to be ok today but the cart when first booting or using the existing emulation gives me a request timeout and then a retry wifi. After that it works and I can load the binary for a game. I loaded Penult ok but Mr YoYo and Peril were my other two tries and both ended with a black screen, almost like loading took too long. As you know I used to use my phone's hotspot for internet but since my kids are homeschooled because of this mess we got going on we have a router from GotW3 which is like a hotspot bit in router form, I get better data speeds from it anf typically don't have an issue with PlusCart and it, things have been much better. Might be a fluke today would be cool if you could test if you have the same issues with your v0.15.0 PlusCart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prizrak Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Request timeout on that software version as well. Both work when retrying connection. Hadn't had this issue since the early builds of the firmware.Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prizrak Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Seems to be internet related even though speed tests prove otherwise. Hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 I very occasionally get a WiFi retry, too. I assumed it was the ESP8266's fault. Has happened on just about every version I've tried. Perhaps 1% failure rate, something low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 (edited) New draft version v0.15.4 for draft User @Prizrak, @Thomas Jentzsch and @Andrew Davie differences to the public version v0.15.0: Fixed exit function for ROMs larger than 96 kB Case/style inconsistent in menus fixed larger download buffer Animated download logo User selectable fonts: Small Caps Font (standard) Trichotomic 12 Font Captain Morgan Spiced Font Edited September 15, 2020 by Al_Nafuur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, Al_Nafuur said: New draft version v0.15.4 for draft User @Prizrak, @Thomas Jentzsch and @Andrew Davie differences to the public version v0.15.0: Fixed exit function for ROMs larger than 96 kB Case/style inconsistent in menus fixed larger download buffer Animated download logo User selectable fonts: Small Caps Font (standard) Trichotomic 12 Font Captain Morgan Spiced Font I would like to have more tester testing the larger download buffer, but only tester that can flash the PlusCart manually !! So tester that want to try PM me, so I can unlock your PlusCart for this draft firmware release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 New PlusStore feature: High Score List In the "High Score Club" folder ("Public ROMs/PlusROMs/High Score Club") is a new dynamic text file "High Score List.txt", which contains the current high score lists for all PlusROM high score games (Top 11). So the High Score list can be viewed with the PlusCart, or online: https://highscore.firmaplus.de/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 New draft version v0.15.6 for draft User differences to the last draft version v0.15.4: font, menu and color enhancements by @Andrew Davie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Al_Nafuur said: New draft version v0.15.6 for draft User differences to the last draft version v0.15.4: font, menu and color enhancements by @Andrew Davie I am aware of some issues with highlighting on the menu. These will be fixed shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 4 hours ago, Al_Nafuur said: New draft version v0.15.6 for draft User differences to the last draft version v0.15.4: font, menu and color enhancements by @Andrew Davie I suspect 15.6 is fundamentally broken, somehow. For example, my chess will not run at all (3E+) Nor will Penult. And Amoeba Jump Plus will run, but then black-screen. I wouldn't know where to start looking for these. Hope it's not something I've touched. Normally I would diagnose myself with git bisect, but unfortunately earlier versions do not compile for me because of the inline incompatibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prizrak Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 I'm not fond of the color scheme, anyway to change it per cart? Like under setup? Hadn't tried of it broke compatibility for anything yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 6 minutes ago, Prizrak said: I'm not fond of the color scheme, anyway to change it per cart? Like under setup? Hadn't tried of it broke compatibility for anything yet. The colour scheme is just to show **it can be done**. Of course, it will be a much prettier scheme. @Al_Nafuur released the dev version before I was ready Give it a day or two and we'll get a new release out with pretty colours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 It's not an easy thing. Since the text is actually two frames interlaced at 30Hz, each scanline of text is either (colour) or vivid blue (the background). This means that the only colours you can realistically achieve are those that are 50% blue. It's very limiting. If, however, you abandon the blue background and use black, then you get much more vivid colour alternatives, as the screenshot shows... One other thing; I do not have control over WHICH colours are used - as these are driven by the "type" of each menu line, as set by the PlusCart backend. For example, when I view a text file it presents in green, because that's also the type used for (Go Back). So these sorts of issues need to be sorted before we have the best colour scheme possible. There are inconsistencies; for example the first 3 menu lines shown here are yellow as they lead to sub-menus/selections. But on the WiFi setup, the WiFi nodes are also shown in yellow, even though they are technically not sub-menus. I'm sure we'll sort it out soon. I have a suspicion, though, that the black background isn't going to be acceptable to @Al_Nafuur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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