stdjxf15 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Thanks for the response. For whatever reason yesterday I was getting a 404 error on tge site. It worked this morning though. Thanks for the quick response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KylJoy Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 On 2/13/2022 at 3:41 AM, SainT said: Press option when booting when it says ‘Press OPTION for firmware update’ then use the QR code or link provided. The update url will be displayed on the screen along with the QR code with the same link. If you get the serial number, press option again. Sometimes I have heard peoples controller buttons are sticky and they end up on the serial number screen and try and use that. Those of us with OSSC devices likely will not see the first screen due to the "sync" delay. But you can hit the "option" button blind at startup and get the QR code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lNFERNO Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 SainT, I don't know if it will be very complex or just something numerical to implement, but please, can you update the GameDrive CD ISO Converter program to support more than the limit of 81 tracks? I have created the "Jaguar Hockey" CD ripp in .CDI format and this game contains 93 tracks but the "cd2jcd" v1.0 doesn't like it... Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeSociety Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 I'm loving the GameDrive's CD support, thank you -- excellent work. The only game that I can't wait to get working, largely for nostalgic reasons, is VidGrid. I played this game a ton as a kid and have tried to get the old Windows version (using emulation) but could never get it to actually work. At this point the only way for me to play this game is to buy a JagCD. I love the game, but not that much! Any update on if we can expect VidGrid anytime soon? Surely I'm not the only one waiting for this MTV-era masterpiece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoTheMath Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Both my jags behave the same with CD games. -VidGrid freezes when loading title screen -Battlemorph has the same music glitch (which sounds actually cool lol it reminds me of synthesized robotic distortion sounds from vintage tech/futuristic shows). It also sometimes boots/doesn't boot... -World Tour Racing gives a black screen seconds around the start of the attract after giving me several iterations of the title screen when trying to access a menu(pushing buttons) It's on a brand new defragged Sandisk Extreme 32 Idk if it's useful info or not, i may try a different SD card to see if results vary.? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share Posted June 23, 2022 Yes, very much the same pattern I am seeing. I will get back to the Jaguar before too long. Far too many things on my plate, as it were... ? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 5 hours ago, SainT said: Yes, very much the same pattern I am seeing. I will get back to the Jaguar before too long. Far too many things on my plate, as it were... ? Hate to nag - is the ability to run the VLM still planned? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share Posted June 23, 2022 21 minutes ago, Stephen said: Hate to nag - is the ability to run the VLM still planned? Yes, I have had VLM running, but I've not had it actually hooked up to an audio CD image. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikerspade Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 4/13/2021 at 9:26 AM, mario64 said: Dragon's Lair and World Tour Racing I encourage you to dump these with a DiscImageCreator-compatible drive and submit hash information to redump.org. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_greece Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 I cant play Hover Strike: Unconquered Lands CD....:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugar Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 On 8/3/2022 at 1:09 PM, chris_greece said: I cant play Hover Strike: Unconquered Lands CD....:( What's going on with the game, it won't start or crashes in gaming? if I remember correctly, that game worked for me. Just make sure you have a card with enough speed, because on slower cards, none of the CD games will work. I hope SainT will relase one firmware that will support the Memory track, without improving compatibility for other CD games. I know that improving compatibility is a very big and difficult job and that it can take a long time. But I believe that the Memory Track can be done faster so that in the meantime we can play CD games that are impossible to play without save game option like Highlander. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 I will get to both (compatibility and memory trak) -- it's just taking a while at the moment as I'm having to deal with the fallout of not being able to get hold of any components due to the ongoing electronic component shortage. I'm having to redesign some products to be able to try and produce them again, so this is taking priority over improving compatibility. Once I can actually produce things again I can get back to trying to improve them. Unfortunately I'm a one-man-band (as they say), so things like this are a massive headache for me. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kroll Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 I don't start a new thread, becaus it concerns a problem with CD on GameDrive games. After making an upgrade to version 1.12, practically no images of original games like MYST, Primal Rage, Blue Lightning, Baldies, practically do not run properly. I did a downgrade to version 1.10 and then practically everything works again, Primal Rage doesn't crash e.g. during Loading or erroneously displayed graphics in MYST Has anyone noticed anything similar after the firmware upgrade ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnzymeX1983 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Hi, whats the latest status on cd support? I've managed to run a lot of cd games in the past but all of a sudden they dont work anymore. I did however do a firmware upgrade of the gamedrive in the meantime. Could this have anything to do with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UHATEIT Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 2 hours ago, EnzymeX1983 said: Hi, whats the latest status on cd support? I've managed to run a lot of cd games in the past but all of a sudden they dont work anymore. I did however do a firmware upgrade of the gamedrive in the meantime. Could this have anything to do with it? This happened to me multiple times, it's probably described as to why it does this but is beyond my knowledge as to why. But in my instance which is probably the same as yours, I have say a CD iso on there and it worked. Now tsndomly if you try to use it, it just loads to a black screen, no reason why. So then I have to delete the CD iso from the SD card, reinstall it on the card, THEN it works. Same iso as before, but it's as if over time something causes it to just not load, but when deleted and installed the same iso onto the card again all works. I had to do the same thing with basically every CD iso this past year if I decide to play a CD game. If they just load to a black screen have to delete the iso and reload it on the card then they work again. Really weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 31 minutes ago, UHATEIT said: This happened to me multiple times, it's probably described as to why it does this but is beyond my knowledge as to why. But in my instance which is probably the same as yours, I have say a CD iso on there and it worked. Now tsndomly if you try to use it, it just loads to a black screen, no reason why. So then I have to delete the CD iso from the SD card, reinstall it on the card, THEN it works. Same iso as before, but it's as if over time something causes it to just not load, but when deleted and installed the same iso onto the card again all works. I had to do the same thing with basically every CD iso this past year if I decide to play a CD game. If they just load to a black screen have to delete the iso and reload it on the card then they work again. Really weird Purely speculation on my part, but could it be the ISO images are getting fragmented? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted December 14, 2022 Author Share Posted December 14, 2022 It checks for fragmentation, so it wont be that. Booting some CD's is not reliable -- Battlemorph and Blue Lightening for me are two which will sometimes boot, sometimes not. I've not had time to look at it any further, but I will do eventually. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UHATEIT Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 3 minutes ago, Stephen said: Purely speculation on my part, but could it be the ISO images are getting fragmented? That's probably the case but what causes that honestly? It's as if one day the ISO works then maybe come back a few weeks later and then boom it only loads a black screen for the previously working ISO. Delete and re-ad it and then it works again. Something causes that to happen, just don't know why. When it happens, if I really want to play that specific game I'll just delete, re-ad, then play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnzymeX1983 Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Hmmm, I recognize this behavior completely. However, i tried clearing/formatting the sd card and readding the games multiple times and still sometimes the games don't run. Some games do run like primal rage. Ok, at this point, for me its enough to know thay my gamedrive is not broken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 No it's definitely not broken, CD support is not reliable yet. This is currently expected behavior. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teuton17 Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 On a related note, be careful how many times you eject or insert your SD card. My push to eject mechanism died after about 8, maybe 10 such swaps as I was updating my card / working the CD compatibility issue. I NEVER pulled on the card without pushing in first and waiting for the card to pop out. SainT suggested I talk to AA since that is where I bought it, but it has taken me a while to get back in because of the change to passwords (kept getting locked out!). If I can, later today I will ask them what remedy they have for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnzymeX1983 Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, teuton17 said: On a related note, be careful how many times you eject or insert your SD card. My push to eject mechanism died after about 8, maybe 10 such swaps as I was updating my card / working the CD compatibility issue. I NEVER pulled on the card without pushing in first and waiting for the card to pop out. SainT suggested I talk to AA since that is where I bought it, but it has taken me a while to get back in because of the change to passwords (kept getting locked out!). If I can, later today I will ask them what remedy they have for me. Ow man thats too bad, mine is working still fine even after 25 times or more . Hope you can get it fixed! Edited December 15, 2022 by EnzymeX1983 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 It must simply have been a defective mechanism, these should last many many thousands of insertions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teuton17 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 OK, an update. Using a tweezers to remove and reinsert the card several times in a row, the eject mechanism is working again (after several months of it not working.) Hopefully it will remain that way. I will not be removing it for updates until theCD compatibility issue is fully resolved so as to not tempt fate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted December 17, 2022 Author Share Posted December 17, 2022 That’s good to hear! Any issues like this, if the retailer can’t resolve it, I always will. In general it’s far easier to go via the local retailer (unless you happen to be in the UK!), but if all else fails I will always sort it. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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