Unofficial Deunan's GDEMU Thread

This is true for NTSC:U/C consoles - the NTSC:J ones don't have this marking. Easiest way to spot a VA0 Japanese Dreamcast is to look in the air vent and check the fan position - the VA0 consoles have the fan lined up with the vent and the VA1 have if set further down with a sloping black plastic air guide.

 

Oh wow my mistake. I thought it was easy to tell on all the revision 1 consoles. Guess I just learned something new. Thanks for correction.

 

Is this latest version, working link? Thanks

 

It's a reasonable assumption, since both the NTSC:U and the PAL ones do have this marking, but for some reason Sega Japan decided not to do it. Both the HKT-3000 (Japan market) and HKT-3010 (Asia market) are like this. There are also some very early production NTSC:U Dreamcasts which were used by software developers and in koisks that have Japanese style labels and hence no version marking - they are VA0s.

 

Right click, "Save as"

 

Sorry for the inconvenience here is the link http://sheep.host22.com/GDEMU_SD.rar

 

Hey Everyone,

I have an issue with my GDEMU at the moment with Code Veronica Disc 1 USA

I am using an official GDEMU with a 32GB SDHC and the latest firmware.

When I get to the Tyrant on the plane at the end of disc 1 the sound will work maybe once or twice, after that there is no audio at all during the fight. I have restarted the console and soft booted to the Menu multiple times with audio and sometimes without. The sound stops during the door loading screen into the cargo bay.

I have also used VMU saves from the Backup VMU save image V1.3 with the same result.

I am using a TOSEC and a TRURIP image and I have used multiple SD CARDS with no affect.

It may be a compatibility issue with the new compiler, any suggestions would be great.

Thank you

 

I encountered this issue myself, and brought it up here:

Convert GDI to ISO

As mentioned in my post, using GDIShrink fixed the issue for me. This is obviously a workaround though, and there may indeed be a bug with the GDEMU.

 

Hey Blockhead,

Thanks for the info, I'll try GDISHRINK tonight, I'm happy I'm not the only one and it's not my Dreamcast.

Have a good one

 

i have recv im using gdemu with latest fw and i didnt have this issue strange

 

No problem, this glitch had me banging my head against the wall for days so I hope GDIShrink works for you as well!

It is indeed strange. Just to clarify, I experienced the issue at the exact same spot mentioned by @Brad_83, and at no other time during my play-through. This seems too specific to be a coincidence.

 

possibly a hit and miss maybe i was lucky and didnt have it on my 2 playthrough

 

Is there any way to mitigate the PSU heat issues without giving up on SCART RGB?

 

yes a you can put a 300 ohm resistor between gnd and 12v

 

Also, make sure there is a air tunnel from the fan to the PSU similar to when the GD-ROM drive is in the machine. Otherwise the fan is more or less just spinning air and not cooling anything.

 

Hey guys.. anyone try out this 400gb SD card by SanDisk? It's on sale. Would love to know if it works so I can also buy one.

SDSQUAR-400G-GN6MA

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...NRM2B&linkId=359c92734bad9c2b6a72f7a4e909bde0

 

Thanks. Also, I have an issue with GDmenu - long paths with special characters (comas, spaces, parenthesis) crash the program. It's a bit annoying, as pretty much all my .GDI collection uses such long filenames; is there a way to maybe edit the .GDIs in batch?

 

In Linux/macOs there's a program called GNU rename that can do that. Otherwise I'm sure there's a few native Windows renamers.

Alternatively, you can try copying too a fat32 drive back forth, as the special characters should be illegal and replaced by underscores or something like that.

 

On Windows, Bulk Rename Utility is useful for mass rename operations using specific criteria:

https://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk

I use the CLI version, Bulk Rename Command. Both are on the download page.