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New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 2:02 am
by mistamontiel
Salutations
My Qoobchip analog-only GC .. the reader/eye/laser is completely shot ={ So I bought a Xeno DOL-001
My Qoobchip has snes9x on it , and I have a disc full of SNES .. but I guess now seeing that Xeno chip is simply a authenticity+region bypass , must I put together an emulation iso , er is the memory card SD thing worthy ? Which ? I would love to play SNES on GC again
Now , onto the Twin Snakes Special Disc , I've got Phillips and Fujifilm mini-DVDs at the moment .. did Imgburn 4x on each .. but it displays nothing only PRESS START .. n then all I get is black screen
Thanks for havin me !
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 2:29 am
by theclaw
Burn Swiss to a disc. It can run programs on SD cards, sparing the effort to make a disc for each emulator.
Are you using the component cable on an HDTV? Some TVs don't support 240p from component. Mega Man X Collection and a few other things may be unplayable at worst. I've never heard about Metal Gear being affected, but this page says the NES game is 240p.
https://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.p ... ility_List
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 2:34 am
by mistamontiel
GROOVY ! Where may I see the latest Swiss ? And I guess Ridata mini-DVDs are still king ?
Not ready to pony up serious money for component .. er maybe its options .. I play over S-Vid , on CRT and also have beefy projection type display , for what it's worth
EDIT:
I see , so thankfully for Xeno I can Swiss !
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 7:47 am
by novenary
You can also flash iplboot to your Qoob pro, as long as you have an SD adapter and the USB thing.
https://github.com/Streetwalrus/iplboot
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 9:09 pm
by mistamontiel
Excellent , well I was reading the XenoGC wiki here , so Ritek G05 discs are the way to be ? I have Phillips and Fujifilm .. I wanted to leave them alone since I read good things about Ridata .. but I did a test burn of Swiss (boots great) , and Imgburn told me my Fujifilm is Ritek G04 ? Good enough ?
http://ultraimg.com/images/2017/08/06/GUTR.png
Silly question , is the eject button totally safe ? Since the drive nudges down with it
So now I will need a memory card with SD slot .. though I fear there are many knock-offs and overall bad ones though .. and I guess Kingston are good storage media ?
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 10:28 pm
by novenary
I can't personally vouch for kingston, but they should be fine. I usually buy sandisk and I know that samsung is also good. SD card class shouldn't matter in theory, but it's still an indicator of higher quality, and you may want higher class to write games to it faster.
What eject button are you talking about? The one in Swiss? That is simply to switch to another medium, stopping the drive is intentional and harmless.
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 10:55 pm
by mistamontiel
The eject button in the drive , that pops out the disc , that does not hurt ?
EDIT: Do I want
this ..?
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 11:40 pm
by novenary
Nah that won't hurt anything either.
That's the most popular adapter, usually works fine. Sometimes you need tape under the PCB to make the connection more reliable. I don't think you can find anything else now.
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 12:59 am
by mistamontiel
I'm on it !
So where is the latest snes9x emulator ? First thing I wish to load onto the SD card and do with Swiss
Sorries many questions !!! Cheers much
EDIT:
Found !
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 8:04 am
by novenary
You might wanna try
this one.
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 11:44 pm
by mistamontiel
Great !
Oh dear , I checked this other adapter listing on Amazon and review says limit 2 gig
May I also purchase 16-32 gig SanDisk Extreme Pro SD ?
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 1:10 am
by novenary
There is no limit, it's all software.
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 7:44 pm
by mistamontiel
I also imagine I can finally copy over saves from Gamefaqs with the power of Xeno , Swiss , and SD adapter
Thanks VERY much !
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 7:47 pm
by novenary
Yes, you can. You're welcome.
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 12:31 am
by mistamontiel
My postal office finally delivered me my memory card SD adapter , I see some emulators don't run as boot.dol ? Wonder what I rename as
Still troubles booting up Twin Snakes Special Disc , I've done a quick vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjnY98MPg10
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:32 am
by theclaw
"IPL/Game Language: English"? I guess that's an option to try changing.
Right now the game should believe the console is not Japanese.
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:56 am
by mistamontiel
.. and must the SD be FAT , not FAT32 ?
Also tried changing the IPL/Game Language , still black screen , and I don't see Japan
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 3:14 am
by emu_kidid
Update to the latest version of Swiss, try with audio streaming on/off.
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 4:00 am
by mistamontiel
Just burnt r424 , still no dice
Interesting in Current Game Settings 3/3 tab for a split second I can see "failed to save" , but the Disable Audio Streaming Yes still shows , don't know why game will not play
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 4:16 am
by novenary
You don't need to burn new Swiss versions, put the new ones as boot.dol instead.
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 4:28 am
by mistamontiel
Into the root of the SD ? FAT32 ?
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 9:06 am
by theclaw
mistamontiel wrote:.. and must the SD be FAT , not FAT32 ?
Also tried changing the IPL/Game Language , still black screen , and I don't see Japan
FAT32 is used for larger SD cards. Usually 4GB and greater.
I have no idea why Swiss wouldn't show a Japan option.
A few games need Japanese settings to avoid glitches. Xeno GC doesn't change the console's IPL/BIOS region.
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:11 pm
by novenary
mistamontiel wrote:Into the root of the SD ? FAT32 ?
Yes, at the root of the card. Swiss supports most variations of FAT (except for vFAT) so it doesn't matter. FAT16 can handle up to 16GB filesystems, but you should use FAT32 anyway.
The Japanese option is in game-specific settings, and it's called "Force Text Encoding". Set it to ANSI for the Latin font, and SJIS for the Japanese font. If I recall correctly, you shouldn't need to touch this as Swiss is supposed to detect the game's region and launch it in the right mode.
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 8:55 pm
by mistamontiel
Oh well ..
How do I copy over the GCS/GCI saves ? "Unknown File Type"
And how about the emulators like VisualBoy and SNES9X official ? Running the boot.dol too causes my cube to hang
emu_kidid thanx much for your kind work ! And your SNES9X is very slick too !!!
Re: New owner of Xeno GC , its features ? + Game help
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 9:42 pm
by novenary
Sounds like you're trying to use the Wii version of those emulators. Use emGBA and snes9x VM on the gamecube. VBA is unplayably slow anyway.