MagicEngine

[kamen555]

I'm trying to load some backups which once worked fine on older Windows OS and Magic Engine and even on the actual NEC hardware. Currently I have Windows XP SP2, ASPI 4.712. It gives me a "Load Error" on all my backups. I have the bios for all 3 system cards. I thought it may be my drive, I have 2 different drives. I can't figure out how to tell Magic Engine to use the other one. I've tried using "drive_letter=G:" but it keeps finding F: Below is my PC.INI and log file.


# ----
# gamepad settings
# ----
#

[gamepad]

;
; auto calibration control
; --
; 5 .. 95 [default = 50]
;
; the first option is for the left and up directions,
; the second is for right and down directions.
; if a direction doesn't respond lower the value,
; if a direction respond too well (without you touching it
; increase the value.
;

auto_calibration_1=50
auto_calibration_2=50


# ----
# cdda settings
# ----
#

[cdda]

;
; number of cdda buffers
; --
; 4 .. 75 [default = 5]
;

buffers=

;
; size of a cdda buffer (in sectors)
; --
; 1 .. 25 [default = 4]
;

buffer_size=

;
; cdda buffer queue delay
; --
; 2 .. (buffers - 1) [default = 4]
;

delay=


# ----
# video settings
# ----
#

[video]

;
; windowed mode
; --
; select windowed mode at startup
;
; y -> windowed
; n -> fullscreen [default]
;

windowed=y

;
; video sync
; --
; 0 -> disable [default]
; 1 -> enable
; 2 -> vsync + timer (special vsync that works best in windowed mode)
;

vsync=

;
; fullscreen stretch
; --
;
; y -> enable
; n -> disable [default]
;

fullscreen=

;
; wide screen mode
; --
; y -> enable
; n -> disable [default]
;

wide=

;
; zoom
; --
; 0 .. 4
;

zoom=

;
; high res mode
; --
; y -> enable
; n -> disable [default]
;

high_res=

;
; filtering mode
; --
;
; 0 -> disable [default]
; 1 -> bilinear filtering
;

filter=

;
; scanlines:
; --
; 0 (no scanlines) .. 40 (black scanlines)
;

scanlines=

;
; gamma correction:
; --
; adjust gamma level (0 .. 40)
;

gamma=

;
; contrast control:
; --
; adjust contrast (0 .. 40)
;

contrast=

;
; saturation control:
; --
; adjust color saturation (0 .. 40)
;

saturation=

;
; brightness control:
; --
; adjust brightness (0 .. 40)
;

brightness=


# ----
# audio settings
# ----
#

[audio]

;
; interpolation mode
; --
; 0 -> disable [default]
; 1 -> linear
; 2 -> cubic
;

interpolation_mode=

;
; interpolation level
; --
; 0 .. 9 [default = 2]
;

linear_interpolation_level=
cubic_interpolation_level=

;
; master audio volume
; --
; 0 .. 31
;

master_audio_volume=

;
; psg audio volume
; --
; 0 .. 31
;

psg_audio_volume=

;
; adpcm audio volume
; --
; 0 .. 31
;

adpcm_audio_volume=

;
; cd audio volume
; --
; 0 .. 31
;

cd_audio_volume=

;
; noise level
; --
; 0 (rough) .. 4 (soft)
;

noise_level=

;
; noise volume
; --
; 0 .. 9 [default = 4]
;

noise_volume=

;
; noise filtering level
; --
; 0 .. 9
;

noise_filter=


# ----
# misc. settings
# ----

[misc]

;
; fps counter (on screen display, top-left corner)
; --
; y -> enable [default]
; n -> disable
;

fps_counter=

;
; psg volume meter (on screen display, bottom-right corner)
; --
; y -> enable [default]
; n -> disable
;

psg_vu_meter=

;
; backup ram format
; --
; 0 -> old format (backup.ram)
; 1 -> new format (backup.dat, backup.idx) [default]
;

backup_ram=1


# ----
# emulation settings
# ----

[emulation]

;
; frame delay
; --
; adjust video frame delay (15000-18000 µs)
;
; 16393 -> 61 Hz
; 16667 -> 60 Hz
; 16711 -> 59.84 Hz [default]
; 16949 -> 59 Hz
;

frame_delay=


# ----
# path settings
# ----

[path]

;
; system card paths
; --
;

system_card_1=
system_card_2=
system_card_3=
system_card_4=

;
; config path
; --
; (pce.cfg,
; backup.dat, backup.idx,
; games.idx,
; time.dat,
; k12x12.fnt, k16x16.fnt)
;

config=

;
; preview screenshots path
; --
;

previews=

;
; screenshots path
; --
;

screenshots=

;
; saved games path
; --
;

saved_games=

;
; roms path
; --
;

roms=





[INPUT INIT]
opening direct input DLL... OK
init direct input... OK
scanning gamepad device(s)...
- no gamepad

[SOUND INIT]
scanning sound card... found 1 sound card(s)
checking sound card mixer ("SoundMAX Digital Audio" v5.10)... OK
+SPEAKERS: vol = 45 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-WAVEOUT [ 0] vol = 18 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-SYNTHESIZER [ 1] vol = 100 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-ANALOG [ 2] vol = 0 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-UNDEFINED [ 3] vol = 80 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-UNDEFINED [ 4] vol = 80 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-UNDEFINED [ 5] vol = 80 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-UNDEFINED [ 6] vol = 80 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-COMPACTDISC [ 7] vol = 11 [00000000/0000FFFF] (selected as CD input line)
-MICROPHONE [ 8] vol = 7 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-ANALOG [ 9] vol = 99 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-LINE [ 10] vol = 55 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-TELEPHONE [ 11] vol = 23 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-ANALOG [ 12] vol = 0 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-WAVEOUT [ 13] vol = 0 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-WAVEOUT [ 14]
+WAVEIN:
master audio volume... 45 (45)
wav audio volume... 0 (0)
cd audio volume... 11 (11)
opening direct sound DLL... OK
init direct sound... OK
set cooperative level... OK
create primary buffer... OK
setup primary buffer: freq=44100 channels=2 bits=16... OK
create thread... OK

[CD-ROM INIT]
scanning drives...
- drive F: _NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A (port=0, unit=0) [CDROM]
- drive G: JLMS XJ-HD166S (port=0, unit=1) [CDROM]
- drive H: _NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A (port=4, unit=0) [CDROM]
- drive K: JLMS XJ-HD166S (port=4, unit=1) [CDROM]
found 4 CD-ROM drive(s)

[CDDA INIT]
creating thread... OK

[CD SCAN INIT]
creating thread... OK

[GAMEPAD INIT]
auto calibration: -500 500

[BACKUP RAM INIT]
loading backup RAM database index file : "J:\Downloaded Files\me100-english-pr6\backup.idx"... file not found!

[PSG INIT]
allocating sound buffers(6)... OK
allocating ADPCM sound buffer... OK

[HUCARD]
create dummy rom... OK
initialize a new backup RAM bank

[HUCARD]
loading ROM file : "J:\Downloaded Files\me100-english-pr6\syscard3.pce"... OK
searching game backup RAM in database [6d9a73ef|00000000]... not found
initialize a new backup RAM bank

[BOOT CD]
reading TOC...
- track 1 [00]: 00 02 00 ( 0, 3590)
- track 2 [04]: 00 49 65 ( 3590, 6086)
- track 3 [00]: 01 23 11 ( 6086, 14641)
- track 4 [00]: 03 17 16 ( 14641, 23704)
- track 5 [00]: 05 18 04 ( 23704, 32482)
- track 6 [00]: 07 15 07 ( 32482, 41016)
- track 7 [00]: 09 08 66 ( 41016, 50274)
- track 8 [00]: 11 12 24 ( 50274, 59497)
- track 9 [00]: 13 15 22 ( 59497, 69278)
- track 10 [00]: 15 25 53 ( 69278, 79421)
- track 11 [00]: 17 40 71 ( 79421, 89815)
- track 12 [00]: 19 59 40 ( 89815, 101558)
- track 13 [00]: 22 36 08 ( 101558, 106003)
- track 14 [00]: 23 35 28 ( 106003, 106509)
- track 15 [00]: 23 42 09 ( 106509, 115969)
- track 16 [00]: 25 48 19 ( 115969, 122688)
- track 17 [00]: 27 17 63 ( 122688, 125622)
- track 18 [00]: 27 56 72 ( 125622, 128660)
- track 19 [00]: 28 37 35 ( 128660, 133070)
- track 20 [00]: 29 36 20 ( 133070, 136003)
- track 21 [00]: 30 15 28 ( 136003, 138156)
- track 22 [00]: 30 44 06 ( 138156, 141368)
- track 23 [00]: 31 26 68 ( 141368, 146314)
- track 24 [00]: 32 32 64 ( 146314, 149804)
- track 25 [00]: 33 19 29 ( 149804, 158965)
- track 26 [00]: 35 21 40 ( 158965, 161856)
- track 27 [00]: 36 00 06 ( 161856, 165137)
- track 28 [00]: 36 43 62 ( 165137, 168349)
- track 29 [00]: 37 26 49 ( 168349, 171986)
- track 30 [00]: 38 15 11 ( 171986, 175045)
- track 31 [00]: 38 55 70 ( 175045, 182193)
- track 32 [00]: 40 31 18 ( 182193, 184325)
- track 33 [00]: 40 59 50 ( 184325, 186652)
- track 34 [00]: 41 30 52 ( 186652, 189620)
- track 35 [00]: 42 10 20 ( 189620, 191717)
- track 36 [00]: 42 38 17 ( 191717, 196287)
- track 37 [00]: 43 39 12 ( 196287, 197973)
- track 38 [00]: 44 01 48 ( 197973, 200488)
- track 39 [00]: 44 35 13 ( 200488, 203860)
- track 40 [00]: 45 20 10 ( 203860, 206494)
- track 41 [00]: 45 55 19 ( 206494, 208034)
- track 42 [00]: 46 15 59 ( 208034, 209853)
- track 43 [00]: 46 40 03 ( 209853, 213852)
- track 44 [00]: 47 33 27 ( 213852, 217900)
- track 45 [00]: 48 27 25 ( 217900, 224093)
- track 46 [00]: 49 49 68 ( 224093, 252926)
- OK, 46 track(s)
cd read, sector=3590 nb=2

[Kaminari]

1. You need to set your system_card paths to wherever you put your System Cards (eg. D:\ME\ROM\syscard3.pce)

2. You can't select your prefered device in the INI for now. In the GUI, ME automatically displays the first drive in which it detects a PCE disc. Your best bet is to put your disc in your prefered drive, let it spin a bit, then run ME. In later versions, we will be able to select which drive to boot from, but the Boot CD menu is a bit mangled right now.

[dmichel]

Make sure that there's no CD in F: and put a PC-Engine in G: the 'boot cd' menu should update itself and switch to G:, it may take a few seconds though.
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David Michel

[dmichel]

[Kaminari]

Good. I'm gonna make a campfire in front of my comp

[dmichel]

Wait a bit, or take a lot of wood. I don't expect to have it ready before late in the night.
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David Michel

[Kaminari]

[kamen555]

[kamen555]

Downloaded ME 0.98 and this time it works. Some games with sound and some game without. Anything above 0.98 gives me a LOAD ERROR. I think ME 0.98 should be made available for download for people having similar problem to mine.

[Kaminari]

Odd. If it works with ME 0.98, it sure does with 0.99b5. Since cracked keys for 0.98 are to be found everywhere, I don't think it will be made available again on the website any time soon.

I don't recall seeing anyone having load errors in 1.0. It usually happens when ME can't find a proper driver for your CD-ROM, and 9 times out of 10 that means no ASPI driver installed on a Win9x system -- which obviously isn't your case. And since you're under WinXP, ME should automatically fall back on SPTI without any problem.

Anyway, just wait a bit for the next release. CD detection via the GUI is much improved (up to four drives are selectable) and the option to configure your default drive (in ASPI or SPTI mode) in the INI file has been re-enabled.