159 replies to this topic

[gagster]

Nice firmware. One question though, can we expect a speedup in the applications for the GP2X, with future emulator/game releases written specifically for the Open2x firmware? (Donkey Kong Country on the snes in fullspeed, anyone?)

[Peter R]

Nice firmware. One question though, can we expect a speedup in the applications for the GP2X, with future emulator/game releases written specifically for the Open2x firmware? (Donkey Kong Country on the snes in fullspeed, anyone?)

No. That is not how it works.

[hercule18]

Hi,

Tried it yesterday, nice firmware, this is what I noticed which did not worked correctly :

-Temper won''t launch in open2x, only in compatibility mode.
-Cps2emu with capex works great, but a little strange top bar appear in top of games.

Bye

Herc.

[xcen]

Hello

Can a dev comment on the LGPT on F200 open2x situation? Are there any major differences on how audio is processed on both platform in regards to the original firmware, or in regards to F100 ?

Thanks!

[Senor Quack]

Hi,

Tried it yesterday, nice firmware, this is what I noticed which did not worked correctly :

-Temper won''''t launch in open2x, only in compatibility mode.
-Cps2emu with capex works great, but a little strange top bar appear in top of games.

Bye

Herc. \:ph34r\:

That''s odd, I play temper all the time under Open2X Maybe there was a last-minute change that altered this somehow, but I really doubt it. Check your installation! I won''t be able to look into it for a month or more (in Thailand now)

Hello

Can a dev comment on the LGPT on F200 open2x situation? Are there any major differences on how audio is processed on both platform in regards to the original firmware, or in regards to F100 ?

Thanks!

On the Open2X side, there are some minor differences in the linux audio driver. But nothing that should change things from a program''s perspective. I haven''t a clue why it doesn''t work

[Manjuu]

@Senor Quack: Have a great time over there. Take care.

Hi,

Tried it yesterday, nice firmware, this is what I noticed which did not worked correctly :

-Temper won''t launch in open2x, only in compatibility mode.
-Cps2emu with capex works great, but a little strange top bar appear in top of games.

Bye

Herc. \:ph34r\:

Temper works correctly in mine with Open2X.

CPS2emu indeed has a problem. The screen is shifted downwards by a few pixels, causing that top bar of screen junk to appear. (Surprisingly) CAPEX isn''t at fault, since the same thing would happen if CPS2emu is launched using GMenu2X''s built-in selector.

Hello

Can a dev comment on the LGPT on F200 open2x situation? Are there any major differences on how audio is processed on both platform in regards to the original firmware, or in regards to F100 ?

Thanks!

I tried both the GP2X and the Windows version to compare; the GP2X version seems to work fine.

I have a F-200 mkI with Open2X DR7.

[dotdavid]

This firmware is absolutely brilliant! Installed it on my F200, wasn''t expecting much but wow - it has made my F200 boot up in an acceptable amount of time and the GMenu integration is great.

Thankyou so much for the work done on this.

[xcen]

@SQ & Manjuu:

the sound started fucking up on GPH''s latest firmware... but I take it it shouldn''t have modified anything that would''ve been replaced by installing open2x, right?

On that topic, can Manjuu confirm that sound playback works fine on his F200? The app runs fine, it''s the audio playback that stutters...

Thanks all for your time =) I need to figure out what''s going on if I can take a shot of fixing it =)

[yodaofborg]

Not run into any real problems with this release of Open2x, my 4GB (None SDHC) card works great now, and I was told on IRC (months ago) that the problem may be hard to fix. I have messed about with the tv-out tweaker with some applications, and with the right settings, I can play most SNES games just fine on my PAL-I TV now, better than I could on an actual SNES, as I can now remove borders that were forced by the hardware using TV X OFFSET and TV Y SCALING!

Much better than any of the GPH firmwares so far for me. Thanks for your efforts and your patience team.

[jbrodack]

i love all the control this gives us over our gp2x''s now. great work on this.

2 things I''d like to see:

allow skins/wallpapers for gmenu2x

include the config program for gmu. while open2x now lets us emulate stick click the config program allowed us to change a bunch of options.

[simonb]

Not run into any real problems with this release of Open2x, my 4GB (None SDHC) card works great now,

Hi guys, thanks for the updated release. I''m having issues with an SDHC card, made by integral. Are there known problems with some SDHC cards?

[Mindless]

allow skins/wallpapers for gmenu2x

or at least leave the stock gmenu2x skin and wallpapers... I''m really not a fan of yellow

[slaanesh]

How does one activate usbnet from menu? (without rebooting)

Or does it have to be started on boot?

I´ve asked this in the DR6 thread, but I got no answer.

Is it possible to activate the USB network without rebooting? It was possible in the official firmware (at least in v2.1.2).

is it not under the settings for open2X? ( i can''''t check now since i have reverted back to stock firmware)

Hmmmm... related to the above....

I can''t initiate USB<->SD card transfers.
I''ve selected "USB storage on boot = ON" however plugging in my USB cable does not get the GP2X''s SD card showing up on my PC. Short of using an SD card reader, I''ve always used this as a way of getting files on to my GP2X.

Can I still do this?

[Manjuu]

[...]

Hmmmm... related to the above....

I can''t initiate USB<->SD card transfers.
I''ve selected "USB storage on boot = ON" however plugging in my USB cable does not get the GP2X''s SD card showing up on my PC. Short of using an SD card reader, I''ve always used this as a way of getting files on to my GP2X.

Can I still do this?

According to Senor Quack:

As for someone asking about using the Gp2X as a USB SD reader, I do know that doesn''t work and I can''t be bothered to look into it further because the GP2X''s hardware is so crappy that using it as an SD reader/writer is a just plain bad idea. Just order a $3 reader from dealextreme

[PokeParadox]

Just a quick note... the problems of getting Open2X (and most other firmwares) to flash were not down to my SD cards but due to the fact that some Archive Extraction programs ignore empty folders.
I''''ve switched to using Ubuntu pretty much all the time and it seems like FileRoller does the empty folder ignoring, so all the contents of the archive were not being copied across.
I used my eeePC and 7z to extract the files and then it worked!

I want to ask if it is possible to make the installer create the empty directories, or check if they are missing and report an error so that this problem does not occur (basically it caused me to put my GP2X in what seemed like a bricked state so it''''s quite serious.)

EDIT: And btw This firmware KICKS ASS. This is basically what GPH should have given us in the first place...
TVOut - PAL is centred really small with GMenu2X and obviously runs at 50Hz (Any chance of a PAL60 mode?)
I managed to map the TVOut setting to fill a full NTSC screen with GMenu2X (We need a live tweak Tv app)
But on some games it resizes past the screen... hmmm.
Anyway only had a little play so far, but very impressed by how useful the new additions are!

Edited by PokeParadox, 09 April 2009 - 11:10 PM.