[Issue]: Gamecube builds not working

[niuus]

Describe the bug

Gamecube builds stopped working after 4.5.3. They load to a black screen.

Using: Pre-release and a new compile from the downloaded source.

Tested with SD Gecko+SD Media Launcher disc, or booting the snes9xgx dol through Swiss (1400-1420). Also changed SD cards with a freshly formatted one, same result.

To Reproduce

Open the DOL.

Expected behavior

Should work, as 4.5.3 version.

Relevant log output

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Screenshots

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[dborth]

Unfortunately I don't have a way to test on GameCube so I don't have a way to track down which commit broke this.

[bladeoner]

@niuus this week some changes where added, can you try with the latest Pre-release?

If the Pre-release is not working you can test the following files, which contain the three commits after version 4.5.3:

Test1, commit: https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx/commit/e68ae81f3a543ab72b8b9be2cf1f20d772edbe82 Snes9xGX-GameCube-Test1.zip

Test2: commit: https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx/commit/9b40986b938ac84de873c14be11f55cbb9ae9688 Snes9xGX-GameCube-Test2.zip

Test3: commit: https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx/commit/88deb038bc28fade37d0f6951a43a885d0404917 Snes9xGX-GameCube-Test3.zip

[niuus]

Hi @bladeoner. Sure, i'll check these builds in some minutes. I'll reply again with the results.

[niuus]

Results are in:

Test 1

Working

Test 2

Working

Test 3

Working

Pre-release (Optimize code (#1060))

Still not working

[bladeoner]

@niuus ok, that's a good start, to narrow down the scope, can you test the next three builds?

Test 1 commit: https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx/commit/c74bfa27a034f72f872b08b65b85bc1b92828b05 Download: https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx/suites/10671939935/artifacts/533720654

Test 2 commit: https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx/commit/890383fa9665ce0cd8eda52adb7d7d34a558660f Download: https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx/suites/10563630309/artifacts/525665328

Test 3 commit: https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx/commit/c84d99060ce574c9bacf25f38bf5bb0fa2e7b298 Download: https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx/suites/10563099731/artifacts/525625876

[niuus]

@niuus ok, that's a good start, to narrow down the scope, can you test the next three builds?

Test 1 commit: c74bfa2 Download: https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx/suites/10671939935/artifacts/533720654

Test 2 commit: 890383f Download: https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx/suites/10563630309/artifacts/525665328

Test 3 commit: c84d990 Download: https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx/suites/10563099731/artifacts/525625876

Hi @bladeoner. None worked, I think the problem is definitely c84d990 #1045. Might be doing something not permitted on the Cube at startup related to the unsupported PAL addition.

If you can do a build with your devkit for #1043, I can confirm you.

[bladeoner]

Hi @niuus, here you go:

Commit 1043: https://github.com/dborth/snes9xgx/commit/d193277ecaabe8b7cfbd69dcb2138f3080846b48 File: Snes9xGX-GameCube#1043.zip

[niuus]

Hi @niuus, here you go:

Commit 1043: d193277 File: Snes9xGX-GameCube#1043.zip

Back to this, sorry for the absence. Okey, so this one finally works. Tanooki16 noticed his mistake and made a fix, that you can check here: https://gbatemp.net/threads/snes9x-rx-a-new-fork.527131/post-10103981

I briefly tested and it works correctly.

[bladeoner]

@niuus can you test the attached file, I opened a PR with the fix: Snes9xGX-GameCube_Video_Fix.zip

[Papy-G]

Happy to see that this build is properly working with both SDGecko and SD2SP2 at last (used to be stuck to 4.4.9 because of that).

Thank you very much.

Ah, and just in case one of you know how to fix this, FCEUGX and VBAGX suffer from the same issues (volume and files management.