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SD card based multi-purpose cartridge for the SNES
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The Auto Region patch doesn't work on EU console #150

Open Telecrab opened 3 years ago

Telecrab commented 3 years ago

SNES model: SNSP-001A(FRG) - 1CHIP - PAL. Cartridge: SD2SNES Mk.II Rev. H Firmware: v1.10.3

Steps to reproduce

  1. Turn on "Auto Region patch" in settings.
  2. Try to launch Kirby’s Dream Land 3 or Super Metroid (USA).

Expected result

Game starts.

Actual result

Wrong region message is displayed.

Additional info

Resetting/power cycling the console after the setting change doesn't work. On FW version 0.1.7e most of the games worked ok, some worked after console reset. (Kirby didn't work due to missing SA-1 support.)

mrehkopf commented 3 years ago

It should generally work. I've had one sd2snes where it didn't work but it was a fairly old build (Rev.E2). The cause was wrong values of the ferrite arrays on the data lines (RA103, RA104). Can you check if it works better with the recent beta release (v1.11.0b1)? Otherwise would be cool if I could send you a bunch of FPGA files with tweaked timings to see if any of them helps.

ICEknigh7 commented 3 years ago

I can confirm that it doesn't work on the latest version, trying games such as "Ganbare Daiku no Gen-san". Will try the beta when I get home.

EDIT: Just checked and turns out that I had already been testing the latest beta release. Also did some further testing and it looks like PAL games such as Donkey Kong Country 3 won't work on a Super Famicom, so it's not just a thing with PAL consoles.

mrehkopf commented 3 years ago

I looked at it through the logic analyzer and indeed the patched data appears quite late on the bus, maybe too late for some CPUs. I'll prepare an FPGA file for testing that responds a bit earlier on the data bus.

Telecrab commented 3 years ago

Big thank you for the update and sorry to hear about Near.

Checked this FW https://sd2snes.de/files/sd2snes_firmware_v1.11.0b1.zip "Kirby’s Dream Land 3" works now. :heavy_check_mark: "Super Metroid (Japan, USA) (En,Ja)" doesn't work. :x: "Peace Keepers, The (USA)" doesn't work. :x: (Worked on FW 0.1.7e, but hanged up at the copyright/logo screen half of the time. Didn't have any bugs during gameplay though. On 1.10.3 it showed the "Wrong region" screen.)

Overall compatibility is improved compared to the previous version. Many more games started to work. For example "Ghost Chaser Densei (Japan)".

wirehack7 commented 1 year ago

Sorry to open this again. But the error is back: even with auto patch I get the region error message from the cartridge (testing Secret of Mana (Germany) dump). My SuperNT runs as NTSC, SOM is PAL: getting wrong region error

Used firmware version: 1.11.0

ICEknigh7 commented 1 year ago

Also doesn't work when trying PAL games on a Super Famicom.

Romain80200 commented 1 year ago

Hello, I copy my message from another thread:

"Hello, please look at this thread: https://github.com/mrehkopf/sd2snes/issues/186

Use this file: https://github.com/mrehkopf/sd2snes/files/10778271/issue186-try2.zip

It solves the problem with cic and the missing leds."

ICEknigh7 commented 1 year ago

Use this file: https://github.com/mrehkopf/sd2snes/files/10778271/issue186-try2.zip

Just tried Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (Europe) with this version and it still displays the region lockout message.

Now it also randomly fails to reboot when I press Reset, with all leds blinking at once.

Romain80200 commented 1 year ago

Maybe try the one at thebottom of this thread:

https://github.com/mrehkopf/sd2snes/issues/201

ICEknigh7 commented 1 year ago

Maybe try the one at thebottom of this thread:

201

Region lockout still happening but can reset fine with this one.

bitrot-alpha commented 1 year ago

Console: 2/1/3 (USA SNES) Cartridge: Chinese "Rev. X"

Tried 1.10.3 FW. Terranigma (EUR) worked after toggling Reset Patch, SuperCIC, and of course Auto Region Patching. Then tried 1.11.0 FW. Tried same toggling of settings. Terranigma then booted up fine. I'm guessing timing is still not perfect, especially with dubious quality :smiley: of Chinese SD2SNES cartridges..

Always a good idea to try the basic troubleshooting steps:

ICEknigh7 commented 1 year ago

Console: 2/1/3 (USA SNES) Cartridge: Chinese "Rev. X"

Tried 1.10.3 FW. Terranigma (EUR) worked after toggling Reset Patch, SuperCIC, and of course Auto Region Patching. Then tried 1.11.0 FW. Tried same toggling of settings. Terranigma then booted up fine.

Can you try the games which were said not to work?

bitrot-alpha commented 1 year ago

Posting MD5 checksums of the files I have since some games have multiple revisions. @ICEknigh7 can you tell us what version of SFC you have? The numbers I posted in my last comment are from the "System Information" menu on the SD2SNES.

All the games I tested work fine. I tried disabling Auto Region patch just to check the files I have aren't pre-patched, and DKC3 correctly showed the wrong region message on startup.

Donkey Kong Country 3 (EUR) :heavy_check_mark: MD5: fc3333af2f93d7dd0a4190a01d49a69e Donkey Kong Country 3 - Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (Europe) (En,Fr,De).sfc

Secret of Mana (EUR) :heavy_check_mark: MD5: 0194f74c93b0edf3e4a7672a448572ad Secret of Mana (Europe).sfc

Super Mario All Stars combo ROM (EUR) :heavy_check_mark: MD5: 4941387e96ed2841ee3c2de6d1899509 Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario World (Europe).sfc Problem with the background flashing pretty badly on SMB 1985, but it boots without the out of region message. Probably due to the fact that my SNES and TV are USA 60hz (No SuperCIC on SNES side)

ICEknigh7 commented 1 year ago

My current console is also 2/1/3 and DKC3 always shows the region lock screen. The difference I can see is that it's a Japanese one, maybe this only works on US systems?