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Moving games is simple:

When the program launches, it will ask you to select the desired image.
Open the .HDS or .IMA image.
Select the Human68k HDD SCISI profile.
The games are all found inside the Games folders, in the case of the image X68000_V4.HDS (Released by Eidis).

You can open multiple images at the same time, by starting the program again, and drag the folders wherever you want, even directly into other HDD images.
But without editing !Start.BAT file will not boot.

Always test with the emulator before trying them on real hardware.

In the case of the HDD image released by incrediblehark, the situation is different, with the emulator you have to move between the different partitions, as indicated previously.
Then press the HELP key on the emulator's virtual keyboard, just before the emulated image starts.
Only after selecting the partition with the emulator will it be possible to view the contents with the editdisk.exe program.

Below is the link to the program:
https://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA013937/editdisk/editd169e.rar

Good fun.

THANKS ! I'll try !   I will come back with the results

Quote from: spectreman on May 29, 2024, 07:38:25 AMTry changing controller.

Quote from: spectreman on May 29, 2024, 07:38:25 AMI've noticed that Star Trader crashes when my Cyber Stick is set to analog.
Maybe it could be due to the type of controller he connected to his Expert.

I've tried with an FMT Marty pad, as well as a Mega Drive pad in both 2 and 6 button mode using the CPA-001 adapter from Capcom. The crash occurs with both. I have no other controllers to test.

Thanks for the advice, though.

How strange...

Quote from: kanjiology on May 28, 2024, 11:58:47 PMHaving trouble loading any of the Street Fighters on a PRO using BlueSCSI V2.

I received my molex cable adapter today, so i just installed my BlueSCSI V2 in my Pro. Tested Street Fighter II and Super Street Fighter II with no issues. Running the latest firmware (updated before installing) and set Termination ON with device set to HD0

Thank you, I will give it a try.

Quote from: spectreman on May 29, 2024, 11:55:56 PMMoving games is simple:

When the program launches, it will ask you to select the desired image.
Open the .HDS or .IMA image.
Select the Human68k HDD SCISI profile.
The games are all found inside the Games folders, in the case of the image X68000_V4.HDS (Released by Eidis).

You can open multiple images at the same time, by starting the program again, and drag the folders wherever you want, even directly into other HDD images.
But without editing some .BAT files will not boot.

Always test with the emulator before trying them on real hardware.

In the case of the HDD image released by incrediblehark, the situation is different, with the emulator you have to move between the different partitions, as indicated previously.
Then press the HELP key on the emulator's virtual keyboard, just before the emulated image starts.
Only after selecting the partition with the emulator will it be possible to view the contents with the editdisk.exe program.

Below is the link to the program:
https://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA013937/editdisk/editd169e.rar

Good fun.

I managed, thanks to your instructions, to put the Game folder with the game in it on partition C. I will try it later with the emulator if the game makes the error of "the military base ".  (EDIT : That s working !)

By the way, can't we, instead of putting the game folder in partition C, put the game folder in partition D in place of the old one?

If you place the game Die Bahnwelt in partition D: it will crash, but you can still try...

Some games work better on the primary partition inside the Games folder, they are more stable and faster to load.

@ateam was worth a try...

I had a lot of problems with some games that used the Cyber Stick, or Mega Drive controller adapters with HDD image, for example Knight Arms.

You can try replacing your version of Star Trader with the Eidis version: https://nfggames.com/X68000/Music/Eidis/X68000.zip as I explained in my guide, previously.

Got an OG X68K with 10MB of RAM and SCSI2SD 5.1.  For some reason, the system hangs on the image you added in autoexec.bat.  When I REM out "PIC BOOT.PIC" the system then works and boots into LHES correctly.

Anyone else got this issue on real hardware using the 2.20 image?

Still playing around with this image. Any reason why in "normal" mode, Castlevania is in 15khz? The default is 31khz and is a better experience. Argg.. it asks me if I want 15khz mode, but it's above the visible area.  I looked at the !Start.bat file to see that and press 'N' for 31khz mode on my PC monitor.

Quote from: leonk on June 21, 2024, 10:54:40 AMStill playing around with this image. Any reason why in "normal" mode, Castlevania is in 15khz? The default is 31khz and is a better experience. Argg.. it asks me if I want 15khz mode, but it's above the visible area.  I looked at the !Start.bat file to see that and press 'N' for 31khz mode on my PC monitor.

Thanks for the info! I'll adjust the message down to compensate for overscan. There's a lot of games on there that have messages like this, notably the Wolf Team games that ask to hold the touroku key to enable MIDI. I'm working on v3.00 right now and will see about making these messages more visible.

As for the PIC issue - I'm not sure what the problem is there. I have tested on XVI and PRO using SCSI2SD and BlueSCSI with no issues. When you say it hangs, do you mean the system will not boot up at all when you reach that point? If it just takes a long time you can adjust SLEEP number to compensate. Of course this is all just cosmetic anyway

Quote from: leonk on June 21, 2024, 10:28:54 AMGot an OG X68K with 10MB of RAM and SCSI2SD 5.1.  For some reason, the system hangs on the image you added in autoexec.bat.  When I REM out "PIC BOOT.PIC" the system then works and boots into LHES correctly.

Anyone else got this issue on real hardware using the 2.20 image?

I've tested on 2x OG 10MB BlueSCSI V1 and the picture stays on screen for a few seconds as intended. I would not say it hangs. 

I've had it sit for over a minute. I then press buttons on the keyboard until I see an "Abort, Ignore, .." message. I press 'A' and LHES loads. This is an OG X68K with 10Mb of memory; tested with SCSI2SD 5.1 and ZuluSCSI - both behave the same way. I REM the image out from AUTOEXEC.BAT and LHES loads right away during boot-up and games work great.

Quote from: HIggy on June 21, 2024, 05:31:07 PMI've tested on 2x OG 10MB BlueSCSI V1 and the picture stays on screen for a few seconds as intended. I would not say it hangs.

Did you do any modifications in the CONFIG.SYS? I tried changing to FLOAT3.X but I get error messages about missing floating point when I try to see the video in the Multimedia folder or play any music songs. So I switched to FLOAT2.X and it works fine.

I've tested on 2x OG 10MB BlueSCSI V1 and the picture stays on screen for a few seconds as intended. I would not say it hangs. 

Quote from: leonk on June 21, 2024, 10:01:59 PM

Quote from: HIggy on June 21, 2024, 05:31:07 PMI've tested on 2x OG 10MB BlueSCSI V1 and the picture stays on screen for a few seconds as intended. I would not say it hangs.

Did you do any modifications in the CONFIG.SYS? I tried changing to FLOAT3.X but I get error messages about missing floating point when I try to see the video in the Multimedia folder or play any music songs. So I switched to FLOAT2.X and it works fine.

I've tested on 2x OG 10MB BlueSCSI V1 and the picture stays on screen for a few seconds as intended. I would not say it hangs. 

Hmm interesting. I have not had it hang for that long with the picture. As I haven't experienced it I can't really troubleshoot much. I'm glad disabling it is a quick fix but if others experience the same issues I may need to REM it out by default unfortunately.

FLOAT3.X is if you have a co-processor installed. If you don't have the physical hardware you'll get an error on boot, and should stick with FLOAT2.X

I'll check the multimedia folder. If the video requires hardware FPU I'll add a note to it.

Awesome work my friend.

Keep the Scene Alive.


 

Quote from: leonk on June 21, 2024, 10:28:54 AMGot an OG X68K with 10MB of RAM and SCSI2SD 5.1.  For some reason, the system hangs on the image you added in autoexec.bat.  When I REM out "PIC BOOT.PIC" the system then works and boots into LHES correctly.

Anyone else got this issue on real hardware using the 2.20 image?

I had the same issue, and problem was that on my Ace the RTC is not working properly (I think that I have to adjust the trimmer), then the "SLEEP 4" on AUTOEXEC.BAT was hanging the computer.

Quote from: Sebastian77 on July 17, 2024, 06:03:21 AMI had the same issue, and problem was that on my Ace the RTC is not working properly (I think that I have to adjust the trimmer), then the "SLEEP 4" on AUTOEXEC.BAT was hanging the computer.

That makes sense as sleep.x uses the system time to determine how long to sleep.

There might be a better way that I'm missing.. unfortunately I can't just count cpu cycles because of the different clock speeds X68000 machines can run at

This depends on communication problems between your emulation device (hardware revision and firmware version) and your X68000 SASI, especially the OG/PRO models.

For those who have the problem of the startup screen freezing, on SASI computers press the CLR key repeatedly, this way it should start regularly even on subsequent startups.

It costs nothing to try.

To anyone else who has this issue, just a heads up that some games batch files use SLEEP.X to display messages temporarily. I like that it doesn't require any user input. I really enjoy using rezb1t's app, and it sounds like the root cause may be more hardware related.


EDIT: New version on SLEEP.X is installed in my yet to be released hdd image, and should resolve issues users have had with system hanging.

I installed a PhantomX into my PRO and now Bonanza Bros loads fine... Just an FYI. I can try other games if anyone wants to know more about the PhantomX compatibility.

Quote from: kanjiology on July 28, 2024, 01:13:31 PMI installed a PhantomX into my PRO and now Bonanza Bros loads fine... Just an FYI. I can try other games if anyone wants to know more about the PhantomX compatibility.

More importantly, I want to know how you managed to get hold of one! Congrats on installing the PhantomX, please start a new thread telling us all about it :-)

Quote from: X-Col on August 01, 2024, 03:57:17 AM

Quote from: kanjiology on July 28, 2024, 01:13:31 PMI installed a PhantomX into my PRO and now Bonanza Bros loads fine... Just an FYI. I can try other games if anyone wants to know more about the PhantomX compatibility.

More importantly, I want to know how you managed to get hold of one! Congrats on installing the PhantomX, please start a new thread telling us all about it :-)

Gimon's made a tweet about it a couple weeks ago: https://x.com/GimonsW/status/1812309786794528911 Though he has stopped distribution to overseas customers already now.

And will do, I will make a thread soon talking about it.

Hi, after 10 years of collecting games, I decided to give this image a try and I'm very, very pleased! The main reason I jumped on the scsi wagon is the firepower offered by the Etarikashikoshi X68000 - 8mb ram / MIDI board, a nice boost for my x68000 Super. Still, there is no way I can launch Maoh Daisakusen: every time I got a silent intro, I can choose my fighter and then I am forced to reset due to a bus error. am I the only one? Is there something I'm missing. Got the game on FM-TOWNS but I really want that MIDI ost 😀

What is your setup? does your X68k have 2MB internal before installing the etarikashikoshi board? Is your switch.x set up correctly?

To all: I apologize for the slow progress on my v3 image, it is still being worked on but my free time this summer has been sparse. I hope it will be worth the wait!

I really hope so, my friend. Everything runs fine and yes, I already had 2mb on board before the extra card. Maybe my problem is related to this one? https://nfggames.com/forum2/index.php?topic=7100.0

Ran fine on my machine but I did have heck of a time finding the button combo to start the game lol.

@DanHero Unfortunately it is difficult to be of help with the little information you provide.

But I can confirm the correct functioning of Mahou Daisakusen on my system:

X68000 XVI 10MHz and 16MHz mode, 10MB RAM + MIDI ( Etarikashikoshi ) on HENKAN BANCHO PRO.

As I imagine you know, with the directional cross you enter the settings, you start with the F1 key and with F2 you insert the credits, the XF1 and XF2 keys are fire and bomb.

Try in the settings/music, alternating FM Sound and MIDI, to see if it freezes with both modes.

Hi, I tried both, so I have no Idea at this point

My setup is X68000 Super 10 MB ram thanks to the Etarikashikoshi on BlueSCSi v2

Quote from: DanHero on August 05, 2024, 09:28:33 PMHi, I tried both, so I have no Idea at this point

My setup is X68000 Super 10 MB ram thanks to the Etarikashikoshi on BlueSCSi v2

Have you updated your BlueSCSI V2 with the latest firmware?

https://github.com/BlueSCSI/BlueSCSI-v2/releases/tag/v2024.05.21

Is your BlueSCSI V2 internal or external?

Check for errors in the Log file in your memory, it updates at every reboot.

In the switch.x settings you have set:
BOOT: STD
SCSI_ID: 7

Have you replaced the battery of your X68000 Super?

You can reset the SRAM to default values on X68000 Super, by holding down the CLR key, immediately after turning on the computer, when the confirmation message appears press Y.

Remove your Etarikashikoshi and try without, the game will boot up to character selection, it won't go further with only 2MB, but you can try the FM Sound.

Quote from: incrediblehark on August 04, 2024, 11:45:44 AMWhat is your setup? does your X68k have 2MB internal before installing the etarikashikoshi board? Is your switch.x set up correctly?

To all: I apologize for the slow progress on my v3 image, it is still being worked on but my free time this summer has been sparse. I hope it will be worth the wait!

Seriously though, take your time! We are all very appreciative of the effort you put into these!

Quote from: DanHero on August 04, 2024, 04:23:18 AMHi, after 10 years of collecting games, I decided to give this image a try and I'm very, very pleased! The main reason I jumped on the scsi wagon is the firepower offered by the Etarikashikoshi X68000 - 8mb ram / MIDI board, a nice boost for my x68000 Super. Still, there is no way I can launch Maoh Daisakusen: every time I got a silent intro, I can choose my fighter and then I am forced to reset due to a bus error. am I the only one? Is there something I'm missing. Got the game on FM-TOWNS but I really want that MIDI ost 😀

Bus errors will occur in some games if you run them direct from LHES. You should try to exit to the command prompt to run it (which I believe is the intended way to boot games) and see if you get the same error

Quote- All games in LHES are bootable by going into the game folder
      containing !Start.bat and quitting to the command prompt.
      ('Q' then 'Q' again)

X68k and PC-98 have the same problem where the file managers (or other things loaded) can interfere with games, so the trick is not to run the game from them but to use them to load the path into the command line.

@LowDefAl You're right, I assumed everyone knew that games are started by double-tapping the Q key, and that many don't read the instructions that incrediblehark posted on the front page.

Hi, I'm passionate about chiptune music and for a couple of months I've been trying to sort out the many collections / folders / files that are around the x68000.

When trying to use the SXSI_SCSI v2.20 image I saw that it cannot be opened with DiskEditor v1.69.

I always get an unspecified win32 error if I open partitions 2 or 3.

Is there a way to open them?

Quote from: Sir_Leon on August 26, 2024, 11:30:15 PMHi, I'm passionate about chiptune music and for a couple of months I've been trying to sort out the many collections / folders / files that are around the x68000.

When trying to use the SXSI_SCSI v2.20 image I saw that it cannot be opened with DiskEditor v1.69.

I always get an unspecified win32 error if I open partitions 2 or 3.

Is there a way to open them?

You can find the answer in post number #240.

I also posted a mini guide on handling multi partition images here:

https://nfggames.com/forum2/index.php?topic=7333.0

I'm new here but I spent some time reading this as I wanted to get an x68000 sooner rather than later.


Would this image work on an x68030?

I currently have a chance to get this particular model. Although, I am still searching for the earlier x68000 models but as I've lately learned about this machine, I am aware that buying it as-is etc, is a big risk and obviously would need tlc. So, I am trying to get something where I don't want to dwell too much into dumping tons of money and get something that does work and has been serviced. I have seen a few ACE's and Experts on sale too but I have my eye on the x68030. If it's not recommended then I will be more patient on get a model that is appropriate. My last option is to get the x68000z as it would technically be the cheaper option.

Shoometsu had an excellent hdd image tailored for the 030 systems that this one was originally based on. To answer your question, yes this image will work, in that it will boot on an X68030 but game compatibility may not be as consistent. A lot of games need special tweaks, speed adjustment tools and the like to run on the faster hardware that this image does not cover. Expect a lot of trial and error.

Quote from: incrediblehark on September 14, 2024, 12:05:37 PMShoometsu had an excellent hdd image tailored for the 030 systems that this one was originally based on. To answer your question, yes this image will work, in that it will boot on an X68030 but game compatibility may not be as consistent. A lot of games need special tweaks, speed adjustment tools and the like to run on the faster hardware that this image does not cover. Expect a lot of trial and error.

I read about Shoometsu's image but its no longer available from what I have searched. I did read about the possible incompatibility issues, etc.

Looks like I might have to pass on the 68030 as I do want to enjoy the library on actual hardware

Quote from: kinooshi823 on September 14, 2024, 12:27:25 PMI read about Shoometsu's image but its no longer available from what I have searched. I did read about the possible incompatibility issues, etc.

Yeah it's still available in X68000 Software subforum, another user posted a thread asking the link and I re-shared it. Dunno if I can post it here though as it's not the main topic, but you can find it there anyway.