Dreamcast Date/Time

GreyTalisman

Hi, I was wondering if anyone came up with a solution to succesfully save/skip date and time check on Dreamcast?
I have tried everything. Dev bios that is able to skip date&time crashes back to menu.
There is a solution on retropie but i don't think its possible here? @Toxicshadow's Linux fixes so Reicast can exit cleanly and save NVRAM settings. Would it work on this board?

hguo83

i am having this same issue too. i am currently running 5.21 and dreamcast kept asking me to enter date/time whenever i play a dreamcast game. is this issue solved yet ? i am running batocera.linux on a old x86_64 PC though

and how do i full-screen the dreamcast game ? I am seeing black borders on both sides of my led monitor when i play a dreamcast game now.

joinski

hguo83

The only quick solution right now, to get rid of having to enter the date/time at every start of a game is to change Emulator/Core in ES Menu under Game Settings/Advanced.

If you want to have full-screen (but then stretched image) is to change Game Ratio to 16/9 (also under Game/Settings/Advanced/Dreamcast)

hguo83

If i change the Emulator from Auto to Libretro, my Dreamcast games refused to boot.

If i change the Emulator to Reicast, my games can work but i am stuck with entering the date/time every time my games boot...

I only have Reicast core inside my batocera.linux 5.21

joinski

hguo83

on x86_64 you have following combinations:
With Emulator Reicast and Core Auto you have to set time/date at each start of a game.
With Emulator Reicast and Core Reicast you have to set time/date at each start of a game.
With Emulator Libretro and Core Reicast you do not have to set time/date.
With Emulator Libretro and Core Auto the games do not start (black screen and then it goes back to ES menu)

@nadenislamarre we have a little bug here (when Emulator is set to Libretro and Core is set to Auto, the games do not start).

nadenislamarre

@airhead worked on it. it should work in 5.22 (at least on clean installation or if you remove the bad files). I've to upgrade reicast to make the situation better.

michel83

i noticed that there is a hacked version of "dc_nvmem.bin". When you launch a game, it dont ask you to enter time. You can found it on "recalbox" distribution. I dont know who did the patch but it works very well.

MuR3

joinski your solution works perfect, thx a lot.

Tested today with batocera 5.21, emu libreto core reicast, never ask for date/time.

BernoO

I can confirm thah the date/time issue is gone on 5.22 dev with all in "auto" (at least on x86_64)

ic68kimo

I have the same date time issue too on my RPi3b.
The problem was the "code" field of the "es_input.cfg" file was missing when setting the controller, so that "reicastControllers.py" could not generate the correct file "controllerP1.cfg" that emulator required.

After I added the "code" field, the cursor of dreamcast datetime screen can be selected and saved. dreamcast returns to normal. Can anyone fix it?

Date time screen freezing es_input.cfg:
<inputConfig type="joystick" deviceName="8Bitdo SF30 Pro 8Bitdo SF30 Pro" deviceGUID="03000000c82d00000060000011010000">
<input name="a" type="button" id="0" value="1" />
<input name="b" type="button" id="1" value="1" />
<input name="down" type="hat" id="0" value="4" />
<input name="hotkey" type="button" id="2" value="1" />
<input name="joystick1left" type="axis" id="0" value="-1" />
<input name="joystick1up" type="axis" id="1" value="-1" />
<input name="joystick2left" type="axis" id="2" value="-1" />
<input name="joystick2up" type="axis" id="3" value="-1" />
<input name="l2" type="button" id="8" value="1" />
<input name="l3" type="button" id="13" value="1" />
<input name="left" type="hat" id="0" value="8" />
<input name="pagedown" type="button" id="7" value="1" />
<input name="pageup" type="button" id="6" value="1" />
<input name="r2" type="button" id="9" value="1" />
<input name="r3" type="button" id="14" value="1" />
<input name="right" type="hat" id="0" value="2" />
<input name="select" type="button" id="10" value="1" />
<input name="start" type="button" id="11" value="1" />
<input name="up" type="hat" id="0" value="1" />
<input name="x" type="button" id="3" value="1" />
<input name="y" type="button" id="4" value="1" />
</inputConfig>

dreamcast working es_input.cfg:
<inputConfig type="joystick" deviceName="8Bitdo SF30 Pro 8Bitdo SF30 Pro" deviceGUID="03000000c82d00000060000011010000">
<input name="a" type="button" id="0" value="1" code="304" />
<input name="b" type="button" id="1" value="1" code="305" />
<input name="down" type="hat" id="0" value="4" code="16" />
<input name="hotkey" type="button" id="2" value="1" code="306" />
<input name="joystick1left" type="axis" id="0" value="-1" code="0" />
<input name="joystick1up" type="axis" id="1" value="-1" code="1" />
<input name="joystick2left" type="axis" id="2" value="-1" code="2" />
<input name="joystick2up" type="axis" id="3" value="-1" code="5" />
<input name="l2" type="button" id="8" value="1" code="312" />
<input name="l3" type="button" id="13" value="1" code="317" />
<input name="left" type="hat" id="0" value="8" code="16" />
<input name="pagedown" type="button" id="7" value="1" code="311" />
<input name="pageup" type="button" id="6" value="1" code="310" />
<input name="r2" type="button" id="9" value="1" code="313" />
<input name="r3" type="button" id="14" value="1" code="318" />
<input name="right" type="hat" id="0" value="2" code="16" />
<input name="select" type="button" id="10" value="1" code="314" />
<input name="start" type="button" id="11" value="1" code="315" />
<input name="up" type="hat" id="0" value="1" code="16" />
<input name="x" type="button" id="3" value="1" code="307" />
<input name="y" type="button" id="4" value="1" code="308" />
</inputConfig>