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4DO 1.0.6.2 Alpha Released!

fourdo-admin September 06, 2011 30 Comments

Features:

  1. 4DO now hides the mouse cursor if it’s floating over the game area.
  2. Support for more types of controllers/gamepads. I do not know if this also includes xbox 360 controllers.
  3. Users can now select a different void area pattern (including none/blank/black). This means you can turn off the “bricks” on the sides of the screen. I do indeed pay attention to comments! I personally will be using “Metal” because I like to pretend that I’m manly.

Fixes:

  1. If you configured your controller settings with a blank set of bindings, 4DO would fail to load it. This is now fixed, although I fixed it by changing how the file is saved.

I’m quite certain that I will be able to hear cheers of joy throughout the day tomorrow as the various people of the world discover that they can now change the void area pattern to flat black (I’m thinking of you, Sedabi!).

A clarification on the added controller support: 4DO was previously looking for input devices that identified themselves as “joystick”. I found another controller of mine that wouldn’t register and discovered that it considered itself a “gamepad”. It was quite easy to resolve once I found this. However, I doubt that XBox 360 controllers fall into this category; they have an API of their own.

The updates will slow down for a while. I want to iron out problems with the video (DirectX) as well as solve the timing issues that some people have been reporting. Because none of my machines exhibit these problems, it’ll take a while to investigate.

To try out 4DO 1.0.6.2 alpha, head to to the download page:
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30 Comments

  1. Sedabi Log in to Reply
    September 6, 2011 at 1:40 am

    Hi Johnny. I am glad that you paid attention to my request. Thank you for that.
    Now for the not joyous, from version 1.0.6.1 you went on DirectX9, but my picture was there such
    http://s010.radikal.ru/i314/1109/ff/8335c1cebc53.жпг
    In version 1.0.6.2 it remained the same, what problemma I can not understand.
    I’ll try to voice their program you can give it to you something.
    OS- Windows Seven SP1 32Bit
    VideoCard GTX25 witch driver 280.26
    VCredist 2005,2008,2010-all 32bit
    DirectX9c final update from site Microsoft
    Net4Fraemwork
    SlimDX for Net4
    OpenAll
    In general, all costs for normal operation. But with version 1.0.6.1 it I have not been observed.
    Sincerely Sedabi.

  2. Sedabi Log in to Reply
    September 6, 2011 at 1:41 am

    http://s010.radikal.ru/i314/1109/ff/8335c1cebc53.jpg

  3. betamen Log in to Reply
    September 6, 2011 at 3:42 am

    http://img.flashtux.org/img132de3a196cexadad9dd6.png

  4. Dave-P Log in to Reply
    September 6, 2011 at 4:12 am

    Good news… Xbox 360 pad is working 🙂
    Bad news… can no longer play a game when mounted in Daemon tools? Also graphics are messed up in Sam Showdown.

    • BryWI Log in to Reply
      September 6, 2011 at 6:43 am

      i’ve been using magic disc to mount images. its freeware and it works great.

    • Stranno Log in to Reply
      September 6, 2011 at 9:23 am

      I’m using 1.0.6.2 with Daemon Tools Pro 4.41 and Road Rash works perfect, exactly the same as 1.0.6.1

      • Dave-P Log in to Reply
        September 6, 2011 at 2:05 pm

        Something changed here. Basically, all US ISO’s play fine, however, my Gex (EU) & Demolition Man (EU) images mount but will not play in 4DO? It just goes back to the insert CD / storage manager screen.

  5. Kaverajones Log in to Reply
    September 6, 2011 at 6:09 am

    Yes! The Xbox 360 controller is working very well … Thank you!

    By google translate.

  6. BryWI Log in to Reply
    September 6, 2011 at 6:37 am

    quick tnought, is this video bug only happening on nvidia cards? can everyone verify their video chip sets and post what they have and wether it’s working or not?

    nvidia 8800 gts not working
    nvidia 330m not working

  7. BryWI Log in to Reply
    September 6, 2011 at 6:40 am

    another strange thought, border still displays correctly with the bug…. is there something the video uses but the border does not?

  8. aliast Log in to Reply
    September 6, 2011 at 7:02 am

    nvidia 8800 gtx not working too

  9. Stranno Log in to Reply
    September 6, 2011 at 9:34 am

    I have noticed some problems in Road Rash timming, like slowdowns and i belive the emulator are able to reach fullspeed but it doesnt sometimes. Yeah, the game have serious slowdowns compared to Playstation version but there are more often slowdowns, even when is running on 60-70-99FPS

    But most of games run quite amazing

    • Stranno Log in to Reply
      September 6, 2011 at 9:37 am

      You can see this timming issues on this video

      http://goo.gl/vN8FW

      Or maybe really is a performance problem, but i doubt it, i belive that my Quad Core Q6700 can handle it 🙂

  10. Urquan Log in to Reply
    September 6, 2011 at 3:17 pm

    Hey Johnny, thank for fixing the controller issue. Now I can use my Xbox360 controller and my friend can use his PS3 controller. Keep up the good work it is really appreciated. Hopefully, Super Wing Commander and Wing Commander 3 will be playable soon.

  11. Sky25 Log in to Reply
    September 6, 2011 at 6:02 pm

    Same strange Graphical Glitch here with a Nvidia 8800GT…

  12. Johnny Log in to Reply
    September 6, 2011 at 10:42 pm

    Thanks for the feedback. It definitely looks to be NVidia specific. I also found a machine that exhibited the problem, and I’m working on a fix.

    Also I finally got an XBox 360 controller to try. Just like the others have reported, it works great! I’m now drowning in controllers that I have to return.

  13. Sedabi Log in to Reply
    September 6, 2011 at 11:15 pm

    Hi Johnny.
    I have a GT275. a friend has a Radeon.
    He also has the same problem.
    Another one shows the normal and GT430.
    I think it should look more carefully the issue is not to try to find an approach only for Nvidia
    As always with the best wishes Sedabi.

  14. Dave-P Log in to Reply
    September 7, 2011 at 6:37 am

    Hi Johnny,

    Please see my above comment… any idea why my EU ISO’s have stopped working. US ISO’s are fine.

    Thanks

    • BryWI Log in to Reply
      September 7, 2011 at 11:35 am

      If I had an (E) disc to try I would attempt to verify this. I thought I heard once though that most discs contain NTSC and PAL coded versions and which format it runs in depends on what console you put it in. I know it sounds far-fetched but I think this is the case.

      Also, are you still mounting the images on a virtual cd drive? If not, in order load an ISO in the emulator, the image has to be ISO 2048. It can not be a raw image.

  15. gog Log in to Reply
    September 7, 2011 at 7:57 am

    hallo why doom is work so slowly on 4do?

    • BryWI Log in to Reply
      September 7, 2011 at 11:50 am

      Doom is running full speed for me. But, it is still slow. This is how it is on a real 3do. The 3do version of Doom is notorious for being bad due to it’s awful frame rate. They only thing good about it is the re-done music. Lots of people praise the music, Id rather hear it through a great midi card for nostalgia’s sake.

      • BryWI Log in to Reply
        September 7, 2011 at 12:12 pm

        I was kinda wrong… I replied to your second post below.

  16. Sedabi Log in to Reply
    September 7, 2011 at 9:26 am

    Johnny, why the choice of the curb, the emulator can not remember my option? After re-opening the emulator installed with a border pattern, and it is not at all in choosing a menu option lights up no pattern.
    If you click again on it, then nothing changes. First need to select any other option, and then again choose no pattern.

    • BryWI Log in to Reply
      September 7, 2011 at 11:47 am

      I can verify this bug exsists. If you select “None” and then quit. When you reload the emulator the border is back. When you select none again, it will not turn off. The only way to currently fix this is to, select something else, then select none again.

  17. Sedabi Log in to Reply
    September 7, 2011 at 9:55 am

    Johnny, why in the emulsion does not sound stereo and is only mono?
    In prisavke very good was the sound, and it spoils everything.
    PS I probably bored you already, but if not, then you’ll get good selection of games, where now there are key problems.

  18. Sedabi Log in to Reply
    September 7, 2011 at 9:56 am

    Johnny, why in the emulsion does not sound stereo and is only mono?
    In the console was a very good sound, and it spoils everything.
    PS I probably bored you already, but if not, then you’ll get good selection of games, where now there are key problems.

  19. Sedabi Log in to Reply
    September 7, 2011 at 9:57 am

    Oops … sorry for 2 posts 🙂

  20. gog Log in to Reply
    September 7, 2011 at 11:27 am

    hallo jonny why doom work so slowly ib 4do?
    on freedo it works faster!!!

    • BryWI Log in to Reply
      September 7, 2011 at 11:56 am

      hmm you are right. it does run faster on FreeDO. I wish my real 3DO worked so I could see what the real speed is supposed to be on a real console.

      • BryWI Log in to Reply
        September 7, 2011 at 12:10 pm

        I found a video of doom 3do on youtube that wasn’t from an emulator. Doom is in fact running slower than it would on the console but the emulator is reporting it is running fullspeed. This is a good find.

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