File Loading

Poobah · Post by **Poobah** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:51 pm

Stifu is right; I just followed his steps then, and it happened to me aswell.

Create "C:\emu\_snes\ROMs\A", and put ZSNES in _snes, and a couple of ROMs in ROMs and a couple in A. Run ZSNES, go to the ROM browser thing, and browse into the ROMs folder. Then, keep browsing into A and out of it (using the ".." path) multiple times (mouse or keyboard; they both work) and then all of a sudden all the files and directories disappear, leaving nothing but drives.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:30 pm

Could you mention the OS you are using, for my reference? I'm having problems reproducing this issue. I've tested this on Win98SE+2k.. neither of which I've exhibited the problem with. Please also mention what service pack you are using if you are using 2K/XP.

Edit:
Also please try compiling from zget, and see if you still experience the problem.

Additional Edit:
Could you please delete the line that has LoadDir in it and see if that changes things?

Poobah · Post by **Poobah** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:25 am

I'm using Windows XP, SP2. Are you sure you created the directory structure as was defined? I tested it in other directories, but it only happens with the "A" one.

I'll try your suggestions now. Recompiling the latest SVN source didn't fix it.

Which line containing LoadDir did you want removed? I'm not familiar with ZSNES's source.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:31 am

Yes, I have and I still cannot reproduce it.

Poobah · Post by **Poobah** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:33 am

Poobah wrote:Which line containing LoadDir did you want removed? I'm not familiar with ZSNES's source.

(Just in case you didn't see the edit.)

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:35 am

I meant LoadDir in the cfg file.

Stifu · Post by **Stifu** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:44 am

I'm using Windows XP (SP2), and I did compile with zget.

I simplified my ROM path for the sake of organisation, it's now D:\roms\_snes\A, and the bug still happens. (Yet again, the underscore doesn't make any difference... I only put one in there for reasons that aren't worth explaining)

Removing the LoadDir line doesn't seem to change anything...

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:40 pm

My last ditch suggestion is to delete the cfg file and see if that makes a difference, if at all.

Stifu · Post by **Stifu** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:55 am

Nah, no difference. I start fresh all the time, and it happens with all the latest SVN revisions I tried, along with the latest WIP.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:45 am

Ok, Jonas Quinn was able to reproduce this, but hasn't come up with the fix... but at least at is a step in the right direction.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:59 am

A thought: If you can, try compiling a debug build of ZSNES..

make -f makefile.ms PLATFORM=win32 clean
make -f makefile.ms PLATFORM=win32 DEBUG=yes

Then pipe out the output to text file by doing...

zsnesd > file.txt

Then, post the contents of the file.

Poobah · Post by **Poobah** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:32 am

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fopen_dir_rb: C:\emu\data.cmb
fopen_dir_r: C:\emu\zfont.txt
ZStartPath: C:\emu\
ZCfgPath: C:\emu\
ZRomPath: C:\emu\
ZSramPath: C:\emu\
ZSnapPath: C:\emu\
ZSpcPath: C:\emu\
ZSNES vPre 1.43, (c) 1997-2006, ZSNES Team
Be sure to check http://www.zsnes.com/ for the latest version.

ZSNES is written by the ZSNES Team (See AUTHORS.TXT)
ZSNES comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software,
and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;
please read 'LICENSE.TXT' thoroughly before doing so.

Use ZSNES -? for command line definitions.

This is a work in progress build. It contains code which
May or may not be complete
stat_dir: C:\emu\out.txt
stat_dir: C:\emu\ROMs
stat_dir: C:\emu\zfont.txt
stat_dir: C:\emu\zmovie.cfg
stat_dir: C:\emu\zsnesd.exe
stat_dir: C:\emu\zsnesw.cfg
stat_dir: C:\emu\ROMs\A
stat_dir: C:\emu\ROMs\A
stat_dir: C:\emu\out.txt
stat_dir: C:\emu\ROMs
stat_dir: C:\emu\zfont.txt
stat_dir: C:\emu\zmovie.cfg
stat_dir: C:\emu\zsnesd.exe
stat_dir: C:\emu\zsnesw.cfg
stat_dir: C:\emu\ROMs\A
stat_dir: C:\emu\ROMs\A
stat_dir: C:\emu\out.txt
stat_dir: C:\emu\ROMs
stat_dir: C:\emu\zfont.txt
stat_dir: C:\emu\zmovie.cfg
stat_dir: C:\emu\zsnesd.exe
stat_dir: C:\emu\zsnesw.cfg
stat_dir: C:\emu\ROMs\A

Here is exactly what I did starting from ZSNES' launch:

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Clicked Load
Browsed to: ROMs
Browsed to: A
Browsed to: ..
Browsed to: ..
Browsed to: ROMs
Browsed to: A
Browsed to: ..
Browsed to: ..
Browsed to: ROMs
Browsed to: A
Closed ZSNES

The very last "Browsed to: A" is when the bug occured. I noticed that "stat_dir: C:\emu\ROMs\A" was displayed twice each time I browsed to A, except for when the bug occured.

EDIT: The "stat_dir: C:\emu\ROMs\A" being displayed twice is actually occuring because the "A" directory is empty; I don't think it has anything to do with the problem.

Post by **Nach** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:43 pm

Thanks Jonas Quinn for finding the cause of the bug.
I fixed it, sorry about that.

So how's the load menu now?

Poobah · Post by **Poobah** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:49 pm

It works fine now.

Stifu · Post by **Stifu** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:38 pm

Seems all good now, thanks guys.

Post by **Nach** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:11 am

I'm not interested in it being fine.

I'm interested in it being better than it was before. So feel free to post about which improvements you noticed and enjoy.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:08 am

I liked how it gives the full filename now near the options of force PAL/NTSC, etc.

Poobah · Post by **Poobah** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:21 am

Nach wrote:Thanks Jonas Quinn for finding the cause of the bug.
I fixed it, sorry about that.

So how's the load menu now?

Poobah wrote:It works fine now.

Nach wrote:I'm not interested in it being fine.

I'm interested in it being better than it was before. So feel free to post about which improvements you noticed and enjoy.

In saying "it works fine", it was implied that the bug was no longer present on my end, and hence an improvement was observed in that area between before you fixed that bug and after you made the post saying that it was fixed.

The load menu is very fast and responsive, and the filename text beneath the browsing area is also quite convenient. The absence of unused drives also makes it a lot tidier.