Problems with "Comical Machine Gun Joe"

[ChillyWilly]

Here's a test version of the plugin.

Now,when the header is invalid the plugin checks the extension&follows this logic:

If the extension is ".sms"(all cases supported) then SMS runmode will be picked.
If the extension is ".md/32x/bin/gen/mars" and the size of the rom is > 32Mbit , then the runmode is set to MD32X_32_40Mbit
otherwise to MD32X_1_32Mbit(no save).

For all cases a warning message is displayed so that the user knows that something weird is happening behind the scenes.

Well, that seems to work, but the cart still won't run from flash. Weird... it works from SD, and other SMS games run from flash. I'm looking into it.
 

It may have something to do with the fact that the smallest size a flash game can be is 1 Mbit. What does your plugin do for games smaller than 128KB?

[Conle]

It may have something to do with the fact that the smallest size a flash game can be is 1 Mbit. What does your plugin do for games smaller than 128KB?

Nothing actually 

Here's a test version that pads the rom to 1Mbit when needed. 
Now its up to the programmer.

[ChillyWilly]

Still doesn't work. I wrote F16 out as a test - it's also 32KB, but has a header. It almost works... it starts, but the game doesn't seem to work right. Maybe there's a problem in the client writing files smaller than 1 Mbit...

[Conle]

I'll tell to SivenYu to readback the size of the patched rom.That should fix it i think 

[madmonkey]

I may be late to the party, but
sms roms only run from flash if they're written aligned on 512KB.
size of the rom doesn't matter, if it's not written aligned, it will not run.

[ChillyWilly]

I may be late to the party, but
sms roms only run from flash if they're written aligned on 512KB.
size of the rom doesn't matter, if it's not written aligned, it will not run.

That's probably it. I noticed that a rom written to 0 always works, but the next one rarely does depending on the sizes.

[Conle]

Here , try this.It aligns SMS roms to 512KB(when needed) as madmonkey suggested 

[madmonkey]

can you do that from a plugin?
it needs to be aligned on flash, not pc memory

[Conle]

can you do that from a plugin?
it needs to be aligned on flash, not pc memory

I just align the memory buffer and its size 
If the write routine writes 512KB aligned blocks it should work , since large sms roms work.

[madmonkey]

If the write routine writes 512KB aligned blocks

that's a big if
you can just resize all roms smaller than 512KB to that size, but if I'm not mistaken, programmer doesn't read back modified size.

[Conle]

that's a big if
you can just resize all roms smaller than 512KB to that size, but if I'm not mistaken, programmer doesn't read back modified size.

SivenYu implemented this at some point in the new patching system.It seems to work with the SNES plugin but haven't debugged it yet though.