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I've been playing gta3 on CD. It's working better than expected other than some hitching. Has anybody tried playing through the serial port as a comparison? I'm wounding how it compares with the right settings?

jason8802 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2024 10:01 am I've been playing gta3 on CD. It's working better than expected other than some hitching. Has anybody tried playing through the serial port as a comparison? I'm wounding how it compares with the right settings?

It works great on on the SD serial port. Probably will run better in the future

Plenty of videos on YouTube now

KnightNZ wrote: ↑Mon Dec 30, 2024 12:35 pm No issues with my MODE without changing any settings. Only played it for about 15 mins though.

I do have an upgraded PicoPSU which may help perhaps?

Thank you for checking and letting me know!

I had another controller plugged in to the Dreamcast today and when I tried playing it again it all seemed to be working okay. I was able to move and drive around just as I did on my other DC with USB-GDROM installed. Not sure what the issue is/ was, though I have noticed my controller/ port now keeps trying to move down on its own...

Ted.

MODE, standard original power supply. No meltdown but I do pop the hood the lid to be sure lol

Idled it like an hour+ last night on the baked in save end of the game busy busy last safehouse

If you're using an authentic GDEMU with either gdMenu or openMenu and the new GTA3 port crashes on boot, you must change these two settings in GDEMU.ini.

Default settings are...

open_time = 500
detect_time = 250

But they must be changed to...

open_time = 500
detect_time = 150

These are the safest settings that still allow disc-swap to function reliably.