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Here it is the automated Kernel patcher Firmware for PAP KIII Plus 4 Gb, 16 Gb and Gopher 2.
It is based on mix Custom Arcade Mini Firmware version 1.0 and 1.32 with my small addition.

Thank's to all the devs that made this possible Steward-fu, ping_flood, gameblabla, if i missed anyone sorry too many to list here.

Download Link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bnmlSwa9l2yISQ0JpG8vx9T1ZNki5soh

How to use:

1. Download the universal patcher and unpack to your pc anywhere.
2. Read "how to use.txt" and follow instruction.

Fixpack for Gopher 2: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gpxcnTQC3KVFQp5sj_VdsdlH_hknjPVq
How to use: Unpack contents on internal Sd with replacement.

What's inside:

Emulators :
PocketSNES, Handy, Oswan, FCEUX, FBA-A320, SMS_SDL, GPSP, Picodrive, PCSX4ALL, Speccy, BK Elektronica, PokeMini and Vice.
Games :
Quake, Quake 2, ECWolf, Puzzletube, Snowman, Wizznic, Ganbare, Cannonball, Cave Story.
Apps :
Dingoo Commander, Mplayer.

Quote from: blackz1982 on February 06, 2019, 10:28:29 pm

5) PCSX4ALL it is used with own hand compiled from repo "senquack" (it is faster in my opinion) with mapped buttons L2, R2 on Volume down, Volume up(PAP K3 PLUS) and Z, C(Gopher 2).

Ah, interesting. I didn't know that the volume buttons were GPIO mapped to. What are they mapped to ?

Volume Down - SDLK_1, Volume Up - SDLK_2. 

Also, i didn't know the Gopher 2 was a thing until now. This is definitely interesting, i didn't know it was using an Ingenic SoC. Some said the resolution of this thing was 360x240 but looks like it's 480x272 just like the PAP.

Ingenic JZ4760, 480x272, 64 Mb RAM.

Also, stock PCSX4ALL is not faster than steward's fork, although it is more accurate. The reason why is this :
https://github.com/arcade-mini/pcsx4all/commit/2518dd335168beff8d90ad99528301eaaa3ea08a

PCSX4ALL from repo "senquack/pcsx4all" faster in branch "dynarec_work_part3" than "master" branch and faster than version in your firmware.
I checked in Carmagedon at identical settings.

Good to know. Thanks. Btw, share your source code on github or gitlab.

https://github.com/blackz1982/pcsx4all 
Yes in branch "dynarec_work_part4" broken saves but in "dynarec_work_part3" it works.

Ingenic JZ4760, 480x272, 64 Mb RAM.
Aw, like the PAP K3 Plus, including the RAM amount.

No, in PAP K3 Plus 128Mb RAM.

This image works fine in PAP KIII Plus 16GB.  Is it possible to play doom, doom 2 games in this device?  Can you please guide me on how to install these games in this device.

Appreciate your help and suggestions on this.

I have not ported Chocolate Doom yet (nor Doom Legacy) so you can't play Doom on it yet.
I did port Quake 2 and an updated port of Quake for the arcade mini but he didn't update his CFW accordingly. Maybe he will though once he feels that the improvements are significant enough.

How to install this on a new gopher device ?

Is it easy to disassemble and video?and how to tell which models have internal nand or sd?

I have windows 7 on virtual box when you say the correct driver you mean 32bit or 64bit yes and the drivers with the burn tool yes do you have a pic how to flash this latest image file in the burn tool what to select in it ?Also do you have a link to the flasher tool for gopher 2?

Dear blackz1982, I wonder if you have finished the Firmware Patcher for Gameta 2 ? I would be glad to provide a testing on my device and report the results back.

Thank you!

FBA doesn't seem to run better than the built in emulator from stock FW.

And believe me, it does. It could run better but the stock emulator was completely awful in this regard.
What games are you trying to play ? CPS-1 games are running smoothly for me.

GBSP doesn't have any scaling mode or any options besides savestates. It has all the options if you run it without any rom loaded yet only shows savestates or exit when run with a gba rom.

Yes, the menu had to be downgraded as original menu would crash games and also because reGBA doesn't work on JZ4760B. Tony refused to give me the source code for his fixed reGBA version so i'm stuck.
Also scaling options for the GBA on the PAP K3 Plus, Arcade Mini and PAP Gameta II are COMPLETELY POINTLESS.
Sorry to point out that.

GBA's resolution is 240x160, K3 Plus and Arcade Mini's resolution is 480x272. This is almost a perfect match to the GBA's original resolution and trying to make it look different to that makes it look even worse. (In the case of the Gameta, it is exactly double the resolution)

One of the sega console emulators is straight up broken, the image is not centered and stretched oddly.

Are you talking about Picodrive or SMS Plus GX ? If you are talking about SMS Plus GX, then you can easily change the scaling options in the menu by pressing Select.
If you are talking about Picodrive, then it automatically upscales fullscreen.
Are you using Picodrive for Master system games ? If so don't, use SMS Plus GX.
Master System emulation on Picodrive is woeful.

Not sure what emulator you are talking about.

The Volume + and Volume + has been binded weirdly, vol+ increases brightness and vol - does nothing. They are bound as broken speedhack buttons or something in the emulator. There is no way to change the game volume when you launch a GBA game and you are hit with blearing ear rape because sounds is on 90% volume by default.

It's based on my Arcade Mini emulator so these buttons are only mostly used for L and R buttons in the PCSX4ALL emulators.
(They are also accidently mapped to other keys on other emulators)
I could add volume options for increasing sound volume via the +/- buttons in some emulators but honestly that would be a maintenance burden... It would greatly help if these devices had kernel source code but there's none.

The power button could be bound to displaying menu like it is on the stock image.

Yup, it's mapped by default as some emulators are also used on the RS-97. Should this be even addressed still given that we have no kernel source for the PAP ? (on Arcade Mini, this does nothing)

FBA doesn't seem to run better than the built in emulator from stock FW

To be honest, I find it waaaaaaay smoother compared to the stock one.
Even big roms like Art Of Fighting 3 run with no lag, and they look super.

My big problem is that I can't find a way to play fullscreen with Neogeo games.
When I launch them using FBA, it runs with the original resolution, and it's so tiny it's almost impossible to play.

Is there a way to play FBA games in fullscreen mode?
It's the only emulator with this problem, so I tought maybe I'm missing something?

I even tried with a mame rom (Snow Bros) and it works on the FBA, but still, super tiny resolution...

Help

Edit: another problem I had today was that the menu went randomly from a normal "full screen" size with the big bar on the bottom, to a "only top left of the screen" (with the big bar on the left), half the size of the "full screen" that I had before.
I tried every setting, it won't come back to normal.
Any guesses?

I'm attaching 2 pics, one of the Neogeo problem, and one of the small menu screen.