Flashfloppy normal mode

Planetinfinity · 23 February 2021, 12:18

Hello,

yesterday I received my goex drive with flashfloppy. According to the wiki page it is not necessary to use a config file in order to use it via normal mode.

Unfortunately I am not able to select/see any file, even when the name does not match any exemption mentioned in the wiki

Quote:

Any name beginning with a dot (.)
Any file which is not a valid image (eg. unrecognised filename extension)
Any folder or image with the FAT "Hidden" attribute set
Root folder called FF/
Any folder called __MACOSX/ (these get strewn around by macOS)

Does anyone used flashfloppy ?
How did you realize, organize the files ?
Does anyone have an example for me ?

BR Planetinifinity

Jope · 23 February 2021, 14:55

I have a fat32 formatted usb stick, and just copy the files over.

There's not a lot of files on it at any given time, because FF/HxC are painful when managing larger amounts of files.

Planetinfinity · 23 February 2021, 14:57

Hello Jope,

did you use any folder or did you copy it into the root-folder ?
Do you use a goex (maybe this is the reason) ?

BR Marcus

Jope · 23 February 2021, 15:03

Some are in the root, some are in directories.

The goex runs the exact same firmware.

dreadnought · 23 February 2021, 15:24

It's been a while, but I remember that I have eventually ended up using the file selector in HxC compatibility mode and put games in GAME directory. That's because I have a Gotek with simple display (just numbers).

It should work in the Native mode too though. There are few gotchas which might cause problems. Make sure this is sorted first:

-cable must be inserted properly (there was something about inverting it sometimes)
-jumpers need to be set correctly
-some USB sticks might not work, but I suppose any decent new FAT32 one should be ok

Do you have an LCD/Oled or a simple one? What messages is it displaying?

Planetinfinity · 23 February 2021, 19:50

I use a small Oled display.

I got it working. It seems to be that the Nature Mode is getting confused when there are folder even when this folders are empty. After formating the sdcard I was able to access all files.

Thank you very much for all the hints.

Planetinfinity · 24 February 2021, 19:30

One additional question.

Did someone manage to get turrican2.adf from Factor5 website running. http://www.factor5.de/downloads.shtml

My flashfloppy in normal mode is able to see all files but not the Turrican 2 file.

Mikerochip · 24 February 2021, 21:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Planetinfinity

One additional question.

Did someone manage to get turrican2.adf from Factor5 website running. http://www.factor5.de/downloads.shtml

My flashfloppy in normal mode is able to see all files but not the Turrican 2 file.

Extended .adf files are not supported.

However, convert that to a HFE v3 using the HxC software, and it might work.

(Converting .ipf, .scp, .raw etc usually works)

Planetinfinity · 28 February 2021, 18:03

Hi Mikerochip,

converting the file worked file with HxC software. Thank you very much.

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23 February 2021, 14:55	#2
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	I have a fat32 formatted usb stick, and just copy the files over. There's not a lot of files on it at any given time, because FF/HxC are painful when managing larger amounts of files.

23 February 2021, 14:57	#3
Planetinfinity Registered User Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Mannheim Age: 48 Posts: 175	Hello Jope, did you use any folder or did you copy it into the root-folder ? Do you use a goex (maybe this is the reason) ? BR Marcus

23 February 2021, 15:03	#4
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	Some are in the root, some are in directories. The goex runs the exact same firmware.

23 February 2021, 15:24	#5
dreadnought Registered User Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Ur, Atlantis Posts: 1,899	It's been a while, but I remember that I have eventually ended up using the file selector in HxC compatibility mode and put games in GAME directory. That's because I have a Gotek with simple display (just numbers). It should work in the Native mode too though. There are few gotchas which might cause problems. Make sure this is sorted first: -cable must be inserted properly (there was something about inverting it sometimes) -jumpers need to be set correctly -some USB sticks might not work, but I suppose any decent new FAT32 one should be ok Do you have an LCD/Oled or a simple one? What messages is it displaying?

23 February 2021, 19:50	#6
Planetinfinity Registered User Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Mannheim Age: 48 Posts: 175	I use a small Oled display. I got it working. It seems to be that the Nature Mode is getting confused when there are folder even when this folders are empty. After formating the sdcard I was able to access all files. Thank you very much for all the hints.

24 February 2021, 19:30	#7
Planetinfinity Registered User Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Mannheim Age: 48 Posts: 175	One additional question. Did someone manage to get turrican2.adf from Factor5 website running. http://www.factor5.de/downloads.shtml My flashfloppy in normal mode is able to see all files but not the Turrican 2 file.

28 February 2021, 18:03	#9
Planetinfinity Registered User Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Mannheim Age: 48 Posts: 175	Hi Mikerochip, converting the file worked file with HxC software. Thank you very much.

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