This is the 32-bit unsigned integer that is seen at offset `0x04` in the
`bi2.bin` file.
The intent is to study what games define values that departure from the
norm. Common values are 0 MiB (Wii games) and 24 MiB (GameCube games),
with some debug and demo builds featuring 48 MiB (e.g. the debug build
of _Mario Kart: Double Dash!!_).
The data structure of the `bi2.bin` file in which the simulated memory
size is set:
> **13.2 Disk header Information**
>
> this is loaded to the Address in `0x800000f4` when a disc is initialized by the IPL
>
> | offset | end | size | Description |
> | :------: | --- | :--: | --------------------- |
> | `0x0000` | | 4 | Debug-monitor Size |
> | `0x0004` | | 4 | Simulated Memory Size |
> | `0x0008` | | 4 | Argument offset |
> | `0x000c` | | 4 | Debug flag |
> | `0x0010` | | 4 | Track Location |
> | `0x0014` | | 4 | Track size |
> | `0x0018` | | 4 | Countrycode |
> | `0x001c` | | 4 | ? |
See https://hitmen.c02.at/files/yagcd/yagcd/chap13.html#sec13.2.
Most GameCube games set the value to `24 MiB`, which matches the
physical memory size. Most Wii games set the value to `0 MiB` (unset).
The debug build of _Mario Kart: Double Dash!!_ is one game that sets the
value to `48 MiB`.
These changes originate from testing the behaviour of the PI registers
in Linux on my Wii.
I started by testing the masks, writing 0xFFFF_FFFF to the registers on
the Wii, and then got told about their value on a GameCube, and then
figured out most of the registers through a discussion with Extrems.
This change was causing some issues:
> Made FMT_STRING a no-op when FMT_USE_CONSTEVAL is enabled, since the consteval format-string constructor already provides compile-time validation (#4611, #4612). Thanks @friedkeenan.
We had some code in VolumeVerifier to catch the error message that
Redump.org used to show when trying to access the Wii datfile without
logging in. This restriction was removed from Redump.org around the
start of 2022, and the code has been unnecessary ever since.
When we added the RetroAchievements integration, we had a discussion
about whether sending version information in the user agent was fine
from a privacy standpoint. We reached the conclusion that it was okay,
but it was conditional on the website having a privacy policy. Neither
incarnation of Redump has that, and Redump also never asked us to send
version information like RetroAchievements did, so let's use a user
agent that just says "Dolphin" when connecting to Redump.
All the staff of Redump (except the absentee sysadmin) have decided to
start a new version of the website at redump.info. It has every disc
from the old site, it has HTTPS, it isn't buckling under the load of AI
scrapers, and moving forward, all adding and verifying of discs is going
to be happening on the new website only. Let's move over.
I've taken the unusual step of updating the translation files manually.
This is because we're very close to a release and because the change is
simple enough that I feel confident about making the change to languages
I don't speak. (I double checked that the Korean translation doesn't
ever follow "Redump.org" by a particle that has a different form
depending on whether there's a final consonant.)
