Wont run game

[billy_talent]

Well I took my Sonic Adventure CD and I got my bios loaded, and when I load the game, it just goes to the music play screen, and doesnt actually start the game.

 

Am I doing something wrong?

 

PS Does the same for Jet Grind Radio

[Agozer]

Is the "CD" an original or a copy? If it's the original, you can quit trying.

[billy_talent]

Yes, SA, is original but JGR is mounted in Daemon.

[Agozer]

Normal DVD-ROM drives can't read Dreamcast's GD-ROM discs. As for why the mounted image shows up as an audio CD, there can be a number of reasons.

 

1. The game is not selfboot. You need to either hack it to make it selfboot or use a bootdisc (not a guaranteed success).

2. Use daemon Tools 3.29 if possible. It has different CD emulation code, so people have gotten DC games to work with that version.

3. The CD image is borked.

[billy_talent]

Can you link me to a tutorial to make it bootable? The ISO does say nonboot beside it.

[Agozer]

I get a large amount of hits in Google with "selfboot tutorial", you know.

 

:/

[GodPigeon]

Selfboot Tutorials

[Ghosty]

About JSR. Mount it, and open it on my computer, does it contain just audio file? If it does then its a bad rip. If not, carry on.

[krislicoque]

I'm experiencing the same problem. I once got Chankast to work to play Ikaruga, but now I can't remember what I did.

 

I downloaded the emulator, the DC bios and the Ikaruga self-boot iso. I mounted the ISO and I start Chankast, but it takes me to the CD play menu, and won't start the game.

 

What could be wrong?

[Agozer]

What could be wrong?

Use Daemon Tools 3.29.

[krislicoque]

Why would that help? I got the newest version.

 

I got two versions of Ikaruga. One versions says "can't read TOC from drive I:" or something when starting, other one just skips to the audio player menu in the Dreamcast options.

 

I got it working once, what's wrong?

 

Edit: Just tried 3.29 Daemon tools. Couldnt even mount it with that one.

Edited February 28, 2007 by krislicoque

[Agozer]

Why would that help? I got the newest version.

 

I got two versions of Ikaruga. One versions says "can't read TOC from drive I:" or something when starting, other one just skips to the audio player menu in the Dreamcast options.

 

I got it working once, what's wrong?

 

Edit: Just tried 3.29 Daemon tools. Couldnt even mount it with that one.

"Can't read TOC from Drive X:" usually means that you are using the ASPI CD-ROM Interface plugin under Windows 2000/XP, which won't work since neither OSes support ASPI unless you install drivers for it.

 

In other words, use the xxx CD-ROM Interface plugin if at all possible.

 

Daemon Tools 3.29 supposedly handles reading the "disc" a bit differently than newer versions, so most people use that when they start to get that Audio CD screen after mounting an image and trying to run it. Or then the image really isn't selfboot.

[TheMovingCocoNut]

K Im kinda new to this Chankast thing.. Ive got the dc_bios.bin and the dc_flash.bin.. as well as the emulator.. It keeps showing the red spiral..ive also got the daemon thing set on the iso file because whenever i set the daemon virtual drive thing to the cdi file it would crash the emulator .. also it keeps on going to the cd player..no matter what i do.. any help? Im confused on what to do... i tried to selfboot the thing but it doesn seem to work with 64bit >.>' also it specifically says its selfbooted already so i think it has to do with the dc_bios and the flash thing that i have got with me.. thats the only conclusion that i came up with... either that or idk

[Agozer]

Which version of Daemon Tools are you using?

[fas0]

Here using NullDC With the spanish bios all work fine...

 

I know using "empty aica plugin"; dunno why, it show the audioCD screen. ¿maybe is that?

 

there are no need of daemon on NullDC cos it work with images.

with a .cdi and the spanish bios (ESP) it work for me.

 

 

use nulldc

Edited April 9, 2007 by fas0