Self Boot Games

[BobRedthorp]

Hey guys, just so you know I've masterd the art of selfboot, so I will gradually change non selfboot games on my FTP to Self-Boot as I rekon you would much rather download that version

[Shibathedog]

wow thanks!, im soooo gonna be a mirror for your FTP when i get broadband

[N3oGhost]

bust out a tutorial so us that are sending non-self boots can do em ourselves before they even get to you.

 

I had a problem with Silver today that bin2boot did not deal with.

 

so im guessin i gotta dig a bit deeper.

[StriderSkorpion]

The problem may be that Silver is a Windows CE game. I don't know that for a fact. If you need info on making autoboot images, check MegaGames and look for the Echelon self-boot tutorial.

[Shibathedog]

Windows CE games should be autoboot in the first place.

[Sane]

Windows CE games should be autoboot in the first place.

No, I don't think that's a rule. Sega Rally 2 is not selfboot I think.

 

Anyway I should learn selfboot sometime, can't be that hard and bin2boot is not reliable enough. But I think making a game selfboot does add to it's size, so a huge game can not be made selfboot unless you downsample/rip out something. I'm not 100% sure about this so correct me if I'm wrong.

 

On the other hand, I never really understood what all the fuss is about, I don't mind booting up a bootdisc, it takes like 30 seconds longer. And I like the reindeer .

[Shibathedog]

because if you want to play on VGA, your going to have problems, plus i hate using those annoying things

 

and i know Windows CE Autoboots isnt a rule, but it should be, its really easy to do

[Sane]

because if you want to play on VGA, your going to have problems, plus i hate using those annoying things

 

and i know Windows CE Autoboots isnt a rule, but it should be, its really easy to do

Oh ok I read that wrong, I thought you meant they were automatically selfboot.

 

But utopia 1.2 adds VGA compatibity and will boot all VGA compatible non-selfboot games in VGA mode.

[StriderSkorpion]

I don't know if Windows CE is necessarily autoboot or not, but according to the Echelon self-boot tutorial says that binhack doesn't need to be done on it. You can go to Boob! to find a tool that converts CE bin files to approximately Katana files (not positive, though). That may work, also you can use the /nohack option with bin2boot so it doesn't hack the bin file.

[BobRedthorp]

I'm not gonna put the selfboot versions of the games on my FTP untill I test 1 game fully, I don't want you guys downloading one of my patched files only to find it crases halfway through, lol

 

bust out a tutorial so us that are sending non-self boots can do em ourselves before they even get to you.

 

I had a problem with Silver today that bin2boot did not deal with.

 

so im guessin i gotta dig a bit deeper. 

 

You can make it a selfboot using the Echelon method, if you can't do it, I'll do it for you, as the echelon method can be quite tricky to follow!

Edited April 24, 2004 by BobRedthorp

[Shibathedog]

VGA owns though, you know HDTV is almost the same as VGA right?

[BobRedthorp]

bust out a tutorial so us that are sending non-self boots can do em ourselves before they even get to you.

 

I had a problem with Silver today that bin2boot did not deal with.

 

so im guessin i gotta dig a bit deeper.

Bin2Boot is very limited in the games it can make self-bootable, so I had a go at using the Echelon method, it turns out that the game can't be made self-bootable as it makes the image to big to fit on a standard CD-R.