CLEOPATRA FORTUNE for Dreamcast , make working image how ?

[s8n]

hi scene , i have a tricky problem here for Dreamcast.

alright , i have a Scene Release for the game CLEOPATRA FORTUNE .......it comes in 2 parts first the ISO and second the MP3 files which convert into WAV.

Ive tried building it into a burnable image but it wont work on the Dreamcast , the WAVs wont play. Apparently the problem is that some of the Audio files are smaller than 2 seconds which is causing problems

There is another release of this game from another Scene but the Dummy File is positioned at the end of the game instead of the start ( which is stupid )

Does anyone know how to build this game to a working image ?


any info helps

s8n

[Ziggy]

Stop wasting your time and download a CDI image of the game from here...

http://snesorama.us/board/showpost.php? ... ostcount=9

[s8n]

hi Ziggy , yeah thats the Release with the Dummy File placed at the end of the image instead of at the start.

I got that Version elsewhere and was disappointed i thought i had it solved , ill keep trying to get this one working.

[d123456]

I had a burned copy once which never worked on my PAL DC

Then I got a vga cable
I gave it a go with the vga cable, whadayknow! it worked, but only with the VGA cable!
strange, perhaps you have the same problem.

[s8n]

what my problem is that it wont build to a working Image as it has some under 2 second Audio Tracks. Ive tried many ways and auto self boot apps but still the same problem arises.

It is possible to build a working Image but very few people know how to do it.

[Ziggy]

Maybe try a Utopia boot disc and see if the ISO works?

[s8n]

hiya Ziggy , its a .cdi image and it boots fine in nullDC........the authors of this release ' MUDS ' realized they forgot to add the Audio files and released an Addon Pack of Audio Tracks.

So pretty much you have to build a working Image with the Audio files intact , but like i said it is very difficult to build as some of the files are less than 2 seconds long.

I have selfbooted many games with success but have trouble with this one , ive wasted many Taiyo Yuden trying to get this to work. I have been advised from a guy named ' shtoink ' to not burn discs and waste them but to use an emulator to test the images which works quite well for testing if a game ive selfbooted works.

[Ziggy]

Oh, I see what you're saying now.

I haven't ever had to do anything like this before, but let me ask you this... Would it be easier to insert the audio files, or use the other release and take out the dummy file?

[s8n]

i dont know how to insert Audio files into a .cdi ..........most of the time there is a WAVinject file that does this but this is a really botched release ' MUDS '

the other release i know of has a Dummy File set in the wrong place ( the end ) i dont know how to re-position it to the start , im not a super pro at selfbooting

[gtmtnbiker]

Maybe you can send an email to TuxTheWise who is over at snesorama, underground-gamer.com and some other boards. He probably can give you good advice on your issue. He has recreated a number of Dreamcast releases to make them better optimized.