mashakos Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 (edited) Dead Or Alive 2 Limited Edition Fix (originally by akito20 at emutalk.net forums) WARNING! For very advanced users!!! First, you need to download a few programs: Free Hex Editor (FreeHED) FastBoot utils Daemon Tools Since the explanation is so long, here's a summary: STEP 1 Copy all the files in the game CD onto the fastboot\data\ folder STEP 2 Make a copy of 1ST_READ.BIN and move it to a folder outside the fastboot folder (so that you don't mess with the original file).Using the Free Hex Editor utility, delete blocks between 0x00000 - 0xEFFFF in 1ST_READ.BIN and save.Make a backup of the original 1st_read.bin and place the hex edited 1ST_READ.BIN in main fastboot folder. STEP 3 Run 'BINHACK.EXE'. Type:1ST_READ.BIN for the name of binaryIP.BIN for the name of bootsector0,0 for the msinfo value FINAL STEP Run b2b_game.bat b2b_game.bat creates a cd image called 'image.cdi'. Use daemon tools to mount the image and test in Chankast After installing Daemon Tools, Free Hex Editor and extracting fastboot utils to a folder we can begin.I extracted the fastboot utils in "D:\fastboot\". You can use whatever directory you wish. STEP 1 -Have a non-bootable image (iso,cdi,nrg) of your game ready.-Using daemon tools, set up a virtual CD drive and mount the image of your game (if you don't know how this is done in daemon tools search the internet for tutorials).-Open your fastboot util folder.(You'll find a folder within the fastboot directory called 'Data'.)-Open up the directory of the (virtual) dreamcast game cd drive. Copy all the contents of the virtualcd onto the 'Data' folder. STEP 2 -Now you should have all the game files in the fastboot\data directory. Copy the 1ST_READ.BIN filefound in the data folder to another location outside the fastboot util folder. You will edit this filewith the 'Free Hex Editor' utility.-Open 1ST_READ.BIN with the 'Free Hex Editor' utility.- Click on Edit->Select Block (or Ctrl+E with the keyboard). In the dailog box, leave the first text box (start selection value) as it is and type xEFFFF in the second text box (end selection value) then press OK.-You will find that some of the entries are highlighted yellow. Now press the delete button (on your keyboard)and press OK on the dialog box that appears. Save the file and exit the 'Free Hex Editor' utility. STEP 3 -Copy the 1ST_READ.BIN file you edited back to the main fastboot directory (NOT the data directory).-Now run 'BINHACK.EXE'. Now type:1ST_READ.BIN for the name of binaryIP.BIN for the name of bootsector0,0 for the msinfo value If all goes well the 1ST_READ.BIN and IP.BIN files should be patched. FINAL STEP -Run b2b_game.bat and wait. b2b_game.bat creates an image file called 'image.cdi'.-Test this file by mounting it on your virtual daemon tools drive, selecting the drive letter in chankastand running chankast. You then cross your fingers This method works for Dead Or Alive 2: Limited Edition and Virtua Striker 2.Both these games wouldn't run otherwise and are listed as not working in compatibility lists.Virtua Strikers 2 is listed as a non-working game yet i'm playing it on my pc: It hasn't been tested on other non-working games but there is no harm in trying Edited June 15, 2004 by mashakos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Oh wow...this is good stuff. Good work there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimma Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 If all goes well the 1ST_READ.BIN and IP.BIN files should be patched. Do i have to do somethin with this bins? Copy to the Datafile or somewhat? Tested both, with and without these bin files, Soul Calibur2 won´t boot. Every Games, that iw start selfbooting with the bin2boot tool, isn´t selfbotting on Chankast. And is the Hex Editing correct? Everytime, and with every game, deleting the same range of data? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mashakos Posted June 15, 2004 Author Share Posted June 15, 2004 Do i have to do somethin with this bins? Copy to the Datafile or somewhat? The final 1ST_READ.BIN should be in the main fastboot folder, and the IP.BIN should be in the fastboot\data folder. So for example in my pc it would look like this: 1ST_READ.BIN - in d:\fastboot\ folderIP.BIN - in d:\fastboot\data\ folder Tested both, with and without these bin files, Soul Calibur2 won´t boot. I tried this method with soul caliber and it won't boot either . There is another method to turn a Soul Caliber cd image into a self-boot image and that is using the self-boot hack by Echelon 2000. Use that one.Did you say Soul Calibur 2 ??!! And is the Hex Editing correct? Everytime, and with every game, deleting the same range of data? As far as i understand it, you should delete the same range for all games. In akito20's post DOA2:LE worked by deleting in that range. I tried the same Hex editing with Virtua Striker 2 and it worked. Don't know of any other ranges so you should stick with the one mentioned until something new comes up. Since the explanation is so long, here's a summary: STEP 1 Copy all the files in the game CD onto the fastboot\data\ folder STEP 2 Make a copy of 1ST_READ.BIN and move it to a folder outside the fastboot folder (so that you don't mess with the original file).Using the Free Hex Editor utility, delete blocks between 0x00000 - 0xEFFFF in 1ST_READ.BIN and save.Make a backup of the original 1st_read.bin and place the hex edited 1ST_READ.BIN in main fastboot folder. STEP 3 Run 'BINHACK.EXE'. Type:1ST_READ.BIN for the name of binaryIP.BIN for the name of bootsector0,0 for the msinfo value FINAL STEP Run b2b_game.bat b2b_game.bat creates a cd image called 'image.cdi'. Use daemon tools to mount the image and test in Chankast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiroshi Nohara Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 (edited) hmmm... something's wrong here guys, daemon tools AND alcohol 120 say they cannot access the stupid cdi file. Nothing is accessing the file now.Here, I'll prove that b2b_game says it's all right... Boot filename: 1ST_READ.BINBoot filename length: 12searching for: 1ST_READ.BIN;1ST_READ.BIN; cursor: 206A record for the boot file was found.record position: 160size: 1929928WinCE flag is not set in the ip.bin. Please wait while the cdi is being written... cdi cursor pos: 350400cdi cursor pos: 182725425Data track length: 318960track and pregap length: 319110cdi cursor pos: 182731740cdi cursor pos: 182731740Data track length: 0track and pregap length: 150cdi cursor pos: 182731740VGA Box support is enabled.The ip.bin and boot file were hacked.Done. 'image.cdi' is ready to burn as a self-boot. BTW, is it supposed to be 174MB? Edited June 15, 2004 by Hiroshi Nohara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Thats kinda small for a DC game o.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiroshi Nohara Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 well, when I burnt it onto a CD, it became 645MB. It's really weird, I tell you, because that CD gets recognized by the Dreamcast BIOS as an audio CD of sorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Ah, the mysteries of iso files. What game are you trying to burn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Hmm...CDI files are usually not that small. When they are RARed they can be that big but after unpacking it usually inflates to 700+ mb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimma Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Do i have to do somethin with this bins? Copy to the Datafile or somewhat? The final 1ST_READ.BIN should be in the main fastboot folder, and the IP.BIN should be in the fastboot\data folder. So for example in my pc it would look like this: 1ST_READ.BIN - in d:\fastboot\ folderIP.BIN - in d:\fastboot\data\ folder Tested both, with and without these bin files, Soul Calibur2 won´t boot. I tried this method with soul caliber and it won't boot either . There is another method to turn a Soul Caliber cd image into a self-boot image and that is using the self-boot hack by Echelon 2000. Use that one.Did you say Soul Calibur 2 ??!! Thanks for the answer. I meant SC 1. And the echelon method, that´s the method i work best with. The only problem with it is, that i have to burn it "really", and can´t work with virtual drives, or other HD-Stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiroshi Nohara Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 (edited) OK I'll clarify this...Is the final image.cdi made out of the DEAD OR ALIVE 2 LE CD image supposed to be 174MB? Because that is what I got, and I can't mount it using a virtual drive (BIGGIE!!!) Alcohol and daemon tools both refuse to mount the stupid thing. However once I burnt it to CD, it looks like an audio/data trick thing, but it still won't selfboot. And no, Utopia doesn't work.EDIT: today's retry of this ended up being 172MB. Edited June 16, 2004 by Hiroshi Nohara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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