Skies of arcadia loading problem (also a possible Chankast problem)

[pianokeysplayin]

Yeah, already did, it was the one where I can't even get past the pirate Isle vid (the one where they're going to be docking in the Isle.) Okay, am going to try the US bios. (pray for me )

if that doesn't work I might as well give up the game.

Edit:

Segnin, are you sure that it doesn't need a boot cd? Even with the US bios, it goes to the music player. *sigh* I guess the gods doesn't like me playing a dreamcast game .

[SegNin]

NullDC can't seem to read the .nrg file with the Image Reader plugin.

So, you have to mount the .nrg file to a newer version of Daemon Tools (because 3.29 can't read .nrg files either) then start NullDC.

Then go to Options > Select Plugins > under GDRom plugin, choose zNullGD > OK.

Now go to Options > GDRom > and choose the letter of your virtual drive.

Then go to File > Normal Boot.

And the game should start.

Below is a screenshot of SoA running on NullDC 1.6 (the newest one) using NullPVR and NullAICA plugins.

[pianokeysplayin]

Finally! XD

it worked! Thanks Segnin! (am finally going to play that blasted game XD)

edit:

Wait how do you set the frame rate to 60 on nulldc? =p

Edit2:

Okay, I've played the game, and went to take a break. When I re-opened nulldc a pop up appeared saying:

"This application has failed to start because d3dx9_35.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem"

But after I pressed ok, nulldc stayed. Should I be alarmed by this or should I let it be?

[SegNin]

For the frame rate, which bios are you using?
Try the NTSC/US one.

For the missing .dll file:
Search in C:\WINDOWS\system32 for d3dx9_35.dll.

If it's there, you don't need to worry.

If it's not, you need to update your DirectX:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

[pianokeysplayin]

What if it isn't there? It's still okay right? Also, its only the bios I need to change right? Not the flash.bins

[SegNin]

What if it isn't there? It's still okay right?

Is there any reason why you can't update DirectX?

Because if d3dx9_35.dll is not there, then you need to update your DirectX:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

Also, its only the bios I need to change right? Not the flash.bins

You need to change both the dc_boot.bin and the dc_flash.bin to the NTSC/US ones.

But if the game is working with the PAL bios/flash, then don't bother changing anything unless playing 50 fps instead of 60 fps really bothers you.

[pianokeysplayin]

Oh okay then, done and done. Thanks again for all the help

[pianokeysplayin]

I'm sorry for double posting but I need to update this thread

This will, hopefully, be the final question:

(I'm in disk 2 already)

It seems like that the only PVR plugin that 1.6 can detect is the chankast plugin, (I want to use the nulldc plugin) any suggestions on how I can fix this? It also seems that everytime I access the menu and I exit said menu, it freezes on the black screen. (As in EVERYTIME)

[SegNin]

I have no idea.

NullDC 1.6 is fairly new, and NullDC is still very much a work-in-progress.

Try using the ChanKast audio plugin with the ChanKast video plugin.

Or maybe try NullDC 1.0 (the older one)

[pianokeysplayin]

But can you transfer the save file from the 1.6 to the 1.0?

(Don't tell me that I need to repeat the game again?)

[Omega13]

no, they should go back and forth fine. personally, i keep a backup just in case