Kega Fusion Emulator: Sega CD Start-Up Complications

[Zorlon]

mount via the cue file with D-Tools Lite and run the game directly from a CD-Rom drive (D-Tools Lite is a virtual CD-Rom drive or emulator if you like)

most Sega/Mega CD images have a single Bin or Iso file and several sound files that must be named correctly

Bin images can contain sound tracks aswell as the data track but to access the sound tracks you must run the bin via a cue files otherwise whatever software trying to read it can't see anything asides from the data track

If you like, you can point me toi the exact copy of the game and I will see if I can't figure it out for you or you could just grab another copy

[8DXD8]

@Zorlon: Sorry if I come off as a bit dense, but would you mind taking me through the steps needed to do what you suggest? Are you saying that you're better off running these games as CD-ROM files rather than image files? Or do you have to merge them/load them simultaneously?

[Dave The Man]

@Zorlon: Sorry if I come off as a bit dense, but would you mind taking me through the steps needed to do what you suggest? Are you saying that you're better off running these games as CD-ROM files rather than image files? Or do you have to merge them/load them simultaneously?

Will you be able to do a Screenshot of the Files?

[Zorlon]

@Zorlon: Sorry if I come off as a bit dense, but would you mind taking me through the steps needed to do what you suggest? Are you saying that you're better off running these games as CD-ROM files rather than image files? Or do you have to merge them/load them simultaneously?

If it's mounting a CD image in Daemon Tools Lite (D-Tools lite) then look at http://www.epforums.org/showthread.php?43438 it is an old guide for doing that (only thing I would do extra is while installing D-Tools Lite is make sure that the extra driver SPTD is also installed (you will be asked during the install of D-Tools))

D-Tools is a virtual CD-Rom drive that can run CD-Images as if they are an actual CD-Rom inserted into a actual CD-Rom drive, simply put it's a CD-Rom Drive emulator

[8DXD8]

@Zorlon: And would you suggest using such a program for running Sega CD games to their full potential as opposed to regular ISO files?

@Dave The Man: I'm not sure which files you're talking about.

[Dave The Man]

@Dave The Man: I'm not sure which files you're talking about.

The Files from for Sonic CD

[Zorlon]

@Zorlon: And would you suggest using such a program for running Sega CD games to their full potential as opposed to regular ISO files?

Works perfectly fine both ways, depends on what format the ISO is and the layout of it

Dave the Man is asking for the same thing I did a number of posts back, basicly a list of what files you have for the ISO, this will help us help you run the ISO without the need of D-Tools and such, though D-Tools is a very handy tool to have anyway for other CD based game system emulators like Saturn and Playstation and many others

[8DXD8]

@Zorlon: I apologize, but I'm not sure which files you're specifying. When I downloaded the Sonic CD iso off of this site, the only two files that came with it were the respective .bin and .cue files.

Where else am I supposed to find these particular files that you're mentioning, and what ARE they exactly?

[Zorlon]

Neh that will do me

If you wanted to use that in Kega Fusion with sound you will need to extract the sound files (you may want to extract the data track also as a data only bin file, up to you)

ISOBuster (free use only) will do this fine

grab ISObuster install (on the first run you will be asked to reg the software or use free func.., 'free func..' is fine)

open the by the cue file (the bin data is automaticly read)

from this software you will be able to extract all the tracks

right click on trhe track you wish to extract then move the mouse to Extract track XX (use extract audio as wav for the sound track and use RAW for that data track)

make sure that you name the files correctly

e.g.

Sonic CD.bin
Sonic CD 02.wav
Sonic CD 03.wav
.... and so on

I also have an old guide using CDRWin but my link for the download of it no longer exists

The guide is still mostly useable though at http://www.epforums.org/showthread.php?24721

P.S. for this game it would be much quicker just to download it as a Bin plus mp3's and takes up alot less space

I am downloading this game myself though and I will do a couple of quick tests for you on my end with Kega Fusion

EDIT######

Works fine for me ran directly in Fusion via the cue file, sound track are read fine aswell

if you can't run the cue file and it just takes you directly to the music player, it will be beacuse yhou tried to rename the files

the above can be fixed by editing the c ue file with notepad or other text editor and changing the line...
FILE "SONIC_CD_-_SEGA_CD_MK-4407_(REDUMP).BIN" BINARY
to look for the correct file e.g. if the bin file is now called Sonic CD.bin, then chaning the line to read
FILE "SONIC CD.BIN" BINARY
will make it run correctly again

[8DXD8]

@Zorlon: So do these .wav files that I'm extracting from the ISO file need to be grouped together with the .bin and .cue files in it's own separate folder or something like that? I'm still a little confused as to how I'm supposed to apply these instructions.

And does that CDRWin guide you posted apply only to the .cue files?

[Dave The Man]

@Zorlon: So do these .wav files that I'm extracting from the ISO file need to be grouped together with the .bin and .cue files in it's own separate folder or something like that? I'm still a little confused as to how I'm supposed to apply these instructions.

And does that CDRWin guide you posted apply only to the .cue files?

Yeah the same place as the .bin and .cue file

[Zorlon]

@Zorlon: So do these .wav files that I'm extracting from the ISO file need to be grouped together with the .bin and .cue files in it's own separate folder or something like that? I'm still a little confused as to how I'm supposed to apply these instructions.

And does that CDRWin guide you posted apply only to the .cue files?

Forget about the guide and forget about extracting the wav files

Edit the cue file via notpad like I said in my last post and fix the first line so it looks for your re-named bin file

Also make sure you have version 3.64 of Fusion, this version will let you load a cue file directly (older versions may do also, it just happens it was version 3.64 that I tested with)

[8DXD8]

@Zorlon: Alright, so I renamed the .cue file in notepad to "SONIC CD.BIN" specifically but it still brings me to the CD player side of the system after I press start, showing no visible way to start the game. I can't even check if the actual in-game tracks are going to play or not!

[Zorlon]

the cue file is still incorrect then....

copy and paste what is in the cue file (what is shown what you have it open in notepad) [paste it to a reply]
also give me the exact name of the bin file

I will fix this for you

[8DXD8]

Certainly, this is what showed up:



FILE "SONIC CD.BIN" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE1/2352
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:02:00
INDEX 01 13:10:11
TRACK 03 AUDIO
INDEX 00 13:14:25
INDEX 01 13:16:25
TRACK 04 AUDIO
INDEX 00 15:05:39
INDEX 01 15:07:39
TRACK 05 AUDIO
INDEX 00 16:27:42
INDEX 01 16:29:42
TRACK 06 AUDIO
INDEX 00 17:53:52
INDEX 01 17:55:52
TRACK 07 AUDIO
INDEX 00 19:34:57
INDEX 01 19:36:57
TRACK 08 AUDIO
INDEX 00 20:55:62
INDEX 01 20:57:62
TRACK 09 AUDIO
INDEX 00 22:18:63
INDEX 01 22:20:63
TRACK 10 AUDIO
INDEX 00 24:15:00
INDEX 01 24:17:00
TRACK 11 AUDIO
INDEX 00 25:36:02
INDEX 01 25:38:02
TRACK 12 AUDIO
INDEX 00 26:55:06
INDEX 01 26:57:06
TRACK 13 AUDIO
INDEX 00 28:39:10
INDEX 01 28:41:10
TRACK 14 AUDIO
INDEX 00 29:58:43
INDEX 01 30:00:43
TRACK 15 AUDIO
INDEX 00 31:04:55
INDEX 01 31:06:55
TRACK 16 AUDIO
INDEX 00 32:37:58
INDEX 01 32:39:58
TRACK 17 AUDIO
INDEX 00 33:40:68
INDEX 01 33:42:68
TRACK 18 AUDIO
INDEX 00 35:01:74
INDEX 01 35:03:74
TRACK 19 AUDIO
INDEX 00 36:58:09
INDEX 01 37:00:09
TRACK 20 AUDIO
INDEX 00 38:12:19
INDEX 01 38:14:19
TRACK 21 AUDIO
INDEX 00 39:20:25
INDEX 01 39:22:25
TRACK 22 AUDIO
INDEX 00 40:46:32
INDEX 01 40:48:32
TRACK 23 AUDIO
INDEX 00 41:53:39
INDEX 01 41:55:39
TRACK 24 AUDIO
INDEX 00 43:07:45
INDEX 01 43:09:45
TRACK 25 AUDIO
INDEX 00 44:28:49
INDEX 01 44:30:49
TRACK 26 AUDIO
INDEX 00 45:53:50
INDEX 01 45:55:50
TRACK 27 AUDIO
INDEX 00 46:24:51
INDEX 01 46:26:51
TRACK 28 AUDIO
INDEX 00 46:55:52
INDEX 01 46:57:52
TRACK 29 AUDIO
INDEX 00 47:06:12
INDEX 01 47:08:12
TRACK 30 AUDIO
INDEX 00 47:30:13
INDEX 01 47:32:13
TRACK 31 AUDIO
INDEX 00 47:53:51
INDEX 01 47:55:51
TRACK 32 AUDIO
INDEX 00 48:06:52
INDEX 01 48:08:52
TRACK 33 AUDIO
INDEX 00 50:09:62
INDEX 01 50:11:62
TRACK 34 AUDIO
INDEX 00 52:14:71
INDEX 01 52:16:71
TRACK 35 AUDIO
INDEX 00 53:47:73
INDEX 01 53:49:73