Gauntlet Legends for Dreamcast CORRUPTED!!!

[DarkHarbringer666]

Now what it was was a setting in the emulator itself. There's this option to set what kind of cable connection you want( I guess virtually) there's 4 options #1. VGA0(RGB #2.VGA2(RGB. #3. TV(RGB). And #4.TV(VBS/Y+S/C) Now I originally had it set on TV RGB which is what was causing the forever looping back to main menu after Sega Logo, and if I change it to VGA2 RGB, same thing. So it either has to be set on TV VBS/Y+S/C or VGA0 RGB. I personally chose VGA0 RGB cuz I heard that VGA is the best output on a real DC thus I figured that the VGA setting would be the same for NullDC, unless someone tells me otherwise. Now I don't actually know why exactly the setting would cause the game to forever loop but all I do know is that for whatever reason, it just does.


EDIT: I have a few questions still for you guys: #1. Why does the setting matter for the cable connection matter? Why does those two options cause forever looping? Is having the VGA setting (the one that works) better than the TV option (the one that works) and if not which one do you guys recommend?

#2. If those two settings is what was causing the forever looping, then why was the Gauntlet Legends I downloaded from you know who's site able to boot correctly on that setting? (I believe that version of Gauntlet Legends was maybe PAL)

#3. Why must I BINHACK the 1ST_READ.BIN and IP.BIN before Boot Dreams can succesfully make it self boot? According to the tutorials they only claim that you really need Boot Dreams, and BINHACK is never mentioned not once. There's 4 ways to make self boot. #1.FASTBOOT which BINHACK IS Mentioned in. #2. Bin 2 Boot BAT which claims all you have to do is put non self boot CDI file in there and run the bat, yet it doesn't work without BINHACK . #3. BIN 2 BOOT GUI which is a drag and drop for non self boot cdi which again requires BINHACK and #4 Boot Dreams, which is the best one as it can even make self boot for games with Audio as the first track so you don't have to sacrifice the audio like you do with all the other ones, yet you still need BINHACK, which in the end means you STILL need Daemon Tools/Lite, and to copy the content to a folder just to gain access to the 1st_read.bin and ip.bin to bin hack them, so that leads me into my other question

#4 Why the HELL do these other options, namely Bin 2 Boot Bat and Bin 2 Boot GUI even exist if you still need to go the long route of Daemon Tools and Bin hack? They claim that you just need to either drag and drop non self boot cdi onto GUI (BIN 2 Boot GUI) or you need to put non self boot cdi into folder and click on BAT (Bin 2 Boot BAT) so my next question is

#5. Am I still doing something wrong then if I have to first bin hack the 1st_read.bin and ip.bin? Am I supposed to be able to do it simply without having to do that like these other 2 methods claim? And if I do need to bin hack still why isn't part of those tuts and why does those simpler methods exist when you still have to do the methods in the old fashioned FASTBOOT?

#6. I have downloaded a 32 bit version of BINHACK which will run in ALL OS and ALL versions. The original BINHACK is 16 bit thus Virtual Machine's running XP is required. But not anymore. With Boot Dreams installed, and BinHACK32 you can now do the WHOLE THING on the native OS! So with permission I would like to upload the bin hack 32 bit to make it easier for all the members here who have to run Virtual Machines just to convert non self boot images to self boot cdi's. Boot Dreams is the recommended method, so with permission, I'd also like to upload the installer, or perhaps the installer and BINHACK32 in one package.


EDIT AGAIN: So upon further testing, I've found that you actually DON'T need to BINHACK the 1ST_READ.BIN and IP.BIN files for the Bin 2

Boot BAT or the Bin 2 Boot GUI! It really is just a drag and drop for the gui one and a put in the same folder for the BAT one. Sometimes

the BAT doesn't work, so you have to click the actual Bin 2 Boot exe, and type the file name of your game, and it'll work. Also the game

has to be in Bin or ISO format to work, if it's already in Cdi format it WON'T work. So for people who want to have self boot, Option 1 is

to just download the game from here, use img burn to convert the non self boot dci to a bin and it'll automatically create a cue as well.

Then make a Windows XP Shared folder and link VirtualBox to it, drag the Bin and Cue files into it, run the Xp inside VB, and drag the bin

and cue into the SELFBOOT folder, and either click the BAT and if it works, GREAT, if not, click the Bin 2 Boot exe and type

insertnamehere.bin and it'll make a cdi called image.cdi, rename it to whatever you want.cdi and drag it back into the Windows XP shared

folder from the Xp end, log off, and shut down Xp/VirtualBox, drag the new cdi out of the Windows XP Shared folder and put it somewhere,

run NullDC, and run the Game!

Option 2 is for the Bin 2 Boot GUI which is even more simple than the SELFBOOT option. Follow all previous steps except, where you

normally do the BAT option, instead, open up Bin 2 Boot GUI and a blue box appears, put the bin and cue into same folder where Bin 2 Boot

GUI is located then drag Bin file onto blue box and it automatically makes Cdi, again named image.cdi, then just do the rest of the

previous steps and your done!

Option 3 is for people who want to use the old fashioned long drawn out FASTBOOT method. Download game from here, and mount it in Daemon

Tools, then copy entire content of cd into folder named whatever you want. Put folder into Windows Xp Shared Folder, then run VB and when

on XP, drag folder out and dump contents from folder into Data folder located in FASTBOOT folder, then drag out 1ST_READ.BIN, and IP.BIN

and put in main directory, run BINHACK.exe and type 1ST_READ.BIN, IP.BIN and 0,0 that is Zero Coma Zero, then when window dissappears,

drag 1ST_READ.BIN and IP.BIN back into DATA Folder, run b2b_Game.bat and it'll make cdi file, again named image.cdi, then follow rest of

the previous steps and your done!

Final Option: Tired of having to use Virtual Machines, then look no further than here!!! For people who want to make self boot cdi's on

NATIVE OS who have 64 bit versions then download the 32 Bit version of BINHACK.exe, and install the latest Boot Dreams. Then download game

from here, mount it in Daemon Tools, copy entire content from CD into folder named whatever you want, then take the 1ST_READ.BIN, and

IP.BIN files and place them in the BINHACK32 folder, rename BinHack32.exe to BINHACK.EXE, and click on it then type 1ST_READ.BIN, IP.BIN

and 0,0, that is Zero Coma Zero, then when Window dissappears take both files and place them back into the CD contents folder you created

earlier, then open Boot Dreams, have it in Disc Juggler mode which is default anyway, and for self boot folder option, point it to the

folder that has the CD contents inside, for name, whatever you want, and for the options between Audio/Data, or Data/Data, that's entirely

dependant on the DC game you have, and if it asks you if you want to scramble file, again that's de[endant, so there's basically 4

options, Audio/Data with file not scrambled, Data/Data with file not scrambled, Audio/Data with file scrambled, and Data/Data with file

scrambled. So you'll just have to trial and error until you get the one that works for you. So click Process, answer the file scramble

question of YES, or NO, then click where you want to save the new cdi file, and click Save, and a Windows will open showing status, and

when it dissappears, and you see a box that saya the cdi was created successfully, click OK, put the file where you want, run NullDC, and

your done!! Whew!! I hope the Mods like my tut, and I'm still waiting on my verdict as to whether or not I'm allowed to provide a link to

the BinHack32 and Boot Dreams Installations. Thank You


NOTE: I have removed the MEGA link from this tut because I have removed the item from MEGA and that is because I have made a NEW MEGA account and am no longer using the other one. I have re uploaded the file to the new MEGA account but I won't reupload it here because this section is usually only checked by Site Owner as the Mods said and so I will be re posting this tut in a more appropriate section of the forums with the MEGA link included. I will make an edit to this post once I figure out the right place. Thanks