Dreamcast emulator - CHANKA *NEWS*

[akuma2k3]

Ok here are the specs.
Windows XP Build 2600 AMD XP2000+ 224MB
S3 Graphics Prosavage DDR(sucks don't it??)

Yea i know i got a crappy comp. But hey i'm only 16 my mom broguht the comp for me so i can't complain.

Anyway is there anyway i can run this thing??? I keep getting this error after i click init.

Ok here is the error i got.

chankast_alpha.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience

If you were in the middle of something, the information you were working on might be lost.

Please tell microsoft about this problem.
We have created an error report tha t you can send to us. We will treat this report as confidential and anonymoue

To see what this error report contains click here

Then it has 2 buttons i can click at the bottom that says
Send Error Report Don't Send.

I do have the bios.

[Matias]

You need a graphics card that supports pixel shading.. If you have an agp slot on your motherboard get a video card with pixel shading and it might work for you. If that computer has built in video then its not going to work and crash on you. Im guessing you have built in video or a card that doesnt support pixel shading. Hopefully a 2000+ will be fast enough to run it maybe im not sure.

[Sprung]

Originally posted by nevets934
sprung i think theres something wrong with your ftp it keeps saying connection timed out. the reason some of you say mr. driller dosent work is because you have one that dosent self boot.
i uploaded a self booting one to sprungs ftp

I am fixing to do an announcement for the FTP...stay tuned

[Torn]

well, I take that back...I don't think it's terrible but a lot of the graphics on the games don't work. Another thing that bothers me is in the BIOS when you first start it, all the menus are see-through...I can't set the time or change the language...another thing, where can I get a memory card file so I can save games just in case lolz?

[Torn]

btw - I have been into emulation for quite some time now...I just not used to it sorry~

[tolkaNo]

I have some screenshots here http://tolkien.ausgamers.com/chankast/

[Gospel]

Yeah, the menu is screwy. It looks like Chankast can't do some transparency effects well, as this happens in other games.

You can set the time however, but it's useless to do, as it gets reset everytime.

You have to go into the memory card screen and format them before you can use them.

[Del_Boy]

There is a way to get the time to stay, I believe you have to set the time, then write protect the file generated vms.bin, I think.

[madcrow]

are there any planhs to make later versions of chankast work on PCs without pixel shaders. as i recall, the DC doesn't have 'em, so i see no reason for them to be required for emulation. oh well, maybe comaptability will be about at epsxe levels by the time a get a better pc. also does anybody know if their are plans for chankast to emulate the naomi arcade architecture, since it was literally just the arcde version of the dreamcast?

[Del_Boy]

Actually I was mistaken, this release doesn't require a pixel shader capable card. It does however require something that isn't totally shit

Also, regardless of whether the actual machine used Pixel Shaders, some graphics authors like to use the flexibility provided by them to emulate the combiners of the machine they are emulating.

Case in point Direct64 which can use up to Pixel Shader 2.0 in order to accurately emulate the combiner.

/Edit

As for Naomi, it is the same as the DC just with double the amount of ram.

No plans known as of yet to emulate it - indeed MAME authors have stated they have no intention nor desire to add it yet.

According to Ector, there are 2 versions of Naomi out, the 2nd using a T&L Co-processor (and nothing is known about it) so that could be a bitch

[Astro X]

For the people who don't know yet, Chankast will only boot self bootable images on your harddrive so anything require a boot disc to boot will not run in Chankast.
Also I head some news that there will be a new release of Chankast soon and lots of bugs will be fixed.

[Del_Boy]

Yep new version coming soon:

More speed
Shenmue 1, 2 and Passport? support - though not 100%

Increased compatibility

Many many crashes and freezes fixed

I think support for Boot Disks may be included soon too

From what I hear, a new version should be released sometime next week.

[Borman]

There was a fix on dcemulation.com so you could run non-selfboot games i believe

[Del_Boy]

Yep there was, I have had little success in getting it to work. But others have.

[polokitty]

this emulator is one of the best releases of an emulator it can play lots of games at full speed even in its first release there isnt even a saturn emu this good yet.