Dreamcast emulator - CHANKA *NEWS*

[Tripmaster Monk]

Soon as my account comes through, I'm gonna donate to chanka. They've done too much good work not to be paid. However, I still owe BitConjuror.org a donation.

By the by, I have a favour and a question to ask.

Question is this: In my version of Jet Set Radio (the whole reason I went and got Chanka, and also why I owe them so much...) I can't do any of the graf pieces that involve straight lines. My opinion is that this is because I am using a keyboard, which does not adequately simulate the Dreamcast controller's movement input capabilities. Am I right, or has my rampaging theorizing caused me to overlook the obvious once again?

And favour is this: Could somebody hook me up with a save at the very first save point of the game? It's so I can avoid the whole 'my thing doesn't do straight lines' bit.

I will attempt to return the favour as best I can with my limited resources as far as Isos, roms etc, just don't ask for money, as I can't do that, hopeless beggar and so forth.

[Del_Boy]

I've heard of people having that issue with Jet Grind, may be some small input or core error (using a keyboard no doubt doesn't help matters though). Hopefully it will be fixed soon. As for save states, some people posting some links for them on Emutalk, if I dig them up I'll post them.

Anyways, the new version I've heard from that source should be out within a couple of days. I'll see if I dig up more news later.

[Del_Boy]

New version out now

http://www.chanka.org

[Hangman]

What are the chances of this baby being ported to Windows 98 in the future?

[Del_Boy]

I recollect one of the authors mentioning that may happen in the future, no time period on it though.

[Josh]

The new version is pretty good. I will test some games with higher resolutions and see if I can get Sonic 2 to work.

[Gospel]

I just got the new version, and I was totally crushed.

Please don't tell me they are going to use that god-awful plugin standard like on N64 and PSX emulators.

[Del_Boy]

I think Sonic Adventure 2 still has the Geforce issues. May be worth pissing about with 3D Analyze though.

[artist088]

i really need help with this. after i select play, the dremcast animated logo will come up and after setting the time and date, i can choose to play the game. i go to do that, but all it says is something about how i have to insert a game disk. my drive selected is my disk drive, and i have a dreamcast game in the drive, yet the game still won't start. if the game is required to be on the pc and u must load it with daemon tools, then how can i rip the game? please help.

[djnickname]

I saw the FAQ of chanka and it says that you must load the game with deamon tools..

I never ripped a DC game but you can rip it with blindread/write and with some other programs out there ( alchohol 120% ) ...I hope that this is the answer you where looking for

[Gospel]

Using real Dreamcast games won't work. No drive avalible to consumers can read Sega's GD-ROM format.

You'll have to mount images with virtual drives, or used burned CDs.

To rip DC games, you need a "Coder's Cable" or a very rare (and expensive) DC Broadband Adapter. You'll also need software like Terra Term to enable your PC to recieve GD-ROM data. There should be several guides floating around. Search for them.




Also, my Chankast keeps crashing whenever I try to use the alternate input plugin. Has anyone else had this problem?

[patuli]

07/07/2004: Chankast Alpha 0.25 released

- FullScreen and multiple resolution support
- CPU core bugs fixed
- VmsBrowser integration
- LCD CMU support
- LCD VMU emulation
- Rumble pack emulation
- Control and CD plugin support
- Windows 2000 compatibility (ASPI driver)
- Command line support to run home made binaries

[Del_Boy]

Originally posted by patuli
07/07/2004: Chankast Alpha 0.25 released

- FullScreen and multiple resolution support
- CPU core bugs fixed
- VmsBrowser integration
- LCD CMU support
- LCD VMU emulation
- Rumble pack emulation
- Control and CD plugin support
- Windows 2000 compatibility (ASPI driver)
- Command line support to run home made binaries

You're late look up

[artist088]

Originally posted by Gospel
Using real Dreamcast games won't work. No drive avalible to consumers can read Sega's GD-ROM format.

You'll have to mount images with virtual drives, or used burned CDs.

To rip DC games, you need a "Coder's Cable" or a very rare (and expensive) DC Broadband Adapter. You'll also need software like Terra Term to enable your PC to recieve GD-ROM data. There should be several guides floating around. Search for them.

thanks for the info.

[Tripmaster Monk]

Do these people sleep? Or eat? Or do anything other than code, troubleshoot, then code again? This is the fastest-developing emulator that I've ever had the privilege to watch grow. It's phenomenal. No messin, as soon as I get my new bank account finalised, those guys are getting a fair chunk of my savings.

I mean, to have accomplished that much in three months, it's just staggering. I jump and dribble for joy, I really do. Those people have my infinite and eternal respect, and a couch to sleep on, if they ever like, get lost in Terra Nullius and just happen upon my doorstep with a sign saying 'Chankast Programmers Need Place To Stay, And Food And Stuff.'

I do not say this lightly, but: 'word.' Word to the Chanka crew, and props to garoffi and his programmer posse.