KmusDC wrote:Good afternoon dreamers. Is there any guide to convert CDI images to GDI? Please, if so, would you be so kind as to share the link. Greetings.
You must referring to megavolt's highly specialized Dreamshell loader for HDD's, which provides low level emulation - that's what makes it work, but makes the reworked GDI's not compatible with other configurations.
just add a patch to the openmenu that disables the LBA check of the executable file and DS-GDI will work fine on GDEMU (except for the special D2 image with automatic disk change)
as for converting homebrew CDI to GDI, there are no instructions, it all depends on the version of KOS with which the game is built, all the necessary functions are searched through the disassembler and corrected manually through the HEX editor directly by machine code
That's why i'm happy with my Dreamcast with a CF-card slot carved into the side.
For homebrew I can just build a single LBA0 sd-iso.
It also works for most katana stuff if I hack the LBA values to zero + 166 (A600).
megavolt85 wrote:just add a patch to the openmenu that disables the LBA check of the executable file and DS-GDI will work fine on GDEMU (except for the special D2 image with automatic disk change)
as for converting homebrew CDI to GDI, there are no instructions, it all depends on the version of KOS with which the game is built, all the necessary functions are searched through the disassembler and corrected manually through the HEX editor directly by machine code
Is it possible to write a KOS to GDI conversion program? Or, will it always need to be manually done on a game by game basis.
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MoeFoh wrote:Is it possible to write a KOS to GDI conversion program? Or, will it always need to be manually done on a game by game basis.
There are too many different versions of KOS, and the same version can be built with different optimization flags.
Theoretically, it is possible to write a universal program, but I'm afraid that manual hacking will be faster than writing a program
