oskarreftel
July 30th, 2009, 23:44
I've got the weirdest disc related problem with my PAL Dreamcast.
I recently bought Shenmue 1 PAL version. Disc 1 is kind of shabby, no scratches, but it has a strange surface that looks like as if you just breathed on it.
However, my Dreamcast plays it fine, no problems at all. It also plays CD-R's flawlessly.
However, now I'm at disc 2 of Shenmue, but when I put it in the DC it shows the SEGA logo like normal, but then goes back to the main menu. The thing is, the disc is absolutely MINT! Completely spotless. I can play the audio files without any problems, it's just when I actually want to play the game. After listening closely, I noticed a small strained sound from the GDROM. Obviously it has problems reading the disc. So I tried flipping the DC over, as one used to with the playstation, but the only result I get is that it goes back to the main menu even faster!
The unit is second hand so there's a possibility the laser has ben fiddled with.
My question boils down to; is my Dreamcast's laser overcalibrated or should I try to "raise" the calibration? I remember doing this to the PS2 back in the day and it just ended in tragedy so I'm a little hesitant, but I HAVE TO PLAY SHENMUE!! :(
I even went so far as to trying hexediting my savefile and trying to load it on an NTSC backup of shenmue but no luck.
I used this tutorial, but did it reversed, since it explains converting from PAL to NTSC: http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/release/help/hexedit_shen2.php?lg=en&menu=on
Has anyone had a similar problem? Please help, this has really got me down.
I recently bought Shenmue 1 PAL version. Disc 1 is kind of shabby, no scratches, but it has a strange surface that looks like as if you just breathed on it.
However, my Dreamcast plays it fine, no problems at all. It also plays CD-R's flawlessly.
However, now I'm at disc 2 of Shenmue, but when I put it in the DC it shows the SEGA logo like normal, but then goes back to the main menu. The thing is, the disc is absolutely MINT! Completely spotless. I can play the audio files without any problems, it's just when I actually want to play the game. After listening closely, I noticed a small strained sound from the GDROM. Obviously it has problems reading the disc. So I tried flipping the DC over, as one used to with the playstation, but the only result I get is that it goes back to the main menu even faster!
The unit is second hand so there's a possibility the laser has ben fiddled with.
My question boils down to; is my Dreamcast's laser overcalibrated or should I try to "raise" the calibration? I remember doing this to the PS2 back in the day and it just ended in tragedy so I'm a little hesitant, but I HAVE TO PLAY SHENMUE!! :(
I even went so far as to trying hexediting my savefile and trying to load it on an NTSC backup of shenmue but no luck.
I used this tutorial, but did it reversed, since it explains converting from PAL to NTSC: http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/release/help/hexedit_shen2.php?lg=en&menu=on
Has anyone had a similar problem? Please help, this has really got me down.