What do i do to get started?

[Tooplex]

OK i have two 700 mb CD-R discs here, a Dreamcast which is compatable and i want to know how i go about running Scummvm, Snes and the genesis on my dreamcast please

Don't post any links to guides unless they state obviously what to do! I want to know simply what to do to get them running on my Dreamcast and even possible how to have it so you can re write your disks after they have been written thanks

[Maturion]

Ok, if you want to have a very quick solution, go to http://www.dcevolution.net and get ScummVM Volume1. Well, maybe you try using BootDreams for making other selfbootable images.

[Tooplex]

Ok, if you want to have a very quick solution, go to http://www.dcevolution.net and get ScummVM Volume1. Well, maybe you try using BootDreams for making other selfbootable images.

Can you post a direct download link please to Scummvm Volume 1.

I don't know what is boot dreams and how to use anything remember i know nothing about dreamcast homebrew and i need the basics and then how to do it.

[Christuserloeser]

Download: http://www.dcevolution.net/cgi-bin/download.pl?file=Scummvm1.rar

Info: http://www.dcevolution.net/emulation_scummvm1.php

BootDreams: http://www.dreamcast-scene.com/index.php/Main/BootDreams

[Tooplex]

Well thank you that helps a bit but how do i go about burning "homebrew and emulators" to disks im not bothered about DC games just the homebrew and emulators please

[Christuserloeser]

Well, you can use Alcohol120% to burn .cdi files to CD-R, or create + burn images yourself with BootDreams.

Here's some info about GenesisPlusDC:
http://www.dreamcast-scene.com/index.php/Main/GenesisPlusDC

Here's a tutorial on how to burn it:
http://www.dreamcast-scene.com/index.php/Main/GenesisPlusDC-How-To-Burn

[Tooplex]

Thanks that should do by the way a question can you put multiple emulators on one disk as in have a snes, genesis and a nes emulator on the same disk and for it to work?

[Tooplex]

AHHHHH for **** sake! that disk juggler is shit! I burned the demos to it thats all well and good but i thought that it would do multisession but it ****ing cant so its wasted my disk so i can re write what a piece of shit can someone point me in the way of something that will multi session my burning disks so i don't waste my last one please!

[Christuserloeser]

Erm, both BootDreams and Alcohol120% are capable of burning the DiscJuggler CDI format.

Alcohol120% even burns Nero's NRG format! Here's a link for the free trial version:

http://trial.alcohol-soft.com/en/download_120.php

[Tooplex]

I do know that! My disk boots up and works fine but it doesn't write it by multi session i want to know what writes disks by multi session.

BY MULTI SESSION!!

[Johnny Rash]

I do know that! My disk boots up and works fine but it doesn't write it by multi session i want to know what writes disks by multi session.

BY MULTI SESSION!!

Hey, let up on the caps and the "!" marks.

Go buy more CD-Rs.

[puch666]

All the dreamcast selfboot images are multisession.
There is no way to get a selfbooteable image without multisession.

With SBI (Self boot inducer) you can create menus to put more than one homebrew aplication.

And, please, you should ask for things with respect.

Regards

[Tooplex]

Hey, let up on the caps and the "!" marks.

Go buy more CD-Rs.

Easier said than done

By the way 2 Exclamation marks are not alot about 10 are alot.

[Tooplex]

All the dreamcast selfboot images are multisession.
There is no way to get a selfbooteable image without multisession.

With SBI (Self boot inducer) you can create menus to put more than one homebrew aplication.

And, please, you should ask for things with respect.

Regards

Well clearly there not multisession as i cant re write onto my disc. I know that theres the self boot inducer ive been using that but what happens if i want add a few more roms onto the disk then ive wasted it right so there must be some sure way to re write it.

P.S I have been writing with respect. If you mean the last post with the caps he should have read my post because thats what i said and all he did with was answer with what burnable application to use not which use multisession.

[Christuserloeser]

Calm down, young Padawan: All Dreamcast CDs technically are multi-session CDs with at least a data/data or audio/data track.

Also, when burning a .cdi in Alcohol120%, there's an option to leave your session open. When using BootDreams' CDRecord GUI you can also choose Multi-Session instead of Data/Data or Audio/Data.

However, the easiest solution for more programs on 1 CD would be to just use a binary launcher like DCHakker or DemoMenu. You boot up one of them and then swap with your MS disc.

In context with emulators you simply can burn a standard Mode-1 data disc with your games on it to swap with your emulator boot disc (if the emulator supports disc swapping that is). That's what I did for testing, to see if a game runs with a certain version of an emulator.

[Tooplex]

Calm down, young Padawan: All Dreamcast CDs technically are multi-session CDs with at least a data/data or audio/data track.

Also, when burning a .cdi in Alcohol120%, there's an option to leave your session open. When using BootDreams' CDRecord GUI you can also choose Multi-Session instead of Data/Data or Audio/Data.

However, the easiest solution for more programs on 1 CD would be to just use a binary launcher like DCHakker or DemoMenu. You boot up one of them and then swap with your MS disc.

In context with emulators you simply can burn a standard Mode-1 data disc with your games on it to swap with your emulator boot disc (if the emulator supports disc swapping that is). That's what I did for testing, to see if a game runs with a certain version of an emulator.

Well thank you but i downloaded Alcohol 120% and i don't see no multisession option look for your self:

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n50/Tooplex/Alcohol.jpg

[Tooplex]

Lol sorry my bad i should have not put into a dvd disk i see it now thanks very much.

[Johnny Rash]

Lol sorry my bad i should have not put into a dvd disk i see it now thanks very much.

Problem solved, eh? :rofl:

EDIT:
Sorry.
I hope you continue to use DCEmu for all your homebrew related needs.
Everyone else here is friendly...just not me.

Welcome to DCEmu and Happy Homebrew!

[Christuserloeser]

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/2066/alcohol1kh0.png

strange...


EDIT:


Lol sorry my bad i should have not put into a dvd disk i see it now thanks very much.

Ah, okay. ^ ^

[Tooplex]

Well that was good wasent it i used Alcohol to try to burn my disk it crashed and now my last disk is ****ed it wont read it anymore

DONT USE ALCOHOL 120%!!!

[Tooplex]

Well this is good isnt it youve wasted my last cd that i just found tryed it with self boot inducer and it boots up on the Dreamcast fine but it just goes to the menu like its running at 60Hz mode (Screen keeps going up and down constantly) and nothings there just the menu if i press start a black screen comes up and nothing happens thanks a lot i read the instructions i do everything you tell me to do and you screw up 2 of my cds thanks a bunch i bet this whole scene is a scam just to waste your money.

Heres my CD it looks fine but it wont work.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n50/Tooplex/CD.jpg

Thanks DCemu for being a great scam unless if you can find out why it wont work which it should do as i followed the instructions correctly.

[Christuserloeser]

EDIT Didn't notice the post above. ^ ^


Well that was good wasent it i used Alcohol to try to burn my disk it crashed and now my last disk is ****ed it wont read it anymore

DONT USE ALCOHOL 120%!!!

Just because something doesn't work exactly the way you imagined, doesn't mean it's bad per se.

Anyway, at first I would recommend to calm down and get a bunch of new CD-Rs.

Then you should try this if you insist on using multi-session discs:


However, the easiest solution for more programs on 1 CD would be to just use a binary launcher like DCHakker or DemoMenu. You boot up one of them and then swap with your MS disc.

In context with emulators you simply can burn a standard Mode-1 data disc with your games on it to swap with your emulator boot disc (if the emulator supports disc swapping that is). That's what I did for testing, to see if a game runs with a certain version of an emulator.

[Christuserloeser]

Well this is good isnt it youve wasted my last cd

[...] you screw up 2 of my cds thanks a bunch i bet this whole scene is a scam just to waste your money.

Thanks DCemu for being a great scam

ROFLMAO! WTF!?

Dude, that's it. Say "bye bye DCEmu" for the next few weeks.

You may come back once you've grown up and / or calmed down a bit ^ ^