[Resident Evil 1] help! am i doing this right ?

[deftonesrule]

hello everyone, i am really excited about this new emulator ! its about time ! lol. great work to the author.
alt of people seem to be having a blast with it.

i on the other hand am having a problem with the only game i have an cd-image for which is resident evil 1 directors cut.

i initialy obtained it as a .img file and used the suggested magiciso app to convert to the bin/cue format.

while v1.1 is loading, i use the file menu to do file - insert cd image..

great it goes past the options menu and onto another screen with the big sony logo.

but thats as far as i manage to get. it stops. id like to know if anyone has run into this issue or if anyone know if im doing something slighty wrong.

also i noticed that if i try to load up in full screen mode, after a reset, the screen turns and stays black after the initial sony psx boot.

yes i did add the bios, 1001, and even created a memcard called deftones.

Im using WinXP home, dx9.0c

i really hope it works with thie game! havent played it in years.

good luck to the author with further developments and a big hand for working hard to accomplish what you have so far. it must taken a while.

edit: i did check the compatibility chart and someone reported an (OK) for this game.

psxemulator.proboards54.com/index.cgi?board=support&action=display&thread=1138577451&page=9

edit2: i tried on v1.0 but still the same result
(adding just in case any info helps)

edit 3 : i tried out tales of destiny, same result, sticks at the 2nd sony logo where seca tm, is displayed
i guess im really doing something wrong on my part =0(
any help ?

[Rockmangames]

Is your game in USA, PAL, or JAPAN ? You have to change bios to follow your game so it will be playable because mine is USA means scph1001.bin and it runs fine!

P.S. Maybe you can try to run CDrom in 1.1 version because mine runs fine and in bin/cue..both does run fine as well.

[deftonesrule]

my game is usa, ntsc, and i am using bios scph1001 as i stated above. i dont have the ability to burn the image but if it would work with a cdrom, then it should work with an image ?

its 2 games ive tested so far, resident evil 1 - directors cut , and, tales of destiny 1.

both result in the above image and just sit there.

[pSX Author]

It looks like MagicISO is producing an incorrect .bin file.
Try using cdMage (link is in the FAQ).

[Rockmangames]

Test it with CDROM and if it works..then something is wrong..with an incorrect .bin file as psX author mentioned. Try to test it with CDROM to see whats going on.

[deftonesrule]

admin said:

It looks like MagicISO is producing an incorrect .bin file.
Try using cdMage (link is in the FAQ).

okay i dled cdmage you suggested and.. it wont read the .img files i keep getting from these dl's..

i guess i could use isobuster to extract its contents and use cdmage to put it back together as a bin ? opinions?

thanks for the helps guys

EDIT: okay so i see cdmage wouldnt build a bin itll only convert it. but i dosent recognize the .img format. ackk.

[Rockmangames]

CDmage 1.02.1 Beta 5 will save out to a bin & cue from other image types via
File > Save As

PSX isos are usually (afaik) MODE2/2352 (but you probably know that). Tell CDmage to accept your .img with MODEL2/2352 and it will do the trick.

[deftonesrule]

rockmangames said:

PSX isos are usually (afaik) MODE2/2352 (but you probably know that). Tell CDmage to accept your .img with MODEL2/2352 and it will do the trick.

no i dont know how to do that lol. How would i go about telling CDmage about that?

If i can get this working id write a mini tutorial on my experiance getting this working for noobies like me.

most of my game emu experiance has been using dreamcast to run (Dreamsnes), and playing ps2 games off a hard drive. i wont get into that for legal reasons just in case. Im not good at programming in anything besides html but you only need to explain once and i can get it. =0)

[deftonesrule]

? anybody ?

[roushimsx]

When you say you downloaded it in IMG format, did it include the BIN/CUE/CCD files, or did you (or whoever you downloaded it from) accidentally delete them? If so, that'd explain why you're getting a borked end result.

Have you tried borrowing the CD from someone and actually ripping it yourself?

Kind of reminds me of the problems people were having getting Saturn Bomberman and Snatcher running in emulators when the only problem was that the most popular images floating around the net were dorked up.

I just used MagicISO to make a bin/cue of the game (from an original CD) and it booted fine. For the hell of it, I decided to test out Biohazard Dual Shock Director's Cut and it booted fine as well (other than some audio issues, which I haven't troubleshoot yet)

[Waren AlKar]

If you're still looking at how to use CDMage to convert another format (such as .img or .iso) into a .bin file, I can probably help. I had some trouble at first, but it's real simple once you figure it out.

Start up CDMage and open the file you want to convert. You'll be given a prompt on what image type the file is, select 'M2/2352 track'. Then it's just a matter of going to the file tab, selecting 'Save As', and after selecting a the filename a selection box will pop up with some options to choose. At the very top it should have something like 'S:01 T:01 MODE2/2352'. And beside that another drop down menu with 'MODE2/2352'.

Keep everything as is, select OK, and away you go! It'll automatically save a new file under the filename you originally selected to save as, with a CUE sheet as well.

[deftonesrule]

EXCELLENT !!!!!!!!! YIPPPPPPPPPIEEEEEE!!!!!!!!, it works great !!!!!!!

thank you waren for the step by step, tales of destiny fired right up and it looks great !