nullDC released!

[Quzar]

http://forums.ngemu.com/nulldc-forum/87 ... a-1-a.html

After maby months of coding, here is the first public beta of nullDC.
Read the ReadME before you ask anything.

Setup (includes all needed runtimes , recomended)
http://emudev.com/funstuff/nullDC_100b1_setup.rar

Plain files :
http://emudev.com/funstuff/nullDC_100b1.rar


oh , and happy april fool's day (make sure to check Google's jokes )

Enjoy

PS. Site/forums should be up within this week

The spiritual successor to both Icarus and Chankast has finally arrived!

[Juan]

Sweet

[XDelusion]

So what is this, some sort of April Fools joke?

[az_bont]

So what is this, some sort of April Fools joke?

No, it is very real, much to my surprise. I tried three games on it earlier (all with the new plugins): what I saw of Dream Studio was perfect, Sonic Adventure had perfect 3D but missed most of the graphics that overlayed the screen, and Resident Evil 2 refused to boot. I didn't spend much time twiddling the settings, however, so perhaps they are able to run better than they were for me.

What impressed me most is that the framerate was perfect on the games that did run, and the overall experience seemed much more polished and complete than Chankast and DEmul.

What this emulator needs is to support raw GD-ROM rips. At the moment, it is possible to construct giant CDI images with something like CDI4DC or bin2boot, but that requires a lot of binary hacking and research for someone not familiar with the process. Additional problems also present themselves when CDDA is required.

[JKKDARK]

This emulator kick ass

[DaMadFiddler]

There's actually a *perfect* Dreamcast emulator that's been out for some time now; it just hasn't been getting much attention.

However, the authors are fervently anti-piracy. Since PCs can't read GDs, you're going to have to use your Dreamcast as a disc drive. However, it also lets you access the Dreamcast's controller ports, so you can even use your original gamepads for that "authentic" feeling.

Now, we need a way to get the game data streamed to the PC from the Dreamcast, so what you're going to want to do is go ahead and plug the Dreamcast's AV cables into your TV capture card. That's the only data transfer method currently supported by the emulator. But once you've got that all configured as described, it should work perfectly.

So far, it's played every game I've thrown at it, without any flaws or glitches except the ones in the original game.

[az_bont]

You're so right, DMF. I also struggle to understand the irrationality of these people who are so willing to overlook your suggested alternative. In my opinion, these emulator enthusiasts ought to find a more appropriate place to discuss their hobby than at DCEmulation.

[Mark30001]

What this emulator needs is to support raw GD-ROM rips. At the moment, it is possible to construct giant CDI images with something like CDI4DC or bin2boot, but that requires a lot of binary hacking and research for someone not familiar with the process. Additional problems also present themselves when CDDA is required.

If I understand your post, this is already possible.

You'll have to create a .GDI file (basically a text file), and it has to be created in a format similar to this:

Example for NTSC-J Sonic Adventure:

Code: Select all

3
1 0 0 0 none 0
2 0 0 0 none 0
3 45000 4 2048 FILE0003.DUP 0

Place that .GDI text file in the same directory of your original rips, and you're set!

[Zealous zerotype]

There's actually a *perfect* Dreamcast emulator that's been out for some time now; it just hasn't been getting much attention.

However, the authors are fervently anti-piracy. Since PCs can't read GDs, you're going to have to use your Dreamcast as a disc drive. However, it also lets you access the Dreamcast's controller ports, so you can even use your original gamepads for that "authentic" feeling.

Now, we need a way to get the game data streamed to the PC from the Dreamcast, so what you're going to want to do is go ahead and plug the Dreamcast's AV cables into your TV capture card. That's the only data transfer method currently supported by the emulator. But once you've got that all configured as described, it should work perfectly.

So far, it's played every game I've thrown at it, without any flaws or glitches except the ones in the original game.

Damn, what a great idea. Since you know DC lasers work forever and running warez is the point of emulation OH WAIT.

[|darc|]

There's actually a *perfect* Dreamcast emulator that's been out for some time now; it just hasn't been getting much attention.

However, the authors are fervently anti-piracy. Since PCs can't read GDs, you're going to have to use your Dreamcast as a disc drive. However, it also lets you access the Dreamcast's controller ports, so you can even use your original gamepads for that "authentic" feeling.

Now, we need a way to get the game data streamed to the PC from the Dreamcast, so what you're going to want to do is go ahead and plug the Dreamcast's AV cables into your TV capture card. That's the only data transfer method currently supported by the emulator. But once you've got that all configured as described, it should work perfectly.

So far, it's played every game I've thrown at it, without any flaws or glitches except the ones in the original game.

Yeah I don't see why we use emulation at all. Site's closed, everyone go home. I'm deleting the FTP tonight.

[Sir Savant]

There's actually a *perfect* Dreamcast emulator that's been out for some time now; it just hasn't been getting much attention.

However, the authors are fervently anti-piracy. Since PCs can't read GDs, you're going to have to use your Dreamcast as a disc drive. However, it also lets you access the Dreamcast's controller ports, so you can even use your original gamepads for that "authentic" feeling.

Now, we need a way to get the game data streamed to the PC from the Dreamcast, so what you're going to want to do is go ahead and plug the Dreamcast's AV cables into your TV capture card. That's the only data transfer method currently supported by the emulator. But once you've got that all configured as described, it should work perfectly.

So far, it's played every game I've thrown at it, without any flaws or glitches except the ones in the original game.

Yeah I don't see why we use emulation at all. Site's closed, everyone go home. I'm deleting the FTP tonight.

WHAT THE HELL! I JUST CONVERTED ALL THE DEVCAT ARTICLES TO .DCE FILES!!!!! YOU OWE ME $195.99!

[Calavera]

There's actually a *perfect* Dreamcast emulator that's been out for some time now; it just hasn't been getting much attention.

However, the authors are fervently anti-piracy. Since PCs can't read GDs, you're going to have to use your Dreamcast as a disc drive. However, it also lets you access the Dreamcast's controller ports, so you can even use your original gamepads for that "authentic" feeling.

Now, we need a way to get the game data streamed to the PC from the Dreamcast, so what you're going to want to do is go ahead and plug the Dreamcast's AV cables into your TV capture card. That's the only data transfer method currently supported by the emulator. But once you've got that all configured as described, it should work perfectly.

So far, it's played every game I've thrown at it, without any flaws or glitches except the ones in the original game.

I tried this method and it seemed to work ok. I found that the emulator's video greatly improves if you add a VGA box to your DC.

[dr apocalipsis]

plug the Dreamcast's AV cables into your TV capture card.

Oh! Blooding tears.

Use a 14' - 20' CRT TV screen with scart cable instead.

Or a VGA box.

But this solution is HORRIBLE!

And, of course, nobody understand what are you doing here if you don't like emulation

[DaMadFiddler]

And, of course, nobody understand what are you doing here if you don't like emulation

Learn to take a joke

[dr apocalipsis]

And, of course, nobody understand what are you doing here if you don't like emulation

Learn to take a joke

Use a TV capture card is not a joke.
Is a crime!!!

[Quzar]

There's actually a *perfect* Dreamcast emulator that's been out for some time now; it just hasn't been getting much attention.

However, the authors are fervently anti-piracy. Since PCs can't read GDs, you're going to have to use your Dreamcast as a disc drive. However, it also lets you access the Dreamcast's controller ports, so you can even use your original gamepads for that "authentic" feeling.

Now, we need a way to get the game data streamed to the PC from the Dreamcast, so what you're going to want to do is go ahead and plug the Dreamcast's AV cables into your TV capture card. That's the only data transfer method currently supported by the emulator. But once you've got that all configured as described, it should work perfectly.

So far, it's played every game I've thrown at it, without any flaws or glitches except the ones in the original game.

I tried this method and it seemed to work ok. I found that the emulator's video greatly improves if you add a VGA box to your DC.

That's actually how I use my DC. KVM box+vga box+ keyboard adapter.

[MulletMan13]

Can't read GD's? Bummer...

[DaMadFiddler]

Can't read GD's? Bummer...

There's always the reverse burn mod.

[Juan]

STFU DMF, this isn't null... Not quite.

[DaMadFiddler]

STFU DMF, this isn't null... Not quite.

Ah, good. Then it's not asking too much for you to be polite

...Seriously, though: How does this end up comparing to Chankast? I poked around with Chankast a little when it first came out, but haven't really bothered since.

Also, it would be really nice (for development purposes) to have a DC emulator that can handle homebrew properly. Save a lot of test discs Does this handle KOS stuff any better than Chankast did?