I need help getting Capcom vs snk to work.
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I need help getting Capcom vs snk to work.
when i put it in it loads the dreamcast intro screen then freezes. Whats wrong? i tried cleaning with toothpaste, it didnt work.
Systems I Own: Ps2, Gamecube, Xbox, Dreamcast, Nes, Snes, Genesis, 3do, DS, and a Gaming PC.
Playing: Chrono Cross and Counter Strike
Playing: Chrono Cross and Counter Strike
i dont have another DC to test it with, but i looked closely at it and it seems to have a ton of light scratches every where, and 1 big smudge if you hold it up to the light. I think that is the problem.
Systems I Own: Ps2, Gamecube, Xbox, Dreamcast, Nes, Snes, Genesis, 3do, DS, and a Gaming PC.
Playing: Chrono Cross and Counter Strike
Playing: Chrono Cross and Counter Strike
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Another thing to consider is if you have used your DC to run homebrewed apps, the drive can get stressed by reading certain parts of the disc. I've heard that it will shorten the lifespan of your system to run emulators and homebrewed apps, but that is only what I've heard and have not experienced that myself.
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That's BS! What really can shorten the lifespan of your DC is playing backups, but homebrewn doesn't stress the GD-ROM reader because most of the times it only loads the game/emulator one time and then only a bit of ROM/data loading. Then the GD-ROM reader stops and is not used while you play. Commercial games tend to do a lot more loading than homebrewn and when burned in a low density disc (compared with a GD-ROM) and without a proper structure can stress the reader.HomerCIDAL wrote:Another thing to consider is if you have used your DC to run homebrewed apps, the drive can get stressed by reading certain parts of the disc. I've heard that it will shorten the lifespan of your system to run emulators and homebrewed apps, but that is only what I've heard and have not experienced that myself.
You mentioned a ton of small scratches and a smudge. Where is the smudge? Is it within the inner circle of data (which I understand contains info for booting up disks).
I have a disk which won't boot at all (v. pissed 'cause it's 18 Wheeler, and I love that game), and there is a smudge on the inner ring of data. There are plenty of light scratches too on the outer portion, but I don't think there are the cause. I think if the disk won't boot, then the problem is probably due to marks in the inner circle. My disk is a PAL, in a PAL case, and I think during transportation, the disk came loose, and got marked with the teeth which are more vicious than regular CD-case teeth.
I have some disks that are marked and scratched worse than this one, but I guess it's not an exact science. From what I understand of CD error correction/jitter/etc., you could just be very unlucky and a disk with just one scratch in the wrong place could render a CD useless, whereas a disk with tons of scratches could work fine. There are probably a lot of factors involved (scratch length, depth, etc), so I guess the bottom line is to just look after your disks.
I wish that Sega had a facility where you could send in your faulty disks, and get a brand new disk for a nominal charge. Would be a sign of appreciation and regard for it's loyal DC fans like ourselves.
I have a disk which won't boot at all (v. pissed 'cause it's 18 Wheeler, and I love that game), and there is a smudge on the inner ring of data. There are plenty of light scratches too on the outer portion, but I don't think there are the cause. I think if the disk won't boot, then the problem is probably due to marks in the inner circle. My disk is a PAL, in a PAL case, and I think during transportation, the disk came loose, and got marked with the teeth which are more vicious than regular CD-case teeth.
I have some disks that are marked and scratched worse than this one, but I guess it's not an exact science. From what I understand of CD error correction/jitter/etc., you could just be very unlucky and a disk with just one scratch in the wrong place could render a CD useless, whereas a disk with tons of scratches could work fine. There are probably a lot of factors involved (scratch length, depth, etc), so I guess the bottom line is to just look after your disks.
I wish that Sega had a facility where you could send in your faulty disks, and get a brand new disk for a nominal charge. Would be a sign of appreciation and regard for it's loyal DC fans like ourselves.
I've always wondered about that - what about playing regular music CDs? I was under the impression that data CD's and music CD's had the same spacing throughout the disk.doragasu wrote:... and when burned in a low density disc (compared with a GD-ROM) and without a proper structure can stress the reader.
Just looking at back-ups of GD-ROMs on CD-ROMs, I can understand the stress, as I understand GD-ROMs are designed with the layout of data optimised for reading during play (although with some of the loading times and GD-grinding I've seen in some soccer games, I wonder if all manufacturers ticked that box...).
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If anyone is worried about playing emus and homebrew they can always dummy the CD. It fills up the rest of the space pushing all the readable data to the end of the cd, iirc. I've seen it on someone elses dc with backups. The grinding noises coming from his DC were terrible before placing a dummied cd in. So I'm sure the same benefits would be seen in a homebrew game or emu. That is if the CD is being constantly accessed all the time and not just loaded once and that's the end of that.
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Music CDs doesn't stress the DC because the lens are put on a track and move really slowly while the disc is playing. Backups make the lens move up and down all the time, making loading times larger and stressing the reader. The density issue also makes loading times larger.crc73 wrote:I've always wondered about that - what about playing regular music CDs? I was under the impression that data CD's and music CD's had the same spacing throughout the disk.doragasu wrote:... and when burned in a low density disc (compared with a GD-ROM) and without a proper structure can stress the reader.