Instructions on how to make chankast work
I have the same problem with Resident Evil 3. how can I make my .cdi file self booting? can you introduce me a good application for that?
**EASIER IF YOU PRINT THIS**
1.Place the chankastAlpha025 folder on/in your C:\ drive
2.Install the Daemon 4120 lite CD mount utility: this utility will emulate putting a CD in a Dreamcast console (except in this case you are loading/mounting a .cdi dreamcast game file. ONCE YOU INSTALL DAEMON TOOLS YOU WILL NOTICE AN ICON ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF YOURE WINDOWS DESKTOP (TASKBAR) WITH A "LIGHTNING BOLT".(if you dont see it, click on the little arrow pointing up on the taskbar) now you should see the little icon with a lightning bolt.
**Note: When you install Daemon Tools 4120 lite you will get a "compatability issues screen" just click on "RUN PROGRAM" and install it, it runs just fine without a problem in Windows 7 x64bit.****
3. DOWNLOAD ANY DREAMCAST GAME FROM THE INTERNET (NOTE: IT MUST BE A SINGLE FILE WITH THE EXTENSION .CDI AFTER THE GAME NAME.
***VERY IMPORTANT**(THE .CDI GAME FILE YOU DOWNLOAD "MUST" BE "SELF BOOTING")
If you download a .CDI game file that is "NOT SELF BOOTING" the game WILL NOT load or you will get the famous MUSIC CD problem within Chankast.
4. Unzip the Game (if it is zipped or rar'ed) meaning, if the file ends with .rar or .zip you will need to download Winrar from www.rarlabs.com if you dont already have it installed. Make sure you download and install winrar before proceeding to the next step.
5. Extract/Unzip the .cdi game file to your C:\ drive
6. Go to your desktop and click on the Daemon Tools Icon (the one with the lighting bolt) in your Windows taskbar (its at the bottom right of your desktop screen).
7. "RIGHT" click on the icon with the lightning bolt, you will now see a menu pop up and in this menu you will see
"VIRTUAL CD/DVD ROM" NOW put youre mouse cursor/arrow on "VIRTUAL CD/DVD ROM" and you will see another menu pop up . Place youre mouse cursor/arrow on "DEVICE 0" you will see another menu come up and that says "MOUNT IMAGE" "LEFT CLICK ON "MOUNT IMAGE" and now you will get a windows screen click on the little arrow pointing down where it says "LOOK IN" and look for youre C:\ drive and click on it. Find the game name (game you downloaded)(*game name with .cdi after it*) and click on it and click "OPEN".
**You have now simulated putting a game CD in a dreamcast console**Just to give you some background as to what you are doing.******
8. Now go to youre C:\ drive where the ChankastAlpha025 folder is located and open it and double click on "CHANKAST_ALPHA_25"
9. In Chankast click on "OPTIONS" and click on "CONFIGURE DRIVE" highlight the mount drive letter that Daemon Tools set (if youre not sure what i mean by this, go back to your windows taskbar and click on the icon with the lightning bolt then highlight "Virtual CD-DVD ROM" here you will see the correct drive letter next to "DEVICE 0", this is the drive letter you want to highlight in Chankast) Click on "Ok" in Chankast after you have highlighted the correct drive letter.
10. Click on "Options" again in Chankast and click on "CAPCOM HACK" so it has a check mark next to it after you click on it. Game will run slow if not checked.
11. NOW CLICK ON "RUN" and then click on "START". The game will load
Done!
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***Now that the hard part is over remember you will have to configure the dreamcast controller or computer keyboard. You do this by clicking on "PLUGINS" in CHANKAST then click on "CONFIGURE". SET THE INPUT PLUGIN to "INPUT INTERFACE BY ELSEMI" then click OK! NOW YOURE DONE.... NOW YOU WILL HAVE FUNCTIONALITY FROM EITHER YOURE DREAMCAST CONTROLLER OR YOURE COMPUTER KEYBOARD.
ENTER key on youre keyboard = START
A keyboard key = OK
You will obviously need a Dreamcast controller (if you dont already have one). You can buy Dreamcast to USB adapters
for you computer (so you can use youre Dreamcast controller on your Windows computer) from
http://www.hkems.com/
or
http://www.ebay.com
In either site look for an adapter called: Trio Linker Plus II made by EMS
You can also find Dreamcast Controllers (new and used) from www.ebay.com
If you have video/sound lag in the game, uninstall video/sound software and install only the basic minimum drivers for your video/sound card
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One other thing, it is important that you DO NOT use any other version of Daemon Tools, older and newer versions will not allow you to play dreamcast games in Windows 7 . Make sure you keep a copy of Daemon tools 4120 lite as its the only version that works.
Have fun!
