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ultima528

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Why do you insist on saying that in every thread you go to? It's already been said that the WIP has Win2k support already, so cut with it already! I've seen you say this in almost every thread about the future of Chankast.
For example, this thread: Chankast WIP. You posted in that thread, so there's no mistake you read it.
See the second item on the list?
Pimp said:
- Windows 2000 compatibility
 
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ultima528

New member
Because a lot of people like playing games on TV whenever possible, and they like the feel of holding a controller, and they have an XBOX =)
(I'm not one of those people though, so I'm just taking a wild guess :icecream: )
 

TheFreeman

Guardian of Destiny
S0LAR said:
the first one says "2) The next version alpha 0.3 will be this next week surely."

the other says "I guarantee Chankast will run on 600-700Mhz. They've been giving reasons and motives and they've been very convincing, one can notice they know what they do to perfection."

Im sorry, but they DONT guarantee anything, they are just saying that THEIR OBJECTIVE is to make chanka run on a 600mhz comp, nothing more, they are not guaranteeing it.
 

TheFreeman

Guardian of Destiny
TheFreeman said:
"2) The next alpha 0.3 version will be available this next week, possibly.

3) It hasnt been talked about it, but rumors say that they are reprogramming a mayor portion of the code and the final objective is, look out, to be able to emulate the DC on a PC of 600mhz!!!"

That is the translation. So good news everyone.

Look on my post there, that is the exact translation, and I should know, since spanish is my native language. And Im an english teacher, and simultaneous translator, among other things.
 
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S0LAR

New member
The Freeman: maybe you read the whole page and decided to translate it like that. however, the translation is what I posted was relating to THESE two quotes:

Talfi said:
2) La proxima versión alpha 0.3 estará esta semana que viene seguramente.

the first quote said "seguramente". as far as I know, that means "surely", not "possibly"

Locke said:
Garantizo que Chankast correra en 600-700 Mhz. Estuvieron dando razones y motivos y fueron muy convincentes, se nota que saben lo que hacen a la perfeccion.

the second one (notice it was not immediatelly following that one, it wasn't even posted by the same person in the original page, and it does not have a number 3 in front of it) says "garantizo". and that, as far as I know, means GUARANTEE. now, it wasn't said by a chanka team member, but rather by someone who watched presentations by the chanka team and is pretty convinced that this will happen.

again, I'm not saying either is true, but those are the words these people used.
 

TheFreeman

Guardian of Destiny
I didnt post "surely", cause "surely" has a stronger connotation than its spanish counterpart, in terms of meaning. Yes, the exact translation would be "surely", but in spanish, "seguramente" is not as strong as "surely", its more of a "possibly". Its just a matter of language tradition more than actual graphic translation.

You are right about that second statement, I didnt read that. But mind you, its NOT an actual statement from a CHANKA dev. If this will be true, its MORE than awesome.
 

DarthDazDC

An Alright Guy
yop said:
my 2400+ wasn't known as SSE by chankast with the oldest bios of my motherboard, and I flashed my bios, now it works ( probably SSE not enable for DarthDazDC too )

Well i tried cpuz and it doesnt show sse supported, and I can't seem to find any updates to my NECCI motherboard.
 

life_247

New member
i think that SSE is only on some Athlon Xp chips. Could be a ,motherboard problem.

Also on the GD-rom front the icarus team are still looking into it i believe. Icarus is also been slated for a summer realease. Crazy Taxi now runs at full speed on Ectors 2Ghz machine!!!
 

refraction

PCSX2 Coder
all athlon xp chips support SSE, if your motherboard is old then it wount allow the pc to use the SSE support. i firmly suggest a bios update if you can get one, if not, a new motherboard is in order ;)
 

DarthDazDC

An Alright Guy
refraction said:
all athlon xp chips support SSE, if your motherboard is old then it wount allow the pc to use the SSE support. i firmly suggest a bios update if you can get one, if not, a new motherboard is in order ;)

Well i finally found an update, but when its updating, the laptop switches off halfway through completing it. I just hope someone buys the laptop off ebay otherwise I'll be struck with an athlon 1900+ for a while!
 

jdsony

New member
DarthDazDC said:
Well i finally found an update, but when its updating, the laptop switches off halfway through completing it. I just hope someone buys the laptop off ebay otherwise I'll be struck with an athlon 1900+ for a while!

I had a computer that was locking up a lot and I knew it was something to do with the bios. The motherboard bios and the video bios were on the same chip. I was flashing the bios and it froze so my motherboard was trash.
 

desertboy

Xbox N64 Emulation Fanatic
Nightmare said:
if gdroms can be read, the authors could proceed like the authors of bleemcast...
and because on our pc, it's do-it-yourself... people with xbox don't have necessarily a pc...


I have a chipped xbox and you cannot get an emulator to boot on the xbox without 1 of 3 things

1. M$ sign the software with their key and press it to an original dvd for you

2. You've chipped you're xbox and are running an illegal bios. You'll find 99% of xbox fanatics who play emulators on their xbox have done this. They do have PC's and FTP from their pc to xbox on regular basis (Through the xbox standard ethernet card).

3. They're running some horrible software mod that might go wrong, needs a pc to look after and is a pain in the arse. Most people who do this are suckers for punishment and play copied games aren't into the emu side. (Certainly not all though, there was a special release of surreal64 to work with softmod's)

If this is really going to work on my xbox I'm going to cry this would be amazing. I can't see it happening though 64 meg of ram isn't going to be enough and 733 P3 well we'll see. Any increase in performance would be great as Shenmue runs ever so slightly slow on my PC 27 FPS out of 30 which screws the sound. A little bit more and I'm there I can complete it all over again.
 
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Nightmare

(when dream come true)
desertboy said:
You've chipped you're xbox and are running and illegal bios. You'll find 99% of xbox fanatics who play emulators on their xbox have done this. They do have PC's and FTP from their pc to xbox on regular basis (Through the xbox standard ethernet card).

you should read the posts carefully...
1. i've just said that IF xbox drive could read gdroms...
2. i don't have a xbox, i never said that (so i've just talk about the possibilities it open, nothing else)
3. i also said that, in that case, the authors could proceed like bleemcast, it's an official emulator sold at low price... (it change lot of things, no need of mod chips,etc...)
 

desertboy

Xbox N64 Emulation Fanatic
Nightmare said:
you should read the posts carefully...
1. i've just said that IF xbox drive could read gdroms...
2. i don't have a xbox, i never said that (so i've just talk about the possibilities it open, nothing else)
3. i also said that, in that case, the authors could proceed like bleemcast, it's an official emulator sold at low price... (it change lot of things, no need of mod chips,etc...)

I did read it carefully I wasn't having a go at your point I was really only picking up on the xbox-pc thing which was to enlighten people here to the state of the xbox emulation at the moment.

If the xbox could read gdroms you'd still need a pc to get the emulator onto the xbox in the first place. Maybe you could buy it on cd somewhere (Read car boot sale) but M$ did such a good job of locking down the xbox that no one has come up with a way to get the console to boot non M$ approved code without some mod to the box itself. (So no legitimate channel;s for it to be released through)

The DC had the advantage we didn't need a modchip to boot unofficial code. Sega weren't going to sue Bleemcast as Sega Vs. Codemasters has already proven out of court that no one company can bar you from developing for there platform. They can use copy protection to stop you though.

I have this bad habit of quoting a post and then talking about something else entirely.

If this is ever ported to the xbox it will be an illegal download (built with M$ own dev kit) and it won't be in the shops (Except maybe some Asian ones).


When it comes to emulators & xbox's I'm your man (Well oDD and Lantus are but never mind that).
 
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Nightmare

(when dream come true)
desertboy said:
If this is ever ported to the xbox it will be an illegal download (built with M$ own dev kit) and it won't be in the shops (Except maybe some Asian ones.

you know, things evolve... sega have financial difficulties... the xbox hadn't been sold as it should be... you know, some guys in difficult situations could find an agreement sometimes... (It's just a supposition... nothing else...) :saint:
 

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