How to get Skies Of Arcadia (echelon) working properly!!!!

[axcc123]

if you burn them right

 

[Agozer]

If you want to play the game on a real Dreamcast, you don't have to patch it.

 

[Ashena]

Yep, got same problem. Patch begin, ends successfully....and poof. Nothing happens Just one thing, I saw the temp folder while patching (soatp), and in there, a big iso that disappears when patch finishes.

 

[jerry87]

Hey, could anuone help me?
A have finished cd1, i patched the cd2, but when i start the patched-cd2 with chankast, it goes to the bios menu.Anyone knows what is the problem or how solve this?
Thanks.

 

[mazonemayu]

hey, is it normal with the patched echelon version, that you see nothing when a battle ends (the table where it says how much exp you gain etc..) I always see the characters, but not how much exp & stuff they gained

 

[Dark Mits]

To jerry87: Check whether the bios and flash files get corrupted. See another thread for more info.

To mazonemayu: You need to activate the ZWrite and ZWrite Alpha options in the emulator.

 

[mazonemayu]

thx m8, I'll give it a shot

 

[jerry87]

Thanks for trying to help me Dark Mits, but the bios isn't the problem, because i tested the cd1 again and worked, and i tried in another copy of emulator.
If you or other person has any idia, please, tell me.

 

[Dark Mits]

Do you load the CD2 image in the same drive as CD1? If yes then the patching must have gone wrong. I assume however that you have retried patching CD2 alone.

 

[jerry87]

Thanks again Dark Mits, but i've tried it, and other forms.If you have other idea to my problem with cd2 say , if not thanks for the help.

 

[Dark Mits]

No need to thank me, I just happen to see these posts here and I do want to help others play this gem among games. I myself hadn't played on the console and I have finished it 4 times on Chankast.

Did you check if the unpatched version was correct, ie. not defective? It should be 813.047.730 bytes large.

 

[jerry87]

Maybe can be the cd, mine have 818.609.749 bytes.But i tried 3 diferent cds.Iwill search for other.Dark Mits, isend a message to you.

How can i know if the cd has problems??

 

[Dark Mits]

Aika-san (the creator of the patch and this topic) had posted long ago that there is a program that checks CDs for problems and stuff. You have to "wade" through all posts here to find it. If you still can't find it, search the net. There are a lot of programs doing that job, you are bound to find one at least.
I replied to your PM.

 

[Agozer]

CDMage is a program that checks CD images and CDs for errors.

 

[mazonemayu]

thx dark mits, that did the trick; I just can't be bothred with unpacking & hooking up my DC nowadays

 

[jerry87]

Hey, the problem was the cd2, i found another image, and this one worked,so if you are with the same problem as mine , search another cd.

 

[Dark Mits]

Well, you didn't need my help after all!

 

[CROangel]

After i mount the game i go to chank and click on start but it sais CANT READ DC_BOIS.BIN! what do i do?!i need 'dc_bios.bin' and 'dc_flash.bin' do u know where i can get them?! help

 

[Agozer]

You need the Dreamcast BIOS files. You can't ask where to get them since it is against the board rules.

 

[CROangel]

i got em but it cant load game, it sais insert cd