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Need help urgently! (Shenmue)

UnderGeorge

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I have shenmue and i've got no idea how to run it. I've downloaded Chankast Alpha 0.25 and installed bios. At first when I've putted the game cd the emulator read it as an audio disc (even though it worked on normal dreamcast=> it had a loader). So I've instered an Utopia boot disc and then the game disc but that didn't help much. What do I have to do to run this beautiful game? Is my PC the one that won't run this game? (P: 2800mzh 512 ddr ram x2, radeon 9800 128mb win xp). Or maybe I've missed some vital plugins? Please help....
 

Acorn

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^-^

Reading the readme, and/or help, and/orstickies, and/or searching might help one fine out that a PC disk drive cannot read dreamcast disks.
 
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UnderGeorge

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none found so far (stickes, readme or emulator manual) my drive are LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-832S and HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8240B. I've tried both with the same resault
 

Acorn

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From the sticky:

http://www.emutalk.net/chankast/20636-chankast-f-q-before-asking-anything-read.html

Q: How do I run games?
A: The emulator supports only selfbootable backups, original and non-selfbootable disks will not work.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Running CDs is not generally recommended, prefer using CD images instead.

Q: Every time I try to run a game Chankast recognizes it as a music CD or thinks that there isn't a CD in the drive, why?
A: This can be caused by the following things:
1: You're trying to run an original Dreamcast disk (GD-ROM). These disks are not supported by the emulator.
2: You're trying to run a game using the "XXX CD-ROM Interface" on Windows 2K. This Interface is not supported in Windows 2K so you MUST use the ASPI CD-ROM Interface when using Chankast on Windows 2K.
3: You're trying to run a non-selfbootable disk. Either use a tool to make your game selfbootable or use the Utopia boot disk.
4: You have selected the wrong drive from the drive configuration of the emulator. Run the emulator, go to "Options"->"Configure Drive" and select the drive where the game is.

Unless I'm misunderstanding you - your trying to run a GD-ROM in an unmodified CD/DVD drive. It just doesn't work - sorry man.

If you are trying to run a CD, I'll try to help you configure chankast and/or rip the CD. CD's are ones you've burned, not games you would get at the store.
 

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