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[mezkal]

Mezkal, I could have decided not to answer the question, but Im not on this community to NOT help people, and try to act like a smartass without being useful at all. Im here to help the users, and ocassionally, receive a little help. I believe we all need help, and in return, we must all help each other. I believe that's what a community is all about. But that is just me.

TheFreeman I am not here to be a smartass in the least. I love my DC and all its games. Furthermore I've been a staunch and longterm supporter of the emulation community (of which many of the power players are my friends) ever since the heady days of #Bleem on EFnet.

My purposes of mentioning that threads like this should be locked is that they refer quite explicitly to methodologies for 'modding' 'backled-up' games. These games were originally intended to be distributed on 1GB GD ROM discs and not 700MB CDs. Any discussion about any game that is being read via CD-ROM is a piracy discussion. Therefore answering anyone's direct question on how to modifiy flag's in IP.BIN to allow a hacked rip of a retail product to load via CD Emulation layer like Daemon Tools into Chankast is also piracy. Referring those with questions to the "Homebrewed Bootable CD' threads to find thier own solution is not.

I want Chankast to stay around. Therefore I do whatever I can to help the project. Piracy discussions on the public web board that's meant to be the community support centre for Chankast will only bring the ire of publishers long term. Think I'm wrong? Think about what happened in the SNES/NES emulation community or #Bleem for god's sake.

Chankast is an impressive project and it deserve's not only support but also our vigilance if it's going to survive.


Peace

Mezkal

 

[TheFreeman]

Furthermore I've been a staunch and longterm supporter of the emulation community (of which many of the power players are my friends) ever since the heady days of #Bleem on EFnet.

Wow!! congratulations, I bet your daddy is really proud

My purposes of mentioning that threads like this should be locked is that they refer quite explicitly to methodologies for 'modding' 'backled-up' games. These games were originally intended to be distributed on 1GB GD ROM discs and not 700MB CDs. Any discussion about any game that is being read via CD-ROM is a piracy discussion. Therefore answering anyone's direct question on how to modifiy flag's in IP.BIN to allow a hacked rip of a retail product to load via CD Emulation layer like Daemon Tools into Chankast is also piracy. Referring those with questions to the "Homebrewed Bootable CD' threads to find thier own solution is not.

Ermmm... I feel bad for you to have written all of that fancy essay, but I regret to tell you this: There is a STICKY thread, that describes a method to make the games selfbootable. I simply repeated what I have learnt from that informative and really impressive STICKY. So, hmmmm.... lets think for a second, if the admins and/or mods made it a STICKY, then that means that... hmmmmm... they must not have a problem with that issue, dont you think?

Chankast is an impressive project and it deserve's not only support but also our vigilance if it's going to survive.

Couldnt agree with you more. And that is exactly why Im helping users to be able to run chankast, and make it a solution instead of a problem.

Cheers

 

[mezkal]

Wow!! congratulations, I bet your daddy is really proud



Ermmm... I feel bad for you to have written all of that fancy essay, but I regret to tell you this: There is a STICKY thread, that describes a method to make the games selfbootable. I simply repeated what I have learnt from that informative and really impressive STICKY. So, hmmmm.... lets think for a second, if the admins and/or mods made it a STICKY, then that means that... hmmmmm... they must not have a problem with that issue, dont you think?



Couldnt agree with you more. And that is exactly why Im helping users to be able to run chankast, and make it a solution instead of a problem.

Cheers

I don't quite understand how you misunderstood my "essay". The sticky threads to which u refer are abt Making Homebrewed Apps bootable and not retail pirated games. As I stated, quite clearly, all information necessary to mod the IP.BIN etc can be found in those threads and I heartily recommend anyone to read them. They DO NOT refer to piracy information. Any other threads that refer to direct piracy processes and apps should not be entertained in order to prevent the Chankast devs from being open to litigation.

I'm sorry that you feel it your personal responsibility to engage in a battle of wits with me (You're losing badly btw) as all I wanted to do was protect and support Chankast.

Chankast is Dreamcast emulator in its infancy. As OzTm and others have stated in numerous posts we should be helping the devs by getting as informed as possible and making our own bootable CDs, instead of flooding this board with repeated requests for the same information. Furthermore, if said requests pertain to piracy why should they be answered here? Doing so will only weaken the Chankast cause.

TheFreeman while I am glad that you found your answer within this thread I am dissapointed that you couldn't use a search function. But then who am I to question your intelligence?

Peace

Mezkal