Will delete dummy file in .cdi speed up game in chankast?

[mr_ding]

I know most games have dummy file, usually about 200meg.

Will deleting them and re-doing .cdi speed up game in chankast significantly?

 

[rcgamer]

no i dont think it speeds them up but it makes burning them quicker.

 

[Freesnake]

no,not at all.just reduce the size of images.

 

[SeiferAlmasy]

and but, removing dummy.dat, the game don't work...

 

[rcgamer]

i have removed the dummy files from several games with no ill effect. including soul calibur.

 

[SeiferAlmasy]

What software you use to remove dummy.dat? i tried a remounting ISO with WINISO... but game don't work

Ps: i tried mvsc2...

 

[rcgamer]

you mount the drive then copy the files from the image to your selfboot data directory. then you go to the data folder and delete the dummy file. then use selfboot tutorial to rebuild and burn the image.

 

[SeiferAlmasy]

hmmm, exists other method?

i mounted the drive and use a Winiso to mount a ISO image, but, the ISO is don't bootable... exist a method for rebuild a ISO SelfBootable?

thanks

 

[mr_ding]

I did the selfboot method to remove dummy file too. Tried it on Soul Calibur, DOA2LE, and several other games.....

 

[ultima528]

i mounted the drive and use a Winiso to mount a ISO image, but, the ISO is don't bootable... exist a method for rebuild a ISO SelfBootable?

Of course making an ISO isn't going to work, it doesn't contain the extra data tracks that the CDI images do, so it won't work.

But anyway, I think I read somewhere that the dummy files are only needed because CDs/GD-ROMs read faster from the outside than the inside, so the dummy file is used to push the real data to the outer edge of the CD/GD-ROM to speed up the reading of the data for the REAL DREAMCAST. It should not have any effect on Chankast.

 

[SeiferAlmasy]

Ok, ok... but, DiscJuggler don't unique burner program capable to create a DC Discs Bootable...

the question is: WHAT I REMOVE dummy.dat and rebuild the ISO Bootable? /

PS: But, this CD i own create, runs in dreamcast with a UTOPIA boot disc...

 

[Freesnake]

directly delete the dummy file would be OK.then rebuild the image to be a .cdi file in the normal way in the sticky threads.need to discuss noting.

 

[SeiferAlmasy]

Rebuild it in DiscJuggler?

OMG!!! - You this certainty, I had not thought about this... :blush: I thought that he would not function