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Post by dandy on Apr 3, 2018 2:35:27 GMT
I managed to get a Rhea during the last order. It's set to be delivered tomorrow. In preparation, I gathered games in these three methods. I have a Windows 10 laptop.
1) Turned my own Saturn discs into CDI images using discjuggler 6. I never encountered any problems installing it. I was just able to do it, even though I have windows 10. Are all the CDIs I made with it not compatible with the Rhea because I'm running windows 10?
2) I found some darkwater rips that were in BIN/CUE format and used UltraISO to turn them into CCD/IMG/SUB. Should I be set with those?
3) I found a bunch of games that were already in CCD/IMG/SUB format when I downloaded them. Again, I think those should be ok.
4) I turned my own copy of Policenauts into BIN/CUE with imgburn and went through the translation patch process.
I used the GDEMU SD card maker to put all the games on a 128GB sandisk SD card that I formatted to FAT32. I could not get RMENU to work on my laptop, it just wouldn't start. Based on the experiences of people here, should I be ok with what I have? I'd hate to think that my Rhea will be useless because of my stupid OS.
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Post by wwammy on Apr 3, 2018 8:50:04 GMT
I couldn't get Disc Juggler to work on Windows 10 correctly it seems the way Windows 10 handles cd's and virtual discs have changed. Rhea also supports Clone CD images which also work fine that's what I rip my games to using either Clone CD or Alcohol 120% on Windows 10. I recently patched Shining Force 3 all scenarios to v19 of the English patch which rip to BIN/CUE but that doesn't work in RHEA but mounting them onto Alchohol 120% virtual disc and ripping them as CCD/IMG/SUB works fine. I would ditch img/burn and just use clone cd or Alchohol 120% which has the virtual disc and rips to MDS/MDF and CC/IMG/SUB both of which RHEA supports I have not used GDEMU SD Maker I just put the games I wanted into the folders 1/2/3 etc and RMENU 0.2 should be in folder 1 and works fine for me on Windows 10. Rhea sorts the games out alphabetically but I still made the effort to put games close together
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Post by buckoa51 on Apr 3, 2018 9:53:26 GMT
Okay, I'm seriously going to have to write this up as it's really confusing people. 1) Discjuggler works fine in Windows 10. 2) For the most part. UltraISO struggles with some games with unusual structures/track layouts, like Nights. 3) Yes they should. 4) That's a statement not a question Rmenu not starting on your laptop is just plain weird. The only thing that doesn't work on Windows 10 is optical drive emulation. To be more specific, ODE works in Windows 10 but is less accurate, so if you use something like Daemon Tools or Alcohol 120 to mount a BIN/CUE and try and re-image it, it won't work. Oh, I confirmed recently that using a Windows 7 virtual machine on top of Windows 10 will work, if you need to do the whole Daemon Tools image conversion thing. Always use DT in SCSI mode for this too.
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Post by wwammy on Apr 3, 2018 10:04:24 GMT
The only thing that doesn't work on Windows 10 is optical drive emulation. To be more specific, ODE works in Windows 10 but is less accurate, so if you use something like Daemon Tools or Alcohol 120 to mount a BIN/CUE and try and re-image it, it won't work.Oh, I confirmed recently that using a Windows 7 virtual machine on top of Windows 10 will work, if you need to do the whole Daemon Tools image conversion thing. Always use DT in SCSI mode for this too. It will work if you RIP to a CCD/IMG/SUB or MDS/MDF no need for Disc Juggler and a virtual machine installation and it has worked for me every game so far see my post above yours.
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Post by buckoa51 on Apr 3, 2018 10:10:54 GMT
I tried that I believe, got the usual "not a Saturn disc".
Best just to stick to Windows 7 for this task I feel. Not to mention finding a copy of Alcohol 120% that doesn't load your system with malware (even if you purchase it legitimately) is something of a challenge.
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Post by wwammy on Apr 3, 2018 10:17:52 GMT
I tried that I believe, got the usual "not a Saturn disc". Best just to stick to Windows 7 for this task I feel. Not to mention finding a copy of Alcohol 120% that doesn't load your system with malware (even if you purchase it legitimately) is something of a challenge. I don't know where you get that idea from I have a legit copy and I have no malware on my computer I know this since I have malwarebytes on my Computer Depends what software you was using Alchohol has settings which allow you to mount the image and rip to ccd image I've had total success with this method also it should be one of the versions that is updated for windows 10 using an older pirate copy won't work I know people like to throw their free alternatives around be Alchohol 120% works great for burning and ripping images But I guess just use what method works best for you all of my images have been ripped from cue/bins this way and others from my own discs or downloaded directly from websites as CCD/IMG/SUB Also, it's worth testing the image in an emulator such as retroarch or ssf before you transfer them to your SDCard so you know it's working. 32GB is max size that is officially supported but larger capacities have been reported to work.
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Post by dandy on Apr 3, 2018 10:37:29 GMT
Taking a BIN/CUE and using UltraISO to turn it into a CCD doesn't count as disc mounting, which is broken in windows 10?
I'm thinking I should grab CloneCD and use that for my retail discs. I should be getting the rhea today, so I'll find out what works and what doesn't.
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Post by wwammy on Apr 3, 2018 10:40:35 GMT
Taking a BIN/CUE and using UltraISO to turn it into a CCD doesn't count as disc mounting, which is broken in windows 10? I'm thinking I should grab CloneCD and use that for my retail discs. I should be getting the rhea today, so I'll find out what works and what doesn't. Virtual Disc mounting will work just not using disc juggler since it hasn't been updated neither has clone cd only one out of those that has been updated for Windows 10 is Alchohol 120%. Otherwise Windows 7 those older softwares work as intended Not sure about UltraISO I haven't used it to convert the images
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Post by dandy on Apr 3, 2018 10:52:18 GMT
It's bizarre, I can get RMENU to open but after a few seconds it says "A problem has cause RMENU to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program".
Only one time, did the prompt to press any key show up.
I even try right clicking and running it in Windows 7 compatibility mode, and it still stops as soon as it starts.
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Post by wwammy on Apr 3, 2018 10:54:23 GMT
Make sure the folder structure is correct on the SDcard and put rmenu and files in folder /01 at the root of the SDCard Check the image it should be something like this and folder one is where you run Rmenu from. From there you can choose to edit the names and an INI will open and once you save it the ISO will be created in folder /01
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Post by dandy on Apr 3, 2018 10:56:59 GMT
Make sure the folder structure is correct on the SDcard and put rmenu and files in folder /01 at the root of the SDCard That is exactly what I've been doing. I have folders 01 through 70 and have the RMENU.exe and the BIN folder in 01. I open RMENU and windows tell me it stopped working correctly.
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Post by wwammy on Apr 3, 2018 10:59:43 GMT
Make sure the image you have is working first try it on SSF Emulator folder 2 should have the game image Once opened it should look like this
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Post by dandy on Apr 3, 2018 11:19:47 GMT
GDEMU SD maker renamed all the games on my SD card to disc.cdi or disc.ccd. The files don't have their original names. Could that be a problem?
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Post by wwammy on Apr 3, 2018 11:23:04 GMT
GDEMU SD maker renamed all the games on my SD card to disc.cdi or disc.ccd. The files don't have their original names. Could that be a problem? I would skip using GDEMU just try manually with one Rmenu and in 01 and a game in 02. I think ccd one of them is like a cue file img is the main bit there's no need to rename them which GDEMU does. GDEMU SD Maker was originally designed for GDEMU ODE
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Post by buckoa51 on Apr 3, 2018 11:24:02 GMT
They're notorious for bundling adware and other crap with their installers.
Unlikely, try placing it in a structure with just itself and an empty folder. Bad disc images can cause it to crash. If it works then, introduce your games one by one until you find the culprit.
Just tried IDE drive emulation in DT and straight conversion without mounting the image in DT under Windows 10, neither produces a working image.
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