Skies of Arcadia swap disc

DSP · February 19th, 2008

Finally managed to get past the bugs and enjoyed the game, but now Im unable to change to disc 2.
The swap disc function on nulldc doesnt work and when I load disc 2 it aparently works before going to the dreamcasts main menu.
Im really enjoying the game and would hate to stop now.
So anyone knows a way to solve this?
Thanks in advance.

MikeEx · February 20th, 2008

Step 1: save the game at the end of disk one. reload the emulator with disk two.
step 2: ...
step 3: profit.

DSP · February 20th, 2008

Im not that dumb.
As I stated in my post (maybe not too clearly), after not being able too swap disc, I loaded disc 2. But after the dreamcast logo it went to the menu with the files, definitions, etc.

Neo187 · February 20th, 2008

After saving you need to actually shut down the wmulator and restarting it loading Image of Disc 2 istead of Disc 1, and then loading game from last save game...

From what I heard Skies is one of the few games (like Shenmue) that allows you to save at the end of the disc so that you could load from the following disc....

Unfortunately the "hot swapping" does not work yet...at least with the games I have tried...

DSP · February 20th, 2008

Yeah I did that.
I saved the game, quited the emu, opened the emu with the game (already replaced the bios to make sure they werent corrupted) and after seeing the dream logo comes a black screen and it goes to the bios menu (with the save files,definitions, etc).
Im not asking a estupid question Ive already did everythinjg I could to fix it myself.
Maybe its my version of the game that its corrupted, because Ive already had a bug no one else seemed to have.

little_vin · February 20th, 2008

Maybe you could try to delete the "dc_flash_wb.bin" in the data folder. After you restart nullDC, it will ask you to re-enter the date/time then regenerate it.

Sometimes I crashed in Skies and could only continue the games by doing this, and I finished the game last month. It's really such a great game that worth you to try everything. So have a good luck, man.

After trying everything, you could also try to continue the game with Makaron T9. All you have to do is renaming the gamesave files.

Neo187 · February 20th, 2008

yeah it seems like Disc 2 is corrupted/not good... what format is that? I got that sometimes with .nrg images but then by converting them into .mdf or .cdi the game would start ok...

Also, maybe try reading game with zNull plugin for the GD rom rather than the Image reader? Or viceversa?

DSP · February 20th, 2008

Its cdi.
Ive got it to work but not without a counterpart.
I posted here a few days ago with a strange bug that put vyse hp to 9999.
I fixed the bug by patching it with a fix that suposelly was only for chankast.
Now the patched disc 2 doesnt work but the original disc 2 does.
However the initial hp bug returns.
As I am the only one with these problems, I guess i got a screwed version.
I know its against the rulesto ask for game images, but can someone point me to a working version.

Tree Dude · February 20th, 2008

Yeah. Buy the game. Then the hardware necessary to dump it yourself.

February 19th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
DSP Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lisbom Posts: 7	Skies of Arcadia swap disc Finally managed to get past the bugs and enjoyed the game, but now Im unable to change to disc 2. The swap disc function on nulldc doesnt work and when I load disc 2 it aparently works before going to the dreamcasts main menu. Im really enjoying the game and would hate to stop now. So anyone knows a way to solve this? Thanks in advance.

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February 20th, 2008	#2 (permalink)
MikeEx Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 9	Step 1: save the game at the end of disk one. reload the emulator with disk two. step 2: ... step 3: profit.

February 20th, 2008	#3 (permalink)
DSP Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lisbom Posts: 7	Im not that dumb. As I stated in my post (maybe not too clearly), after not being able too swap disc, I loaded disc 2. But after the dreamcast logo it went to the menu with the files, definitions, etc.

February 20th, 2008	#4 (permalink)
Neo187 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 23	After saving you need to actually shut down the wmulator and restarting it loading Image of Disc 2 istead of Disc 1, and then loading game from last save game... From what I heard Skies is one of the few games (like Shenmue) that allows you to save at the end of the disc so that you could load from the following disc.... Unfortunately the "hot swapping" does not work yet...at least with the games I have tried...

February 20th, 2008	#5 (permalink)
DSP Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lisbom Posts: 7	Yeah I did that. I saved the game, quited the emu, opened the emu with the game (already replaced the bios to make sure they werent corrupted) and after seeing the dream logo comes a black screen and it goes to the bios menu (with the save files,definitions, etc). Im not asking a estupid question Ive already did everythinjg I could to fix it myself. Maybe its my version of the game that its corrupted, because Ive already had a bug no one else seemed to have.

February 20th, 2008	#6 (permalink)
little_vin Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: taipei Posts: 6	Maybe you could try to delete the "dc_flash_wb.bin" in the data folder. After you restart nullDC, it will ask you to re-enter the date/time then regenerate it. Sometimes I crashed in Skies and could only continue the games by doing this, and I finished the game last month. It's really such a great game that worth you to try everything. So have a good luck, man. After trying everything, you could also try to continue the game with Makaron T9. All you have to do is renaming the gamesave files.

February 20th, 2008	#7 (permalink)
Neo187 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 23	yeah it seems like Disc 2 is corrupted/not good... what format is that? I got that sometimes with .nrg images but then by converting them into .mdf or .cdi the game would start ok... Also, maybe try reading game with zNull plugin for the GD rom rather than the Image reader? Or viceversa?

February 20th, 2008	#8 (permalink)
DSP Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lisbom Posts: 7	Its cdi. Ive got it to work but not without a counterpart. I posted here a few days ago with a strange bug that put vyse hp to 9999. I fixed the bug by patching it with a fix that suposelly was only for chankast. Now the patched disc 2 doesnt work but the original disc 2 does. However the initial hp bug returns. As I am the only one with these problems, I guess i got a screwed version. I know its against the rulesto ask for game images, but can someone point me to a working version.