Ferrari f355, remove echelon intro.

iamp · November 29th, 2007, 10:44

Hi guys.
Do you know how to remove echelon intro from 1st_read.bin?
I just tried this method - no luck.

"6.3. Removing the Echelon intro
Credits to jc of dcwarez.

Some people may wish to remove the Echelon intro for one reason or another, a major one being that the intro sometimes screws up the sound/music initialization in their rip of Unreal Tournament (making it emit a nasty screeching sound until a game is started).
(Following example applies to DOA2LE. You can use a similar method for the other games, but the file size will be different.)
Extract the 1ST_READ.BIN file from the CDI or your CD.
Fire up your hex-editor (I like HEdit or Hex Workshop) and open 1ST_READ.BIN, go to offset 0xF0000 and copy the Hex all the way to 983040 (the end).
Make a new file 1929928 bytes large, and paste the contents of the clipboard into it.
Save the file, and place it into a directory (ie, C:\SELFBOOTDOA2LE), and extract the data from the CD or the CDI file into that directory as well. Now just follow ECHELON's self-boot tutorial and re-image the CD."

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KanedA · November 29th, 2007, 14:49

echelon intro means that you have obtained your copy illegally... which means - no help here...

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iamp · November 29th, 2007, 15:15

Chert pobery.
Ok. No help here.

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**Cid Highwind** · November 29th, 2007, 15:32

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Originally Posted by KanedA

echelon intro means that you have obtained your copy illegally... which means - no help here...

KanedA in defense of Dreamcast... is that because you played the PS2 port and started to value this version?

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KanedA · November 30th, 2007, 08:19

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Originally Posted by Cid Highwind

KanedA in defense of Dreamcast... is that because you played the PS2 port and started to value this version?

oh... hi Cid, how are you?

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Samor · November 30th, 2007, 08:40

ah, good old battles

F355 on the PS2, only seen screens, never played, but as far as I can tell it looks like crap, and that's most likely just because it's a bad port.

And in most cases, unless the platform is a lot more powerful (and even then.. look at the pc) a game is usually the best on its "native" platform.

The PS2 is powerful enough to be better than a DC, but hardly powerful enough to run DC/Naomi ports better than the original. Perhaps the best port was DOA2, but as you know there is no clear outcome as to which version is better.

The Xbox, on the other hand, was probably powerful enough to run any DC game port as good as the original console. However, it had problems with ports of the more demanding PS2 games (resulting in a very poor MGS2 port, for example).

There we go again

Last edited by Samor; November 30th, 2007 at 08:48..

iamp · November 30th, 2007, 09:07

Ok guys 8-)
Another question:
When nulldc loading f355, after dreamcast logo i get errors (not implemented opcode, press any key to continue), is there way to force autoskipping these errors?

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**refraction** · November 30th, 2007, 09:20

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Originally Posted by KanedA

echelon intro means that you have obtained your copy illegally... which means - no help here...

and hes right there.

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November 29th, 2007, 10:44	#1
iamp Registered dude Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 36	Ferrari f355, remove echelon intro. Hi guys. Do you know how to remove echelon intro from 1st_read.bin? I just tried this method - no luck. "6.3. Removing the Echelon intro Credits to jc of dcwarez. Some people may wish to remove the Echelon intro for one reason or another, a major one being that the intro sometimes screws up the sound/music initialization in their rip of Unreal Tournament (making it emit a nasty screeching sound until a game is started). (Following example applies to DOA2LE. You can use a similar method for the other games, but the file size will be different.) Extract the 1ST_READ.BIN file from the CDI or your CD. Fire up your hex-editor (I like HEdit or Hex Workshop) and open 1ST_READ.BIN, go to offset 0xF0000 and copy the Hex all the way to 983040 (the end). Make a new file 1929928 bytes large, and paste the contents of the clipboard into it. Save the file, and place it into a directory (ie, C:\SELFBOOTDOA2LE), and extract the data from the CD or the CDI file into that directory as well. Now just follow ECHELON's self-boot tutorial and re-image the CD." __________________ WinXP pro Athlon 64 3200+ "Venice" (983-2700Mhz) HDDs Samsung 80Gb, 320Gb DDR 400 1024Mb 128Mb FX 5900XT Sound - SB live! 24bit

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November 29th, 2007, 14:49	#2
KanedA PS2 PAL[v9], PS3Slim PAL Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: PolanD Posts: 5,362	echelon intro means that you have obtained your copy illegally... which means - no help here... __________________

November 29th, 2007, 15:15	#3
iamp Registered dude Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 36	Chert pobery. Ok. No help here. __________________ WinXP pro Athlon 64 3200+ "Venice" (983-2700Mhz) HDDs Samsung 80Gb, 320Gb DDR 400 1024Mb 128Mb FX 5900XT Sound - SB live! 24bit

November 30th, 2007, 08:40	#6
Samor crill stazy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 7,600	ah, good old battles F355 on the PS2, only seen screens, never played, but as far as I can tell it looks like crap, and that's most likely just because it's a bad port. And in most cases, unless the platform is a lot more powerful (and even then.. look at the pc) a game is usually the best on its "native" platform. The PS2 is powerful enough to be better than a DC, but hardly powerful enough to run DC/Naomi ports better than the original. Perhaps the best port was DOA2, but as you know there is no clear outcome as to which version is better. The Xbox, on the other hand, was probably powerful enough to run any DC game port as good as the original console. However, it had problems with ports of the more demanding PS2 games (resulting in a very poor MGS2 port, for example). There we go again Last edited by Samor; November 30th, 2007 at 08:48..

November 30th, 2007, 09:07	#7
iamp Registered dude Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 36	Ok guys 8-) Another question: When nulldc loading f355, after dreamcast logo i get errors (not implemented opcode, press any key to continue), is there way to force autoskipping these errors? __________________ WinXP pro Athlon 64 3200+ "Venice" (983-2700Mhz) HDDs Samsung 80Gb, 320Gb DDR 400 1024Mb 128Mb FX 5900XT Sound - SB live! 24bit