Possible betas of system shock 2 and thief 2 for dreamcast found!

i don´t own a katana dev kit, just the normal dreamcast.

so the winCE, shock2.exe and the files from GD rom (not the folder) need to be in the root?

and what about the repeated folder cd/cd_shock2 which also contains the 0winceos.bin?

 

No, just the "0winceos.bin" file needs to be in the root along with the other files.

 

and what about the cd and cd_shock 2 folders, they have same size and files, and even a 0winceos, have i to delete 1 of them and their 0winceos?.

 

The folders are two different sizes (the maple DLL files are different). The "CD" folder contains the most recent version. You just copy all the files in the "CD" folder to the root directory of the folder you're using to build the CD.

 

ok ive copied the cd folder, to the system shock 2 root, but let the the cd and cd_shock folder intact or delete after that?

there is a program to convert 0winceos to 1st read, but seems to work in windows 2000 or older, no luck with vista, the program appears in dos box, but it wont do anything

 

Here's the sourcecode to compile with gcc or g++ (It's in C)

I don't remember where I found that, I didn't write it.
NOTE: I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY MAKE A GAME WORK WITH THAT!
You may try to contact TuxTheWise, as I know he made some WinCE games Selfboot.

Once compiled under a certain OS it should output a working executable for that OS and other compatible ones.

Cheers,

FG

 

well, i´ve tried to burn and use the utopia to play, it didn´t work, the disc shows a guy screaming, possibly because there was no disc picture created.

and also modified the folder, deleted the WCEdreamcast, and put shock2.exe, ip.bin, 0winceos.bin and winCE folder at root.

 

Disc stricture must be like this :
http://pastebin.com/AyJ01sdD
(seeme it contain some useless files but i didnt remove it for this time .)
You have to convert 0winceos.bin to 1st_read.bin first .

 

so can someone contact tuxthe wise like the family guy said? i tried to register in [site removed] but the message says that my email was banned.

 

I can pm him but you should tell me why .

Here is my screenshot from Dreamcast .

He is at dreamcast-talk.com too

 

I assume this is good news heh? Yay or nay??

 

Only in that it can load on a retail Dreamcast.

 

you can play it? im not sure what the state is for the games but maybe someone could start and play them on a dev/retail console. i download them now.

//edit sorry: thank you very much for the release!! nice work!

 

Please read the rest of the thread. Neither game will ever be playable on the Dreamcast. They are at the beginning of the porting process and are closed-source games so they cannot be developed further.

 

maybe we should start a huge letter writing drive to the source holders asking for the source or maybe for them to finish there work

the worst they will say is no xD

 

I'm sure they'll all get back together and jump into developing decade-old games for a long-dead platform. All they were waiting for was someone to email and ask...

 

you never know the dreamcast is fond in alot of hearts :thumbsup:

 

is from a normal dreamcast? if is, how did you manage?

 

i mean the state of this release: "its playable or not" - sorry for my vague post.

 

Like others have said, not this is not playable, nor will it ever be. It was to early in the development process.