Odd issue with Dreamcast. CDI's work. GDI's do not.
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Have you tried to just convert your collection of GDI games to CHD?
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Hi all,
hope its ok to resurrect this thread as i too am having the same problem as the original poster and it was already here
. I have 500 or so .gdi and corresponding .bins i have copied 1 game set at a time for testing, it appears in the menu listing, select it, starts to load, goes back to ES.
i downloaded a random namco game in .cdi format, fires up no problem what so ever.
i downloaded gdi2cdi from Family guy, in fact a couple of versions but cant get that to run, says error in syntax (plus we all know that CD-DA inst support with this conversion utility i was just desperate)
Do you have any tips for getting .gdi to work ? The wiki says .gdi is supported, and i know my files work on the PC so they are good images. ( you say above to convert to .chd) but hard drive images arent on the list of supported formats.
Thanks
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No one has advice?
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@a7mag3ddon did you update retropie-setup and reinstall reicast from binary after that?
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yes
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if you can name a couple that you think should work in GDI format then please let me know and ill go and test but i tried the popular games, crazy taxi, sega rally, sonic, etc.
@BuZz any ideas on this one please? Wiki says supported.
Edit : Just found the compatibility list, and i might have just picked a few duff games, although i would have expected to have at least fired up even if unplayable. i shall report back.
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@a7mag3ddon I've had success with Mortal Kombat Gold and Alone in the Dark in gdi form. I more recently switched to CDI just to have everything in the root directory and not sub folders (or just tons of loose files). Those games worked fine in both forms.
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What does the runcommand log say? Have you tried launching it in verbose mode to see if there's any more info on the log?
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@Necro
I had an idea about this.When I was searching for Dreamcast BIOS files for Reicast, I found the typical US set, Europe set and Japan set but I also ran across a hacked "All Regions" set that I think means it is region free. That's the one I'm using now.
In other words, try a different BIOS set.
Also check the compatibility list from the wiki page:
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Dreamcast -
I updated the wiki with md5sum & CRC32 for the various BIOS files that I have found. I'm not sure if all of them work (haven't tested them all).
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Dreamcast#bios
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