headkaze Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Chankast Launch Homepage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Hoffman Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 thankyou so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lingpanda Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 chankast_launch v1.6 - By HeadKaze========================- Supports most options for ChankEx. Just change ChankastExe=ChankEx.exe in the chankast_launch.ini file. Other options are in the ini file, pretty straight forward stuff.- Currently the wrapper does NOT support "Soul Calibur Player Select Hack" because it pops up a Message Box warning "This fix cause performance impact in other areas of the game." and right now I can't be bothered trying to remove that automatically. Hopefully in a future version of ChankEx they will fix these issues and remove the Message Box so it will work.- Added JoyPad exit (a few people requested this, so that's for you)Enjoy!ChankEx is going plugin style. No longer going to be hacking the exe. Don't know how it will affect your wrapper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jombee Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 chankast_launch v1.6 - By HeadKaze========================- Supports most options for ChankEx. Just change ChankastExe=ChankEx.exe in the chankast_launch.ini file. Other options are in the ini file, pretty straight forward stuff.- Currently the wrapper does NOT support "Soul Calibur Player Select Hack" because it pops up a Message Box warning "This fix cause performance impact in other areas of the game." and right now I can't be bothered trying to remove that automatically. Hopefully in a future version of ChankEx they will fix these issues and remove the Message Box so it will work.- Added JoyPad exit (a few people requested this, so that's for you)Enjoy!Thanks so much for updating the launcher, but I cannot seem to get it to work.When I run it from GameEX I get an error that says ChankEX needs to close, and when I run it from the command line I get an error saying it cannot mount the image. I am using Daemon tools Drive G: (Program Files\DAEMON Tools\), my ISO's are in D:\dreamcast, the launcher vers. 1.6 and ChankEX are in D:\ChankEXhere is my config for the launcher# Chankast Launch v1.6 -- By HeadKaze[General]# Name of Chankast executable (must be in same dir as chankast_launch.exe)ChankastExe=ChankEx.exe# Set default drive letterDrive=G:# Video Mode (640x480|800x600|1024x768|1280x1024|1600x1200)# 1600x1200 only works with ChankExScreen=800x600# Full Screen ModeFullscreen=True# Force Full Screen Mode (for version < 25)# Can be used with the -screen switch to force a resolution#Forcefull=True# Which program to mount the ISO with (DaemonTools|Alcohol120)MountTool=DaemonTools# Delay in seconds to wait after mounting ISODelay=5# Unmount ISO when finishedUnmount=True# Define ascii key for exit (27 == ESC key)Exit=27# Set region of DC flash file (jap|usa|euro)#Region=usa# Process priority (Normal|AboveNormal)#Priority=Normal# Show stats such as FPSShowStats=False[DaemonTools]Exe=d:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools\daemon.exeDevice=0[Alcohol120]Exe=C:\Program Files\Alcohol Soft\Alcohol 120\AxCmd.exeDrive=M:[GamePadExit]MapGamePadExit=FalseUp=FalseRight=FalseDown=FalseLeft=FalseButton1=FalseButton2=FalseButton3=FalseButton4=FalseButton5=FalseButton6=FalseButton7=FalseButton8=FalseButton9=TrueButton10=True#Settings for ChankEx[ChankEx]# Limit FPS (Off|30|60)LimitFPS=Off[soul Calibur]CPU=120ZWrite=FalseZWriteAlpha=FalseCapcomHack=FalseCableType=NTSCSCalbrPlyrSelectHack=FalseSCalbr2DFix=True[ikaruga]CPU=120IkarugaLevel2Fix=True[sega GT]CapcomHack=TrueSegaGTLoading=Trueand here is my config from GameEX[Emulator_29]Enabled=TrueStartPageName=Sega Dreamcast (ChankEX)TitleText=Sega DreamcastStartPageLogo=DreamcastRomFilter=*.bin;*.cdi;*.nrgRomsInFolders=FalseROMPath=D:\dreamcastSnapPath=D:\dreamcast\snapTitlePath=BoxPath=CartPath=WorkingPath=D:\ChankExMapKeys=FalseWaitBeforeKeys=SendKeys=ReplaceDash=TrueReplaceUnder=TrueCapitals=TrueRemoveBrackets=TrueShowDesktop=FalseDebug=FalseMapFile=AlsoLaunch=Command=chankast_launch.exe [RomPath]\[RomFile]OLDatZip=LaunchBefore=LaunchAfter=configFile=ExcludedFiles=CustomBackground=PlayMusic=PCGame=DATABASE=GamesIn7Zips=LastGame=False|29|Soul Calibur|Soul Calibur.cdi|Soul Calibur|Sega Dreamcast|5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headkaze Posted November 16, 2006 Author Share Posted November 16, 2006 When I run it from GameEX I get an error that says ChankEX needs to close, and when I run it from the command line I get an error saying it cannot mount the image. I am using Daemon tools Drive G: (Program Files\DAEMON Tools\), my ISO's are in D:\dreamcast, the launcher vers. 1.6 and ChankEX are in D:\ChankEXI think you just answered your own question. You can't mount the image. All chankast_launch does is mount the image to the drive you specify using the command line options of Daemon Tools. If it's not mounting you need to review the settings.ie.- Use Daemon Tools 4.0+- Make sure Drive=G: matches the drive letter of your Daemon Tools virtual drive- Make sure Device=0 matches the device number of your Daemon Tools virtual drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jombee Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 I think you just answered your own question. You can't mount the image. All chankast_launch does is mount the image to the drive you specify using the command line options of Daemon Tools. If it's not mounting you need to review the settings.ie.- Use Daemon Tools 4.0+- Make sure Drive=G: matches the drive letter of your Daemon Tools virtual drive- Make sure Device=0 matches the device number of your Daemon Tools virtual driveHi, thanks for your fast reply!I am using the most recent version of Daemon tools, and my drive letter and device number match.Unfortunately it is still not working.I tried "commenting" out the lines that do the mounting in your launcher ini file, and did the mounting and unmounting in GameEX config instead. When I did this, everything seems work fine.heres my gameex config[Emulator_29]Enabled=TrueStartPageName=Sega Dreamcast (ChankEX)TitleText=Sega DreamcastStartPageLogo=DreamcastRomFilter=*.bin;*.cdi;*.nrgRomsInFolders=FalseROMPath=D:\dreamcastSnapPath=D:\dreamcast\snapTitlePath=BoxPath=CartPath=WorkingPath=D:\ChankExMapKeys=FalseWaitBeforeKeys=SendKeys=ReplaceDash=TrueReplaceUnder=TrueCapitals=TrueRemoveBrackets=TrueShowDesktop=FalseDebug=FalseMapFile=AlsoLaunch=Command=chankast_launch.exe [RomPath]\[RomFile]OLDatZip=LaunchBefore=""d:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools\daemon.exe" -mount 0,"[RomPath]\[RomFile]""LaunchAfter="d:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools\daemon.exe" -unmount 0configFile=ExcludedFiles=CustomBackground=PlayMusic=PCGame=DATABASE=GamesIn7Zips= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headkaze Posted November 16, 2006 Author Share Posted November 16, 2006 jombee: This is quite strange.. okay can you do me a favour try the chankast_launch in the fist post again, I've changed the command line to run Daemon to have double quotes around the exe. Even though it was working for me that may solve the issue.If your still having problems, can you download the zip in this post and show me the command line it displays in the MessageBox. Thanks.chankast_launch_test.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emphatic Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Does Chankast Launch still support using .lnk's (command line) or just the in-built .ini functionality? Because two of my games are on the same disc, and I want them to appear as two items in GameEx, so I can have screenshots for each games.i.e.Border DownIkarugaas opposed to:Border Down/IkarugaEmph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headkaze Posted November 16, 2006 Author Share Posted November 16, 2006 it still works with shortcuts but you just place the options for the game in the ini file instead.Create a shortcut to chankast_launch.exe and add the game's full path as a parameter.Eg.chankast_launch.exe C:\Games\Sega Dreamcast\Ikaruga.cdiThen you can have a section in chankast_launch.ini called Ikaruga.Eg[Ikaruga]CPU=120Although bare in mind you don't have to have an ini section for every game, only create sections for the games that don't run using the default options in Chankast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipstream19 Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Hedakze!!JOYPAD EXIT! word man. your the man. no more manually klicking joytokey everytime starting gameex woooho (will have a go at it on monday when i get home next week) thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emphatic Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Doesn't work for me unfortunately. If I run it through GameEx ChankEx just crashes (send error report to ms crap). This is probably due to the cd image not being loaded, because I created a .bat file to test my command line and it gives me "Mount switch syntax error" something. I have set my drive letter ( I: ) and drive # ( 0 ) correctly. I'm using Daemon Tools 4 something. (That worked with the older launcher).Oh, and I tried having GameEx mount the images like in the jombee posted. Still no luck.chankast_launch.txtDreamcast2.txtEmph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headkaze Posted November 16, 2006 Author Share Posted November 16, 2006 Exe="C:\Program\DAEMON Tools\daemon.exe"I would remove the double quotes above.Uninstall Daemon Tools and download the latest version and install it. Also download the wrapper from the first post again just to make sure you have the latest version. Don't forget you need dc_bios.bin and dc_flash.bin.If you can't get it working from command line, it wont work with the wrapper. Also try running the chankast_launch_test version a few posts above, as it will display the Daemon Tools command line it's trying to run.To test chankast_launch without running it from GameEx (no point trying it from GameEx until you get it working outside GameEx).Create a shortcut to chankast_launch, right click properties on the shortcut and add a game as a parameter to the target.Eg.C:\Emulators\Chankast\chankast_launch.exe C:\Roms\Sega Dreamcast\Soul Calibur.cdiRun the shortcut to test the wrapper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headkaze Posted November 16, 2006 Author Share Posted November 16, 2006 Hmm I think I know what may be causing the crashing for you emph. Some of the hacked dll's may be causing it. I've just tried a fresh install of ChankEx with my wrapper and I can replicate the crashing. The way I fixed it was to copy over the following dll's from the original ChankastChankast_Cdrom.dllChankast_Cdrom_Aspi.dllChankast_Input.dllChankast_Input_Semi.dllI think ChankEx uses some pretty crude hacks and may not be worth the effort after all. I'm not sure if replacing the above dll's means that some of the hacks don't work either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbaby Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 hi headkaze I'm testing your chankast launch 1.6 and work fine with GameEx and original Chankast# Name of Chankast executable (must be in same dir as chankast_launch.exe)ChankastExe=Chankast_alpha_25.exeWith ChankEx CRASH (Xp error : AppVer:0.0.0.0 ModName: d3d9.dll)# Name of Chankast executable (must be in same dir as chankast_launch.exe)ChankastExe=ChankEx.exeWithout GameEx work fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headkaze Posted November 16, 2006 Author Share Posted November 16, 2006 I've just had a play with ChankEx using the Soul Calibur hacks and I don't honestly notice any difference. I'm really starting to wonder why I bothered adding support for it. Personally I'm going back to using the original Chankast, this hack dosn't seem to be worth it IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emphatic Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 I've just had a play with ChankEx using the Soul Calibur hacks and I don't honestly notice any difference. I'm really starting to wonder why I bothered adding support for it. Personally I'm going back to using the original Chankast, this hack dosn't seem to be worth it IMHO.I'll try the dll swap tomorrow. Now it's bed time in Sweden. But I think it's a good thing you added support for ChankEx, perhaps they'll live up to your expectations sooner than you think. I noticed a great speedup in Border Down, at least when I let ChankEx decide the fps by itself. Think outside the box that is your precious Soul Calibur. Emph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieSeL Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 hi headkaze I'm testing your chankast launch 1.6 and work fine with GameEx and original Chankast# Name of Chankast executable (must be in same dir as chankast_launch.exe)ChankastExe=Chankast_alpha_25.exeWith ChankEx CRASH (Xp error : AppVer:0.0.0.0 ModName: d3d9.dll)# Name of Chankast executable (must be in same dir as chankast_launch.exe)ChankastExe=ChankEx.exeWithout GameEx work fineThe problem with this error seems to be a conflict maybe between the wrapper(?) and fullscreen mode, if you disable fullscreen and turn on debug in the main config the emulator plays no problem??.If you leave fullscreen off you do not get a picture through Gameex,the game is loaded as you can hear it.. if you then press Escape (chankex`s default switch to fullscreen mode)after you hear the game is loading you get fullscreen and it works no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jombee Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 The problem with this error seems to be a conflict maybe between the wrapper(?) and fullscreen mode, if you disable fullscreen and turn on debug in the main config the emulator plays no problem??.If you leave fullscreen off you do not get a picture through Gameex,the game is loaded as you can hear it.. if you then press Escape (chankex`s default switch to fullscreen mode)after you hear the game is loading you get fullscreen and it works no problem.I think DieSel is on to something here. If you disable fullscreen ChankEX loads with no error, but you can only hear it and see a black screen. If you change the GameEX config to showdesktop=True, everything works perfectly, except the game is in windowed mode. I thik the problem might be with ChankEX using ESC for fullscreen mode.Headkaze, I see nice improvements in Soul Calibur, Ikaruga and a few other games with ChankEX. The games look better and run faster for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headkaze Posted November 17, 2006 Author Share Posted November 17, 2006 Thanks for that guys, I'll see if I can bring ChankEx into fullscreen using a different method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trixstar Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 guys do you realize that you are reverse engineering my reverse engineered version of a program based entirely on reverse engineering! :P Wow, pretty cool. headkaze,Anything you need just ask on the shoutbox. we're not telepathic Ill send you the beta's of chankex via pm link if it helps I get the latest version together and post you within 24-48 hrs.Also support wont be such a headache for you soon, since 90% of settings are now saved in the ini file and its chankex is able to be disabled completly.hot swappable, sortof!btw the soul calibur hack is for the huge amount of 2d corruption that accours after a vs screen is displayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trixstar Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 K, Updated chankex should be a little more friendly to your needs now. Chankast EX Version 1.4.7 - Now a joystick wrapper - Speed controls extended to k/b and 2nd joypad - Optional turbo off key - Rewritten windows sizing code - More GamesEx friendly. - No cd-errors option extended to aspi plugin. - Ikarura Fix now zero impact. - Saves settings on exit. - Start fullscreen for better sound sync. - Fps Limiting has less impact on overall speed.-trix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headkaze Posted December 3, 2006 Author Share Posted December 3, 2006 K, Updated chankex should be a little more friendly to your needs now. Chankast EX Version 1.4.7 - Now a joystick wrapper - Speed controls extended to k/b and 2nd joypad - Optional turbo off key - Rewritten windows sizing code - More GamesEx friendly. - No cd-errors option extended to aspi plugin. - Ikarura Fix now zero impact. - Saves settings on exit. - Start fullscreen for better sound sync. - Fps Limiting has less impact on overall speed.-trixThanks Trixstar appreciate your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trixstar Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Thanks Trixstar appreciate your help!Most of the settings are in the ini file now except Alphablending options are still handled by chankests own cfg so just use postmessage on those suckers.One last thing: ChankExs menu is maintained in the input dll not in chankast. That might save some headaches for ya! If you need anything else pm me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lingpanda Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 chankast_launch v1.6 - By HeadKaze========================- Supports most options for ChankEx. Just change ChankastExe=ChankEx.exe in the chankast_launch.ini file. Other options are in the ini file, pretty straight forward stuff.- Currently the wrapper does NOT support "Soul Calibur Player Select Hack" because it pops up a Message Box warning "This fix cause performance impact in other areas of the game." and right now I can't be bothered trying to remove that automatically. Hopefully in a future version of ChankEx they will fix these issues and remove the Message Box so it will work.- Added JoyPad exit (a few people requested this, so that's for you)Enjoy!Anyway to force global command line options? ie. -capcomhack -zwrite -zwritealpha? If not. How do I enable these with the wrapper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lingpanda Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Anyway to force global command line options? ie. -capcomhack -zwrite -zwritealpha? If not. How do I enable these with the wrapper?Ok I figured out how to add these commands to each individual game. However the capcomhack option doesn't work for me. Even though I have it set to true. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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