Using a console with a patched BIOS to remove checking discs' region coding would be my preferred method of playing imports, though technically it would be possible for software to detect that it's being played on a foreign console by performing its own secondary check on the read-only flash partition that contains the console's region code, but this is an extremely rare practice and wouldn't affect game AI or anything like that. This proves that using Utopia can create an altered system state and as such I would not recommend using it for any official speedruns. Dreamcast emulation was a dormant scene for a very long period of time.
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Might as well pirate Code Breaker.īy the way, Rent-a-Hero no.1 was released in Japan only, and its release was prior to any Dreamcast pirate releases or the Utopia disc, so it certainly has no copy protection or Utopia checking built in. Though the dreamcast had a sudden and sad demise with Segas exit from the console making scene, it was a console which saw some of the best games from that particular generation of video games. It's not even a legal disc either, technically, so it has that against it too. But it's another way this disc continues to circulate unnecessarily.īypassing region and video mode checks is better done with Code Breaker. Sometimes when people try to burn selfboots and they don't work for whatever reason, people ask why and get a response: "what about trying it with utopia?" but it's not really good for this use. It's buggy and it only has one special use: to boot non-selfboot pirate releases from 2001, which are all pretty much gone from the internet. It was written and abandoned by a crappy hacker group that got lucky for being first and ripped off other people's code. That the Utopia disc still seems to be some ubiquitous in the DC community all these years later is a mistake.
It's been a while for me, too, but I'm pretty sure Utopia supports CDDA just fine, it's just that a lot of releases back then had broken CDDA and needed patches etc. If anyone can help that would be awesome! Thanks! 1, but I don't want to litter this post with links to my twitch since its my very first post on this forum. I have lots of footage I can provide of the glitch in JSR as well as a game breaking glitch in Rent A Hero no. I've read through the old post (What did the Utopia bootdisc actually do?) on assembler, but nothing there seems to explain anything I can relate to this.
I'm asking for insight mainly because this will affect moderation of the leader boards over at as well as all other Dreamcast games that people speedrun, and it seems this has never been brought up before. (I cant test any other versions of utopia since I cant find any online anymore). If Utopia 1.1 or 1.2 is used the enemies will go dumb and bump into walls, wander the streets, and even reset their positions. When I load these retail Japanese discs on my NA console with something like code breaker, the enemies AI does not break and acts normally and follows their pre programmed route. I'm a speedrunner that has been learning Jet Set Radio for the Dreamcast and I've been coming across a few game altering bugs that affect the games enemy and gg's AI and I'm seeking the help of people who might be able to explain what exactly Utopia itself is doing to cause something like this. Most Dreamcast's made in Europe and America are capable of this.As the titled stated I'm in need of some help. This will only work on A Dreamcast that is capable of booting CDs, known as "MIL-CD". After it's 100% complete and the cd drive pops open with the completed disc, its finished. (make sure you have a blank cd-r in the drive) Leave everything in the advanced tab as it is.Ĭlick Start to commence the burning process. In the destination box, choose where your CD burner drive is located at. In the source box, click on the paper and cd button and find were the utopia cd image is located at. Click File> New> Burn CD and DVD images, then click ok.
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Second, download the Action Replay Demo Boot disc cd image. If you don't have it already, download the Padus Disc Juggler Demo edition =free. Utopia has issues with PSO.įirst, you need a CD burning program. An AR Boot Disc is used to play Import, or backup games. Here you will find the steps you need to create a AR Boot up Disc.
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