Chankast has been updated!

[IceDigger]

Chankast alpha .02 is now out! Here is a list of what is new:

• Improved stability, no more random crashes during gameplay
  
• Fixes to the GFX core for games such as Shenmue 1&2 and Soul Calibur
  
• Better compatibility, for example F355, Dead or Alive 2, Virtual On and many, many more
  
• Optimized code for even more speed
  
• Option to over- and underclock the SH4 CPU
  
• Completly re-done PAD configuration screen
  
• Added support for PAD plugins
  
• Added an option for cable selection
  
• Integrated Capcom hack into the other versions
  
• Re-worked menu and help file
  

Go get it here!

 

[Dyne]

this thing only works with original games i take it?

 

[vbt]

Hehe, the 0.2a is already out 🙂

 

[Alexvrb]

Originally posted by Dyne@Jun 12, 2004 @ 04:14 PM

this thing only works with original games i take it?

Hahaha! No. That won't happen unless some l33t firmware hacker gets one or more commonly available optical drives (CD/DVD) reading GDs. Otherwise, you have to use backups. Now, these CAN be obtained with a coder's cable and a DC (VERY SLOWLY), but 99.9+ % of people using Chanka are going to be using either stuff they downloaded, or homebrew. Currently you don't even need CDRs, since you can take an image and mount it as a virtual drive.

Hopefully it is compatible with more homebrew stuff, it'd help coders test large programs quickly without the aid of a BBA.

 

[Dyne]

interesting. i have primarily backups myself and it keeps saying to insert a game cd, tho i have the correct drive letter assigned.

yeah vb, i saw the a release was out but the link wouldnt work for me. you guys get it to work?

 

[vbt]

Originally posted by Dyne@Jun 12, 2004 @ 10:16 PM

interesting. i have primarily backups myself and it keeps saying to insert a game cd, tho i have the correct drive letter assigned.

yeah vb, i saw the a release was out but the link wouldnt work for me. you guys get it to work?

Yep it works since they have updated the news page. 🙂

 

[Resident_Lurker]

Anyone know what Chanka means?

Something to do with feet or shoes (going by the website)?

 

[MasterAkumaMatata]

Originally posted by Dyne@Jun 12, 2004 @ 04:16 PM

interesting. i have primarily backups myself and it keeps saying to insert a game cd, tho i have the correct drive letter assigned.

According to the FAQ, this emu was meant to work under Windows XP or 2003. I'm saying meant to work under XP or 2003 because I did get it to work under Windows 2000 with Ikaruga.

 

[Curtis]

I must say, I'm mightily impressed by this piece of software. Doing so much in just three months - hell, it's more polished than some emulators that have been under development for three years. I wonder if this guy has learned anything applicable to Saturn emulation?

 

[Alexvrb]

Wait, this was from-scratch in 3 months? I was under the impression they used previous work.

 

[fivefeet8]

Originally posted by Alexvrb@Jun 13, 2004 @ 12:24 AM

Wait, this was from-scratch in 3 months? I was under the impression they used previous work.

It was done from scratch, but with help from other well known dreamcast, saturn, and misc emu authors. 😉 Information was shared among them I hear.

BTW.. Version alpha 2a is out fixing a few bugs left in the alpha2 release. Working and playing fine here with Soul Calibur, MvC2, Ikaruga, and a slew of other DC games. 😉

 

[Dyne]

Originally posted by MasterAkumaMatata@Jun 12, 2004 @ 11:11 PM

According to the FAQ, this emu was meant to work under Windows XP or 2003. I'm saying meant to work under XP or 2003 because I did get it to work under Windows 2000 with Ikaruga.

yeah im using xp. now i dont get the "please insert disc" error. instead after setting the time it resets the bios and goes back to the set time screen. over and over.......it never saves

 

[joe81]

ya it wont save any of the settings for me either. also it constantly tells me that i dont have enough memory on my vmu

 

[vbt]

Originally posted by MasterAkumaMatata@Jun 13, 2004 @ 06:11 AM

According to the FAQ, this emu was meant to work under Windows XP or 2003. I'm saying meant to work under XP or 2003 because I did get it to work under Windows 2000 with Ikaruga.

You're lucky on my W2000 it returns always to the BIOS 🙁

 

[Runik]

Originally posted by Resident_Lurker+Jun 13, 2004 @ 04:57 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Resident_Lurker @ Jun 13, 2004 @ 04:57 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Anyone know what Chanka means?

Something to do with feet or shoes (going by the website)?[/b]

Chanka is the spanish name for the shoe you see on the website

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I must say, I'm mightily impressed by this piece of software. Doing so much in just three months - hell, it's more polished than some emulators that have been under development for three years. I wonder if this guy has learned anything applicable to Saturn emulation?[/quote]

Some little infos : they are 3 to work on this emu (4 with Elsemi now). Garrofi (the main programmer) is a former employee of Pyro Studios (the spanish company that made the Commandos serie).

So he knows a lot about windows programming.

Another dev is a cdrom engineer, which is currently working on GD-ROM emulation (he says it's possible, and I tend to believe him 🙂 )

And a last little thing : the DC is far easier to program than the Saturn, for what I've been told 😉

 

[CrazyGoon]

Alright... I guess 3 (now 4) programmers may have done this in 3 months... but it just so unbelievable

Anyways, if the Chanka project steams along, then I'll have no choice but to respect and applaud these magnificent programmers :devil

Originally posted by Runik@Jun 14, 2004 @ 02:05 AM

And a last little thing : the DC is far easier to program than the Saturn, for what I've been told 😉

Hehe 😀