Converted Burnout from PAL to NTSC...now what?

[Tacamo]

Fixed my rolling screen problem by converting the unpatched image from PAL to NTSC. Burned it and it loads up and goes to the 50 or 60HZ selection screen. If I select 50, I can continue on all the way to a race then the screen rolls again when play starts. If I go with 60, which should be right, it goes black and the music plays as if it is loading, but that is all it does....Should I apply the PAL2NTSC ppf before I convert or maybe after...? Think it might help or any ideas?!?!

[Charlie]

Tacamo (04-01-2002 06:20):
Fixed my rolling screen problem by converting the unpatched image from PAL to NTSC. Burned it and it loads up and goes to the 50 or 60HZ selection screen. If I select 50, I can continue on all the way to a race then the screen rolls again when play starts. If I go with 60, which should be right, it goes black and the music plays as if it is loading, but that is all it does....Should I apply the PAL2NTSC ppf before I convert or maybe after...? Think it might help or any ideas?!?!
In my earlier reply to you I thought you might be stuck but it appears that the patches are working - sort of. But it doesn't. The order in which you patch and the number of patches shouldn't matter so long as they are not mutually exclusive patches. But it is far more likely that the patches themselves don't work properly.

I forgot to mention in the other post that you can buy a PAL-NTSC convertor but unlike the counterpart in the UK which costs c. $75, the US price is c.$250. For that you might as well get a widescreen TV and use the AV lead (having checked that the TV is multi-System - accepts PAL).

[kev1n~]

To solve all NTSC <> PAL issues in one easy step:

If your TV accepts RGB input (Through the scart / peritel socket) - simply buy a RGB cable.

if you can't get one - i'll send you the simple diagram to make your own.

* When used with AR2 / GS / DVD regionx,(which gets rid of green screen in dvd movies) will also play all region movies in full colour (no macrovision as well)

This cable also works with all PSX/###ne & PS2 consoles.

Best regards...kwillis

kwillis@onetel.net.uk

[Charlie]

Er, Kev -

He's the other way. He's got an NTSC setup!

[wildthing]

Any of the DVD rips of Burnout that have been released by the cracking groups have had the AC3 music & the 60htz modes ripped out to fit onto CD. I have a copy of the Wipice release which will only play in 50 htz mode, If I select 60 htz then it crashes the same as yours.By the look of it your'e patching the game to NTSC which is working OK but as soon as you get to the Display mode options you are forced to revert back to 50 htz as this is the only option available.This option actually forces the game to run in 50htz mode even though you've patched the image to NTSC.
It seems the only way to get this working is to rip the Original NTSC version to cd removing the 60htz option instead of the 50 htz (pretty complicated stuff)

[cleslie]

I have been reading up on "macrovision" and still don't know what this is exactly. I know it has something to do with the differnent signals put out by PAL or NTCS machines that run to your tv.
A little extra info would be nice before I try to explain it to a friend of mine. - cheers:)