Xena-->Easy way to tell if a game has protection

[RonnieBaby]

Just curious, is there a simple way to tell if a game i rip has a protection scheme that must be defeated prior to using echelons sb toolkit? u seem to be the best expert in cracking prot schemes, and i was curious if there is a way to tell b4 wasting a cd-r on a nonbooting rip due to the fact that it is protected. also i would like to understand more clearly how dahack, gdhack, cdda,hack3 work and when they must be used. just trying to make heads or tails of it all. so far ive successfully backed up 7 of my games(selfbooting) but a few are being stubborn.
Thanx in advance (if you are gonna flame me dont bother replying)

[linux box]

check all the bin files to see if they have the string "CD001" in them. these need to be hacked. for the hacks...

hack3 BIN_FILE 0 for non-selfboot

dahack BIN_FILE 2ND-LBA for selfboot

cdda BIN-FILE (after dahack) if it has cdda...

this info was taught to me by xena, so...

[xena]

Also all cdda game need apply cdda patch,All WinCE game need bincon and apply dahack on unprotection game will not make a coaster,so why not apply dahack first :)

[RonnieBaby]

ok thats awesome! nobody on any post ive seen has put it that way. totally clear. muchos gracias!
btw if a game (nfl blitz 2001 for example) has 1 audio track and i rip it (dont use it) do i still use the cdda crack???

[xena]

U don't need to apply cdda.exe if u don't burn the da track,also some game like "space channel 5,ECCO,Hundard Sword..." hv 1 da track "warning da",u don't need to burn this da track because they're unless :)


sorry for my bad english

[RonnieBaby]

ok so dahack or hack3 are the only progz i will need to defeat protection schemes then. i understand. and if its cdda game and i KEEP the cdda trax then i use cdda on bin files. when i rip a game with audio i also have to burn 3 4sec audio trax b4 the actual games audio trax correct? just checkin

[xena]

There's no need to dummy 4sec silence b4 the actual games audio Track

[RonnieBaby]

many thanks xena. just to clarify from a previous post, i only use hack3 if i am not goin to make it self booting correct? and use dahack if i am. is this right? bc in your database it shows the protection scheme fix for many is hack3, but if im goin to make all my games selfbooting then does dahack substitute for hack3? last question today i promise!

[xena]

hack3 bootbin 0 = dahack bootbin 0
hack3 bootbin 0 then binhack bootbin& ipbin 11702 = dahack bootbin 11702