I'm sorry. I have tried everything you have said, but no luck. I have tried the binhack, is says

Enter name of binary:

I put C:\binfiles\1ST_READ.BIN (that's where it is) Then

Enter name of bootsector:

I put C:\binfiles\ip.bin

Then it asks

Enter msinfo value:

I put 0

then It hacks it
then I repeat with MAIGO.BIN, 2_DP.BIN,and SG_DPLDR.BIN
then I put them in my iso
then I use the bin2boot gui
then bin2boot says that a record of the IP.bin was not found.

If I can't do it, can you just send me the hacked files? That would make it much easier if you did, and I would appreciate it alot.

It has nothing to see with BinHack : it worked.
Try to build your ISO 9660 file using CDRWin.

HOW ?

READ MY NIGHTMARES WITH CDRWIN IN THE "CDRWIN" TOPIC, PLEASE.

FORGET IT.
I'LL TRY SOMETHING ELSE.

LIKE "Ikaruga and Dj4" TOPIC.

Are you Tsubaru or RRMC ?!?
Do you have a problem with identity ?
And please, lets caps off...

CDRWin is quite easy to use :
_ choose "File backup and tools" (4th icon)
_ choose "Build an ISO9660 image file"
_ click on "Directory..." to add the directory where you stored your files (ALL the files, including 1st_read.bin, 2_dp... AND ip.bin)
_ click on "Add" to add it to your image
_ UNCHECK "Preserve full pathname" and "Include archive files only"
_ CHECK "Include hidden files", "Long filenames (Joliet)", "Include system files" and "Recurse subdirectories"
_ in "Image filename", enter the name of the image you want to create
_ LEAVE ALL THE OTHER OPTIONS AS THEY WERE
_ click on "START"

You'll get an ISO9660 image.
I'm sure you can do that by yourself.

RRMC is my name. I am not the other guy. I don't type in all caps. Or at least I try not to. Thanks for the help. I'll try the CDRwin method, if that doesn't work, I'll just try Dir2boot. It should work right?

I'm not RRMC. :D

I've just did the binhack way, and didn't work.
I'm tired of wasting cds.:mad:
Dir2boot didn't work with me. The boot screen appers, that with Sega blue logo, but stops there.:(
Just like the binhack way did right now.

I've tried Gigawing 2 Echelon. The game dont have a ip.bin, so i've used ip.bin from marvelvscapcom 2 nonboot, to binhack.

bin2boot asked to create a ip.bin, i sad yes.

You know what... I'm gonna sleep now.:o

Thanks, Megalexxx.

NO CAPS. :D

NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've wasted five CDR disks on trying to do this right. I'm tired of trying. Is custom music really worth five disks? Probably not. Unless someone gives me the five non-boot files I need, I'm calling it quits.

Giving you these files won't help you, since it's exactly what you get after binhack YOUR files ! You will still have to binhack them again and follow Echelon's tutorial !

By the way, I wasted 100s CD trying to make my patching tool. Wasting CDs is the way you learn. ;)

Did you really waste 100 CDs? Damn, you must really like Dreamcast. I guess even though I said I would quit, I'll probably find myself an hour later trying again.The only way I can show my appreciation for making your tools is to use them and keep on trying. Thanks!!! (really, thank you I'm not being sarcastic)

I'm giving up.:o
Dreamcast is for fun, and this fuc* probems with backup it's not fun at all.:mad:

For now on, just 1:1 copy backups, nothing else.

Well I'm not giving up. I absolutely must have my custom music!!
Anyways... I got the plain files to work fine with the boot disk. Fine until the game loads. Right before when the CAPCOM logo is about to show, the game freezes. Why is there a problem? Do the custom ADX files need to be the same size as the original ones? Do you have to remove the "read only" properties from the plain files?

Also, I've noticed that when I copy the plain files from the CDR to a new and empty directory, Windows will ask me if I want to replace files with new ones (upon file creation). Why does it do this? The files are different sizes, but they have the same name. Is it possible for two files to exist in the same directory with the same name but with different size? If so, how do you make it happen? Can someone help me one last time?

For example, I'll copy one file named AYAME_1P.BIN and then paste it in a directory, but there will be two files, one is AYAME_1P.BIN, and the second is AYAME_1PB.BIN. And then there is the AYAME_1PB.BIN in the CDR that wants to overwrite the first one. What is up with that? I really need help on this guys. Help would be greatly appreciated.

You can't have twice the same file in the same directory !!!
How would you make the difference ???

YOur custom music might f*** up your game : you must use exactly the same bitrate as the orignal music. Be sure you checked that !

And, yes, I wasted more than 100 CD. I still have about 50 non working CD I keep for comparision and tests.

How do you make your custom music have the same bitrate? Is bitrate the same as sampling frequency?