ip.bin in 1st_read.bin Question
 

Some selfboot games don't have an ip.bin, i mean its inserted in the 1st_read.bin as far as i know.
The problem is that when i try to re-make the cd (for different reasons) or make a nonboot game selfboot, i dont have the original ip.bin to insert into the 1st_read.bin.

For some games (like crazy taxi, power stone,etc) i used an ip.bin from another game and it worked just fine.

On the other hand other games didn't work, so i was wondering is
it because of not using the original ip.bin.

ip.bin is not inserted into 1st_read.bin.

to extract ip.bin from cd you can use cdrwin. Run it and select third option "Extract Disc/Tracks...", next at the top of the window choose "Select Sectors" and in the Sector Selections field enter Start: 11700, End: 11715, Datatype: Mode 2/ Form1.
Now, you only need to choose some name for image file (ip.bin) and press start.

For some games the start is 11715, end: 11730, and for Data/Data games Start is 0, 115 or 165 (I don't remember right value but you can dump ip.bin and try it in IPBIN4WIN to see if it's ok)

thanks for the help i really appreciate it :)
I'm gonna try that now

I made it. The problem was not in the ip.bin though, i was using cdrecord to burn a game and was continually making coasters (binhacked to 11702). I extracted the ip.bin using 11700 and checked it with IPBIN4WIN it was ok. So i decided not to hack anything and used CDRWIN to burn the game and of course it worked just fine.

Thanks again, you helped alot and made things clearer