about 3in1 MvC2, CvS2 and 3rdS

[MrQ®]

Hi, I've just got this awesome Jeffma 3in1 comp. , and i noticed , indeed, that the cd size is almost 2.6gb or sth like that....i was wondering if i can change the music of the 3 games, but without getting over that "default" size, and then making a Cdi file, no matter how much big would be, would it fit into the cd?...or is there a way for just burning this comp. with the X_ Y_ and Z_ folders and not the mixes?
or if i just do a game with all mixes but not getting over the 2.6gb, would it be like a 700mb cd anyways? my adx files aren't too big.

[hrb2k]

2.6GB???? no way!!!! must be a hack or something.

well, those games are small in size so they can fit on a 700mb cd-r. you just have to change it to your music, then selfboot again. but i'm pretty sure the lba would have to be 45000.

[Hacker999]

2.6 gigs??? Are you sure about that?

I don't know about 3rd strike but the other 2 games are very small. The lba doesn't have to be 45000 for any of those 3 games, you can set it for 11700 or 11702. You should also be able to change the music with no problem.

[jeffma68]

this is not my release.
released by TDC

yes, this disk is fantasic, over 2G
you can Choose ANY BGM in the 3 Games

here is the release info


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Released: April 7, 2004
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TDC Final

This compilation disc is called 'TDC Final', TDC being me (Toodles) and Final because it will likely be the last disc in my Dreamcast. I wanted the games I play most and a decent browser in one package, and that is what you have now.

Included in this disc:
Capcom vs SNK 2 (Jap)
Marvel vs Capcom 2 (US)
Street Fighter 3: Third Strike (US)
XDP browser by Xcalibur007 and team

Hit start at the main menu to get the cursor to appear.

Notes:
1. Save files with everything unlocked have been included so you never need worry about unlocking characters. To access them and put on your VMU, select 'Browser' from the main menu, choose any of the browsers with an X next to their name (MSIE for example), press the 'Menu' button, then VMU Mini Games, then click the 'Download' link next to the game you need. Each of these has everything unlocked, but have some weird game options, so make sure to reset your button config and game options and 'switches' for the game before trying to play seriously.

2. The selection for the three games on the main menu is with their normal soundtrack. The Options link on the main menu will allow you to play any of the games using any soundtrack you like. If you really dig the 'Wanna take you for a ride...', you can play CvS2 with the MvC2 soundtrack, and here that line during the CvS2 character select screen. There is also a 'Best Mix', which is just a compilation of my favorite tracks from all three games.

3. The soundtracks play at different volumes on each game, so the background music may be too loud or quiet for your tastes. Sorry, but you gotta deal with that. There is no way for me to adjust the volume without making it too big to fit on a CD. There is some 'stuttering' during some of the tracks, but this hasn't ever happened on the stage music itself during a game. I used a sort file to get the audio towards the end of the cd, but it can't be completely eliminated. Gomen.

4. Any other music, such as opening tracks, tracks during the credit roll, main menu, etc. were also changed to go with the soundtrack where possible. SF3 with the CvS2 soundtrack is the only exception; only the stage background music was changed due to technical problems.

5. XDP is the best browser for English speaking folks, period. Xcalibur007 and team did an amazing job translating the Japanese browser, which means I finally have a worthwhile browser that will support the broadband adapter. It supports the modem too, but the BBA is what I have on mine. Use it, learn it, live it. You can download it as a standalone at http://www.psilocybindreams.com

6. The huge MIDI collection, and movie page were ripped from the XDP browser for space. MIDIs used in the 'Dual Surf' mode were left in.

7. SF3:3S used basically the same song three times for each stage. The only difference would be a different refrain in the beginning, or an additional instrument. For each stage, two were deleted, and the remaining one used for each round. Personally, I couldn't notice the difference if paid to; Im focused on the game. I hope you will agree the tradeoff is well, well worth it. CvS2 and MvC2 were not modified at all;one-for-one identical to the original release.

8. Information on how to do this came almost entirely from the DC section of the fileforums.com forums. Although I haven't spoken with him, JeffMa deserves gratitude for showing us what can be accomplished with this. I hope I helped raise the bar some showing how linking ADX files across different games can give some great options without increasing image size.

9. Xcalibur007 and the rest of the XDP team deserve gratitude for their amazing work on XDP. For these guys, I just want to acknowledge that the initial splash screens (splash1-4.jpg) and 'Hit Start' images (drmstrt.htm) were changed by me. This is outta respect, not disrespect. You have good names for good work and I figured you wouldn't appreciate being associated with warez. Everything in the browser itself, except for the MIDI collection and Movie page, was left intact, especially the credits.

THIS DISC, IN ITS ENTIRETY, WAS MADE WITHOUT THE CONSENT, APPROVAL, OR KNOWLEDGE OF ANYONE ON THE XDP TEAM.

10. For kicks: Open up the disc in Windows explorer, highlight every folder and file, right-click, choose properties. It shows 2.8 GIG of data. I just thought that was cool; linking made all of this possible.

11. ENjoy!

[dudemanface]

if you can choose your own music, what format does it have to be in? mp3? wma? other? And how would I change it?

I'm a noob :/

[MrQ®]

so, it would be possible to change into my music, but not getting over the default 2gb size?

i'll psot a pic from all files inside the cd later

[hrb2k]

what i want to know is, how do you link files?

[DarkBuu]

He used Linux I beleive and when he made the ISO alot of the files were hard linked (in his words "two or more different files, identical contents, in different directories, taking up only the space of one file").

[Hacker999]

Originally posted by DarkBuu
He used Linux I beleive and when he made the ISO alot of the files were hard linked (in his words "two or more different files, identical contents, in different directories, taking up only the space of one file").

I had a similar idea but I wasn't sure if that was possible. What I want to do is have M vs C 2 with 6 different soundtracks and instead of having the game multiple times with the music, I was hoping I could link to different adx files in another directory. That way all the soundtracks would fit on a disc.

Any other way you can link files?

[toodlesdc]

Originally posted by Hacker999
I had a similar idea but I wasn't sure if that was possible. What I want to do is have M vs C 2 with 6 different soundtracks and instead of having the game multiple times with the music, I was hoping I could link to different adx files in another directory. That way all the soundtracks would fit on a disc.

Any other way you can link files?

I haven't found any way to do it properly outside of linux. mkisofs automagically detects hard linked files, but since none of the windows file systems support true hard links, the command line mkisofs.exe won't do it.

A screwy way of doing it in windows (requiring two data sessions) can be found here:LINK

HRB: In linux, create your directory structure just the way you want it, and use the 'link' commad to hard link the file. mkisofs will automagically do the right thing. For mine, I copied over the files/directories for XDP, mvc2, cvs2, and sf3:3s, ran 'cp -lr' multiple times to create the c3, m3, 3c, 3m, etc. directories, went into each one, deleted the adx files, ran 'link' to create the replacement adx's, and thats it. mkisofs did the hard work.

MrQ: The 650meg or 700meg limit is a limitation in the cd-r media you use. Nothing can get around it. It looks like there is 2.8g of data, but there is only 695 megs worth of data, and some of it is used multiple times. There are many guides on making custom soundtracks for those three games; there is an active thread on the hardware discussion forum on shoryuken.com with a lot of information on it.

DarkBuu: 120% correct.