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- <============================================================================>
- ^ ----- Proudly Presents +++++ ^
- | |
- | Game : Half-Life Blue Shift DC |
- | Origin : NTSC Tested |
- | Released : February 2007 |
- | Filename : BLUSHIFT.part01 |
- | CDs / Rars : 1 cd / 9 rars |
- | Platform : Sega Dreamcast (DC) |
- | Format : CDI ( Alcohol %120 || Disc Juggler ) |
- | |
- <======== ========>
- | +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------- |
- | --------------------- RELEASE NOTES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ |
- <======== ========>
- ^ ^
- | |
- | |
- | Game Info: (80 min cd REQUIRED) |
- | |
- | This release was created by Override from the scene rar's released |
- | by XANADU [ 2003 ], so I include original XANADU.nfo |
- | |
- | Why I release this: |
- | Blue Shift was originally created to be a Dreamcast-exclusive. |
- | As such, the Blue Shift mod is actually more custom for Dreamcast |
- | hardware than the full game Half-Life that it is based off of. |
- | |
- | Due to a few reasons, before now Half-Life and Blue Shift has run |
- | considerably slower than the game is actually able to run on DC: |
- | |
- | Problem 1: |
- | UnFortunately, Valve decided to put copy-protection on the game that |
- | dont allow the game to boot from any other LBA than 11702, which is |
- | why untill now Half-Life have been booted from standard LBA of 11702. |
- | So Basically, every version of Blue-Shift untill now has been read |
- | from approx. the FIRST 200mb of cd-r. |
- | |
- | Solution to Problem1: |
- | After a bit of dumb luck, I came across some toolz for Dreamcast |
- | written by Mr.KiMWU to remove LBA copy protection. |
- | So I use theese toolz by Mr. KiMWU to manually hack Half-Life to boot |
- | from any LBA I want, so I dummy disc manually to max out 80-min CD-R, |
- | so now Blue Shift is read from approx. LAST 200mb of CD-R. |
- | |
- | Problem 2: |
- | Because Blue Shift is techniqually a mod for Half-Life, it requires |
- | to read files from original Half-Life PAK0.PAK. In original form, |
- | the Half-Life PAK0.PAK is approx. 280mb, but only approx. 140mb of |
- | that is needed for Blue Shift. Also, there are approx. 100mb of |
- | level data specific to original Half-Life. Long story short, Blue |
- | Shift in original form requires to scan through approx. 470mb of |
- | data to load required filez. |
- | |
- | Solution to Problem 2: |
- | With the goal of playing Blue Shift as good as possible in mind, I |
- | ripped out approx. 240mb worth of data that is specific to Half-Life |
- | and aren't needed by Blue Shift. So now, Blue Shift only has approx. |
- | 230mb of data to scan through to load required filez. |
- | |
- | On top of that: |
- | 1.) I update menu gfx to reflect that this disc is Blue Shift only. |
- | 2.) I use modified version of Echelon selfboot toolz to boot disc as |
- | data/data session, so EVERY DC should be able to play this disc |
- | with no problems. |
- | |
- | Q.) Saves Work? A.) Hell Yeah! Q.) Codes Work? A.) Hell Yeah! |
- | |
- | ::Known Bugs:: |
- | I am not yet able to completely erase Half-Life from main menu. |
- | If you accidentally launch Half-Life, it will give you some kind |
- | of error about not loading maps. This is expeceted. Just push the |
- | "start" button to return to main menu! |
- | |
- <======== ========>
- | +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------------- |
- | ----------------------- OUTRO +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ |
- <======== ========>
- | |
- | ...Bleem!cast... |
- | ...R4DC.cdi...THPS3DC.cdi...THPS4DC.cdi...GrindSessionDC.cdi... |
- | ...Bleem!cast Selfboot Script... |
- |........................................................................|
- | ...Neo4all/Props to Chui... |
- | ...MetalSlugDC.cdi...MetalSlug2DC.cdi...AeroFighters2DC.cdi... |
- | ...AeroFighters3DC.cdi...AlphaMission2DC.cdi...GhostPilotsDC.cdi... |
- | ...IroncladDC.cdi...LastResortDC.cdi...PulstarDC.cdi... |
- | ...ViewpointDC.cdi...BlazingStarDC-Beta.cdi...SVCchaosDC-Beta.cdi... |
- |........................................................................|
- | ...Kompression Dreamcast Video Disc... |
- | ...RE_kDcVD.cdi...RE2_kDcVD.cdi...DOA_kDcVD.cdi...S.Hill.kDcVD.cdi...|
- | ...Dreamcast Video Disc Suite v1.0... |
- |........................................................................|
- | ...Half-Life... |
- | ...BLUSHIFT.cdi... |
- |........................................................................|
- | ...It was only a Dream... ...Thats all, folks. |
- |........................................................................|
- | |
- | Mad Props to XANADU, ECHELON, and Mr. KiMWU. Enjoy? SEED! |
- | |
- | +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------------- |
- | |
- | +++++ Dreamcast 2007 Better Late than Never! ----- |
- | |
- <============================================================================>
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