MagicEngine

[gk245]

Now, I have searched the forum and have seen plenty of discussions on this topic. I tried most of the solutions, but nothing seems to be working. The problem is that when I put in a cd (Dracula x) in the cd-rom drive and start Magic Engine, it just says "no cd." The same error comes up with any bios I use (syscard 3 just takes me to some sort of screen where I can push bunch of numbers and letters on keypad). Here is what my pce.ini file looks like:

# ----
# CD-ROM settings
# ----

[cdrom]

;
; CD-ROM drive
; --
; 0 -> first CD-ROM drive [default]
; 1 -> second CD-ROM drive
; ...
;

drive=

; CD-ROM drive letter
; --
; (Windows 2000/XP only)
;
; E:
;
; ...
;

drive_letter=E:




;
; SCSI driver timeout
; --
; change the delay that the emulator waits when accessing
; the CD-ROM SCSI driver, 0 is infinite delay
;

timeout=0


And the log file after running the above configuration:

#1

[VIDEO INIT]
check video modes...
* 640x480 (120Hz)
user video modes...
- 640x480 [0]
- 640x480 [0]
- 640x480 [0]
- 640x480 [0]

[JOYSTICK INIT]
getting number of joystick device... 16 device(s) found
scanning joystick device(s)...
- joystick 1 (ID=0x0925,0x8866 X= 0/ 65535 Y= 0/ 65535 (driver="Microsoft PC-joystick driver")... plugged
- joystick 2 (ID=0x0925,0x8866 X= 0/ 65535 Y= 0/ 65535 (driver="Microsoft PC-joystick driver")... plugged
- joystick 3 ()... not plugged
- joystick 4 ()... not plugged
- joystick 5 ()... not plugged
- joystick 6 ()... not plugged
- joystick 7 ()... not plugged
- joystick 8 ()... not plugged
- joystick 9 ()... not plugged
- joystick 10 ()... not plugged
- joystick 11 ()... not plugged
- joystick 12 ()... not plugged
- joystick 13 ()... not plugged
- joystick 14 ()... not plugged
- joystick 15 ()... not plugged
- joystick 16 ()... not plugged
total: 2 joystick(s) plugged

[SOUND INIT]
init sound timer... OK
init direct sound interface... OK
set cooperative level... OK
create primary buffer... OK
setup primary buffer: freq=44100 channels=2 bits=16... OK
alloc sound buffer... OK
play sound buffer... OK
check sound buffer... OK
scanning sound card... found 1 sound card(s)
checking sound card mixer ("SB Live! Wave Device" v5.10)...
+SPEAKERS: vol = 86 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-WAVEOUT [ 0] vol = 100 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-DIGITAL [ 1] vol = 70 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-DIGITAL [ 2] vol = 70 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-SYNTHESIZER [ 3] vol = 100 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-COMPACTDISC [ 4] vol = 100 [00000000/0000FFFF] (selected as CD input line)
-LINE [ 5] vol = 21 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-MICROPHONE [ 6] vol = 59 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-ANALOG [ 7] vol = 21 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-ANALOG [ 8] vol = 21 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-TELEPHONE [ 9] vol = 21 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-WAVEOUT [ 10]
+WAVEIN:
master audio volume... 86 (86)
fx audio volume... 100 (100)
cd audio volume... 100 (100)

[BACKUP RAM]
loading backup RAM database index file : "D:\Unzipped\me0.99 beta 2\backup.idx"... not found

[CD-ROM INIT]
opening ASPI DLL... OK
scanning ASPI devices... no CD-ROM drive found!
CD-ROM emulation disabled!
create dummy rom... OK
searching game backup RAM in database [10000001|00000000]... not found
clear and initialize a new backup RAM

[HUCARD]
opening ROM file : "D:\Unzipped\syscard\SYSCARD3.PCE"... OK
loading ROM... OK
searching game backup RAM in database [6D9A73EF|00000000]... not found
clear and initialize a new backup RAM

[CD]


Now the funny stuff: it runs fine if I load the image up with Daemon tools. Also, version 99 beta 5 (demo) can run both from Daemon tools and the cd-rom drive. But the version I have is 0.99 beta 2, and it can only do it from daemon tools. Is it possible for it to go through the cd?

I have installed and checked the ASPI drivers and the aspicheck utility says they are installed fine.

Also, I disabled the daemon tools virtual disk before running through the real cd-rom drive. Still no luck.

Running Windows xp pro.

Thanks.

[Kaminari]

Strange, since your ASPI layer seems correctly installed... Try this instead:

[cdrom]

;
; ASPI layer
; --
; forces ASPI under Windows 2000/XP
;
; y -> enable ASPI
; n -> enable SPTI [default]
;

use_aspi=y

;
; CD-ROM drive
; --
; 0 -> first CD-ROM drive [default]
; 1 -> second CD-ROM drive
; ...
;

drive=0

;
; CD-ROM drive letter
; --
; (Windows 2000/XP only)
;
; D:
; E:
; ...
;

drive_letter=

Note that the ASPI layer setting is a hidden debug option. If that doesn't work, you probably need to update your ASPI driver. The latest one from Adaptec is 4.71.2.

[gk245]

Thanks for the reply.

I tried the above and it didn't work. But what I did do was try 99 beta 3 and now it works fine with the magic engine bios (syscard 3 seems to crash it).