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Implement dual stick, new bindings, lots of other things See merge request skmp/dca3-game!4
Intro
dca3 is a port of GTA III for the Dreamcast made by The Gang, using re3 as a base.
re3 a fully reversed source code for GTA III.
This project was started by Stefanos Kornilios Mitsis Poiitidis and uses KallistiOS.
Baking the CDI
Prerequisites
You need GTA 3 installed. This version has been tested and works: https://store.rockstargames.com/game/buy-grand-theft-auto-the-trilogy.
Please note that SOME VERSIONS of the game may not work. It has been reported that d4_gta.mp3 is corrupted sometimes.
Make sure you have a LEGIT copy with no corrupted files, as this process wont work otherwise.
You will also need the following tools installed
- git-scm http://git-scm.com/downloads/win
- dreamsdk r3 https://github.com/dreamsdk/dreamsdk/releases
Preparing the gta3 folder
- Open dreamsdk shell
- type
mkdir gta3(and press enter) - type
explorer .(and press enter) - This will open a folder named gta3. Copy your gta3 files in there.
- If you use the 2cdrom version of the game, make sure to also copy the contents of the play disc to this folder.
- close the folder and the dreamsdk shell and proceed to the next step.
Cloning the dca3-game repo and downloading the prebuilt elf
- Open dreamsdk shell
- type
git clone https://gitlab.com/skmp/dca3-game.git(and press enter) - It should take a moment and successfully clone the repo
- type
cd dca3-game/dreamcast(and press enter) - type
explorer .(and press enter). - A folder named dreamcast with some files should be open. Keep it on the side.
- Download the artifacts from https://gitlab.com/skmp/dca3-game/-/jobs/8725216645
- Open artifacts.zip and extract dca3.elf to the folder that was kept open before.
- Close the folder and dreamsdk shell
Repacking and making a prebuilt cdi FOR GD-EMU
- Open dreamsdk shell
- type
cd dca3-game/dreamcast(and press enter) - type
make cdi-prebuilt(and press enter)- This should take a while (5-15 mins)
- Due to an issue with dreamsdk, this won't fully complete the first time
- type
make cdi-prebuilt(and press enter)- It will continue where it left off before
- It should run to completion now and show "*** Repack Completed Successfully ***"
- type
explorer .(and press enter) - The dreamcast folder should open up, and it should contain dca3.cdi for you (~ 900 megs)
Repacking and making a prebuilt cdi FOR burning CD-ROM
- Open dreamsdk shell
- type
cd dca3-game/dreamcast(and press enter) - type
make FOR_DISC=1 cdi-prebuilt(and press enter)- This should take a while (5-15 mins)
- Due to an issue with dreamsdk, this won't fully complete the first time
- type
make FOR_DISC=1 cdi-prebuilt(and press enter)- It will continue where it left off before
- It should run to completion now and show "*** Repack Completed Successfully ***"
- type
explorer .(and press enter) - The dreamcast folder should open up, and it should contain dca3.cdi for you (~ 700 megs)
- If the .cdi is not 700 megabytes, then you did something wrong.
- You can type
rm -rf repack-data(and press enter) - And then start this step from the beggining
- You can type
How to report issues
- Take a photo of your tv/monitor and vmu
- open a ticket via https://gitlab.com/skmp/dca3-game/-/issues/new
- state which elf you have used (eg, https://gitlab.com/skmp/dca3-game/-/jobs/8725216645)
- write something descriptive of what is/went wrong
License
The code should only be used for educational, documentation and modding purposes.
We do not encourage piracy or commercial use.
Please keep derivate work open source and give proper credit.