Dreamcast: Difference between Binhack, Hack, Hack2, Hack3, Dahack, Cdda & Binco

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 · 22 Jun 2019

[BINHACK] by Echelon

It rewrite the place which specifies 45000 sectors in ".BIN" file
It also rewrite the First-Read File Name "Bootbin" & LBA in the "IP.BIN" file.

Usage:

binhack, input "BOOTBIN", input "IP.BIN" & input "2nd msinfo number"

[HACK] by Bero

It rewrite the place which specifies 45166 sectors in ".BIN" file

Example:

hack 1ST_READ.BIN 11700

This rewrites 45166 sectors to 11700+150+16=11866

[HACK2] by ???

It rewrite the place which specifies 45150 sectors in ".BIN" file

Example:

hack 1ST_READ.BIN 11700

This rewrites 45150 sectors to 11700+150=11850

[HACK3] by Pekearai

hack3 = hack.exe + hack2.exe

Example: hack3 1ST_READ.BIN 11700

This rewrites 45150 sectors to 11700+150=11850
This rewrites 45166 sectors to 11700+150+16=11866

[DAHACK] by Pekearai

dahack for patch ".BIN" file which contain CDDA
The difference between DAHACK & HACK3 was 45150 - 150 alike - 45166
It rewrites to the specification value +150+16.

Example:

hack3 1ST_READ.BIN 15000

This rewrites 45150 sectors to 150
This rewrites 45166 sectors to 15000+150+16=15166

For this example "15000"
"15000" is the session 2 start sector which obtained by cdrecord -dev=x,x,x -msinfo

dahack 1st_read.bin 2nd msinfo number

same as

hack3 1st_read.bin 0

then

binhack , 1st_read.bin , ip.bin & input 2nd msinfo number

[CDDA] by Pekearai

It rewrite ".BIN" file to enable it to play CDDA Track
Notes: It only works on Gametype "Katana" with CDDA

Usage:

dahack ".BIN file" 2nd msinfo number 
cdda ".BIN file"

[BINCON] by dopefish

It rewrite "0WINCEOS.BIN" file to enable it to play DC WinCE apps on selfbootable-cdr or Boot Loader cdr

Usage:

bincon 0WINCEOS.BIN 1WINCEOS.BIN 
Delete 0WINCEOS.BIN 
Rename 1WINCEOS.BIN 0WINCEOS.BIN

Notice: After you successfully patch the file "0winceos.bin", you need to start IPBIN4WIN, Open up file "IP.BIN", Click the "S**A OS Used" box on & Click the Patch button, otherwise it'll not work!

[GDROM Sector Info]

45000 - GD-ROM Start sector
45150 - IP.BIN (16 sector) Start sector
45166 - GD-ROM DATA Start sector