They hunger Dreamcast port

[Captain Dreamcast]

Hey Dreammatrix, Captain Dreamcast optomixed the disc and made a dummy file for it. He should have it uploaded tomorrow. Here is what he said about it. Maybe he can be of some help to you later?

Hm, why not just bring it here and say:

Image Format: CDI
Compression Format: RAR
Size: 151 MB

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PHT82ILH

There's not much else to say... Anthony already talked about my thoughts regarding the file order. But don't get this wrong, this game was optimized A LOT
I've even preserved the Rockridge and Joliet filesystems, even though they are pretty useless :/
By the way, thanks Dreammatrix for including the IP.BIN in your release. That way I didn't have to manually extract it from the CDI. It wouldn't have been that hard, but still annoying

[Dreammatrix]

To find a good size for the dummy file use this a rule: 700mb(cdr size) - 30mb(selfboot session) - modsize= size of the dummy file (but you don't have to be that exact.)

Thanks again Moi, this was exactly my doubt
So we can use any file that we want for the dumy file as a movie or mp3 ?

Hm, why not just bring it here and say:

Image Format: CDI
Compression Format: RAR
Size: 151 MB

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PHT82ILH

There's not much else to say... Anthony already talked about my thoughts regarding the file order. But don't get this wrong, this game was optimized A LOT
I've even preserved the Rockridge and Joliet filesystems, even though they are pretty useless :/
By the way, thanks Dreammatrix for including the IP.BIN in your release. That way I didn't have to manually extract it from the CDI. It wouldn't have been that hard, but still annoying

Ok, feel free to change the ip.bin ot other things that you want; the files that take more time on loading are models,wads and sound
Try something like this:
data/VALVE/PAK0.PAK =>models
data/BARNEY/PAK1.PAK =>models,sound and maps for they hunger ep3
data/VALVE/PAK1.PAK =>sound
data/BARNEY/PAK0.PAK
data/VALVE/ .WADs => it loads 1 time one map changing
data/VALVE/gfx
data/VALVE/maps
data/valve/ files
data/VALVE/saves
data/HALFLIFE_DC.EXE
data/1ST_READ.BIN 1
data/dumy => first on cd

Thanks for add the dumy file in the image!

[Captain Dreamcast]

Try something like this:
data/HALFLIFE_DC.EXE
data/VALVE/PAK0.PAK
data/BARNEY/PAK1.PAK
data/VALVE/neilm2.WAD
data/VALVE/neilm4.WAD
data/VALVE/neilm5.WAD
data/VALVE/CS_BDOG.WAD
data/VALVE/HALFLIFE.WAD
data/VALVE/xeno.WAD
data/VALVE/liquids.WAD
data/VALVE/GFX.WAD
data/VALVE/DECALS.WAD
data/VALVE/fonts.WAD
data/VALVE/CACHED.WAD
data/VALVE/SPRAYPAINT.WAD
data/VALVE/PAK2.PAK
data/BARNEY/PAK0.PAK
data/VALVE/maps
data/VALVE/gfx
data/valve/ files
data/VALVE/saves
data/1ST_READ.BIN 1
data/dumy

Thanks for add the dumy file in the image!

Hmm, I put the saves in the inner part and the exe in the fast area, but from what I see, the 1ST_READ.BIN is not as important here as I thought... Well, I'll try remaking the disc when I have a bit more time, the changes with the new file order would be pretty minimal anyway since the game files aren't THAT big.

Oh, and what I forgot to say before: Thanks for the port, it's really good! Or as you brazilians would say... Obrigado!

[Moi]

So we can use any file that we want for the dumy file as a movie or mp3 ?

Right, but using dummy files is more efficient since those have just one character repeated over and over again making it easy to compress and almost not noticeable in download size(a 300mb dummy coiuld be compressed to something like a couple kb IIRC), while a large mp3 or avi file is already compressed and would make the download take longer for the end user.

may i suggest a different order?

data/1ST_READ.BIN 1 --------------+ loaded only once
data/HALFLIFE_DC.EXE -------------+ loaded only once

data/dumy ---------------------------+ pushing the data to a higher position on the cdr


data/VALVE/GFX.WAD --------------+ loaded at the menus
data/VALVE/gfx
data/VALVE/fonts.WAD -------------+ loaded at the menus (and possibly before the gameplay begins)




data/valve/ files ----------------------+ only loaded once or as often as the game progress demands
data/VALVE/saves
data/VALVE/DECALS.WAD
data/VALVE/neilm2.WAD
data/VALVE/neilm4.WAD
data/VALVE/neilm5.WAD
data/VALVE/CS_BDOG.WAD
data/VALVE/HALFLIFE.WAD
data/VALVE/xeno.WAD
data/VALVE/liquids.WAD
data/VALVE/CACHED.WAD
data/VALVE/SPRAYPAINT.WAD
data/VALVE/maps ----------------------+ only loaded once or as often as the game progress demands


data/VALVE/PAK2.PAK-------------+ loaded almost all the time hence the position at the end of the cdr
data/BARNEY/PAK0.PAK ...
data/VALVE/PAK0.PAK ...
data/BARNEY/PAK1.PAK-----------+ loaded almost all the time hence the position at the end of the cdr

I'm not that experienced with the order of file loading in HL, but it should still be pretty accurate.
Best way to find out would of course be to benchmark different possibilities on differently burnt cdrs but I'd suggest to wait for a final version before doing so.

[tingfung]

Hm, why not just bring it here and say:

Image Format: CDI
Compression Format: RAR
Size: 151 MB

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PHT82ILH

There's not much else to say... Anthony already talked about my thoughts regarding the file order. But don't get this wrong, this game was optimized A LOT
I've even preserved the Rockridge and Joliet filesystems, even though they are pretty useless :/
By the way, thanks Dreammatrix for including the IP.BIN in your release. That way I didn't have to manually extract it from the CDI. It wouldn't have been that hard, but still annoying

Getting ready to download. Captain dreamcast is that the link for the dummied ISO?

[Anthony817]

Yes this is the final dummied version they made. Loading times are much faster than before now too.

[tingfung]

Yes this is the final dummied version they made. Loading times are much faster than before now too.

Great to hear. Thanks Anthony817 gnna dig into this one for awhile.

[Anthony817]

For those that didn't know, I posted this on an update on They Hunger Moddb page. Lots of people have been very happy about this mod being playable on a console.

They Hunger mod for Half-Life - Mod DB

[Anthony817]

I got this message at the Moddb website.

Can someone tell me,what new zombie in Dreamcast version,i it yourselfs,or you take it From HD-PAK,or They hunger:Tacticals ?

Do you remember which ones they were Dreammatrix?

[Dreammatrix]

Yes, the model i take it from TH-HD PAK
But i dont remenber exataly the name of the model superzombie.mdl i guess