To fix a Sega Rally 2 blackscreen....

[MichaelMichael54321]

You probably might remember this post...

What still bothers me is I still haven't figured out why it happened--it just happened. Even worse, is that through the replies to it, is there hasn't been any confirmation by anyone else getting it.

I also made a post which included the error.log of the issue for reference.


Help would be greatly appreciated, I really (and I do mean really, there's a time challenge I want to do) want to play this game again on the LATEST version and not r520.

[Spindizzi]

Hi,
I've just checked the 5 first files in your rar file,
look at the 2nd file : mpr-20605.3 should be named mpr-20604.3
compare your full dump with this

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1996-12-24 23:32         65536          7360  CF64350D  epr-20512.bin
1996-12-24 23:32       2097152        267212  6829A801  epr-20632.17
1996-12-24 23:32       2097152        208348  F5A24F24  epr-20633.18
1996-12-24 23:32       2097152        277231  45A09245  epr-20634.19
1996-12-24 23:32       2097152        225169  7937473F  epr-20635.20
1996-12-24 23:32        524288         21975  7139EBF8  epr-20636.21
1996-12-24 23:32        131072          2766  C9B82035  epr-20641.2
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       2132499  60CFA72A  mpr-20602.1
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       1607831  AD0D8EB8  mpr-20603.2
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       2155787  99C5F396  mpr-20604.3
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       1555037  00513401  mpr-20605.4
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       2011176  072498FD  mpr-20606.5
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       1561978  6DA85AA3  mpr-20607.6
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       2015376  0C9B0571  mpr-20608.7
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       1680348  C03CC0E5  mpr-20609.8
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       1609301  B6E0FF4E  mpr-20610.9
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       1607233  5D9F8BA2  mpr-20611.10
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       1609219  721A44B6  mpr-20612.11
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       1609214  2938C0D9  mpr-20613.12
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       2740758  A3930E4A  mpr-20614.22
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       2743496  62E8A94A  mpr-20615.24
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       2208275  E11DCF8B  mpr-20616.26
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       1874167  96ACEF3F  mpr-20617.27
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       2207250  6C281281  mpr-20618.28
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       1875021  0FA65819  mpr-20619.29
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       2208001  EE79585F  mpr-20620.30
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       1875156  3A99148F  mpr-20621.31
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       2207822  0618F056  mpr-20622.32
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       1875323  CCF31B85  mpr-20623.33
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       2209353  90F30936  mpr-20624.34
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       1875146  04F804FA  mpr-20625.35
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       2208115  2D6C97D6  mpr-20626.36
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       1874718  A14EE871  mpr-20627.37
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       2207107  BBA829A3  mpr-20628.38
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       1874414  EAD2EB31  mpr-20629.39
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       2208061  CC5881B8  mpr-20630.40
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       1876065  5CB69FFD  mpr-20631.41
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       4042953  D66E8A02  mpr-20637.57
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       4070209  D1513382  mpr-20638.58
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       4086084  F6603B7B  mpr-20639.59
1996-12-24 23:32       4194304       3783377  9EEA07B7  mpr-20640.60
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# Total                 Taille     Compressé            Fichiers
#                    151715840      76295931            41


And remember to wait until the game displays 3d image before starting your game because else your nvram will be corrupted
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[MichaelMichael54321]

Hi,
I've just checked the 5 first files in your rar file,
look at the 2nd file : mpr-20605.3 should be named mpr-20604.3

What's funny is that was the only change with the .zip I had with the full dump you prescribed...

...and a manual rename didn't work.

[Bart]

Supermodel does not care about ROM names. It loads by CRC. However, if there are ROMs present in the zip file from another ROM set (e.g., srally2x or something like that), it may choose the wrong game to load. You should look at the command prompt output (or error.log) to see if there were any warnings about ambiguous ROMs.

[MichaelMichael54321]

Supermodel does not care about ROM names. It loads by CRC. However, if there are ROMs present in the zip file from another ROM set (e.g., srally2x or something like that), it may choose the wrong game to load. You should look at the command prompt output (or error.log) to see if there were any warnings about ambiguous ROMs.

I'll check again by CRC when I get the chance.
On a half-positive note, the Deluxe (srally2x) ROM boots fine with no problem, so I can isolate that away.

[MichaelMichael54321]

Well, after just getting r714, the problem is no more.

You can lock this thread if you want...