Here you can find a guide on creating a CDI image of DCA3 to play on your Dreamcast!
These are the instructions for creating a copy of DCA3 Liberty using a copy of GTA 3.
Looking to play Vice City instead? Click here.
Alternatively, you can also find a guide here.
Creating the CDI
Prerequisites
You need GTA 3 installed. This version has been tested and works.
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 won't work otherwise.
You will also need the following tools installed:
git-scm
DreamSDK R3
Note that due to an issue with DreamSDK, creating pre-built CDI images won't fully complete the first time. Retype the command and it will continue where it left off. It should run to completion and show "*** Repack Completed Successfully ***"
Cloning the dca3-game repo
1. Open DreamSDK shell
2. Type git clone --branch beta https://gitlab.com/skmp/dca3-game.git and
press enter. It should take a moment and successfully clone the repo
Preparing the liberty folder
1. Type mkdir liberty and press enter
2. Type explorer . and press enter
3. This will open a folder named liberty. 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.)
Downloading and extracting the prebuilt elf
1. Type cd dca3-game/liberty and press enter
2. Type explorer . and press enter. A folder named liberty with some files should open. Keep it on the side.
3. Download the liberty beta prebuilt elf from here
4. Open artifacts.zip and extract dca-liberty.elf to the folder that was kept open before
5. Close the folder and DreamSDK shell
Repacking and making a pre-built CDI for GD-EMU
To create a CDI image for use on the GD-EMU:
1. Open DreamSDK shell
2. Type cd dca3-game/liberty and press enter
3. Type make cdi-prebuilt and press enter. This should take a while (5-15 mins)
4. Type explorer . and press enter
5. The dreamcast folder should open up, and it should contain dca-liberty.cdi for you (~ 900 MB)
Repacking and making a prebuilt CDI for burning CD-ROM
To create a CDI image for use on a CD:
1. Open DreamSDK shell
2. Type cd dca3-game/liberty and press enter
3. Type make FOR_DISC=1 cdi-prebuilt and press enter. This should take a while (5-15 mins)
4. Type explorer . and press enter
5. The dreamcast folder should open up, and it should contain dca-liberty.cdi for you (~ 700 MB or ~260 MB)
If the .cdi is not ~700 MB (Linux/mkdcdisc) or ~260 MB (Windows/cdi4dc), then you did something wrong.
You can type rm -rf repack-data and press enter and start this step from the beginning
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