Sonic CD Help Plz

I use NeoGenesis on my xbox, but it's a port of Gens... when I play Sega CD games in ISO+MP3 format, it requires things be all in the same directory, and be named similarly and in order:

track_01.iso
track_02.mp3
track_03.mp3

etc etc etc... also, make sure your cue-sheet is correct. Sega Xtreme has Sega Cuesheet Maker available in their download section:
http://www.segaxtreme.net/misc/software.html
follow the instructions to get version 1.1.00. You can name the cuesheet filename whatever you want, but you need to keep the other things in the proper layout.

Dunno, if you want, I can give you a rip of either the Japanese or the USA version; but rather than being in the crappy ISO+MP3, they're in BIN+CUE. You could convert it yourself afterward, but you'd at least have all the audio tracks and could convert them to mp3 on your own accourd

 

Am I the only one who thinks that the system of keeping the ISO seperate from the music is F-ing stupid?

 

THat's why BIN+CUE is better...not to mention the fact that it's effectively an accurate reproduction of the way the data is on the disc. It's the best method for archival.

 

I think you need to have all of the tracks downloaded before it will work properly, not just 12 of them. I remember once when I had 1 track missing, and it fucked up the whole tracklist. Try getting them all and see if it works then.

 

Hey guys-why don't you just get the PC version, and make an ISO and replace the tracks with the japanese music instead?

 

The title screen music is track 30-something. Try again once they're all downloaded.

 

Try adding dummy MP3s for those tracks you still haven't downloaded and see if all the others work now.

 

track 30 is invincibility.

title screen is 26; tracks 26 and 27 are duplicates, though 27 is accessed in the "Visual Mode" screen.

28 is finish level
29 is super shoes
31 is game over
32 is special stage
33 is little planet or whatever- the song that plays in time attack
34 is the opening
35 is sonic boom/cosmic eternity

wow, I pulled those all off the top of my head... I hope they're right, but I'm pretty sure they are.

 

What? I get track number 27 in Time Attack.

 

I had this exact same problem... Sonic CD is a bitch to get to work properly on any emulator. <_<

If you have just twelve MP3 files in the same directory as the ISO file, it'll play them in order but skip the gaps. Even if track three is named 'soniccd21.mp3' if that's the first track you've got, it'll play it as track number 2. And if the next track is named 'soniccd31.mp3', it'll take that as track number 3. Our current emulators scan and arrange the MP3 files for use alphabetically and numerically... It's a bastard, isn't it?! :angry:

For example, the Sonic CD title music is track 26. But if track 25 is missing then all the tracks move forward on place, so track 27 would play where track 26 is supposed to and so on. That's how the original Mega CD CDDA program was constructed within the machine itself if you break it down. On the original CD, it wouldn't miss out any tracks (obviously) so it'd work fine.

So, until you've got every single track within the same directory as the ISO, your game will have messed up background audio.

Oh, and Shikidna track 27 is supposed to play on the Time Attack menu. It's exactly the same music as the title screen music, so I see where you're coming from. I guess the guys who orchestrated the music were lazy beggars who couldn't be arsed to write new music.

 

I've never had any problem playing this game; be it from the original disc, one I threw together with mp3s and burned to play on my physical sega cd, or everything together in an emulator.

I told you, I can give you a BIN+CUE rip of any version you want, USA/EUR/JAP, and you can run it through a program to convert it to ISO+WAV and then compress the WAV files. That way you know you have a perfect ISO, and you've got every single audio track where it should be.

 

You need to have the .ISO file with the name "track" in this case(Then track02, track03, and so on). You also need all the .mp3 files present, or else it'll fuck up. Fun thing is, it doesn't HAVE to be Sonic CD's MP3s in order to work. You could add and rename any MP3s to check if it's really a problem with the iso or not. I've tried it once with NiGHTS' soundtrack, and it worked =P

 

I've tried the advice in the thread, and finally I can play the music. However, the order appears to be messed up.

What is the correct order for every track?

 

Track02 - Unused time warp thingie
Track03 - PalmTree panic present
Track04 - Palmtree panic good future
Track05 - Palmtree panic bad future
Track06 - Collision Chaos present
Track07 - Collision Chaos good future
Track08 - Collision chaos bad future
Track09 - Tidal tempest present
Track10 - Tidal tempest good future
Track11 - Tidal tempest bad future
Track12 - Quartz Quadrant present
Track13 - Quartz Quadrant good future
Track14 - Quartz Quadrant bad future
Track15 - Wacky Workbench present
Track16 - Wacky workbench good future
Track17 - Wacky Workbench bad future
Track18 - Stardust Speedway present
Track19 - Stardust Speedway good future
Track20 - Stardust Speedway bad future
Track21 - Metallic Madness present
Track22 - Metallic Madness good future
Track23 - Metallic Madness bad future
Track24 - Boss
Track25 - Final Boss
Track26 - Title Screen
Track27 - Time attack(?)
Track28 - Zone clear
Track29 - Speed up
Track30 - Invincibility
Track31 - Game over
Track32 - Special stage
Track33 - No clue
Track34 - Sonic Warrior thingie
Track35 - End music