MagicEngine

alexillopillo · Visitor Joined: 21 Feb 2012 Posts: 4

I have an MSI A6200 laptop running Windows 7 Home with the full version of Magic Engine 1.1.3 installed. I used to be able to run CD games perfectly, until my CD-ROM broke last week and had to be replaced.

Now for some reason MagicEngine won't recognize the CDs, even though they are seen by Windows and they even show all the CDA tracks when you explore them. Nothing has been changed in the PCE.INI file or anything else in the configuration. Any ideas what could have gone wrong? Help is much appreciated.

Jabberwok · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:45 pm Post subject:

Is the replacement drive an exact original MSI part? Or a "compatible" one from a pop & mom shop? If not a real CD-ROM then is it some of those new, shiny BLU-RAY drives? Maybe the serial number can help if someone has the same drive as you... the more info the better always.
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alexillopillo · Visitor Joined: 21 Feb 2012 Posts: 4

It's an original MSI replacement part. It's actually a DVD-RW drive, and it's able to read regular CDs without problems.

Kaminari · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:37 pm Post subject:

You need to have a closer look at your log file, which should tell you if your drive is actually detected or not.
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alexillopillo · Visitor Joined: 21 Feb 2012 Posts: 4

Here are the contents of the log file. It looks like the drive IS being detected, but there is some sort of error...

[VIDEO INIT]
driver... DirectX
found 1 video adapter(s)
- adapter 1 has 2 device(s) and 26 video mode(s)
select adapter... 1
select device... 1
build video mode list... 26 modes
device: v0.0.0 (HAL)

[INPUT INIT]
opening direct input DLL... OK
init direct input... OK
scanning gamepad device(s)...
- no gamepad

[SOUND INIT]
scanning sound card... found 2 sound card(s)
checking sound card mixer ("Speakers (Realtek High Definiti" v6.1)... OK
+SPEAKERS: vol = 92 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-COMPACTDISC [ 0] vol = 92 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-WAVEOUT [ 1] vol = 92 [00000000/0000FFFF]
wav audio volume... (0xee13) 92
opening direct sound DLL... OK
init direct sound... OK
set cooperative level... OK
create primary buffer... OK
setup primary buffer: freq=44100 channels=2 bits=16... OK
create thread... OK

[CD-ROM INIT]
scanning drives...
+ drive E: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GT30N (port=0, unit=0) [CDROM]
opening ASPI DLL... could not open the DLL!
found 1 CD-ROM drive(s)

[CDDA INIT]
creating thread... OK

[CD SCAN INIT]
creating thread... OK
wav audio volume... 90
scanning...
spti[E:] scan
toc[E:] error - bad toc length (len=172/4 Cool

0x00, 0xaa, 0x01, 0x15,
0x00, 0x10, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0, 2, 0,
0x00, 0x10, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 3, 11, 15,
0x00, 0x10, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 4, 57, 49,
0x00, 0x10, 0x05, 0x00, 0x00, 6, 0, 68,
0x00, 0x10, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 7, 37, 11,
0x00, 0x10, 0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 9, 0, 63,
0x00, 0x10, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 10, 5, 37,
0x00, 0x10, 0x09, 0x00, 0x00, 13, 3, 62,
0x00, 0x10, 0x0a, 0x00, 0x00, 14, 47, 30,
0x00, 0x10, 0x0b, 0x00, 0x00, 17, 28, 7,
0x00, 0x10, 0x0c, 0x00, 0x00, 19, 9, 60,
0x00, 0x10, 0x0d, 0x00, 0x00, 21, 40, 20,
0x00, 0x10, 0x0e, 0x00, 0x00, 24, 7, 71,
0x00, 0x10, 0x0f, 0x00, 0x00, 27, 47, 53,
0x00, 0x10, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 30, 13, 12,
0x00, 0x10, 0x11, 0x00, 0x00, 33, 28, 58,
0x00, 0x10, 0x12, 0x00, 0x00, 34, 58, 32,
0x00, 0x10, 0x13, 0x00, 0x00, 36, 40, 52,
0x00, 0x10, 0x14, 0x00, 0x00, 38, 40, 53,
0x00, 0x10, 0x15, 0x00, 0x00, 42, 42, 15,
0x00, 0x10, 0xaa, 0x00, 0x00, 49, 10, 14,
0x00, 0x14, 0x16, 0x00, 0x00, 46, 58, 64,
spti[E:] disc mounted (tracks=21)
- drive E: ready, mounted
scanning drive E: ... error! (?)

[GAMEPAD INIT]
auto calibration: -500 500

[LOAD CONFIG]

[BACKUP RAM INIT]
loading backup RAM database index file : "D:\TurboGrafx\backup.idx"... OK
checking database... 2 bank(s) found

[PSG INIT]
allocating sound buffers(6)... OK
allocating ADPCM sound buffer... OK

[HUCARD]
create dummy rom... OK
initialize a new backup RAM bank

[HUCARD]
opening ROM file : "D:\TurboGrafx\syscard3.pce"... error!
create dummy rom... OK
initialize a new backup RAM bank
searching game backup RAM in database [20000003|00000000]... not found
initialize a new backup RAM bank
cdscan: start
cdscan: stop
cdscan: start
wav audio volume... (0xee13)

Kaminari · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 2:13 pm Post subject:

You seem to have a few problems. First, you're missing an ASPI driver.

1. Either you get NeroASPI and copy the WNASPI32.DLL in your C:\Windows\SysWOW64 folder (System32 if your OS is good old 32-bit).

2. Or you edit your pce.ini file and enter the following settings:

alexillopillo · Visitor Joined: 21 Feb 2012 Posts: 4

I tried editing the PCE.INI file just as you said, but the problem still persisted. The games I have are indeed copies, but they used to work perfectly with the old drive. Perhaps I should consider running them from the image files using alcohol 52% or daemon tools?

Jabberwok · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 2:38 am Post subject:

Just to be sure, you're using a real system card image and not the (still pretty good if you ask me) Magic System right? You never know...
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If you translate Pole Position in French with babelfish you get 'Position de Polonais'... I think it's hilarious... from a French point of view.