GUI Items

Open button

Opens a IP.BIN, IP0000.BIN or a CD image. If the file is a CD image a dialog is shown that displays a lists of all IP.BINs/IP0000.BINs found. Additionally, IP.BIN Writer will check if a detected IP.BIN/IP0000.BIN is in the bootsector of the CD image and if an IP.BIN has an MR logo.

Save button

Create and update IP.BIN/IP0000.BIN files and CD images. If the file is a CD image you will be allowed to update the current IP.BIN/IP0000.BIN or all IP.BINs/IP0000.BINs that were found.

CD image icon

This icon is visable above the filename textbox when IP.BIN Writer detects a CD image. It will reopen the CD image dialog that lists all the IP.BINs/IP0000.BINs found in the CD image and allow you to read a IP.BIN/IP0000.BIN in a different byte location.

Product Information

The ID and version of the game. Not always correct though, you might want to compare it to the numbers on your GD-ROM. The CRC is calculated on the product information, so changing these fields will make the CRC incorrect until it is recalculated. Remember: IP.BINs do not need a valid CRC - just IP0000.BINs.

Release Date

The date the game was publicly released.

Peripherals

All check boxes besides the ones in "Other" do not effect how the game boots. On GD-ROMs when "Uses Windows CE" is checked the first sector of the main binary is skipped when loaded into memory. "VGA box support" should speak for itself. If it's unchecked a "Game does not support current type of A\V cable please connect correct cable" error is given if tried to run with a VGA box.

Area Symbols

Set these according to your region. This example IP.BIN will boot in all regions.

Device Information

The first field is the IP.BINs/IP0000.BINs CRC. IP0000.BINs requires that the CRC is correct. The second field tells what disc of however many discs of the game there is and the disc's format. The "CRC" button will calculate a correct CRC.

Main binary

The filename of the Dreamcast executable.

Name of the Company

Need I say more? Some PC Dreamcast emulators may use this (at the moment DEMUL displays it in the title bar).

Name of the Software

Same story as "Name of the Company." It's also used in DEMUL.