THESE INSRUCTIONS ARE WRITTEN BY MONSTER FENRICK THIS PROCESS WAS DISCOVERED BY LISA SHOCK
Hello there, Monster Fenrick here. I'll do my best to describe this as best as I can and as simple as I can. (Please check LegendCup for any updates to these instructions)
BASIC CONCEPT of the CloneCD process:
you must use WINDOWS and a PC. this is NOT MAC compatable
- Use CloneCD to read a CD you own. - Use Text editor to open a file CloneCD creates. - Use a text editor to Replace the contents of this file with the Subcode (TOC) on this site. - Use CloneCD to burn the "Altered Contents" with the edited Subcode (TOC) onto a blank CDR - Use this CDR with Monster Rancher to get the Monster.
HERE is How to create a CloneCD file for Editing (preparation for making the monster you want)
Step 1
You must have Clone CD software. A Trial version can be found at LegendCup.comHERE, Version 2 which never expires. Do not register or upgrade or it will expire.
Step 2
Once you have installed this software and restarted your computer you can launch it by double clicking the application Icon on your desktop.
Step 3
Insert any CD with an Audio track on it. (Audio CD -length of the track does not matter)
Step 4
Select "Read To Image File" from the toolbar on the top (looks like a CD with an arrow pointing to a floppy disk). A box will pop up, check the first option "Read SubChannael Data From Data Tracks"
Step 5
Click the button below "Start Disc Read (a picture of a CD & drive with an arrow pointing to a floppy disk.) this will copy the Data to your Hard Drive and could take between 5 to 10 minutes. After this is complete Remove the CD that you just got done reading.
Step 6
Insert a Blank CDR (not a CDRW or CD Re-Writable.. CDRW's will not work) and procede with the instructions
----------------------------------- In your c:/windows/temp directory there will now be an IMAGE.img file and a Image.ccd file. The Image.ccd file contains the Subcode Data (which is actually the TOC - Table Of Contents), the IMAGE.img file contains physical data (Mb, Kb or however large the CD actually is). DO NOT MOVE THIS FILE FROM THIS DIRECTORY! NOTE: this file is found in a different directory in Windows XP. See the Troubleshooting CloneCD archive for further information! -----------------------------------
CHANGING SUBCODE (T.O.C.) DATA (Get the monster you want)
Now, to change the Subcode data you must Right click the Image.ccd file and select the "Open With" option. uncheck the box that says "always use this program to open this file" and then select Notepad.
Step 1
delete all the information in the Image.ccd file
Step 2
Copy the subcode data (now in .txt format) from a website or from another text file
Step 3
Paste the Subcode into the Image.ccd file ans select "file", then "Save"
Step 4
in CloneCD now select the "write from Image File (a picture of a Floppy disc pointing to a CD)
Step 5
it will have a directory of where the Image.ccd file is. Make sure the path leads to the Image.ccd file.
Step 6
click "Start Disc Write" (a picture of a Floppy disc pointing to a CD)
Step 7
make sure you "Keep TOC as on source" and write to end of image file
Step 8
IF CloneCD and the TXT file are 2 different versions: simply change the version number on the image.ccd file (or txt file) to match the version of CloneCD you are using.
------------ When the process is done, you will have a CD that contains the monster of the Subcode Data specified. ------------
Additional Tips: *****The files being mentioned (image.ccd, IMAGE.img) are Hidden Files. to find them you MUST have hidden Files/folders selected. Now, the second problem was People are looking for these files without having the CloneCD software (or in some cases without any writing software downloaded/installed for that matter). you must have an image.ccd file created first before you can go into the file to alter the data. You can create the image file by referring to steps 3 through 5 in the process of Creating a Clone CD File in the instructions.
***** Did I mentioned that you must to have Hidden Files & Folders enabled to do this? If you don't know how, follow these instructions to enable hidden files
Step 1
Right click on your "My Computer" icon and select "Explore"
Step 2
click "View" on your Windows explorer window.
Step 3
click "Folder Options" in the pull down of the View menu
Step 4
a window will pop up with 3 selectable tabs at the top of the pop up window. select the tab that reads "View"
Step 5
there will be an "Advanced Settings" inner window displaying View properties. look for the folder "Hidden Files" and select the 3rd option "Show All Files"
Step 6
click "Apply"
Step 7
above the "Advanced Settings" window there are two Buttons. Click the "Like Curent Folder" button.
Step 8
Click "Apply" again (just to be safe)... There. You now have hidden Files & Folders Viewable!
QUICK MONSTER MAKING TIPS! *****If your initial CD (it could be ANY CD) is VERY small in size (say, 10Mb or less) this information is kept on the IMAGE.img file and it will be THIS file that copies when you copy your subcode data.
What this means is that No matter what monster you make, as long as the IMAGE.img file is small, it will only take a very short time to make a CD since there is little physical data. This is MUCH faster than keeping the IMAGE.img file of an Album which has 100s of Mb of information. You can Do this by:
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Create a .txt file with nothing in it.
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Insert a blank CDR into your CD Writer.
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Copy the that blank .txt file onto your CD.
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Use This CD to create your original Disk Image.
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After you have altered the image.ccd data, it will literally take only seconds to create a monster from now on.