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Known Limitations
This page lists known limitations and intentional safety boundaries in Hakamiq CHD Tool.
Hakamiq CHD Tool is designed to prefer safe refusal, clear warnings, and predictable behavior over risky automatic assumptions.
Some files may be detected but not converted.
Detection means the tool recognized something about the input. It does not always mean the input is safe, complete, supported, or ready for CHD conversion.
The tool may reject or skip inputs when the format, structure, or console identity cannot be safely confirmed.
This is intentional behavior.
Standalone .bin files are risky when the related .cue file is missing.
A .cue file describes the disc track layout. Without it, the tool may not have enough information to safely process the image.
Hakamiq CHD Tool should avoid guessing unknown standalone BIN layouts.
Some disc images depend on multiple companion files.
If a required companion file is missing, renamed, moved, or damaged, conversion may fail or be refused.
Keep related files together in the same folder.
Hakamiq CHD Tool cannot repair damaged dumps, broken ISO files, corrupted BIN files, or failing storage devices.
If a source repeatedly fails at the same point, the source file or storage device may be damaged.
If the output CHD already exists, the tool may skip the item to avoid overwriting existing data.
This protects existing output files from accidental replacement.
If the user cancels a conversion, the result should be treated as canceled, not as a normal failure.
Depending on when cancellation happens, a partial output file may remain in the output folder.
Storage and temperature information may be unavailable on some systems, drives, controllers, or permission levels.
When readings are unavailable, the tool should explain the limitation instead of pretending the data is known.
Sony PlayStation 3 support is experimental.
PS3-related inputs may be analyzed, classified, warned, skipped, or refused depending on detected structure and safety checks.
Experimental detection does not guarantee full PS3 CHD support or emulator compatibility.
PS3 .pkg files are not normal disc images.
They should not be treated as direct CHD conversion sources.
A successful CHD conversion does not guarantee that every emulator will accept or run the result.
Emulator support depends on the emulator, platform, input type, CHD support level, and user configuration.
Redump-related information can help with identification and verification context.
It does not guarantee that a local source is complete, undamaged, correctly dumped, or convertible.
Hakamiq CHD Tool is designed as a local Windows desktop workflow.
Cloud conversion, server-side processing, and remote file processing are not part of the current application direction.
Hakamiq CHD Tool is a Windows x64 WPF desktop application.
Other operating systems, web versions, and Avalonia-based versions are not part of the current project direction.
When the tool cannot safely continue, it should stop, skip, or warn the user instead of producing a misleading output.
This limitation is intentional and protects the user’s files.
Hakamiq CHD Tool · Windows x64 WPF desktop release · Built for safe local CHD workflows.
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