[Arcade PC] Dance Dance Revolution A20 (Konami)

[topet2k12001]

1 hour ago, NoctsRanun said:

Okay, I promise this will be the solution. So I'll reedit the tweet that I'll be saying that it's supposed to be "A clean 20200203 dump" I hope everything's clear now.

Redacted.

Modifié le 9 octobre 2020 par topet2k12001

[NoctsRanun]

Just now, tw3nz0r said:

Or how about not tweet at all?

It's topet's promising wish. (Maybe...)

[NoctsRanun]

1 minute ago, topet2k12001 said:

Brother, I already LITERALLY TYPED WHAT YOU NEED TO TYPE in my previous comment. you just need to go back to the previous page.

Maybe the one you posted last night you shared would be the tweet or something like that.

[NoctsRanun]

https://twitter.com/NoctsRanun/status/1314460979976007680

 

 

Satisfied? (Maybe...)

[tw3nz0r]

I don't understand why you feel the need to tweet anything.

[NoctsRanun]

1 minute ago, tw3nz0r said:

I don't understand why you feel the need to tweet anything.

I'm not really that online much. I only tweet what I want but not that too much.

[topet2k12001]

11 minutes ago, NoctsRanun said:

https://twitter.com/NoctsRanun/status/1314460979976007680

 

 

Satisfied? (Maybe...)

 

So much better! Very good!

[NoctsRanun]

Just now, topet2k12001 said:

 

So much better! Very good!

Thank goodness :')

[topet2k12001]

1 minute ago, NoctsRanun said:

Thank goodness :')

I deleted all my responses to your tweet. That's courtesy.

Brother, please observe that at all times, we can't just be carefree and not care about the effects of whatever we post online, especailly if those posts/tweets/comments, etc. will potentially harm others or put them in a bad light. Alright, peace out.

 

[NoctsRanun]

1 minute ago, topet2k12001 said:

I deleted all my responses to your tweet. That's courtesy.

Brother, please observe that at all times, we can't just be carefree and not care about the effects of whatever we post online, especailly if those posts/tweets/comments, etc. will potentially harm others or put them in a bad light. Alright, peace out.

 

Thanks for everything. Welp, my mind is clear now. ^^

[topet2k12001]

29 minutes ago, NoctsRanun said:

Thanks for everything. Welp, my mind is clear now. ^^

 

Glad to know that.

 

[g3nsvrv]

 

On 18/08/2020 at 10:44 AM, topet2k12001 said:

 

@Taitox3 from the time I released DDR A20 Update Pack, I have set the "offset" at 90 ms (in "hex" that would show as 5a).

 

I just inspected the file (gamemdx.dll) and I am sure that I didn't make any changes from previous versions.

 

Gold Cab Mode

 

 

Offset that I set (5a in "hex" which is 90 in "decimal")

 

 

Feel free to test my previous versions so that you can compare the gamemdx.dll file and inspect if anything has changed.

Or, you can manually perform the hex edit yourself since I already posted screenshots. You can follow the guide posted by @kanor (look at Pages 14 to 16, it's somewhere there) if you want to change the value that I have set, since the value of 90 ms (milliseconds) isn't an "absolute-correct" value (it depends on individual hardware configuration/setup).

 

I been working on this on the latest MDX-2020020300 and it looks that the Cabinet type is under:

0x00E118:

Which by default is the "FF 24" (blue/white). For the Gold must be "EB 71".

 

The only problem is when I change it to the gold cabinet, there's some backgrounds that are not present so I'm wondering if the "clean dump" is missing of some files or the gold cabinets needs an specific update that include those.

 

Also, I saw that the audio latency is under:

0x01D2A0:

And the default value is "69 00 00 00" (for some reason this dump has the 69 ms, idk if was a hidden message but nice)

 

Those are my findings, I hope it helps for someone like me today.

[topet2k12001]

8 hours ago, g3nsvrv said:

 

 

I been working on this on the latest MDX-2020020300 and it looks that the Cabinet type is under:

0x00E118:

Which by default is the "FF 24" (blue/white). For the Gold must be "EB 71".

 

The only problem is when I change it to the gold cabinet, there's some backgrounds that are not present so I'm wondering if the "clean dump" is missing of some files or the gold cabinets needs an specific update that include those.

 

Also, I saw that the audio latency is under:

0x01D2A0:

And the default value is "69 00 00 00" (for some reason this dump has the 69 ms, idk if was a hidden message but nice)

 

Those are my findings, I hope it helps for someone like me today.

You should have joined the Discord Group that was mentioned some pages ago because I already compiled all hex edits into a Spreadsheet (for all iterations of the data dump, since 20190422). If you're already there, check the #help channel and look at the pinned messages; the spreadsheet is there.

The value of 69 is the "hex" value; the equivalent decimal is 105 (this is 105 ms). When setting it to "Gold Cab Mode" I have found that a value of 90 ms is (hex value of 5a) is spot-on. This has already been explained in detail by @kanor on Page 16.

 

What backgrounds do you find missing? The video background animation during the Music Selection? If so, make sure to re-register the two (2) DLLs found in the "com" folder. Make sure to run CMD as Administrator when registering them otherwise the registration won't "stick" (CMD will say that the registration was successful but it won't persist).

EDIT: sorry I pressed Enter. Also don't forget to copy the "gold-bg" video files from your previous data dump and paste it onto the same location in the 20200203 dump. Don't worry; if you dowloaded it via the torrent it's clean. The reason why it doesn't have those "gold-bg" videos is because the data was extracted from a DDR "blue/white" cab (credit to @tw3nz0r for this bit of knowledge/insight).

Modifié le 12 octobre 2020 par topet2k12001

[g3nsvrv]

5 hours ago, topet2k12001 said:

You should have joined the Discord Group that was mentioned some pages ago because I already compiled all hex edits into a Spreadsheet (for all iterations of the data dump, since 20190422). If you're already there, check the #help channel and look at the pinned messages; the spreadsheet is there.

The value of 69 is the "hex" value; the equivalent decimal is 105 (this is 105 ms). When setting it to "Gold Cab Mode" I have found that a value of 90 ms is (hex value of 5a) is spot-on. This has already been explained in detail by @kanor on Page 16.

 

What backgrounds do you find missing? The video background animation during the Music Selection? If so, make sure to re-register the two (2) DLLs found in the "com" folder. Make sure to run CMD as Administrator when registering them otherwise the registration won't "stick" (CMD will say that the registration was successful but it won't persist).

EDIT: sorry I pressed Enter. Also don't forget to copy the "gold-bg" video files from your previous data dump and paste it onto the same location in the 20200203 dump. Don't worry; if you dowloaded it via the torrent it's clean. The reason why it doesn't have those "gold-bg" videos is because the data was extracted from a DDR "blue/white" cab.

 

that's great @topet2k12001, I think would be great if you keep this forum updated with all the changes so everyone can have this information if the person is part of the discord group or not.

 

About the ms number, It would be hilarious if someone put that on purpose, but 105 ms makes sense.

 

Do you have the link for the gold-bg videos? it makes sense that the clean dump was from the blue/white cabinet and that's why is not included.

 

Cheers!

[topet2k12001]

13 minutes ago, g3nsvrv said:

 

that's great @topet2k12001, I think would be great if you keep this forum updated with all the changes so everyone can have this information if the person is part of the discord group or not.

 

About the ms number, It would be hilarious if someone put that on purpose, but 105 ms makes sense.

 

Do you have the link for the gold-bg videos? it makes sense that the clean dump was from the blue/white cabinet and that's why is not included.

 

Cheers!

 

Sorry about that, been busy. I did write a quick post and attched the Excel spreadsheet in this forum though.:) Here.

The link to the "gold" background videos are also in this forum, Here.

[g3nsvrv]

5 minutes ago, topet2k12001 said:

 

Sorry about that, been busy. I did write a quick post and attched the Excel spreadsheet in this forum though.:) Here.

The link to the "gold" background videos are also in this forum, Here.

Thanks for the links @topet2k12001, the spreadsheet is awesome, if you like you can upload to google docs then everyone will see an updated version all the time with the same link.

Also, the mediafire link is dead :(

[topet2k12001]

19 minutes ago, g3nsvrv said:

Thanks for the links @topet2k12001, the spreadsheet is awesome, if you like you can upload to google docs then everyone will see an updated version all the time with the same link.

Also, the mediafire link is dead :(

 

Thanks for the suggestion but I prefer locally-stored data and uploading it on a per-need basis. I'm also very well-versed with MS Excel as I use it mainly for work. Hence, I'd like to keep it that way. However, anyone is welcome to take that data and upload/migrate it to Google Docs/Sheets/whatever tools they like.

 

Thanks for letting us know about that link that's no longer working. I am sharing my copy instead: DDR A20 Gold Background for Music Selection

 

[g3nsvrv]

 

6 minutes ago, topet2k12001 said:

 

Thanks for the suggestion but I prefer locally-stored data and uploading it on a per-need basis. I'm also very well-versed with MS Excel as I use it mainly for work. Hence, I'd like to keep it that way. However, anyone is welcome to take that data and upload/migrate it to Google Docs/Sheets/whatever tools they like.

 

Thanks for letting us know about that link that's no longer working. I am sharing my copy instead: DDR A20 Gold Background for Music Selection

 

 

many thanks @topet2k12001 everything works amazing!

[topet2k12001]

1 minute ago, g3nsvrv said:

 

 

many thanks @topet2k12001 everything works amazing!

 

Great to hear that!

 

[g3nsvrv]

well, my game crashed after play the dan course 😂 using gold cabinet

[topet2k12001]

14 minutes ago, g3nsvrv said:

well, my game crashed after play the dan course 😂 using gold cabinet

Ah I know what your problem is. I would assume you didn't get your "clean" 20200203 copy via the torrent link. Instead, you used the MEGA download, am I right? The MEGA download seems to have a couple of corrupted files vs. the torrent. We have identified the files (so you won't have to download the entire thing again).

 

See the files in this link (this is the update for the DDR A20 Update Pack, now called DDR S.L.U.T., that I am currently working on so these are all fresh 20200203 files): here

Check your copy of these files; I would assume they are zero-byte files right now (or if not zero-byte, smaller than what they should be):

 

 

Replace them with clean copies from the link I provided (just search and download the appropriate ones).

Modifié le 12 octobre 2020 par topet2k12001

[topet2k12001]

7 minutes ago, topet2k12001 said:

Ah I know what your problem is. I would assume you didn't get your "clean" 20200203 copy via the torrent link. Instead, you used the MEGA download, am I right? The MEGA download seems to have a couple of corrupted files vs. the torrent. We have identified the files (so you won't have to download the entire thing again).

 

See the files in this link (this is the update for the DDR A20 Update Pack, now called DDR S.L.U.T., that I am currently working on so these are all fresh 20200203 files): here

Check your copy of these files; I would assume they are zero-byte files right now (or if not zero-byte, smaller than what they should be):

 

 

Replace them with clean copies from the link I provided (just search and download the appropriate ones).

@g3nsvrv

UPDATE: I realized I haven't uploaded my 20200203 versions yet (as you can see in the timestamps of the files). The ones currently in my MEGA are working, however they're the 20190903 versions (the "Thank You For Playing" will show up as slanted/diagonal and not horizontal - this is the easy indicator to know which version you have/are using).

 

Download again and test.

 

You should see that the "Date added" should be 10/12/2020 (today).

[g3nsvrv]

10 minutes ago, topet2k12001 said:

Ah I know what your problem is. I would assume you didn't get your "clean" 20200203 copy via the torrent link. Instead, you used the MEGA download, am I right? The MEGA download seems to have a couple of corrupted files vs. the torrent. We have identified the files (so you won't have to download the entire thing again).

 

See the files in this link (this is the update for the DDR A20 Update Pack, now called DDR S.L.U.T., that I am currently working on so these are all fresh 20200203 files): here

Check your copy of these files; I would assume they are zero-byte files right now (or if not zero-byte, smaller than what they should be):

 

 

Replace them with clean copies from the link I provided (just search and download the appropriate ones).

 

Actually, I'm using the clean one from the megaupload, I didn't have this issue using the blue/white cab, but yeah, the dan course is not present on the white/blue cab:

-rwxrwxrwx 1 g3nsvrv g3nsvrv 3.5M Sep  5 11:16 scene_game_over_lang_eng_v0.arc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 g3nsvrv g3nsvrv 3.5M Sep  5 11:16 scene_game_over_lang_eng_v1.arc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 g3nsvrv g3nsvrv 3.5M Sep  5 11:16 scene_game_over_lang_eng_v2.arc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 g3nsvrv g3nsvrv 3.4M Sep  5 11:16 scene_game_over_lang_jpn_v0.arc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 g3nsvrv g3nsvrv 3.4M Sep  5 11:16 scene_game_over_lang_jpn_v1.arc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 g3nsvrv g3nsvrv 7.5K Sep  5 11:16 scene_game_over_lang_jpn_v2.arc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 g3nsvrv g3nsvrv 1.7K Sep  5 11:16 scene_game_over_lang_kor_v1.arc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 g3nsvrv g3nsvrv 1.7K Sep  5 11:16 scene_game_over_lang_kor_v2.arc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 g3nsvrv g3nsvrv 455K Sep  5 11:16 scene_game_over_v0.arc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 g3nsvrv g3nsvrv 336K Sep  5 11:16 scene_game_over_v1.arc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 g3nsvrv g3nsvrv 226K Sep  5 11:16 scene_game_over_v2.arc

3ef009c3948928d66bd81a45bfc02dcf35c7d906b49f44cd9f27871478a24604  scene_game_over_lang_eng_v0.arc
3ef009c3948928d66bd81a45bfc02dcf35c7d906b49f44cd9f27871478a24604  scene_game_over_lang_eng_v1.arc
dd0f27e9f20469f555006740fb382d342a65dc274a1d9b8863f04d7f8e8dc732  scene_game_over_lang_eng_v2.arc
9ead868750468d8c15204cffe578fc2cc108ccd091525251c9c096090bcdae52  scene_game_over_lang_jpn_v0.arc
9ead868750468d8c15204cffe578fc2cc108ccd091525251c9c096090bcdae52  scene_game_over_lang_jpn_v1.arc
d8e3d00a15aca7dd500f26ed37bdfd7f43c9aa97ab2c14bf4bdb25d139293105  scene_game_over_lang_jpn_v2.arc
2614ffa648c69499fe6bae336ef9f8c158360f262499e836f77830a0af576985  scene_game_over_lang_kor_v1.arc
d426c93c58b13cd4cb0c0793fa28ad500ec403837e26640579acbea0fe8c5d9e  scene_game_over_lang_kor_v2.arc
2611392aae1f523a570bb116a295cea631bedebef5165c841658d4938df53143  scene_game_over_v0.arc
4771917290fbc255314b56d37b2a6c398683ac40df93a88a45a82f932595f6ca  scene_game_over_v1.arc
b007ec5e165be3f149f8df4036870f82bfec7c1e4ade44ee6dd69fc205d4660c  scene_game_over_v2.arc

 

 

[topet2k12001]

Just now, g3nsvrv said:

 

Actually, I'm using the clean one from the megaupload, I didn't have this issue using the blue/white cab, but yeah, the dan course is not present on the white/blue cab:

 

 

Ah there you go. It is confirmed then (thanks!) that the MEGA version has some corrupted files (probably a bad/interrupted upload on the part of the uploader). And yes, the issue won't appear when you're on Blue Cab for the same reason you mentioned.

[g3nsvrv]

3 minutes ago, topet2k12001 said:

 

Ah there you go. It is confirmed then (thanks!) that the MEGA version has some corrupted files (probably a bad/interrupted upload on the part of the uploader). And yes, the issue won't appear when you're on Blue Cab for the same reason you mentioned.

 

Thanks for the update. there's only two files that are different from my version, I will replace those and I will let you know if something goes wrong:

7c8a1cbb6bba9bb15e1a51887efe1fa3a54dfc49700ba3b2e4335cb8e6d711c7  scene_game_over_lang_eng_v1.arc
c2a53b2f304154120ce169f6b9c6ff5016749f3a655715e389aa6b75a9fc9d14  scene_game_over_lang_jpn_v1.arc

 

[topet2k12001]

6 minutes ago, g3nsvrv said:

 

Thanks for the update. there's only two files that are different from my version, I will replace those and I will let you know if something goes wrong:

7c8a1cbb6bba9bb15e1a51887efe1fa3a54dfc49700ba3b2e4335cb8e6d711c7  scene_game_over_lang_eng_v1.arc
c2a53b2f304154120ce169f6b9c6ff5016749f3a655715e389aa6b75a9fc9d14  scene_game_over_lang_jpn_v1.arc

 

Ah, that makes sense now. Any "v1" file is intended for "Gold Cab." So if only these are the errant files, then it does make sense now why the issue occurs only in "Gold Cab" mode.

Make sure you downloaded my copy of files that have a "Date added" of today (10/12/2020). The previous one that's in my MEGA are for the 20190903 (they're working but the "Thank You For Playing" is slanted/diagonal and not horizontal as it should be as of 20200203).

Modifié le 12 octobre 2020 par topet2k12001

[g3nsvrv]

47 minutes ago, topet2k12001 said:

Ah, that makes sense now. Any "v1" file is intended for "Gold Cab." So if only these are the errant files, then it does make sense now why the issue occurs only in "Gold Cab" mode.

Make sure you downloaded my copy of files that have a "Date added" of today (10/12/2020). The previous one that's in my MEGA are for the 20190903 (they're working but the "Thank You For Playing" is slanted/diagonal and not horizontal as it should be as of 20200203).

 

updating only those two files have resolved my problem. thanks m8

[topet2k12001]

3 hours ago, g3nsvrv said:

 

updating only those two files have resolved my problem. thanks m8

 

Glad to know this. You're welcome!

[GAMAXEDGE26]

Hi Guys i have a question,yesterday i download the 2019042200 version of the DDR A20 but im a little confused on what to do next,so i need a little help to update the game to the latest patch and how to do or wich files i need to download.Thanks in advance ^^

[topet2k12001]

2 hours ago, GAMAXEDGE26 said:

Hi Guys i have a question,yesterday i download the 2019042200 version of the DDR A20 but im a little confused on what to do next,so i need a little help to update the game to the latest patch and how to do or wich files i need to download.Thanks in advance ^^

Hi,

 

So to clarify, the 20190422 data dump is actually DDR Ace (DDR A) and not A20. Unfortunately we didn't start this thread so we can't modify the link posted in the very first page.

The latest DDR A20 is 20200203. There's a torrent link (just read probably starting Page 40 of this thread). I likewise provided a video that you can simply follow, for the "installation" part (technically no installation is needed, but okay let's just call it that way).

 

Start from Page 40.

 

[GAMAXEDGE26]

hace 4 horas, topet2k12001 dijo:

Hi,

 

So to clarify, the 20190422 data dump is actually DDR Ace (DDR A) and not A20. Unfortunately we didn't start this thread so we can't modify the link posted in the very first page.

The latest DDR A20 is 20200203. There's a torrent link (just read probably starting Page 40 of this thread). I likewise provided a video that you can simply follow, for the "installation" part (technically no installation is needed, but okay let's just call it that way).

 

Start from Page 40.

 

Ok i start to read from page 40 to update the game,thanks :D

[GAMAXEDGE26]

Ok i have the game and runs well but i have this problem,when i launch the game in HD the bg of the background dont display, if i run the game in SD the bg plays,i have the k-lite codec pack installed onm my laptop,maybe i do a wrong step xD

 

 

[tw3nz0r]

1 hour ago, GAMAXEDGE26 said:

i have the k-lite codec pack installed onm my laptop,maybe i do a wrong step xD

 

 

Uninstall the garbage k-lite codec pack, and register the two dll's in the com folder.

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/regsvr32

[DDRMarvel]

Thank you to all parties involved for releasing the user friendly executable! (DDR S.L.U.T.). Just had a couple questions:

 

1. I ran DDR A.S.S. for Blue A20, but didn't notice any change in song count from the 9/2019 build to this 2/2020 build. Are there any differences? Maybe I didn't run it at the right time? I copied the contents from contents folder to my contents folder, ran DDR A.S.S. then DDR S.L.U.T.

 

2. I got the game to work, despite getting an error saying "ddrio.dll was not found". Issue either corrected itself later, or I took one of the ddrios and removed the extra in the name to run that one. Just thought I'd make all aware in case they experience the same issue.

 

3. Now that the game is running on blue A20, I'm no longer needing to click through the 9 unlocks like one of the previous builds (major plus and time saver). Now however, I want to enable darkest filter and fast/slow timing. What needs to be done to get those to work given the current build? Perhaps this could be something to implement in the script for DDR S.L.U.T. for future releases? I saw somewhere buried In the previous posts what hex values to change, but when searching for that line and hex value, they're not located there. Example if the line is 7a80b with value 75 00 8B, value 75 00 8B isn't located at 7a80b. Need to know either A. Where are the locations and hex values needed to enable fast/slow and darkest filter. Or B. Is there a script/program or something that can be ran like in Butterfly to change these settings? After running DDR S.L.U.T., Im now just running spice.exe, blue A20 theme, SD, fullscreen on Windows XP. Some of this info may not be needed, but rather provide more instead of not enough info.

 

 

 

Thanks in advance, And thanks again for the user friendly build!

[tw3nz0r]

1. Don't use anything topet released, just grab clean February 2020 data.

 

3. If you're using butterfly, you can use a SQLite editor on the database for your profile. Otherwise use spicetools with clean February 2020 data, there's a new patches tab in it.

[topet2k12001]

10 hours ago, DDRMarvel said:

Thank you to all parties involved for releasing the user friendly executable! (DDR S.L.U.T.). Just had a couple questions:

 

1. I ran DDR A.S.S. for Blue A20, but didn't notice any change in song count from the 9/2019 build to this 2/2020 build. Are there any differences? Maybe I didn't run it at the right time? I copied the contents from contents folder to my contents folder, ran DDR A.S.S. then DDR S.L.U.T.

 

2. I got the game to work, despite getting an error saying "ddrio.dll was not found". Issue either corrected itself later, or I took one of the ddrios and removed the extra in the name to run that one. Just thought I'd make all aware in case they experience the same issue.

 

3. Now that the game is running on blue A20, I'm no longer needing to click through the 9 unlocks like one of the previous builds (major plus and time saver). Now however, I want to enable darkest filter and fast/slow timing. What needs to be done to get those to work given the current build? Perhaps this could be something to implement in the script for DDR S.L.U.T. for future releases? I saw somewhere buried In the previous posts what hex values to change, but when searching for that line and hex value, they're not located there. Example if the line is 7a80b with value 75 00 8B, value 75 00 8B isn't located at 7a80b. Need to know either A. Where are the locations and hex values needed to enable fast/slow and darkest filter. Or B. Is there a script/program or something that can be ran like in Butterfly to change these settings? After running DDR S.L.U.T., Im now just running spice.exe, blue A20 theme, SD, fullscreen on Windows XP. Some of this info may not be needed, but rather provide more instead of not enough info.

 

 

 

Thanks in advance, And thanks again for the user friendly build!

 

Hello @DDRMarvel,

 

TL,DR: my add-ons are not yet updated for use with the "clean" 20200203 data dump. Use at your own risk.

 

Response in detail:

 

1. Last I updated DDR A.S.S. it had the capability to forcefully unlock the 11 Golden League songs so that they are playable even when you are using Blue Cab Mode, as well as Mythomane and Digital Luv. In any case, there are no new songs added between the last data dump of 20190903 and the clean 20200203 if you've already been using my add-ons. Are there missing songs that you noticed?
    
2. The file ddrio.dll is needed only if you're using Bemanitools and only when running config.exe (the configuration stage of the setup wizard). Then again, if you've been using DDR P.U.S.S.(I.E.) on the "clean" 20200203 data, do know that I haven't updated DDR P.U.S.S.(I.E.) yet.
    
3. e-Amusement settings (dark, fast/slow, dancing characters, arrow type, etc.):
   • Back then, people had to resort to hex edits because butterfly didn't exist yet (butterfly only went love during the 20190422 data, which is "late DDR Ace" timeframe).
   • When butterfly went live (butterfly was made when the latest data dump was "late-DDR Ace" which was 20190422), it already has a built-in feature for changing the settings you are looking for.
   • The said settings are configurable from within butterfly's database and it has been the case ever since.
   • Also, butterfly is smart enough to "remember" your settings so it will apply the same settings until you change them again.
   • Aside from this being already built-in with butterfly there were other tools that were also made such as ddrhax and the addition of the said function in the latest version of Spicetools as @tw3nz0r has pointed out
   • As this is already built-in with butterfly, plus other 3rd-party tools already being available, plus the option to manually hex edit, it's already too redundant at this point to come up with yet another method.
      
4. The other functionality you mentioned (ability to switch between HD and SD, ability to choose between Blue/Gold Cab) are courtesy of DDR P.U.S.S.(I.E.) which I haven't updated yet to fully function with the "clean" 20200203 data dump. Also to be clear: DDR S.L.U.T. [Standardized Local Update Tool] is the old "Update Pack" which is basically a folder containing updated files that you copy-paste over to your current data, while DDR P.U.S.S.(I.E.) [Programmed User-Selectable Setup (Improved Execution)] is the actual automation/executable you are referring to.

Modifié le 18 octobre 2020 par topet2k12001
reorganized the comment; was using mobile earlier

[DDRMarvel]

10 hours ago, topet2k12001 said:

 

Hello @DDRMarvel,

 

TL,DR: my add-ons are not yet updated for use with the "clean" 20200203 data dump. Use at your own risk.

 

Response in detail:

 

1. Last I updated DDR A.S.S. it had the capability to forcefully unlock the 11 Golden League songs so that they are playable even when you are using Blue Cab Mode, as well as Mythomane and Digital Luv. In any case, there are no new songs added between the last data dump of 20190903 and the clean 20200203 if you've already been using my add-ons. Are there missing songs that you noticed?
    
2. The file ddrio.dll is needed only if you're using Bemanitools and only when running config.exe (the configuration stage of the setup wizard). Then again, if you've been using DDR P.U.S.S.(I.E.) on the "clean" 20200203 data, do know that I haven't updated DDR P.U.S.S.(I.E.) yet.
    
3. e-Amusement settings (dark, fast/slow, dancing characters, arrow type, etc.):
   • Back then, people had to resort to hex edits because butterfly didn't exist yet (butterfly only went love during the 20190422 data, which is "late DDR Ace" timeframe).
   • When butterfly went live (butterfly was made when the latest data dump was "late-DDR Ace" which was 20190422), it already has a built-in feature for changing the settings you are looking for.
   • The said settings are configurable from within butterfly's database and it has been the case ever since.
   • Also, butterfly is smart enough to "remember" your settings so it will apply the same settings until you change them again.
   • Aside from this being already built-in with butterfly there were other tools that were also made such as ddrhax and the addition of the said function in the latest version of Spicetools as @tw3nz0r has pointed out
   • As this is already built-in with butterfly, plus other 3rd-party tools already being available, plus the option to manually hex edit, it's already too redundant at this point to come up with yet another method.
      
4. The other functionality you mentioned (ability to switch between HD and SD, ability to choose between Blue/Gold Cab) are courtesy of DDR P.U.S.S.(I.E.) which I haven't updated yet to fully function with the "clean" 20200203 data dump. Also to be clear: DDR S.L.U.T. [Standardized Local Update Tool] is the old "Update Pack" which is basically a folder containing updated files that you copy-paste over to your current data, while DDR P.U.S.S.(I.E.) [Programmed User-Selectable Setup (Improved Execution)] is the actual automation/executable you are referring to.

Thank you very much for the clarification.  And yeah, I noticed the S.L.U.T. is the pack, the P.U.S.S.I.E.  the execution. I also found that after running the execution, I could just run spice.exe to run the game without having to run P.U.S.S.I.E. again and again. Is this accurate?

 

Forgot to mention that initially, when trying to run In SD mode, the resolution was causing the CRT to freak out and not display correctly. Even when I made sure I was choosing option 3 which was Blue A20 SD mode according to the options available. Not sure what that was about.

 

You mention the options of fast/slow, darkest background are available I'm butterfly or spicetools. Would someone be willing to share how to go about executing these mods in either program just in case? Screenshots preferred . I'll look around too when I get a chance.

 

Also saw the directions regarding paseli. I always play either on free play or event mode (mainly event mode) since I play privately at home. Is this causing me to miss out on anything in Blue A20 that would be available with normal play and paseli?

 

Thanks again.