[Arcade PC] Plants vs Zombies Last Stand (Sega)

[ducon2016]

3 minutes ago, joe555 said:

yes did that here, it will boot if I only run the pvz exe, but then obvisily hangs on screen

 

The game cannot run if you launch pvz.exe. You must launch the patched version of shell.exe. Make sure you did not change any ini files.

 

In particular, don't change screen width and height. I tried to change to 1920x1080 and the game would not launch anymore.

 

Width=1080
Height=1920

 

[joe555]

I did that and wouldn't, got the quick pop up and close, so than tried the pvz after , but I will try shortly with your new patch and change my scaling to 100, dunno same results 

Modifié il y a 6 heures par joe555

[chonglanhann]

Thank you!

[argonlefou]

il y a 51 minutes, ducon2016 a dit :

Try the patch v2 I just posted.

 

 

Same screen, Error! Update Failed

Did you manage to redirect the output strings from the shell ?

It's not outputdebug strings and haven't looked at it yet

[ducon2016]

18 minutes ago, argonlefou said:

Same screen, Error! Update Failed

Did you manage to redirect the output strings from the shell ?

It's not outputdebug strings and haven't looked at it yet

 

Try this one. For the output, I got some in the debugger but not sure it is capturing what you are looking for.

Shell-Argon.NoobDiff

[argonlefou]

il y a 21 minutes, ducon2016 a dit :

 

Try this one. For the output, I got some in the debugger but not sure it is capturing what you are looking for.

Shell-Argon.NoobDiff 816 O · 0 téléchargement

 

Whooops, made it work with the V2 diff : turned out that the famous "reboot" changed not only wallpaper, pvz folder but also removed the "Backup" folder

I saw the shell trying to access that so restoring it allows the Shell to boot 🤙

 

The "update" is in fact check/copy from "BAckup" PVZ game files to PVZ folder

 

Let's see how playable is that game now

Modifié il y a 5 heures par argonlefou

[miki91]

the game loads and remains on the title screen with the loading mark

[joe555]

I'm thinking might have something to do with sound settings, I had Realtek sound disabled, since using Samsung speakers from tv, enabled that now screen pops up and stays black longer, so will continue to mess with

 

 

[S.G.D]

9 hours ago, ducon2016 said:

Success!!!

 

=== WARNING, THE SEGA FOLDER NEEDS TO BE AT THE ROOT OF C:\ ===

 

1. Download a random dk2win32.dll and put in the shell folder (I used this one https://www.opendll.com/index.php?file-download=dk2win32.dll&arch=32bit&version=4.13.0.63)

2. Patch shell.exe with Noobpatcher and attached NoobDiff

3. Run shell.exe (this will launch pvz.exe automatically)

 

@argonlefou Je te laisse faire les inputs comme tu as ton super systeme deja pour les jeux unity avec demulshooter

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shell-v2.NoobDiff 726 B · 12 downloads

thank you

[jcstahl1]

4 hours ago, ducon2016 said:

 

Try this one. For the output, I got some in the debugger but not sure it is capturing what you are looking for.

Shell-Argon.NoobDiff 816 B · 12 downloads

First time trying to boot the game, and it worked with this patch.  Didn't try any gameplay.  Also used an ahk to rotate display and everything looks good.  I'd post a screenshot but since emuline has reduced the file size attachment down to next to nothing for reply comments, that even resized down to 240x427 it's too big of a file to post.

Modifié il y a 1 heure par jcstahl1

[scooby]

Yes everything seems to be booting fine with this game. Just missing the controls now, but I'm sure the Argon magic's will operate. Frankly speaking, I would like to have the skill you have (you, Argon and Ducon) to understand and decrypt how to make arcade games playable on conventionnal PC that are no dedicated for that. For me as I don't understand anything in deep level programming and debugging (except click and play), it always seems some kind of magic.

 

Edit:

Did you have a look at this one?

It seems to be a Unity based game but the exe is protected by a Sentinel dongle.

Modifié il y a 44 minutes par scooby

[Yusuf-5454]

I can't get past this screen  Nothing is used except the t and y keys

[miao8yu5]

7 hours ago, joe555 said:

Then your getting same results as me, and don't see what could be doing wrong

me too