.hack//Fragment Patcher 1.0.4 Beta 2

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After doing some debugging, I found out that the original address I checked for what file was currently active actually changes between different pcsx2 versions. I found another address that appears to remain static between versions and shouldn’t break the check anymore. This will not work with the original untranslated version of the game. The new area where I am checking for what file is loaded doesn’t populate till after the current binary changes. It’s something I am working on but for now I would just like to know if anyone is having issues with this current version in terms of connecting.

Just to be on the safe side, please backup your saves.

https://github.com/Zero1UP/dot-Hack-Fragment-Patcher/releases/tag/v1.0.4B2

[PS2] Memory Card Formatter

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Memory Card Formatter is a homebrew application for the PS2 that allows the user to quickly format memory cards. Simply insert a memory card into either Slot 1 or 2 (or both) and press start.

ps2MemoryCardFormatter

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.hack//Fragment Patcher

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.hack//Fragment Patcher is a homebrew application for the PS2 and the emulator PCSX2 that will allow the user to play the game in english without the need to download a modified copy of the game. With this anyone with a copy of the original game can pop it into their ps2 (or PC through the emulator), run the homebrew and play.

The patch is in development and currently has the following features:

  • DNAS Bypass and able to connect to Alkalime’s Lobby Server
  • Basic ground work for translations (Currently only Chaos gate is translated)
  • EXP Loss on death for Mulitplayer has been disabled.
  • Item loss from not saving before quitting has been disabled.

I made the code open source so anyone can read through it. I am still rather new to PS2 homebrew development so if the code doesn’t look that great, that’s because it’s probably not.
The code can be found on my github here.

Once I have a majority of the translations in place, I will make a binary release here.

.hack//fragment Patcher

 

 

 

 

Setting up PCSX2 for Socom 2 and SVDL (Updated)

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PS2/PSP Socom II

Why should I use PCSX2 over a Playstation 2?

Well if you already have a PS2 setup and you don’t care about better looking visuals then PCSX2 really isn’t for you. However if you don’t wish to use a PS2 anymore or can’t be bothered but would like to play Socom2 again this this would be for you. You can expect a cleaner looking game, smoother visuals and the ability to easily use custom patches / content (Harry62’s r0005 patch for instance).

pcsx2_dgseal

pcsx2_dg

pcsx2_deathTrap

Updates

The following has updated:

  • Changed the guide to use a dev build of PCSX2 1.5 (Some screenshots are of the older version but the windows / settings didn’t change)
  • Removed Xlink configuration and changed it to SVDL

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Ps2Dis: Extending and relocating a string

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Programs and files needed:

PS2dis
Any Hex editor. In this example I am using HxD though.
HACK_00.ELF (This is found on your .hack.//Fragment disk.) (This is also the online ELF for the game, the single player version is HACK_01.ELF

Optional

Socom 2 Imposter Maker by Dark Killer ( I used this to convert text to hexadecimal. It’s not needed but it makes it quicker.)

Problem

When translating this game from Japanese to English you tend to run into space constraints when dealing with how many letters you can cram in a memory location.  The problem came up where a translation wasn’t correct and since there just wasn’t room to actually have the correct text it instead was made to be something else. As a quick example the Twinblade spell “Tiger Claws” is currently just “Claws”.

A way to fix this issue

In the game .hack//fragment strings are loaded in by pointers.
For this example I am going to show how we can extend a string past the limit it currently has.
Currently I have a level 15 Blademaster that knows the spell Vak Slash and I want to call it something else, something longer.

So we open up PS2Dis and take the HACK_00.ELF and drag it over to PS2Dis. Press Control G and type the following “Vak Slash”, you should see something like this:
ps2Dis Label List

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MSSQL Sub Query

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Databases MSSQL

This is written using Microsoft SQL Server however a lot of this can carry over just fine to other SQL variants with little change. I am also using SQL Management Studio 2016 when writing this query. This can be found here.

Sub queries come handy when you need to return data from multiple tables but need that data Summed up or some form of calculation done on them. This isn’t the only scenario where these are useful but in this example that’s what I will be doing.

The example below does not require you to create any tables as everything is done in memory.

Creating our tables:

DECLARE @Users TABLE (
	UserID INT IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY, 
	FirstName VARCHAR(25), 
	LastName VARCHAR(25)
 
); 
 
DECLARE @items TABLE (
	ItemID INT IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY, 
	ItemName VARCHAR(150), 
	PricePerUnit NUMERIC(5,2)
 
); 
 
DECLARE @sales TABLE (
	SaleID INT IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY,
	UserID INT, 
	ItemID INT, 
	AmountSold INT
 
);

 

The “@” tells SQL Server that we are creating a variable and in this case the data type for that variable is a table.

Notes:
IDENTITY(1,1) means that this field auto increments. This is great for Primary keys so you do not have to know what the last ID was, it will do that for you and insert it.

Now we want to insert data into these table so we have something to lookup later on.

Insert statements:

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