Hey man, nice seeing you here. We all had a great time chatting on there. I will admit I am not as active here as I should be or used to be, I got a project going on right now making a Korean War mod for Battlefield 2.

Mr357 did an awesome job on the Shenmue 2 movie, was really great reliving all those scenes again but with a group of like minded fans.

I know I am preaching to the choir here, but for those that don't know like the guy above I suggest people take the time to check this video out. It is the definitive video that explains ALL the differences and nuances of the Xbox and original Dreamcast and what makes each so different.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HNOSQqoUcg

This shows the pros and cons of the Xbox version. I do hope we can combine some of the pros from the Xbox port on the PC version of the pack via mods.

Since it is so long, if you only want to see the differences betwixt Dreamcast and Xbox, skip to about 14:50 in the video.

I think its best I don't talk about 4:3 vs 16:9. All I will say is that for technical reasons parts of the game are currently limited to 4:3. If you play the game in an emulator with a widescreen hack you will see some of the issues.

We've ported the xbox version of Shenmue II so yes it does have stencil shadows.

Hello, just wanted too ask you to clarify something. When you say widescreen hacks, are you referring to the option in like NullDC to turn on extra geometry, or referring to a true widescreen hack like found in this thread? We have pretty much solved making the games widescreen on Sega Dreamcast and fixed the issue with the geometry clipping where it renders things off screen differently.

http://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=50595

Old widescreen hack
http://i.imgur.com/Xv2I3OU.jpg

New widescreen hack
http://i.imgur.com/AS3NBC5.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaPngFyOs8s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vckFMdFi8QY

I think this is a good example of what I think you are talking about. The issue where the guys animation froze on the left side of the screen you can see his foot just out of the area where the 4:3 window would be.

With the full source code I would think that could maybe be remedied in some way? Perhaps I am wrong though.

Hey guys, I was asked to post these animated VMU characters here by Ziming.



More can be seen in the link below.

https://imgur.com/a/8eSAkJC

Here are some high resolution promotional game screenshots from the Xbox version taken many years ago.



Gallery link

https://imgur.com/a/2mxR58A