GYO6161 wrote:

shredingskin wrote: Same, but with more porn.

Sailor porn?

Only the finest!

I'm in chat by the way if anyone wants to join. It seems a bit dead at the moment, but I hope it picks up a little as the conference goes on.

Wow, I still can't believe this is happening.
I can't even listen to the Shenmue theme anymore without hearing the "shing" noise where the logo was revealed in the E3 video. It's literally been burned into my mind.
This new material is so exciting. If it looks this good in a prototype stage, then I just can't imagine how good it will look upon release. Thanks to everyone involved for providing live updates and translations.

Good old ShenMoo-e

Hello backers!
In this month’s update, we are happy to announce some changes to Ryo Hazuki’s model, changes to the logo and clarification to Sony’s involvement in the funding of Shenmue III.
Here is a render of the new model:
https://i.gyazo.com/91688467361ae469c5abde7e5de230ee.jpg

As you can see, we’ve made many significant improvements. The first thing you might notice is the new eye texture. Shenmue I and II were very depressing games and we wanted to take Shenmue III in a new direction and make it a happier and more positive game. To achieve this, we’ve replaced Ryo’s cold staring eyes with brand new super happy eyes. We feel that this gives much more of a positive and happy vibe.

The next thing you might notice is the purple lipstick. We don’t have any information regarding this to share at this time.

If you look at Ryo’s shirt, you may notice that it is no longer plain white as shown in pervious iterations of the model. During the Kickstarter campaign, the social media website Twitter was vital. Backers and fans worldwide took to it to spread the good Shenmue word. We’d like to pay homage to that and to do so, we’ve included the iconic Twitter phrase #YOLOSWAG on Ryo’s shirt.

As for Sony’s involvement with funding, we can now reveal that we have secured a sponsorship deal! As you can see from the image above, Sony are now sponsoring the bandage on Ryo’s face.

And finally, we are pleased to announce some long awaited changes to the logo font. Many of you have voiced distaste in the Papyrus font and we hear you loud and clear. We’ve taken your feedback very seriously and used it to craft a new, improved logo that we think you’re going to love. We present to you, the new Shenmue logo:
https://i.gyazo.com/6b5ca8bc73c6a4e9d401da1088f1d5d5.png

Oh and also, Shenmue III is cancelled.

We hope you are as happy as we are with the new changes! Have a wonderful April.

- The Awesome Japan Team

Happy April, Dojo!

where are the black and white Monaco pictures in 144p?
Hopefully these ultra high res photos should do.

https://i.gyazo.com/afc66a1b4e64b0531f7b1e38f792086b.png

https://i.gyazo.com/b9487f8b20b825c5eb8ac147375a470c.png

https://i.gyazo.com/b029383976196bbaa3f6baf67b11530a.png

FlagshipFighter wrote:
they've also just announced the season pass! :-D !!!!!!1

I can also exclusively confirm that the vending machines and toy capsule machines link with PayPal and will now only accept real money.

GYO6161 wrote: Shenmue 3 has evolved into Shenchinko 3 for Pachinkos only, developed by Konami! YAY

I hope Yu likes his new job as a janitor/cleaner.

Is it weird that just for a split second, I forgot Shenmue III was already confirmed and was like "OMFG! THIS IS IT!"?
Old reflexes still in action I guess.

GYO6161 wrote: Yu Suzuki did 9/11 confirmed

Don't you mean 7/11?

Almost 1 year after the big KS success and they are still "investigating" how to solve licence issues and make the game?

"Investigating" smells like a pr response made to nor confirm the thing and neither deny it, which saves them from the anger of fans if they denied it.

Reminds me of Yu Suzuki "looking into" Kickstarter for a couple of years. :P
Yeah but the difference is, unlike SEGA, Yu Suzuki actually gave a fuck about what the fans wanted and actively tried to please people because he knew how special the game was to all of us. SEGA couldn't care less about us. They're a faceless corporation who put profit and reputation first and passion (much) later. That's why I'm skeptical that SEGA will ever release an HD collection unless Sony or another investor bankroll it.

He updated his blog again on the 2nd of May:



http://ichi-3dstuff.blogspot.co.uk/

I hope he's alright.

I have to come offline guys, my mum wants to use the phone.

Giorgio wrote: Nice Hello Kitty Pink Dreamcast in the background.

Only the finest for Yu and his team!

So glad it's finally done!
It looks amazing, great job! Can't wait to watch the whole thing.

I'll be in the board's chatroom tonight for the Sony conference if anyone else wants to join me. Always a good atmosphere in there during these sorts of things. I'll never forget the explosion in chat when Shenmue III was announced last year; it made the whole thing so much better! Good times :mrgreen:

And to make things even more complicated and divided, Nicola Sturgeon is taking advantage of the situation and now wants to hold a 2nd independence referendum for Scotland in light of the result. This is disastrous.

Remaining in the EU is an absolute must.

I voted Remain, but I do not agree with the mass scale protests and riots. People always talk about living in a democratic society such as the UK but then refuse to accept democracy when it does not favour them.
I hate the fact that we'll no longer be part of the EU, I worry about my future as a student and I worry about the consequences this will have on factors such as the economy. But that is democracy and instead of getting nowhere by giving the impression that as remain voters we can't accept democracy, we need to band together to make this work.

I don't like it, but it's happening so we need to make the most of it.

It's great to know that Yu's happy with the way the game is turning out.
Also, those environments really excite every time I see them. To think that we'll soon be running around them as Ryo Hazuki and continuing the story of Shenmue in a world that looks like that blows me away.

I'm excited!

Brosauce in a nutshell:

Some of the detail was lost, so it's not quite as nice looking, but if it's any use to you I was able to convert the picture into vectors and scale it up to a higher resolution:

The_Fuzileiro wrote:That's just one work to say and it is in my language: "Caaaaaaaaaraaaaaalhooooooo"

Thank you so much guys! For me... it is perfect! I'm gonna cry!

Thanks a million man! Everybody! Thank you!

Fantastic! Glad you like it. Enjoy your shirt

MiTT3NZ wrote: I'm actually looking forward to Sea of Thieves more, even though it'll probably be a fucking mess when it gets released.

I mean, I wouldn't be surprised. Judging from your signature, things you look forward to do indeed seem to be a fucking mess.

Monkei wrote:He must have really been looking forward to your attempt at making a witty remark criticizing his taste then!

Oh dayum! I've been outdone

James Brown wrote:Wow completely forgot to check back in here! Great job Jibby, that image is fantastic!

I second you enjoying your new shirt dude, please show us a photo of the finished piece when it's done

Thanks James! And yeah, I really hope we get to see a photo of the shirt

Do you guys remember that feeling on the Dojo in the days coming up to E3 2015 of just pure positivity and hope, like we all knew something Shenmue related was going to happen even though we didn't have any solid information to go on? It was so surreal (like seriously, go back and read the E3 2015 thread). It could just be becuase of Peter's fantastic posts, but I imagine that feeling might return this December for PSX 2016.

I think the expression on everybody's face at whatever was on that laptop tells us more about Shenmue III then any update so far. I mean, that's the reaction of loyal fans who have waited over a decade for Shenmue III. That's what we're all going to look like when we boot the game up for the first time and start playing. It shows us just how well development is going and much it's going to feel like a Shenmue game. It's so exciting!

I've also made a mockup to show what I think the perfect Shenmue III title screen would look like. Ours are really similar Peter
(but I guess there's only so much you can do with 30 seconds of direct feed )

Congratulations!

So before I start, I want to make it clear that this is a proof of concept. It's not really practical at all and you wouldn't want to play the game this way (bad latencty, occasional stutter, general instability etc.), but it is my hope that with enough tweaking and exploring different methods I can change that.

With that being said, let me guide you through the process of playing Shenmue in realtime 60FPS.

You're going to need the following things:
A pretty beefy machine (I'm using a R9 290X and an i5 4690k, so something along those lines should work)
DEMUL (or whatever emulator you prefer)
A Shenmue ROM
SVP (https://www.svp-team.com/wiki/Main_Page)
XSplit Broadcaster
MPC-HD (32 bit!!)

First of all, you're going to need to install all of the software above. (You might need to make an account for XSPLIT I'm afraid).

Once you've done that, launch SVP. It should run through some tests and eventually bring you to this screen:
https://i.gyazo.com/68e6d6ca4e3a0645654c3abedb2a3125.png

Match your settings to the one in my screenshot.

The next thing you'll need to do is launch 32 bit (VERY IMPORTANT!) version of MPC-HD. Upon doing so, go to View > Options. Then look on the left hand list for "Internal Filters". Once that is selected, there should be a button named "Video decoder". Click on that and a new window will popup. On the right of this window should be a panel titled "Hardware Acceleration". Click on the dropdown box and set it to "DXVA2 (copy-back)". You can then click ok to close out of that window. Here's a screenshot to clarify:
https://i.gyazo.com/968ba0cd641e81020ca4f65a57a5df20.png

Next, look on the left hand list again for "External Filters". Once that is selected, click "Add Filter", look for "ffdshow raw video filter" and add that. Make sure it's checked and that it is set to "Prefer". Again, apply the changes.
https://i.gyazo.com/cf6d2c85d2c5639195af79a81032c102.png

Finally, you're going to want to look on the list for "Capture" and select that. Under "Analogue settings" change "Video" to "XSplitBroadcaster". Leave everything else as default as it shouldn't make any difference. If you don't see this option, try opening and then closing Xsplit and trying again. You can now apply and close the settings window.
https://i.gyazo.com/8a2b9e7620377c2e73027a37c0607a79.png

Next, open up your emulator (I suggest DEMUL) and set it to a low resolution like 640x480 (Realtime interpolation at high resolutions makes the game stutter a lot!). Save these settings and launch the emulator.

With the emulator running, launch XSplit and create a new scene (you can do so in the bottom right hand corner). Once you have done this, in the bottom left click "Add" > "Game Capture" and then there should be an option that depicts your emulator. In my case it was "gpuDX11nghw" but this may vary depending on your emulator/plugins. After adding this, stretch it as large as it will go in the preview window. You should now have something that looks like this:
https://i.gyazo.com/1380beef66fb276f268c03d13bb4ab0f.png

With the emulator and XSplit still running, lauch MPC-HD (32 bit!!) again. Click on "File" > "Open Device". You should hopefully see Shenmue within MPC-HD now (if not, read on anyway). We're almost done. On the left hand side you should see two numbers next to a "Set" button. Ensure both of these numbers are set to 0 and then click "Set".
https://i.gyazo.com/f511e4a0d8b01cd4b003c5a592d23d55.jpg

If you followed the guide correctly, the video feed within MPC-HD should be in 60FPS. Drag your emulator window offscreen but keep it the active window (so that you can control the game). And there you have it, Shenmue in realtime 60FPS! However like I said at the start, I cannot stress enough that this is a proof of concept . There's going to be latency and there's going to be stutter. I just thought it was a cool little thing to try.

The US just elected a living meme as their president! Prepare for the dankest 420 years of your lives my American friends!

I don't support Trump, but I respect democracy and I think it's vile that these kinds of attacks and protests are happening. You might not agree with the outcome, but if that's the choice that's been made in a democratic society, you need to respect that and make the most of it. It's the reason why I'm also against the idea of a 2nd Brexit referendum here in the UK despite being a very strong Remain supporter. You can't participate in democracy and then decide not to accept it if it doesn't favor you; that isn't how it works.

That crushing moment when you realise that perfect brew you had was a complete accident and can never be recreated.
I completely forgot that this was random thoughts and spent ages trying to figure out how this linked to the election lol.

But on topic, I've been there before and yeah, it's very disheartening :(

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Is that the new Shenmue III Ryo model?

Ahh gotcha, that makes more sense. Sorry, I misinterpreted your post I think. When you put it that way, that's probably a fair enough assumption to make.

During the Kickstarter we had to fight all the bullshit media that claimed Shenmue III was first party. It's not, it's being developed by Neilo and YS.NET; two companies that have nothing to do with Sony. Sony are only publishing the PS4 version so I don't think it'll have a panel. The success of Shenmue isn't really that much of an important factor for Sony compared to first party titles like Death Stranding possibly some new Naughty Dog games.

I'm voting both. I'm usually pessimistic when it comes to Shenmue HD, but for some reason I just have this really strong feeling that this could be it and I have no idea why.

Yeah come on guys, let's give it a rest. What happened was disappointing but we're just going to make ourselves feel so much worse if we convince ourselves that it's all doom and gloom from here. Yes, it's worrying that we've not been shown anything substantial for a while but that's always been the way Yu's done things from the very beginning of the campaign. I don't think he quite understands the importance of marketing and believes instead that we'll have faith and 'trust in Yu'. I'm not defending that point of view, marketing is very important and the idea that we should just have faith completely neglects the idea of any potential newcomers to the series.

What I'm trying to say is yes, we have the right to be disappointed. This will probably have ramifications and it feels awful. But let's suck it up. There's noting we can do about it now and if we keep coming up with all these stupid theories that production has stopped or that the game is going to be awful, we're just going to make things so much worse for ourselves. It's like rubbing salt in your own wounds. Let's not do that.

And Peter, thank you so much for the stream! Apart from the no-show I really enjoyed your commentary and the community spirit I felt there was top-notch. It really helped soften the blow too, haha.

Jesus christ, people are still having hissy fits over this? Look, I always try to be a voice of reason here on the forum, but seriously, take a chill pill, go outside and get some fresh air. People are getting legit stressed out irl due to the fact that a video game didn't appear at a convention. It's ridiculous and not worth the stress your inflicting on yourself. It's just a game. At the end of the day you'll have your Shenmue III so just chill and don't make the final product sour for yourself by acting like everyone involved is evil. Yu Suzuki is not your enemy, Cedric Biscay is not your enemy. Nobody is trying to deliberately wrong-do you so stop acting like they're bad people.

Jesus christ, people are still having hissy fits over this? Look, I always try to be a voice of reason here on the forum, but seriously, take a chill pill, go outside and get some fresh air. People are getting legit stressed out irl due to the fact that a video game didn't appear at a convention. It's ridiculous and not worth the stress your inflicting on yourself. It's just a game. At the end of the day you'll have your Shenmue III so just chill and don't make the final product sour for yourself by acting like everyone involved is evil. Yu Suzuki is not your enemy, Cedric Biscay is not your enemy. Nobody is trying to deliberately wrong-do you so stop acting like they're bad people.

Who says I'm stressed out? I'm living life grandly. Don't mistake my criticisms for the KS campaign for me having no life. You are projecting and makes it look like you can't take criticism towards the game, which is probably even more pathetic than what you're accusing me of. Chill? I'm chill. I'm just stating how I feel and there's nothing wrong with that.

I wouldn't consider writing paragraph after paragraph on thread after thread about your disappointment over a video game as 'living life grandly' but ok. You've allowed yourself to get so wound up about this and it's getting a bit silly now. You're quite clearly not chill. There's nothing wrong with expressing your disappointment, we all did; the only difference is we've all managed to move past it whilst here you are still talking shit about everyone involved and making petty threats of informing the media and damaging the reputation of Suzuki in complete spite. I think that's a fairly good reason to come to the conclusion that this is stressing you out.

Himuro,
I'm sorry if I came off as rude in my posts - it's not my intention. I understand what you're trying to say, I really do. The way things have fallen for Shenmue III is so unfair, it really is. The mishandling of the Kickstarter, the misinformation of the media and the ramifications this has had on the reputation of Shenmue is awful.
I completely agree that new footage at PSX could have changed all of that and I realise that this is why everything is so disappointing for you. Cedric led us to believe that Shenmue was about to triumph the injustices that it has faced and we were left empty handed. Do I think his intentions were malicious? No, but it was definitely disappointing.

But please realise, Shenmue III will be done justice one day. Be it at E3 or in an update that day will come. However until then, all we have is morale. I understand that after being let down as much as we were, it's really easy to become demotivated, but if we let morale drop we've got nothing. We're Shenmue fans - we've thrived on morale for 14 years. We can hold out just a little longer.

I get you might not agree with me on this, and that's completely ok. I don't have any ill will towards you and I'm not going to try and tell you how to feel. I just hope you'll understand the point I'm trying to make.

My guess is that the board is some kind of beanbag toss:



Although, I'm not too sure where the forklift fits into that. A prize perhaps?

Have you guys been reading too much IGN or something? Why is there such a trend of hating Yu Suzuki and Shenmue III on here lately? So what if they're not as far into development as planned. It just means the game gets delayed (which a lot of people want anyway).

If what Rikitatsu says is to be believed, it's no wonder that we're not seeing super impressive material yet. However so many people pressure the studio to show us new material, they buckle to the pressure and release disappointing screenshots (with photoshoped elements), people see them and become even further disappointed and the cycle of hate continues.

Guys, Yu Suzuki literally said in this update that he's staying in his office overnight because he cares so much about Shenmue III. It's shameful to call Shenmue III 'humiliating' after seeing screenshots that we probably pressured the team to release with our constant messages after PSX. If the team are behind, we need to be understanding and supportive instead of going 'Games Media' mode. Shenmue III will be a great game, even if we have to wait a while longer for the good stuff to come to light.

Remember guys:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Czs9TT9W8AARw_n.jpg

Guys, Yu Suzuki literally said in this update that he's staying in his office overnight because he cares so much about Shenmue III. It's shameful to call Shenmue III 'humiliating' after seeing screenshots that we probably pressured the team to release with our constant messages after PSX. If the team are behind, we need to be understanding and supportive instead of going 'Games Media' mode. Shenmue III will be a great game, even if we have to wait a while longer for the good stuff to come to light.

Jibby - The voice of reason! Love it when you post as you manage to put exactly what I am thinking, into better words than I ever could!
Thanks man! I appreciate that :)