Hello everyone,

The latest build of nullDC has a couple of bugs that affect the gameplay of Shenmue, one of those bugs causes the emulator to randomly crash at some points during the gameplay of Shenmue II, and the other bug produces a really annoying high-pitch buzzing sound when playing What's Shenmue with CDDA Audio enabled.

I managed to fix both bugs, recompiled and uploaded the fixed nullDC r150 :

http://i.imgur.com/oNed55k.png
http://i.imgur.com/qmIk9y8.png
http://youtu.be/t_ugtRweKIo

Click here to download

I think it's the best version of nullDC out there, especially for Shenmue, since it has all the advantages of the latest release as well as the newly implemented fixes, give it a try if you like and let me know what you think.

Update :
A version with a different background art :

http://i.imgur.com/5iTjTdc.png

Click here to download


new background art made by : brad86

Note : I highly recommend deleting nullDC.cfg file, this will reset nullDC's settings back to default. You also need to install BOTH X64 and x86 versions of VS 2013 Dll files. which can be grabbed from this link : http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784

Thanks for your time.

I think it's time for a little appetizer, considering we're still having difficulties with hacking the menus and the UI (We're still looking for hackers/SH4 dissasemblers).

http://i.imgur.com/SqpynH8s.jpg http://i.imgur.com/RirMyrQs.jpg http://i.imgur.com/n5znI7Ns.jpg http://i.imgur.com/B8K2gQds.jpg http://i.imgur.com/xSqaXePs.jpg http://i.imgur.com/GQkAYnxs.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Kw336SFs.jpg http://i.imgur.com/eS4K8O2s.jpg http://i.imgur.com/eL1ihY6s.jpg http://i.imgur.com/33UJaCXs.jpg

By any chance did anyone ever make a version without downsampled audio just for Emulator purposes?

Like I even tried to do this myself. I got as far as checking out the tens of thousands of different files inside the AFS container in disc 1 alone between the Dreamcast and Xbox versions and saw they were referred to differently between versions, that alone was enough to make me give up lol.

So yeah would def appreciate it if anyone has done this could share, or any pointers on how the above was dealt with would be cool. (...It wasn't "manually was it? 8-[ ) I'd share it myself if I could get it working.

im not sure what version it is but some fella over on an Adam Koralik video posted this https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J8NV5EiFu-J17NbOMsD93le-QRpj4I9zdZTIyZvnlZg/edit

the linked shenmue 2 copy has full ENG voices and each disc is around 1gb so.. maybe its not compressed.

Ok, I mirrored the uncompressed 1gb per disc CDI pack and added lots of info to the end of the original post on the front page. I also cleaned it up significantly and removed much dead info and links. It now looks much more presentable. Thanks to all involved that I mention.


Emulators/Optical Disc Emu's.

1gb uncompressed audio, CDI images of Shenmue 2 Xbox English Speech mod. 2.43gb download, extracts to 4.11gb's.

Mirror by yours truly Anthony817.

https://mega.nz/#!HNETzDgQ!E_hoqpOIUNNXEW5z6f5Wb6z7g0ANcDEzwFBVKRNu7HQ

For tips on how to get near perfect emulation of this game, you can follow the info found here! This has the original file for the 1gb release if you see my link above down.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J8NV5EiFu-J17NbOMsD93le-QRpj4I9zdZTIyZvnlZg/edit

Thanks to Chowchilla for the info!

SweetFX + profile by brad86. To turn off the CRT effect look for SweetFX_settings.txt and find the line "#define CRTAmount 1.00" and set the value to "0.00" and save if you want clearer graphics without scannlines. Also install this all to the root of NullDC.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/ju0o2z1gu004pe0/SweetFX-1.4-+CRT+SHENMUE.rar

Here is the post with the SweetFX if you want to see screenshots.

http://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=46995&start=30

I've been wanting to do this for a while now. The results are better than I ever had expected, so I'd like to share with everyone.

A big discussion when talking about Shenmue and current technology is how to properly display the image. Some connect via VGA to a monitor which is the easiest solution and looks great. Most want to play on their TV's however, which as time goes on gets a little more tricky. I've done various methods including VGA on monitor, VGA to component on a CRT 4:3 HDTV, VGA pixel for pixel on an XBR-3, VGA to HDMI through a HD third party scaler (the one Adam used) and finally now this method which I can confirm absolutely demolishes every other way I've ever viewed this game.

So the first thing to know is you'll need to properly upscale the image, otherwise it'll look horrible. To properly upscale into HD (while retaining the correct aspect ratio) a third party scaler is required, which are niche and quite expensive. They get the job done, though obviously don't push the envelope any. The image quality is better than displaying pixel for pixel.

4K UHD is the same principal, though thanks to new technology becomes a bit easier (just more expensive, but is an investment). The two best scalers on the market as of today are the X-Reality PRO by Sony and the Revelation by SHARP. I won't go into major detail, but both are comparable and take different steps to achieving the same end goal.

Because the X-Reality PRO is an internal scaler, we're actually going to want to convert the VGA signal to HDMI raw without upscaling. From there the X-Reality PRO will do the rest and by the rest, I mean this . Do take a glance as it'll show the amount of tech the engine uses to upscale an image, something a third party scaler simply isn't capable of.

The end result is this and I don't think much more could be expected of a game developed from the late 90's onward, especially with a rendering resolution of 640x480. The X900B in general hides jaggies particularly well, but what stands out to me the most is the color range and depth. Granted this is a testament as to how far technology has come, but it also says a lot about the production value of Shenmue. It truly was ahead of it's time.

Here is the game (both Passport and Disc 1) running:

http://i.imgur.com/uqGJMtq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ffIGSOB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ANExBvJ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/jZ5Flfc.jpg

The equipment (though the most important tech such as the scaler is internal):

http://i.imgur.com/7NvZMHC.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nXpDlyT.jpg

Dreamcast version.





T_T

Hello everyone, I'm sorry not to have given new long time, I've been busy. With the announcement of the release of Shenmue 3, I decided to distribute new copy of Shenmue Undub.

Add

Shenmue Undub "Disc 2" [PAL-E] (CD-R 99): [reupload bug fix 07/2015]

Shenmue Undub [PAL-E] .GDI for GDEMU/USB-GDROM/Emulator:
Shenmue Undub Disc 1 (GDI)
Shenmue Undub Disc 2 (GDI)
Shenmue Undub Disc 3 (GDI)

If anyone can confirm that games boot on GDEMU? I do not have the equipment to test.

Thx.

BTW, there is any undub version of shenmue 2? Just to play Shenmue 2 for DC with Yuan male voice

I realized this version but I have never shared it.

https://youtu.be/5j4qmMi-M-s

Demul is a really good Dreamcast emulator, and unlike NullDC it's still being worked on. It requires a more powerful PC to run smoothly at this current stage but it's being optimised and more bugs are being fixed. One of the things you can do to minimise the sound-distortion bug that happens every now and then is to make sure v-sync is unchecked.

The next Demul alpha release will bring a cool Shenmue II fix: After Burner II in Shenmue II will be playable for the first time on a PC emulator, stay tuned.

http://i71.fastpic.ru/big/2015/0718/b5/9a4ec4088cd1b0c6547b2c0a5e57c8b5.png
http://i71.fastpic.ru/big/2015/0718/da/d198642b90b55ec2029a5eb8187372da.png

Demul is a really good Dreamcast emulator, and unlike NullDC it's still being worked on. Although it requires a more powerful PC to run smoothly at this current stage, it's being optimised and more bugs are being fixed with every new release.

You can download the latest build from the following link

This is the latest build of Demul with the following changelog:

Demul v0.7 alpha build 180428

- Fixed image distortion on Nvidia GPUs.
- Rebuilt using latest Visual Studio.

Demul v0.7 alpha build 180426

PowerVR2:
- Fully emulated scaler/filter, should fix most if not all games which was cut in size if in TV-modes.
- Filtered NaN UV texture coordinates (Soul Reaver lifebar fix).
- Filtered negative vertex coords (MK Gold with ATI fix).
- Allowed upto 128 layers.
- Emulated primary/secondary render target buffers for Opaque/PunchTrought lists (Agartha proto flashlight fix).
- Fixed MvSC2 SCORE blinking.
- Handle edge case ELAN IRQs.
Display:
- Auto hide mouse cursor when in fullscreen (with 5 seconds timeout).
- Prettify "start in full screen" option.
- Renamed SPG/GPU display to FPS/RPS.
Input:
- Corrected purupuru device reply (Resident Evil 2 fix).
- Fixed xinput crash if attempt to configure inputs during emulation.
- Fixed few games with inverted "pedal" inputs.
AICA:
- Fixed AEG/FEG which might stuck in edge cases (some sounds in MvSC2, ReVolt jump sound, etc).
NAOMI:
- Fixed RF ID generators for Dinoking, Love&Berry, etc
- Small corrections to JVS I/O Sense line.
Misc:
- Patch for Orion Puzzle Collection (workaround for Kalisti SDK bug).
- Documented actual game developers in game list.

Demul v0.7 alpha build 160818

- ADPCM decoder tweaks.

Demul v0.7 alpha build 160816

- Fixes current LBA after CD-Mil security check (Pier Solar works again).

Demul v0.7 alpha build 160814

- fixed freezing bug in KalistiOS-based games with DC keyboard controller.
- fixed freezing bug in some WinCE-games if VMU is present.
- improved Dev.Box emulation.
- patches for Cycraft InitialD and ClubKart (boots, but not yet playable).
- better aspect correction and filtering for Cave CV1000
- InitialD, ClubKart and Derby Owners magnetic card readers are now emulated (press PUSH6 key then the game will ask to insert/take card)
- fixed Marvel vs Capcom 2 characters during intro.
- ClubKart2003 input fixes
- WWF Royal Rumble 4 players input works now.
- NAOMI DIMM Board is now emulated.
- added recently dumped NAOMI and Atomiswave sets
- romset in sync with MAME
- bunch of other minor fixes and stability improvements


Demul v0.7 alpha build 221215

- ATI texture perspective bug fix is now optional (only works for ATI and causes glitches on Nvidia GPUs).
- Ancient CDI v2 parsing killed by accident has been restored.
- GD-ROM status/irq bug fixes (Gauntlet Legends).

Demul v0.7 alpha build 201215

- Disk swapping functionality


Demul v0.7 alpha build 181215

- SH4 MMU optimizations, many WinCE games now work full-speed on a modern PC.
- Tile Accelerator has been rewritten and optimised.
- Support for Xinput devices without vibration has been added.
- Automatic DC video mode selection.
- Simple deinterlace for TV-mode.
- Rotate and Aspect Ratio fixes.
- Optional Bilinear filter added.
- Libchd doesn't require SSSE3 anymore.
- Fullscreen switching crash fixed.
- gdrImage subcodes emulation bug fixes and improvements.
- gdrImage bug fixes and cue/bin support.
- SH4 exceptions handling bug fixes.
- Supid Invaders now boots OK.
- Fixes for recent indie games.
- Romset sync with current MAME
- Other minor tweaks and optimisations.


Demul v0.7 alpha build 230915

- "NAOMI 2 Vertex Cache" option for ATI/AMD GPUs (disabled by default).
- AMD-specific texture glitches fixes in many games (Shenmue II, ECCO, HotD2, etc...).
- Several minor optimisations.


Demul v0.7 alpha build 200915

- NAOMI 2 emulation has been rewritten almost from scratch, emulation is now very close if not the exactly same as real hardware, a lot of optimisations added, emulation can now use a separate thread (DX11NG)
- Shadow rendering fix (Cosmic Smash)
- Romset sync with current MAME

Demul v0.7 alpha build 310715

- More precise SH4 FSRRA opcode (What's Shenmue fix).
- VMU window auto open/close.
- DirectInput thread now properly terminates (VMU window close fix).
- Emulator now can be closed by ALT+F4.
- Naomi2 shadows improvements (DX11NG Plugin).
- Naomi2 screen scale (DX11NG Plugin).
- Various romset corrections.
- Several minor performance improvements and bugfixes.

Demul v0.7 alpha build 190715

- Shenmue II's After Burner II mini game is now playable.
- SH4 MMU fixes & improvements.
- Crackin' DJ 1&2 are now playable.
- Ferrari F355 Deluxe now plays with sound/BGM music.
- Several Naomi 2 Fixes (materials, lights refactor).
- Foolproof VMU files creation.
- gdrCHD & gdrImage plugins now save the last used image path.
- Better Xinput deadzone handling.
- GDI audio fix in gdrCHD (this plugin is now recommended to be used with GDI images too).
- A workaround to resolve issues with AMD Catalyst 15.7 drivers.
- Several other minor tweaks.

Demul v0.7 alpha build 190715

SH4
- OnChip access correct bit width only
- add flti0/1 PR flag check
- reg binding cleanups and fixes, PR sanity checks
- fix DIV0S, optimise DIV1 and add linking current block
- fix Invalidation code
- fix delayed slot exceptions
- interrupts fixes / improvements

GD-ROM
- fix CD PLAY after SEEK for Taxi2
- small fix for bleemcast (almost work)
- G1 DMA discrete step

AICA
- use less attenuated ALFO
- mixing levels fixes
- EG timer fixes
- properly handle Decay level = 0 case
- optimise IRQs

HOLLY
- rewrite SPG
- fix Holly registers for wince
- add real HOLLY IDs for all supported platforms

Gaelco
- speedup boot
- decode boot from Altera firmware
- render fixes: offset color flag, handle flats
- add Gaelco Footall
- preliminary support Gaelco Footall analog inputs

Misc
- SCIF link for AW Maximum Speed and Chase1929
- fix Marvel vs Capcom 2 intro Guile character head
- disable menu in fullscreen (fix clicking it with mouse in light gun games)
- netplay: add option to disable flash/sram sync
- set windows timer resolution to min possible value
- rom loading refactoring, NAOMI GD-ROM sets now require security PIC dumps, old GD-rip binaries not supported anymore
- fix save states crash
- improved creation of Dreamcast flash and "timehack"
- NAOMI DIMM CF support
- fix mouse X/Y calc then screen rotated
- fix error when set memcard time in DC bios
- fix DC flash erase, handle correct sector sizes
- Elo touchscreen fixes for Atomiswave and NAOMI StarHorse
- emulated HW210 IC card reader (Dragon Treasure, WCCF)
- SHIO hopper board HLE, Kick'4'Cash playable
- Added all recently dumped games for supported platforms
- Romset in sync with current MAME
- many other changes and fixes

Demul v0.7 alpha build 171011

- -listxml now generate "merge" tags
- minor romset corrections
- fix AICA DSP recompiler state load crash
- about box crash fixed

Demul v0.7 alpha build 171111

- Akai Katana support added.
- Mushiking IV/V/VI added, new card codes included.
(to change 4-5-6 game version go to game test mode BACKUP CLEAR and hold both players buttons 1 for 3 seconds).
- DX11: fixed Cave bi-linear filter.
- ymz770: implemented main volume and clip control.
- ARM: DP immediate Carry little fix.
- Basic analogues simulation when playing with keyboard (arcade only).
- Gaelco: improved ball mechanic simulation.
- Dreamcast game name handle fixed.
- DX11old: fixed shader filter settings load.


Now Shenmue II's AfterBurner II , OutRun , Space Harrier and Hang-on are fully playable.

AfterBurner II
http://i71.fastpic.ru/big/2015/0718/b5/9a4ec4088cd1b0c6547b2c0a5e57c8b5.png
http://i71.fastpic.ru/big/2015/0718/97/74bbe29f07bd626f830df8925419af97.png
http://i71.fastpic.ru/big/2015/0718/da/d198642b90b55ec2029a5eb8187372da.png
http://i71.fastpic.ru/big/2015/0718/51/c42e10dc5e601baccf797529cd1e4351.png

OutRun
http://i.imgur.com/1TWXT08.png
http://i.imgur.com/HczM2ak.png
http://i.imgur.com/bsAM393.png

Space Harrier
http://i.imgur.com/yvzfNUl.png
http://i.imgur.com/NloWUpe.png
http://i.imgur.com/qhTqFrC.png

Hang-On
http://i.imgur.com/yxiKUgM.png
http://i.imgur.com/KZORBrI.png
http://i.imgur.com/jrVl3Qm.png


Hint: to minimise the sound-distortion bug that happens every now and then, it is recommended to uncheck v-sync in video config settings.

Note: Please don't ask me to provide any SEGA copyrighted files required to run the emulator, Google is your friend.

Please test the emulator and kindly provide your feedback of any bugs/performance issues you may find, especially with Shenmue and Shenmue II. It'd be really helpful if you could also provide a save file at the spot where the bug/glitch happens alongside your bug report.

Ladies and Gentlemen, here's a new version of the What's Shenmue E/G/S translation, v1.0.2:

Download patch version 1.0.2

There's only two updates for this one:
- Added GDI support to the output format. Now the patcher can deliver a GDI image for its use with Disc Drive Emulators (Like GDEMU)
- Subtitle edits on the German translation.

Did this while i was bored

Welcome to Version 1 of Disc 4 of my Shenmue 2 Explore Mod!
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p622/shengoro86/2016-03-16%2017_28_15-nullDC%201.0.4_n%20-%20309.83%20-%20VPS_%20154.92PAL480i50.00%20RPS_%2077.46%20Vert_%202.43M%20Sh4__zpszcbjt4ic.jpg

***---SUPPORT SHENMUE 3---***
http://www.shenmue.link/order

---What is this?---
This mod allows you to freely walk around the areas of Shenmue 2 without clipping. This means that you can walk through walls!
It is meant for the user to explore the unseen areas of Shenmue 2.
This release does NOT let you play the game normally. Please BUY a copy of Shenmue 2 if that is what you are looking for. This release is only for those who want to explore areas without boundaries.

---Why make this?---
Because it was always a dream of mine to explore Shenmue 2 entirely. Now I release that to you.

---How is this possible?---
This mod contains techniques developed by Bluemue, Giogio, Wude, Ilducci, and Shengoro86 combined into a public release.
This release is based on the Sm1th Full English >99min release CDI

---How do I use it?---
This is an oversized CDI so either use it on an emulator or on a GDEMU/USB-GDROM.
I did this on purpose because I do not trust the 1st_read sequencing of this release after my hacks. I am trying to keep you all safe from destroying your GDROM drives.

---Usage instructions---
Shenmue 2 does not have a public debug menu so this release will need the use of save files to pivot from one area to the next.
I included two sets of save files in this release:
Mike117's saves for Disc 4: http://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46740
My own saves based on Mike's for three areas with different entry points.
These saves are currently in vmu*.bin format so they work natively with emulators.
For actual hardware, you can export the VMS VMI from them and download them to a real memory card with Dream Explorer or the old fashioned way.
So yeah, use the save you want to get into the area you want. Then just explore!

---Known bugs / room for improvements---
- During the walking scenes with Shenhua, you are still locked in the area behind her (unless you pivot through a wall). You can not just freely explore without her boundaries pivoting you.
- No doors are available in this release. Wait for a future release of this hack.
- Crag and some forest areas are not completely hacked yet. Wait for the next release of this hack.
- Notebook does not open to hacked instructions page.
- Shenhua's flashback scene is not available

---Footage---
Languishan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMck6cnaBD0
The Stone Pit Cave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jijzf4imZU4
Shenhua's House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfVbfEiJts8

---How do I download this?---
Pm me for download link. This is an exclusive release so please do not share it.

Credits:
Shengoro86 - Project Lead : Map metrics hacking, notebook modifications, No-Clip sequencing, map splicing, release of mod
Giorgio - No-Clip hacks
Bluemue - No-Clip hacks
IlDucci - Bootsector hacking
Wude - Advanced mapinfo hacking
Sm1th - Shenmue 2 english release
Anthony117 - Shenmue 2 release mirror
Sizious - Selfboot tools
DC-SWAT - General hacking tools
Mike117 - Save File Collection

Hope you guys enjoy some of it. I gave a shout out to this very forum since, really, this is THE place for Shenmue info. I'm amazed at how in-depth some folks have gone into pulling the game apart. It's awesome!

If I had time, I would have gone into more depth on emulation and, perhaps, point out more of those weird Xbox/DC differences (like all the modified signs and whatnot). Ah well.