[Demul, NullDC]Shenmue II cutscene bars removing tool [WIP]

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[Demul, NullDC]Shenmue II cutscene bars removing tool [WIP]

Postby Radar » Sat Nov 07, 2015 4:32 pm

Inspired by Ziming's post about removing bars :)
I present my working attempt to get rid of black bars in cutscenes in Shenmue II

For now, it is a [Work in Progress] test version that currently works only on Disc 1

There is standalone *.exe version and table for cheat engine version.

NullDC(I tested it on 4 different pc's and it worked for me, I do hope it will also work for you and won't crash :) ) :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0wapf65zcevxu ... C.EXE?dl=0 - standalone version
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wd6ziguijkw2l ... DC.CT?dl=0 - Cheat engine table
Demul:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t7oo4bvap4sry ... l.EXE?dl=0 - standalone version
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xmssfgtk89x4u ... ul.CT?dl=0 - Cheat engine table

With standalone version just run emulator and SII_NoBars(_Demul or NullDC).exe file. and it will automatically find and attach itself to emulator process. IMPORTANT: for NullDC rename emulator's *.exe file to nullDC.exe
Another way requires Cheat Engine installed. open SII_Nobars(Demul or NullDC).CT,
open emulator process,press ctrl+alt+l then press Execute script... use whatever method you like.
Also as a BONUS you can Press 3 to switch between Widescreen/normal modes.

It's a wip version BUT! Since I don't have time to play through the whole game, I need people who would search for further addresses.
For example: one person would work on Disc 2, another on Disc 2 side quests, another on Disc 3, and another on Disc 4.
Let me know if you are interested. I'll make video tutorial how to do it the way I know how I do it :)
UPD: Video tutorial for how to find and add codes added
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Last edited by Radar on Tue Nov 10, 2015 4:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: [Demul, NullDC]Shenmue II cutscene bars removing tool [W

Postby Upper Dave » Sun Nov 08, 2015 8:57 pm

Thanks for this. I managed to find addresses for turning them off in certain scenes myself, but none which switch them all off. It does seem like we should be able to predict which addresses switch the bars off for which scene, though. But yeah it's probably worth testing each scene anyway just to be sure.
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Re: [Demul, NullDC]Shenmue II cutscene bars removing tool [W

Postby Radar » Mon Nov 09, 2015 9:29 am

Can anyone please test these codes with codebreaker on real console?
0D432C20 4E524157
00432C04 00000000
0D45C500 4E524157
0045C4E4 00000000
0D448160 4E524157
00448144 00000000

They should remove bars in Shenhua intro boat intro and in beggining.
If they works, then I've got a good news for you \:D/

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Re: [Demul, NullDC]Shenmue II cutscene bars removing tool [W

Postby Ziming » Mon Nov 09, 2015 12:47 pm

The codes remove the black bars from Shenhua's prologue, but the black bars still remain for the other scenes.

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Re: [Demul, NullDC]Shenmue II cutscene bars removing tool [W

Postby Radar » Mon Nov 09, 2015 12:57 pm

Ziming wrote: The codes remove the black bars from Shenhua's prologue, but the black bars still remain for the other scenes.

Thanks for testing, and even video :oops:
i'm not expert on this but try to separate them in different sections , like in video
for example:
BLACK BARS will contain
0D432C20
4E524157
00432C04
00000000

BLACK BARS2 will have
0D45C500
4E524157
0045C4E4
00000000

BLACK BARS3 will have
0D448160
4E524157
00448144
00000000

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Re: [Demul, NullDC]Shenmue II cutscene bars removing tool [W

Postby Ziming » Mon Nov 09, 2015 1:18 pm

I separated the codes. Black Bars 2 remove the bars for the boat intro.

Black Bars 3 removes the black bars from all the cutscenes scenes in this area of Workers Pier. Scenes like the old couple asking Ryo for money, and after that the group of men that bother you.
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Re: [Demul, NullDC]Shenmue II cutscene bars removing tool [W

Postby Radar » Mon Nov 09, 2015 1:30 pm

Ziming wrote: I separated the codes. Black Bars 2 remove the bars for the boat intro.

Black Bars 3 removes the black bars from all the cutscenes scenes in this area of Workers Pier. Scenes like the old couple asking Ryo for money, and after that the group of men that bother you.

yeah. but the question is does they work all together?
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Re: [Demul, NullDC]Shenmue II cutscene bars removing tool [W

Postby Ziming » Mon Nov 09, 2015 2:00 pm

I can only get one set of codes to work at a time. :sad:
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Re: [Demul, NullDC]Shenmue II cutscene bars removing tool [W

Postby Radar » Mon Nov 09, 2015 2:34 pm

Does it mean that if you select them all then non of them will works? or only one of them will?
according to the description I got them wrong anyway, although I doubt it will change anything
they should be
0D432C20 00004157
00432C04 00000000
0D45C500 00004157
0045C4E4 00000000
0D448160 00004157
00448144 00000000
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Re: [Demul, NullDC]Shenmue II cutscene bars removing tool [W

Postby Ziming » Mon Nov 09, 2015 2:55 pm

If I turn all these codes on only BLACK BARS will work from all three. If I place BLACK BARS2 at top this will work, the same with BLACK BARS3. Only the first set works, even if you turn on BLACK BARS 2/3.

BLACK BARS
0D432C20
4E524157
00432C04
00000000

BLACK BARS2
0D45C500
4E524157
0045C4E4
00000000

BLACK BARS3
0D448160
4E524157
00448144
00000000
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Re: [Demul, NullDC]Shenmue II cutscene bars removing tool [W

Postby Radar » Tue Nov 10, 2015 5:19 am

I see, let's go different way.. please test these.
delete previous BLACK BARS sections, make new one, and put all this in it.

0E020001
00432C04
00432C04
00000000
0E020001
0045C4E4
0045C4E4
00000000
0E020001
00448144
00448144
00000000

It should work, on Shenhua prologue,boat intro and whole area that in beggining.

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Re: [Demul, NullDC]Shenmue II cutscene bars removing tool [W

Postby Ziming » Tue Nov 10, 2015 10:50 am

Radar wrote: I see, let's go different way.. please test these.
delete previous BLACK BARS sections, make new one, and put all this in it.

0E020001
00432C04
00432C04
00000000
0E020001
0045C4E4
0045C4E4
00000000
0E020001
00448144
00448144
00000000

It should work, on Shenhua prologue,boat intro and whole area that in beggining.


Yes. This new set of codes work in removing the black bars for all of it. :nice!:

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Re: [Demul, NullDC]Shenmue II cutscene bars removing tool [W

Postby johnvivant » Tue Nov 10, 2015 11:27 am

Ziming wrote:
Radar wrote: I see, let's go different way.. please test these.
delete previous BLACK BARS sections, make new one, and put all this in it.

0E020001
00432C04
00432C04
00000000
0E020001
0045C4E4
0045C4E4
00000000
0E020001
00448144
00448144
00000000

It should work, on Shenhua prologue,boat intro and whole area that in beggining.


Yes. This new set of codes work in removing the black bars for all of it. :nice!:


so this collection of codes removes the black bars from all cutscenes in the game?

p.s. just started it up, bars definitely gone from shenhua intro and boat intro. will try the rest later. amazing stuff. can't thank you guys enough for this.
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Re: [Demul, NullDC]Shenmue II cutscene bars removing tool [W

Postby johnvivant » Tue Nov 10, 2015 11:53 am

just playing through now,
the black bars are gone for the shenhua intro, boat intro and all cutscenes in workers pier, but it seems that everything outside workers pier still has black bars - arm wrestling intro, joy intro, bag stolen etc.

edit; sorry i should have read the previous posts more carefully as this is still a work in progress to determine the codes for all scenes. great progress, thank guys. =D>
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Re: [Demul, NullDC]Shenmue II cutscene bars removing tool [W

Postby Radar » Tue Nov 10, 2015 2:02 pm

Ziming wrote:Yes. This new set of codes work in removing the black bars for all of it. :nice!:

8)
Can you guys check, on a cutscene at the moment where guy with camera appears, does black bars flickers like for half a second here, or nothing of the sort happens? it should be at about 4:09 on video
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