PAL PSO Ver.2 avaiable

[K_I_R_E_E_K]

Well, as you know or not know the PSO Ver.2 for dreamcast can connect at schthack but only with the PAL (european version) of the game, the US and JP versions have a HL check(hunters lincense) wich no one knows how to remove it.

With this, PAL PSO Ver.2 became a worthy game to buy, i have once received a proposal to sell my game for 90$, considered it costed me less then 20€ then it would be a nice deal.

At schthack the member aleronives is trying to make a bootable pal pso, you may wonder that there is a cd-r version of phantasy star online, but the person that did it used a US version of the game, so for offline gameplay it's fine but online is not alowed.
So making a cd-r version of the PAL PSO Ver.2 would be great for the community, aleronives is testing his ideas in order to make the game bugless and fastload.

The old US cd-r version had a few bugs, namely in quests, it would usually cause BSOD or FSOD when loading npcs, it would happen only in some quest and there were ways to avoid it, so no big deal here.
Then there was another bug, if you created a game online and someone joined you would FSOD and in this case there wasn't any trick to overcome this problem.

But, to compete with ives, there is mag94, a person that at the same time as ives started to make also a pal pso ver.2 game, each person uses different strategies to make the game but currently only 1 version is avaiable, that version is mag94's game.

I have been asked to courier this release to the interwebs. This is the FIRST time PSOv2 PAL has been cracked and publicly released. This is significant because PSOv2 PAL lacks certain protections that prevent PSOv2 USA from connecting to homebrew servers now that the official servers are down.

It should work on any region Dreamcast.


We proudly present:


Phantasy Star Online Ver.2 (PAL)


Released : November, 2008
Platform : Sega Dreamcast
Region : Europe/PAL
Filename : PSOv2_PAL60_Schthack.001
CD(s) : 1 (80min)
Format : Padus DiscJuggler v4 (CDI)
Rip notes: The intro sfds have been downsampled
The afs have been shrinked.

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Details
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This is the PAL version of Phantasy Star Online Ver.2
Some people said this game was impossible to crack, we prove them wrong!
It was one of the hardest Dreamcast games to crack though.

This disc is hacked to be in PAL60Hz and to work with the Schthack servers.

Here's a Serial Number and an Access Key you could use to play:

Serial Number: 1FB659BB
Access Key: NsMToQw2

If you ever played PSO before, you might need to clean your flash memory
using the Dreamcast Internal Flashrom Eraser that can be found here:
http://www.dc-swat.net.ru/download/dc.php


We hope you'll enjoy that little release, we spent a lot of time on it !


How to burn
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Use Padus DiscJuggler or Alcohol to burn this disc.


Thanks
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MAG'94 For cracking that god damn game!
Blutenleise For the selfboot image.
Jay228 For the original idea and the support.
2CoOl4DC For testing and support.

This new PAL PSO Version 2 has some features:
- Some are fastload, but don't expect a noticible speed increase (wich means it will take probably the same amount of time to load things as in a original game disk)
- connects directly to schthack server or dc-talk (no codebreaker codes needed, aka another memory card to avoid the usual "rares stop droping")
- No bugs (not sure)

How to use it?
Extract the 1st file, this will combine all the parts into 1 file, use a program like discjuggler or alcohol 120% and make a cd-r game based on that file


What we don't know is that if the bugs are associated with fastload versions (wich is what i'm about to test)
If so then this version or even aleronives version won't work properly online.

I will keep you ppl informed with updates.






Dreamcast-Talk PSO Server Auto-Connect Versions:

MAG94 DCT PSOPALV2 [Update]
http://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtopi...f=22&t=663

PSO_V2_MOD_DCT [Update]
http://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtopi...f=22&t=499

PSO_V2_MOD2_DCT [Update]
http://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtopi...=22&t=1182

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Schthack PSO Server Auto Connect Versions:

Phantasy Star Online Ver 2 (PAL) (SCHTHACK) (FASTLOAD)
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Phantasy Star Online Version 2 (PAL) (Cracked)
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IVES PSO Versions:

PAL Phantasy Star Online v2 IVES Release
Visit Pso Palace

Phantasy Star Online Ver2 PAL-E with Enhancement Pack
Visit Pso palace

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Echelon's PSOv2 NTSC/U:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D5S0KJ43

Echelon's PSOv2 NTSC/J:
http://snesorama.us/board/showthread.php?t=47636

R18/Holligan's PSOv1 PAL:
http://snesorama.us/board/showthread.php?t=23842

[Lance813]

This is good, I was wondering if Ives was going to finnish first or not. Heh

[K_I_R_E_E_K]

I think he also finished a version, but i don't know if it connects directly to schthack.

All i can say is that other ppl released a 2nd version of the pal pso, i have tested it personally and the only problem is with FSOD and possibly BSOD in some quests.
I went online, joined a game, ppl joined my game, i chated, i switched ships.....it works perfectly online
It is also fastload, in most cases compared to the old US version, the speed increases a litle, maybe even less then 1 second in certain loadings, BUT when loading a char from your vmu, the speed increased 73%, even i was amazed.

Once he alows this version to go public, i will post the link here.

this also means that you will see me online sometimes

[Lance813]

this also means that you will see me online sometimes

This is good. =D

[Liu Bei]

Thats cool! Ver.2 players can play too! I remember i saw you once! Ahh i was like, ITS KIREEK!!!

I wonder if lots of people going to play ver.2 online now?

[Lance813]

I wish i still had my DC, and first level 200... =[

[K_I_R_E_E_K]

Released!

Thanks to LingXioayu for the OFFLINE quest fix: Burn as slow as possible (1x or 2x).
I've not tested, HE did.

Underground-Gamer:
http://www.underground-gamer.com/details.php?id=33517

You can signup, but don't forget to seed.

Usenet:
http://www.newzleech.com/?p=8140570

NFO:
http://www.newzleech.com/nfo.php?id=531623


BlutenLeise

There you go, this version is perfect, it's faster then the version i tested, it doesn't fsod (if burned correctly) and it connects directly to schthack server.

This is the perfect PAL PSO V2 for everyone, it's better in everyway.

Currently ives is working on his own version, but whatever version he makes it won't be better then this one.
Congrats BlutenLeise, the PSO comunity owns you one.

[Lance813]

Sweet.

[K_I_R_E_E_K]

Aleronives released his version.

Read this for detailed info, all i can say is that this game is different from any other created, it has mods and changes, something that other PAL PSO ver.2 games don't have (this is basicly because the game remains the same as sonic team version)

Of all the changes, ives version does not connect to any server directly, it has enemy resist mod, better audio quality, different ending music, it only has the english intro movie.

III. Changes Made

Several changes have been made to this disc.

Removed/altered content to make the game fit on CD-R and accomodate upgrades:

-The French, German, Spanish, and Japanese intro movies have been removed. The English intro movie will play regardless of which language you select, but it is still at full quality.
-The French, German, and Italian Dream Key language files have been removed. The Dream Key will always operate in English.
-The character texture AFS archives have been compacted.

Improved quality content due to extra space from the above changes:

-Many of the audio files on PSO Ver.2 are sampled at 32Khz, but the Xbox version contains higher quality BGM at 44.1Khz. I have upgraded several BGM files from 32Khz to 44.1Khz as a result:

-A Song for Eternal Story (Title Screen)
-Prenotion (Options & Character Select)
-Image of Hero (Character Creation)
-Day Dawns (Lobby)
-Pioneer 2
-Crossing3084 (Hunter's Guild)
-Healing (Hospital)
-Chaotic Bar (Shop)
-Codes of Silence (Principal's Office)
-Growl, From the Depths of Earth (Dragon)
-From Seeing the Rough Wave (De Rol Le)
-The Crazy Program (Vol Opt Form 1)
-You Have Nowhere To Go (Vol Opt Form 2)
-The Nearest Place to Heaven Part 1 (Dark Falz Intro 1)
-The Nearest Place to Heaven Part 2 (Dark Falz Intro 2)
-Pray, for "IDOLA" the Distorted (Dark Falz Form 1 & 2)
-Cry, for "IDOLA" the Holy (Dark Falz Form 3)
-Versus 1 -Tricktrack- (Spaceship Battle Rules)
-Versus 2 -A Longing to Ancient Times (Palace Battle Rules)
-Valentine (Valentine's Day Event)
-Easter (Easter Event)
-Jinglebells (Christmas Event)
-Open Your Heart (Sonic Adventure 2 Event)
-Zarathustra (Twenty-first Century Event)
-After the Story 1 (Happy Quest Ending)
-After the Story 2 (Sad Quest Ending)
-Can Still See The Light (Piano Version)

In addition, I have replaced the La-la ending music "Can Still See the Light" with the lyric version of the song, also upgraded to 44.1Khz.

-Fast loading

I am very pleased to say that this version has improved character loading times, so the horrible grinding of the Dreamcast when characters load is greatly reduced in all circumstances and gone during certain load occasions. Unfortunately, due to the limitations of the Dreamcast's GD-ROM drive the character load times cannot be made flawless, but this optimized disc offers a vast improvement over the load times of the original.

-Patches

I am also proud to say that I have finally been able to bring my Ultimate Mode Technique Resistance Mod to Dreamcast users for the first time with this release. Forces will now be able to enjoy dealing useful damage with their Techniques in Ultimate mode for the first time on the Dreamcast. Ult Resist Mod 2.0 is included in this disc. To learn more about it, you can visit my site.

For those who don't know, resist mod alters enemy resistances to make them more acceptable, this is considered aceptable at schthack and can be used in legit games, however, under sonic team standarts, this is just one more hack, so legit gameplay is affected.

[Lance813]

Hmm. At least Ive's has his ultimate MOD in it.