topet2k12001

Hello guys,

Files are uploading, sorry for the delay. I had to re-write some portions of the README file.

Just now, tw3nz0r said:

Just do it the same way you did your other executable, and I just manually extract with WinRAR, no biggie.

 

Okay, will do!

 

2 minutes ago, tw3nz0r said:

Yes, this is the way I play A20, I haven't turned it on in about 2 months due to the summer heat however, but once you post the new updates, I'd like to toss them on my cab. I was using the August 2019 DLLs alongside butterfly 1.1.0 at the time and it worked great, but I would love stuff legitimately unlocked.

 

Sure thing! I'm just organizing them into a single folder and I plan to make it a self-extracting zip. But I'll also provide a MEGA link for manual copy-pasting (some people don't like one-click auto-extracting stuff and I understand).

 

I will update you guys!

3 minutes ago, tw3nz0r said:

For real tho, I had put this logo replacement on my omnimix project a few months back.

 

Hahaha! I remember having a copy of that game during the Playstation days

 

Is that your DDR cab? Awesome!

You're the author of DDR Omnimix?!? God I didn't know! It's an honor!

Just now, tw3nz0r said:

 

DDR A20... PLUS. 

 

Hahaha! That was a good one! :D

 

Credits:

 

This mini-project of ours (we forgot to give it a name!!!) wouldn't have been made possible without the voluntary efforts, as well as contributions, of the following:

 

@One Eternal Ash he is the inspiration of this mini-project and is the reason why I pushed myself to building an updated Butterfly Local Server. He is in an area where DDR machines do not have e-Amusement access and he wanted to experience it. Apart from that, he also discovered how to enable the "events" in DDR Ace, and very recently he also discovered how to disable the "Grand Finale event" curtain animation that shows up at the end of each song in DDR A20.

@kanor for his data-driven and detail-oriented documentation, analysis (file comparisons, spreadsheet data analysis, etc.), and testing. His work keeps the rest of the group's sanity amidst the influx of data and information here and there. If not for his "song events" spreadsheet mapped to the song details from musicdb.xml we wouldn't have made other important discoveries that would have allowed us to finish this mini-project.

@tw3nz0r he came in at a very crucial and much-needed moment in the mini-project. He provided insights on what works and what doesn't as well as insights on how to solve for the few, but critical, "big roadblocks" in our endeavor. For one, his August 2019 DLLs were the much-needed solution to the said challenges. We now have Dan Courses being saved as well as personal scores being displayed. And the "Grand Finale event" curtain animation is gone now. And most recently, he provided the full hex edit address list for the August 2019 DLLs (the gamemdx.dll, as well as "gold cab enabler" using arkmdxp3.dll)

@B4SH-T he has been in the thread for quite some time and is one of the early contributors. For example he provided the "gold cab enabler" hex edit using gamemdx.dll for other versions of DLLs. And recently for the August 2019 DLL he was also able to provide the hex edit address of "gold cab enabler" option. On the side, he also shared a working video for the song Reiwa.

@FeelTheXtasy it was unintentional but because he was one of the first to report Dan Courses saving progress ability, this prompted the search for answers too. And along the line we found that it is one of his copies of DLLs that enabled such functionality.

@topet2k12001 (yours truly): updated Butterfly builds, as well as using the database table as a method to unlock event songs. And cheerleader (just kidding!).

 

 

1 hour ago, topet2k12001 said:

@One Eternal Ash @tw3nz0r @B4SH-T @kanor

 

Okay! Guys!!!!

 

Oh my God!!!!

 

It is done. FINALLY!!!! https://imgur.com/a/GXPlChQ

Here's the current state, DDR A20:

 

1. DONE: Gold cab enabled
2. DONE: No more "Grand Finale Event curtain animation" at the end of each song
3. DONE: Personal scores are saved
4. DONE: Dan Course progress is saved (up to 8th Dan only)
5. DONE: All "event songs" can be unlocked (clean method: through data entry into the database table of "ddr_16_global_events" of Butterfly)
6. DONE: unlocking of two DDR A20 songs (Mythomane and Digital Luv) has to be done via musicdb.xml as well. Not sure why these two songs have "Limited" flags/tags on them since they don't belong to any "event."
7. DONE: unlocking of "event songs" for Golden League songs has to be done through changing to zero (0) the "Limited" flag/tag of the corresponding songs in the musicdb.xml file (inside startup.arc). This is probably because the Dan Courses is still "ongoing" (stuck at 8th Dan) so we have to unlock the songs in a more forceful way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 minute ago, tw3nz0r said:

I did @One Eternal Ash's edit, but I just simply removed the event number to achieve the same result. 

 

Hm, makes sense. I had a different use-case for that table, which is to "unlock" the songs themselves. Ultimately, based on what I'm seeing right now, assuming Butterfly was programmed to full completion, we wouldn't need to be doing these hex edits as well as modifications on stuff like the musicdb.xml (well, that's the "ideal scenario").

 

I will see if I can allocate some time for Butterfly; it's not an easy task to continue to be honest. Maybe I'll gather some more folks who are really good at programming, to help out.

 

1 minute ago, One Eternal Ash said:

I also notice the score on the event when we finished a song. the target number does not exist 69,000,000. The actual number we should be targeting is these numbers.
Therefore, some idiot must have locked that number to prevent us from progressing (although, it was intended in the first place).

 

https://www.remywiki.com/AC_DDR_A20#DanceDanceRevolution_20th_Anniversary_Grand_Finale

#OurMemories	10,000,000
Show me your moves	20,000,000
CHAOS Terror-Tech Mix	30,000,000
POSSESSION (20th Anniversary Mix)	40,000,000
MAX 360	100,000,000

 

 

Hahaha, it's okay. For now.

 

Perhaps when we decide to continue the development of Butterfly, we will need to go back to this piece of detail.

 

1 minute ago, One Eternal Ash said:

This is confirmed. Leave lines 1-43 and delete lines 44-200
but that will get rid of the other event いちかのBEMANI投票選抜戦2019.

 

It will retain the Dan Courses and Other Events (EXTRA EXCLUSIVE) but as far i go. The files you have given from @tw3nz0rand @B4SH-T is best to hold on.
Since i have force-unlocked on the last dump. I wouldn't need to worry about "grand finale" and i can play it normally.

 

I see. Indeed, I kind of anticipated a "conflict" there. But still, it's a great discovery! It's something we need to keep for now because I can foresee that we will have a better use for it!

4 minutes ago, tw3nz0r said:

Should be 27E2C. 74->EB. Dunno why this is so requested... just play in event mode if you want a timer freeze.

 

Thank you @tw3nz0r. Oh, I didn't realize that this is one of the most-requested hex edits. As for me, a timer freeze allows me to not rush when documenting the tests/trials that we are doing. Sometimes I leave the game screen where it is, and then I write my notes, so a Timer Freeze would be handy in this case.

This completes the list. Thank you! I can now write the "credits" portion!

5 minutes ago, One Eternal Ash said:

There is an id number

 

Wow, that's a nice find! Awesome! How exactly to edit, @One Eternal Ash?

 

5 minutes ago, tw3nz0r said:

3 edits. First one is 'Event Mode songs', second is 'A20 songs', third is Orca. Same hex edits as previous versions, just in different locations.

 

Got it @tw3nz0r...last request, would you happen to have the hex edit foir "Timer Freeze?"

 

5 minutes ago, One Eternal Ash said:

I also found the fix to disable grand finale.

 

Whoa, that's great! How did you do it?

 

3 minutes ago, tw3nz0r said:

2019080600 gamemdx.dll

Force Enable Fast/Slow:
9DA30 8B 41 44->31 C0 40

Force Background Judgment:
9DA20: 8B 41->31 C0

Force Darkest Background:
9E7EF: 75 03 33 C0->33 C0 B0 03

Song Unlocks:
89D33: 45 F4->90 E9
92737: 32 C0->B0 01
93DC9: 74->EB

Tutorial Skip:
4A880: 75->EB

Unlock Options:
87D70: 75->EB

 

Thank you, @tw3nz0r!

By "song unlocks" what does this mean...2 hex edits?

@One Eternal Ash @tw3nz0r @B4SH-T @kanor

 

Okay! Guys!!!!

 

Oh my God!!!!

 

It is done. FINALLY!!!! https://imgur.com/a/GXPlChQ

 

We present to you: the DDR Update Pack (that's a temporary name)! There are two versions in that link: a one-click, self-extracting zip file...and the actual folder with all the needed files (for those who prefer manual copy-paste). Also there is a REAMDE text file that explains everything.

 

Credits:

 

This mini-project of ours (we forgot to give it a name!!!) wouldn't have been made possible without the voluntary efforts, as well as contributions, of the following:

 

@One Eternal Ash he is the inspiration of this mini-project and is the reason why I pushed myself to building an updated Butterfly Local Server. He is in an area where DDR machines do not have e-Amusement access and he wanted to experience it. Apart from that, he also discovered how to enable the "events" in DDR Ace, and very recently he also discovered how to disable the "Grand Finale event" curtain animation that shows up at the end of each song in DDR A20.

@kanor for his data-driven and detail-oriented documentation, analysis (file comparisons, spreadsheet data analysis, etc.), and testing. His work keeps the rest of the group's sanity amidst the influx of data and information here and there. If not for his "song events" spreadsheet mapped to the song details from musicdb.xml we wouldn't have made other important discoveries that would have allowed us to finish this mini-project.

@tw3nz0r he came in at a very crucial and much-needed moment in the mini-project. He provided insights on what works and what doesn't as well as insights on how to solve for the few, but critical, "big roadblocks" in our endeavor. For one, his August 2019 DLLs were the much-needed solution to the said challenges. We now have Dan Courses being saved as well as personal scores being displayed. And the "Grand Finale event" curtain animation is gone now. And most recently, he provided the full hex edit address list for the August 2019 DLLs (the gamemdx.dll, as well as "gold cab enabler" using arkmdxp3.dll)

@B4SH-T he has been in the thread for quite some time and is one of the early contributors. For example he provided the "gold cab enabler" hex edit using gamemdx.dll for other versions of DLLs. And recently for the August 2019 DLL he was also able to provide the hex edit address of "gold cab enabler" option. On the side, he also shared a working video for the song Reiwa.

@FeelTheXtasy it was unintentional but because he was one of the first to report Dan Courses saving progress ability, this prompted the search for answers too. And along the line we found that it is one of his copies of DLLs that enabled such functionality.

@topet2k12001 (yours truly): updated Butterfly builds, as well as using the database table as a method to unlock event songs. And cheerleader (just kidding!).

Here's the current state, DDR A20:

 

1. DONE: Gold cab enabled
2. DONE: No more "Grand Finale Event curtain animation" at the end of each song
3. DONE: Personal scores are saved
4. DONE: Dan Course progress is saved (up to 8th Dan only)
5. DONE: All "event songs" can be unlocked (clean method: through data entry into the database table of "ddr_16_global_events" of Butterfly)
6. DONE: unlocking of two DDR A20 songs (Mythomane and Digital Luv) has to be done via musicdb.xml as well. Not sure why these two songs have "Limited" flags/tags on them since they don't belong to any "event."
7. DONE: unlocking of "event songs" for Golden League songs has to be done through changing to zero (0) the "Limited" flag/tag of the corresponding songs in the musicdb.xml file (inside startup.arc). This is probably because the Dan Courses is still "ongoing" (stuck at 8th Dan) so we have to unlock the songs in a more forceful way.

 

 

 

1 minute ago, B4SH-T said:

Oh, my fault, already edited hehe, it's for gamemdx. Btw, yes, as I said, hex edits are the same every time, what only changes is the addresses as you mention it. Don't know if someone already found them all and posted it. If not, I can find them and make a sheet for the addresses.

 

Yes please, if possible? Would very much appreciate it sir!

21 minutes ago, B4SH-T said:

Give me a minute and I'll tell you where to go

 

Hehehe I was getting excited for the game not running, but check the address E168 for the value FF 24, then change it to EB 71

 

Noted! This is done on gamemdx.dll or arkmdxp3.dll?

Um, is it possible to also ask for all the correct addresses of the other "hex edit mods" like Freeze Timer, Dark/Opaque Background, etc.? Like this one?

3 minutes ago, tw3nz0r said:

PLEASE stop using that gamemdx.dll, or at least referring to it as such. It's just a hack job of 2019090301.

 

I see...I didn't know. So that's why I did kind of notice that they are almost identical when I performed a file comparison.

 

So my hunch is correct...the 20190903 is a "clean/legit" data. Noted on this!

 

Will begin testing now and will revert for feedback ASAP!

Edit: noted on both the 2020xxxxx files. Thank you for providing these insights, @tw3nz0r...will be testing now...it'll just be a few minutes...

1 minute ago, tw3nz0r said:

Corrected address for arkmdxp3.dll is 60A1F. 02->04. Works, I tested this one.

 

Noted! Editing and will test now...will give feedback ASAP!

3 minutes ago, B4SH-T said:

What the f*ck? I don't see the blue edit, anyway, try the address DBF8 for the value FF 24 or EB 71 (If you found one, then change it with the other one mentioned) 

 

Thank you! Okay, testing now...will give feedback ASAP...

Update: oops, I realized (and that's why it sounded familiar)...the DBF8 address is for a 2019090300 and/or 2020020300 version of gamemdx.dll.

 

I was looking for the same but for The August 2019 version (link here). Thank you for the help, @B4SH-T!

 

4 minutes ago, B4SH-T said:

Hex edits each time are almost the same, adresses are different.

 

You are right; I apologize for not being clear...I'm looking for the address for the hex edit to enable Gold Cab on the August 2019 versions of gamemdx.dll and/or arkmdxp3.dll. Basically, the August 2019 version does not have the "Grand Finale" curtain animation at the end of each song, but when I tested I only get the "blue cab" version of the game. So In that regard I was unable to test the game's behavior on the "gold cab" version.

 

Or ideally, the entire hex edit list for the August 2019 DLLs (if possible). Similar to this post.

20 minutes ago, tw3nz0r said:

@topet2k12001Cabinet Type 6 hex edit is now in the arkmdxp3.dll: 6099D: 02->04, I didn't test this tho.

 

Hi! Thank you for this! I'll test, no worries! I'm close to solving this riddle!

 

Update: it didn't work; I got the "white/blue cab" still. So close! Nonetheless, thank you so much for the help on this once, @tw3nz0r

 

Just now, One Eternal Ash said:

This is why i love Ace, Traditional unlocks and not Exclusive unlock songs from website or other games.

 

I see...I understand you know why all along you were focused on DDR Ace. Cool!

Just now, One Eternal Ash said:

oh i see, never mind

 

Yeah...it's like an "all songs forced-unlocked" scenario but not really hacked...more of manual override on the database (because Butterfly currently doesn't have the full functionality that it was designed for - for DDR A20 - but for DDR Ace it looks like it's fully functional).

 

The difference of this approach is that it can retain some events (e.g. those that can be unlocked "traditionally" only).

Hello @tw3nz0r,

 

I have a request, please:

 

For the August 2019 version of gamemdx.dll, I wasn't able to test it in "Gold Cab" mode because the hex structure is different so the current offsets with hex edits don't work. May we have the list of available hex edits/mods for the August 2019 version of the gamemdx.dll?

 

Thank you in advance, and appreciate all the help you have been giving us!

27 minutes ago, One Eternal Ash said:

OK! Got it

 

I edited my post, please read again for important information.

5 minutes ago, One Eternal Ash said:

Now were getting somewhere, Thanks!

 

Yes...although again, we should consider and also accept what @kanor mentioned. I believe we can't "enable" all the events - and even if we did - we can't unlock them anyway once we play those events as @kanor has already explained in detail.

 

What I did in my previous post that you just saw was actually to "tell" the game to consider the event songs as "already unlocked." If you enter the data in the table and start the game, the event songs will show up in the song selection screen with yellow font.

 

This is the cleanest way of enabling the songs (although again, it assumes that we have already "completed" the events that's why they are already showing up in the song selection).

4 hours ago, One Eternal Ash said:

you found something?

 

I'm not sure yet, but remember this post? It said to fix the "player data" packet, need to add "is_refid_locked" field.

 

So I was looking at the logs and found a warning message about it. Now I have to determine how to fix it. The theory is that this is the one responsible for displaying the personal scores.

 

On 5/7/2020 at 5:17 AM, hipo_loco said:

Info extracted from a Discord server:

*If you use the batterfly server and display the score,
 please fix the playerdata packet.
 (bool attribute "is_refid_locked" is required)

 

 

 

Also, as an update: I was trying different configurations and this is what I got so far...

 

 

This is how I did it, using the events spreadsheet that @kanor shared.

 

 

EDIT!!!! PLEASE READ!

 

So in the pictures above, I tried a different approach to "enabling" all the songs. Basically it was to "trick" or "tell" the game that "I already completed the events, so you need to unlock the songs and display them in the song selection screen."

The logic of DDR A/A20 and the e-Amusement server is (in simple, layman's terms):

1. Player taps the e-Amusement card
2. game will connect to server to check player's records and event progress and song/s unlocked
3. server tells the game what records and event progress are already completed and what song/s are unlocked

 

So following that logic, I did a "manual override" by "manually telling" the server what to "tell" the game...and that is, to tell the game that "player already completed all the events. He ca play all the songs under those events." Ideally this is all supposed to happen automatically, but as we all know, the original author of Butterfly said that he will leave the project in its current state. He did has some work started (you'll notice the difference...in 1.1.0 there was no "global_events" table...only in personal builds because he started some coding work but unfinished, which people like Mr. Boo and myself just continued).

 

So essentially I'm just overriding it manually for now since nobody has continued working on the code (yet). We now have 4 methods of unlocking songs:

 

1. Hex editing of a DLL file
2. Editing/removing "lock" from song information in musicdb.xml (which resides inside startup.arc)
3. Use Butterfly 1.1.0 (this will perform an "all songs forced-unlock" modification)
4. Database edit at the "server" which is what I did above

 

However, please note that I used only the default DLLs that came with the package (2019090300 versions of gamemdx.dll, arkmdxp3.dll and arkmdxp4.dll). What this means is: no Dan Course progress, no personal scores display. The "Grand Finale" curtain animation is still there too.

 

Thoughts:

 

1. If we weight out the pros and the cons, I think the "best compromise" is a combination of:
   • Use the August 2019 versions of arkmdxp3.dll and arkmdxp4.dll (actually in my tests, the version of arkmdxp4.dll didn't matter - it's really the arkmdxp3.dll that holds the code for Dan Courses saving).
   • Use the September 2019 version of gamemdx.dll but this may change - it's possible that the August 2019 version will be better - if we can have the hex edit code for "Gold Cab" as well as "timing offset" offset because you have to "fix" the timing whenever you switch to Gold Cab. We will update this item as necessary.
   • Database edit by listing the event songs (they will be unlocked if we change from 9999 to 10) - or - use Butterfly 1.1.0.
      
2. This combination will give us:
   • Advantages:
     • Gold Cab ability
     • Dan Courses saving
     • Display of personal scores (so this will also save us the need to research how to fix "is_refid_locked" issue)
     • All songs available (if using Butterfly 1.1.0)
   • Disadvantages:
     • "Grand Finale" curtain animation during song results screen
     • Some events will disappear (this is inevitable and not critical especially with DDR A20 because their events are non-traditional e.g. you have to play another game, you have to log in to the e-Amusement website, etc.)
3. I think the Pros will outweigh the Cons in this case and it's an acceptable compromise. The "Disadvantages" are actually just "cosmetic" if you really think about it.

 

To me this is already the best possible combination.