Setting up Groove Coaster 4Max Diamond Galaxy 4.74

[laflegge]

Big disclaimer: I am not the creator of the original guide nor did I upload the game and all the necessary add-ons/assets.

The user Maji on Discord ‘/1CC/ - Arcade and Doujin part 2’ provided me with this setup guide and even then I do not know if this user is the original creator.

I asked for permission to publish on Emuline but did not get an answer.

If the owner of the original guide has any issues that his/her name is not being mentioned please let me know.

If the uploaders of the game and add-ons have any issues that his/her name is not being mentioned also let me know.

Credit should be given where credit is due!

I did not succeed in playing the 4max arcade version of Groove Coaster up until this guide was handed to me and I am very pleased that I am now able to do, so again thanks to anyone involved in creating the original guide, uploaders and more.

 

Base Game

• Download 4.61 from https://pixeldrain.com/l/i5fchKay and extract. The password is in the txt file.
• Download 4.61 to 4.65 from https://mega.nz/file/yx9DDS6I#3XeLLRDt_2NrXjVvZQAQe1GiM3KORm-vwx5MtNU42_0  Extract to game folder and replace(if needed)
• Download 4.65 to 4.71 from https://mega.nz/file/bssWGBwT#_dMQEXPavoPtY5ij-FUAkVwQb9o0fBte3Mh8lDTEz6Y Extract to game folder and replace(if needed)
• Download 4.71 to 4.74 from https://mega.nz/file/T4VinJ6J#xsdXn_SBPd4GXbhAbRY7ltNIVbbnajodyXVn3PNbFYU Extract to game folder and replace(if needed)
• Download jconfig.exe and IDmacDrv32.dll from https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1087215233875062846/1087613772652347422/iDmacXv1.9.rar Overwrite the ones in the game folder.
• Open JConfig.exe as admin. First setup keys as follows.

Buttons	Key
P1 UP	left booster up
P1 DOWN	left booster left
P1 LEFT	right booster up
P1 RIGHT	right booster left
P2 UP	left booster down
P2 DOWN	left booster right
P2 LEFT	right booster down
P2 RIGHT	right booster right
P1 BUTTON1	left booster button
P2 BUTTON1	right booster button

 

• Also set the resolution to 720x1280
• Finally, open settings, check 'load regedit', and create the registry values if they are missing. You can change the drive path.
• Download TypeXZEROTemp.dat from https://mega.nz/file/Gw8DEJIZ#1dfxBuwUfQ4UPZ5IRmcooqtgNvlKq7IbHtAbXMxQdBg and put it into root of C drive
• Open data/system.cfg, replace the following section with the values below:

WindowMode      =          1         

WindowSize        =          (720, 1280)       

//WindowSize       =          (540, 960)

WindowResize     =          1         

MouseCorsorDisp =          0         

CheckDeviceLost =          0         

IntervalMode       =          1         

MultiSampleType =          0         

DebugMode        =          0         

ShowVersion       =          0         

                         

JudgTimeOffset   =          0

GameTimeOffset =          -24

GreatMinTime      =          32

SkipMargin          =          48

SkipMarginDebug =          48

• Disable redundant network adapters (including VPN, Bluetooth) leaving your pimary ethernet connection as the only available connection.
• If you have refresh rate >60Hz, use driver(e.g. Nvidia Control Panel) to restrict the game to run at 60Hz.
• Open game471.exe : the game should now be able to boot.

 

(Optional) Setup omnimix and local server    

• Download omnimix from https://mega.nz/file/nkk2zKJI#GxR7dfuBLAgpolBtvTKuzn1SRoy4n-_ByE38B8fA5Kg 

          Put it in data/boot folder and replace old one.

• Download local server from https://github.com/asesidaa/GC-local-server-rewrite extract to anywhere. Open server as administrator.
• Setup NesysService. You can either change the host file as described in server README or download a patched one from https://mega.nz/file/CtclxYRb#PFRM3bskeDZsPk6NDlwsr2K7e5VXWSjwoZZDPWBB_ZU

          And replace the original in the game folder. Notice that the patched exe is only for use on the same computer(localhost)

• In JConfig settings, uncheck Nesys Emulation and RFiD emulation.
• Download openparrot from  https://mega.nz/file/X1sXTIwB#uLupuG3-0JX6NT5Lr_eqa6RsOPXpFkvcADhekW_agOU extract to a separate folder, don't directly extract to game folder
• Set OpenParrotLoader.exe to be run as administrator
• Write a powershell script or bat file to load the game (and run that script as administrator)

           something like 
                  .\OpenParrotLoader.exe OpenParrot path\to\game471.exe

• In game, use F4 to read the card.

 

(Optional) Use locale emulator to load the game    
Since the game by default expects Japanese locales, some weird issues might happen if you are not using Japanese locale. To solve this, one option is to change the system locale to Japanese. However, if you don't want to change the global locale, you can use locale emulator to do this.

• Download local emulator from https://github.com/xupefei/Locale-Emulator
• Install and Setup the locale emulator following the guide
• Change the load script (and run that script as administrator)

         something like 
        cd path\to\Locale.Emulator.2.5.0.1
         .\LEProc.exe path\to\OpenParrotLoader.exe OpenParrot path\to\game471.exe

 

Notice that the game path should not contain spaces

 

Setup the event files    
If you want to setup the event files,

• Download archived files here https://mega.nz/file/2491iaTa#FxwedwyoxPVixQUFptjit6-ZNTd_D9Y67Cy8sK9p38g 
• Downlad more news images here https://mega.nz/file/ew8DUYxJ#A0zfN6Lwau-LwTbXbDsQ8M8FO3GY2x6ZJaSCUrgT8MI
• Put the event files to Eventpath  that you set in JConfig, if you want to use event files, change event path in jconfig to a drive other than your D drive.
• On the server side, refer to Event Files section in the README of the server. Change the config accordingly. 

 

Other setup 

• If you want to play in full screen, in system.cfg , change Windowmode to 0. Then in jconfig, disable d3d9wrapper. Finally set screen to portrait mode and boot the game.
• If the judgement does not feel right, change JudgeTimeOffset and GameTimeoffset in system.cfg
• if you want the bios language in english rather then Japanese

          go to folder \data\TestModeLaungage and rename the Laungage_jpn_sjis.csv to something like Laungage_jpn_sjis .bck(for backup purposes)

          Now make a copy of Laungage_eng_sjis.csv and rename that one to Laungage_jpn_sjis.csv

          (if someone knows how to make use of all the eng(lish) assets which are lingering around in all the subfolders with a simple setting and make a Rhythm Vaders out of this game: let me know)

 

 

Common Issues    

• If the game stuck at Starting Nesys, make sure that you have completed the main steps in the base game setup.
• If the game stuck at Starting Nesys, when running local server do not forget to allow local network access from your firewall when prompted.
• If the game shows error about RFID READ WRITE MODULE , make sure iDmacDrv32.dll is from jconfig not from openparrot/original. You can check this by file size, original is 76kb, jconfig one is 96kb, openparrot one is >100kb.
• If the game throws an assertion error, make sure the resolution setting in JConfig is correct (720x1280, not 1280x720) and you have changed system.cfg.
• If the game does not output any sound, in jconfig->settings, set analog1 and analog2 to max.
• If the game freezes, make sure you have disabled other network adapters.
• If the game cannot connect to the local server, make sure port 80 and 443 are not occupied by other program, and you have disabled other network adapters (and that includes VPN, Bluetooth network adapters and so on)
• When Jconfig.exe gets deleted by your viruscanner then exclude the folder and/or binary and/or restore.
• When jconfig.exe thows an error in the 'load regedit' step of the base game (even as an administrator) delete in the registry the entry and try again (older version messed things up)

                  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\TAITO
    
 

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 08:41 AM by laflegge