Adding JPBB Options and Online execs #170
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I think in general we shouldn't add compiled executables to the repository, with the only exception being GBA files intended to be served to PSO GC clients. Is there an existing copy of these files (perhaps in an installer on archive.org) that we could link to instead? |
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These are from my personal backups hence why i'm placing these two over here as a localization resource as uploading them to an archive will most likely confuse people trying to find the default Tethealla client. These two exes are mostly for reference in case someone wants to have a pure japanese client without modifications and totally optional which Tethealla replaced with an outdated USBB launcher and options in their official client. BTW, theres a misconception people have thinking that Tethealla is an outdated client but the Tethealla12513 is actually the very latest JPBB client version 1.25.13 released in June 2010 a few months before the official servers closure. As for including them in this repo, maybe I can add them inside a zip or tar file so github doesnt complain theres an .exe in the repo? |
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GitHub doesn't care about executables in the repo, I would just suspect that fuzziqer wants to err on the side of caution when it comes to potentially directly distributing them. Having a BB installer linked somewhere is a good idea, especially since Tethealla took down all their downloads - I can offer to host them to have them linked to, plus I can have archive deliberately scrape so they also have a copy for future preservation purposes if something was to come to pass. |
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I dont have resources for hosting the client beyond what we have here on github, but if you want you can get these two and upload a new tethealla client including them maybe add them in a zip file called "japanese files" so nobody complains their options and launcher are in japanese by default. I'm just adding all these to preserve as much as possible from PSOBB as we can. |
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What I've done is hosted versions of playable clients (that people actually want, not necessarily straight vanilla installers) at the following links:
The Japanese client contains the localisation files provided by @nolrinale, as well as the online and option executables provided in this PR. All 3 clients have been patched to point at 127.0.0.1 as well, so they should work out of the box for anyone hosting a local server on the same system - I would suspect anyone trying to host a server elsewhere would know how to find this and hex edit it out. The only change for the US BB client is that PsoBB.exe was changed to one with GameGuard patched out. To launch it, PsoBB.exe must be ran directly, as online.exe will try to launch GameGuard before opening the client. |
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Thanks a lot for providing these Matt, I will close this PR, for the sake of completion maybe you can try making another PR updating the README or by adding a txt file inside the psobb notes folder with these links |
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I hate posting comments on a closed pr but I don't know where else I can post this, and I think it is useful info that may avoid some frustration. The US 1.24.3 client appears to have a broken common.pac file in the data\sound folder. I have tried on Windows 10 and 11 and the game will not run with that file in place. Removing or renaming the file will allow the game to run. Replacing it with the common.pac file from the Tethealla client will also allow the game to run. I believe the common.pac file is corrupt as it is the only file that I am unable to open with a pac viewer. Notably I have come across this same issue with US client downloads from multiple sources, as of yet I have not found an "original" US PSOBB client that does not have this issue. Also, thanks for providing these files as they are a valuable resource. |
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Right, the common.pac file for the US client is messed up, I actually knew this already and forgot to fix that download. Looking at it compared to the working one, it appears there are a lot of missing bytes which reference the data folder - does the game not even load to the patch server? Would be a huge oversight if so as you wouldn't be able to get a fixed file from the patch server. Regardless, I've re-uploaded (and re-archived) the client with the Tethealla common.pac for now since it works; I don't feel like trying to fix the common.pac file although I suspect it's just filling in the missing bytes where they are zero'd out. As for putting these links in the Readme or Notes - I am fine with this, but it depends if fuzziqer wants to be linking to game binaries from his repository. |
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The .pac's and ogg's are the same for both clients since they are just sound files so you can just replace the one with the japanese/tethealla one and you are good to go. What really makes a difference between one region and another is the psobb.exe itself because is an older revision (1.24.3) than the latest japanese/teth one (1.25.13) PSOBB has a hidden JPN/ENG language switch which can turn the JPBB client into the USBB client instantly but its hidden behind a flag that needs to be modified locally within the client and sadly I don't know the address of such all I know is that once enabled, you actually have your client behaving just like the USBB one with a working english word select and loading the correct text string files and english textures. It would be great to discover these hidden settings as I'm sure besides the english/japanese switch, theres also a switch to enable/disable all areas access, episode IV title screen, coren, and maybe a few other unknown options (episode 2 doors?) they had access to. |
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@Matt-Swift, to answer your question; untouched, the US client bombs out immediately without ever getting to the patch server. However - and I forgot to mention this earlier - by going into options beforehand and disabling sound the game will run normally (albeit without sound) @nolrinale that is some interesting information that I was unaware of. I'm certain finding those flags are beyond my skill but it would be an interesting exercise. |
Adds to the Japanese localization resources the original Online.exe and Option.exe from the latest official JPBB client.
This latest option.exe allows the user to enable/disable previously unavailable settings such as Word Wrap and Global Focus Sound
These files are meant to be used with an untouched Tethealla12513 client