itg ps2 hack help

[PhunnyJesta]

ok well I just hacked my itg ps2 game to get ddr arcade mixes 3-8 (herd i could only have 500 songs and i had 511 and i didnt really like those 2 mixes anyways), mario mix, and itg 1 songs (i downloaded a pretty legit song pack cuz the orginal file for itg songs was ridiculously huge) on the itg ps2 disk because I take my ddr metal pads and games to local events and hauling my pc around for itg pc was just a pain in the butt.

ITG ps2 hack works fine except 2 problems, LOTS of lag when trying to switch songs (holding the arrow in doesnt make it lag but going 1 song at a time makes it lag really bad). Also 500 songs is ALOT of songs....especially when its alphabetical and im in the C's and want to go the M's....is there anyways i can make it so its like itg pc/stepmania where it has sections according to the folders?

I forgot to mention that when i made the pck file for the songs im not exactly sure if i clicked "generate cache" or not and idk if that would make a difference at all.

[Devon]

You should try to removing songs, you don't need that many. Cut it down to 250-300... and it would also work if you just used your hacked version for stepmania files, and your legit PS2 game for the ITG officials... so that means, remove the ITG songs from your current DVD.

[PhunnyJesta]

ok well i guess that does make sense cuz i dont play ALL the ddr songs, but isnt there a way there could be categories for each mix in the song selection?

[Devon]

Without some heavy/moderate modification, then no.

[Kyrandian]

The reason for the lag is you're failure to burn to cache of your songs to the disk. Yes there is a way to enable group sort (OpenGroove released a modification with it). Also, I have a working disk of DDR 1st through Supernova + Mario, so if you got the same pack I did, you should be fine.

[PhunnyJesta]

[Kalek]

http://stepmania.naota3k.com/index.php?dir=Team%20Opengroove%20Stuff/Tools%20and%20Docs/&file=OG_ITG1PS2_Hacks_V2_aka_GroupSort_and_TopGradeFix.rar for group sort and sections -- you will have to erase your current itg save for this to work completely, or you can hack the slus file (search the slus with a hex editor for "BASLUS-21177", replace "BASLUS-21177" with anything you want) to save in a different folder on the memory card.

as for lag, did you resize your banners correctly?

maybe try caching your banner cache with kholdfuzion's sm4 caching tool?

[PhunnyJesta]

all the songs were downloaded from the opengroove and from what im looking at they all seem to be 256x80 banners and 320x240 backgrounds
o yea also i got some system of a down songs on their and the preview music doesnt play at all and when it goes to the black screen where its loading the song it freezes up im guessing the ps2 version has the time limit thing like the arcade version does??? the soad songs work fine on my itg pc version btw

[PhunnyJesta]

o yea wats this "kholdfuzion's sm4 caching tool" ur talking about, i was trying to look around for it but didnt come up with anything except this page on google lol

[Kalek]

[PhunnyJesta]

ok so to change the linking would all i have to do is going into the songs on stepmania and the step editor and just save in each song?

[PhunnyJesta]

ok i think i got it, according to the opengroove it says

"Note:
Some comments just DO NOT work. You will see this, as the game will hang while processing to the songwheel.
In this case try another comment. We will work on a list of allowed comments, this is WIP at the moment."

going to do another attempt brb

[Travelsonic]

Are there any suggestions for burning to a DVD using a Macbook Pro? Do I have anything specific to do to burn a game image correctly?



Also, I followed the guide for hackn the disk to a tee, yet it would only load a far as the "now loading" screen and stop. I wait and it doesn't load. I only have about 300 or so songs.
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I'll believe that when me **** turns purple, and smells like rainbow sherbet.

[PhunnyJesta]

surprise surprise....doesnt work again, still lags at songwheel when switching songs

o yea i also have to use a dummy file to make the iml file, would that make a difference at all??

[PhunnyJesta]

maybe there is a problem with the way i burned it this is EXACTLY wat i did

-ripped LEGIT ps2 game to computer
-deleted all of the packs that began with D except DA0ADE3A
-made sure songs had 256x80 banners 320x240 backgrounds, all songs ogg, all banners and backgrounds png and all are sim files, and no bg movies
-with all the songs in the root of my C drive (C:\Songs\*ddr folders, soad folder and itg folder*) i packed the songs and generated the cache with the comment of default test.
-added the pack to the pack folder
-rebuilt the pck.idx
-rebuilt the iso in this order
the IMG
pcks folder
SLUS 211.77
system.cnf
boot.pak
800mb dummy file (400mb was too small still)
-built the iso with iml2iso
-burned the iso with dvddecrypter on 1x speed onto a sony 4.7gb dvd-r

did i do ANYTHING wrong?????

[PhunnyJesta]

ok well i found something out, all the itg songs (these were from a downloaded pack i found online) dont lag when it goes to that song but all other songs (ddr and soad) do lag and glitch up when switching to 1 of those songs, anything i can do about that???

im also finding these files in random ddr songs called .lrc files not sure how they got there and idk wat they do

[Jeff xCO]

Maybe you should try learn to live with the lag?