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golive03 wrote:

Hey so I’ve recently tried to use this tool once I got a hold of CON files for Hier Kommt Alex and Rock ‘n’ Roll Star, but they still do not show up in my library even after running the EU fix multiple times. […]

How big is your songcache file to begin with? There is the known issue where after it reaches a certain size it’s considered “read-only”, and the game will force a rebuild every time. While it will retain the modified data for most songs, some of those title/region exclusion issues might be enforced on the rebuild.

So in order to check, reduce the number of CONs your console can see, making sure that the European region titles are available (maybe on a separate small USB stick), and then build a fresh songcache. If the EU titles are then available, this is the bug you’re seeing.

And again apologies for this bug: it’s the one thing that prevents this utility from being truly useful, and I’ve yet to get in touch with an “expert” on building and hashing CON files to help me figure out what the issue is (SOMEONE PLEASE FIND ME AN EXPERT?!). My personal solution is to build my first cache with ONLY the CONs that will be modified, so that it’s under the size limit for modification, then let the console build the rest after adding the rest of the unmodified songs.

(It’s either that, or I should change this utility to trawl through CONs and rip them apart to modify their internal .dta assets…)

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Still trying to update the old links on the new forum software, but in the meantime here’s a new version with fixes:

https://www.tencrazy.com/dock/rbprev_vst64_v13a.zip

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Just a note to confirm that my web sites are back up.

Link is live again:

https://tencrazy.com/dock/rbprev_vst64_beta.zip

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Oh, right, my web sites are currently down.

Anyway, you get the graphics from the old (32-bit) plugin download.

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hey, just like pksage’s song cache on his website

I don’t think I quite know what you’re referring to: maybe the RB3 Cache Exporter tool? This is quite different than that.

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UPDATE: 20200224 v0.9 alpha

– Added “import”, “export”, “macro” commands (Thanks to hentaiphd for idea and collab)
– Added “verbose load” mode: hold down Shift key before cache loads to see lots of info (SLOW-ASS ON BIG CACHES!)

 

Two new scripts are included to fix TU4 export licenses (“Dani California” and “Black Hole Sun”) and EU DLC (“Hier Kommt Alex” and “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star”).

 

Drop me a line if you test these out: as of this time, their correctness is entirely theoretical!

 

 

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Now one might wonder: if there’s a license for “male_premium_hendrix_woodstock” in that pack, could we also fake other license entries in the cache to add other wardrobe unlocks?

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Updated to v0.8 today.

 

@FujiSkunk provided an additional working cache that helped uncover the actual problem: The Bob Marley RB3 pack (the one that contains “Kaya”) also includes a license file for additional wardrobe swag (namely “male_premium_hendrix_woodstock”). Thus far, this is the ONLY package we’ve found that has such extra license information, and the original spec I coded from was mistaken on what was contained in this chunk.

 

So that’s sorted out. Quickie fix, and I also reenabled the config to catch the exception and dump it to the text results area instead of halting the program altogether.

 

Thanks again to Fuji!

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I can provide the cache files themselves if that would help. That’s assuming you’re willing to chase something that people with good cache files will likely never see. If not, that’s totally fine.

 

 

Sure, I’ll take some of that action. Get me a link to the caches in question and I’ll give it a whirl.

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But what if you author something prior to 1919 one day?

 

Daaaammmnnn! All of those Al Jolson songs are now OFF THE LIST!

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Minor quibble: I think your latest custom got bitten by the reverse Y2K bug. ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />

 

Nope! I just date all vocal-only customs 100 years in the future so that it’s easy to filter them out by decade.

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SINGLE: Blue Öyster Cult – “Cagey Cretins”

Deep cut from the bestest BÖC album, “Secret Treaties”. Because if I didn’t chart this myself, who ever would?!

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VIDEO:

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Want to know which of your songs aren’t wipe-proof?

; Print out info for non-wipeproof customs



if id contains 10746 then

println artist ", "" song "" (" shortname ")"

end

I’ll add this script to the download next time I update, but you can just paste it to a text file yourself for now.

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A small v0.7 update…

 

Apparently a few songs have album art intact in the file, but for some reason don’t display in the game. Since these are primarily from movie soundtracks, it seems logical that HMX didn’t want to license the cover art separately from the audio, so they just punted.

 

So now these songs are automatically fixed when writing out a new cache:

• Promised Land (Vesuvius, free)
• Charlene (Stephen and the Colberts, free)
• Accidentally in Love (Counting Crows, Lego)
• Ghostbusters (Ray Parker Jr., Lego)

It didn’t seem to be at all useful to fix these within the scripting engine itself, since this is an extremely specific case, so it’s just part of normal operations after v0.7.

 

(NOTE: Caches are still writing as “read only” after growing past a certain size — perhaps in the 1.4MB range. If anyone can send a knowledgeable X360 or STFS coder my way to help me out, I’d appreciate it.)

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What’s this?! An update after two almost THREE years!?!?

MFX 04 – Ad Hoc Troubador 3-pack

Everyone has been asking for this one!!!

Okay, so I’m lying: NOBODY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR THIS ONE.

Straight outta the early 90’s Michigan college scene, Ad Hoc Troubador was a synth-driven duo with a New Romantic mindset. Or is it post-New Wave? Or maybe they were perky-goth… Or maybe I’m safe to label them as “Glam” because none of you know them from any other band and you’re not gonna call me on it!

Typical singalong rules are in play: Audio edits to cut down instrumental sections and for hard starts and ends. Release date is 100 years in the future for easy filtering.

Ad Hoc Troubador – “Addiction”

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Ad Hoc Troubador – “We Hear the Same Trains”

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Ad Hoc Troubador – “Yosemite”

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