/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>Cat
>Bunny
>Dog
>Fox
>Bat
Ok, so do we get umm, bird and fish as well or what? There is even a doll.

I really should have ordered this game.
How does it compare to say BB or GG or other fighting games in general?

The premise of so many characters as well as just as many unique Arcanas to choose from almost sounds like a recipe for disaster as far as balance goes.
But it doesn't look that bad, were they lucky?

>>6806915
meh, its alright I'd say its a slight step above a melty blood game. But just dont expect much depth and complexity. I spent most of the time trying the effects each arcana. But ultimately its a forgettable experience.

The 360 version got uploaded the very first day didn't it?

>>6807103

Have you tried online yet? How's the netplay?

That's what's really going to decide if I order this or not. BB and SF have gotten kind of boring, so I'd like a new fighter to waste time with.

>>6806915

This is actually one of the most balanced f-games.

>>6807485
Isn't that pretty spectacular considering the character rooster and the available options that is the Arcanas?

What kind of a dog is she really?

I'm one click away from confirming my order.

Convince me why I should or should not continue.

>>6808053
Um...fighting game, anime girls and yuri goggles? That's good enough for me.

>>6807915
A skating ninja dog, duh.

>>6808053
It is actually balanced, which is amazing considering how the game is layed out.
The Arcana system is unuiqe-ish and is actually great as it contributes to the customizability of the characters.
Each Arcana provides it's own additional moves, leaving all the moves of the original characters untouched, which is also great as it essentially leaves the character the same while it still alters how said character can be played.

The rooster is also kind of big, and yeah, there are plenty of Arcanas to boot.
The homing system is wonderful for the whole approach thing and contributes greatily in the way of choices available and true-choice and all that.

It is in essence, simply a great fighting game.

>>6807103
10/10 was about to fighting game nerd rage

>>6808240
>>6808094

Annnnnd....ordered.

>>6808266
order it for me too :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL7qgCHIrlc&fmt=18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xJN4tQVeYk&fmt=18

It really is a pretty sweet game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CpYwCUTAQs&fmt=18

Elaborate on this "Arcana" thing for me some.

So basically before you start the match you can pick an Arcana to use with your character that adds extra moves to their moveset?

>>6808408
Adds a couple specials and changes properties of certain moves, like adds an auto-guard to 6/3C, slightly extra damage, or letting you triple jump, etc. They all give a couple slight general changes to a character along with adding special moves and a super.

>>6808441
Here, just look at a couple arcanas and you'll figure it out right away.
http://arcana.mizuumi.net/wiki/Gier

>>6808441

So depending on what Arcana you choose it can change the character's playstyle to some degree?

That actually sounds pretty cool. At least it adds a ton of variety.

>>6808408
There is a dedicated "Arcana" button, which you do all the Arcana moves with.
Each Arcana has a moveset of it's own, and is something you chose after you have chosen your character.
You can also check it out in the video at character selection here >>6808375

But some Arcanas also gives you passive abillities, such as a third jump, the abillity to hower etc etc.
And the Arcana's also have certain modifiers that affects meter gained, defence and offence.

Looks interesting, might download for 360

>>6808460
Basically yes. It's usually not a ton, but there are definitely certain arcanas that sync extremely well with certain characters by adding things that they lack, like strong pokes or projectiles. You see Arcanas picked equally often to counter the opponent's strengths, like taking Bhanri (adds clash frames) against an opponent weak to rushdowns.

>>6808469
... Source?

>>6808471
If only it was out for PS3.

>>6808498
http://arcana.mizuumi.net/images_ah/tutorial.zip
It may perhaps not be the best tutorial ever, but it is kind of cute and covers some (not all) of the basics.

http://freeps3gamesdownload.com/download-arcana-heart-3-ps3-iso-free-pal/
Is this for real, or an ellaborate scam/troll?
Sadly I am guessing on the latter.

>>6808697
That sites probably a scam but I'm sure there's a rip of the game out since yesterday

>>6808797
>but I'm sure there's a rip of the game out since yesterday
The 360 one was released, I haven't heard anything about the PS3 one.
It should be up, one could think.

I wonder if Zen-United would sell that towel thing.

>>6808954
No scene groups have released it, and I haven't seen it on any private trackers or forums, either. Keep checking here: http://www.abgx.net/filename/?ch=9

http://www.justin.tv/teamsp00ky

Team Spooky has been streaming it for three days straight. I really want a PS3 now but I can't afford one.

>>6809484
You mean the 360 one?
Then what is this?
http://doujin-games88.blogspot.com/2011/01/xbox360-arcana-heart-3-3-jpn-iso.html

>>6808954
>2960 Arcana_Heart_3_JPN_JB_PS3-Caravan Caravan 2011-01-15
Hey man, for real?!
I just refreshed the site before closing it, and bam! it was up.

>>6809597
Yeah, it's out now. I'll probably download it when I wake up and it's on Usenet.

Don't you need a modified boot file for this to work with 3.55? Or how does this work really? Is there even a guarantee it will work without a backup manager?

>>6809631
I downloaded the PS3 version of Mindjack the other day and played it on 3.41. The group who released it included a patched eboot. Even if Caravan didn't, there will be one on psx-scene or somewhere else today, guaranteed.

Up, up, up!

>>6809488
So the stream isn't on at the moment?
At what times do you they usually stream?

Not exactly my crowd of fighting enthusiasts, but I guess I can respect them enough anyway, so it's cool.

As soon as i get my hands on the game, i'll try to make a signed package and post it here.

>>6810889
They just finished a few minutes before your post. They were playing for more than 8 hours

So where would be the best place to order this from?

>>6810906
Depends on where you are.

The game wouldn't happen to be available for something suitable for JDownloader, would it?

>>6807103
This is the most idiotic post I have ever read on /jp/, and that is saying a lot. Go back to animesuki, gaia, or wherever you came from.

Arcana Heart 3 is not only one of the most balanced fighting games ever, it is probably the best one too. (Sorry GG and ST fans.)

It also requires much knowledge to be good at it, so it's far more related to /jp/'s tastes than mashy or execution-heavy fighters.

>>6810889
they are supposed to be streaming again later tonight they managed 7am for here on the west coast

the games netcode isn't very good but only has lag during the first few seconds of a match, during the countdown to fight

>>6811305
Isn't it the same netcode BB has? I am preetty sure that's the case.

>>6811305
Isn't it the same netcode BB has? I am pretty sure that's the case.

How are the new characters looking?

And how does one pronounce "Weiss".

>>6811320
>>6811323
yes very similar if not

>the games netcode isn't very good but only has lag during the first few seconds of a match, during the countdown to fight

If a game's netcode has no lag, it is by definition good.

Is there still no torrent/download links for the PS3 version? It surprises me the 360 version went up so much earlier.

>http://www.ps3news.com/ps3-game-nfo-releases/arcana-heart-3-jpn-jb-ps3-caravan-3324.html

Anybody? Maybe it does exist on the darkside of the Moon? Well, even then somebody would have to create a proper .pkg.

>>6811327
"ß" is pronounced with an "S" sound in German.

bitGamer doesnt have it yet and Blackcats games is derping on me.

>>6811346
I'm new to wares & homebrew on the PS3 but from what I have seen the whole ps3 warez scene is a fucking joke. I'm not talking about the scene release but the ones that upload these to various sites.

By the way, someone here who tested out 3D Dot H @ 3.55-JB? It will turn black screen once the company logos finish but without freezing the console.

I also tested the Nier (US) release and it works 100%

>>6811369

I managed to get into Blackcats torrent section although I had to refresh the site like a million times. There haven't been any updates which doesn't come as a surprise with how slow the site is.

>>6811327
Immagine a Japanese saying "Wai", and then add an 'S' sound, as in "Street" or whatever.

>>6811377

My friend had a similar error because they didn't place the trophy folder in with the rest of the game files.

Is the game only uploaded in closed circles of elitists or what?

More Arcana Hearts? Bleh.

It's a bad GG clone with a crappy version of Hokuto no Ken's boost system.

Does this new one still feel like you're playing on the moon?

>>6811557
0/10

>360
>region-locked
PC release when?

>>6811561
Arcana Heart is a joke. It's fun to mess around with, but never play it seriously. There's just not much there.

>>6811563
I second that.

>>6811564
Same can be ultimatly said about pretty much every game ever made. Try again.

>>6811564
>>6811557
Wow, just wow.
Some decent arguments might be nice, though I doubt you have much experience with the game.
My guess would be that you are just trolling because it's Arcana Heart and it's all girls, pink and frilly dresses.

How smooth is the game? I remember buying the PS2 version of AH2 and it had a piece of shit frame rate with random slow downs, the game ran better on my PC.

>>6811557
>>6807103
Samefag.

(Or scrubs, if not.)

Then again, we can't expect people in /jp/ to take fighting games seriously. People here are mostly Soku and Blazblue players, they have no idea what they're talking about at all.

P.S.: GG is deep and requires godly execution at high-level, but it is still not the paradigm of fighting games. No one here has ever played GG competitively offline and don't know how stupid some things in that game are, even after so many iterations.

Game is up on PS3iso

>>6811658
Is that picture supposed to make sense? Because it doesn't.

>>6811682
>Arcana heart 3 Working FW 3.41
How about 3.55? Is it possible/impossible? Would one need a different eboot file?

>>6811675
>How smooth is the game?
Perfect. The PS2 version was a horrible failure that had bunked immensly.
It didn't even run above 10fps on average.
Now it's on PS3/360 however, which are far stronger consoles.
But it doesn't really matter, because it's not the same people who did the port this time. So now it was done properly.

>>6811563
>PC release when?
it was already released, but nobody hacked it yet so it doesn't work.

http://archive.easymodo.net/cgi-board.pl/jp/thread/6752192

>>6811781
Hmmm, I see.

It's only a matter of time, then.

There will be an Europe release?

I don't care if is late release like the Blazblue franchise, just give me hope of lolis.

>>6811812
Zen United and Aksys games are currently discussing an European release, and god do I hope it gets released here.

>>6811890
I hope it isn't. The game already has enough /a/ retards and normalfags playing it as it is.

AH should be left to loli lovers or fighting games lovers only.

>>6811812
Yep, Zen United and Arc System Works are discussing it so hopefully it will get released soon.

AH3 PS3 is being uploaded on a.b.consoles.ps3

Went ahead and ordered, thought it will probably be about two or three weeks before my copy actually arrives.

I'm too poor to afford fast shipping.

if i import the 360 version from play-asia will it work on american 360 console?

>>6812080
No, it's region locked to NTSC-J.

>>6812080
Nope, region locked

>>6812080
Yes, if you JTAG it.

>>6812093
You need to have an older system with a kernel that isn't updated, plus soldering skills to JTAG. I do have a JTAG 360, but I'm waiting for the PS3 version to be uploaded because the 360 controller sucks for fighters.

>>6812105
get one of these man

>>6812105
Can you play it online with a pirated ps3 version?

>>6811686

You're an idiot.
Or uninformed.
Or perhaps a bit of both.

>>6812164
Currently? Yeah, but we don't know if AH3 is EBOOT.BIN patchable yet.

>>6812105
You don't need solder skills to JTAG. It's not like you're soldering mosfets or resistors on a PCB. Just heat the wires up a bit and plug them into the solder.

>>6812105
It really is on ps3iso you know. >>6811682 wasn't joking.

>>6812186
It can be lalso grabbed from a.b.console.ps3

Due to having 3.55-JB I won't be able to test it as things are right now until someone uploads proper .pkg

For those of you actually buying the game, where did you order from?

>>6812362

Also warmly awaiting a proper .pkg. As soon as one pops up, I'll start with jailbreaking my ofw-3.55 PS3.

>>6812644
amiami.jp

haven't received it yet tho

>>6812672

Says it's back-ordered there, and I'd really like to get it as soon as possible.

Yes-asia has it for $77 with free shipping, but they place the delivery date sometime in mid February. I think my best bet would be play-asia, though I'll probably have to plunk some extra cash down for express shipping.

>>6812719
There's also a few e-bay stores selling it for a bit less than $100, with 5 day shipping. Last I checked, Play-Asia was backed up until around Feb. 5th, are they not anymore? I might just have to pick one up from there if so.

team spooky is streaming again for anyone interested in that

>>6812795

http://www.play-asia.com/Arcana_Heart_3/paOS-13-71-bp-49-en-70-3zpz.html

I think it's only the Asia version that's back-ordered until February. The Japanese version doesn't say anything like that, though it cost $5 more.

Think I'll probably go with that, though I'll have to wait until next week until I get enough cash to cover the shipping as well. If I had known it would sell out so fast I would have pre-ordered it months ago.

How does this work really?
Does this thing work?
http://www.ps3news.com/forums/ps3-hacks/ps3-bd2hdd-playstation-3-bd-game-hdd-game-gui-app-117003.htm
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Or this
http://dukio.com/raw-games-installer-v1-1-0-0-ps3-backup-game-to-pkg.html
Or both?

Also, is this necessary?
http://www.ps3iso.com/showthread.php?t=44256
Or does those other tools do this?
And, should someone else with more experience do this instead?

if the 360 is modded, can it play japanese games?

>>6813226
jtag yes, ixtreme no

>>6813229
hm. i dont really know what type of mod my unit got, i guess its worth a shot.

>>6813242
If you don't know if your have a JTAG or not, you more than likely do not.

>>6813251
dang.

Game works with geohot's 3.55 cfw. I made install pkg for you:
http://www.mediafire.com/?cy8in2j86ynwvu1

After installation create /dev_hdd0/ARCANAH3/USRDIR/ folder and copy files (not eboot.bin) and data_ps3-folder from game USRDIR to there.

>>6814116
Amazing. Thanks.
Going to try to install geohot now.
It's the jailbreak.zip thing from geohot.com right?

Also, any risks involved? Should I backup saves and trophies and such? Any other risks?

>>6811658
Here.

>>6814204
I'd like to try this too. My only concerns are connecting to PSN, a possible upgrade to higher OFW and playing legit games. If geohot's firmware can't satisfy these three, I probably won't try it.

>>6814204
running homebrew apparently messes with the pushlist and boot history, PSN will probably check for homebrew in the future and psn/console ban. if they release new OFW you'll have to wait for new CFW as well

>>6814263
>possible upgrade to higher OFW
You should ask someone else, but yes I think so.
And I do think that all the "jailbreaking" will be undone in the process.
Though I really have no idea.

And yes you are supposed to be able to connect to PSN, and you are supposed to be able to play legit games.
If you are connected to the internet however, Sony may be able to see that wether or not you indulge in piracy somehow, I believe.
Though all that lies within their power as far as I understand, is a worst case scenario of being banned from PSN.
Though if I have also understood this correctly, Sony have never done this, but instead they have been fast with updating their own official firmware instead in order to disrupt further hacks in the future.

Though if any of this is incorrect, I would appreaciate someone to point it out.

Ugh. This is back ordered everywhere.

since i cant get the game. is the fight system very similar to the previews installment? AH2?

So do you think you will get banned for this in the future?
The people at psx-scene seems to think so
http://psx-scene.com/forums/f6/rumor-sony-could-may-remotely-disable-jailbroken-hacked-ps3s-75407/

http://psx-scene.com/forums/f118/do-you-think-sony-will-ban-users-cfw-connected-psn-75164/

This line also scared me
>the company even has the means to irrevocably disable your console should it so wish," rendering affected PS3 consoles unusable, online and off. But will Sony ever use such a drastic measure? And if so, how will the hacker scene retaliate?


Really, I may be a bit of a coward, but is this actually safe? I won't be able to afford another PS3, and it still would be increadibly unfair, as I actually do buy the games.
And I will buy this game as well when it's localized, I will even buy the limited editions if they are available.
I would import the Japanese one as well, though I won't be able to afford buying the game twice, and I have calculated that I really do want a localized copy if/when available.
I also thinks it's a tad unfair, being forced to import the thing, as it is more expensive etc
It really would be awful, they wouldn't be able to get any more money out of me anyway, I buy all the games I want, because I want the physical copies.

I made a pkg for geohot 3.55, works online and everything (at least until the first patch is released, applying patches on pirated games isn't that easy yet).
I can upload it if people want it.

>>6814338
Probably. People always like to claim that shit isn't detectable but they will always find a way. The xbox firmware guy has said for years that his firmware isn't detectable but microsoft always manages to find subtle differences between a legit and hacked xbox over live.

>>6814338
Wait what?! Everyone are convinced things will be screwed up?
Bans like that seriously isn't just when they may very well ban decent folks who pay for the majority of their games.

What would you think would happen to their sales if they banned everyone who have ever used a custom firmware?
Has any company done anything like that before?

Sure they might go and ban you from PSN but no company has gone and bricked their buyers hardware and I can't imagine sony being the first.

If they really wanted money, and to be fair, then they should offer a fee to become un-banned were they ever to ban someone.
That way they could make some heavy cash, as well as offer some misfortunate people a second chance.
And hey, were people to be stubborn enough to get banned again? Then more money for soney.

Not exactly something nice, but perma-bans are just stupid.

>>6814461
Nobody has been banned yet, all of this stuff is just rumors and hearsay.
For all we know they might handle this like they do with PSP where they just ban the firmwares.

>>6814461
Go email Sony about it.

>>6814481
Would they ever take the time to read the mails of commoners, and take their ideas seriously?

Also, wouldn't it be better to mail them after the first bans? Though at that time their inboxes might be overflooded.

>>6814338
As if Sony could afford bricking CFW consoles.

Also, confirmed working on 3.55 with geohot cfw.

>>6814572
A ban isn't neccissarily to brick the console.

Though I still really don't quite understand the logic.
Sure thing, it could act as some sort of punishment, you know, to scare people if it's scare tactics they want.

But in what way would either a PSN ban or a bricked console ever result in them gaining any money?
I mean
"Oh shit! I am banned from PSN and can no longer play online! Now I must go to the store and buy all those games, I won't be able to play online with!"
Or "Wow!? They really banned me! Now I really must get those PSN games I always wanted now when I can't download them. Tough luck! Can't connect to PSN in order to buy them!"
And well, i believe it's not hard to immagine how something extreme as a bricked console wouldn't result in them gaining any money.

That is of course, unless they expect people to buy entire new consoles. But really, I do believe they would need to be a bit realistic, no one would do that, especially not after still being hurt from their "attack".
The way I see it it would only start a trend of people boycotting sony.

>>6814673
>Can't connect to PSN in order to buy them!"
I don't think someone with cfw would buy PSN games when you can download them for free.

>>6814673
they would ban consoles to protect legit users from hackers with modified game data

>>6814695
At the risk of money? And we are talking about Sony, right? Yeah, no, I don't think so.

>>6814700
What money? People with CFW aren't buying anything. Microsoft ban people with modified firmware every year. They banned 1 million consoles during the last ban wave.

Wait, what the hell do you mean by working on 3.55 with geohot cfw?

I thought there was no way to make backup managers work on geohot's cfw as of yet...

>>6814700
anyone with cfw can get everything for free, it's already considered a loss at this point. ms has no problem banning consoles and xbl gold accounts

>>6814711
it doesn't use a backup manager. you install games with pkgs

>>6814711
You can modify eboots to make the games launch directly from the XMB as if they were a PSN game.

>>6814695
>from hackers with modified game data
How could this be dangerous? Modified game data?

>>6814709
So they really did that. Yeah I had heard of it so I thought it was true.
But I don't really know of any details. It's permanent bans, right? Requiring them to get a new console, right as the only way?

I still don't quite understand it.
Claiming that no one with CFW purchases anything legally is a stupid statement, and even if it was true, banning them won't make them any richer, so I still don't get it.

>>6814725
What. Link to tutorial anywhere or something?

>>6814744
It will make them richer since a chunk of them will go buy another console. And some of them may even go legit.

So what are sony's terms of agreement?
I got everything ready to launch up AH3, but I might go to sleep and later carefully read all of their ToA in order to get an understanding of the extent of what they might be able to do, and what one's rights are.

Supposedly they may very well have a fuck up clause claiming that one looses each and all rights in the case of CFW.
In either case, I am off to bed.

Is anyone working on the PC version?

I'd play this but I don't want the trophies on my PS3.

529 combinations!
This is the first time in a fighter that I have no idea who I want to learn first.

arcana3 is selling like hotcakes in japan

almost every store has it sold out

>>6815931
Doesn't it also do better than many big name games in the arcade?
Good for Examu.

One quick question though, Do trophies work when in CFW?

>>6816014
Yes, online too, at least for games that haven't had any patches released yet (like AH3).

>>6816067
Can I still revert back to OFW? Yes, I'm serious.

I really like GoW3 and FFXIII are over 40GB when still compressed.
You so crazy junk data ... this makes me want to download it just because of that

>>6814886
Stop reading bullshit and just don't go online with the console ever while the CFW is on.

>>6816397
>Stop reading bullshit and just don't go online with the console ever while the CFW is on.
But this isn't much of an issue.
It's rather, "Don't go online ever again have you ever ran CFW".
The log they get at startup stretches back.

>>6816659
Well, I do own two ps3 so no matter what might happen, it's not gonna be an issue for me

The installation of geohot is safe right? As in nothing will happen to the data stored on the disc right?
That is, my saves and trophies and whatever is safe right?

Also, my DLC, that stuff is important.
Let's immagine a worst case scenario.
Let's say I am banned, but could I still move over all of my saves, log in with my PSN account on another machine, "re"-download all of the things I have actually bought from PSN, and pretty much get off more or less from where I ended with the first console?

>>6816706
Depends if Sony decides to also ban your psn account.

>>6816718
Would they really ban all the accounts logged on the machine?
Wouldn't it be enough to use another user account with another PSN account?

>>6816734
I don't know. Sony has never done a ban wave so we don't know what they will do. Microsoft has always just banned the xbox and left the accounts untouched. Although there have been times where they banned people for playing first party Microsoft games online before they even came out.

>>6816751
About that.
How come PSP users have never been banned?
Can it really be something as simple as they cannot know which ones who has CFWs?
I don't really admittedly, but is that really true?

>>6816757
I don't think there is a reason to ban them. As far as I know there aren't any true online games for the psp and there are no features like trophies or friend lists.

>>6816760
>and there are no features like trophies or friend lists.
If I were to ever become banned because of this, then it would all be stupid as my friendlist is null and as I see trophies as superficial even though they may perhaps be a bit entertaining.

But isn't your PSN account linked to your console ID?
I am not quite sure how it works as you should be legally entitled to everything you have bought, but having your account banned with the console, or at all, would be increadibly bad. DLC/PSN stuff costs money.

Why the hell did the guy upload it to hotfile?

Now I have to do all that shit manually.

Is it really that big of a deal?
I mean the consoles are increadibly expensive, but so are the games.

Even if you are banned, can't you keep on using it with the custom firmware?
Then, wouldn't you be able to get all offline games on your banned console in order to save money?

What can it be? About 5 games for the price of a console?
So umm, if you were to become banned in the future, pirate 5 games... or something.

But yeah the consoles are expensive and it might perhaps not be something that is easily affordable at the time of the possible eventual ban.

not really related but
watch this blazblue vid guys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbkaSL9aV94

http://homingcancel.com/arcana-general-discussion/preordered/msg4291/#msg4291

So, "Arcana" is like "Groove" in Capcom vs SNK?

On first look, this looks like a fine fighting game (Only fapped to the doujin and the art, never had a chance to play in the past), might be a good break from KOFXIII.

If I do this and get banned by the end of the year, I will lose $300 as I need to get a new PS3, and I will also lose $80 for the stuff I have baught from PSN.

It might as well be cheaper to simply import AH3 now for $100, and then re-buy the game yet again when it comes here for yet another $100.

As for myself that's not something I can do.
I had immense luck in managing to get a PS3 in the first place, but other than that it's already hard to break even with food and housing and other necessities.
Buying games is already is already pushing it, and I have no real buffer.
I can't buy a game twice, especially not limited editions.
And I can't afford to buy a PS3.


Stupid mega-corporations, they aren't going to get any more money from me no matter how much they fight piracy.
I still buy what I can manage to afford among the things I like. But this seriously isn't fair. And the taxes and the shipping for importing AH3 is already rubbish.
Yet I am going to buy the game when it is released here.

But no, if they see me playing the game beforehand, then damn me for killing the industry, huh?
Bans and limitations, it's all stupid, Sony and Microsoft are dumb if that's the way they go.

It's really is a shame, AH3 is one of my absolute favorite games. Good going the industry, it's obvious why everone must follow your every demand or else be destroying the industry! Oh the horror!

>>6817241
I wouldn't jailbreak the PS3 just for one game. However, soon I will be able to play almost every game I want to. I'm also hyped for better media support which shouldn't take that long to get implemented as homebrew. Yes, right now my PS3s are the strongest computers in here.

There's way too many characters to try out. Who's the projectile spammer of the game, I always seem to go with those.

>>6817395
Petra

SHOOT BULLETS
SUPER RELOAD
SHOOT BULLETS

Then just mash dodge when they get close to you and make it safe whenever you need to

>>6817395
I would say that it really depends on what kinds of projectiles you would want as there are many different projectiles of varying effects in this game.

Though I would say Petra Johanna Lagerkvist, her shots are fast and they bounce and keep coming.
Though I would rather play her because she is a dignified Swedish lady.

>Long Twin-Drill-Tails
>Dress
>Ojou-sama
Wonderful.

Could someone explain the basics of what is supposed to be done with the Arcade rip for it to run on PC?

Or perhaps instead, why is it not running in the first place?
Do we need to include custom drivers to make it recognize ordinary PC speccs, and then mess with the .exe to make it load those drivers while still being being able to read the original files or something?

>>6818448
most arcades these days are just PCs.
so just cracking the exe would most likely work

>>6817459
Fuck yes, Petra has all my favorite things.

>>6817459
You forgot huge tits

>>6817442
>>6817446
>>6817459
>>6818484
Petra will never give you a drilljob ;_;

I wish I was better at this kind of stuff.
I really should try to get back into college.

I have the Arcade rip opened in OllyDbg, but I am not even sure what to do.
Perhaps I shouldn't even bother.
Though I thought i might have been able to learn something by taking a look at it, but I don't exactly recognize anything.

>>6818518
college has nothing to do with hacking though

>>6818525
Sure. Hacking is entitles to a lot of rigirous self study.
Due to the nature of the trade that's only natural.

But learning the other end of the spectrum certainly helps.
If one is familiar with and knows how to build good filestructures for an example, then it is of course easier to break them.

But yes you are right.
Though whenever I rigioursly indulge myself in self-studies, I always feel like I should study to get back into college instead.
But I guess it's all good as long as I pick up and study something, rather than sitting doing whatever all the hours of each day.

Nice to see other Petra fans.

I take it she doesn't lag as hell in this game. Of course, everyone lagged to some degree, but Petra was a pretty huge offender.

>>6818525
Sure. Hacking is entitles to a lot of rigorous self study.
Due to the nature of the trade that's only natural.

But learning the other end of the spectrum certainly helps.
If one is familiar with and knows how to build good filestructures for an example, then it is of course easier to break them.

But yes you are right.
Though whenever I rigorously indulge myself in self-studies, I always feel like I should study to get back into college instead.
But I guess it's all good as long as I pick up and study something, rather than sitting doing whatever all the hours of each day.

Could this arcade thing be estimated to be more or less resource heavy than the one for bbcs?
I remember quite a lot of people had trouble with that one.
And while on the topic of bb. That project came out of nowhere, right? We don't know who did it?
What are the odds of them doing it again for this?
Is anyone else working on this?
Are people who are interested in working on it even available that a rip is available?

Will we ever have AH3 on the PC?

as far as i know the arcade ah3 (which uses the eX-BOARD arcade system thingy) has lesser specs than bbct which runs on taito type x2 so it'll probably work faster.

specs:
CPU Fanless Via C7 NanoBGA2
Chipset Via CN700, VT8237R Plus
Memory 1GByte DDR2 SDRAM（VRAM共用）
Video Integrated S3 UniChrome Pro AGP graphics
with MPEG-2 decoding acceleration

Audio
VIA VT1618Cidec 192KHz/32bit 8ch AC’97
Network RJ-45 10/100Mbps EATHERNET
Video I/O JAMMA出力 / D-Sub 15pin ×2 / コンポジット端子/
S-Video端子（同時接続可）

Audio I/O JAMMA出力 / L/R音声出力端子×2
Input JAMMA入力（拡張ボタン1を ボタン4として利用）
追加拡張ボタンコネクタにより 追加ボタンサポート

USB USB2.0 × 2ポート
Power JAMMA供給 12V 5A
あるいは 専用電源アダプタ AC100～240V 50/60Hz 1.7A

Size W317.80mm × D250.00mm × H104.20mm
Weight 4kg
OS Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Embedded
Flash Disk 512MByte / 1GByte / 2GByte

>>6819415
Let's just hope that someone is working on it then.
BB:CS was done in secret I believe, or perhaps not in secret, but it wasn't announced.

Now, how many hackers of this field is interested in this sort of stuff? And how many of them know of the Arcade rip yet?

I was messing with the arcade version yesterday and had it running but I can't figure out the controls. I was able to find the USB inputs and forced it to send all possibly inputs (there's 62 inputs total) but none of them did anything. The game does have the ability to use USB controls (it will pick up your presses) and there's an option in the operator's menu to reconfigure the USB buttons.

Getting the game up and running wasn't hard but those controls man.

>>6819666
What did you do?

>>6819666
How did you do it?
I would love to hear it, and if you explain then I might make it able to start myself.

But yes, the controls should be the bigger issue.

Disable the license key check and depending on your monitor you might need to change the window creation parameters.

>>6819666
as far as i remember you had to rebind the controls for bbcs too. maybe that's what you should look for.

>>6819733
Excuse me for being terrible at this, but I thought I did that. I must have messed with some other key.
So I will go right ahead and declare myself stupid and ask you to please ellaborate a bit.

>>6819807
Did you properly handle the return value? It will exit the game if it doesn't return normal or if you don't remove the checking code.

Still haven't had any luck with controls but it's moving somewhere at least.

What are you guys doing? And how?
I would want to get this started too even if nothing will work.

where's the checking code then? hex values, length etc.

i'm guessing it has to be zero'd.

>>6819998
Aren't you supposed to NOP it?

But it doesn't really matter if you can't recognize the key in the first place.

This will be working soon then?

Any idea why mine always returns KiFastSystemCallRet?
I missed something simple, didn't I?

>>6819733
>>6819922
No ok really.
I knew I wasn't good at this stuff, but I am completely bunked.

I thought I had found the license key check
CALL DWORD PTR DS:[<&IpgExKey._GetKeyLicense@0>]

It's this isn't it?
And I disabled it through nop.
Was this wrong? Because I have already no idea of how to proceed. And well, was this wrong in the first place then I may very well be oblivious.

>>6819922
>>6819666
Is the resolution something to be fixed later or does it just not look that great?

Just so you know, you guys are fucking awesome. Looking forward to practicing this on my PC between the sessions at my friend's place.

>>6820807
To be fixed later.

I have the controls sorta figured out now, I just can't figure out how to simulate the coin insertion action. The game also closes every time you exit the operator's menu and I haven't figured out how it stores the configuration yet.

Arcana Heart 3 torrent http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=torrentinfo&tid=186802

>>6820841
I really believe there is only one guy who actually knows what he is doing.
As for myself? I am terrible, but I have done some things in the past, but most likely due sheer force of extensive trial and error and perhaps luck.
But it's still fun to mess around with the stuff.

Don't know if there are any others with real experience in the thread though.

>>6820891
Figured it out. Still got a bit of work to do but controls are for the most part figured out.

Going out for about four hours, you guys better have this up and running by the time I come back.

>>6820952
great work man, i'm expecting a tutorial on how to do it

>>6821000
Seconded. I would rather play around with a sub par (maybe) version on the PC than muck around with my PS3 right now.

>>6820894
just tried it out, the online works fine.

>>6821508
Fuck.. dont tease me into jailbreaking my PS3.

>>6821529
There's a new custom firmware from the guy who makes all the patches for Wii coming out in a few hours

I'm installing AH3 via ftp to my PS3 right now, jealous?

Would anyone be so kind as to give me a way to find the AH3 arcade rip? Or at least tell me if I'm wasting my time hunting Google?

>>6821529
It's okay. The process is reversible.

>>6821641
Well not really. You can go back to official firmware, but Sony will have your PSN ID down as running custom firmware as soon as you connect again. There's basically no avoiding this.

>>6821667
But I don't play online! I've never heard of anyone using CFW banned from PSN. For now.

>>6821630
you're wasting time looking, it was posted here earlier. go to the easymodo link, it had the arcade rip link in it.

I downloaded it but it keeps bugging me to update to 3.55.

I thought replacing the eboot would fix this.

http://www.siliconera.com/2011/01/16/u-k-retailer-hmv-taking-pre-orders-for-arcana-heart-3/

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=926163&WT.mc_id=101689

HOHOHOOH.

Hooray EUROPE.

Ok I am beat.
I know I am far from good.
But I actually didn't think I would I would fail making any progress like this after working with it for so long.

I don't know if you are soon done with something.
But could you, the "sucessful guy", please share your exe or something? Would be great if you could, I would like to use it for comparison, I really don't care if the game doesn't work.

>>6820894
>Arcana_Heart_3_JPN_JB_PS3-Caravan
>JB
What is this supposed to mean? Will this work using CFW?

either jailbroken or japanese bird.

http://www.mediafire.com/?10ch0prm22vnp0a

Key config is:
Coin/Service - F1/F2
Test - F12

P1:
A - Z
B - X
C - C
D - A
E - D
Start - 1
Up/Down/Left/Right: Arrow keys

P2:
A - ,
B - .
C - /
D - k
E - ;
Start - 0
Up/Down/Left/Right - 8/2/4/6 on the numpad

If you want to modify the keys, open the EXE in a hex editor and go to 13F852 for player 1 and 13F85D for player 2. Look at the list of virtual-key codes here to figure out what keys to replace: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd375731(v=vs.85).aspx

If someone wants to make it so the direction keys are toggled instead of held for the menus or fix the system configuration problem, go ahead. I think I'm not going to mess with it anymore.

>>6822245
What I mean is, will this work on CFW or on the dongle?

>>6822283
Both. The JB term is used because it's not a .ISO file, it's the contents of said file.

>>6822298
That cleared things up. Thanks.

>If someone wants to make it so the direction keys are toggled instead of held for the menus or fix the system configuration problem, go ahead.

wow, this has to be done. it's next to impossible to select the character you want without it.

otherwise awesome job.

with this info though it shouldn't be hard for someone who knows how to write a key binder program like the one for bbcs.

>>6822101
Fuck yes. got it working.

a slight problem there, it doesn't seem like it accepts other buttons being held, so for example it's impossible to recall lieselotte's doll back once you let it out of the case.

>>6822277
Is this to be applied to the arcade rip from
>>6811781
?
Just need the go ahead, as a file of that size would take an hour or two for me.

Where do you change resolution? 632x453 or 632x446 depending from your chosen windows theme is sorta weird.

>>6822346
yep.

>>6822277
Thank you, sir. The menu control sure is annoying and it somehow runs worse than BBCS but it works fine.

Does the arcade rip have a training mode thing like what BBCS had?

Great, it runs fine even with all the problems my PC currently has. Waiting warmly for >>6822463 and >>6822312 (it's pretty much impossible to do 720 the way the buttons work right now).

Many thanks to the people who made the rip work. It works very well, super sensitive arrow keys aside...ah, the joys of figuring out the character moves without any guides...

Man, now I sure hope the game releases on PCs someday, because no arcade 'round these parts will ever get it ;_;

...can't do any proper throws, but it's probably my crappy hands/keyboard/lack of experience

How long does the PC version take to load?
Mine's been sitting here for a while...

>>6822619
Mine sat frozen for a couple minutes with no responce, then loaded and worked properly...might take a bit to load stages, too.

Is there any way to do the arcade rip online somehow?

>>6822634
....and by do, I mean play.

I don't know what the hell I'm selecting but so far I like using Akane(?) and the time monster thingie.

the new PS3 CFW by wainkoko or whatshisface apparently will brick your system, take care fellows.

>>6822619
mine loads almost instantly, so dunno why is yours like that. maybe your cpu/graphic card is too outdated.

>>6822633
>>6822619
>>6822584
>>6822519
Frozen for a while myself right now. Just gotta take it easy and wait it out I guess. (Not responding) text has me worried though.

I hope I'm not doing anything wrong, this seems deceptively simple compared to the hell I have to go through with VN's normally. Is it just launching AH30-PC off the folder, or am I missing something here?

damn, after the versus screen, it's pitch black

Not having too many problems here, especially after using JoytoKey... well, minus the super-sensitive arrow keys. The window is resizable, too, so that's very helpful. Scharlachrot is a goddamn bitch as a boss, though.

How do you go on about learning to do this kind of hacking? It seems useful and I waste far too much time anyway.

>>6822619
Waited for an hour, guess it doesn't work for me.

Gamepad doesn't work yet does it?

>>6822837
Oh, and yes. It runs flawlessly on my machine.

As with Blazblue I believe it is more of a compatibility issue than a minimum raw power issue.
The system might also matter.

>>6822837
Right now, I'm using JoytoKey. It works 100% with my PS2-style gamepad, but it doesn't seem to want to register any inputs from my 360 stick (but the buttons work just fine. Weird.)

>>6822855
Strange my 360 stick works fine, I am using JoyToKey.
Now I need to look for the movesets.

this is arcade mode only, no training mode?

>>6822874
There was something in BBCS arcade where if you hold down a certain set of buttons at a certain time you could go into some faux training mode.

Then an actual training mode patch got released for it and made it redundant, but there could be something like that for AH3 i don't know.

>>6822277

works great thanks alot!

derek is that you

When i tried to run it, the screen just stays hollowed out and won't play.

I'm running vista

My desktop computer and laptop both have the problem AH30-PC.exe stops responding and is using 100% CPU.

Guess there's still some hacking to do.

>>6823006
mine stops responding and uses 25%

works great, didnt anticipate to able to play this. just need training mode now.

It's flawless on my desktop win32XP.

But it fails to boot on my 3 laptops
32Vista
32Win7
64Win7

Also.
Fullscreen isn't possible as it is now is it?

Failed on:
64Win7

It'd be great if for those who got it working to name their OS.

>>6823354
Seems like it only runs on XP and below according to >>6823163.
Works for me on Win32XP

>>6823088
i got mine working, windows 7- 32 bit

>>6823372
Doesn't work for me on win32XP. The Blazblue leak worked perfectly too.

>>6823163
Excuse me, I did a ridiculous mistake.
I tested it on the wrong laptop, so I tested it on two different 64Win7s instead of one 32bit and one 64.
Apparently, I don't have my 32bit at the moment.

What's the button layout for AH3?

ABC
D_E

?

>>6822751
>>6822855 here
I'm using Win7 Ultimate 64bit.

anyone tried running it on reverse compatibility mode in win7 64? or has anyone got it to work on 7?

>>6823470
Works perfect on win7 ultimate 32bit. There's no loading time like other anons have said too.

I'm assuming we don't have to do anything with that 20mb registry file.

>>6823479
Nope, same for the .bat files.

running on win7 64bit

the program just hangs with an AppHangB1 error. damn it... maybe later.

32-bit Windows XP
ATI Radeon

Runs perfect.

Does anyone else have problems navigating through menus? It's like the arrow keys are on turbo when selecting characters. I think its fixed in the actual match though

>>6823599
I don't think its fixed for the match because i have trouble doing double jumps unless i touch the dpad ever so slightly for the first jump.

Anyone know how to change the direction inputs to toggle instead of hold?

>It'd be great if for those who got it working to name their OS.
well, for me it worked just fine on a winxp 32

if it also matters, i have an athlon x2 240 and a geforce fx 9500.

Why are people ripping BlazBlue and AH3 when there are already console versions of these games?

How about something we'll never get to see? Like Daemon Bride? JUSTSAIYAN

>>6823727
1. you have to import it
2. afraid of bricking/ban the console.

>>6823737
Still, no one wants to play Daemon Bride?
And an English AH3 may yet still be announced.

>>6819922
After comparing my exe with yours, then I can say that I did the right thing with disabling the license key check at least.
But this seems to be the end of my somewhat limited capabilities.
I can't seem to figure out how to handle the return value or whatever else that was needed.

though I think it's pretty swell that I got at least one thing right on my own at least.

>>6823727
The games were ripped before the console versions got released.

So what is still left undone?

The controls need some fixes, right?
Full-screen support?

>>6823804
controls don't work well. arrows act as held instead of pressed on select screen and in menus, attack buttons only act as pressed, never as held within the match so you can't do moves etc. it's like they got inverted.

it's impossible to save the settings. press f12 to access it, but after you press save nothing happens and everything resets.

wrong resolution, it's set to 640x480, but that's including windows's borders so the actual view screen is smaller and image gets blurry.

and i guess an optional full screen would be nice.

Anyone gotten Motionjoy to work with it without remapping the buttons to the keyboard strokes?

requesting PC version (Megaupload or mediafire)

>>6823875
see
>>6811781 and >>6822277

>>6823754
Hey, I want Daemon Bride. Would be cool if someone rips it, but I don't know where to search for arcade rips.

>If someone wants to make it so the direction keys are toggled instead of held for the menus or fix the system configuration problem, go ahead. I think I'm not going to mess with it anymore.

So how would i go about editing this?

>>6824036
For starters you could load up the original .exe and the hacked one (from >>68222777) in a hex editor, and do a comparison.

>>6824036
For starters you could load up the original .exe and the hacked one (from >>6822277) in a hex editor, and do a comparison.

>>6823804
>>6823853
I would say figuring out/fixing why it doesn't work for a sizable number of people is something not done yet as well.

My WAHFOO

>>6823470
I did all of the reverse engineering work on Win7 64bit, so I know it works there.

About the random hangs: It's either a problem with your computer or it's one of the loops the game has. There are a few loops with many iterations that have a 2 second pause in between them when you start the game. I fixed everything I could see when I ran it but I can't guarantee it was everything.

>>6824327
It's up to someone who can't get it to run to figure out why it's not working. I tested on Win7 64bit and Windows XP virtual machine and both worked for me.

I'll be uploading a V2 of the crack soon with multiple versions. Fullscreen, no-press fix and press fix, and arrow fix.

>>6824451
you are awesome

>>6824451
>I'll be uploading a V2 of the crack soon with multiple versions. Fullscreen, no-press fix and press fix, and arrow fix.

You are awesome.

will be available in UK for preorder? its translated i guess?

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=926163&WT.mc_id=101689

>>6824451
Where do you start with this stuff? I know it isn't a simple process, but damn if it isn't interesting.

>>6822277
Ahahaha, goddammit, where was this BEFORE I jailbroke my PS3, before the game was released? Good stuff either way, but damn!

>>6823906
Someone, anyone, please get Daemon Bride. I would love you forever. I wish to play as Kureha ;_;

>>6822681
It's okay. Geohot's works fine though.

>>6824451
will full screen be forced or configurable/disableable/second exe? i sort of prefer to play in windowed mode.

>>6823470
>>6823163
Confirmed working in win7 64bit.
Didnt even tweak anything and just executed the exe file.

>>6825101
This is pretty strange, as it isn't working for me. My specs are plenty high enough, are you running it on JP system locale?

>>6824972
>with multiple versions
i hate it when i miss details like that. nevermind then, keep up the good work.

Is it possible to make a config menu for AH3 that pops up when you start the game? Like the one Melty Blood Act Cadenza has?

That'd be pretty useful.

The press version will check if you've already sent the key that is being held and if you have, it will not send the command again until you release it. The no-press version will let you send the command for as long as the key is pressed. You'll see why I originally made it only send the command once. I don't know what to do about that so I'll leave it up to someone with experience in writing inputs.

The direction keys will only register once per press out of battle so you can easily select things now. The only exception I am aware of is the operator's menu because that doesn't get detected with the method I'm using.

This version also includes configuration saving/loading (doesn't work for high scores, bookkeeping, or time adjustment and I have no plans of including those). Saves get stored in system.dat which will only be created once you exit the operator's menu which can be accessed by pressing F12.

http://www.mediafire.com/?b0o08wsgg3ivc6y

You can ignore the rest of this post if you don't care about programming stuff.

I have no experience with writing inputs so if someone familiar with that kind of stuff wants to write their own input system, here's the info you'll need:
These addresses (all hardcoded in the EXE so you shouldn't need to worry about randomization) are all dwords which store the control information. Bottom 2 bytes are for P1 and top 2 bytes are for P2. 3C46ED4, 3C46ED8, 3C46EDC, 3C46EE0, 3C46EE4, 3C46EE8

I write the control into each of them but it's not necessary. You will have to play around with that if you want something more perfect.

Here are the button masks:
0001 B
0002 A
0004 R
0008 L
0010 D
0020 U
0040 Test
0080 Start
0100 Unused?
0200 Unused?
0400 Unused?
0800 Unused?
1000 Unused?
2000 E
4000 D
8000 C
400000 Coin/Service

Hopefully this is enough info to get someone started on a proper input system.

>>6825509

>>6825509
Thanks man! this helps alot. this gives me enough practice, if the real thing comes in english.

hmm, both versions have their problems, i see.

nopress makes the characters spam the same move over and over as long as it's held.

press on the other hand makes moves that require holding the button down impossible to do.

>>6825509
Oh, excellent. It's working for me as well, now. Now I have Arcana Heart 3 on both my PC and my PS3.

>>6825509
This is godlike man, how you do this stuff?

>>6825134
Not that Anon but I got it working for Win7 x86, I also have a terrible computer. I have my system set to the JP locale, setting it to run in XP SP3 compatibility mode might also help.

>>6825509
I love you so much right now.

>>6825509
shit's working now
FUCK
YEAH

>>6825509
Thanks! It wouldn't run at all before but now it seems to be working fine.

>play saki
>hit confirm hard as fuck
>my face

>>6826401
You have no face?

Aren't the directional keys supposed to be "press" just like the buttons? Or at least the up key.
Or would it mess up something else?

As it is now it is pretty impossible to easily conduct proper jumps.
This this even runs in the first place is utmost amazing however.

>>6825509
thank you so much!

it works for me now too. xp7 64.

>As it is now it is pretty impossible to easily conduct proper jumps.

Are you even trying? I've been doing BnBs all day with the characters I like. Even on the first exe.

This game just locked my laptop into 4:3 display ratio as it tried to retain the aspect ratio while in fullscreen.

Though it didn't shift back when I ended the game, and Ihave been stuck in 4:3 and can't get rid of it.
Has anyone else encountered this problem?

ok the game works almost perfectly now with

AH30-PC3-press

but it doesnt allow holding buttons, so i cant charge E

fix plz

Wonder if it's possible to make a new input, like A+B+C together. Right now it's only possible to use extend force by mashing the three buttons for about 5 seconds.

>>6827895
just use xpadder or something.

>>6827895
I dunno, it's much easier than in, say, Umineko.

>>6827898
Using a keyboard, so I doublt it'll help.
Oh well, I can still do everything that doesn't involve circles (hate hate HATE)

>>6827898
You can use xpadder to map macros?

>>6828194
"advanced" when u click on a button

map 2 or more buttons to 1 button