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4501218 No.4501218 [Reply] [Original]

Higurashi arc 5 is out
http://www.mangagamer.com/allages/Titles/Details/7BCE8E4C-425D-4FC7-AA99-ADB18DECE4BB/higurashi-when
-they-cry-kai-meakashi

>> No.4501235

Oh u.

>> No.4501238

why are they translating the poems by themselves?
they're already done nd sound infinetely better

>> No.4501242

torrent where?

>> No.4501248

>>4501242
when someone buys it and then uploads it
though MU may be a better option

>> No.4501271

80 euros for the answer arcs is ridiculous.

>> No.4501276

>>4501248
And then Editorashi2 can begin.

>> No.4501285

Wait, didn't this come out like a month ago?

>> No.4501299

>>4501285
Higurashi ep1-4 came out December 15th, 2009. This is episode 5. Higurashi has 8 episodes total.

>> No.4501337

>>4501276
well, now they have one month per episode, so shouldn't take tha much
I miss Editorashi threads

>> No.4501358

>>4501337
I don't. It was stupid no matter what. It was only necessarry to port the BGs and the BGM.

>> No.4501380

>>4501358
I just wanted the music since I use original
once read Onikakushi and Saikoroshi, you get used to them no matter what
But, I really enjoy the edits, the last thing I want is messy english when it's not even my first language, I usually don't even notice them , but MG's mistakes were horrible

>> No.4501520

>>4501248
MU would probably be better. It's only
134MB. A little strange since this is supposed to only be 1/4 the size of the first 4, and yet the first 4 was 245MB.

>> No.4501521

>>4501520
not really - most of it is the engine

>> No.4501530

>>4501520
engine, songs (Dai started composing in the asnwer arcs)

>> No.4501976

>>4501218

I thought Higurashi kai was already out when the editorashi translation was finished. They had a link to the mangagamer website in that thread and they were selling Higurashi Kai there when I looked at it so I just kind of assumed arc 5 was already out...

>> No.4501992 [DELETED] 

>>4501976
once a month, each with just one arc
20€ each

>> No.4502040

So, has /jp/ cracked this yet?

>> No.4502072

>>4502040
Nope. But I did buy it!

>> No.4502091

>>4502072
Quit your lying, boy!

>> No.4502113

>>4502072
Upload it.

>> No.4502137

Shit, I just finished se 1

>> No.4502160
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4502160

>>4502091
Really now?
>>4502113
Sorry, I didn't upload the first game either.

>> No.4502173

>>4502160
>I didnt upload the first game either

Quit your lying!

>> No.4502207
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>>4502173
...Seriously, even though people asked me to, I didn't upload the first game. Somebody else did upload it, though.

>> No.4502311

>>4501992
No, because the 6th, 7th, and 8th episodes have the previous games included. So you'd have to, say, give a proof of purchase if you got the 5th episode so that the 6th wouldn't be 40 euros, otherwise then the 7th would be 60 and the 8th would be 80 euros. Imagine spending 200 euros to play the last four games.

In anycase, it'd make more sense to wait until the last episode was released if you want to buy it.

>> No.4502329

>>4502207

Why don't you do upload it anyway? Doesn't matter if you didn't do it then. You can do it now. And then you shall be praised.

>> No.4502344

>>4502311
>In anycase, it'd make more sense to wait until the last episode was released if you want to buy it.

Yeah, this. I'm personally waiting until all of Kai is out before I download anything. But then again, I've barely started the third arc, so I'm fine with waiting. I don't think that I've read it in over a month.

>> No.4502371

>>4502329
Somebody will do it soon. Think of this time between MG releasing a game and you getting your hands on it as compensation for not paying for it, OK?

...Well, I'll be heading to bed soon. If it isn't up by the time I wake up I'll upload it. That's reasonable, right?

>> No.4502458

>>4502371
your a pretty cool guy.

>> No.4502487

TORRENT FUCKING WHERE

>> No.4502520

>>4501218
>"Higurashi When They Cry Kai Meakashi" represents the 5th chapter of the series.

Wait so what happened to the 4th chapter? They do the first 3 scenarios and then skip to the 5th? WTF?

>> No.4502523

Someone actually spent that much money for just an arc? The fuck, mangagamer surely laughs at you now and will make the other games even more expensive.

>> No.4502529

>>4502520
Complete the first three, and Tsumihoroboshi should open up.

>> No.4502532

>>4502520
You are retarded. Leave.

>> No.4502571

>>4502040
It doesn't need cracking, someone just needs to upload the data files.

>> No.4502727

>>4502520
I chuckled heartily.

>> No.4502764

The executable has DRM protection, yeah, but the engine is already cracked, just upload the cracked exe. Actually, I could do it and it would probably work.

>> No.4503001

>>4501521
>higurashi.exe 666KB
don't think so

>> No.4503050

will be waiting for downloads links. actually in mcanime h games section there is someone called kpoeira that upload the MGs realeases, maybe tomorrow morning they will be there

>> No.4503117

>>4503001
Don't be a pussy anon, it looks legit.

>> No.4503130

What happened to Derek? I don't download things without his approval.

>> No.4503148

>>4503001
The music and graphics are mostly reused on the first four, with little additions. The script is not huge, 6-8 is 3mb max and that is uncompressed. Engine is quite small too, 1mb max. The point is that they can remove little because of so much reused data.

>> No.4503150

>>4503117
Not saying it isn't, just that it's tiny compared to the rest of the content.

>> No.4503154
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>> No.4503181

>>4503148
I wonder if it's possible to combine all of it together into one "Higurashi Everything Edition".

>> No.4503198

>>4501218
Wow, so mangagamer covered her with a towel?

>> No.4503331

>>4503198
IIRC they were going to do it but gave up. Not sure because I haven't bought it though.

>> No.4503388

>>4503331
They didn't, nipples and vagoo are still there on Satoko.

>> No.4503437 [DELETED] 

wait they will be charging €20 for each arc?

>> No.4503470

>>4503437
Most likely. MG are getting ahead of themselves. I imagine that Higurashi sold so well, that they think they can throw Kai out at any price, and the fans will lap it up. Which is fucking ridiculous. I mean, how much were the arcs originally? A couple of hundred yen each?

>> No.4503504

You guys still waiting on an upload? I'll do it if no one else will.

>> No.4503518

And does anyone know if there's music missing from this one yet?

>> No.4503591

>>4503470
I swear it won't sell in the end and they will blame piracy and get a better DRM instead of resonable prices

>> No.4503600

>>4503470
pretty sure they were 2000 yen at release too

>> No.4503631

>>4503600

1,480 for all except Himatsubushi/Matsuribayashi, which were up to 2,000-ish, IIRC.

>> No.4503765

I may be sticking my neck out but...
Were there really so much complaint about the censoring in OPs pic that they removed the towel?
It's not even an erotic scene.
Even if it was, are you going to fap to ham hands satoko?

>> No.4503785

>>4503765
I think most of the argument was 'if they censor this, they will eventually censor a lot more and others will follow along'. Something like that, I think.

>> No.4503870

>>4503765

Censorship of any kind for fictional stuff is fucking stupid.

Anyway, is this what you guys need, or do I fail?

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TU9OLO2S

>> No.4503967

>>4503870

Uncracked I assume?

>> No.4503996

>>4503967
Try using Higurashi's questions arc crack.

>> No.4504007

>>4503967

Yes.

>> No.4504033

>>4503870
legit?

>> No.4504039

Is it compatible with the sprite patch?

>> No.4504042

wondering if the sprites patch from the first games will work here.

>> No.4504046

>>4504033

Yes.

>>4504042

They'd need Keiichi and Satoshi's sprites, I think. Along with any new expressions.

>> No.4504059

>>4503785
MG learned the censorsip lesson from their opponent, at least they did their homework.

>> No.4504094

>>4504046
take screenshot then?

>> No.4504177
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>>4504094
>sprites
>screenshot

>> No.4504187

does not appear to be compatible with the Question arc crack.

>> No.4504207

guys, lets hype this up a bit, need crack

>> No.4504227

>>4501218
>>4501218
>>4501218
Becareful, dear.
I heard there are going to be a lot of tsunamis here in the sea side.

>> No.4504243

>>4504177
Wow, the guy aged magnificently

>> No.4504262
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4504262

Well, they changed the layer-1 script interpreter a little.

Tell me what this message means.

>> No.4504284
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>> No.4504319

>>4504284
ｷﾀ━━━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━━━ !!!!!

>> No.4504331

>>4504284
Crack, where?

>> No.4504339

>>4504262
It means "stop fucking with our work".

>> No.4504428

>>4504331
>>4504207
>>4504187
>>4503967

referring all of you idiots back to this post


>>4502571

>> No.4504437

>>4504284
>higurashi when they crickey
...S-Steve!?!?

>> No.4504446

It still crashes when trying to actually start the game, so not yet. But I estimate a few hours more and we'll have it working, as well as Editorashi2.1.

>> No.4504501

did they rape the bgm this time aswell?

>> No.4504517

Does it still have numerous text errors?

cuntomers lol

>> No.4504681
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>>4504517
Yes.

>> No.4504746
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>>4504437
Oh, sup.

>> No.4504759

man i love /jp/s epic neet hackers.

>> No.4504903

>トモロコジュイ.png
wat

>> No.4505058

Any update on the hacking/cracking front?

>> No.4505097

so im guessing no crack for 18 hours?

>> No.4505103

Someone gonna do Sprite/BG/Music patches for this too?

>> No.4505112

>>4505103
Hopefully.

>> No.4505142

>>4504903
>Wells demonstrate Tomoro
...

>> No.4505227
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4505227

>?ef
>push 1682890597
>sub
>pusha @116
>jumpif (0)
>return
>pusha @116
>jump
>@116
>[script starts here]
>implying a version check would work

>> No.4505434

>>4504681
bout the only one I've seen in two chapters so far, then again it is 4am.

>> No.4505669
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>>4501218
I come from the land of /a/ because I'm bored as hell
I was wondering how the story in the game works compared to the anime
If they are basically the same than is this the arc where Satoko pushes Keiichi off a bridge?

>> No.4505670
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4505670

http://rapidshare.com/files/356965659/Kaibrid-r0.7z

Read and follow the instructions carefully. It will only work if you do.

>> No.4505682

>>4505670
>319 KB

>> No.4505687

>>4505682
We leveraged the resources of the existing Higurashi release to provide clients worldwide with a robust, efficient solution.

>> No.4505690

>>4505103
that would be very nice

>> No.4505707

>>4505669
I'm pretty sure the story your thinking of is one of the question arcs. This thread is about the answer arcs. (Higurashi Kai)

If your bored you can download the game and the edited dialouge by editorashi and play it.

ttp://archive.easymodo.net/cgi-board.pl/jp/thread/4371473#p4371473

The anime is a bad adaptation. They took a lot of the major plot points out. For example they took out Bernkastel's backstory (Rika's alter ego) completely out of the story in the Anime. So none of the times where Rika talks in a deep voice make any sense.

>> No.4505726
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4505726

pretty sure I did it right but shit wont work. im just getting my cpu fan speed up then die down

>> No.4505748

Fantastic, worked perfectly, thanks Cud.

Now to wait on those pesky additions.. Well I suppose I could finally start the original Higurashi now that all the patches + editing was finished

>> No.4505751

>>4503765
depends - in some places it would firmly come under distributing child pornography.

>> No.4505756

>>4505707
tl;dr: There is no Higurashi anime.

>> No.4505763

disregard that i suck cocks

>> No.4505764

>>4505707
So I'm a little confused
what is finished and what is not? How much of Kai is finished?

>> No.4505765

>>4505707
Use spoiler tags, faggot. Not everyone here has read the whole thing.

>> No.4505770

>>4505756
you are a retard

>> No.4505772
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4505772

>>4505770
Problem, /a/sshole?

>> No.4505778

>>4505772
>I'm from /jp/ and I'm superior to all faggots from other boards

>> No.4505783

>>4505778
>I was not being trolled by a /jp/sie and therefore I do not admit replying was me.

>> No.4505794

>>4505764
Episode 5 of Kai has finished translation. So there are still episodes 6, and 7, that need to be translated into english.

I think there was an episode 8 too, but I don't think it was part of Higurashi Kai since the mystery was already solved by episode 7. Episode 8 was made more to wrap up everything and give Satoshi more of a role.

>> No.4505821
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>>4505670
Hey Cudder! I followed your instructions and got the .exe to work for episode 5, but when I tried to start the game I got this error message. Pic related

Actually I got three others and I pressed yes on those ones and they went away, but when I press yes on this one it doesn't go away.

Got any solutions?

>> No.4505830

>>4505794
so Higurashi is 1-4
and Higurashi Kai is 5-7?
And is Kai 5 on Rapidshit yet? I really don't want to fork over 20 fucking bucks for 1 episode

>> No.4505834

>>4502529
You mean Himatsubushi, amirite

>> No.4505846

>>4505830

use these
>>4505670
>>4503870

and follow instructions

also I got this error message so tell me if you get the same problem.>>4505821

>> No.4505847

>>4505830
Read the fucking thread, dude.

>> No.4505848

>>4505830
>>4503870
Fag.

>> No.4505849

>>4505830
Higurashi:
Onikakushi -> Watanagashi ->Tatarigoroshi -> Himatsubushi

Kai: Meakashi ->Tsumihoroboshi -> Minagoroshi -> Matsuribayashi

Rei: Saigoroshi and some comic relief.

Don't know about Kizuna stuff and hope it doesn't matter.

>> No.4505856

>>4505848
well sorry

>> No.4505860

Fuck Rapidshit, use this: http://www.mediafire.com/?kytfmcnyjnk

>> No.4505868

>>4505860
Thank you kind anon

>> No.4505884

>>4505860
why is this required with a 300KB file

>> No.4505924

>>4505821
lets get a fix for this please

>> No.4505941

>>4505821
You forgot to extract the tips from the Kaibrid folder.

>> No.4505950

Either way, I won't play it till there's a music patch
but really thanks, kind people in this thread

>> No.4505984

>>4505726
>>4505821
>>4505846
You're doing it wrong.

I just tried with a fresh download of the first release and this one, and it works perfectly fine.

>> No.4506008

where's the torrent at

>> No.4506015

>>4506008
just use MU, it's easier

>> No.4506058

fucking morons in this thread

THERE ARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR A REASON, STOP BEING MINDLESS FUCKING IDIOTS WHO CAN'T THINK FOR THEMSELVES

>> No.4506301
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4506301

Release at 2010-02-27 18:00
Upload at 2010-02-27 23:08
Crack at 2010-02-28 04:03

>> No.4506320
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4506320

>>4506058
>STOP BEING MINDLESS FUCKING IDIOTS WHO CAN'T THINK FOR THEMSELVES

WHERE R INSTROCTIONS?

>> No.4506328

>>4506320

What the hell is that thing?

>> No.4506331

>>4505950
Didn't they keep all music this time?

>> No.4506338

>>4506331
don't really know
some of the tracks should still be missing I think

>> No.4506344

>>4506320
My, what an elegant rendition of Cirno.

>> No.4506354

>>4506344
>Ubono
fixed.

>> No.4506613
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4506613

You need the Higurashi original crack to use this one...Higurashi original crack where? (For the few people who did legally purchase Higurashi.)

>> No.4506620

>>4506613
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UN47KA08

>> No.4506625

>>4506613
>legally purchase
>crack

u mad or somethin', son?

>> No.4506643
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>>4506620
Thank you very much.

>>4506625
I legally purchased Higurashi 1-4, so I didn't need a crack for that. However, I just pirated ep5, because MangaGamer's price is ridiculous...but to play it, I need the 1-4 crack as well.

>> No.4506794

So can we expect a music patch soon? I can't help but think some of the bgm I hear is MGs.

>> No.4506799

Episode download where?

>> No.4506808

>>4506794
It's composed by a professional musician that Ryukishi hired.

>> No.4506809

>>4506799
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LKPEUB5P
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JMT8VGX6

>> No.4506849

archived at http://kureha.no-ip.org/k1/index.php?topic=254

>> No.4507162

Music/Sprite patch where?

>> No.4507558

>>4506620
the crack won't work for me, any clue?

>>4506809
is this one already cracked?

>> No.4507561

>>4507558
have you followed the instructions correctly?

>> No.4507565

>>4507561
oh, right, i'm so stupid :D

RS won't download shit, i hate it

>> No.4507588

>>4507565
>:D
I hope this is the last time you post that

>> No.4507760

>>4505984
there's a small error with tips_get_loop and _meak_tips_06, they end incorrectly with blackP and blackt instead of black
nothing major and easily fixed by deleting the value, but might want to fix it if you update the 7z

>> No.4507765

anyone got these in rs?

>> No.4508057

bump for later crowd.

>> No.4508279

>>4507760

Just opening these in Notepad and deleting the last letter should fix it, right?

>> No.4508347

So,graphics patch coming when?

>> No.4508426

>>4508347
never

>> No.4509306

>>4506613
What are you doing in this thread without the original Higurashi crack?

>>4505707

>> No.4510129

Bump

>> No.4510194

Hopefully, we'll get some voices this time too.

>> No.4510223

>>4510194
Unlikely. The original game had no voices and the patchers have said that it's pretty much impossible for them to do a voice patch. (too much work)

>> No.4510280

>>4510223
>impossible
>too much work
...

>> No.4510732

wow the whole beginning with shion wasn't in the anime , why would they cut that out?

>> No.4510752

>>4510732
Because DEEN.

>> No.4510866

>>4510194
Impossible, do you have any idea how much a character has to say about the tiniest bits of info in WTC?
If I were forced to voice act any of the character, I'd choose Tomitake, because that way I get to fucking get my bento and go back to my hometown and get married ASAP

>> No.4511074

>>4506809
See >>4503870. MU doesn't have a 100MB filesize limit, so splitting it is just a big waste.

>>4507760
That's what happens when you trust ExtractData for your archive extraction. I wrote an ARC extractor before and it produced the correct output. If you find any more corruption I'll redo the extraction.

>>4508279
Use a hex editor. Change that last byte to a 0.

>> No.4511161

>>4510732
It's called adaptation degradation. Live with it.

They cut out the over 9000 joke in Umineko for episode 4. An OVER 9000 joke. DEEN SUCKS.

>> No.4511195

DEM HANDS

>> No.4511257

So how's the translation this time around?

>> No.4511573

>>4511074

Oh, sure, it has to be complicated. Fixed, though, thanks.

>> No.4511723

>>4511257
Still worse than a fan translation.

>> No.4511739

>>4511195
imo that nipple.

>> No.4512198
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4512198

all-girls school in japan is that bad?

>> No.4512228 [DELETED] 
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>>4512198

>> No.4513196

>>4511074
_meak_tips_16, same deal as before, extra character after black

>> No.4513351

>>4513196
*** ATTENTION ***
All of you who used the first patch (r0), there have been some bugs found, which are corrected in r1. Download here:

http://rapidshare.com/files/357348871/Kaibrid-r1.7z

Overwrite your existing installation with the files from this one.

>> No.4513405

bump for announcement.

can we get one on mediafire?

>> No.4513430

>>4512198

Haha oh wow, I hadn't noticed this yet. Also it's a strict high class all girls school, not some random girl's high.

>> No.4513488

>They cut out the over 9000 joke
Good.

>> No.4513623

>>4513405
http://www.mediafire.com/?tk5y12yzadz

>> No.4513763
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4513763

>Kaibrid-r1.7z
>-r1.7z
>1.7

>> No.4514241

has anyone finished it yet?
how's the music, is it OK?

>> No.4514337

>>4514241
>how's the music, is it OK?

Music is better than the question arcs, and the awesome Kai tracks like "You" were not changed.

>> No.4514341

>>4514337
tht's a relief, Dai's tracks are the best tracks of higurashi
waiting also for thanks

>> No.4514631

bumpity bump bump

>> No.4514765

>>4514241
A lot of arranges using You as it's base.

I'm OK with that.

>> No.4514765,1 [INTERNAL] 

When's the sprite patch coming?

>> No.4516374

I'll put up the script files sometime this week for editing. It looks a little better than the first one, but still room for improvement. This one should finish before MG releases 6th arc.

>> No.4516451

Does anyone have a crack without a virus? I'm obviously advanced in computing and can spot a virus from a mile away

>> No.4517241

>>4516451

What are you talking about? I never got any viruses.

>> No.4517247

Did they mess with the music tracks or not?

>> No.4517286

>>4517247

READ THE THREAD
>>4514337
>>4514341
>>4514765

>> No.4517371

>>4517286

That doesn't answer the question. I'm asking if ANY of the tracks were changed, not just the "awesome" ones.

>> No.4517748

>>4517371
I don't think anybody has read it yet. Why don't you read it yourself and answer the question for us?

>> No.4517804

>>4517247
Some of the tracks from MangaGamer's Higurashi are also used in Kai. Whether they are originally from Kai, I don't know. However, the cricket noise is fucking awful, so they probably at least replaced that.

>> No.4518710

Is there a way to at least change the UI patch to make it work with Meakashi? I'd think that'd be fairly simple, and the UI's the most annoying thing for me.

>> No.4518739

>>4518710

It seems to work with the crack applied but it apparently won't work with legit purchases. At least, it's working for me... Font patch, too.

>> No.4518775

>>4518739
It's because the crack requires you to overwrite the engine with the 1-4 one, so the engine changes should work nicely.

>> No.4520046

Greetings,
I only noticed that Higurashi Kai was released yesterday, so I apologize for the tardiness.
Here's a present for you: http://www.sendspace.com/file/ggzd09
Some notes: Mangagamer added some integrity checks within the actual scripts besides the usual protection,
if you were to disassemble them, you would see a comparison with a checksum/hash in a few scripts, such as main.
This took me a bit of time to handle as I'm not familiar with BGI's engine in much detail. I would have had to either distribute modified scripts along the unpacked exe or keep the original executable so it would be used for the integrity checks. Luckily I managed to find a nice method that allowed a tiny executable that doesn't depend on modified scripts or keeping the original bloated exe(you can delete it).
I noticed someone here was working on a BGI disassembler, was it Cudder? I would be interested if you have a _bp disassembler,
because the main logic is there, and it could be useful to for future games.

>> No.4521104

>>4520046
Good job with the unpacking, but I've already managed to make the scripts work with the existing engine (from the earlier release). I thought "forget it, I'm not tracing through this bloody packer since we already have an unpacked BGI we might be able to use" and just started swapping files, taking a disassembler to the scripts, finding >>4505227 and... the rest is history. See all the other posts above yours. What was the packer used?

I'm not familiar with the _bp instruction format, but with the script interpreter (written in BGI code) which is a stack machine. Any idea what the _bp machine architecture is? All I can see from a quick inspection is that it's byte-aligned (as opposed to the script machine, which is dord-aligned) and addresses are probably 32 bits.

>> No.4521260

>>4521104
> Good job with the unpacking, but I've already managed to make the scripts work with the existing engine (from the earlier release). I thought "forget it, I'm not tracing through this bloody packer since we already have an unpacked BGI we might be able to use" and just started swapping files, taking a disassembler to the scripts, finding >>4505227 and... the rest is history. See all the other posts above yours. What was the packer used?

The protector is THEMIDA with an AlphaROM activation module.
The VM-based protector adds a lot of bloat: it used to be about 2=3MB, and now it's 5.4mb. Original exe was about 666kb, and now is 670kb.
They've been using this protector for quite some time now.

Higurashi Kai had an intereting addition, besides the usual exe protector, they added an integrity check, within the scrslct._bp script.
If you unpack the game and try to click start to continue the game, it will boot you back up to the main screen if the checksum fails.
Game scripts which check this are: main, _meak_001, _meak_011, _meak_020. Checksum DWORD of interest: 65 DF 4E 64 (0x644EDF65).
The current crack solves this by writing an inline hook (after unpacking) to one of the file access functions so that access to the main exe is captured and replaced by a very compact string which generates the same checksum as the original exe, which means that no scripts would have to be patched. This may change in future games, so a _bp disassembler would be nice. To understand the checksum algorithm, I had to painfully debug the _bp interpreter, which is somewhat verbose.

>> No.4521263

>>4521104

> I'm not familiar with the _bp instruction format, but with the script interpreter (written in BGI code) which is a stack machine. Any idea what the _bp machine architecture is? All I can see from a quick inspection is that it's byte-aligned (as opposed to the script machine, which is dord-aligned) and addresses are probably 32 bits.

It looks like a stack machine. Instructions are tiny, most being one or two bytes. In the current exe, look at 0499828 and 04945C8 for example handler tables (there's a lot more). Look at 432970 for a common push instruction used throughout the VM handlers.
It should be noted that the game scripts can communicate/call _bp scripts and that's how game scripts obtain the exe checksum which is then compared with a hardcoded value.

>> No.4521828

>The protector is THEMIDA with an AlphaROM activation module
No wonder. I have horrible memories of trying to figure out how to unpack an older version, years ago.

You're absolutely right about the check in those scripts. For Kaibrid I just NOP'd them out (actually, a useless "clear text" instruction) but we can disassemble and reassemble those scripts so Editorashi2.1 will be stripped completely of that code.

>It should be noted that the game scripts can communicate/call _bp scripts and that's how game scripts obtain the exe checksum which is then compared with a hardcoded value
It's basically a VM inside a VM. BGI executes _bp scripts in BGI bytecode, which then executes the scripts in "VNscript" byte(or more accurately, dord)code. So far, our (incomplete) knowledge is limited to this "inner" VM, so getting more info about the outer layer would be very useful in that it'd reveal a whole lot about VNscript too. No time for me to look at _bp though, at least for a few months.

>> No.4522838

Did Satoshi appear in the PS2 version?

Just wondering if the sprite patch will be complete...

>> No.4522908
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4522908

>>4522838

He did.

>> No.4523790
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4523790

[Meakashi music patch]

Don't know if I'm late or not. My apologies if I am. I'm the same fag that made the first music patch, so I did it again for Meakashi. I liked the game a lot so I don't want to run into any spoilers; I'll just leave this here for anyone who wants to use it and won't go back to this thread. If I notice any errors myself I'll go back with an update, but don't count on it.

http://www.mediafire.com/?uoiz0tjdazm

README:
Extract all files on your Higurashi meakashi folder, so they sit beside BGI.exe.
This replaces mangagamers' music from the 1-4 arcs with the original versions from the demo, which are the ones I prefeer and grew accostumed of. Music from 5-8 seems to be the same as the original release, so I did not touch anything there.
If you prefeer music from the 1-4 bundle instead of the demo version, it should be as easy as getting the old patch for that at "tweaking higurashi wiki"(I think it's there), and renaming as follows (msys01 -> b01_akarui, msys04 -> b04_bukatu, msys08 -> b08_izyou, msys15 -> b10_giwaku2, msysri -> b11_rika).
Also changed are a few SFX files, only the most evidently butchered ones (higurashi, bells, rain.. etc), which are 1:30 in lenght in original release but 0:05 in mangagamers'.
This is beta and not tested throughouly, music may need further patching that I overlooked. Use at your own risk.

>> No.4523854

Oh, and this may be helpful:
I noticed that the original font hack and the patch to remove the fugly UI will work if you use this crack >>4505860, and not the latest one or the original BGI.exe. Replacing the font also removes some horrible font transparency issues (maybe caused by using Windows 7?) that make white bars appear beetwen characters and these show misaligned.

>> No.4523944

>>4523790
Great, now we just need the sprites/BG patch

>> No.4524025

>>4523790

I'm kind of confused, how is this a Meakashi music patch if it's for the 1-4 arcs and 5-8 doesn't need a replacement?

>> No.4524039

>>4524025

It's just that game 5 uses some older music from the first four games. Not as much as, say, Umineko, but it's there.

>> No.4524056

>>4524039

I see, thanks.

>> No.4524726

>>4523854
That's because the IPL that shipped with Meakashi isn't compatible with the previous one. ipl._bp is where the font is set, among other things.

The name comes from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_Program_Load

>> No.4524738

Noticed I missed a couple bg effects that are butchered and lowfi like higurashis (street noise, night crickets), and replaced them with the originals, so here's v2

http://www.mediafire.com/?5kmam2zttnz

BGMs, both music and ambient noise are now indistinguishable from the original.
All that's left is small SFX like gunshots, etc. I won't do it but it should be as easy as replacing everything from data03000.arc. This time it's not just numbers but names, so matching up with the original wavs should be easy.

>> No.4524850

>>4523790
>>4524738
What are you using to extract the contents of the archives? ExtractData as of v1.20 has a subtle data corruption bug. It works correctly 99% of the time.

I'll post my .arc manipulator once I find the time --- and Editorashi2.1 will be up by then as well.

>> No.4524931

>>4524850
I'm using ExtractData 1.20, yes, but only to check what name did MG gave to each track, and to listen to them to match them with the correct ones. Did not run into any problems with the app so far.
To make the patch I simply took the correct mp3/wavs from the japanese version and converted them to oggs, then to bgi oggs with bgitools. Some oggs I had to convert them using different audio converters because bgitools complains half of the time about not having enough info to make the conversion of the file.

>> No.4525050

>>4524726
That's not the problem (although I'm sure it would cause some problems, just not in this one). This version of BGI disables loading of external scripts and modified arcs. It's not difficult to hack around this but it is a minor annoyance.

>>4524931
lolita made and posted a proper BGI ogg tool before. Look around on the archives.

>> No.4525110

Is there any place to nab the Kai music? I've got some of that official OSTs released like Thanks-you but it's all missing the fast paced tracks, like while Shion is escaping.

>> No.4525121

>>4525110
the easiest is to download a higurashi matsuribayashi torrent and just choose the music, it's easier, really
also don't miss some Rei tracks

>> No.4526479

>>4524738
wait so all i do is just put the files in my kai folder?,. i deleted the bgi file since i didn't need it...

>> No.4526869

Is anyone working on a sprite patch?

>> No.4527013

Do I really need a music patch? I've like the music so far... and I've just been without it the whole time.

>> No.4527646

Can the patch makers or somebody update the Wikia? Maybe somebody can make a Kai page or something.

http://higurashifix.wikia.com/wiki/Tweaking_Higurashi_Wiki

>> No.4527671

>>4527013
This chapter does not have any duplicate songs like the other release, where it was seriously horrible (replacing 5 tracks with 1, and not just once), but the ambient sounds are still lowfi and very short (3-5 seconds, you can clearly hear them looping constantly when playing the game). And the replacement songs for the tracks that are from chapters 1-4 are too short too, they loop too much and become annoying.
So it's not as critical as with chapters 1-4 (seriously, it's something like 2 hours of music on the original and 30 minutes on MG's), but still an improvement. It's not like 20Mb of download is a big deal, and it's nice to hear the higurashi chirping correctly instead of sounding like a broken record.

>> No.4527914

>>4527671
It's a "sound novel" after all, durr.

>> No.4527993

Anyone have the torrent for the question arcs? I'm apparently terrible at finding any.

>> No.4528447

hurr searching google+hongfire is hard HURR

>> No.4529459

>>4524738

So I just extract it and put it in the folder with Higurashi Kai stuff? No bugs or catch or anything? That's all I have to do?

>> No.4529493

Wish I had held off on reading it before getting the music patch.

>> No.4529790

>>4527993
Every single Editorashi thread has had a DDL link in the OP. Search the archive.

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4529911

>>4527993

actually dude someone posted a crack of 1-4 by mangagamer on nyaatorrents. google that bitch. it's seeding. the hongfire torrent is long dead.

>> No.4530811 [DELETED] 

bump

>> No.4530828

>>4529459
That's all you have to do, yes.

>> No.4531227

What stuff did people release for 1-4?

Just the music patch and Editorashi?

>> No.4531228

>>4531227
sprite patch

>> No.4531320

>>4531227
http://higurashifix.wikia.com/wiki/Tweaking_Higurashi_Wiki

>> No.4532249

Really, is anyone working on a sprite patch?

>> No.4532673

>>4532249
Is something wrong with the sprites?

>> No.4532873

>>4532249

A lot of people prefer not looking at shit while they read.

>> No.4533221

Meakashi has a lot more text/less sprites than the previous games, so the sprites don't matter as much here.

>> No.4533477

I thought that some dudes over at 2ch already hacked the game, and made a voice patch.

>> No.4533485

I'd wait if I could, but do you guys think there is going to be a clump package released? (with the answer arcs) Like I downloaded higurashi from here with the first three arcs in it. Just wondering if there is going to be something like that or if I should just snatch meakashi while its available.

>> No.4533518

>>4533485
They'll be released one at a time, separated by month long periods.

If you want to play the whole thing at once, wait another 3 months. Anything done with Kai now should follow into the other three games, and this stuff will always be readily available.

If you're determined to have all 4 neatly packed into a single purchasable game, I'd say it's wishful thinking.

>> No.4533527

Just wondering what's safe to use with chapter 5 from before? Because apparently transferring over all the patches for the first 4 arcs breaks the game after installing chapter 5.

>> No.4533597

>>4533518

Cool, thanks.

>> No.4533705

>>4533485
It shouldn't be _that_ hard to combine all of the arcs together into one game, since they all use the same engine. 1-5 is a strange combination though, so we'll wait until all of them are out (and edited, preferably) first.

>>4533527
If you're using the DRM'd version, nothing. If not, everything from 1-4 will work. Use the Kaibrid patch if you already bought it.

>> No.4534504

Someone has the font patch for the first 4 games?

Thanks

>> No.4534536

IMPORTANT

http://www.mediafire.com/?mun30moqozv

v3
Fixed one track that was a duplicate (cafe and b01_akarui). No big deal since they sound very alike, but one of the purposes of this patch is to avoid duplicates, so sorry about that if you've already read the chapter. I checked and b01_akarui did come up only a couple times so you didn't miss much. But if you used the old patch you should update it with this one, just overwrite all files.

>> No.4534628

Why is a sprites patch impossibile?

Most of them are already been re-named in ni, you just have to copy-past them.

>> No.4535848

>>4534628
Noone has actually taken the effort of doing that yet.

>> No.4537235

>>4534536

How do you fix it if you don't want the demo tracks?

>> No.4537383

No one is doing sprites patch because no one wants to play with shitty PS2 art.

Suck it up and play original, like real fans do.

>> No.4537695

>>4537383
>>4536956

>> No.4538047

If no one is working on the voice patch I might take a wack at it. I just need to know what I'm supposed to do.

>> No.4538943

I'm working on sprites

>> No.4538956

>>4538943

You might be slightly late, I'm afraid:
>>4538866

>> No.4539093

I think somebody said this earlier. I finished Meakashi and there is a staffroom afterward, but there isn't an all cast review session.

I'm not really complaining. It's okay without it. But that's the case with me too. I don't think I have a broken copy. That is unless the copy I downloaded from this thread never had it to begin with.

I'm surprised this thread is still up it's been a few days.

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