Shenmue Dojo

Hello Everyone.

As some of you may know, last year I began releasing special versions of Shenmue 1 called "Shenmue Exploration Mod".
http://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=48928

This mod was a solution to my own undying need to see all of the locked away and hidden areas of Shenmue 1 in game.

Thanks to Giorgio, we had a solution to do so, which I then implemented into a full release.

Well today I am happy to announce, with the help of Bluemue's recent post and my own research and development, I am working on a Shenmue 2 Exploration Mod!!!!
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Here are the details and release schedule:

Key Details:
- Dreamcast only (for now)
- Based on the Sm1th 99 min version of Shenmue 2 (CDI)
- Will use an array of save files instead of a debug menu (sadly I could not port the debug menu into Shenmue 2)
- Will work on actual hardware (99 min disc only or GDEMU/USB-GDROM) BUT the target is Emulation ONLY due to hardware overflow issues I saw in my first explore mod.
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Release Schedule:
**Due to the mass request on Shenmue 500K, I'll do disc 4 first so we can fully explore the cave and Shenhua's house/surrounding area

-Disc 4: Guilin : Mid-November
-Disc 1: Wan Chai : December
-Disc 3 : Kowloon : When it is done
-Disc X : All areas on 1 disc! When it is done, and yes I can actually do this thanks to S2's universal containers

This is a LOT more work than my previous explore mod, so bear with me. A lot is going on in my life but I want to get this done.

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I will update this thread as the releases come out.

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Special Thanks:
Giorgio: For figuring out the clipping sectors in Shenmue 1. Without this, the original mod would have never happened.
Bluemue: For figuring out the S2 FLDD sectors literally a day before me LOL
Wude: For teaching me how to correctly firefuck map files in Shenmue 2 (miss you dude)
LanDC: For building my interest in Shenmue hacking
Yu Suzuki: For designing Shenmue in such a way that we can do this without breaking the game.

First test video:
Shenhua's House

Very nice. I look forward to trying it out, especially with Guilin.

Thanks James.

Here is a test shot of the river outside Shenhua's house

The Stone Pit / Cave works.

Looking forward to this release! I'd do this all myself but it would be just for my own messing around and I'm glad that you take the time to pack this all up in one nice relase. I'd just say it would probably be easier to work on Disc 2 instead of Disc 1 as there are more open areas that Ryo can enter (like Beverly Hills Wharf).

I also captured some Guilin footage with today, with active doors. That's going up soon.

Here is a new video

BlueMue wrote:Looking forward to this release! I'd do this all myself but it would be just for my own messing around and I'm glad that you take the time to pack this all up in one nice relase. I'd just say it would probably be easier to work on Disc 2 instead of Disc 1 as there are more open areas that Ryo can enter (like Beverly Hills Wharf).

I also captured some Guilin footage with today, with active doors. That's going up soon.

Thanks Blue!
Yep I managed to redo Shenhua's house with active doors but I prefer to just walk through them

Languishan is now hacked.

I can't believe how big this area is compared to the others.

Workers Pier intro area!

This is really good , I'd also love to be able to explore Shenhua's flashback areas too like this, I know its xbox but not sure if its possible for NullDC (theres also another unseen area I recall one where guys are doing situps on that frame thing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTygxeZBBoo

ReeceKun wrote: This is really good , I'd also love to be able to explore Shenhua's flashback areas too like this, I know its xbox but not sure if its possible for NullDC (theres also another unseen area I recall one where guys are doing situps on that frame thing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTygxeZBBoo

Before Wude disappeared (still scared btw), he gave me his hacked maps for the flashback scenes. I would recommend you only do that on the Xbox version as it lags the Dreamcast terribly. I haven't tried it on NullDC.
As for the sit-ups area, that is a cut area from Shenmue 2 as has never been found on a beta disc and announced publicly.

Hi All,

I have completed discs 2 and 4 of the Explore mod for Shenmue 2 but...

After careful thought, I decided to not release it to the public.

I am sorry but I am in a tight position and I do not feel comfortable sharing copyrighted Shenmue work at the moment.

Bluemue has left us a tutorial on how to remove clipping from areas in Shenmue 2 so it can be remade.

Sorry to all but this is my decision.

Down the road, however, I may change my mind. Got to wait on some things to unfold.

Thank you for your understanding.

/james

shengoro86 wrote:Hi All,

I have completed discs 2 and 4 of the Explore mod for Shenmue 2 but...

After careful thought, I decided to not release it to the public.

I am sorry but I am in a tight position and I do not feel comfortable sharing copyrighted Shenmue work at the moment.

Bluemue has left us a tutorial on how to remove clipping from areas in Shenmue 2 so it can be remade.

Sorry to all but this is my decision.

Down the road, however, I may change my mind. Got to wait on some things to unfold.

Thank you for your understanding.

/james

Cool James, I respect your descision, but does this mean you're going to remove shenmue 1 content from your youtube channel? :-(

FlagshipFighter wrote:

shengoro86 wrote:Hi All,

I have completed discs 2 and 4 of the Explore mod for Shenmue 2 but...

After careful thought, I decided to not release it to the public.

I am sorry but I am in a tight position and I do not feel comfortable sharing copyrighted Shenmue work at the moment.

Bluemue has left us a tutorial on how to remove clipping from areas in Shenmue 2 so it can be remade.

Sorry to all but this is my decision.

Down the road, however, I may change my mind. Got to wait on some things to unfold.

Thank you for your understanding.

/james

Cool James, I respect your descision, but does this mean you're going to remove shenmue 1 content from your youtube channel? :-(

Nope. I will continue with my YouTube channel. Thanks!

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Update:
I might be able to get away with just providing the modded files themselves for you all to just convert to a cdi if you like.

UPDATE:

The Shenmue landscape for me has changed a bit. This is now back in production.

More updates to come soon