jbhook

jbhook is a collection of hook libraries for jubeat providing emulation and various patches to run these games on non BemaniPC hardware and newer Windows versions.

The hook libraries must be bootstrapped either using inject or launcher depending on the version you want to run. Further instructions are given in dedicated readme files for each jbhook version (see below).

Versions

jbhook comes in a few different flavors. The game and its engine changed over the years. Some game versions might require patches/parameters enabled which others don't need or have different AVS versions. Here is the list of supported games:

jbhook1: jubeat, ripples
jbhook2: knit, copious
jbhook3: saucer, prop, qubell, clan, festo

I sure have trouble remembering which jubeat version is which, here's a handy guide:

01 - jubeat
02 - ripples
03 - knit
04 - copious
05 - saucer
06 - prop
07 - qubell
08 - clan
09 - festo

When building bemanitools, independent packages are created for each set of games which are ready to be dropped on top of vanilla AC data dumps. We recommend using pristine dumps to avoid any conflicts with other hardcoded hacks or binary patches.

How to run

To run your game with jbhook, you have to use the inject tool to inject the DLL to the game process. dist/jb contains bat scripts with all the important parameters configured. Further parameters can be added but might not be required to run the game with default settings. Further information on how to setup the data for each specific version are elaborated in their dedicated readme files.

Data setup and running the game

Ensure your folder with your unpacked data looks like this:

data
prop
Various dll files including jubeat.dll OR jubeat.exe

Unpack the package containing jbhook into the folder containing the jubeat binary file.

Run the gamestart-XX.bat file where XX denotes the version of the game you want to run.

Eamuse network setup

Running jubeat or ripples? Modify jbhook-01.conf or jbhook-02.conf.

Running anything newer?

Open the prop/ea3-config.xml
Replace the ea3/network/services URL with network service URL of your choice (for example http://my.eamuse.com)
Edit the ea3/id/pcbid

Real hardware support

Run the launcher without the hook dll: launcher jubeat.dll

Command line options

Add the argument -h when running inject with jbhook to print help/usage information with a list of parameters you can apply to tweak various things.

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