Bemanitools 5

Version: 5.43

Release history

A collection of tools to run various Bemani arcade games.

Bemanitools 5 (BT5) is the successor to Bemanitools 4 which introduces a big code cleanup and support for newer games. BT5 uses a cleaner approach than BT4 did; specifically, all input and lighting is handled by emulating the protocols spoken by the real IO PCBs, instead of replacing chunks of game code like BT4. The benefits of this approach are a more authentic gameplay experience, and easier support for a broader range of releases from each game series.

Documentation

Browse our documentation as it might already cover various questions and concerns you are looking for or about to ask.

Contributions and bug reporting

Read the dedicated CONTRIBUTING.md documentation.

The tl;dr version and golden rules of the sections in the document:

• EVERYONE can contribute, this is NOT limited to people coding
• Open an issue on gitlab for discussions, feature requests and bug reports
• ALWAYS report bugs as issues and ALWAYS use the available bug template
• Everyone is allowed to submit changes which are not just limited to code by opening merge requests
• Documentation improvements can and even should be contributed by non developers

Supported games

The following games are supported with their corresponding hook-libraries.

• BeatStream
  • BeatStream (bst.zip): bsthook
  • BeatStream アニムトライヴ (bst.zip): bsthook
• Dance Dance Revolution
  • Dance Dance Revolution X (ddr-11.zip): ddrhook1
  • Dance Dance Revolution X2 (US/EU regions) (ddr-12-us.zip): ddrhook1
  • Dance Dance Revolution X2 (JP region) (ddr-12.zip): ddrhook2
  • Dance Dance Revolution 2013 (ddr-14-to-16.zip): ddrhook2
  • Dance Dance Revolution 2014 (ddr-14-to-16.zip): ddrhook2
  • Dance Dance Revolution A (ddr-14-to-16.zip): ddrhook2
• Beatmania IIDX
  • Beatmania IIDX 9th Style (iidx-09-to-12.zip): iidxhook1
  • Beatmania IIDX 10th Style (iidx-09-to-12.zip): iidxhook1
  • Beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED (iidx-09-to-12.zip): iidxhook1
  • Beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY (iidx-09-to-12.zip): iidxhook1
  • Beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD (iidx-13.zip): iidxhook2
  • Beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD (iidx-14-to-17.zip): iidxhook3
  • Beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS (iidx-14-to-17.zip): iidxhook3
  • Beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS (iidx-14-to-17.zip): iidxhook3
  • Beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS (iidx-14-to-17.zip): iidxhook3
  • Beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem (iidx-18.zip): iidxhook4
  • Beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle (iidx-19.zip): iidxhook5
  • Beatmania IIDX tricoro CN (狂热节拍 IIDX 2) (iidx-20-cn.zip): iidxhook5-cn
  • Beatmania IIDX 20 Tricoro (iidx-20.zip): iidxhook6
  • Beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA (iidx-21-to-24.zip): iidxhook7
  • Beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL (iidx-21-to-24.zip): iidxhook7
  • Beatmania IIDX 23 copula (iidx-21-to-24.zip): iidxhook7
  • Beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ (iidx-21-to-24.zip): iidxhook7
  • Beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS (iidx-25-to-26.zip): iidxhook8
  • Beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage (iidx-25-to-26.zip): iidxhook8
  • Beatmania IIDX 27 Heroic Verse (iidx-27-to-29.zip): iidxhook9
  • Beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER (iidx-27-to-29.zip): iidxhook9
  • Beatmania IIDX 29 CASTHOUR (iidx-27-to-29.zip): iidxhook9
• jubeat
  • jubeat (jb-01.zip): jbhook1
  • jubeat ripples (jb-02.zip): jbhook1
  • jubeat knit (jb-03.zip): jbhook2
  • jubeat copious (jb-04.zip): jbhook2
  • jubeat saucer (fulfill) (jb-05-to-07.zip): jbhook3
  • jubeat prop (jb-05-to-07.zip): jbhook3
  • jubeat qubell (jb-05-to-07.zip): jbhook3
  • jubeat clan (jb-08.zip): jbhook3
  • jubeat festo (jb-08.zip): jbhook3
• pop'n music
  • pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE (popn-15-to-18.zip) using popnhook1
  • pop'n music 16 PARTY♪ (popn-15-to-18.zip) using popnhook1
  • pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE (popn-15-to-18.zip) using popnhook1
  • pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝 (popn-15-to-18.zip) using popnhook1
• SOUND VOLTEX
  • SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH (sdvx-01-to-04.zip): sdvxhook
  • SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection- (sdvx-01-to-04.zip): sdvxhook
  • SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS (sdvx-01-to-04.zip): sdvxhook
  • SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN (sdvx-01-to-04.zip): sdvxhook
  • SOUND VOLTEX Vivid Wave (sdvx-05-to-06): sdvxhook2
  • SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR (sdvx-05-to-06): sdvxhook2

Auxiliary tooling

• Bootstrapping
  • inject: Inject arbitrary hooking libraries into a target application process.
  • launcher: Bootstrap Konami's AVS environment and launch a target application with arbitrary injected hooking libraries.
• Beatmnia IIDX Ezusb IO board
  • ezusb-iidx-fpga-flash: Flash a binary blob with FPGA firmware to a target ezusb FX IO board
  • ezusb-iidx-sram-flash: Flash a binary blob with SRAM contents to a target ezusb FX2 IO board
• Exit hooks: Exit the game with a button combination using native cabinet inputs
  • iidx-ezusb-exit-hook: For IIDX with ezusb IO
  • iidx-bio2-exit-hook: For IIDX with BIO2 IO
  • iidx-ezusb2-exit-hook: For IIDX with ezusb FX2 IO
• Bemanitools API testing: Tools for testing bemanitools API implementations
  • eamiotest: For eamio API
  • iidxiotest: For iidxio API
  • jbiotest: For jbio API
• aciotest: Command line tool to quickly test ACIO devices
• config: UI input/output configuration tool when using the default bemanitools API (geninput)
• ir-beat-patch-9/10: Patch the IR beat phase on IIDX 9 and 10
• mempatch-hook: Patch raw memory locations in the target process based on the provided configuration
• pcbidgen: Konami PCBID generator tool
• ViGEm clients: Expose BT5 APIs as XBOX game controllers to play any games with real cabinet hardware.

Pre-requisites

Supported platforms

Our main platforms are currently Windows XP and Windows 7 which are also the target platforms on the original hardware of those games. However, as it gets more difficult to get and maintain hardware comptible with Windows XP, this might change in the future. Many games also run on very recent Windows 10 builds but bear with us that it's hard to keep up with Windows updates breaking legacy software.

Distribution contents

Check the list of supported games to grab the right files for your game. BT5 also includes a tools subpackage (tools.zip) as well as the full source code (src.zip).

You will find *.md files in various sub-packages that give you further instructions for setup, usage, error information or FAQ. We advice you to read them as your questions and concerns might already be answered by them. If not, let us know if there is any information that you consider helpful or important to know and should be added.

Setup and dependencies

Most (older generation) games were developed for Windows XP Embedded but should run fine on any consumer version of Windows XP. Newer versions of Windows, e.g. Windows 7, 8 and 10, should be fine as well. Some hooks also include fixes required to run the games on a more recent version.

Depending on the game, you also need the following dependencies installed:

• The 32-bit (x86) version of Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package MFC Security Update
• The 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) versions of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013
• The DirectX 9 End-User Runtimes (June 2010)

See also bemanitools-supplements for files.

Development

Building

See the development document.

Architecture

A dedicate architecture document outlines the architecture of Bemanitools and points out the most important aspects you should know before you get started with development.

API

Please refer to the API documentation.

Release process

Please refer to the dedicated documentation.

License

Source code license is the Unlicense; you are permitted to do with this as thou wilt. For details, please refer to the LICENSE file included with the source code.