x2hook: Exceed 2

This readme covers any matters that are relevant for this hook, only. Anything that applies to all hooks is covered in a main hook readme file including general data setup and a quick start guide.

Versions supported

Any other version won't work, period. The hook has to memory patch a weird bug causing the sound thread to crash.

Dependencies

Make sure to read the different methods of dependency resolution available in the main hook readme file, first.

The following direct dependencies (cmd: readelf -d piu) are required:

libGL.so.1
libGLU.so.1
libpthread.so.0
libmad.so.0
libasound.so.2
libz.so.1
libpng12.so.0
libmpeg2.so.0
libmpeg2convert.so.0
libusb-0.1.so.4
liblua50.so.5.0
liblualib50.so.5.0
libgcc_s.so.1
libc.so.6
libm.so.6
libX11.so.6
libstdc++.so.5

As for method 1, when using Ubuntu, the dependencies can be found in the following packages:

libc-bin (or gcc-multilib on a 64-bit platform)
libx11-6
zlib1g
libusb-0.1-4
libasound2

Data setup

In additional to the general information applying to all hooks, this game requires all files and folders in the game folder to be in UPPERCASE on a case-sensitive file system.

Troubleshooting and FAQ

Make sure to also check the troubleshooting and FAQ section of the main hook readme. This covers various things that apply to all hooks. The following sub-sections apply mainly to this hook.

Fully unlock the game

This hook has an option to fully unlock the game (well, unlock Canon-D Full Mix without entering the code because that's the only permanent unlock) by setting the following property in the configuration file:

game.force_unlock=1

Using the unlock option to unlock Canon-D full remix does not work when enabled

When the game cannot read from an existing PIUEXCEED.INI file, the settings are created in-memory and written to disk. Therefore, the unlock mechanism of the hook cannot apply this to the contents in-memory but only when the PIUEXCEED.INI file is re-loaded. To achieve this, once you started the game to create a new PIUEXCEED.INI with default values, simply quit the game and restart.

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