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how to unlock half-width character

Postby Wanwei1116 » Mon Dec 25, 2017 3:17 pm

I was doing transelat work for Chinese, and mod the input.
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file2
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you can use a hex editor to search. (WINHEX,MadEdit...)
I use madedit

[Change default input to half-width english]
search hex value
33 00 00 10 37 00 40 A0 24 A2 82 8F 01 00 03 24
change to
33 00 60 10 37 00 40 A0 24 A2 82 8F 01 00 03 24

search hex value
26 00 00 10 37 00 40 A0 24 A2 82 8F
change to
26 00 60 10 37 00 40 A0 24 A2 82 8F

[Unlock half-width switch (Press L2 to switch between half and full width)]
seach hex value
C0 C0 7F 00 30 30 7F 00 7F 7F 7F 00 F8 F8 7F 00
change to
00 00 7F 00 30 30 7F 00 7F 7F 7F 00 F8 F8 7F 00

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File 1


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[Change default input to half-width english]

Search for: 38 00 00 10 37 00 40 A0 E0 A3 82 8F 0F 00 03 24

Change to: 38 00 60 10 37 00 40 A0 E0 A3 82 8F 0F 00 03 24

Search for: 25 00 00 10 37 00 40 A0 E0 A3 82 8F 0F 00 03 24

Change to:25 00 60 10 37 00 40 A0 E0 A3 82 8F 0F 00 03 24

[Unlock half-width switch (Press L2 to switch between half and full width)]

seach hex value
C0 C0 7F 00 30 30 7F 00 7F 7F 7F 00 F8 F8 7F 00
change to
00 00 7F 00 30 30 7F 00 7F 7F 7F 00 F8 F8 7F 00
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Re: how to unlock half-width character

Postby Silent Hell » Mon Dec 25, 2017 10:10 pm

That's amazing! Is this in the ELF file? Which file has this?

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Re: how to unlock half-width character

Postby Wanwei1116 » Mon Dec 25, 2017 11:58 pm

That's amazing! Is this in the ELF file? Which file has this?
BIN\3.DAT

and next time I will debug file1
Can you add Chinese CHATROOM?
if I want to creat Chinese server,can you help me????

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Re: how to unlock half-width character

Postby StuntmanSnake » Tue Dec 26, 2017 3:25 pm

This is pretty neat.

Thanks for sharing!
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Re: how to unlock half-width character

Postby Vedita BR » Tue Dec 26, 2017 7:07 pm

can someone please convert it ps2rd raw code, otherwise i will have to reinstall the game on ps2 ;)
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Re: how to unlock half-width character

Postby the_fog » Fri Jan 05, 2018 4:54 pm

Does it break displaying the SHIFT-JIS charset / japanese characters?

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Re: how to unlock half-width character

Postby Herbivore » Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:49 pm

Will other people be able to read it, or only you?
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Re: how to unlock half-width character

Postby Wanwei1116 » Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:30 pm

Does it break displaying the SHIFT-JIS charset / japanese characters?
No, just unlock.
I added Chinese input in bio.dic, only used S-JIS charset, keep Japanese dic.

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Re: how to unlock half-width character

Postby Isles487 » Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:31 pm

Does it break displaying the SHIFT-JIS charset / japanese characters?
No, just unlock.
I added Chinese input in bio.dic, only used S-JIS charset, keep Japanese dic.
Excellent work! Thank you very much. Are the hex values the same for File 1?
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Re: how to unlock half-width character

Postby Wanwei1116 » Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:35 pm

Will other people be able to read it, or only you?
All players can read, used game's font charset.

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Re: how to unlock half-width character

Postby Wanwei1116 » Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:47 pm


Excellent work! Thank you very much. Are the hex values the same for File 1?
Unlock hex value is same, but change default input is different.

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Re: how to unlock half-width character

Postby Isles487 » Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:58 pm


Excellent work! Thank you very much. Are the hex values the same for File 1?
Unlock hex value is same, but change default input is different.
Interesting. Do you know where it might be located?

For anyone wondering - verified working!

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Re: how to unlock half-width character

Postby alinho » Sat Jan 06, 2018 10:20 pm

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Re: how to unlock half-width character

Postby Isles487 » Sat Jan 06, 2018 10:25 pm

It works with private messages too! And in entering the ID for a private message.

Oh and using this patch, users can now create their own half-width IDs in the ID select screen!
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Re: how to unlock half-width character

Postby Herbivore » Sat Jan 06, 2018 10:46 pm

Will other people be able to read it, or only you?
All players can read, used game's font charset.
*fans self*

I still can't get any keyboard plugins to work though & let me type with my computer's keyboard.
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