Sylverant PSO Patcher 2.0 Released!

[BlueCrab]

Tonight, I have released version 2.0 of the Sylverant PSO Patcher. This new version is basically a complete rewrite and has a few bugfixes and new features, detailed below:

• Added support for patching the hostname in and booting the PSO Network Trial Edition.
• Added support for patching in the music for the Palace and Spaceship stages into the main bgm table. This way, quests that use these stages in non-battle mode (Prospective Horizons on Altimira) can use the correct background music. This patch is optional. When you see the note about pressing Start for all patches or A for not patching the music, this is what is being referred to.
• Fixed booting of many import games that would not boot with the older version. This version still won’t boot Windows CE-based games, but it hopefully will work with just about any other game you throw at it, if you choose to use it as an import boot disc.
• Finally, and most importantly, this release fixes the issues with battle mode timing out immediately on all Dreamcast versions when using the patcher. No, there was never any bugs in the server with regard to this, which is why it worked for people that used PALv2 and didn’t use the patcher at all.

Due to that last fixed issue, it is recommended that all users update to the new patcher if they ever intend to play in Battle mode.

You can find the downloads on the Downloads page on the Google Code project. As with previous versions, there are downloads for the source code, plain files, and a self-booting CDI image.

[Vampyre Mike]

Wow awesome, does this work the same way where I just pop this disc in first and then my PSO disc?

I admit I haven't played a ton, but want to! I used to love this game online on the DC and Xbox. and the sequel on 360 X D

[BlueCrab]

Yes, just boot with the PSO Patcher and swap in your PSO disc when it asks.

[Vampyre Mike]

Thanks for the prompt response. I had a heck of a time burning it last time and made many coasters. I used the CDI this time. *crosses fingers*

[LukeAkAscooter]

Im gunna try it tonight at some point, will let you know here if I have any problems, Ive only ever had a few bugs with my one and only patcher but nothing that isnt sorted by a restart. also do we need this new patcher to keep playing? or could we still use the old one. just so everyone can know thanks again for the great work!

[Aleron Ives]

You can still use the old one, as long as you don't want to play Battle mode.

[BlueCrab]

You can still use the old one, as long as you don't want to play Battle mode.

Quoted for truth.

This won't fix any other bugs or random issues people have with connecting. Those do not seem to be related to anything in the patcher anyway.