kshootmania 1.61 blocks these songs

[nieknooijens]

as the title says, kshootmania 1.61 actually blocks any konami content because of lawsuits (konami is a bitch) so stay with the old version or switch to this: https://github.com/guusw/unnamed-sdvx-clone if you want to continue playing sdvx charts outside of japan.

[Uwy]

Didn't updated my kshoot but I've a few questions about this :

• Is the 1.61 update mandatory ?
• Any clue on how it blocks this content ?
  • Do it checks the name / description ?
  • Do it checks the audio content in itself (like youtube copyright bot) ?
  • Do the copyright database is hardcoded or accessed online ?

Reason why I asks this is that while the clone is still in dev, workarounds can be found easily until it becomes stable (full controller support and so on).

[nieknooijens]

the 1.61 update is not mandatory, but the official site does only serve the 1.61 update. I was able to get 1.50 back (without the DRM) by using the internet archive, it appears that those old mega links are still up: https://mega.nz/#!hl5H1YKS!vzOiNoKQuLh3z6RAvijAK2EkVGFxN5ZgInUdnM2VfYU I have no idea how it blocks it, I tried changing stuff but the error at startup kept appearing until I removed the sdvx song entirely from the songs folder.

[Schinizer]

It just checks for the fix formatting that the song pack is following.

[nieknooijens]

cant we make a randomizer script in python or so? one that randomizes the filenames and puts 4 random chars behind the song title/artist and then adds a single but random sample to the .ogg file to mismatch the checksums every time?

anyhow the "unnamed-sdvx-clone" is making quite some progress, score screen has been implemented and there is HID support now.

[itemx]

afaik ks 164d removes the limit? at least it works on mine now.

[Uwy]

@itemx Yes it does I think this issue can be closed.

[nieknooijens]

Yep it's fixed