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After far too long, I have updated various game documents, and added some new ones. This was meant to happen some time in January/February 2022, but it was put off in favor of doing other work. This also marks the first time any documents have been uploaded for Virtual Pro-Wrestling on PS1.
Also, there is a survey regarding the future of VPW2 freem Edition in regards to some future features. Please check the hack's website for the survey link.
Virtual Pro-Wrestling 2 freem Edition 2021/01/28 Release [January 28th, 2021 / 00:00]
21 YEARS VIRTUAL PRO-WRESTLING 2
Another anniversary, another "major" release of VPW2 freem Edition. Sadly though, the hack needs to take a back seat to some other things.
This release of the hack is estimated to be about 45%-50% complete. You can obtain it from the hack's website.
New Article with a stupidly long title [May 11th, 2020 / 17:42]
I've written an article about the handling of face textures in the various AKI Corporation wrestling games. You can read it here.
VPW Studio Official Website Opens [April 24th, 2020 / 20:02]
The official VPW Studio website is now open, though the program is still not available. The website mainly exists because I don't want to keep repeating the reasons the program isn't available yet. It's still being worked on, and will be available at some point. I don't know when, though. Don't ask me.
RagDas presents: WCW/nWo REVENJI [February 10th, 2020 / 20:00]
RagDas has been working on a hack of WCW/nWo Revenge using VPW Studio, and now a release is available.
More information is available at the hack's website.
Virtual Pro-Wrestling 2 freem Edition 2020/01/28 Release [January 20th, 2020 / 14:23]
20 YEARS VIRTUAL PRO-WRESTLING 2
I can't think of any better way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of AKI Corporation's masterwork professional wrestling video game than releasing a new update of VPW2 freem Edition.
This release of the hack is estimated to be about 35%-40% complete. You can obtain it from the hack's website.
Back from "Break" [April 3, 2019 / 15:45]
Shortly after the 2019/02/22 release of VPW2 freem Edition, I needed to take a break from AKI-related hacking and projects. I'm pleased to announce that this break is now over, and a few things are happening:
- Work has resumed on VPW Studio. I have written a case study on how the program has helped me throughout the project, as well as things that it couldn't help me with... This isn't public yet, but it is good to have a concrete list of issues that need to be dealt with. Randymanfoo has submitted a lot of changes to the No Mercy FileTableDB, which is good for all the No Mercy hackers. There is still no known release date because the program is not user-friendly enough and lacking in documentation. If I have to spend my time helping people out with problems, that leaves me less development time, so I would rather get the program to a state where people don't have to bother me for everything. :P
- I've undertaken a new project: translating Virtual Pro-Wrestling 64 to English. Unlike VPW2 freem Edition, this will be a straight translation, with no major changes. Two patches will be made: "fake names" and "real names". (The officially licensed wrestlers will retain their real names in both patches.) I do not have a time frame for this project, since there are a few challenges to deal with.
While it is not the current focus, a few of the contributors to VPW2 freem Edition have sent me some updated textures. VPW2 freem Edition is not canceled, but the next update is likely to be a few months out.
Virtual Pro-Wrestling 2 freem Edition 2019/02/22 Preview Release [February 21, 2019 / 13:58]
Virtual Pro-Wrestling 2 freem Edition 2019/02/22 preview version has now been released. Check out the hack site for more details and a download.
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Archiving and Integrating Hacker's Club Posts into my giant VPW archive:
Well, JamStubb's site doesn't have everything, so I'm trying to find all the interesting
shit at Hacker's Club that I would consider useful. (Attires, some matches,
weapons, and most move hacks aren't as useful to me [considering I am trying to
completely document the internal workings of the six N64 VPW games as fully
as possible]; addresses of things and offbeat bullshit codes work nicely, though.)
Also, I will probably release a zip/rar/7z/whatever of the content I save so that everyone can use it. Eventually I may go back and rip attires/move hacks/etc. but I don't want the stupid off-topic drama and "retirement" posts. (lol at people getting bored of No Mercy after a year; I'm playing VPW2 on my N64 almost every day at this point, game still holds up 9 years later.) - VPW64 before the WCW License: After looking through the ID4 values of wrestlers in VPW64 again, I noticed a strange yet familiar pattern...
- VPW Studio - A program for ROM hacking the N64 AKI wrestling games. Not yet available to the public due to lack of documentation and implemented features.
- roster.txt
Listing of all characters in every VPW game with IDs. Completed up to (but not including) DJV. For the most part, this list only includes ID4s. ID2s are available for VPW (PS1) and WCW vs. the World. The original file was created before the discovery of ID-2 in VPW games on the N64. - tex2png (early alpha)
C# Program for converting TEX format images (found in RAM/ROM) to PNG. Requires .NET Framework 2.0 if you don't already have it.
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WldFb Archive Forum
WldFb's archive of his awesome work with No Mercy and VPW2. -
Virtual Pro-Wrestling 2 Dojo
S.K. Stylez' collection of VPW2-related stuff. -
AKI Live
Hacking community focused on the AKI wrestling games. -
JamStubbs Archive Forum [Internet Archive]
the collection of codes and values. Unfortunately, only archived posts are available now. -
Old Skool Reunion
A hacking community focused on the AKI wrestling games.
