Sylverant PSO Patcher is a program designed to be used as a boot-disc for the
Sega Dreamcast to patch various aspects of the game Phantasy Star Online. The
individual items patched depend on the version of the game, which is detected
automatically at run-time. This patching program offers the ability to have
PSO auto-connect to a private server (specifically the Sylverant Private
Server hosted at sylverant.net), fix the missing ultimate maps in v2, and to
re-enable use of the versions of the game that have been hampered by the
Hunter's License check.
While the first and third patches (the private server connection and disabling
the Hunter's License check) could be done with a cheat device, such as the
Codebreaker/Xploder, many people are opposed to their use, even for legitimate
purposes that do not involve cheating. Sylverant PSO Patcher gives those
opposed to using cheating devices another option to connect with. Also, within
our research in putting together this program, we could not find a way to get
the second patch (the Ultimate mode map fix) to work with Codebreaker/Xploder
at all!
This program is the result of a bunch of research done by myself and Aleron
Ives. Aleron Ives is the one that came up with the Ultimate mode map fix (both
on PSOPC and on the Dreamcast versions). I was the one that worked out how to
fix the Hunter's License check issue. In addition, Lee provided Ives (and thus
myself as well) with some data that was needed to complete the project. Many
thanks go out to both Aleron Ives and Lee for their part in getting this project
off the ground!
