Editing tools for the Next Generation of Winning Eleven games!

by the WE-NG Team

http://dte-ng.issextreme.com

ABOUT

"DTE!/NG" is a set of tools that allows the edition of the soccer games created for the console Playstation-2 by Konami.
These tools work under Win32.

To the date, the games that have been tested on are:

• Winning Eleven 6 International
• Winning Eleven 6 FE
• Winning Eleven 6 Junior League
• Winning Eleven 6
• Winning Eleven 5 FE
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2
• Pro Evolution Soccer
• it's also been reported the tools work on other non-Konami games ;)

To the date, the toolkit is comprised of two applications:

• AFSExplorer v0.90
• WEPictureDecoder v1.0

AFS EXPLORER v0.90

DESCRIPTION

This software allows managing the .AFS files of the Konami's Winning Eleven and Pro Evolution Soccer games for the PSX-2.
Those files contains most graphics and sounds of the game, as well as files containing team and player data.
It also allows the creation and use of the AFP patches.

This application is designed to work under Win32 platforms, and has been tested to work under all avalaible 32-bit Windows OSs.

CHANGES

IMPORTANT NOTES

• You can replace/export any file in/from the AFS file.
  But you can't replace using files greater than the reserved space the replaced file has.
  
  
• In the case you want to insert greater files, you must use the "Modify reserved space" (regeneration), which allows to manage the reserved spaces.
  You can also use the "Import folder" option.
  
  
• Regeneration of AFS files is not a trivial operation, so it can take long on some computers, specially on those with low-performance hard disks.
  
  
• Be careful when modifying the reserved spaces trying to avoid creating an AFS file greater than the original. Otherwise you'll have to rebuild CD image's ISO structure to be able to insert the new AFS file into the image.
  
  
• When applying a patch, it can happen the size of new AFS file is bigger than the original.
  To minimize the possibility it happens, you should try not to increase the reserved slot for the files; on the contrary, when possible, try to reduce the original reserved spaces, so the marked AFS file lenght is as short as possible.
  
  
• Tricks to reduce files length:
  • In the case of images, you can decrease the number of palette colors they use to gain space.
  • In the case of sounds, shorten their lenghts or reduce their frequency.
    
    
• If you want to use AFP patches together with another PPF patches, apply first the PPF patches then apply the AFP patches.
  
  
• Don't forget that a NEW AFS file is created when you apply a patch and it modifies the reserved spaces of the patched AFS file.
  
  
• There are some utils out there to extract/replace the AFS file from a CD image. The recommended one is CDMage. Make sure your version is, at least, the 1.02.1 BETA 5.
  
  
• After replacing the AFS file in the CD image, and before burning it, you MUST update the image's CRC fields so the console does not take the modified data as erroneous. If your CD-burner supports automatic ECC correction this step is not neccessary.
  You can use ECCReGen or CDMage.
  
  
• If you use CDMage to replace the AFS file, you should only use the "Scan for Corruption" and "Rebuild Sector Fields" options. Do not use "Repair corrupted sectors" as the app will try to recover the original information, so it may corrupt the patched data or even game's code data.
  
  
• When burning, try to use low speeds. The faster the burning is, the more probable there are data errors.
  x1 or x2 speeds are recommended.
  
  
• TIP: Press left mouse button while you move the mouse to scroll the picture in the graphic preview windows.
  
  
• Probably, many thigs are forgotten... in case you have any doubt you can find help at http://www.issextreme.com/forums

MENU DESCRIPTION

1. File
   
   
   1. Open File...
      Imports an AFS file.
      
      
   2. Configure...
      Options to configure the application.
      In this release, you can only set the path where WEPictureDecoder is located.
      
      
   3. Exit
      Uhmm... what's this for? ;)
      
      
2. Action
   The options of this menu provide a way of modifying the files contained in the AFS file.
   
   
   1. Import file...
      Replaces the file selected in the ("files" section).
      The imported file can't be greater than the currently selected file.
      
      
   2. Export file...
      Saves the file selected (in the "files" section).
      
      
   3. Import folder...
      Replaces the files of the seleted directory (in the "folders" section) and its subdirectories.
      The files you import, and the subdirectories, must have the same name than the original ones.
      You'll only be notified when trying to import a file that is bigger than the original reserved space, or
      when you could save AFS space on case the file is smaller enough.
      It's NOT necessary to import all files, it will only import those matching the previous two requeriments.
      
      
   4. Export folder...
      Saves the files of the seleted directory (in the "folders" section) and its subdirectories.
      
      
3. Advanced
   Rooms some options that allow modifying the AFS structure.
   
   
   1. Modify reserved space...
      Opens a window that allows changing the reserved slot for each file.
      
      
   2. Import patch...
      Loads an AFS patch.
      Don't forget that a NEW AFS file is created when you apply a patch and it modifies the reserved spaces of the patched AFS file.
      
      
   3. Create patch...
      Opens a window that allows to select which files you want to include in the patch, and creates it.
      
      
   4. Play ADX
      Plays the currently selected ADX sound file.
      
      
4. Help
   Info about this software.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This software uses code from zlib v1.1.4 Copyright (c) 1995-2002 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler

This software uses AdxToWav() code Copyright (c) 2001 BERO

The author would like to thank the following people (in alph. order):

* Antiz:
For testing the AFS rebuilding and patch generation with his great chants patch. Thanks mate!

* Ataru-CrespoGol:
For testing latest beta versions! Lots of great ideas!!

* Burgy:
Has helped a lot testing the software! Don't miss his site: http://issrealgame.fr.st
Hope there's a french league patch soon!

* D4lton:
Another excellent tester, and a graphic design master too! ;) His Liga Argentina patch is about to be released.
Has done a great, great job testing newer versions! He has also been the animated logo designer.
http://www.023.com.ar/we

* El_Hacker:
Designer of the GREAT!! original logo.

* Goku:
Has helped testing the software and giving all support I've needed! He is the one who has designed the DTE-NG website!
The best WE/PES site ever!: http://www.issextreme.com

* Honome:
He was who convinced me to start this stuff. With his unvaluable help in the research and test, this project could not be performed! He lost lots of CDs burning them to test that things worked... until he knew he could have used CD-RWs xDDD
He is one of the makers of the WE-Classic and the Campeonato Brasileiro fabulous patches!
http://www.w11.com.br
http://www.weclassico.hpg.ig.com.br

* K0H:
For spending some of his short spare time testing the util. He is the "Graphic Master" ;) as you'll see on the incoming WEHispano patch.
http://www.wehispano.tk

* Mauras:
Has tested the utils with his portuguese league patch. He has always offered his help when I've needed it. Obrigado!
http://www.lusowedit.html

* Rh4psody:
A "Class A" tester this one ;) He tested beta 0.95 versions with the wedoit 1.0 patch and has tested the new graphic input/output engine created on version 0.98 with his incoming patch. Hope it helps on his fabulous, state-of-the-art patches!
http://www.wedoit.da.ru

* ShinjiOno:
Thanks for the bug reports mate!

* Solidus J2k:
Great help since he tested the new patching format with his chants patch. His great chants patch has been the first released using AFP patch format!
http://w11extremo.da.ru

* TCrew:
Thanks to his posts and his home page I've been able to have a reference point from where to start this project!
http://www.total-amiga.com/we6

* Txema7:
Thanks to his testing on AFSExplorer, the bug on window title displaying could be fixed ;)

* (All people at the ISSExtreme forums):
Thanks for the feedback and suggestions!

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