Shenmue Patch 5 is on the beta branch - 5 October 2018

[SEGA Dev]

Hi Shenmue fans,

We've uploaded a new patch to the beta branch that fixes a number of issues. If you've already opted into the beta branch, you don't need to do anything; the patch will download automatically.

To opt in, right click on Shenmue I &II in your Steam library and select Properties.
On the BETAS tab, enter the password below, click 'CHECK CODE', then select the beta branch from the drop down menu above.

Password: luhIQLdMeQoDatbibCxK

Your feedback on the patch is greatly appreciated. Please give us your system specs if posting an issue.

Thank you,
SEGA Dev

PC Patch Notes v1.05

Audio
• Improved the MIDI playback for various instances of background music.
• Fixed a MIDI playback issue that could cause “stuck notes”.
• Increased music volume when playing games in “Shenmue Collection”
• Fixed various issues with SFX.
• Fixed an issue that would cause the volume of some dialogue during combat to be controlled via the SFX volume option.
• Fixed various issues with lip syncing.

UI
• Fixed an issue that would cause the money panel to sometimes continue to display over arcade games.
• Fixed an issue that would cause the clock to obstruct the score in Space Harrier.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the wrong animation to play in the moves list UI.
• Fixed various issues caused by low UI scale values.
• Fixed an issue where the cassette player battery would sometimes display while viewing cassette tapes.
• Fixed various issues with help screens.
• Fixed various issues with the “completed game” save screen.
• Fixed an issue that would cause text to occasionally display with a blue outline.
• Fixed issues with missing prompts and missed input in QTE title when obtaining high scores.
• Improved the display of directional inputs when playing Excite QTE 2.
Graphical Issues
• Added the ability to adjust gamma values via the graphics options.
• Fixed the “A”, “B”, “X” & “Y” gacha colours.
• Fixed an issue with some cutscenes being incorrectly displayed in 16:9 with graphical issues.
• Fixed an issue that would cause the camera to clip through scenery in Bunkado Antiques.
• Fixed issues with Shenmue 1 shadows which caused them to appear “blocky”.

Controls
• Improved the controls while playing HangOn.
• Improved the controls while playing Afterburner II.
• Space Harrier and Afterburner II controls now no longer default to inverted.
• Fixed thumbstick issues when interacting with the Shenmue 1 Jukebox.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the forklift truck to become unstoppable.

Miscellaneous
• Fixed issues with move experience gains not working as expected.
o Experience gains are now correctly saved.
o The UI has been updated to show the experience progress since the last time the moves list was opened.
• Fixed an issue that would cause Gacha rewards to not be given when playing Space Harrier in Shenmue II.
• Fixed an issue what caused Ryo to not receive the certificate of completion after playing HangOn.
• Fixed an issue that caused the “Mini HangOn” gacha to be incorrectly awarded.
• Fixed occasional freezes while playing Space Harrier.
• Fixed an occasional crash when attempting to enter initials in Outrun.
• Fixed an issue where pausing while entering a loading screen could sometimes cause you to get stuck in the loading screen.
• Subtitles showing betting information for gambling mini-games are now localised.
• Fixed an issue that would cause snapshots to be corrupted when taken at certain resolutions.

[gayabusa]

Thanks!

[БИДЛОВ 🇺🇦]

Thanks!

[CronoClone]

Holy cow, this is a HUGE list of long-awaited bug fixes. Terrific work!

[Yuri Yslin]

Can somebody confirm that After Burner II has working music now?

[spacetime66]

They forgot to mention that they removed the ability to force Japanese Subtitles via ini file.

Edit: For what ever reason they removed Japanese subtitles from Shenmue 2 and not Shenmue 1

[Walker☻//︻ ---]

• Added the ability to adjust gamma values via the graphics options. Best fix EVER!! thank you very much

[ヂンドカール (Zindokar)]

DLing

[Miraglyth]

Whoa, if these fixes work this is an awesome update! Great job once again devs!

[Cheb]

Excellent news. Thank you.

[Hermit]

Miraglyth님이 먼저 게시:

Whoa, if these fixes work this is an awesome update! Great job once again devs!

I agree. I will be testing them later and if they are fixed as they say then I will say this is the best update yet.

[Jazzem]

Amazing continued work by the team, thank you all so much for your hard efforts :)

[Gromber]

Thanks for updating and creating a good port. Now spanish translation and i cry.

[ShinChuck]

The list looks great! Thanks a ton!

[Titus]

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Holy crap. 5th patch in and its still flying around the screen and flinging back to the centre of the screen when you do any QTE. How hard is it? Seriously.

[Yorith]

Thank you, I was waiting for the move experience fix and can finally start my playthroughs now.