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@Handylemons Handylemons released this 30 Sep 00:58
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Buzz Toolkit 0.1.0 - first release

Setup

  • Install.bat: one double-click sets up the app in its own environment, downloads ffmpeg and
    optionally installs the host voice (Python 3.11).
  • Game update 01.02 check in the Setup box, with Download update from Sony (the official
    package, fetched from Sony's PS3 update server and checksum-verified; never shipped) and
    Install update into RPCS3. Command line: setup --get-update.
  • Our RPCS3 patches also ship as rpcs3_patches/buzz_toolkit_patches.yml for manual import.

Pack generator (offline)

  • Buzz Pack Studio app (Start Buzz Pack Studio.bat): packs, questions, rounds, generate.
  • Questions from CSV, Aiken, Q:/A: text, OpenTriviaQA text, .buzz.txt, Moodle XML, Buzz online
    XML, generic XML/JSON, Open Trivia DB, OpenTriviaQA and The Trivia API; checked against the
    game's limits (93 / 30 characters), duplicates removed, pictures fetched.
  • Standard, picture, All That Apply and Point Stealer questions; pack card, credits page with the
    question sources' licences.
  • Per-pack running orders (Pack Game menu), random picks, presets.
  • Language selection (pack code GBR, ESP, PRT, DEU, ...), host voice on/off.
  • Generate → PKG (own PKG writer, Game Data for BCES00098; installs and plays on RPCS3) or copy
    straight into RPCS3.
  • Shareable .buzz.txt export (text only).

Host voice

  • Voice trainer (voice_trainer.run): fine-tunes a Chatterbox voice on the host's lines from your
    own disc in about an hour (RTX 3060; --preset best for a longer run); every generated line is
    checked with speech recognition and re-made if wrong.
  • Own ATRAC3 encoder (the game's 152-byte mono speech format) with Sony-style bit allocation and
    gain control; retail loudness.

Online server (self-hosted)

  • MyBuzz online quizzes, leaderboards and buddies; start/stop from the app.
  • Publish to MyBuzz turns a pack's questions into online quizzes (live, no restart).
  • Set up this PC for online play: login fix, RPCS3 patch, network settings; friends connect
    with the host's IP. The game still boots and plays offline when the server isn't running.

Not shipped

  • No game files, keys or voices: setup reads them from the user's own copy (decrypted EBOOT,
    game scripts, disc audio). The release build audits for this.

Known issues

See the README.

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