Submitted
by: Blaze Hedgehog
Deep
within Sonic Adventure 2 lies the last of a World Rankings system.
The World rankings were used in SA1 but was plagued by cheaters,
which is most likely why this never made it out. This was all
found by Blaze in Advertise.prs. Below is a call list which finds
everything required by the world rankings list. advsng_3.adx is
just the regular menu music.
worldRankingExec
advsng_3.adx
emblemResultExec
emblemResult
dialup_icon0
dl_event_batu
emblem256
emblem_moji0
emblem_sheet
emblem_stagename_add
emblem_title
emb_charawindow_all
stg_stagename |
wrank_jyuni_window
wrank_penmaru
wrank_title
wr_flag
wr_moji0
wr_rankbtn_add
wr_rankbtn_e wr_rankbtn_j
wr_rankmode_e
wr_rankmode_e2
wr_rankmode_j
wr_rankmode_j2 |
wr_rankplate_big512
wr_suuji0
wr_windows
w_ranking_bg0
w_ranking_bg1
w_ranking_bg2
w_ranking_bg3
w_ranking_bg4
w_ranking_bg5
w_ranking_bg6
w_ranking_bg7
advsng_3.adx |
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Submitted
by: Blaze Hedgehog
After
going through that a little bit and through some other text, you
find the rest of the World Ranking menu text. Most of it speaks
for itself -- there was a login and registration system (obviously
to cut down on cheating). You could search rankings by country
and name, etc. The whole thing was called "The Sonic Network".
The text for World Rankings isn't just in english either -- it
exists in all languages SA2 was translated to (French, German,
Spanish, Japanese, and English). Here it is:
Display
or update world ranking
Press Y-button to update data.
Time Attack world ranking
Score Attack world ranking
Emblem world ranking
Total ranking
View stage world ranking
Edit your comments
Network registration is required
to enter world rankings.
Use latest browser to register
on the network.
Connecting to the Internet.
While connected to the network,
you will be charged a telephone
fee and ISP connection fee.
If you are using the ISAO Net
with a phone prefix number starting
with 0990, the telephone fee will be
10 yen for 3 minutes in accordance
with the Dial Q2 system.
Please
refer to manual
for more information.
Do you want to connect? <Yes><No>
Connecting to the Internet
While connected to the network,
you will be charged a telephone
fee and ISP connection fee.
Do you want to connect?
Dialing ||
<Cancel>
Enter "ISP" ID and password ID<++> Password<++>
Unable to find modem.
Check modem connection.
The line is busy.
Dialing next phone number.
Please try again later.
Check modem settings.
Unable to dial.
Check modular cable connection,
or modem settings.
Unable to connect. The line is busy.
Please check the modem settings
and try again later.
Unable to connect to server.
Server authentication failed.
Check ID and password.
Disconnected due to no activity.
While connected to the network, you will be charged a telephone
fee.
Do you want to connect?
Now connected to the Sonic Network.
The server is busy.
Please try connecting again later.
Updating the database.
This may take several minutes. <Cancel>
Cancel data connection? <Yes><No>
Are you sure you want to disconnect?
Your rank has increased to
number <++> in total ranking.
Your rank has decreased to
number <++> in total ranking.
Your ranking has increased to
number <++> in <++> score attack.
Your ranking has increased to
number <++> in <++> time attack.
Your rank has increased to
number <++> in emblem ranking.
Your ranking has decreased to
number <++> in <++> score attack.
Your ranking has decreased to
number <++> in <++> time attack.
Your rank has decreased to
number <++> in emblem ranking. <++>
Use this E-mail address
for confirmation?
(You can set E-mail address
for receiving info later.)
No E-mail setting on Dreamcast.
Use latest browser to change
Email settings. Are you <++>?
Enter your password. <Enter><Cancel><Forgot
password>
Your password is incorrect.
Enter password again. <Enter><Cancel><Forgot
password>
Do you want to receive
your password via E-mail?
Mail was sent to
your E-mail address.
Please check your mail.
Welcome to the Sonic Network.
Enter your user name.
12 characters maximum
length for user name. <Enter> <Cancel>
User name already exists.
Enter password if you
want to use this user name.
Next, enter password.
Passwords must be at least 5
characters, maximum is 12. <Enter><Back>
Set E-mail account.
If you forgot your password,
your password can be mailed to you. <Enter><Cancel>
Do you want to share your E-mail
address with other users?
If you don't, select "No".
Select country and area
where you live. Country:<++> Area:<++>
The Sonic Network is a public area to
exchange information with other users
around the world. Please try to
conduct yourself in a civil manner.
Warnings may be issued to users and
users may be ask not to use our
service, if activities violate the
rules of the Sonic Network.
<++>'s Registration complete.
Display ranking from the top.
List specified ranking.
Search ranking by user name.
List ranking by country or area.
Enter ranking you want to see.
Enter user name you want to search.
Enter country you want to list. Country<++> Area<++>
You can see user information.
Press B-button to go
back to list screen.
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Submitted
by: Blaze Hedgehog
Here
is some menu text written in the SA2 style, used most likely for
the titles of pages. You could check the current Top 20 in different
orders, and also a ranking by country.
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Submitted
by: Blaze Hedgehog
This
would have been used to point out which character was being played
for which level, next to the rankings.
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Submitted
by: Blaze Hedgehog
Some
more mysterious bits of menu systems. One bit says "comment",
maybe you could comment on a decent score?
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Submitted
by: Blaze Hedgehog
"Forgot
your Password?" When you logged into the Sonic Network, this
would have been a helper if you forgot your password.
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Submitted
by: Blaze Hedgehog
And
here is the title, most likely used on most, if not every, page.
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Submitted
by: Blaze Hedgehog
The
Ranking system allowed you to also show which country you were
from, so small little flags were avaliable to show up on the rankings.
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Submitted
by: Blaze Hedgehog
With
the accounts it looks like you could e-mail or chat to other people
also in the system, or maybe a special message board was viewable.
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Submitted
by: Blaze Hedgehog
Lastly,
this big Emblem piece was also in there, probably used on the
site somewhere.
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