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Tamkis
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Posted on 05-20-12 02:30:31 PM (last edited by Tamkis at 05-09-13 04:57:43 AM) Link | Quote
(Well, here goes my first thread here on Jul. I should be working on college-work rather than proassinating, but whatever; here goes)

(Mostly copy-pasta from Sonicretro.org)

Originally posted by "Tamkis"

For this hack, I thought I should do something different, hack a game that few people have hacked. So, I decided to do a Sonic 3 & Knuckles hack. Even with a primitive disasm, this extra-large game does not get enough love when it comes to hacking, due to the fact that it’s 4MB large. Even though I might not complete this hack due to the difficulty of such a hack, I thought that I should give it a try, since I now have some hacking experience under my belt. I thought that I should also do so pioneering Sonic hacking.

This S3&K hack, called S3K Loco, is a harder version of the vanilla S3&K game, roughly similar in concept to Sonic 1 Harder Levels. Like with Sonic Loco 2 and with S1HL, I plan on making this a “complete” hack with “all the works”: modified palettes, new music, modified level & special stage layouts, &c. If possible, I might implement some new code, such as some new monitors, and other surprises.

In specifics, here are goals thus far:
@ Modified palettes
# Mostly level palettes/water palettes
# Special stage palettes

@ New Music
# Porting music from various Sonic games (S3D, SC/KC, S2F, et. al.) and non-Sonic games (MJ's Moonwalker, Ristar, Megaman, et. al)
# Will feature Flamewing’s new S3&K sound driver, and his universal Smps2Asm tool.

@ New art
# New Knuckles art (from Knuckle's Chaotix, with Knuckle's S3&K pallette applied)
# Some other new art

@ Modified level layouts
# Mostly modified level layouts for harder levels
# More character-only paths, secret paths
# Some new/modified chunks
# 4 new levels (Porting the 2p levels to 1p mode)?

@ Modified special stages

@ New code
# New SEGA PCM (“I'm outta here!” from SCD)
# New monitors

# New player modes (enabled in the save screen/level select), and also featuring “Knuckles the Bluechidna”
# Modified level events if necessary


Media:

Pictures:







Videos

Download Link:
MediaFire (v0.3b)

C&CC, questions, and bug reports welcomed!
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Posted on 05-20-12 02:32:46 PM Link | Quote
Hate to double post, but I have to leave for church soon. Before I upload the download link (and details): admins, do you accept ROM links or patches? I would like to know before I possibly break a rule. I believe I tried to make a patch earlier, but S3K is a funky game, and I believe making a patch failed epically. I will try again, if necessary.

Catch the reply after church.

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Posted on 05-20-12 04:23:21 PM Link | Quote
Patches only, NEVER ROM links.

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Posted on 05-20-12 04:27:27 PM Link | Quote
That's an interesting topic, because unlike most other ROM hacks, Sonic hacks are usually downloadable as ROMs, because they're compiled straight from the disassembly, and SEGA usually doesn't care.

If your hack has a Retro Wiki page with a download link, just link that.

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Posted on 05-20-12 07:19:54 PM Link | Quote
(Darn, I forogt to put in my Username/password when attempting to post for the 3rd time!)

Well, I got a patch made! (The problem was that my hack was smaller than the clean rom.)
MediaFire (v0.3b)

Always check the first post for a download, and READ the readme included for hack and patching details. Enjoy, and please give me your C&CC here!
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Posted on 05-21-12 08:22:02 AM Link | Quote
Paulguy's Post configuration
I would imagine a patch from a completely recompiled ROM against the original would just result in basically the entire ROM as a patch...

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Posted on 05-21-12 02:13:15 PM Link | Quote
SIDEWAYS SLASH
Yeah. Basically because Sonic hacks are entirely dissasembled it's unpractical for technical reasons to have them as a patch, so generally the entire ROM is to be posted anyways.

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Posted on 05-21-12 03:18:59 PM Link | Quote
Still, I guess it would be "more legal" (colloquism) to distribute a patch rather than the original hack or rom, although technically unpractical. Besides, some hacking sites such as Romhacking.net only accept patches for this reason. FYI, in order to get a patch, I had to pad the Rom (3.22MB) with $FFs to the size of the original rom (4.00MB).


Well, the rules are what they are, which we should just accept. Anyhow, what do you think about the hack so far, especially its soundtrack choice? (Refer to the older v0.2 of the hack, as well as the Excel sheet.) For the next release, I hope to get most if not all of the music back in, as well as insert some Megaman music, such as Megaman & Bass/Rockman & Forte music. Furthermore, I should have MGZ finished by then and more bugs fixed.
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roms are fine. nobody cares about them these days

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