For emulators, take a look at this list. Some of them are still 32-bit and won't work, but I know at least Genesis Plus and Generator have been updated recently to work on Catalina.
Oh hey, it's me again. I am currently having a problem with making a Sonic CD like HUD working in my Sonic 1 Hack, if I did something wrong please let me know. Screenshot: Spoiler: HUD Code (Hivebrain 2005 Disassembly) Code (Text): ; --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; Object 21 - SCORE, TIME, RINGS ; --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obj21: ; XREF: Obj_Index moveq #0,d0 move.b $24(a0),d0 move.w Obj21_Index(pc,d0.w),d1 jmp Obj21_Index(pc,d1.w) ; =========================================================================== Obj21_Index: dc.w Obj21_Main-Obj21_Index dc.w Obj21_Flash-Obj21_Index ; =========================================================================== Obj21_Main: ; XREF: Obj21_Main addq.b #2,$24(a0) move.w #$90,8(a0) move.w #$108,$A(a0) move.l #Map_obj21,4(a0) move.w #$6CA-($FFFFFEBF*$10),2(a0) move.b #0,1(a0) move.b #0,$18(a0) Obj21_Flash: ; XREF: Obj21_Main tst.w ($FFFFFE20).w ; do you have any rings? beq.s Obj21_Flash2 ; if not, branch clr.b $1A(a0) ; make all counters yellow jmp DisplaySprite ; =========================================================================== Obj21_Flash2: moveq #0,d0 btst #3,($FFFFFE05).w bne.s Obj21_Display addq.w #1,d0 ; make ring counter flash red cmpi.b #9,($FFFFFE23).w ; have 9 minutes elapsed? bne.s Obj21_Display ; if not, branch addq.w #2,d0 ; make time counter flash red Obj21_Display: move.b d0,$1A(a0) jmp DisplaySprite If anyone knows a solution to this then please let me know. Thanks.
Just a question on a Hack theory. Do 32x Cartridges have more space for storage, and thus would be better suited for more advanced Rom hacks of Sonic titles? I was watching a Knuckle's Chaotix speed run for instance, and the music alone, as well as the huge pallet in most levels is pretty crazy, but I was just thinking that, with that amount of space, would it be possible to just make a "Sonic Complete Set" where the player has access to most of the unique characters *And Standard* you guys created for Sonic hacks, such as Sally, Rogue, Bunny, the Chaotix, etc, and can go through the entire Genesis Trilogy, or am I completly overestimating the amount of space available.
If I recall correctly, 32X cartridges can be 4-8MB in size. So yeah, they have more space for storage. But in my own opinion, if you're up for the task, you could take it to Sonic CD akin to Sonic Megamix if you want even more space and the ability to use Redbook audio.
I guess another silly theory question would be, is it possible to just "string" a long line of "Sonic & Knuckles" cartridges together to create a large "harddrive" of sorts to store a massive title? Again, these are just amusing questions Ive had for a while, and if not, what is stopping the "lock on" technology from working in that manner. Edit : And by cartridges, i mean in rom form of course.
You only have so much address space to work with. Beyond 4 megabytes (32 megabits) you have to do banking like the Super Street Fighter 2.
I really doubt the music takes up that much more space than on a regular MD, it's just SMPS plus PWM samples. The level art isn't that much better either, it's all drawn on the MD side, only sprites use the 32X's framebuffer. Plus, working with the 32X is a nightmare. The MCD is somewhat better in this regard, but doesn't allow you any extra colors and imposes restrictions on how your game can be structured.
So hey guys. So I’m trying to make a Sonic 2 rom hack and so I’m trying to split my Sonic 2 rom with Xenowhirl’s disassembly,but I can’t split the ROM file because the split.bat file closes immediately after opening it without even saying an error occurred. That means that I can’t restore the SonED2 project files to normal,so yeah,I can’t restart my hack again. Please help me.
Also downloading another rom,changing its format to bin and downloading the dissasembly again doesn’t work.
I can already tell what the core of the issue is: it appears to be reading the wrong VRAM location. I see how you modified the instruction that sets where in VRAM the HUD is supposed to be reading and dumping VRAM to also subtract the VRAM location by an unused RAM location times 10. Now, I have to ask these questions to be able to help further: What are you using $FFFFFEBF for? Why are you multiplying it by 10? However, for the 2nd question, if the reason is what I suspect (getting the style of VRAM used in stuff like PLCs), then it should be 20, not 10. But eh, I don't really know. If you can supply more information, it'd be appreciated.
What is the size limit to the DMA Queue in Sonic 2? I had a really dumb idea that didn't work, but to make a long story short, I wanted to change the Sonic 2 Final title Screen so the characters use DPLC's, to free up VRAM for custom backgrounds, and I spent a good couple hours on headaches(Turns out, adding title screen capability to zones not built for isn't as easy as it looks) Anyway, if I let the title sequence play out, things look buggy but somewhat normal. However, if I try to press start to skip the animation, this lovely thing happens: I'm guessing I'm hitting the DMA limit. Does this mean my hope of reducing the VRAM usage while still keeping the cute little animation isn't possible?
Not sure myself, but I have a question: Are the tiles that Tails is corrupted with consistent? If so, I’m thinking you could overwrite those tiles with Tails’s art for the title screen, as a temporary workaround.
Now that you mention it, I definitely could just work around it by "patching" that one frame of Tails' art in the needed vram section. If the animation starts, then all the needed PLC queues fine because Sonic's animation is done already. Thanks for the idea!
Did you check that the art isn't crossing a 128KB boundary in the ROM? If that happens, the DMA wraps around to the beginning of the current 128KB block, leading to the wrong data being loaded.
Yeah, it's not that. Instead of wrapping around to the start of the bank, it's just stopping the queue. The weirdness your seeing on Tails is level art. Also, it doesn't happen if I just let the animation play out. That being said, just preloading Tails' last frame into memory in advance does "fix" the issue. I'm having one more really weird quirk though. Now when Tails first appears, this happens: Once he animates, he looks fine, and Sonic has no problems at all. Only when Tails first appears and moves up. Here's my DPLC code: Code (Text): ; loc_1B848: LoadObj0EDynPLC: moveq #0,d0 move.b mapping_frame(a0),d0 ; load frame number cmp.b objoff_14(a0),d0 beq.s + move.b d0,objoff_14(a0) lea (Obj0E_DPLC_TitleChars).l,a2 add.w d0,d0 adda.w (a2,d0.w),a2 move.w (a2)+,d5 subq.w #1,d5 bmi.s + move.w #tiles_to_bytes(ArtTile_ArtUnc_TitleSprites),d4 cmpa.w #IntroSonic,a0 beq.s Obj0E_ReadEntry move.w #tiles_to_bytes(ArtTile_ArtUnc_TitleTails),d4 ; loc_1B86E: Obj0E_ReadEntry: moveq #0,d1 move.w (a2)+,d1 move.w d1,d3 lsr.w #8,d3 andi.w #$F0,d3 addi.w #$10,d3 andi.w #$FFF,d1 lsl.l #5,d1 addi.l #ArtUnc_TitleSprites,d1 move.w d4,d2 add.w d3,d4 add.w d3,d4 jsr (QueueDMATransfer).l dbf d5,Obj0E_ReadEntry ; repeat for number of entries + rts And here's how I'm calling it: Code (Text): Obj0E_Tails: moveq #0,d0 move.b routine_secondary(a0),d0 move.w Obj0E_Tails_CurrentState(pc,d0.w),d1 jsr Obj0E_Tails_CurrentState(pc,d1.w) bra.w LoadObj0EDynPLC ; =========================================================================== ; off_13074: Am I missing something..? EDIT: and it's not the 128KB issue. I tried shifting the data to no avail.
This may be due to the patch. If Tails is animating, then the final frames of the animation should not be patched over the VRAM section. Only when you actively skip the animation should the patch activate.
Quick question: I'm trying to play Sonic CD++ on Kega on my Mac, but the music ain't playing. Any idea how to fix this? (I also sort of want to know how to get a custom soundtrack working.)
From the Sonic CD++ patching instructions: At that point, you can replace the .wavs with whatever you like.
Thanks, that should help. However, I still can't get the music working. Something bizarre: the CD music works perfectly in the opening cutscene (Sonic Boom, Sonic Boom, Sonic Boom...), but not anywhere in the game (besides the past, which I know is just because it's sequenced in PCM). Anyone know what the issue is?
@TheOneAndOnlyJoebro64 I just rebooted my MacBook to have a look. It works fine for me. It might help you to know that my TOTALLY LEGALLY OBTAINED image of SCD is completely devoid of .wavs or .isos, everything is just a .bin with a .cue file. Maybe if you can obtain a similar TOTALLY LEGAL image, you could test whether that works for you. Also, it's not really that weird that the intro movie sound is fine, since that's encoded in the video, it's not redbook (Sonic Boom + Japanese soundtrack = perfection).
