Sorry for the double post, but I figured this deserves an actual bump. It seems that Windows update KB4580325 wiped out the registry associated with Flash so it's completely useless. I keep getting an error popping up when I try to run the game with cutscenes. Can't really uninstall the update either :/
Good news: I got the new cutscenes working in BTS! I decided to wait to try to fix Sonic ATS until I can confirm the method I used for BTS works on basically every PC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O1O8GqbRYpznTSfONVNkQ70D47p0F8Q6/view?usp=sharing Here's the link to the "patch". Extract and run in a folder like you would for regular BTS. Please let me know if it works or not.
The only issues I'm seeing so far are that the opening video didn't seem to scale up to the 640 window size and the main menu seems to be missing. Otherwise, videos are actually playing which is great! Edit: Just some additional notes since I remembered the U button skip. I had some cutscenes that would not load for me: The one following Tails' first boss fight & right before Rocky Ride The one right before Sunset Star Zone The one preceding the Sunset Star Zone Boss The one preceding the Fortress Flow Boss Additionally, the Cloudy Crowd Boss is calling itself the Metro Madness Boss for some reason which I'm not sure was intentional or a bug in the original game. Also, if you loop back to the title screen following the credits, it will bring up the level select screen and then the main menu. I'm likewise not sure if this was intended by Lake or not, but I know ATS opens straight up into the main menu after hitting enter on the title screen. If I encounter anymore bugs I'll let you know, and thanks again for putting in the work to make the cutscenes playable again
It would be the menu with buttons for Normal mode, Special, Level Select, and options. Edit: Also, it seems the special menu doesn't have it's video replaced since I'm getting the registry error message again. Edit 2: I really should look into these things before posting, sorry. I checked a longplay of the game and it seems there's a basic menu that loads before finishing the game with options for New Game and Load game only. I'm guessing the full menu is supposed to unlock after you beat the game once.
Hey thanks a bunch for letting me know what specificity what cutscenes don't work! I appreciate it :D
Of course! I'm gonna do another U key run-through and a normal run-through just to be sure and I'll let you know what I find. Edit: It seems to be random which cutscenes will load and which won't load. I got a different batch of cutscenes that refused to load the second time around. Also, I think I may have solved the issue with the opening movie's resolution. I got a similar problem with the cutscene right before the death egg boss and I realized it was because the game is displaying at 640X480 presumably because it's a setting saved in the save file, but the options menu seems to think it's at 320x240.
