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Topic: Hack ideas: for those without the skill but with all the ideas. (Read 8 times)
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Nightcrawler
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« Reply #90 on: April 26, 2007, 09:42:51 am » |
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Has anyone hacked the PAL version of Terranigma to make it have the NTSC refresh rate? It just looks choppy because ZSNES repeats every fifth frame to match it to my monitor's refresh rate. :\\
I've never tried it, but there is a patch over here on Zophar's Domain that says it's used to "convert Terranigma from PAL to NTSC video format". So, you all leave this patch on dead Zophar's Domain instead of submitting it to RHDN?  |
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Kajitani-Eizan
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« Reply #91 on: April 26, 2007, 02:45:38 pm » |
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Has anyone hacked the PAL version of Terranigma to make it have the NTSC refresh rate? It just looks choppy because ZSNES repeats every fifth frame to match it to my monitor's refresh rate. :\\
You could try running in 100 Hz mode. (Kitchensync) either he has an LCD, in which case he can't do that, or he's already nuts for running his CRT in 60 Hz mode. |
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Piotyr
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« Reply #92 on: April 26, 2007, 09:20:28 pm » |
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Has anyone hacked the PAL version of Terranigma to make it have the NTSC refresh rate? It just looks choppy because ZSNES repeats every fifth frame to match it to my monitor's refresh rate. :\\
I've never tried it, but there is a patch over here on Zophar's Domain that says it's used to "convert Terranigma from PAL to NTSC video format". So, you all leave this patch on dead Zophar's Domain instead of submitting it to RHDN? We need someone to go over and submit the good zophars patches here. |
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MegaManJuno
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« Reply #93 on: April 26, 2007, 09:49:49 pm » |
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I've never tried it
So, you all leave this patch on dead Zophar's Domain instead of submitting it to RHDN? I wasn't about to submit something that I had no idea about whether it worked or not.  I'd have no idea what to submit it under at the moment, anyway. I suppose Improvement may be the best match out of what's available, but then something like a "General" category might work better. None of the options for Improvement really seem to fit (to me, at least): Graphics, Sound, Levels, and/or Text - as it's nothing more than a sort of "region hack" in a way.  \ |
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Piotyr
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« Reply #94 on: April 27, 2007, 12:43:28 am » |
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I've never tried it
So, you all leave this patch on dead Zophar's Domain instead of submitting it to RHDN? I wasn't about to submit something that I had no idea about whether it worked or not. I'd have no idea what to submit it under at the moment, anyway. I suppose Improvement may be the best match out of what's available, but then something like a "General" category might work better. None of the options for Improvement really seem to fit (to me, at least): Graphics, Sound, Levels, and/or Text - as it's nothing more than a sort of "region hack" in a way. \ It would be greaphics because it fixes the refresh rates. |
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Nightcrawler
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« Reply #95 on: April 27, 2007, 08:23:25 am » |
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Hehe.. I was thinking it could be Improvement since it improves upon teh original by increasing the frame rate and speeding everything up. I can see how it could be graphics as well.
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Piotyr
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« Reply #96 on: April 27, 2007, 08:58:41 am » |
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Hehe.. I was thinking it could be Improvement since it improves upon teh original by increasing the frame rate and speeding everything up. I can see how it could be graphics as well.
Well seeing as it does not replace the graphics with anything and only Improves the refreshrate then I think improvement is where its at. Graphics would be like the mm7 hack that updates Basses sprite to look more spiffy. Improvement would be fixing glitches, typos, or adding a new font. |
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KingMike
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« Reply #97 on: April 27, 2007, 05:15:09 pm » |
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Hehe.. I was thinking it could be Improvement since it improves upon teh original by increasing the frame rate and speeding everything up. I can see how it could be graphics as well.
Wouldn't it actually be slowing it down? Since the game was originally NTSC (Japanese), and from what I've heard, NTSC code runs slower on a PAL system, so they speed it up to offset the speed loss. So, this patch would undo the changes. (/end smartass)  |
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Bad Username
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« Reply #98 on: April 28, 2007, 01:21:42 am » |
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It actually runs at the same speed as before, just not choppy. It might be that they took the display code from the Japanese version and copied it back into the game and tweaked a few other things to make it run well. And my monitor does display at up to 85Hz, but not at the resolution I'm running, and LCD images just look trashy (I'm really interested in OLED displays though).
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Kajitani-Eizan
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« Reply #99 on: April 28, 2007, 03:33:37 pm » |
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It actually runs at the same speed as before, just not choppy. It might be that they took the display code from the Japanese version and copied it back into the game and tweaked a few other things to make it run well. And my monitor does display at up to 85Hz, but not at the resolution I'm running, and LCD images just look trashy (I'm really interested in OLED displays though).
i would suggest lowering your resolution until you find one that lets you step up from 60 Hz. what monitor and resolution are you using, anyway? my old monitor from 6 years ago could easily do 1024x768x32x85. seriously, once you switch away from it so you know the difference, 60 Hz CRT looks like total crap and almost hurts your eyes. as far as LCDs looking trashy, you clearly aren't looking at the right kinds of LCDs especially if you look at a hi-res one with cleartype... wow, there's just no comparison. |
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viperzerof-2
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« Reply #100 on: April 28, 2007, 04:09:27 pm » |
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i got an idea but i need some one good with psx hacking
in ace combat 2 there were several non-playable aircraft wich became popular later in the seris one of them was the jf-2a. most of us at the ace combat web site don't think it is possible to make them playable (but they no nothing of romhacking) could somone help me out? you can replace another jet if you need to.
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Piotyr
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« Reply #101 on: April 28, 2007, 11:17:59 pm » |
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It actually runs at the same speed as before, just not choppy. It might be that they took the display code from the Japanese version and copied it back into the game and tweaked a few other things to make it run well. And my monitor does display at up to 85Hz, but not at the resolution I'm running, and LCD images just look trashy (I'm really interested in OLED displays though).
i would suggest lowering your resolution until you find one that lets you step up from 60 Hz. what monitor and resolution are you using, anyway? my old monitor from 6 years ago could easily do 1024x768x32x85. seriously, once you switch away from it so you know the difference, 60 Hz CRT looks like total crap and almost hurts your eyes. as far as LCDs looking trashy, you clearly aren't looking at the right kinds of LCDs especially if you look at a hi-res one with cleartype... wow, there's just no comparison. Oh god it makes me cry when I look at a 60hz setup. 60hz ruins your eyes. |
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Numonohi_Boi
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« Reply #102 on: April 28, 2007, 11:50:04 pm » |
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Oh god it makes me cry when I look at a 60hz setup. 60hz ruins your eyes.
no lie. Quoted for truth. *UPDATE* to you, the fellow that posted bellow me, I agree, and still use a CRT, they just are still the best with what I like in a display |
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« Last Edit: April 29, 2007, 12:09:21 am by Panzer88 »
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« Reply #103 on: April 29, 2007, 12:03:05 am » |
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I run it at 1600 by 1200. The thing is, I want to make it go at 85 Hz when I'm running ZSNES (I set it to 640 by 480 fullscreen), but stay at 60 the rest of the time. Is there a program somewhere that can set that up, or a cheap CRT that displays 1600x1200x32 at 120 Hz? Also, I've looked at the most expensive LCD monitors (including a cleartype running at 2048x1152) and plasma TVs, and they just don't look as good as my CRT. They wash out the colors a bit, and they don't display black properly.
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creaothceann
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« Reply #104 on: April 29, 2007, 09:33:14 am » |
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a cheap CRT that displays 1600x1200x32 at 120 Hz?
I'd like to see that.  |
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