Skies of Arcadia HD v0.05 (November 13, 2017)

[Shadus]

(07-27-2016, 07:35 AM)frozenwings Wrote: ... the music is .samp, which has no conversion as far as I know. If someone were to find a way to convert that to some non-proprietary format and from wav/mp3 back to .samp, we would definitely be all over that.

Isn't the .samp file the output of ADPCM compression?

[Bighead]

Also reuploaded this pack using BC7 + uncompressed DDS textures. I think I'm finally caught up to implementing all my packs to use the highest quality DDS textures. I also updated the first post and included a bunch of cheats.

[XG417]

Hey guys, new guy here.
I'd like to make a suggestion: make an optional texture that would replace the Skies of Arcadia Legends logo in the title screen to its Dreamcast original:


For those who've played the original (like me), it would be greatly appreciated  

[newtype06]

I just wanna say thanks again for this pack. It's seriously amazing and it's been an awesome way to share my favorite game with my wife! We just had our first anniversary and we love gaming together! <3

[frozenwings]

(01-02-2018, 06:27 AM)newtype06 Wrote: I just wanna say thanks again for this pack. It's seriously amazing and it's been an awesome way to share my favorite game with my wife! We just had our first anniversary and we love gaming together! <3

Glad you enjoyed the pack! And hopefully your wife enjoyed the game. It's one of my favorites from all the way back when I played it on the DC.

At some point when I'm not busy with other projects, other games, and real life, I'd really like to come back and do some more work with this pack.

[nanella]

Hello,

first: thanks for the awesome textures!

But I have problem (I've not been using a lot of texture packs, so maybe this is a dumb question): I am playing the PAL version, and playing it in english the textures load fine. When I switch the language to german via the gamecube settings tab, the texture do load (showed by the yellow output in the upper left), but all textures I see are the default GC ones. Is this to be expected? Or is there an easy way to use the HD textures (maybe not all, but some) with the german language as well?

Any answer is appreciated, thanks

[Bighead]

Different languages most likely use different textures, and I've only created textures for English language.

[Shenmue is life]

Thanks for the mod.


I re-put the complete procedure here, otherwise it's not enough clear for newcomers:
https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-dolphin-custom-textures-info

(12-21-2017, 01:14 PM)XG417 Wrote: Hey guys, new guy here.
I'd like to make a suggestion: make an optional texture that would replace the Skies of Arcadia Legends logo in the title screen to its Dreamcast original:
 

For those who've played the original (like me), it would be greatly appreciated  

That would be the icing on the cake (this and the other PAL languages compatibility).

[newtype06]

So I've been messing with converting the Dreamcast's higher quality music tracks to the Gamecube version. So far I've got all the individual files extracted to useable formats, but right now I'm working on taking the single track DSF versions from Dreamcast(which contains left and right audio) and converting them to separate left and right channel files for use on the Gamecube. This is going to take a hell of a long time considering I'm replacing the Gamecube's mix of sequenced and pre-encoded tracks. It's not exactly straightforward but thankfully the Gamecube can play pre-encoded tracks natively. I'll try to post updates as I go and I'll do a preview soon as I have a couple tracks working in game.

I'm doing my best but I'm kind of new to audio engineering, though I have a bit of experience from other projects.
Hopefully this will pay off and we'll have a "definitive" version of this game between your texture pack and my eventual audio patch.

[frozenwings]

That would be amazing if you manage to pull it off. I vaguely remember messing with it back when we were actively working on this pack, but couldn't manage to come up with anything concrete. Definitely let us know if you make some progress; I'm looking forward to it.