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For anyone interested - I'm releasing a minor update to PakTool because Bearborg found a bug. Apparently the MP2 demo's paks are actually compressed with zlib. I don't think I ever looked so I actually had no idea.
Also PWE's beginning to get very close to what I would consider a release-ready state. Don't want to commit to a particular timeframe right now but it should be soon.
Also PWE's beginning to get very close to what I would consider a release-ready state. Don't want to commit to a particular timeframe right now but it should be soon.
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Quote from Parax:
Also PWE's beginning to get very close to what I would consider a release-ready state
Excitement!
Dumb question: how do I repack a pak file?
Edit: I should clarify. I'm trying to repack NoARAM.pak and it tells me
Error! No MLVL file!
And creates a 0mb pak file. MLVL files I've only seen in world paks, does this pak need one too?
Need a few testers for an upcoming prototype build, please note that this is NOT a finalized release, and this thread is NOT a bug report thread:
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Jack and I have been working our butts off trying to get something tangible for you guys, if you've been following our github repo you probably already have an idea what it is, otherwise sit tight we should have something to show in a couple of weeks, but we're not entirely sure when exactly it'll be ready, but we're pretty confident we'll be done soon!
So, quick question. Anyone figure out where inside Prime the looping is handled for the 4 .rsf files? I've got a custom music project that's basically been on the edge of completion since '13 (was using the old proprietary dsp tools for a long while) and I'm interested in seeing if we can't get the menu, title, mission finale, and credits themes replaced as well. Many thanks goes to jackoalan for the audacity build which actually lets us convert to rsf now.
If this works out and is popular enough I might consider doing Prime 2 since audacity lets us convert to Prime 2 DSPs too.
If this works out and is popular enough I might consider doing Prime 2 since audacity lets us convert to Prime 2 DSPs too.
Quote from Antidote:
I haven't found them in retail yet, but I'll keep looking.
EDIT: Found 'em!
These are for MP1 only and are in samples.
frontend_1.rsf
Start: 416,480
End: 1,973,664
frontend_2.rsf
Start: 273,556
End: 1,636,980
ending3.rsf
Start: 0
End: 6,126,592
(the whole thing)
samusjack.rsf
Start: 2,717,832
End: 7,916,368
EDIT: Found 'em!
These are for MP1 only and are in samples.
frontend_1.rsf
Start: 416,480
End: 1,973,664
frontend_2.rsf
Start: 273,556
End: 1,636,980
ending3.rsf
Start: 0
End: 6,126,592
(the whole thing)
samusjack.rsf
Start: 2,717,832
End: 7,916,368
That's amazingly helpful! You have no idea! But I think I misunderstand something. I was under the impression that RSF's do not contain loop information. Isn't there a certain file and/or hex offset I should be looking for within Prime 1 (0-00)?
Those loop-point values are hard coded in the game's source code, specifically managed by the background video player.
The only way to extract them is by disassembling the game
Edit: An offset into the executable isn't practical due to the way PowerPC loads constant values into parameter registers (split into 2 16-bit halves, and both are arbitrarily placed by the compiler)
The only way to extract them is by disassembling the game
Edit: An offset into the executable isn't practical due to the way PowerPC loads constant values into parameter registers (split into 2 16-bit halves, and both are arbitrarily placed by the compiler)
I'd hate to put people out of their way, but I think it'd definitely be a good tool for the community to have available. If someone's going to attempt a Prime hack, music is honestly the easiest of all things to replace and it wouldn't be complete without the ability to replace those 4 odd rsf files. Up to you guys though if you think it's worth the trouble. If not, I may mess around with working within the sample/loop point constraints this weekend to see how feasible that is.
I definitely wanna implement it in PWE at some point at least. There are a lot of pieces of data like this in the dol that it'd be useful to be able to change; not just this but also stuff like the starting world, max capacity for each item slot, number of world paks, etc
It'd definitely be handy (and probably not very difficult) to have a tool for it in the meantime though. Can't imagine it taking more than like half an hour at most if you already know where the offsets are.
It'd definitely be handy (and probably not very difficult) to have a tool for it in the meantime though. Can't imagine it taking more than like half an hour at most if you already know where the offsets are.
OK! Got the RSF loop-editor tool ready:
https://github.com/jackoalan/RSFLoopPatcher/releases
You can drag boot.dol on top of the executable to start it in cmd.exe, then follow the interactive prompts:
Only works with GM8E-0-00 (verified by hash) and samples are rounded down to the nearest even number.
@parax: Thanks for the heads-up about the sign-extension, got it in just how you suggested
https://github.com/jackoalan/RSFLoopPatcher/releases
You can drag boot.dol on top of the executable to start it in cmd.exe, then follow the interactive prompts:
Code:
Validating 'boot.dol' 4177152 bytes 1: frontend_1.rsf [416480, 1973664] 2: frontend_2.rsf [273556, 1636980] 3: ending3.rsf [0, 6126592] 4: samusjak.rsf [2718088, 7916384] Type a number [1-4] to change, or 's' to save, or 'q' to cancel: frontend_2.rsf start: 1234 frontend_2.rsf end: 5678 1: frontend_1.rsf [416480, 1973664] 2: frontend_2.rsf [1234, 5678]* 3: ending3.rsf [0, 6126592] 4: samusjak.rsf [2718088, 7916384] Type a number [1-4] to change, or 's' to save, or 'q' to cancel:
Only works with GM8E-0-00 (verified by hash) and samples are rounded down to the nearest even number.
@parax: Thanks for the heads-up about the sign-extension, got it in just how you suggested