[WIP][release][pre-alpha]Modded Monaco RS2 Online Dreamshell Edition

[moi]

TLDR; Jump to EDIT2!





Hey guys,

since Monaco has been brought online again, is anyone interested in an "updated", modded release in style of ReviveDC?
I spent a couple of days studying its file formats and can confirm following mods to be possible:

+100% modable
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-official Driver names,official Team names - already updated to 2017 season data
-official Track names - already updated to 1998 season data
-Menu gfx - already changed a couple of loading screens(see Menu assets download link below )
-CDDA music (mrneo managed to create a working CDI, so music probably can be swapped easily)
-all Game menus


+100% modable (most likely)
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-FMVs (already got the intro vid swapped with F1 Racing Championship's one)
-making oldtimer race track playable in multiplayer(in case it's not working in an official way)
-->First tests failed
-Sound effects (no tests yet, low priority)


+ 70-100% moddable (usable file converter needed):
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+Car textures(can be viewed as RAW Data, no proper color palette yet)
+Track textures(can be viewed as RAW Data, no proper color palette yet)
EDIT can be swapped with custom ones. Color palette and resolution must remain the same though

+Track skyboxes(can be viewed as RAW Data, no proper color palette yet)
+Cockpit gfx(managed to make F1RC cockpits show up, no patrticullar order yet)


-Get your SD cards or HDD devices ready!
-Download, extract to the root directory of your SD/HD
-Boot up DreamShell
-select "monaco-opt" icon from the DS desktop
-See ya online

Screenshots:
Real team and driver names(currently waiting for '18 roster):



Modded car and crowd textures.




EDIT: Reuploaded at https://mega.nz/#!S0YFSawS!VDvqevpVg5Is ... SCNrqlj8eQ

[Anonymouse]

Hey Moi,
That sounds like a great idea! Maybe you could make a 2018 version with new drivers names and change the car textures to represent current year.

I havent played the game but from what ive seen it looks like a lot of areas could be more polished. Any improvements would be great.

[thE rZA]

Yes. I'm interested, too. How can we/I support in detail?

[Nz17]

Here too.

[DarkSynbios]

I do like to see too updated version of Monaco!

[itsthinkingstill]

Sounds great! Maybe you could swap the music from dayona usa 2001, or maybe some other Sega classic as the in game music in my opinion is pretty awful

[mrneo240]

I just finished a tool that might help with this but maybe not.

If you need help I just made a selfboot of this game and still have the files.
My utility:
Neodc_cdda.exe (2 versions: tiny 6k, large 92k) can rip cdda tracks and encode them to FLAC or WAV. Working on reinserting currently. I'll post it in a minute

Good luck on your mods!

[Bob Dobbs]

Let's change the banner to have Shuouma instead of Castrol, lol! Too bad we cannot pay tribute to him somewhere!

[WingMantis]

I don't have the game but this sounds pretty amazing.

[mrneo240]

how seek heavy is this game?

data is about 242mb unmodified.
the entire rest of the disc is for CDDA audio.