VIRTUAL ON: ORATORIO TANGRAM CUST-PLUS (JP)(GDEMU + CDR)

[dubcity]

Tracker_TD has released a new build of a custom disc for Cyber Troopers Virtual On - Oratorio Tangram labeled CUST-PLUS that was originally released years ago by Scott Robinson.

Tracker_TD explains more of what this disc is meant to do here:

Oratorio Tangram's Dreamcast port was based on version 5.4 of the game. The arcade version later saw update 5.66, which never made it to Dreamcast... outside of a very obscure demo disc, given away with Dreamcast Magazine in Japan. The purpose of this disc was actually to allow customisation of the new Virtuaroids introduced in 5.66, since obviously it couldn't be done with the existing Dreamcast port. That said, it's very limited - it's literally just a colour edit tool, nothing more. After this, a Virtual On fan named Scott Robinson created a boot disc named 'Cust-Plus', that can do two things. If you boot the Dorimaga 5.66 Disc with it, it'll enable the locked off 'VR Test' mode, that allows you to try out your new colours in battle. This is notable because it means you can actually play as the 5.66 mechs on Dreamcast, albeit in a very limited training mode, and apparently with some differences to the actual arcade version. The more useful thing to do with Cust-Plus is using it as a boot disc for Oratorio Tangram's Dreamcast port (5.4). As well as unlocking the debug damage value display in Training Mode, this unlocks the ability to use saved custom Virtuaroid colours in-game, by pressing Y on the Virtuaroid Select screen.

All props goes to Tracker_TD for resurrecting this disc and making it workable with GDEMU.
Check out Tracker_TD disc from the download link on his site here: https://astromuseum.org/games/VOOTCustom/VOOTCustomDisc
CDR users can download from that link and use it as a boot disc for their Japanese copy of Virtual ON. Also GDEMU/ODE users can download from there to use. But...

I have taken the liberty of repacking Tracker_TD release to better suit gdemu users. I have altered nothing else on his disc. My repack simply has added a new ip.bin with unique product number for catalog in openmenu that will display name correctly on old menu. And I added this picture as pvr image for old gdmenu.

download
https://mega.nz/file/Z6gFVRLb#2Dby0xNlV ... r-Zx5RC8Wc

[dubcity]

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[robinhoodie]

Amazing work. Thank you. Having built my own Twins Sticks, everything I can do to get a better VOOT experience on DC is welcome.

[dubcity]

Amazing work. Thank you. Having built my own Twins Sticks, everything I can do to get a better VOOT experience on DC is welcome.

You built your own twin stick controller? Got any pictures?

[MoeFoh]

Amazing work. Thank you. Having built my own Twins Sticks, everything I can do to get a better VOOT experience on DC is welcome.

You built your own twin stick controller? Got any pictures?

Yep, he was doing amazing work with the usb4maple at a very early stage: viewtopic.php?p=184963#p184963

[Xerxes3rd]

I’ll have to try it with my custom twin sticks too!

[robinhoodie]

Yup I posted about it more the USB Maple thread, but here are the pictures from that





Two GRS Arcade Flight Sticks, a All Fight Sticks metal bases, custom cut acrylic, 65mm Sanwa button, Brook Universal Fight Board, all riffing off Xerxes3rd's design

though in practice these ended up being Xenocrisis sticks

[dubcity]

Both of those look awesome guys. Good job!

[hawkzer0]

Really cool builds! Ive been thinking about doing something like this for awhile.

Xerxes, where did you source your Sega-esque looking sticks from?

[Xerxes3rd]

I used this base: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mKmU42R
And then these grips: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mMUrCC3

I had to print various adapters to get the grips to fit on the stick shafts, and there’s a lot of play in those sticks, but otherwise they work great!