Bangai-Oh VGA Patch

[MDashK]

The patch for KoF 99 Evo is an xdelta for track 3 of the US TOSEC dump (MD5 of unpatched track 3 should be 8f9b07766493a862bf57f7ed4f8b4475).

I'm trying to apply the xdelta patch to the 8f9b07766493a862bf57f7ed4f8b4475 track03.bin file, but I get the following error from xdelta:



xdelta3: not a VCDIFF input: XD3_INVALID_INPUT

I'm using:

xdelta-3.1.0-x86_64.exe -d -s track03.bin KoF99Evo_US_NTSC_VGA_TOSEC_Track3.xdelta track03_.bin

What am I doing wrong?

[TapamN]

It looks like I used xdelta, and not xdelta3. Here it is again, with xdelta3 this time:

[MDashK]

It looks like I used xdelta, and not xdelta3. Here it is again, with xdelta3 this time:

Awesome. Thanks!

Patched values:

[MoeFoh]

Full GDI version of KOF Evolution (VGA Patched) to test:
https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/ ... 29.7z/file

And here's the shrunk GDI version:
https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/ ... 29.7z/file

Edit: CDI for emulators/gdemu. It is NOT optimized for CD Burning.
https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/ ... 29.7z/file

Edit: CDI for burning to test. Padded plus ADX BGM files downsampled.
https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/ ... 29.7z/file

Edit: KOF Evolution OST BGM (WAV Format):
https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/ ... GM.7z/file

Edit: KOF Evolution OST BGM (MP3 Format):
https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/ ... P3.7z/file

[streeker]

A heartfelt THANK YOU for your work on KOF99! As always: incredible!

[areyareadyherewego]

out of curiosity was Evolution more difficult to patch than others?

thx!

[ateam]

I tried using UDCP, but the patch creator was getting an out of bounds error during verification of the source image.

First of all, excellent work!

However, I'm confused as to why you encountered an error trying to build a .DCP patch. I just tested it myself using the vanilla TOSEC US GDI as source, and the new GDI with xdelta applied as the "modified GDI", and was able to produce a patch file without issue.

What version are you using? I released 1.6 yesterday, though that wouldn't affect what you're experiencing.

Can you verify the filenames and MD5 checksums of the helper utilities inside of the "tools" folder?

Code: Select all

4c74019b91394ad86152bb0a7d529e68  bin2iso.exe
ffe0c672222c3e1fae74de7055676971  buildgdi.exe
e2bbf1d77f2f1c5736bc95030c2954f3  convertredumptogdi.exe
87b9a36f5f2bf5051dbb74cb4a50dce8  DiscUtils.dll
83ad2adff26b33b7a7eaa61b01460662  extract.exe
12d3a5f20d8c37f194381321aedeac52  gditools.exe
5ec82a218d60f97f85f33478ca1ab9f4  python27.dll
7ac21750e2032e5aeb681ac88460bdce  xdelta.exe

Here's the .DCP for reference...

The King of Fighters - Evolution (VGA Patch - TapamN).dcp
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=down ... diYh0Slh0x

[b.eatr.ic.eallen.458]

Can someone build a .CDI image of Bangai-O (with VGA patch) for testing purposes? Was hoping to test out the game on my Dreamcast with the VGA cable setup!

[Ant2no78]

Unfortunately kof evolution looks very washed out in vga via dchdmi.

When running the original through dchdmi (cable select) it looks clearer.

[ateam]

Unfortunately kof evolution looks very washed out in vga via dchdmi.

When running the original through dchdmi (cable select) it looks clearer.

Interesting, my experience is quite different. If anything, they look nearly identical, as DCDigital is taking the 240p input in "cable select" mode and scaling it up per your resolution settings. Meanwhile, the VGA patch (I believe) is just line-doubling 240p to 480p, after which DCDigital would scale that up per your resolution settings.

Even if I'm wrong about the line-doubling, it doesn't make much sense that you're seeing such a discrepancy. I'd be curious to hear if anyone else has the same experience as you.