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Now with full 3D analog movement support! (dpad support is still there and can be used as normal)
Really changes the feel of the game if you're looking for something different.
Thanks to Dakrk for making this function.

- Re-encoded BGM, clean music tracks sourced from the OST CD.
(Higher quality, no more distorted bass that plagues stage 5)
- Rebalanced SFX, no longer distorts or peaks, each sound has been individually tweaked.
- Stereo BGM playback enabled. (Thanks to Dakrk for finding the function)
(originally the game music would only play in mono)
- Optional orange border removal.
- Alpha cleanup. (Edge garbage pixels in the HUD and a few other elements)
- Wiredcrackpot's Wii Script English Patch baked in. (Optional Japanese patch)
- Analog stick support with full analog movement,
digital/dpad still works like normal. (Thanks to Dakrk's script)

Video comparing the improved audio with the original audio at the end.
Note that this is a video of v1 before the BGM stereo enabling function of v2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egke85bK2F8

Left to do: I'd like to make these same changes to the Naomi arcade release
which also suffers from the exact same low quality distorted
audio as the Dreamcast version.

Enjoy! :)

Changelog:
V3 - (Further alpha cleanups)
V3+1 - (adds a new optional patch that you apply last, it increases the volume of the
ABS alarm system as well as lowers the explosions making it easier to hear this if
you're playing with low volume or in a loud environment)
V4 - Full 3D analog support!
(Further alpha cleanups), better audio mixing as the main patch
(alt mixing with lower ABS is provided in the Old Patches folder)

V4.1 - Horizontal animation flip fixed (error with the analog movement implementation) - dakrk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mmUv3E ... sp=sharing

Just when wondering what else is there to do with the Dreamcast - then this project rolls in. Awesome!

Update: Dakrk has found the function location for Stereo playback!
A fully stereo version should become available soon.

Update v2: New google drive link, the game is now fully STEREO!
Now it's finally a definitive version of the game in all regards.

Everyone is giving me a lot of work to do this weekend. Thanks for this.

Well done Riggles !!

V3 released, more graphical garbage cleanup (screenshots above)

Thanks btw!

Added a new optional patch, calling it +1

"+1 (new optional patch that increases the volume of the ABS alarm system as well as lowers the explosions
making it easier to hear this if you're playing with low volume or in a loud environment, apply it on top of anything v3 as the last step,
no need to reapply any other patches if you're on V3 already)"

Since some speaker setups may have the ABS alarm sound too low.

Riggles wrote: ↑Mon Jan 06, 2025 8:01 am Added a new optional patch, calling it +1

"+1 (new optional patch that increases the volume of the ABS alarm system as well as lowers the explosions
making it easier to hear this if you're playing with low volume or in a loud environment, apply it on top of anything v3 as the last step,
no need to reapply any other patches if you're on V3 already)"

Since some speaker setups may have the ABS alarm sound too low.

Is anybody else having trouble applying this last patch?
Error Message: "incompatible or corrupt patch"

MoeFoh wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 3:24 am Is anybody else having trouble applying this last patch?
Error Message: "incompatible or corrupt patch"

Try it again, I've had the Universal Dreamcast Patcher fail for no reason once before while making this, for some reason it seems that the patch builder spat out a bad patch.

Reuploaded it and tested this new one on my end without problems, like before, the new "4." lower explosions+louder abs patch should be working on top of any v3 patched game. Sorry about that.