#Patch for sonic r pc mod#
#Patch for sonic r pc Patch#
#Patch for sonic r pc Pc#
#Patch for sonic r pc windows#

#Patch for sonic r pc Pc#

It's extremely similar to the SADXModManager used for the PC port of Sonic Adventure DX- and includes a couple fixes for the game to add a couple play-neutral (i.e.

#Patch for sonic r pc mod#

Recently, thanks to my nagging at MainMemory, a new Mod Manager for this 2004 port has released. Hilariously, one of the launch arguments is 'ignorecd', which disables the DRM check for the CD, allowing the game to be played without the CD, but without music obviously, since the music is stored on the CD- another relevant one is 'windowed' which runs the game in a window, albeit without any borders.Īs a result, with the vanilla 2004 port you need to have the disc inserted to hear music. These are irrelevant for the most part but they're documented on tcrf's page for the 2004 port. The 2004 Version also has some game launch arguments. It added controls for Draw Distance to the F1 and F2 keys, and F3 toggles the mini-map. It ditches the 'run directly from the CD' thing, and unlike the 1998 port, it also ditches the redbook audio streaming for music dumped on the disc in a music folder in raw signed 16-bit 44100 Stereo PCM.

#Patch for sonic r pc windows#

This port is closer to the GameCube port than you would expect, the port ditched the entire DirectDraw mode and uses Direct3D in DirectX9- and runs nearly perfectly on Modern Windows machines. This one came out under Valusoft packaged alone and GSP White Label packaged with Sonic 3D Blast.

We call it the 2004 Version, as the game's credits were changed to include that text along with the name of the one responsible for that port. However- There's a relatively unknown until recently copy of the game that released in 2004 in the UK and Australia.

I'd say is actually worse than the Saturn port somehow because of how cumbersome it is to get running in a stable, consistent environment. The 1998 port I'd say is the absolute worst way to play Sonic R. In addition the 1998 port of the game can actually be ran live off the CD without installation, as all the files for the game runtime are stored on the root of the CD directly. This 1998 port has had many reprints apparently and some reprints actually have no music at all as some of the prints had failed to write the CDDA audio to the disc- meaning that there are legit copies of Sonic R out there that have no music.

#Patch for sonic r pc Patch#

The network patch simply added an additional menu button for LAN play essentially- it's otherwise identical. The 1998 port also had a network patch that was released after the game came out somehow- possibly through the primitive internet at the time. I noticed a thread on here showing two screenshots asking what the difference was, this is essentially what that difference is.

DirectDraw mode, however, appears to have more viberant lighting than Direct3D mode. and Direct3D mode, which renders quads as tris, and has more detailed colors.

It has DirectDraw mode, which renders quads as quads and has less detailed colors. One poorly documented aspect is that has two display modes. It doesn't run well on anything other than Windows 95/98 without serious work being done to fix it, and used Redbook (aka CDDA) audio that streamed from the CD, meaning without the CD or a CD inserted with the correct music tracks on it, the game would be musicless. To my knowledge, there's essentially two main ports of Sonic R on PC.įirst, there is the 1998 port. So this is a thread I'm opening to dump some information out about the various ports of Sonic R that exist, I am not a runner, nor will I ever be a speedrunner for this game, I just happen to enjoy it and I'm semi-involved in an effort to bring the 2004 port up to snuff with some minor patching.