hugopocked
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Hello! Well these days I have been polishing some compatibility modes and with this I am fixing several more games:
hugopocked Update Fixes 21-03-2024
Armorines - Project S.W.A.R.M_(ALL VER) // Now the (USA) version does not hang in several loading points, all versions now work perfectly.
Castlevania Symphony of the Night_(ALL VER) // Updated the CPU recompiler cache, now even more stable, I dare say improved by 100%.
CTR - Crash Team Racing // restored the gesticulation of the characters and masks when they are speaking or expressing themselves, Improved 3D perspective calculations in polygons and triangles, no more black textures on the ground.
Final Fantasy VIII_(ALL VER) // Updated the CPU recompiler cache, now even more stable, I dare say improved by 100%.
Final Fantasy Tactics_(ALL VER) // Restored the display of words in certain menus, fixed the crunchy sound and the sounds that stay playing permanently, still missing sound details but now the game is even more playable.
Front Mission 3_(ALL VER) // Fixed crashes in unofficial translations.
Initial D (Japan) // Improved game performance.
Lunar - Silver Star Story Complete_(ALL VER) // Improved game performance.
Lunar 2 - Eternal Blue Complete_(ALL VER) // Improved game performance, and recalculated the aspect ratio on some images that were stretched in combat.
Need for Speed - High Stakes_(ALL VER) // Improved game performance.
Next Tetris, The_(ALL VER) // Fixed crashes.
Parasite Eve II_(ALL VER) // Updated the CPU recompiler cache, now even more stable, I dare say improved by 100%.
Persona 2 - Tsumi - Innocent Sin_(ALL VER) // Fixed crashes, Updated the CPU recompiler cache, now even more stable, Improved slowed down sound in some menus and overall game performance.
Pizza Hut Disc 1 (USA) // Fixed problematic demos...
Pizza Hut Disc 2 (USA) // Fixed problematic demos...
Real Robots Battle Line (JAP) // Fixed crashes in some screen transitions due to a loop caused by restarting at 480i resolution, Restored the display of the main menu that was on a black screen.
Silent Hill_(ALL VER) // Improved game performance + read file: Graphic improvement Mod Info Readme, This modification must be activated manually at the user's discretion and place the hack that is in Gameshark format within the CHEATS.TXT file.
Sim Theme Park or Theme Park World_(ALL VER) // Fixed crashes especially when saving or loading the game, Improved slowed down sound and overall game performance.
Suikoden II_(ALL VER) // Improved texture transparency correction and improved sound correction.
Twisted Metal - Small Brawl_(ALL VER) // Improved game performance.
Ultimate Fighting Championship_(ALL VER) // Fixed 3D graphics in combat, and screen flickering.
Vagrant Story_(ALL VER) // Fixed FPS drops and general game performance.
Valkyrie Profile_(ALL VER) // Updated the CPU recompiler cache, now even more stable, I dare say improved by 100%.
Vanguard Bandits (USA) // Updated the CPU recompiler cache, now even more stable, I dare say improved by 100%.
hugopocked Update Fixes 23-03-2024
Castlevania Symphony of the Night_(ALL VER) // regress to the previous update for the CPU recompiler cache due to incompatibility with the JAP version, anyway the previous update corrected the game perfectly.
Echo Night 2 - Nemuri no Shihaisha (Japan) // Fixed loop/hang after Playstation logo black screen, I don't know if this was caused by the translation patch or if the original version of the game had the same problem, in any case it should work in both cases, work directly on the version English patched since I don't speak Japanese lol, also corrected defects in the general performance of the game.
Hokuto no Ken - Seikimatsu Kyuuseishu Densetsu (Japan) // I only deleted the $SMOOTH command from the CHEATS.TXT file, I missed it in the copy and paste XD, no change in the correction as such.
Mega Man Legends_(ALL VER) // Updated the CPU recompiler cache, now even more stable, this update was necessary due to very random reports that sometimes when changing weapons in some dungeons it would crash.
Mega Man Legends 2_(ALL VER) // Updated the CPU recompiler cache, now even more stable, this update was necessary due to very random reports that sometimes when changing weapons in some dungeons it would crash.
Moto Racer 2_(ALL VER) // Fixed black polygons or triangles on the circuit floor, caused by GTE cop2r63 (cnt31) - FLAG - Returns any calculation errors, this was not working correctly so I applied a hack for that, I realized that there are quite a few emulators with the same problem with this amazing game that can be played better on the PS2 POPS now, also improve the overall performance of the game.
Tales of Phantasia (Japan) // Complete and improved correction of the hangs/loops caused by the playback of Voices, it also restores said voices and their correct playback, it works in the original JAP version and in unofficial translations.
Twisted Metal 4_(ALL VER) // Another update that helps the overall performance of the game.
Walt Disney World Quest - Magical Racing Tour_(ALL VER) // Improved the overall performance of the game and some graphic details.
hugopocked Update Fixes 25-03-2024
Alundra_(ALL VER) // Fixed hanging sounds happening more in the village and overworld. The music in this game is long so few people would have noticed this detail, Also improved the overall performance and emulation of the game.
ChoroQ 3 (Japan) // Thanks to a new compatibility mode I made I was able to restore the repeating of the audio tracks no more corrupted sound after a music ends or rather it didn't end.
Jersey Devil_(ALL VER) // Thanks to a new compatibility mode I made I was able to restore the repeating of the audio tracks and no more music playing from other scenarios, Also improved the overall performance and emulation of the game.
Legend of Dragoon_(ALL VER) // Improved the overall performance and emulation of the game, Also explanation in readme file about some things to keep in mind when playing this game.
Lunar 2 - Eternal Blue Complete_(ALL VER) // I solved a problem that caused a crash when starting the previous fix.
Tomba 2_(ALL VER) // Thanks to a new compatibility mode I made I was able to restore the repeating of the audio tracks no more corrupted sound after a music ends or rather it didn't end, Also improved the overall performance and emulation of the game.
Twisted Metal 4_(ALL VER) // Thanks to a new compatibility mode I made I was able to restore the play and repeating of the audio tracks and no more music playing from other scenarios, Also improved the overall performance and emulation of the game.
hugopocked Update Fixes 01-04-2024
Art Camion - Geijutsuden (Japan) // Fixed crashes after the Playstation logo and in the rest of the game, fixed slowdown in the bus customization menu, and in the races.
Brave Fencer Musashi (USA) // Updated only the latest versions of the compatibility modes previously applied, the crash fix did not receive changes since it works perfectly.
Casper_(ALL VER) // Fixed SPU crashes, the game was waiting for a response from the SPU 200h IRQ port.
Chicken Run_(ALL VER) // Fixed all Audio problems, therefore this also solves crashes in certain parts of the game, and improved the performance of the game in general.
Fantastic Four (Japan) SLPS-01034 // Improved the old fix, The problem was permanent audio loops in certain bosses that prevented progress in the story after these parts: I think in the boss Namor the Sub-Mariner, and with the boss Dr. Victor Von Doom, in summary now all is corrected only for 1 Player and only for the (Japanese) version it is very tedious to fix all the versions, luckily all the versions are the same and come in English so there is not a big difference, I also did My own cheat codes for cheaters are in the CHEATS.TXT file, read to know how to activate them with a combination of buttons, I did this so that they do not complain in the future if they do not find cheats for the (Japanese) version.
Later I will try to solve the problems for 2 Players, since for 4 Players it is not necessary because POPS does not support Multitap, In any case, for 2 players the correction of the loop in the part of the Namor the Sub-Mariner boss should work, where I think there will be problems in 2 Players would be in the Final Boss Dr. Victor Von Doom since when several players come, other ones are reproduced combinations of Voices and I have not fixed the combinations only the voices individually when playing with 1 Player, in short the game is now perfectly completeable only for 1 Player.
Hokuto no Ken - Seikimatsu Kyuuseishu Densetsu (Japan) // Removed the old fix and updated with new compatibility modes that I have made since they fix this game just as well, the problem with this game was crashes in certain parts of the story, specifically in loading transitions.
X-Men - Children of the Atom_(ALL VER) // Corrected all the crashes thanks to a compatibility mode that I made called (NoBreak$RAM) so far I have only seen it useful in this game, the POPS started to clean the emulated ram of the PS1 which caused the crash, maybe this whether it is useful for another game, I don't know... I also applied an Overclock of +100 with a GPU Timing -600h customized so that together it improves part of the original slowdowns of this PS1 Port.
I have also made this that may interest:
GPU SMOOTH FIX
With this you can apply an improved SMOOTH Filter without the defect caused by the $SMOOTH command which was that in some games it activated texture transparencies where it did not belong and graphic errors in others, for example (Resident Evil 3).
*_RAW: When activated, the default texture colors will have maximum brightness, ignoring any color originally set by the game.
*_DITHERING: When activated, the textures will have their dithering effect.
*_SMOOTH: When activated, the textures will have a filter to reduce pixelation.
Today's thing:
And today I'm trying to track down an error that comes from the recompiler, apparently it starts writing the recompiled code where the PS1 emulated ram goes WTF, at some point it gets corrupted or overflows the base address to host the next piece of recompiled code, I'm doing this to correct another batch of games lol.
I started making this list that I am presenting today a few days ago because I am already forgetting everything I do lol, so what I have improved and fixed before these dates are even more new things that I have done, but I will see if a One of these days I start to remember lol.
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