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PARTYMANX / partymod-thps2

A modernization patch for THPS2 on PC
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Why not Activision Value? Does it have Widescreen? #15

Open JoeyAW opened 6 days ago

JoeyAW commented 6 days ago

I recently just got a game disc but it installed to Activision Value. What is the difference between this and the original, and why can't I use it? EDIT: I got it to install with the smaller exe crack, but I still would like to know the differences between these versions. Also is there widescreen support?

PARTYMANX commented 5 days ago

the activision value release has a new executable (i think it just adds the activision o2 fmv? maybe some win2k compatibility stuff as well) and that means different code offsets from the original release. I need to find each offset and create a mechanism to choose which offsets to use for every code patch. It's not exactly difficult to do, but it's tedious so I've held off on doing it. It's on the list as something to do soon.

There's not currently widescreen support (outside of pillarboxing for widescreen window resolutions) as I'm not 100% sure how I want to do it. i think it's easy enough to adjust the aspect ratio and everything, but i would also like to change a few things so that menus render at 4:3 all the time. The playstation resolution also uses non-square pixels so I'm not really sure whether I should expand that resolution, or keep it the same so the HUD still draws cleanly. it hasn't been a priority as the game is designed to run in 4:3 and I'm happy enough with a good scaler instead.

JoeyAW commented 5 days ago

Ok that makes sense. I definitely like this more than the cumulative patch because it has control mapping and borderless fullscreen, I just like the cumulative patch's unlocked fps and widescreen. Also I'm curious, I saw your speedrun on speedrun.com and would like to try the hangar, but did you have to quit to the main menu every time you wanted to try another run? It would be cool if there was a faster way to restart like in the new 1+2 remake (I should be around 47th place for the warehouse lol) as I dont really wanna quit to the menu every time.

PARTYMANX commented 5 days ago

I had added an option to THPS3 that resets all goals when retrying, but THPS2's routing makes that not practical. School II needs multiple runs, so returning to menu is still kind of the best option for individual level runs. Luckily the menus are pretty quick to go back through, especially if starting from a new game.

JoeyAW commented 5 days ago

Interesting, maybe I’ll just stick to the remake. Thanks!On Sep 12, 2024, at 14:49, PARTYMANX @.***> wrote: I had added an option to THPS3 that resets all goals when retrying, but THPS2's routing makes that not practical. School II needs multiple runs, so returning to menu is still kind of the best option for individual level runs. Luckily the menus are pretty quick to go back through, especially if starting from a new game.

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