michael-fadely / sadx-dc-lighting

Sonic Adventure 1 palette lighting for SADX PC.
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Lantern Engine

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sadx-dc-lighting (Lantern Engine) is a mod for Sonic Adventure DX PC which implements the palette-based "Lantern" lighting engine from Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast.

What does it look like?

Here are some comparison shots using Dreamcast stages.

Vanilla Lantern Engine
Red Mountain Act 2 with Dreamcast stage/textures (Lantern Engine disabled) Red Mountain Act 2 with Dreamcast stage/textures (Lantern Engine enabled)
Final Egg Act 1 (Lantern Engine disabled) Final Egg Act 1 (Lantern Engine enabled)

More comparison screenshots - Dreamcast comparisons screenshots - Video comparison

How do I use it?

Prerequisites

*If you have a reasonably new version, it has automatic update checking in the options tab. If not, download here and extract to your game's root directory: http://mm.reimuhakurei.net/sadxmods/SADXModLoader.7z

Installing d3d8to9

In recent versions of the Mod Loader, d3d8to9 is included and enabled by default. Before using Lantern Engine, make sure "Enable Direct3D 9" is checked in the SADX Mod Manager's Graphics options.

To install d3d8to9 manually you can follow these steps:

Installing sadx-dc-lighting