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Skies of Arcadia Editor

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ADnova

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Yes, you'll need a copy of the game. Talk of how to get a copy is not allowed on these boards though.
Chankast is the emulator of choice though, and when I say "of choice", I mean it's the only one.
 

Meowzy

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a copy of the game as in, i need a copy of the dreamcast game? or as in, i need to find a ROM of the game on the internet, download that, and play it with an emulator?
 

Meowzy

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well, i'm no professional. i dont have a clue how to copy Dreamcast games and such, so i think its impossible for me to use the skies of arcadia editor?
 

MasterPhW

Master of the Emulation Flame
NO release wil work, because all releases have downgraded/-sampled something, thats why you have to rip it yourself!
 

diablo2121

teh diAbLo
ADnova said:
Even if that wasn't against the rules, it wouldn't do any good anyway. All of the data files in the Echelon version are encoded, so having the full-version 1ST_READ.BIN wouldn't make a difference.

diablo2121: This only works with the full 1GB image. I don't know of any methods that allow you to burn 1GB to a 800MB CD-R. What would be great would be to figure out how Echelon managed to pack the files down, and what code they injected to make the DC decode in real time. This might be a bit of work, but you could modify the full version with the editor, extract the files, encode them, create a new image, and then play that on the Dreamcast.

ADNova: Does the texture editor work with the retail copy of SoA?
 

Shpongled

News Junkie
Sorry to go off topic. This game was really awesome... The airship battles, fighting system, graphics, exploration.

If you guys were to modify ANYTHING, can you please modify the number of random battles there are? Trying to explore the nether regions of the sky turned incredibly frustrating when I'd run into 200 of the same easily-killed monsters every 10 seconds. That is the only reason I'd stop playing.

...Speaking of Dreamcast, I'm gonna go grab my Evolution CD :)
 

diablo2121

teh diAbLo
.::SPOILERS::.

After you finish Yafutoma and defeat Bluheim, your ship will be outfitted with an upgraded engine which allows you to fly above or below the clouds, eliminating random battles.
 
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ADnova

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The editor allows you to hard-code in certain cheats, including no random battles.
Here are some other codes I made, if you're using Spunky's nice Chankast cheater program, use the CodeBreaker versions below.

For North American version:
Get 4x gold after battle:
CodeBreaker:
011ECD4A 00004308
011ECD4E 00002032
Gameshark:
11AC172D 00004308
11BC172D 00002032

Get 4x exp after battle:
CodeBreaker:
021ECD30 1F094008
011ECD36 00002102
Gameshark:
1044D72D 1F094008
105C172D 00002102

Get 4x magic exp after battle:
CodeBreaker:
021ECD3C 4008D118
021ECD40 62328031
021ECD44 533D2102
Gameshark:
1074D72D 4008D118
1184D72D 62328031
1194D72D 533D2102

No random battles:
CodeBreaker:
010D8860 00000009
Gameshark:
150413FC 00000009

Set time played modifier(in seconds):
CodeBreaker:
025705D8 00??????
Gameshark:
13E4C55F 00??????

Euro version (untested!), all for CodeBreaker:
Get 4x gold after battle:
011f01da 00004308
011f01de 00002032

Get 4x exp after battle:
021f01c0 1F094008
011f01c6 00002102

Get 4x magic exp after battle:
021f01cc 4008D118
021f01d0 62328031
021f01d4 533D2102

No random battles:
010da760 00000009

Time played modifier (in seconds):
024DCC7C 00??????
 

Chilly0123

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i've been trying to find the version of skies of arcadia that works with the editor for a few days now and it seems like it's impossible to find, i can only find the echelon version for some reason and since i still have my dc and this game i would like to make it myself but most of the guides are somewhat confusing. So i was wondering, will the editor ever work with the echelon version? Preferably an echelon version thats been patched with the soa patcher because it works better with chankast :happy:
 
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ADnova

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I wouldn't count on having the program work with the patched Echelon release.
Unless of course someone with the knowledge gives details on how the encoding scheme works, and how they manage to get it to decode on-the-fly. I wouldn't count on that happening either, but you never know.
 

Chilly0123

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hmm... I guess im gonna try to figure out how to rip it myself then. Im an impatient person an i just cant wait to start editing my favorite game!! :p
 

n00by duddy

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extremely nice, your tool diablo2121
it should be submitted to zophar domain by someone
definately worth joining the hacking tools pantheon
 
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ADnova

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A new version is available (0.8).
You can now edit some character attributes.
There is also an integrated patch creator/applier.
 

Chilly0123

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i finally gon a ntsc-u version of the game and it works in the editor but i have problems playing it when i use fastboot or exoboot to put the edited file back into a new image.cdi. the version i found is already selfboot i think because it works in chankast before i edited it, and its missing the ip.bin file that i need to make it work right in fastboot. anyway.. when i play the edited image.cdi in chankast it loads and shows the warning and the company names but when it gets to the part when it should show the intro about air pirates the screen goes black forever and the vmu screen does too, this is also the first part when there should be audio so i think the problem is ether the audio or the missing ip.bin file. if anyone knows how to get this working with or without audio in-game i would really appreciate it any info. :happy:
 

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