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Post by skullemperor on Dec 27, 2021 0:57:35 GMT
Hello everyone! I found this chinese hack here and wanted to share with you. It tries to replicate the Symphony of the Night map in the Aria of Sorrow Game. The most nice part is the music, somehow it uses the playstation tracks. Thread page from the author: tiebac.baidu.com/p/7241030229?pn=1Autor: 幽0涟 Original hack name: HACK发布 恶魔城 月下小夜曲V1.1 I used the xDelta to create the patch to avoid problems with sharing a rom. You can get the patch to the version 1.65 here: (link taken down) If you want to try to download by yourself, here is the link: pan.baidu.com/s/1g5cc9uGxP6xK--uocXVYhA and here is the extraction code: 451j It's a lot work get things from pan.baidu, good luck! The author provides an explanation (at least I think...) in how to add the songs like he did, but it is in chinese under the files from link in his thread. I've tried this hack in Nintendo 3DS using the Open AGP firmware and it runs fine. -----------------------Update------------------------- The Mega link was taken down today by esa@ap.opsecsecurity.com for infringing Copyright. Until today sharing a patch file was okay but maybe the things are changing for worse... =/ I will not enter in a dispute claming that I am right because I only wanted to share a nice thing that a discovered. I am poor and cannot enter in a international legal battle with someone else. But you still can get the original file in the autor page in baidu foruns (I think that is a little more complicated to take down something in china...) It's a little difficult to download things from pan.baidu.com because they require an account... And to make an account you need to give a phone number, with for me this came with 2 problems: 1- I don't want to gime my personal number to some chinese site, 2- I think you maybe need a chinese number as a form to restrict the access to chinese file shariung services. But there is some other ways to get the file that change from time to time. Here is the steps I followed to get the file (I used this in December 26th, 2021)(I take no responsability on using this tutorial, use at your own risk): 1- Access imwcr.cn/api/bdwp/. A popup you appear saying Password:XXXXXXXXXXX. Copy that password (It is some chinese characters). 2- You will see 3 fields. In "Please enter share link" put pan.baidu.com/s/1g5cc9uGxP6xK--uocXVYhA
In "Please enter share link password" put 451j (it is the extraction code) In "Please enter the site password" put that chinses characters that you copied in the step 1 Hit the "Submit" button
3- You will see the folder with the files, enter the folder (Use that translator on Google Chrome to help) 4- Click in the desired file to download, it will appear a popup saying "You have 20 download times, continue?", press Yes 5- You will see 3 links. Click the first one to download. That download speed is not good, take your time and wait This little tutorial probably will get out of date soon... In this case google for download from pan.baiudu to get a new method Goodluck everyone!
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Post by Serbagz on Dec 27, 2021 8:24:54 GMT
This is super cool! I can just tell alot of love was put in to it. Early gun, Alucard has a slide, lots of neat weapons. Really enjoying it so far
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Post by DarkFrancis on Dec 27, 2021 11:39:50 GMT
Uhm Xdelta patch is failing to download the patched file, Im not familiar with the second download option
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Post by Serbagz on Dec 27, 2021 14:56:16 GMT
Here is a version of this patch fixed to work with Jonataguitar's AoS recolor there are no other fixes or text fixes in this version. (Patch to a vanilla US AoS rom) EDIT: Updated link to v1.0.1; This will fix all (?) custom enemies that were added, all instances of the Soma/Evil Soma npcs, Maria's cutscene portrait, and Alucards player sprite to work together with Jonataguitar's AoS recolor.
EDIT 5: This is an alternate patch for those who want to make use of it. All item and spell text fixed/touched up to english but stay in line with the original structure of the hack, no items or souls have been moved around at all but they have all had their text updated. Story is completely vanilla with characters/portraits adjusted for the hacks characters. Small cosmetic changes as well. Now with further edits and gameplay fixes by MaskedDedede as well as new custom palettes made in SotN style by JonataGuitar.
mega.nz/file/WQQkBDAB#0v8rGy7ismEDrlPecam_mFgeHCZuBu08Fz9CJb8pyPA
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------------------------- -Feng Qing: For creating the hack in the first place and requesting that his text be fixed.
-Masked Dedede:More cosmetic and text changes, and HP decrease of a couple of bosses. -Sorrow:Fixes to the structure of the rom and reimplementation of the vanilla script along with his work on the original AoS recolor. -JonataGuitar/Jonata-D:For his amazing work recoloring all of Aria of Sorrow. -Serbagz:Implementing and cleaning up everything else. -DevAnj:Luck fix patch. -LagoLunatic:DSVEdit and event skip on first playthrough patch. -Oersted:New Alucard portrait.
Find the original AoS Recolor here: www.romhacking.net/hacks/6301/
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Post by xavierbelmont on Dec 27, 2021 19:51:13 GMT
Uhm Xdelta patch is failing to download the patched file, Im not familiar with the second download option I'm not sure how it's failing on your end because when I went to his mega link and downloaded it it downloaded the patch just fine. Also I was able to use the patch on the US ROM as well.
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Post by DarkFrancis on Dec 27, 2021 22:05:37 GMT
Uhm Xdelta patch is failing to download the patched file, Im not familiar with the second download option I'm not sure how it's failing on your end because when I went to his mega link and downloaded it it downloaded the patch just fine. Also I was able to use the patch on the US ROM as well. It Download just fine, its the patching process troubles me, it keeps goes on error like "the patch file is unsupported format" something like that
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Post by Andrômeda on Dec 30, 2021 11:16:55 GMT
lovely ♥
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Post by Serbagz on Dec 31, 2021 4:43:22 GMT
Here is a version of this patch fixed to work with Jonataguitar's AoS recolor (Patch to a vanilla US AoS rom) EDIT: Updated link to v1.0.1; This will fix all (?) custom enemies that were added, all instances of the Soma/Evil Soma npcs, Maria's cutscene portrait, and Alucards player sprite to work together with Jonataguitar's AoS recolor.
EDIT 2: This is an alternate patch for those who want to make use of it. All item and spell text fixed/touched up to english but stay in line with the original structure of the hack, no items or souls have been moved around at all but they have all had their text updated. Small cosmetic changes as well. Do note that the story is completely vanilla in this patch and that this version of the hack is much easier to manage in Dsvedit.
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The original author (Feng Qing?) - for making the hack and requesting that people fix the text.
Jonataguitar - for recoloring most of the game and allowing us to use his work. Sorrow - Fixing many pointers, re implementing vanilla text, and fixing dsvedit compatibility making the rom much easier for everyone to manage.
Find the original AoS Recolor here: www.romhacking.net/hacks/6301/dear friend/colleague editor Serbagz there is a small error in the second edition patch in the initial dialog everything is changed, Soma is with Alucard's painting, and Alucard is with Soma's, only error, I will have to wait for the third edition correcting this error, and putting it in history instead of my name it's Soma Crus put Alucard, and put Soma's surname like "Kurusu" has a patch on romhacking but it when applied Cagnazo turns Bo and if you can improve the description of Souls as simply throws non-missable, because literally it's a magic spear, but okay., sorry for giving certain opinions, and once again, if possible, i would appreciate it very much, aesthetics score more than ten, and text has improved a lot in Alucard's items and the Souls are in English, at least saw these details, but only those other issues above to fix yourself. The very small amount of custom story that was in the hack was replaced with entirely vanilla text like I mentioned in the post, the swapped story portraits are not a bug, just a side effect of reintroducing the vanilla text which calls for certain portraits at the beginning of every text box. I wont be updating this or making another version since there are others working on it now so I don't really feel like I have to anymore. But if anyone wants to you can just open up the rom in the editor and change anything you want with the text for yourself now, it is super easy to do.
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Post by Serbagz on Jan 3, 2022 2:39:55 GMT
Ok I decided it was bothering me too and so here is an updated patch with all the story portraits and names adjusted for the new characters as well as many more text and smaller cosmetic fixes. I have left a changelog inside the archive this time as well just to keep track of the changes and will edit the post I made with the new link.
Serenade Under the Moon ENG Fix + Jonata Recolor v1.0.1:
Please test and report back if you run in to any issues.
Notes: -NOTHING gameplay related has been changed. If you pick up Axe Throw from a skeleton then it's because that is what the creator of the hack put there. -The story is vanilla Aria of Sorrow with names and portraits swapped, much like 90% of the original hack -No gear stats have been changed aside from the edit to Three 7's to have the proper stats to reflect the icon that the creator placed there. -The point of this version is to simply clean up the text (as the creator stated he wanted someone to do in his thread) and clean up a few cosmetic things. Not create a new hack or modify the creators original vision.
P.S sorry for double post
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Post by Serbagz on Jan 3, 2022 21:39:30 GMT
Ok I decided it was bothering me too and so here is an updated patch with all the story portraits and names adjusted for the new characters as well as many more text and smaller cosmetic fixes. I have left a changelog inside the archive this time as well just to keep track of the changes and will edit the post I made with the new link.
Serenade Under the Moon ENG Fix + Jonata Recolor v1.0.1:
Please test and report back if you run in to any issues.
Notes: -NOTHING gameplay related has been changed. If you pick up Axe Throw from a skeleton then it's because that is what the creator of the hack put there. -The story is vanilla Aria of Sorrow with names and portraits swapped, much like 90% of the original hack -No gear stats have been changed aside from the edit to Three 7's to have the proper stats to reflect the icon that the creator placed there. -The point of this version is to simply clean up the text (as the creator stated he wanted someone to do in his thread) and clean up a few cosmetic things. Not create a new hack or modify the creators original vision.
P.S sorry for double post good afternoon Serbagz , I was happy with the concerts, the plot, and the name of the souls, it's getting good, I sent a light criticism to the master @darkprincealucard, if you read it, because I marked it, okay.., if not , I I stated that there is a small problem with the inverted castle map that I was sure would be added in the Chaos Area, but it's weird because it's below the normal map, and you can't even see where the protagonist is, except in the starting point that just by the light showing at the beginning, sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm sure you laughed, and I laughed a lot, in the introduction of the story the name of the main character is correct, but he well, see the introduction that is in the version of @darkprincealucard, and I wanted to fix the experience edge, but when time and as I'm a layman and I only have time when I get home from work, just text and play, but every time I fix the experience edge, alucard painting when I do , disappears and goes back to being Soma's, but very buggy.
In all honesty I can barely understand this...dont mean to sound mean but it is very difficult to follow. I fixed what you asked of me already, if you are requesting I fix the Chaotic realm map so that it appears on the map screen then that is far too outside the scope of this patch as I do not want to keep working on someone elses hack. If you are requesting I add DPA's story to the game instead then that is doable but I also feel like that is outside the scope of this patch especially since there are other replacements in that game like succubus...if you are trying to insert DPA's story and the portraits keep switching back then it is because you are not changing which portrait is loaded in the events. I don't know what you mean by "Experience edge" what is experience edge? Why do u wanna fix it?
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Post by D3 on Jan 5, 2022 3:23:48 GMT
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Post by Serbagz on Jan 5, 2022 3:35:34 GMT
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Post by andresraziel on Jan 5, 2022 6:10:57 GMT
Hello Serbagz I wanted to ask something and notice something that happened to me when playing with the patch that contains the corrected text and with the color change the character Dark Soma appears in the final fight with the image of Graham and Alucard with the image of Soma, when I destroy it I get Alucard with the image of Soma and Soma with the Image of Alucard from Symphony. The other thing is that I can't go to Chaos Real, in the Original Aria it was Flame Demon, Giant Bat and Succubus but here it doesn't let me continue with the adventure. I hope you can get me out of doubt. Thanks
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Post by Serbagz on Jan 5, 2022 10:24:24 GMT
Hello Serbagz I wanted to ask something and notice something that happened to me when playing with the patch that contains the corrected text and with the color change the character Dark Soma appears in the final fight with the image of Graham and Alucard with the image of Soma, when I destroy it I get Alucard with the image of Soma and Soma with the Image of Alucard from Symphony. The other thing is that I can't go to Chaos Real, in the Original Aria it was Flame Demon, Giant Bat and Succubus but here it doesn't let me continue with the adventure. I hope you can get me out of doubt. Thanks The text and portraits for that fight were already fixed in the newest patch, be sure to stay up to date. The Dark Soma fight is what the creator of the hack placed there, and the way to enter "Chaos Real" was also changed by the creator slightly so you will have to figure that out too. I hope you can get you out of doubt. Thanks.
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Post by winmillion21 on Jan 12, 2022 6:30:08 GMT
Though I disagree with the staff on many aspects of this forum, I'll still post it here anyway. I, Oersted (Winmillion21 on here) have been working on an even better and updated version, by using the roms Serbagz and Sorrow have made as a base rom. I have obtained permission as well. Every edit is properly credited in the files, and includes xDeltaUI as of 1.2 incase one does not already have it. Serenade Under the Eternal Moon aims to adress many of the issues in the base version of this hack. Each updated is hosted in the same mega folder. The latest version as of this post is version 1.2. Version 1.1 is only in the folder as an archive, as a bad rom base caused crashing issues. Please, enjoy the work we have put into this update. If requested, I shall make a new thread for it alone. mega.nz/folder/iXhyVIwS#TZFAFn5PvT4p0qHmnI3sMw
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