Topic: Hacked version of Harmony of Dissonance made by my friend

[mgfcortez]

In Reply To #40

could you ask Punkemnx something.
i remember them making a port od the old nes castlevania 1 to gba.
couldn't he make that rom bigger and add sotn backgrounds and sprites to give it a better look?
just wondering because it'd be a cool remake:)
but maybe its just emu and not a real gba port?
thanks man i'd really like to know about this:)

[lovecastlevania]

In Reply To #40

could you ask Punkemnx something.
i remember them making a port od the old nes castlevania 1 to gba.
couldn't he make that rom bigger and add sotn backgrounds and sprites to give it a better look?
just wondering because it'd be a cool remake:)
but maybe its just emu and not a real gba port?
thanks man i'd really like to know about this:)

:)Sure, I'll ask him. In deed, if the old castlevania 1 could be remade with sotn sprites, than would be soooo great~

[mgfcortez]

the only sprite that you don't have is the big head Medusa.
i been trying to make one myself but its not coming out to good.lol
the rest are in dracula x mummy/franky/the big bat/dracula
death from super castlevania 4 would be the best to use imo.
but i'd love to see it if it can happen:)
thanks and let us know if theres any hope and thank him for his great hack btw.
he truly is a bad ass programmer;)

[lovecastlevania]

the only sprite that you don't have is the big head Medusa.
i been trying to make one myself but its not coming out to good.lol
the rest are in dracula x mummy/franky/the big bat/dracula
death from super castlevania 4 would be the best to use imo.
but i'd love to see it if it can happen:)
thanks and let us know if theres any hope and thank him for his great hack btw.
he truly is a bad ass programmer;)

I left him a message~probably, well, he is still sleeping
And, think the hacked hod version is fixed. Now, they are testing it a littile bit more.
According to the fixed rom I got, Julius mode is pretty awesome! Tonyjih and PUNKEMNX improved his speed(the original one

[king metroid]

aside from the problems noted in other posts, this hack is still quite well done.
hope to see more from this in the future

[Long John Silver]

While playing some more I got to another bug. If J's too long in his dive kick animation he'll eventually change into standing sprite. You need a long vertical shaft to notice that, for example the one behind the Talos boss. On that topic, would it be possible to also give him a dive kick down sprites like in aos, so he wouldn't have to use dive kick forward when he's just going down?

Oh yeah, also I was wondering would it be possible to use Jorge's midi remixes to replace some music with them if he's ok with that. That and use something better for the boss tracks, separate death battle music and a new track for the cave, as the originals are terrible.

[lovecastlevania]

e...this is quite embarrassing.
Tonyjih and Punkemnx are still working hard on it, fixing bugs, adding new features...
The rom was actually updated on Punkemnx's website
Julius's speed was improved. Some bugs fixed...but it's just a test version, so I did not post the updated info here. 
When it's finally done, I'll put it here
(I also got problems with my girlfriend...That's why I did come recently...crappy )

the only sprite that you don't have is the big head Medusa.
i been trying to make one myself but its not coming out to good.lol
the rest are in dracula x mummy/franky/the big bat/dracula
death from super castlevania 4 would be the best to use imo.
but i'd love to see it if it can happen:)
thanks and let us know if theres any hope and thank him for his great hack btw.
he truly is a bad ass programmer;)

o..since he is currently not only fixing this version bt also making the hod with sotn's sprites, it's hard to do more projects

While playing some more I got to another bug. If J's too long in his dive kick animation he'll eventually change into standing sprite. You need a long vertical shaft to notice that, for example the one behind the Talos boss. On that topic, would it be possible to also give him a dive kick down sprites like in aos, so he wouldn't have to use dive kick forward when he's just going down?

Oh yeah, also I was wondering would it be possible to use Jorge's midi remixes to replace some music with them if he's ok with that. That and use something better for the boss tracks, separate death battle music and a new track for the cave, as the originals are terrible.

About dive kick, I say it's possible, and it really makes Julius so cool. let me ask him:)
Ye, the original track ...
Just remember he mentioned that Midi could not be used directly into GBA roms
But, he also said it's possible to change all tracks in hod completely.
He is just the kind of people trying to make a perfect hod

[mgfcortez]

In Reply To #52

well i understand that he has his plate full right now but.
could he do it if he had time just wondering if it could be done.
oh well thank anyway.lol
tell him to keep up the great work looking forward to the sotn sprite and background update of hod as well;)

[Long John Silver]

Just remember he mentioned that Midi could not be used directly into GBA roms
But, he also said it's possible to change all tracks in hod completely.

Yeah, I can guess. I meant Jorge's midis, recorded into wav first with best possible soundfont and effects.

Also btw. I was wondering, would it be possible to change that horrible final battle area into something new, and better. Maybe for example a throne room or something.

[Omegasigma]

a sprite swap then serio? the room of the throne room and the...err abyss? are flat a swap or copy would make them work i'd think, but i don;t make 2d games so...

[Long John Silver]

Yeah more less, as long as the hole in the middle is patched up, throne put in, platforms removed and the doors on the sides removed.

I'll see about redesigning it later, if it's even possible to edit the stage tiles that is.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

In Reply To #54

I'm fine with it.
It'd be nice if there was a converter that would let you swap MIDI back into GBA-style, sort of like a reverse version of Sappy or something.

[neoman4426]

first, from what little i have played so far, this is a great game. second, any chance we could get a version with the Japanese text with an English translation?

[lovecastlevania]

Well, finally, after a long time, DIRTY DEVIL TAEM did it.
This will be the final version(it took too long ,but it's pretty cool now).
And, thanks a lot, my friends here. We couldn't make it this further without your help.

Punkemnx

[Long John Silver]

Finally J is not so overpowered now. Only thing that kind of breaks it is that he starts with very powerful armor and headgear. That can be fixed by removing those, but still, the temptation to just equip them and be invincible for most of the game exists.