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The Castlevania Dungeon Forums => General Castlevania Discussion => Topic started by: A n t r a x x on June 13, 2008, 06:28:27 AM
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I think this says it all:
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I hope this hasn't been mentioned before,but I searched the forums and couldn't find anything, so ...
This is pretty much as good as it gets, concerning the N64 Castelvania's last hurrah. Legacy of Darkness plays far better in emulation; in large part due to the fact that you can map the previously-unreachable camera controls to the second analog.
Well, now it LOOKS far better too. A user by the name of Gitech at the Emutalk forums has been working on this pack since January. He claims it's 98% complete, but he's letting anyone download the beta anyway.
Now the problem is, it's using one of the older N64 emulators as its base, as it seems that "1964" is one of the only emulators to support hi-res texture packs. And so several people are going to need to tweak arouind with the plugins to get them to work right (took me about an hour). There's an option to "dump textures", and he used Photoshop to retouch and upgrade many textures, and likely Google images to fill in the more extravagent ones. (Public Domain be damned).
He did a beautiful job. Artistic freedom in tow, he did manage to make a few things more horror-filmish (like purple teeth on the pointing statue in the graveyard), and unless something's going on with my vid card, red water at the graveyard. But the second you load this up you are going to notice the graphics texture quality jump 2,3 or 4 fold; depending on how high you can set your video settings.
Some of it is simply beautiful. I may be a purist when it comes to re-experiencing the classics, but sometimes emulation is actually the better choice. I'll take most of these textures over the originals any day.
So if you have the LOD rom, DOWNLOAD THIS PACK NOW, you won't regret it. I am having a blast with this game like I've never had before.
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Hotness...
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Awesome!! I'll give it a try!! :D
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That's some hot shit! Unfortunately, I'm running sixtyforce, so i probably won't be able to use this, but it looks AMAZING! I'm the biggest fan of the 64 games and it's cool to see someone doing a homebrew project with them!
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some of them look just weird.
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the addition of blood is weird. i mean, she's escaping from someone who chases here to capture and use as a sacrifice, not after commiting genocide, bathing in her victims' blood.
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zomg, carrie became some kind of snake/lizard monster. check out the scales.
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i don't really like how he changed carrie's outfit design either.
but other than that, not too bad.
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some of them look just weird.
the addition of blood is weird. i mean, she's escaping from someone who chases here to capture and use as a sacrifice, not after commiting genocide, bathing in her victims' blood.
I figure he didn't think about that once he went to editing the sacrifice scene and just decided to leave it in cuz it's more horror film like. But yeah it's like a time paradox or something.
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I enjoyed the N64 Castlevania games a lot! I'll have to check this out! Hey, I heard the N64 Castlevania weren't very popular. Why?! I loved them! They were masterpieces, and some of my favorites! Well, that's just my opinion...
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In Reply To #7
Yeah, LoD is cool. Problem is, its a really easy game, but then when you go to fight Dracula it's lkike one of the most difficult final battles ever!
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In Reply To #8
try saying that after fighting the sea serpent on hard. he one hit kills you. :o
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In Reply To #8
I simply hate the N64 Castlevanias. But I'd still prefer them over LoI or CoD.
The textures over all loke pretty cool.
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any reasons other than irrational "i hate them because it's the cool thing to do and everyone does that?"
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In Reply To #8
try saying that after fighting the sea serpent on hard. he one hit kills you. :o
The game is a BITCH on Hard mode. And yeah. especially that boss since it's on first level. He has so many moves and it's so hard to learn to doge them (especially the water pillar thing he does).
That's exactly why they don't allow you to play Hard mode until you beat it in Normal first.
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Just a question: if I had played the game on Easy instead of Normal, would still have been able to unlock Henry? I played Normal because I figured it would be the requirement, like most other Unlockable character games.
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Some of those pictures are pretty awesome.
Others, not so much. However, this person gets a big A+ for the sheer effort.
I use Project64, so I don't know if it'll work, but I am definitely willing to give it a shot.
Vampire-Reinhardt is scary-looking.
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Just a question: if I had played the game on Easy instead of Normal, would still have been able to unlock Henry? I played Normal because I figured it would be the requirement, like most other Unlockable character games.
If I recall correctly, it won't work, but I may be wrong. I'm pretty sure that easy mode only involves about half of the full game. I know that's how it works in Castlevania 64, but again, I'm not positive if it's like that in Legacy of Darkness. I reccomend normal mode though, just incase.
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In Reply To #11
They are like the 2d classic CVs, only in 3d and without fun. And without the unique CV-feeling. And with stupid characters, like Malus. And stupid levels, like the tower of science. As well as stupid enemies, like skeletons on bikes. Also the gameplay mechanics and your control over your character and everything is not very precise. There are moments where you can't see where you are supposed to jump to. And then the thing with the sun/moon doors...
There are so many reasons.
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In Reply To #16
most of your points were also present in the recent 2d games. :P
And without the unique CV-feeling.
pork and dos
And with stupid characters, like Malus.
jonatham, charlotte, vincent, dmitri, dario
And stupid levels, like the tower of science.
nation of fools
As well as stupid enemies, like skeletons on bikes.
vapula or the bulldog
you can move the camera around with the controller.
i agree about the doors though, that was unneeded.
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I like 2D castevania but Maybe I playing This game.
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Oh sweeeeeeeeeet. I absolutely LOVE LoD, it has such atmosphere and an amazing castle to boot! I'm downloading this texture pack like, NOW. :O I'm simply amazed at the amount of effort he put into this thing.
It's too bad some of the textures look a little blotchy and not as crisp as some of the others, but still! Kudos to the man who made this possible for us CV fans.
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UPDATE:
Apparently it's the use of the RICE VIDEO plugin that comes with this pack that allows for HI-Texture compatability. So it seems you can do this just fine with other 64 emulators.
It's a good thing because many other emulators are more stable than "1964."
While I did work real hard to get it working in "1964," I may switch it over to Project 64, because I've gotten most games working superb with that.
So maybe you don't have anything to worry about, Docta!
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LoD is one of my favorites, as well as Castlevania 64. They're so awesome! I was overjoyed when I finally kill Dracula Ultimate in LoD hard mode! It took me forever, though it's kind of funny how the first boss is so much harder than the last! Damn serpent killed me in 1 or 2 hits! Crazy boss fight, yet so awesome! :)
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Damn...that dude is my hero 8) Now I have another reason to play LOD again xD
just some area's seem completly diffirent and not neccesarily better in my opinion:
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This is also not among my likes about it:
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and completly changing the color scheme here doesn't do it any good either I'm sorry to say :(
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In Reply To #22
Yeah -- LOL. Some of those're... wtf is going on?
But like I said before, you counter any of his artistic freedom by dumping and editing the ones you don't like yourself.
There's just as many amazing outcomes of his work contained in this project, though.
Also, it IS 98%, so he might change some of those before final release.
The Necronomicon is too cute now, especially. It's supposed to be a book of death not a children's read-aloud. ::)
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In Reply To #20
I don't really have plugin capability other than the audio plugin that comes with SixtyForce. That, and the Rice Video setup file is a .exe, which seals the deal. (I'm on a Mac) :P
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do you know if he fixed the crappy camera angles?
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i love cv64s and i think this guy did a bang up job and thanks to buddy who posted it...something interesting to read for a change.
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do you know if he fixed the crappy camera angles?
You can move the Camera with the right-analog in the emu.
This existed in the original N64 one (only you had to do it with the D-pad so it was awkward).
Thus, 'crappy camera angles' are minimized.
You must have it confused with Castlevania64. Either that or you're being an ass. I'll pretend it's the former.
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well it looks great to me i can't wait to play it i really liked the old 64 games.
and to have them in HD will be very cool ;D
i like the werewolf the best out of the two tho :P
so this is bad ass i only wish i could get my damn psx to pc controller working right :'(
some reason when i hook it up lately it mess up my keyboard and don't work.
so have to wait until i get it fix before i will be able to play this :'(
be cool
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You can move the Camera with the right-analog in the emu.
This existed in the original N64 one (only you had to do it with the D-pad so it was awkward).
Thus, 'crappy camera angles' are minimized.
You must have it confused with Castlevania64.
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In Reply To #29
Lol, NOBODY ever even tries the D-Pad in N64 games anymore... it did always seem useless, but I figured it out.
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Sad...
Okay I can get this working fine in "1964", but the audio plugin in that doesn't let you sync; so Castlevania's music runs too fast in the game and it's all over the place in terms of speed in the cutscenes. Also the fog just looks screwy and if I turn it off, ... well let's just say the game never meant for you to see it that way (pop in all over the place).
Project 64 however has much more stable plugin support, the only problem is, I can't seem to load this RICE plugin with it, and that's required to use the textures. (The PJ64 team is in the works of implementing texture support in the program itself, but that version isn't out yet).
Whenever I try, I get the error: "Error to Start Video" reported on the Mudlord RICE 6.14 plugin. I've narrowed it down to the "RSP" plugin, and duplicated the error in "1964" by turning the RSP plugin on. But PJ 64 doesn't support turning the "RSP" off.
Please let me know if anyone else has this problem when running Mulord's RICE video 6.14 and PJ 64.
Has anyone successfully loaded this hi-res project in Project 64 1.6?
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I managed to load the plugin with p64, but it only loads about half of the textures and the video emulation is....quite horrific.
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so did i, but for me it looks good. only thing that sucks is the sound since the music is lacking half of the channels. need better plugin.
i used the directx9 version of the plugin though. i don't need some outdated piece of crap like dx8 when i can have 9.
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In Reply To #33
Okay somehow I fixed the RSP issue (by loading other video plugins and then switching back ... ???), but yeah I too noticed the audio driver is missing channels. And what sucks is it seems to be the important ones. The music feels empty and awkward as a reuslt.
One thing that screwed me instantly in "1964" was that there were extra messy polygons all over the place. For anyone experiencing this, go into options; make sure "hide advanced settings" is off. Then go into the Graphics Plugin and on the DirectX tab, check-off "Use Software Vertex Clipper". This'll make sure the poygons unload off screen correctly. Also if you have a newer video card (GeForce and up), try turning on "Force Software Transformation and & Lighting".
If the LOD rom fails to load up after the expansion pack menu, just select LORES, since I doubt it matters with a texture replacement set anyways. For some reason, I can choose HI-RES fine with "1964" but can only choose LO-RES with PJ64. I'm not sure PJ64 supports the Expansion Pak correctly.
If you're using "1964" turn the RSP plugin off completely.
Anyone know of a solid audio plugin with all channels audible, please report.
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I managed to load the plugin with p64, but it only loads about half of the textures and the video emulation is....quite horrific.
How much RAM do you have?
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to mgfcortez,
Dude, you won't believe it...what a coincidence! Your in luck! I have been using DirectX exclusively because OpenGL makes Mario64 flicker, so I figured DirectX was my only option. Well, yesterday when I was helping MasterPhW I had to use OpenGL to check something for him. Today, I loaded up my Castlevania LOD without thinking first to change it back to DirectX and guess what?! It was working perfectly with NO missing sound channels or pops in the sound! It was much faster when loading textures during play as well!
That means I have been wrong this whole time!
The best way to play Castlevania LOD is with Project64, Jabo's DirectSound 1.6, and Mudlord/Rice 6.1.4 but with OpenGL!
I checked this with 1964 and it still had the pops in the sound so PJ64 is the best way to play LOD!
Wow, well I guess "you learn something everyday". I am pissed at myself. All this time.... .... ....WTF!
Sorry to everyone that I told they HAVE to use 1964 to play!
I will have to update my read me! Well, it needs a lot of updating actually.
if thats any help.lol
be cool
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I just beat it on my crappy laptop. Really enjoyable game and the new graphics really improve on it since it originally had low resolution. Easily the best out of the high-res add on projects. I wish Konami would go back to this type of gameplay in the next 3d Castlevania and get away from the beat-em-up Castleroids. LoI and CoD suck compared to this.
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In Reply To #37
Agreed!
I just downloaded it, along with Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask.
It's good stuff.
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In Reply To #38
Ive started twice now on doin an OoT texture pack and everytime I just dont... for whatever reason.
I still wanna play this LoD pack tho but Im waitin on him to release the next version he says will have more complete but he hasnt been back to his thread in like 2 weeks =/
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In Reply To #39
I dunno man, 98% pretty much means it's done. Probably won't change much before final release.
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In Reply To #38
Ive started twice now on doin an OoT texture pack and everytime I just dont... for whatever reason.
I still wanna play this LoD pack tho but Im waitin on him to release the next version he says will have more complete but he hasnt been back to his thread in like 2 weeks =/
you know what would be very bad ass if someone took the texture's from the new zelda:TP that was on gamecube and wii and put them in OOT.
i hope someone will do that one day oh well
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The textures they're using are arguably better.
The current set for OoT by Federelli pretty much looks like Twilight Princess if not better.
If it weren't for the low polygon count, you'd swear it was XBox360.
Plus I run my emulator at 1770x1000 or some crazy resolution like that. XD
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The textures they're using are arguably better.
The current set for OoT by Federelli pretty much looks like Twilight Princess if not better.
If it weren't for the low polygon count, you'd swear it was XBox360.
Plus I run my emulator at 1770x1000 or some crazy resolution like that. XD
really where this textures pack, i've only download a crappy one nothing like this bad ass castlevania one.
so if OOT has a one that good i really want it!
please give me the url ;D
EDIT i found the topic.
but its only 20MB can this be the same pack hard to believe saying it looks like xbox360 :P
the castlevania on is like 400MB.lol
i only wish i could see some screen shots to make sure oh well
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http://i26.tinypic.com/2i0ray1.jpg
Hey, it's the new O RLY!
Um, yeah. Textures look pretty nice though, I'm surprised.
Jorge: You on a widescreen display? 1920x1200 is sweet.
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In Reply To #44
Nah my default monitor is not widescreen so the biggest I get out of that one is 1280x1024.
The 1776x1000 (or so, I don't recall) actually turns the monitor into a moving one (you have to move the mouse to see the entire area) but outputs perfectly to the Sony TV which works as a Clone monitor.
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Crazy.
By the way, I'm wondering if Mupen64Plus allows texture packs...I'd like to try this out but there's no way I'm installing 1964.
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try it. if this whole mupen supports the rice plugins, it should work. otherwise get project64, it's loads better than 1964, even the texture pack author agreed.
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I've had Project64 for some time, and I just upgraded to the latest 1.7 release (the *third* one I've had). Whee!
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Omg... speacially cuz LoD its one of my fav Cv's!!! thx thx thx thx ;D
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No matter which emulator I play it on, some textures just don't load. I get most of them, but the ommissions are noticable (half of the pause screen, most of the Tunnel).
Does anyone have any advice?
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In Reply To #50
How much RAM do you have, it could be running out or something.
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In Reply To #51
Thats my guess as well.
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I have 960MB...
Is that too little?
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In Reply To #53
That should be enough RAM, but it depends on what else is running while you play. Also what OS you have?
If you could provide a screenshot of what you see it would be easier to help you.
Is it the textures that aren't loading, or is it the polygons themselves? Do you get blank spaces entirely where a texture should be?
You might try going into the RICE video options and checking off "Near Z-plane Hack" in the the "current game options" while the game is running.
If "Use Software vertex clipper" is on in the DirectX tab, try turning that off.
Try turning on "use software and lighting transformation" (DirectX tab)
Make sure to test these separately. Don't pile effects on one another until you've weeded out the problem.
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Wow. This is truly incredible.
If this is the closest we'll ever come to having some sort of LoD Chronicles, then I can honestly say I'm quite happy with this.
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That should be enough RAM, but it depends on what else is running while you play. Also what OS you have?
Windows XP.
If you could provide a screenshot of what you see it would be easier to help you.
Hrm. I wish I could get you a screenshot from the Tunnel, but I recently went on to the Castle Center, and I can't find a save file anywhere. Basically, what's going on is that the only high-res texture that is applied is that of the floor, while all other textures in the tunnel are the standard game textures. This is similar to the "parchment" of the pause screen, in that only the right half is high-res texture.
Is it the textures that aren't loading, or is it the polygons themselves? Do you get blank spaces entirely where a texture should be?
No blank spaces, just the existance of original textures in a few areas, mostly in the tunnel (it's fine pretty much everywhere else, pause menu aside), instead of the high-res textures that are supposed to replace them.
You might try going into the RICE video options and checking off "Near Z-plane Hack" in the the "current game options" while the game is running. If "Use Software vertex clipper" is on in the DirectX tab, try turning that off. Try turning on "use software and lighting transformation" (DirectX tab)
I'm actually using OpenGL here, since I don't have to deal with the absent sound channels resulting from using Direct X. Also, I experimented around with these options when I still used DirectX, and had no luck.
Also, I should add that these problems remain the same even when I'm using Glide64 (Naplam release) for my video plugin. Glide64 seems to negate terrible the slowdown that I experience in a few sections, such as the Art Tower in particular. However, for some weird reason, only a single frame of the custom fire animation remains intact. This doesn't occur with Rice.
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In Reply To #56
Well it still might be the RAM, but otherwise, this is a very strange problem.
Have you made sure to update your vid-card drivers? It would seem to me if 3 separate video plugins give you the same error, it might be something having directly to do with your vid card.
BTW, what's your vid card?
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In Reply To #57
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE. I just updated it, though there's no change.
Is this not sufficient?
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In Reply To #58
for anything today? No. You need like a 7900 or 8600 atleast to be even remotely viable today.
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Well, seeing as I'm not playing games that are at all current, I couldn't care less.
Perhaps there's something with my older video card that just doesn't support a certain, minor aspect of implementing high-res textures...
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In Reply To #60
Perhaps.