Dynamic White World effect in stages Darío 2013-07-22 | This is just a quick mod I did today since I wanted to mess around with the shaders a bit, and I had seen this request/idea multiple times since the game released.Download: drive.google.com/file/d/0B1CzI_WhoSoCdmlKV0hsZTVMSlE/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-pw1GPQrJdkkd3Q__VB6axAWARNING: THIS MOD DOES NOT WORK WITH THE FXPIPELINE EXE AT THE MOMENT. IF YOU SEE RED INGAME, UNCHECK THE "ENABLE FXPIPELINE RENDERER" BOX IN SONICGMI. DISABLE THE FXPIPELINE SHADERS MOD AS WELL.Apart from that, this mod should be compatible with any other mods you want to use (that includes level mods, it works with the Unleashed levels).I'm not sure if I'll work on this more or not, there's just more materials that I'd have to fix. I'm happy with the results for just messing with it on a Sunday tho.Look forward to the Classic Sonic in S4E2 mod at the hacking contest! (Hopefully)Music - "Tee Lopes - Green Hill Zone '12": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDY0kZ...Music imported and looped by Chimera.
Super Mario 64 Ray Tracing (sm64rt) - Technical Preview Trailer Darío 2021-05-05 | sm64rt adds full path tracing support to the open-source Super Mario 64 port for PC. A GPU with ray tracing support is required to play this mod.The mod has now entered a public technical preview phase. You can try it out for yourself, but keep in mind this is in a very early state and you'll likely encounter plenty of visual and performance problems.The makers of this modification are in no way affiliated with, or claim ownership of material created by Nintendo Co., Ltd. Please support the official release.Check out the mod here: github.com/DarioSamo/sm64rtSuper Mario 64 - Staff Roll [Remix] by Qumu: youtube.com/watch?v=z1XxUCz-e9kFollow me on Twitter for more updates: twitter.com/dariosamo
I bought a $1500 GPU to play Super Mario 64 with RTX Darío 2020-11-15 | UPDATE: A technical preview is now available here: youtube.com/watch?v=pih_k_HsygUWork in progress mod for the community-made Super Mario 64 PC Port.Follow me on Twitter for more updates: twitter.com/dariosamo(Yes, it's an RTX 3090)
This Ghost House plays some evil tricks on you (Super Mario Maker 2) Darío 2019-08-06 | Level ID: 17H-42P-QBGI recommend playing the level first by because most of the fun comes from the surprises, but if you want to spoil it I tried to make a blind playthrough as best as I could.I always like seeing the creativity involved in making troll levels, but I'm not a big fan of how repetitive and mean they can get given most of them try to kill you or make you redo a lot of progress. So I set out to make a troll level where the proper path is to actually let the level trick you and still make progress by doing so.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games in Mario Maker 2 Darío 2019-08-02 | Level ID: YTM-WPH-GGGA fun attempt at getting used to working with the 3D World style. The style has a lot of potential, but there's some glaring omissions in the tileset that would've made my life much easier when making this level.
I made a Mario Maker 2 level around a terrible mechanic Darío 2019-07-27 | I also got a capture card so I can record console games. Yay!Level ID: 3YC-H94-F8GI recently did a poll and about 50% of you answered you'd like to see some Mario Maker 2 content. Since I'm enjoying the game a lot, I figured I might as well record whatever I make so you can all enjoy it.This doesn't mean that I won't upload Sonic content anymore, but there's not much we can do with that until a good 3D Sonic game releases again...
Now we can play the best Sonic Unleashed mod in 4K Darío 2019-05-20 | Here he comes, sharper than the rest of them. The best of them, clearer than crystal.Original mod streamed with Melpontro: youtube.com/watch?v=o_X8o2u1ZewEmulator: rpcs3.net Version: rpcs3-v0.0.6-8143-85920253Settings: PPU LLVM Recompiler, SPU LLVM Recompiler, Vulkan Renderer, 440% Resolution Scale. Everything else on default settings. CPU: i9 9900KGPU: NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080RAM: 16 GB DDR4 @ 3200 MHZ
Watch me melt my PC by playing Adabat in RPCS3 (Sonic Unleashed) Darío 2019-04-12 | At least it's better than a real PS3 for the most part?For real though, this emulator is ridiculously impressive. Bar a few graphical glitches it seems like it's almost playable as of the last few updates (although I haven't tried to play it in its entirety yet).Emulator: rpcs3.netVersion: rpcs3-v0.0.6-7972-df3b46a6Settings: PPU LLVM Recompiler, SPU LLVM Recompiler, Vulkan Renderer, 200% Resolution Scale. Everything else on default settings.CPU: i9 9900KGPU: NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080RAM: 16 GB DDR4 @ 3200 MHZ
Sonic Unleashed RPCS3 4K (Low FPS) - Savannah Citadel (WIP PS3 Emulator) Darío 2018-07-04 | This game is showing promising results on RPCS3. Great work to everyone involved! Bar a few minor graphical glitches, I can say it's a pretty accurate representation of what the game should look like. Hopefully some of the effects like the DoF can be altered to scale properly in the future.RPCS3 is an experimental open-source Sony PlayStation 3 emulator: rpcs3.netSupport RPCS3's development: patreon.com/Nekotekina/overviewEmulator: RPCS3 0.0.5-061c95b5-rsx_volatileCPU: i7 6700K @ 4.2 GHZGPU: GIGABYTE G3 GTX 1080RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 3200 MHZVulkan renderer with 300% resolution scaling. May need to increase this further to reach true 4K at horizontal resolution since the game is not native 720p IIRC.Recorded with NVIDIA Shadowplay @ 4K 120 MBPS
Sonic Unleashed (Preview Build) - Savannah Citadel Old Layout Darío 2016-12-06 | An old version of the layout of Savannah Citadel, found in a backup file from the Unleashed Preview Build from 01/09/2008. You can find this build here: http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=36251You can see the layout of this stage roughly matches the level shown on the first leaked trailer of Unleashed: youtube.com/watch?v=2atOJMpqDYkThe geometry of the level is missing, but the collision and the objects remain untouched. It should be fairly easy to make it playable, but without terrain being visible.SonicGLVL was used for visualizing the layout: github.com/DarioSamo/libgens-sonicglvl
Ode to Snowball Darío 2016-04-01 | No description available. Because this video needs no descriptions.
Sonic Unleashed Demo on Xenia Ingame (Xbox 360 Emulator - Git clone 8/22/2015) Darío 2015-08-22 | WARNING: Don't watch unless you're willing to tolerate incredibly low framerates and random flashes.Xenia: github.com/benvanik/xeniaSceneEffect file edited to remove post-processing to be able to see the actual game.I haven't done anything related to Xenia so far but a few lines of code changes, so most of the work in this video is very much theirs! All I did was play the demo with an edited AR file to disable post-processing.CPU: i5 2500k @ 4.4 GHZ.GPU: Nvidia GTX 970
Empire City with Cinematic Motion Blur at 60 FPS (Post-edit) Darío 2014-11-13 | NOTE: At the time of recording (several weeks ago) I didn't have the blue trail mod available, that's why it was not used. Also use Chrome and 720p at least!Gamersyde Mirror: http://www.gamersyde.com/thqstream_empire_city_with_cinematic_motion_blur_at_60_fps_post_edit_-u7YmvuDFG8d21zp7_en.htmlSame concept as the previous Rooftop Run video. A combination of Twixtor + After Effects, a 1/4 speed recording (time hack), and with the WIP Unleashed Xbox 360 shaders from my previous video. But now with 60 FPS on Youtube as well! Empire City's transformation with these shaders is quite amazing.Total render time was about 2-3 hours. For only 3 minutes of footage!You can see there's a lot of bugs related to objects not having texture animations or the wrong blending modes at the moment. I can't work much on it yet but the results are pretty promising so far.
Sonic Generations PC - All Classic Stages 60 FPS Darío 2014-10-31 | Youtube 60 FPS is out! Use 720p or above and an HTML5 compatible browser (try it out on Chrome). The option should appear in your quality settings labeled as well.All my videos will have 60 FPS support from now on whenever possible. Let the 60 FPS era begin!
Sonic Generations PC - Unleashed Project Stages 60 FPS Darío 2014-10-30 | Mod: http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-projectNOTE: No Unleashed Shaders used in this video (it was recorded about 3 months ago), only the regular ones! I'd use them but not all stage shaders are converted yet.Youtube 60 FPS is out! Use 720p or above and an HTML5 compatible browser (try it out on Chrome). The option should appear in your quality settings labeled as well.All my videos will have 60 FPS support from now on whenever possible. Let the 60 FPS era begin!0:00 Windmill Isle Act 10:40 Windmill Isle Act 22:49 Savannah Citadel4:40 Rooftop Run8:30 Dragon Road11:29 Cool Edge14:18 Arid Sands16:44 Empire City18:55 Jungle Joyride
Sonic Generations PC - All Modern Stages 60 FPS Darío 2014-10-30 | Youtube 60 FPS is out! Use 720p or above and an HTML5 compatible browser (try it out on Chrome). The option should appear in your quality settings labeled as well.All my videos will have 60 FPS support from now on whenever possible. All Classic stages and all Unleashed Project stages uploading as soon as possible. Let the 60 FPS era begin!0:00 Green Hill Zone1:52 Chemical Plant Zone3:36 Sky Sanctuary Zone5:42 Speed Highway7:35 City Escape10:25 Seaside Hill12:36 Crisis City15:02 Rooftop Run17:22 Planet Wisp
Sonic Generations PC - Unleashed Xbox 360 Shaders on Windmill Isle (WIP) Darío 2014-10-24 | For a more detailed explanation of what's going on in the video, read this Sonic Retro post: http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=25598&view=findpost&p=803605The mods used in the video are:- A modified version of the Unleashed Project, with restored textures and materials to their original versions (for the sake of comparing accuracy). Any re-textures will likely need to be re-done again in a much more accurate way to the originals.- Zoney's Unleashed Model Mod along with several general object replacement mods (springs, etc.), using their original materials as well.- Unleashed Shaders mod which includes all the converted Xbox 360 shaders so far. This has nothing to do with the "Unleashed FxPipeline Shaders" mod (commonly misunderstood as "Unleashed Shaders" mod), which all it does is modify the regular Generations shaders to be compatible with FxPipeline and does minimal changes to the game's overall shading style.- Regular FxPipeline .exe generated by SonicGMI, hex-editted to increase the Shadowmap resolution.Every single thing rendered by the game except for post-processing effects has been ported from the Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed. This was done by developing a converter that takes Xbox 360 GPU Microcode Vertex/Pixel shaders and outputs a PC compatible one. There's quite a lot of issues that need to be worked out first with the converter and it's very inefficient performance wise, but the results so far are pretty cool to look at. It's pretty similar in theory to something like Xbox 360 GPU Emulation, but in a very specific way catered to everything that is compatible between both Unleashed and Generations. There's a lot of specific hacks that are done by the converter for stuff like fog/depth buffers/shadowmaps to work properly.By going directly to the source of how stuff is rendered and porting it exactly from the game the stages are designed for, we put an end to most material inaccuracies. Porting post-processing effects on the other hand is a bit impossible due to needing to change how the rendering pipeline works in the first place. There may be a few general differences in color tone, but keep in mind the PS3 version of Unleashed is the one that has accurate color, while 360 has a bad Gamma curve. Capturing devices, even Nvidia's own Shadowplay which was used for this video, can also introduce color alterations.Note: This is NOT a post-processing effect in the vein of SweetFX or an injector. It completely changes the way the game's materials are rendered pixel by pixel, and even adds support for new types of materials. It's just a regular Sonic Generations mod like any other.I will probably upload a few more previews of other stages that had a pretty nice transformation overall, but keep in mind this is nowhere near done yet and is pretty much the first tests of the conversion.Here's a nice Screenshot album of what I have so far: http://minus.com/miANoRITrcx95
Unleashed DLC Experiment - S0LV0s Windmill Isle 1-2 Demo Darío 2014-08-07 | Go here to check it out: youtube.com/watch?v=JtlHBPuVdhE
Sonic Generations PC - Cel Shaders Experiment Darío 2014-08-02 | A fun experiment I did yesterday of writing a custom shader from scratch and overriding all materials with it. Consider this an example of doing completely custom materials as well with enough effort, although it's limited to what the game's rendering pipeline gives you.NOTE: This is NOT a post-processing effect in the way tools such as ENB work, this completely overrides the way the game actually renders, and it's used just like any other mod for the game. No D3D injectors or such were used, so getting what you see in the video is a really painless process.Download: drive.google.com/file/d/0B1CzI_WhoSoCYVEzY2dpZmZDV3c/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-HRgmtryqBlaqFwzWGoPMzg (requires SonicGMI)Compatible with both FxPipeline and regular renderer. Do not use the FxPipeline shaders mod, use this one instead!I've also included a separate mod which includes some custom textures that fit better with the shading style (used in this video), since the regular game textures are way too detailed and realistic. The only Stage textures I modified are GHZ and SSZ Modern. Keep this in mind when trying it with any other stage than the ones shown in the video. Anyone's welcome to do texture mods for stages if they want to so it fits better with this mod!I probably won't work on it much more, but any future updates would probably be about getting the Lightfield (so objects don't look out of place) and blending materials to work.
SonicGLvl - Progress Report Darío 2014-07-04 | Just showing off my progress so far since the last shaders video (2 months ago). Remember that this new branch of SonicGLvl is a complete re-write from scratch, so this version of the editor does not have as many features as the last stable version just yet. Currently I'm trying to finish everything that is related to object layout editing, and once that's done, focus on everything that has to do with Terrain/GI/Materials.Features that have been worked on since the last video:- Object Palette and Object Placement- Object Property Editing: Only common properties will show up if objects of multiple types are selected, and they can all be edited at the same time, making stuff like enabling shadows or tweaking ranges much easier.- Object Property Interfaces: Each property type is being given much more control with its own type of window pop-ups when editing. Vector and Vector Lists have nodes that show up in the main Viewport and can be dragged around, changes to properties can be easily undo/redo'd.- Visibility Toggles for Collision/Objects/Terrain- Graphical Options and (partial) Framebuffer effects support: stuff like water/glass refraction shaders works now.- UV anim support: animated textures such as sky, objects, waterfall, etc.- WIP Camera Manager with priority system to handle camera previewing along with transitions as accurate as possible. Still in very early stages, but with enough research into the cameras, it should be possible to get good playback.- Havok Skeleton and Rigging support for the .model files used both in templates and the ghost. Previously the Ghost's model was just a custom Ogre .mesh. Now it uses the original chr_Sonic_HD.model, which is why his shading looks pretty similar to in-game.- Omni lights support. Now stages like Chemical Plant with its multiple colored lights look much more accurate.- Gizmos have been reworked to move much more accurately.- Paths now properly use the tangent vectors included in the game to give an accurate and smoothly curved representation of the splines in the editor. They're also colored differently depending on their function (2D, Quickstep, Dash, Guide, Grind Rail).- The ghost attempts to keep track of when it goes through mode changers or objects that affect its current movement mode, since it's pretty much needed to get accurate playback of the cameras. Whenever the player is not affected by a camera, it will try to use the "default" camera that the game calculates for it based on the current movement mode. (If it's in 2D, it'll change to be a sideways camera, in 3D it's a forward camera, etc.)As always, update coming out "When it's Done" (tm) and once it reaches feature parity with 0.5.7.
Sonic Generations is a Blast Darío 2014-05-29 | In 3D.Just a little (horrible) experiment that I thought of when I was testing my camera previewing functions in SonicGLvl. More updates coming on that later.Not gonna do anything with this (because it hurts to play), but if you want to try it out for yourself, getting the "orthogonal/isometric" effect is just using an ObjCameraParallel with a very low FOV and a fixed angle (This video uses an FOV of 5).
SonicGLvl - Shaders Darío 2014-05-08 | Done by carefully implementing the WPU/WVU files from the game. I had to crack all the related shader files to get the right indices for knowing which registers to pass the parameters to and what shader to use in the correct occasion. There's quite a lot of inaccuracies and non-working shaders due to not having implemented most of the buffers / parameters it needs just yet, but this is what can be previewed so far. The WPU/WVU files were disassembled to HLSL ASM with the Windows SDK.The other major issue right now is that if I want to implement GI Previewing for big levels, I'll need to work on a streaming system like the Hedgehog Engine to only put the High-Quality version of the GI on the nodes close to the camera. Otherwise, most big levels like Rooftop Run or Jungle Joyride just make the editor crash due to running out of VRAM.I believe this will come extremely useful later for quick previewing of both Terrain and Dynamic Models, since the current method of testing the material changes by switching between the game and the editor is way too annoying to test with.This update will be released When It's Done (tm). The current state of the editor does not have anywhere near the amount of features the last stable release has, so it's not very useful at the moment.
Rooftop Run with Cinematic Motion Blur (Post-edit) Darío 2014-04-22 | If you liked the blur from the last videos, here you have the ultimate BLUR. This is a much better proof of concept of what can be done when you get proper, clean, and very high framerate footage in the first place.I rendered an alternate version of this video at 60 FPS with less blur compensation if you want to check it out.Download 60 FPS 50 mbps version: mega.co.nz/#!uRpVgaRI!-Pt8A195XYc38RwSuAgih0cFu4-xgIoHeoAgSM_wC8wYoutube 60 FPS Version using HTML5 2x Speed Trick: youtube.com/watch?v=Cq9nSpYIrwkNotes:- The amount of physic quirks that get affected due to using the Time Hack to slow down the game end up changing the gameplay a lot, so this can't really be an alternate recording method, just an experimental one.- It took around 2 hours and a half to render this video in Raw (no encoding), and it's only 4 minutes of final footage.- The HUD and the in-game Motion Blur were disabled to help the motion tracking. On my last videos, due to not being careful with that, a lot of inaccurate and confusing blurring is present.- Playing the stage for 16 minutes vs 4 minutes isn't very fun.- Due to having to speed up the footage, RIP Sound Effects.- I used 4k Object Shadows, which is why Sonic has such great quality self-shadows.- My last videos were only done with 60 FPS tracking. This one's done with 240 FPS in total after being sped up, which allows me to add the post-edit blur to the 60 FPS version.- After dealing with Youtube's shit for the entirety of yesterday, I've come to the conclusion that their bitrate caps are just terrible. Therefore, I recommend at least turning up the quality to 720-1080p and using the small/medium player for much better quality.- Done using Twixtor plugin for After Effects.Now back to work on something actually useful.
Sonic Generations PC - Custom Particle Emitters/Materials Darío 2014-04-20 | Download the GTE / GTM Converter here: drive.google.com/file/d/0B1CzI_WhoSoCYnUtaTl5VkdoVlU/edit?usp=sharingI'd like to see what you can do with it.
Sonic Generations - Twitchs No Use Stream Highlights Darío 2014-04-11 | Some of my favorite moments from the stream. The audio was only edited to tweak the volume on certain parts, all the fitting clips that played over the game were accidental timing.My Twitch channel: http://www.twitch.tv/dario_ffThe full VODs are here:youtube.com/watch?v=3uTAo_ldlqwyoutube.com/watch?v=azYYnostSYkThe viewers were able to control the game's speed in real time as I played through it by typing into the chat. Words such as fast or slow were recognized, but there were other hidden special commands that they eventually figured out. These special commands had different cooldowns, because otherwise it'd have been pretty impossible to defeat the game.
Bobsleigh Unleashed - Reveal Trailer Darío 2014-04-01 | EDIT: Happy April Fools!Bobby the Bobsleigh debuts in his new adventure titled "Bobsleigh Unleashed". Immerse yourself in a world of exciting adventure, fast-paced action and skillful platforming. Enjoy a gripping storyline full of amazing twists, betrayals and romance. Can you discover the hidden secret behind Professor Pickle's deep passion for cucumber sandwiches?"Bobsleigh Unleashed" will be available for sale this holiday season, at the low price of $99.99. Pre-order now at Walmart for an exclusive military-themed skin that protects Bobby from damage twice as well than his regular paint.Footage recorded by TwilightZoney: youtube.com/user/twilightzoney
Sonic Generations PC - Paraxade0s Wave Ocean (FxPipeline) Darío 2014-02-04 | Mod Release Video by Paraxade0: youtube.com/watch?v=MPPYkehJI0U60 FPS Video: mega.co.nz/#!WVxXDCQZ!wKoxnYh2bq1gMGRkRU_TV3jgN4r6_K5RNibEbs0J1zcI did not make this level at all. Only thing I helped with was correcting the GI's color and rendering a Lightfield. If you want to leave feedback about the level, do it on Paraxade's video.Got a new GPU last month, so might as well test Shadowplay 60 FPS 1440p to 1080p recording. I went for Nvidia this time around because Shadowplay is pretty great for recording footage, and it does save me on getting a capture card. I went stupid with the Motion Blur here for Science (tm), but I probably won't do that the next time.Still working on stuff that I can't really do a video about because there's not much to show visually yet (unless someone gets excited about seeing C++ files on a screen).
SonicGLvl - Doppelganger mission ghost playback Darío 2013-12-31 | This is a feature I've been working on for the rewrite of SonicGLvl (v0.9). The goal of the feature is to provide a way to visualize and have a reference of the path the player takes during a regular playthrough. The ghost data played here is the one from the Doppelganger mission, and it should be possible to record our own either by doing an injector or finding out how to enable the "GhostRecorder" class, which is still left over inside the .exe.The next version of SonicGLvl is a complete re-write of the entire codebase and redesign of how the object database is managed. Since the first versions of the editor were based from a design of just being a simple object editor, it got very hard to expand its features properly without everything getting very messy. The new design of the codebase now has a completely independent library that handles most formats related to the game, while the project for the editor itself just handles anything related to the interface.Some of the best improvements from this redesign will be, for example, the inclusion of an undo/redo system and the ability to manipulate almost anything on the level, not exclusive to objects alone. Other experimental features done so far are the usage of the Havok SDK for displaying collision (and animations in case of the ghost), FBX Importing/Exporting instead of relying on Ogre exporters, support for .model files for representation of objects, dynamic terrain streaming for loading a level, and lots of precision improvements to the movement system. I'd like to showcase some of these features later on as they get more finished.Version 0.9 has no expected release date as I'm just actively developing it until it gets to a usable state. At the moment it is nowhere near as feature complete as the latest stable release, since everything is being re-implemented from scratch. It's pretty much impossible to develop a stage as it is right now. Since my current aim of the editor is developing a level myself instead of editing existing ones, I'll make sure to add as many features as possible to make the workflow much easier. It currently spans over 20k+ lines of code, and there's still a lot more to write.Have a happy new year!Go to 3:38 if you want nausea.
Sonic Generations PC - Unleashed Sonic by TwilightZoney Darío 2013-12-09 | This mod is the Unleashed Sonic model replacement that TwilightZoney has been working on for a long time. The model has been corrected with double mouth support, the skeleton has been modified, and a lot of Generations and Unleashed animations were made to be compatible via manual fixing on every single one of them (Gameplay support, no cutscene support at the moment).It doesn't include HUD or Voice replacements. There's no need to repackage this mod with stuff like that, because it will be compatible with them on its own anyway. An update with a HUD edit would only be done in the event that the file format for it is completely cracked, instead of doing a simple texture edit.Download: mediafire.com/?hcssm3uus6r5fj8*Updated to v1.0.1, fixes the skateboard animations and a short hop animation*I had a lot of fun editing this trailer! This is probably as much as I'll use the Lost World soundtrack for a single day tho.Article: http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project/news/technical-breakdowns-posted-unleashed-sonic-mod-releasedSubscribe to TwilightZoney here: http://youtube.com/twilightzoney
White World development compilation [ARTICLE] Darío 2013-12-09 | This video is part of the following ModDB Article: http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project/features/late-research-and-white-worldIt's a compilation of the various revisions the White World went through development. The article this video is part of is the technical breakdown I had promised after release of all the software and workarounds used for making this mod. The first article also has the release of my Havok 360 to PC converter for the public. I hope this ends up as a useful resource for modders.Check out the 3 articles here:Article 1: http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project/features/early-research-and-software-developmentArticle 2: http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project/features/level-developmentArticle 3: http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project/features/late-research-and-white-worldI thought this would be a fun way to wrap up the year. We're also participating on the Mod of the Year awards for ModDB on the "Released" category this year, so feel free to vote for us! Remember to check back after the Top 100 are chosen in case we make it in, because you'd need to vote again in the second round.http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-projectMore videos coming soon.
Glitches & funtimes compilation from development Darío 2013-12-09 | This video is part of the following ModDB Article: http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project/features/level-developmentIt's a compilation of glitch reports and just random oddities during development. The article this video is part of is the technical breakdown I had promised after release of all the software and workarounds used for making this mod. The first article also has the release of my Havok 360 to PC converter for the public. I hope this ends up as a useful resource for modders.Check out the 3 articles here:Article 1: http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project/features/early-research-and-software-developmentArticle 2: http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project/features/level-developmentArticle 3: http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project/features/late-research-and-white-worldI thought this would be a fun way to wrap up the year. We're also participating on the Mod of the Year awards for ModDB on the "Released" category this year, so feel free to vote for us! Remember to check back after the Top 100 are chosen in case we make it in, because you'd need to vote again in the second round.http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-projectMore videos coming soon.
Sonic Generations PC - Hi-res Object Shadows Darío 2013-10-18 | Use 1080p and fullscreen for the best effect. Enable annotations as well.This is a fix I wanted to do for a long, LONG time, but was never able to find out how to do it. But I've finally tracked it down using a debugger/d3d9 hook, so here's the results of my findings. Keep in mind this is just for dynamic object's shadows (and the shadows from the terrain casted onto said objects). The terrain shadows CAN'T be improved with this, as it involves re-rendering entire stages due to how the engine works.Read the instructions on how to do this change to FxPipeline here:http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=25598&view=findpost&p=764866Footage recorded by Melpontro: http://www.youtube.com/melpontroUnrelatedly, my GPU died some days ago (before this hack), so I'm unable to do any heavy 3D stuff for a long time until I buy a new one. I'll have to save up for it. :(canyoufeeltheshadows.mp4
Rayman Legends - Swarmed & Dangerous 03176 (PC) Darío 2013-09-04 | This game's out today! The invaded levels are very fun to speedrun, this one is probably my favorite due to how much you can optimize what appears to be a very simple path. Makes me wonder what a Sonic game in this style would be like.Get Rayman Legends here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/242550
Sonic Generations - Time Manipulation Hack Darío 2013-09-03 | Enable annotations.Messing around with some memory editing, I kinda enabled the ability to control the timescale variable as I wanted. This is actually used by the Time Brake skill and the Rainbow Rings for slowing down the game... but the value can be forced to anything you want for some... interesting results.Have fun with it! Here's a little trainer I did, or if you want, you can use the Cheat Engine table instead. Notice the physics might be a little off because this game doesn't really support variable timescales that well. The regular Time Brake skill in the vanilla game actually makes you jump less high because of this while the effect is on.Download Trainer or Cheat Engine Table: http://www.mediafire.com/download/ii204ze5e5vzcs4/GensTimeHack.7zIt should be completely safe to use with Steam since this isn't a VAC protected game. Just make sure to not run a VAC protected game while using this stuff and you'll be alright.Future uses with this? Just messing around for fun I guess, although I have an interesting thing I wanted to test with Twixtor since it needs very high-framerate footage to work with well with it.
Classic Sonic in Sonic 4 - Episode 2 Release Trailer Darío 2013-08-12 | Links on description! Read the SHC entry for more info.My SHC Entry: http://shc.hapisan.com/entry/35Download Mod: docs.google.com/file/d/0B1CzI_WhoSoCMnBCNnUyeENjT3M/edit?usp=sharingGet "Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II": http://store.steampowered.com/app/203650Credits:Dario ff - Main developer, tool development for importing custom models and animations into the ZNO/ZNM format.TwilightZoney - Several custom animations for Classic Sonic.JoeTE - Classic Super Sonic rigged to regular Classic Sonic, Classic Tails model rigged to Modern Tails of Sonic 4 - Episode 2.Melpontro - Recorded footage
Classic Sonic in Sonic 4: Episode 2 [WIP] Darío 2013-07-03 | I spent last week coding up some tools for editing XNO/ZNOs (as well as XNM/ZNMs) so this is a quick test I did today, given that most of the necessary animations were already in Generations. You already saw static meshes in Melpontro's "Surprise" video, so here's a much more complicated test.I'm not releasing this mod yet due to there being a ton of bugs that I'd like to fix first, but I wanted to make a video before I have to go into exam spree again.Some of the stuff to solve/do:- Hardcoded offsets into certain bones in certain animations (Thanks Dimps), which make some of the animations I'm doing go insane. Examples are the idle animation, the coop stuff, etc. Whenever Sonic goes invisible/bugs out, is sometimes due to that.- Coop gameplay elements broken due to replacing some animations that aren't the exact same length. Some levels are currently unbeatable due to this, since you can't fly where necessary.- Several custom animations need to be done for certain elements, since their positioning is quite different in most cases (I couldn't do the coop stuff for example without having to redo several animations)- Lots of GUI elements that'd need replacing obviously.- The skinning isn't quite perfect yet, as evidenced by the bugs in Sonic's spine (more visible in the special stage).- Classic Tails re-rigged into Modern Tails I guess? Classic Tails barely has any animations in Generations, so the best alternative is to skin him to Modern Tails' skeleton. (Lights up the bat signal to JoeTE)I would like to do this with Sonic 4 Episode 1 as well, but I just crashed on it. It needs some more research.Music shamelessly stolen from Falk's concept: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDesOiEh3Fk
Sonic Generations PC - Lightfield Generation Experiment Darío 2013-05-17 | Here's some of my latest research I've been doing lately, and that I intend to implement into SonicGLvl later. As part of my "after-Unleashed Project" tasks, I intend to wrap up on some of these problems that I couldn't really solve due to having to dedicate most of my time to the mod itself.Just for reference in what a complicated task this was, this was actually a feature shown by Sonic Team on their GDC conference for the Hedgehog Engine's new features in 2008/9. It was important enough to get several panels and explanations, you can see some of the stuff they showed here:http://info.sonicretro.org/Hedgehog_EngineSome people seemed to like this kind of research stuff as well in showoff videos, so I thought it was a good idea to come back to it. Maybe I should do another test level like Spiral Reef using some of this new stuff.Up next, I intend to start investigating the custom particles stuff some more (something sorely lacking in parts of the Unleashed Project). The format for it is cracked tho, the hard part is making a tool for it and whether it's worth the time or not.
Sonic Unleashed - Generations Project WORLD EXCLUSIVE REVEAL Darío 2013-04-01 | EDIT: Obvious April Fools video guys, I hope you liked it! I will touch on this thing a bit on the technical posts coming in ModDB later. This was done on a modded Xbox 360.All footage recorded by Melpontro: youtube.com/melpontro
Sonic Generations - Unleashed Project - Release Trailer Darío 2013-03-20 | It's finally here! Check out our ModDB Page for downloads and instructions. http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project60 FPS version of this Trailer:mega.co.nz/#!GJIRCIzQ!DKnB2mlH1SGJE_JJtk5oP2MydetIpA-0mxM0wb9q0xYhttp://rapidshare.com/files/3471287539/Final%20Trailer%2060%20FPS%20Web%20Version-muxed.mp4Song used for this Trailer - "Unleashed Project - Release Trailer" - by Falk:soundcloud.com/falk-2/unleashed-project-trailerdocs.google.com/file/d/0B1CzI_WhoSoCd19zS3ZTc2ZSRG8/editThanks for your support over all these months, like/favourite if you appreciate our work, subscribe to keep up with any updates, and most importantly... play it!Most of the questions you have are probably answered in the ModDB page, so please read that before reporting any issues you have. And if you do have an important issue, make sure to be as detailed as possible in your description. ("I crashed in this very vague situation, halp!" is not good)Any quick bugfix updates that need to be done will be made via the online updater built into SonicGMI.
Sonic Generations PC Unleashed Project - Cool Edge Darío 2013-01-28 | Enable annotations for explanations. I've done a lengthy FAQ post on ModDB before you start asking "WHEN IS IT GONNA BE RELEASED", so please read it here:http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project/news/video-of-cool-edge-ported-to-sonic-generations-and-a-very-lengthy-faq-2To sum up, 8/8 stages done, Beta testing and fixing is now ongoing(what we do on that phase is explained in the post), and we're still modelling the HUB. You're gonna have to wait some more I'm afraid, so please, I ask of your patience and some more time. We just do this on our free time looking for no compensation whatsoever.I also did a 60 FPS video, but it's not really 60 FPS due to some problems with my recording setup: http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project/downloads/cool-edge-video-at-60-fpsNo more demos, nor can I give you a release date. The next video will be either showing off the HUB(which is by no means finished yet), or just some stuff I need to tell you before releasing the mod.
SonicGMI 1.1 Release(FxPipeline Renderer/Shaders and Online Updates) Darío 2013-01-09 | Update: Since it seems some of you don't like reading annotations, I'll add it here. The settings for directional shadows and lightshafts are dependent on each stage, not enabled by the renderer by default. If you want to use them in the Generations stages, you can use this mod. (Only the mod itself, not the rest of the stuff)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TefaFt37k9Q (But notice it'll break compatibility with ANY level mods!)SonicGMI Thread: http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=26974 . Note both the renderer and shader features are currently in BETA, so don't be surprised to find lots of bugs with them. You're free to try them out tho, but don't ask for fixes that are beyond our reach. This isn't total control over the game, this is merely old code found inside of it.Feel free to test it out and tweak it to your liking. If it's useful for you, then great!If you want to compensate the lack of AA, I recommend using an SMAA injector, like this one: http://mrhaandi.blogspot.com/p/injectsmaa.html (You'll need to enable the Steam Overlay hack for it to work properly ingame)Have some fun with that. We're still hard at work on the Unleashed Project; Cool Edge, Beta Testing, and HUB are all being done at the moment! Keep an eye out for some updates later this month.
Sonic Generations PC Unleashed Project - Jungle Joyride Darío 2012-12-18 | This video is using the Unleashed Renderer. Gameplay recorded by Melpontro. Enable annotations for explanations. 7/8 stages done.I've decided to do a long post about this video on ModDB instead, so check out the info there first before asking any questions on the comments:http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project/news/video-of-jungle-joyride-ported-to-generations-and-white-world-soundtrack60 FPS version of the video(yes, it's real folks):http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project/downloads/jungle-joyride-video-at-60-fpsWe also have a chance of winning Upcoming Mod of the Year for 2012 in ModDB, so go over to our page and vote if you like our work! There's 3 days remaining for voting, we still have a chance if you share this with your friends:http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-projectIf the vid looks a little more blurry than usual, we were trying rendering with Frame Blending... I think it looks pretty good, since the other 30 FPS videos looked way choppier. It's just for Youtube tho, the 60 FPS version is the original encode.Work on Cool Edge beginning as soon as possible.If you have any questions that have already been answered, you can direct them to the friendly deforestation truck driver. He seems to be in a good mood today.
Game Grumps Request - Real Hedgehog in Sonic Generations Darío 2012-12-02 | He's talented as he's adorable.Requested by egoraptor on this episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CokFZgPEMoUUPDATE: Download link for whoever wants it, needs SonicGMI(tinyurl.com/sonicgmi): http://fbe.am/eHT
Sonic Generations PC Unleashed Project - Empire City Darío 2012-11-26 | This video is using the Unleashed Renderer. Yes, I know it's actually called Skyscraper Scamper, but internally, we're calling it Empire City. That name fits more as a level than the original anyway. 6/8 stages done!Melpontro is unavailable for recording this time, so I took a shot and did it myself. The 60 FPS video isn't THAT smooth all the way through as his normally do, but it should be fine anyway. Download the 60 FPS video when it's authorized here: http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project/downloads/empire-city-video-at-60-fpsIf you want a comparison, check the old video from March: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2Ji6WIctWwAnd you might be wondering, how can I record myself at HD and smoothly now? Well, thanks to the funds I saved up myself and Youtube, I got some new hardware! (i5 2500k @ 4 GHZ, 8 GB DDR3 RAM) And it's just so much easier to work on these stages now! I used to be on 2 GB before, and having to work on this was quite a pain. Now it's so seamless that I had a lot of fun doing this stage with all the tools open at the same time.The layout's not final yet, but I would like to get on working on Cool Edge now(which will need quite a lot of layout revamps on the Bobsled sections). I had to do some changes for this stage to fit Generations' gameplay style, and hope a lot of you will appreciate the removal of the Big Chaser. :) If some cameras look awkward, they'll be polished later.I held off in releasing the updated Dragon Road with the shaders because there's some important shaders I need to fix first(like the weird depth-sorting problems in effects like the homing attack trail). Just keep an eye out on the channel, I'll likely release a video for it.No more demos or release dates, it'll be done when it's done. And you'll be jumping from one of those skyscrapers soon if you ask about Eggmanland again.
Sonic Generations PC Unleashed Project - Arid Sands Darío 2012-11-07 | This video is using the Unleashed renderer. I skipped Cool Edge for now because that layout needs to be reworked a lot, it'll be done before Jungle Joyride. Next stage to be done is Empire City. 5/8 stages done!Gameplay recorded by Melpontro: http://www.youtube.com/user/Melpontro60 FPS Video: http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project/downloads/arid-sands-video-at-60-fpsI also did a little FAQ in the News page if you're interested: http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project/news/video-of-arid-sands-ported-to-generations-some-faqThis stage took a long time to do because we're kinda busy these months(College exams), and it also took quite a bunch of time to be able to recreate all the gimmicks! I know they don't have correct particle/sound effects yet, but we'll get more into that when that stuff is cracked, like the rest of the stage.It'll be done when it's done, no more demos.In some other news, I did some minor updates to Dragon Road, and I love testing it out with the WIP Unleashed Shaders, even if the shadows look like ass with the resolution. I could upload both of those if some people are interested. My only worry is that people will think those shaders are "final" and then go start uploading buggy videos of regular generations stages with broken effects and shit going "ZOMG UNLEASHED RENDERER" in their video titles.
Unleashed Renderer Round Two: Shadows Darío 2012-10-05 | Chimera doing Guest Annotations today as Blue, and I'll be Red. Enable annotations as always.The Unleashed renderer will be optional to use, but I want to make the effort to get it to look as good as possible.
Sonic Generations PC Unleashed Project - Rooftop Run Darío 2012-09-27 | Enable annotations for explanations. Using Generations Renderer, some news on the Unleashed renderer might come soon.Gameplay recorded by Melpontro: http://www.youtube.com/melpontroThere's some minor encoding problems due to Youtube, try turning it to 720pBy far the stage that took ironically the most time to do, Rooftop Run is vast in detail and length. Some technical changes had to be done to the layout due to different limitations, but it's still pretty true to the original in most aspects.The tone of the stage has been tuned, more festive elements from Generations' remake are in as well. What's left to be done for it is:- Make prettier particle effects for the objects(will have to wait until particle emitters are cracked)-Minor retexturing(the diffuse aren't bad, it's the normal maps the most blatantly bad ones, and we might use some of the ones from Gens).-Minor layout tweaks and polishing. Also fixing bugs.And yes, we know the bugs, we also have eyes. You don't need to point it out. :PWhile one of the most linear stages, Rooftop Run is still one of the most exhilarating and fun of them, with such a great pacing that you won't even notice it almost takes you 4-5 minutes to beat it!Oh yeah, 60 FPS video.ModDB Link: http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project/downloads/rooftop-run-video-at-60-fpsDropbox Mirror: dl.dropbox.com/u/45621839/RooftopRun60.mp4 (Don't kill it please)No more demos, no release dates. We'll keep working on the remaining 4 stages.
SonicGLvl layers support and Test Level Darío 2012-09-09 | Enable annotations for explanations. Skip to the 0:50 if you just want to see the level.I've been working lately to implement Object layers support into SonicGLvl, just like Generations uses them. The main potential use of it is shown above, with this small test level. I did this level in 2 days and I'm not a 3D modeller at all, so don't expect anything really polished out of it. It was fun to do regardless, and there's some clear potential that people could just make levels of their own easily if they go with abstract shapes, with some clean layouts and collision models. All I used was basic shapes in Max, with a good amount of polies. Add to that some neat GIA, and you got something that won't murder your eyes to look at, and is playable as well!The remix used by the level is "Sonic's Reply to Avicii - Lava Reef Zone Remix" done by Plasma3Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKunwYszRggGo check out Plasma3Music's channel for more awesome remixes: http://www.youtube.com/user/Plasma3MusicOh what, you want to actually play this level? Ok fine, here you go! Use SonicGMI to use the mod(tinyurl.com/sonicgmi). It's not really polished at all, since it was just an experiment on the weekend, so I won't focus too much on finishing it. You're free to play around with it if you want tho.http://fbe.am/bU1Mirror: docs.google.com/open?id=0B1CzI_WhoSoCdWhkVGVVNHlpOWMWarning, the level IS hard. Reaching the end will be challenging, but there's something extra to this level that just emerged from the game mechanics. Once you've mastered the first few laps, you can use the various ramps(like shown in the video), air boosting, and slope physics to save a lot of time. On the last few laps, the layout is more about quick timing and precise input rather than physics, so it's a fun trade-off IMO.
Sonic Generations PC Unleashed Porting - Super Sonic in Savannah Citadel Act 2 Darío 2012-09-01 | CAN YOU SHOW SUPER SONIC IN MAZURI PLZ?Mod done by our team.Special thanks to Melpontro for recording the gameplay: http://youtube.com/melpontro60 FPS Video(recommended): http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project/downloads/savannah-citadel-act-2-at-60-fpsWhy have we finished this stage so quickly now? Well most of it was already done! It just needed some extra polishing. Consider it nearly finished, except for the following remaining things to be done:- HD Retexturing(just some trees, sand and the grass)- Material tweaks- Minor layout tweaksAll layout differences to the original are intentional, and help either fit the Generations style, or just keep the stage more fresh and fun. The drift on this stage has less angle, but it still controls well enough. That's because the drift sections are kind of pointless and just become boosting sections if the drift is too tight.For the sake of comparison, here's the first version of the stage we did back in February:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik53MwTFnK0Whoever asks for a release date gets a free vacation to Africa and an exclusive dinner with hungry lions.
Sonic Generations PC Unleashed Porting - Windmill Isle Act 2 Darío 2012-08-21 | NOTE: This is using the Generations renderer, I forgot to clarify that. The Unleashed renderer is too unstable at the moment.Mod done by our team.Gameplay recorded by Melpontro: http://youtube.com/melpontro60 FPS Video(recommended): http://www.moddb.com/mods/sonic-generations-unleashed-project/downloads/windmill-isle-act-2-video-at-60-fpsMirror: docs.google.com/open?id=0B3vhNWgCjvJQVF90R2hqcXUyM0U (Google does automatic embedding at 30 FPS, just go to File - Save, and you'll get the original file)This is all the work we've done on Windmill Isle Act 2. Consider it nearly finished, except for the following remaining things to be done:- HD Retexturing(mostly the worst offenders like rock, water, or grass)- Material tweaks- Minor layout tweaksAll layout differences to the original are intentional, and help either fit the Generations style, or just keep the stage more fresh and fun. Also, if you want to do some fun comparison, check out the first version of this stage, 7 months ago:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnRJqKyIcE0KAKIPI1000 is currently beta-testing this stage, so meanwhile, we'll get to work on the next one... Savannah citadel!
