Sonic Heroes - Fix compilation

Hi there, thanks for compiling all the fixes in one neat patch. I wanted to ask what is the difference between this and the "Heroes Console Restoration" patch as both seems to have contributions from Brandondorf9999. Am I supposed to use both together or will there be conflicts?

3 minutes ago, arhumSearcher said:

Hi there, thanks for compiling all the fixes in one neat patch. I wanted to ask what is the difference between this and the "Heroes Console Restoration" patch as both seems to have contributions from Brandondorf9999. Am I supposed to use both together or will there be conflicts?

There shouldn’t be conflicts, use both

Thanks, it would be better if both were combined into one single patch in the future then.

There's something missing with this fix compilation: Big the Cat's in-game texture is incorrect. The PC version shipped with a texture container that messed up his colors, causing distinct stripes to go missing and making him look like a big purple blob rather than a cat. If you want I can send the fixed texture container for Big that replaces the broken texture file with the fixed one from the GameCube version.

I see the patch requires a "rom" location to patch Heroes, what file should I point it to? Is it the exe? Maybe I don't have the Sonic Collection version I do not know which version I have. I have the version available on myabandonware they're lovely.

3 minutes ago, shadowthelight said:

I see the patch requires a "rom" location to patch Heroes, what file should I point it to? Is it the exe? Maybe I don't have the Sonic Collection version I do not know which version I have. I have the version available on myabandonware they're lovely.

It’s the exe yes

as for the collection, the availability table has a CRC32 of the Sonic Collection exe (but the easier way to tell is that it’s drm-less)

On 9/4/2024 at 6:37 PM, ViperAcidZX said:

There's something missing with this fix compilation: Big the Cat's in-game texture is incorrect. The PC version shipped with a texture container that messed up his colors, causing distinct stripes to go missing and making him look like a big purple blob rather than a cat. If you want I can send the fixed texture container for Big that replaces the broken texture file with the fixed one from the GameCube version.

Didn’t see this comment; sure I guess 

5 minutes ago, sandemc said:

It’s the exe yes

as for the collection, the availability table has a CRC32 of the Sonic Collection exe (but the easier way to tell is that it’s drm-less)

I'm sorry I'm not savvy to how I'd check an "availability table" or how to check if a game has drm. I've attached an image of the contents of my Sonic Heroes folder if that helps, thank you for your time. I would like to also ask if the "Launcher" is the rom or "Tsonic_win". I thought I knew modding and computers but now I'm seeing modding this game has brought me out of my depth haha.

1 minute ago, shadowthelight said:

I'm sorry I'm not savvy to how I'd check an "availability table" or how to check if a game has drm. I've attached an image of the contents of my Sonic Heroes folder if that helps, thank you for your time. I would like to also ask if the "Launcher" is the rom or "Tsonic_win". I thought I knew modding and computers but now I'm seeing modding this game has brought me out of my depth haha.

Tsonic_win

Just back it up and if the game doesn’t boot after patching (and renaming the exe back to original name) it’s the wrong one

8 minutes ago, sandemc said:

Tsonic_win

Just back it up and if the game doesn’t boot after patching (and renaming the exe back to original name) it’s the wrong one

Thank you for the help! I think it worked because I launched the game after replacing the exe with the patched one and the game plays!