Windows Sonic Adventure DX - DC Models & Lights (PC) Windows

[Juiceala]

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This is the PC version (2004) patched to restore the DC models and lights, making it the best of both worlds.

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• Sonic Adventure DX - DC Models & Lights (PC) Windows
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[TheManWithPants]

You know I'm friends with the creator of this mod, MainMemory, as well as several other popular Sonic mods.

Neat. Yeah, MainMemory's been doing this stuff for quite a while.

 

[Juiceala]

This one: https://gamebanana.com/tools/15436

You know I'm friends with the creator of this mod, MainMemory, as well as several other popular Sonic mods.

 

[TheManWithPants]

which mod manager? there is the 2004 one in nexus.
and there is the X HAX one in gamebanana which i downloaded from his github.

This one: https://gamebanana.com/tools/15436

 

[EMUseeker]

Just use the SA mod manager. It should work with both versions of SADX.

which mod manager? there is the 2004 one in nexus.
and there is the X HAX one in gamebanana which i downloaded from his github.

 

[JellyjamLu]

@TheManWithPants
I am not reading all of this because I just don't need to nor care.
I have what i need my end, If it's aimed at others to gain insight and decide on a version, fair enough.

 

[TheManWithPants]

Everything you have posted here I already knew before i even purchased the Steam version.
I didn't just buy it there just for that crappy GameCube like experience, I did so with SAModManager in mind, and no it did not convert to DC without me realizing it.
Come on now... think, If I have the hardcopy for a Dreamcast, obviously i'm looking for DC conversion with mods.

You keep misreading my posts. I'm saying that if you installed the DC mods for the game, the mods will convert the Steam version to the 2004 port for better mod compatibility. It's not about giving you the Gamecube experience. That's all I'm saying, man. Both this and the Steam version with mods are basically the same, because they are both running with the same mods installed. The same mod manager for the steam version, SAModManager, works with this version too, and the mods will work for both.

 

[JellyjamLu]

Not saying you need it, but if you have the Dreamcast mods, there's a chance that your game was already converted without you even realizing it. The SADX modding community went out of their way to convert the Steam version of the game to the 2004 version simply because the Steam version was botched, and the older version had better support for mods.

Everything you have posted here I already knew before i even purchased the Steam version.
I didn't just buy it there just for that crappy GameCube like experience, I did so with SAModManager in mind, and no it did not convert to DC without me realizing it.
Come on now... think, If I have the hardcopy for a Dreamcast, obviously i'm looking for DC conversion with mods.

 

[TheManWithPants]

does the 2004 mod manager work on this? or it will break it?

Just use the SA mod manager. It should work with both versions of SADX.

 

[Juiceala]

does the 2004 mod manager work on this? or it will break it?

This is the 2004 version.

 

[TheManWithPants]

Incredible post.

Still don't need it. I have the original Dreamcast hard copy at hand along with imo the superior steam version with SAModManager, if i need to play any of the vastly forgettable game gear/master system titles, Emulation.

Not saying you need it, but if you have the Dreamcast mods, there's a chance that your game was already converted without you even realizing it. The SADX modding community went out of their way to convert the Steam version of the game to the 2004 version simply because the Steam version was somehow even more botched than previous releases, and the older version had better support for mods. If you use "Dreamcast Conversion" on the Steam version, it'll turn it into the 2004 version, while keeping the Steam features.

 

[EMUseeker]

does the 2004 mod manager work on this? or it will break it?

 

[JellyjamLu]

Oh, no!

Incredible post.

The DC Conversion Mod Installer by PkR actually converts the Steam version to the 2004 PC port, giving you essentially a DRM-free version of the game that still retains Steam features such as Achievements, while restoring the unlockable Game Gear games from the GC/2004 PC versions.

Sega basically botched SA/SADX with each subsequent re-release, going from DC to GC to PC, then to 360/PS3, then porting that version back to PC for Steam. The Steam release barely worked at launch, and the unlockable Game Gear games from the GC and 2004 PC version were removed, so fans had to take it upon themselves to fix things, making it arguably the definitive experience, as long as you don't care about DC exclusive features involving the VMU or the GC exclusive features with the GBA link cable and the Tiny Chao Garden minigame in Sonic Advance 1 and 2.

Still don't need it. I have the original Dreamcast hard copy at hand along with imo the superior steam version with SAModManager, if i need to play any of the vastly forgettable game gear/master system titles, Emulation.

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

Works perfectly with the SAModManager.

 

[TheManWithPants]

The steam version with SAMod Manager is still the best imo. has all the dreamcast assets, the lantern engine intact plus randomizers, custom day/night cycles, lots of fixes.

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The DC Conversion Mod Installer by PkR actually converts the Steam version to the 2004 PC port, giving you essentially a DRM-free version of the game that still retains Steam features such as Achievements, while restoring the unlockable Game Gear games from the GC/2004 PC versions.

Sega basically botched SA/SADX with each subsequent re-release, going from DC to GC to PC, then to 360/PS3, then porting that version back to PC for Steam. The Steam release barely worked at launch, and the unlockable Game Gear games from the GC and 2004 PC version were removed, so fans had to take it upon themselves to fix things, making it arguably the definitive experience, as long as you don't care about DC exclusive features involving the VMU or the GC exclusive features with the GBA link cable and the Tiny Chao Garden minigame in Sonic Advance 1 and 2.

 

[mrrgrrgrr]

The steam version with SAMod Manager is still the best imo. has all the dreamcast assets, the lantern engine intact plus randomizers, custom day/night cycles, lots of fixes.

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At first glance the file structure and game icon from the Steam version looks to line up with the one on the repo, so theoretically you should be able to use the mod manager on the repo version to get a definitive DRM-free version of the game. I'll have to tinker with this when I have a spare moment.

Awesome mod list, by the way. Some of these I didn't even know existed. I'll definitely try your setup for my next playthrough.

 

[Novicier nocive]

I feel kind of strange that sonic team or Sega trying to keep the game and re-releasing it only to get another issue that never appeared in with each one (trying to monetize and separating content like the SA 2 battle content as a paywall DLC).


Other wise than that, SA is one glorified tech demo (in a good way) with cool stuff from a very advanced console from it's day, with the peak jet set radio, and other games that I should playing around the next year (wait form me shemue and skies of arcadia)

 

[bootleg64dd]

Oh, no!

 

[JellyjamLu]

The steam version with SAMod Manager is still the best imo. has all the dreamcast assets, the lantern engine intact plus randomizers, custom day/night cycles, lots of fixes.

Here's my mod list for anyone curious:

 

[EMUseeker]

i just came to download the DC version and saw this and mario64 render 96! another game that i wanted to play.
very cool ⅭⅮR thanks.

 

[TheManWithPants]

Dreamcast is the purist way to play it, but this is the recommended way to play it on PC since you get the benefits of the PC/GC version (widescreen, 60 fps, skippable cutscenes, free camera, map, missions mode, updated Chao Garden, Metal Sonic, ripple effects, GG titles, etc) while fixing many of the glitches that came with those remasters.

Edit: I might share Crazy Taxi later, same deal.

Also the PC version has a re-translation mod that let's you play the game with subtitles that are more accurate to the Japanese script if you prefer to play Sonic games with the JP voices.
You can get the mod here: https://gamebanana.com/mods/609741

 

[thanatos]

Dreamcast is the purist way to play it, but this is the recommended way to play it on PC since you get the benefits of the PC/GC version (widescreen, 60 fps, skippable cutscenes, free camera, map, missions mode, updated Chao Garden, Metal Sonic, ripple effects, GG titles, etc) while fixing many of the glitches that came with those remasters.

Edit: I might share Crazy Taxi later, same deal.

Also probably slightly less input lag than playing on an emulator. Not sure how important that is since I've never played the game beyond saying hi to that gorgeous whale in level 1 <3

 

[Juiceala]

So, is this the best way to play it? Or stick with a Dreamcast emulator?

Dreamcast is the purist way to play it, but this is the recommended way to play it on PC since you get the benefits of the PC/GC version (widescreen, 60 fps, skippable cutscenes, free camera, map, missions mode, updated Chao Garden, Metal Sonic, ripple effects, GG titles, etc) while fixing many of the glitches that came with those remasters.

Edit: I might share Crazy Taxi later, same deal.

 

[Darren]

So, is this the best way to play it? Or stick with a Dreamcast emulator?

 

[mrrgrrgrr]

Oh! Awesome! I was gonna play the Steam release with the Better SADX mod, but I'll give this a go instead. Thanks for the upload!

 

[crunchynote]

This is a pretty cool re-package to have, thanks for the upload!