Herzog speed up patch

Prophet (3930)

01-05-2017, 09:27

Hi,

I improved a bit the speed of Herzog. The game seems a little more fluid. Slowdowns can be avoided because of the slow pace of VDP.

Herzog-improve_speed_patch.zip

Do not hesitate to say your feedback.

By JohnHassink

Ambassador (5495)

01-05-2017, 10:24

Yup, everything sure seems to go a bit more smoothly. Great work!
Newspost:
https://www.msx.org/news/software/en/herzog-speed-patch

Question: did you also do something about the A.I. of the enemy guard robot guy, as he seems to behave a bit more intelligent (more like I remember him to be in later levels), or do I just suck more at the game than I remember?
And how would you feel about patching this game for FM versions of the music and maybe even an English translation?

By ren

Paragon (1637)

01-05-2017, 13:00

Well, that's an possibility as well.. Gonna try it out, great work gdx! (And nice surprise.. )

Any more details on the hack? You improved performance by reducing VDP draws (less fps) or something?

(edit: all in favor regarding John's suggestions.. )

By JohnHassink

Ambassador (5495)

01-05-2017, 13:23

ren wrote:

(edit: all in favor regarding John's suggestions.. )

I know, right? Check out how the soundtrack sounds on PC-88
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aEXkeGdb_Q
and imagine how it could sound on MSX OPLL. Even if it's in the style of their Feedback game, so with no drum freq tuning, etcetera.

By Pippo

Champion (475)

01-05-2017, 19:13

Nice improvement, Gdx!
Thank you for your work!

By hamlet

Scribe (3414)

01-05-2017, 20:49

That was one of my favs back in the late 80s, so it will be fun give the improved version another try. Thank you gdx!

By ren

Paragon (1637)

02-05-2017, 13:46

@John: good to hear some of those tunes again (Take It Easy).. Back to Square One is rather cool in FM. Hard to go back now to the MSX PSG arrangements.. (thanks )

Btw: I think the soundtrack you linked to is actually from the X-1 (OPM).
(An alternative upload is here (though labeled as being PC-88 as well) (playlist format))

PC-88 (YM2203) VGMRips pack.

By hamlet

Scribe (3414)

02-05-2017, 13:58

Sounds gooooood!

By gdx

Prophet (3930)

02-05-2017, 14:08

JohnHassink wrote:

did you also do something about the A.I. of the enemy guard robot guy, as he seems to behave a bit more intelligent (more like I remember him to be in later levels), or do I just suck more at the game than I remember?

I only optimised the VDP access. AI may have more time to think now.

JohnHassink wrote:

And how would you feel about patching this game for FM versions of the music and maybe even an English translation?

I do not intend to add the FM. About English translation I can not do it alone. If there are volunteers to help me, I can open a thread.

By ren

Paragon (1637)

02-05-2017, 14:42

Quote:

I do not intend to add the FM.

Is that because it's (too) difficult, or because you don't care about it?
(I believe the idea here is that John would actually create FM versions of the songs, and a hacker has to embed them, add playback routine etc. am I right?)

By gdx

Prophet (3930)

02-05-2017, 15:45

I never did this. A guy who has already done it will be able to do it a hundred times faster than me. In addition, I think few people can make good FM music without take with few CPU resources. The time I have earned may be lost with FM.

Volunteers for the translation?