DBZ pc-engine

[Koolman]

[Firebrand]

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[Firebrand]

Oui, Hu-Go! fait tourner des ISOs; voici la liste (site officiel), en bas de page: http://www.zeograd.com/parse.php?src=hugofYou can also use hugo without the gui, just type
hugo [ROM] [BACKUPMEM] [OPTION] where ROM is the name of the
ROM or ISO or ISQ or HCD. Check out the HCD section later for details.

--[ HCD ]--------------------------------------------------------------------

Then what is this new format.
HCD means : Hu-Go! Cd Definition. Such a file allow you to use multi-code
CDs and emulate audio tracks with MP3
It's only a beginning and there are still troubles with ISQ to emulate
Code tracks but it should work fine later.
HCD are divided in sections :
[main]
for main info :
first_track=XX
last_track=XX

that indicates the first and last track (easy)

ISO_path=XXX
MP3_path=XXX

which are the default path for ISO and MP3 files, convenient when moving
of directory e.g.
If you don't specify anything there, the default path is the .HCD one

minimum_bios=X

where X is 0 or 1. Use to enable this mode (see in command line option)
when launching a particular HCD. (Now, this mode is 'no bios' but for
obvious compatibility reason, I've not changed the name...)

Then for each track you can find a section :
[trackXX]
where you'll find :

filename=...

i.e. the filename of the file to use to emulate this track (.ISO or .ISQ
for code or .MP3 for audio)
then :

type=CODE

that specify if the track is a code one (audio is default)
et finally

begin=lsn,XXX

to specify the beginning of the track in LSN format (# of sector since the
beginning of the first one) or LBA (# of sector since the beginning of the
CD) or MSF (theoricaly, only LSN really tested) (as for MSF, just do :
begin=msf,mm:ss:ff
add zeros if compulsory)
even if just a beginning, it allows playing multi-code tracks
and MP3 in games. (even if .MP3 control isn't yet perfect)
You'll find an example in the archive.

There's now another mode available. It's the cd one.
Write
type=CD
and you'll have the ability to fake a track from the .hcd file with a
track coming from a real cd.
In this mode, you have 2 mode fields:
drive=0
which specify the drive in which is the track you want to use, using the
format in which the cd driver is used to. i.e. 0, 1 and such.. for aspi
driver and letter D, E, and such for the mscdex driver.

Then you can specify the number of the track to use on the cd driver with
track=5
If you don't specify this field, the default value for the track field will
be the track number of the track to fake.


You can also use patching functions

patch_number=XX

where XX is the number of patch you want to apply

then

patchX=0X????????,0X??

where X goes from 0 to patch_number-1 and two hexa numbers represent
the offset and new val of the patch in the ISO file.

On the same model, you can also find a way of adding subtitle when audio
tracks are played (even if you don't own the MP3 for it). You can choose
the number of subtitles with :

subtitle_number=XX

where XX is the number of subtitle you want to have for the track.

You can also choose to synchronize the subtitles with the game or the
music with

synchro_mode=XX

if XX = 0, synchronisation is done with the game as in the first release
supporting it, else it's synchronised with music and you can replace
the words 'number of frame' by '60th of sec' in the following explanation,
concerning the meaning of the begin field.

Then, for each subtitle, you must choose the time where it should begin,
its duration and the message to display.
The syntax is as follow :

subtitleXX=<begin>,<duration>,<message>

where XX is the number of the subtitle (XX is between 0 and subtitle_number-1)
<begin> is the number of frame elapsed since the beginning of the track.
There's normally 60 frame per sec but using the number of frame instead
of time make subtitles synchronized with the real game and not the music.
Since it's harder to guess how many frame have been displayed, I've added
a display of such a number with the tilde key. The value that you'll see
when pressing the key is the exact value you'll have to put in the <begin>
field (ajusting them a bit if needed...)
The <duration> field is in 60th of second, i.e. putting 60 there will
display the message for 1 sec and finally, the last field is the message
that will be displayed. It shouldn't contain any comma.
One last thing : you must sort the subtitle according to the order of
appearition.
Don't hesitate looking at the example or sending a mail if needed.

[Koolman]