I was able to rearrange ARAM and was able to fit in the new voice sample and matching patch data, so these are in game for real now!

SFCD Update! Miyu and Fay have their own voice SFX! Phonymike's sound driver disassembly has advanced to where we can insert new SFX data within the existing pointer table slots! (1/6)

We got a new progress update video from @sunlitspace542.bsky.social On his super ambitious & impressive "Star Fox CD" #romhack project A #SNES hack with tons of cool features - New vehicles & levels - Super FX 3 support - SNES Rumble Courtesy of @randallinden.bsky.social #romhacks #retro #gaming

SFCD Update! The Landmaster is almost done!! The movement code and clear cutscene are finished. The last thing to do is make special laser models for it, and it'll be ready to use in a a level! (don't know exactly where yet)

SFCD update! added a third vehicle, the Landmaster from SF64! Thanks to @chuckborisnorris.bsky.social for the base code. The trick here is the turret is the real player object and the body follows it. This lets me reuse the Arwing's movement code to move the turret separately. (1/2)

Star Fox CD update! Stage 1-1 has been completed and a new progress video has been published covering the changes over the ~5 months since the last one! Go listen to me ramble about this thing for 30 minutes: youtu.be/1LbKoPqM6QQ

@kandowontu.bsky.social wrote an article listing all the rumble compatible SNES games so far for @metalgamesolid.bsky.social ! Go read it! metalgamesolid.com/hacks-mods/romhacks/snes-rumble-roundup/ See Randy's list on the SNES rumble GitHub as well: github.com/LimitedRunGa...

SFCD update! (shocking, I know) Added pause music using the MSU-1 revision 2 resume spec! I actually had to modify Mesen for this as it doesn't support this feature unlike other commonly used SNES emulators and FXPak Pro/SD2SNES. Other things have happened too... (1/2)

Blog post where I ramble about the making of the latest release: www.patreon.com/posts/attack...

New Release! Rumble pad support for the SNES version of PETSCII Robots! romhackplaza.org/romhacks/att... This was a fun exercise in reverse engineering and disassembly after not doing any ROMhacking in a while. I've never made a hack without source code/a good disassembly before this one.

影山雅司 永眠のお知らせ We are deeply saddened to share that Gimmick! composer Masashi Kageyama has passed away.

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Bleem & Doom SNES creator Randy Linden. It was a blast talking with him and I think most retro enthusiasts would enjoy listening - Just search any app for "RetroRGB Randy", or check out the main link here: www.retrorgb.com/interview-wi...

Just rolled out yet another bugfix for Shindou Edition and all other rumble enabled Star Fox patches. v1.2 fixes extreme instability on Kando's SNES (yes, really, v1.1 worked fine on my console) Thanks to Kando for figuring it out and sending me the fix! rhpz.org/27460

Just rolled out a bugfix for Shindou Edition and all other rumble enabled Star Fox patches. In Shindou v1.0, if if you pressed start at just the right time in the intro, the Attack Carrier’s rumble sequence would continue past the intro.

NEW RELEASE!! Star Fox Shindou Edition is out!! rhpz.org/27460 Thanks to @kandowontu.bsky.social for adding sequenced rumble support to my code, and HUGE thanks to @randallinden.bsky.social for his help in getting all this to work!

I've made a new website to replace my old Carrd page: sunlitspace542.github.io This will be where I host information on my works, among other things such as (possibly) a blog.

A little write-up about SNES rumble and Star Fox Shindou Edition (public): patreon.com/posts/133850... Like Kando, I will also be posting the patch for the latest Shindou beta for paid members. Reminder that you can support my work for as little as $3/month!

You can see (or rather, hear) Star Fox Shindou Edition towards the end of this video! I hope to release it soon, I'd say it's already 50-75% complete now. I'm just adding the small details and adjusting things, the real controller is much stronger than Mesen emulates it, lol. youtu.be/qkhlXphv3I8

HUGE thanks to @randallinden.bsky.social and @limitedrungames.com for sending me a SNES rumble pad prototype! It's honestly the best 3rd party controller I've used, I think it'll be my main one from now on. SFCD now supports rumble, expect a patch for the original Star Fox soon!

twitch.tv/sunlitspace542 Stream has started!

www.twitch.tv/sunlitspace542 SFCD development stream starting soon!

New Patreon Post (Public) I will be using this site to post detailed project updates as I see fit from now on, I don't have to worry about the character limit like I do here or on Twitter. www.patreon.com/posts/welcom...

I can't think of any better way to announce this, but I now have a Patreon page. Kando said I should open one, so I figured why not. patreon.com/SunlitSpace5...

Star Fox EX 1.11.02b is out on ROMHack Plaza! Just a quick hotfix patch that keeps the RNG routine working after a game over. romhackplaza.org/romhacks/sta...

I figured out how to stream data from the MSU-1 data file and added the code for it to my MSU-1 driver source on GitHub: github.com/Sunlitspace5... Still deciding on whether to use this feature in SFCD, but decided to implement it anyway, some people may find this code useful.

Star Fox CD Update! Wrote my first PATH language enemy, the Killer Bee from Star Fox 64! I did use PATH to script the intro, but this is the first object I've programmed in this language that can be interacted with in-game without any crashes.

Star Fox EX 1.11.02a is out on ROMHack Plaza! Tons of bugfixes, new stuff, and a brand new fancy PDF manual! romhackplaza.org/romhacks/sta...

Star Fox CD update! The training mode map has been finished! The first two new enemies have also been modeled and programmed. See the progress video I put up on YouTube: youtu.be/OgqaVdLBEeo

The FAQ has also been updated! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Star Fox CD Updates! Work is in progress on the training mode map! ROB-FX guides you on how to play the game and its mechanics. (Update 1/3)

SFCD Update! Redid the title screen again! I'm quite proud of this, the tiles just barely fit into VRAM. The bottom text is printed by the Super FX now instead of using up background tiles in VRAM. I also finally got my hands on an FXPak Pro for testing!

Minor(?) Star Fox CD update! (See attached image)

StarFox, off the rails... Ive been working on this, on and off, for a long time now. Im not promising itll b made soon but this is nearly ready for a ROM patch. Done so far: - Free flying - Mini-map - U-turn - New map system - BG scrolling - Hidden items - Dialogue: time, area and event triggered

New Release! Sunlit's Untitled Star Fox Minihack DX! An updated version of my first minihack with new graphics and various fixes, tweaks, and additions. rhpz.org/24415

New release! Better cockpit view for Star Fox 64! Modified the cockpit view to something closer to the original Star Fox! No more camera rolling or cockpit model obstructing your view! rhpz.org/22107

FastFX progress! More improvements to the native format exporter: - Handles colored edges and wireframe shapes correctly - Added logic to handle point compression, points are sorted to optimize for compression - The shape header can be edited in Blender before exporting

HUGE FastFX (and by extension, SFCD) progress! FastFX can now export straight to Star Fox (2)'s native shape format for static shapes that are simple enough to not need a BSP tree for Z-sorting!

SFCD Update! Optimized the shapes used in Aquas a bit and tweaked the level timings, the framerate has improved somewhat on SD2SNES! Current lowest FPS is ~10fps! As before, the footage below is about 5 frames faster than SD2SNES. (video again had to be trimmed to 60s for bsky)

happy 2005!!

Since I haven't posted anything about SFCD here for a while, extra context is needed: FastFX is my custom-built blender plugin for importing/exporting custom shapes in 3DG1 format, animated shapes in 3DAN format, and collision boxes for Star Fox hacks. github.com/Sunlitspace5...

I am testing on SD2SNES in fast mode now because of new information revealed in this article in which Randy goes over the new hardware: timeextension.com/features/int... Having a general point of reference for speed now helps a lot with knowing about how far I can take things!

SFCD update! Now that FastFX exists, Aquas is being completely redone! I am now testing on SD2SNES w/ Super FX set to fast to estimate the Super FX 3's clock speed. I can't accurately show this in Mesen 2. Here, it runs about 5 frames faster than SD2SNES. (video had to be trimmed to 60s for bsky)

SFCD update! Added boss nameplate things like SF643D has! SFEX used the 3D credits font for these, I went for the 2D text font instead. This was more difficult to get working than I expected!

SFCD update: I finally finished figuring out the stage order for route 1!! Aquas is nearing completion, so I went ahead and got the background and environment config set up for the next stage to be worked on after Aquas. Any guesses?

SFCD update: I was going to remove BGM fades in levels as every solution I tried resulted in the same crashes, but I finally found a solution that uses the level scripting system to perform the fade and time it instead of lowering volume every NMI in levels, fixing the issue!

By the way: My Discord server has a channel dedicated to SFCD updates/announcements, all the real-time bleeding edge development stuff goes on in the Star Fox CD channel in Kando's discord server. (invite in my server's links channel)

I don't use this site very often yet so for those who only follow me here, here's all the SFCD news in a nutshell: - added msu-1 music driver - started on a level (aquas) - various graphical updates - hiatus for 2 months due to mysterious game breaking bug - fixed it, development resumed

Development of Star Fox CD has begun! This hack will be using the MSU-1 chip for CD quality music (hence the title) and eventually, the Super FX 3 chip and SNES rumble controller designed by the talented Randy Linden!