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==How To Apply Modsto apply mods==''Main Pagepage: [[Apply ROM Hacks hacks and Translations‎translations‎]]''

==Types of Modsmods==: *Mods that alter the game files: They're permanently *Mods that are included in the ISO/ROM : *They exist within hardware constraints

''If you're looking for enhancements that are outside what the hardware can achieve (HD true color sprites for NES, HD sprites for N64high-resolution sprite/GCtexture replacement) then check this page: [[Use Texture Packspacks]] or [[Frames_per_second|60FPS patches]]''

===Fan-Translationstranslations===

: *Text : *Font : *Graphics (title screen and in-game graphics with text) : *Programming (in case game has no variable width text)

Examples:*[https://www.romhacking.net/translations/2260/ Ace Attorney Investigations 2] (DS)*[https://www.romhacking.net/translations/1333/ Mother 3] (GBA)*[https://www.romhacking.net/translations/961/ Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem] (SNES)*[https://www.romhacking.net/translations/846/ Castlevania: Rondo of Blood] (PC-Engine) ===Anti-Piracy Fixpiracy fix===GBA and DS games don't take too kindly to flashcards. If it's not a black screen at startupstart-up, then some roadblock would be implemented by devs developers to trigger in-game and render all progress impossible. Region-locked games have it even worse, especially import ones. They could use some alteration to the ROM image so that the programming check doesn't go off.

: *Programming

*[https: //www.romhacking.net/hacks/541/ Terranigma ] (SNES): NTSC version patch (changes region, removes region locking programming)

===Intro Screensscreens===Some warez groups for distributing ROMs like to add lengthy unskippable intros with rotating rainbow text and crappy messages, that appear before the game begins executing. This Unfortunately, this practice fell from favor with new warez groups distributing unaltered ROM dumps booting as intended normally... NOT. It is still happens, only going on with mod/hack/fan-translation authors wishing to make it clear this is not an original copy like some cart reproducer scammers would like you to believe. Only some aren't just one short screen but can be as unskippable and annoying as warez intros. And guess what, YOU can mod the intros out of these mods too if you learn far enoughnewly released games.

: *Programming (repointing initial part of executable code from game to intro screen): *Lots of Homebrew stuff, depending of on the author

===Balance Modsmods===An RPG Mostly done for RPGs with an obscenely high encounter rate (every five steps), very low NEXT EXP or stat values hence much games with a lot of grinding, and or inconsistent enemy difficulty. Besides RPGs, other There's also rebalancing mods for games that suffer from some bosses being bullet sponges, and absurd prices (like the dreaded triforce quest in WW) leading to padding and or unnecessary frustration and waste of time not out of the player's incompetency. Sometimes, the frustration is because the game is too easy.

An Many Android game made shitty with tons of games have their microtransactions could use some tinkering with nulled by giving the initial gem counter to have an astronomical value at startup, player infinite money or ideally with the programming tampered with so that it never decreasesremoving cool-down timers.

: *Stat Valuesvalues: *Programming (not often)

*[http: Valkyrie //www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1094547 Valkyria Chronicles rebalance patch ] (PC)*[http: //www.romhacking.net/hacks/848/ Breath of Fire 2 Easy Type] (SNES): Easy Type*[http: //mother12.earthboundcentral.com/ Mother 1 +2 Translation with Easy Ring] (NES)*Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii): Easy Ring Patch** [http://projectmgame.com/ Project M]** [http://smashmods.com/forum/forums/brawl.4/ Brawl+]** [http://www.brawlminus.net/ Brawl-]** [http://balancedbrawl.net/ Balanced Brawl]

===Restoring Cut Contentcut content===Sometimes stuff gets cut from the game before it's released, because devs developers ran short on time. Sometimes stuff gets censored because some offended people can't stand it existing, either this can range from soccer moms from in the nineties yelling "think of the children" while calling for censorship of M-rated games, or social justice to people wanting "games they see as potentially problematic" games banned today (examples include GTA V's being banned in Australian ban, and female costumes in many MMOsfor "sexual violence"). Examples include Poison being changed from female Many companies self-censor based on what they think the majority of their international market may respond negatively to due to transgender because Capcom was threatened by a lawsuit from American feminists over "violence against women", cultural differences or Square censoring Xenogears and its more obvious anti-religion undertones fearing bomb threats from regional sensibilities (increasing the KKK / conservative Christiansa character's age to prevent underage sexualization in countries with a different age of consent). It is a frequent occurrence even nowadays that even may also happen because it simply would be too costly to license. This sort of stuff often has some editors here fail people rallying to exercise objective judgement and try restore it to downplay and defend it when it goes against their political and moral preferencesthe game using whatever little remnants remain.

Well, no matter how many of these vocal fringes either from the nineties or nowadays try '''Changes:'''*Text*Graphics*Pointers to force this, some people are interested in playing the game in its original unaltered form and mod the games themselves enable access to ensure so. Of course, these vocal fringes occasionally get slightly more creative in case they judged that the localization put a poor job censoring problematic stuff, and do it themselves. otherwise inaccessible placesIt may be also because it simply would be *Potentially other things too costly to license. This sort of stuff often has people rallying to restore it to the game with whatever little remnants there still is in-game.

Stuff getting scrapped before release:*[http: //www.sonicretro.org/2014/07/windy-valley-beta-restoration-released-for-sonic-adventure-dx-pc-2004/ Sonic Adventure (GC, PC): Beta Windy Valley: Halo ] (XBGC, PC): unused weapons: Xenoblade (Wii): Bionis left shoulder access: Final Fantasy 7 (PS1): Honey Inn brothel scene*[http: //www.romhacking.net/hacks/333/ Metroid Fusion (GBA)Zero Mission: Crocomire mod: SaGa Frontier ] (PS1GBA): Japanese hack to restore all scrapped plot threads from side-material as functional sidequests*[http: Cosmo Cops / Advance Wars Days of Ruin (DS): re-enabling the fully functional Japanese option, games were unreleased in Japan: /www.romhacking.net/hacks/934/ Star Ocean 1 (PSP): unused difficulty options: Final Fantasy XIII ] (PS3/PCPSP): 7th Ark: Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii): restoring Flying Mario and Ice Mario: Tomb Raider Underworld (PC): Restoring cut level DLC as well as swimsuit costumes cut over "sexualization" allegations: SSB4 (3DS): Restoring the "problematic" Tharja model with a suimsuit that was cut from the game Stuff getting removed from localizations: '''Disclaimer:''' If you feel you're either falling under "devout Christian" or "social activist" labels, have the decency not to erase examples to deny their existence if '''you''' happen to find said cutting of content as "acceptable", or to make the "other side" look bad.

Stuff getting removed from localizations: Final Fantasy 4 (SNES): prostitute sprite restoration: Final Fantasy 6 / Mother 1 / Mother 2 (NES/SNES): uncensored patches restoring death/religious/domestic violence/sexual/alchoholic references: Tales of Phantasia (GBA): Correcting the translation - like sex worker erasure (called "Man" in-game), and Ragnarock called Kangoroo: Gurumin (PSP): restoring hidden options for Japanese audio still in-game: Resident Evil 4 (PC): Japanese mods to restore gore: Actraiser (SFC): Retranslation to restore "blasphemous" elements in the plot: Spike Mc Fang (SFC): Restoring text altered due to being perceived as "promoting violence against women": Bravely Default (3DS): Restoring cut swimsuit costumes cut after complaints over "sexualization"

Stuff getting censor*[http://fantasyanime.com/finalfantasy/ff4/ff4downloads. made less "problematic" by modshtm Final Fantasy 4: Retranslated] (SNES): prostitute sprite restoration*[http://dejap.eludevisibility.org/top.php Tales of Phantasia DeJap] (GBA): One retro fanCorrecting the translation -translator we shall not name was a devout Christian of a certain branch and would like sex worker erasure (called "tone downMan" text and graphics left and right in this translation of his.: Self-proclaimed social justice activists modding MGS V to alter Quiet game), and male character animations "to combat misogyny"Ragnarock called Kangaroo*[http: Final Fantasy IV //www.romhacking.net/translations/1063/ Actraiser: Retranslation Hack] (DSSFC): Mods to make female outfits in the game "less sexualized"

'''Changes:''': TextStuff getting modded to be more offensive: Graphics: Pointers to enable access to these otherwise inaccessible places: potentially other things too*Nudity mods

For when weaboos prefer the original Japanese dubbing (and occasionally opening FMVs) over the horrible terribad English voices... or the lack thereof. In which cases some extensive studying of pointers of data within text has to be done to restore the voice acting in case the evil localizers decided not only to blank the voice samples out but to butcher the programming too (like the Growlanser 4 PSP Undub author hero did). It's often swapping sound files from the English version with ones from the Japanese version, provided they use the same format (which they sometimes don't, leading to crashes, and the need for a more throughout hacking).

It's really popular, but frowned upon by hacking sites usually hosting content, since any patches would contain copyrighted data for voice performance of Japanese VAsvoice actors. That's why you find these undub things directly prepatched pre-patched to ISOs on your favorite shady ROM sharing darknet pitssite.

: *Sound data*FMVs

===Sprite/Model Swapsmodel swaps===Really nice stuffEver wanted to play M.C. Kids (a genuinely fun game) but couldn't due to the game starring the unbearably repulsive hideous satanic abomination that is Ronald McDonald? Wanted to play as a dick / Mara in the original Super Mario Bros? Wanted to play as Zelda in the Legend of Zelda? All of this and more is possible (and has indeed been done) by the modders replacing the original 2D sprites or 3D models with the ones of their liking.

Ever wanted to play M.C. Kids (a genuinely fun game) but couldn't due to the game starring the unbearably repulsive hideous satanic abomination that is Ronald McDonald? Wanted to play as a dick / Mara in the original Super Mario Bros? Your girl wanted to play as Zelda in the Legend of Zelda? Wanted to play as Link in Super Mario 64? As Hideo Kojima in Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes? As Roy in Super Smash Bros Brawl? As Mario in Doki Doki Panic?''Changes:'''*Graphics

All of this and more is possible Examples:*[https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/4205/ Pokémon Red/Blue Gender Selection] (and happened indeedGB) by the modders replacing *[https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/4263/ Pokémon Playable Blue] (GB): Lets you play as the original 2D sprites or 3D models with the ones of their liking.rival'''Changes*[https:'''//www.romhacking.net/reviews/6713/ Sonic in Flicky] (GEN)*[https: Graphics//discord.com/channels/1133007456826564608/1133021716554190888 UFC Undisputed 3 - Undisputed Forever] (PS3) - Xbox 360 version WIP at the moment.

===Level / Quest Hacksquest hacks===When you take it one step further in changing how the game plays by modifying maps and levels. You could also alter the programming to create new gameplay mechanics (FLUDD in Mario 64 DS, Paint Gun in Portal) to accomodate accommodate the new level design and you might end up with a whole new game, Chinese-bootleg-style!

: *Level data: *Graphics (occasionally): *3D Model model of Levellevel

Examples:*[http://www.romhacking.net/?page=hacks&genre=&platform=Asset Enhancement Hacks&game=714&category=&perpage=50&title=&author=&hacksearch=Go Super Mario World] ROM hacks.GBA games suffered from games having brightened palettes (to compensate for the lack of back-lighting on the early models), and terrible sound quality (the samples were low quality either by incompetence, just relying on Nintendo's tools, or wanting to save on cartridge costs)*[https://sites. Forget about that, even SNES games have muffled sound samples and Megadrive games have questionable palette choicesgoogle. Not to mention some FMVs in PS1 games being very low-quality for cost concerns, or having artifacts due to shoddy implementation of hard subs, compared to cleaner versions of the same FMV on other platformscom/site/rockman4mi/ Rockman 4 Minus Infinity]*[https://sites. Have I mentioned horrible font choices for the text?google.com/site/zeldaparallelworlds/home Zelda LTTP Parallel Worlds]

Some modders just went and fixed this up, by editing ===Asset enhancement hacks===GBA games suffered from games having brightened palettes (to compensate for the files containing lack of back-lighting on the sub-par assets early models), and terrible sound quality. SNES games even had muffled sound samples and Mega Drive games have questionable palette choices. Not to include a highermention some FMVs in PS1 games being very low-quality version (often expanding for cost concerns, or having artifacts due to the ROM in the process shoddy implementation of hard subs, compared to get cleaner versions of the needed free space)same FMV on other platforms.

It's nothing too crazy Some modders just went and fixed this up, by editing the files containing the sub-par assets to include a higher-quality version, though - the replacements are still usually abiding by the hardware constraints. If you're looking for HD graphics you might want to check for emulator-based solutions enhancing the game on the go without actually altering the internal files.

*[http: //www.romhacking.net/hacks/969/ Final Fantasy 4/5/6 IV - Sound Restoration hack] ===Scrubbing the game of garbage data===''See the page: [[Save disk space for ISOs#Padding|Save disk space for ISOs (GBAremoving padding) : sound and palette fixes (FF6]] ''s opera scene has full streamed opera singing audio)

===Scrubbing the game off Garbage Data=Built-in graphics mod editor/manager for emulators==Used The ability to get rid of unneeded garbage data filling the disk and thus making it easier to compress later to much smaller sizesedit graphical mods in realtime using an built-in editor for emulators. Currently there is a [https://github. Scrubbing preserves the disk structure by simply blanking out the garbage data areas, which might be needed to preserve the game's functionality when it expects to execute and load data off specific sectors com/dolphin- as opposed to trimming being scrubbing plus rearranging the iso dump file, potentially destructively tooemu/dolphin/pull/12280 pull request] for Dolphin emulator.