Mega Man X3 MSU-1 hack Version 1.1 by DarkShock This hack adds CD quality audio to Mega Man X3 and Mega Man X3 Zero Project using the MSU-1 chip invented by byuu. The hack has been tested on SD2SNES, bsnes-plus and higan 094. The patched ROM needs to be named mmx3_msu1.sfc. Note they are 4 IPS patches: - mmx3_msu1_emulator.ips is the one to use for proper volume in emulators. - mmx3_msu1.ips is for the SD2SNES - mmx3_msu1_zero_emulator.ips is for Zero Project to use in emulators - mmx3_msu1_zero.ips is for Zero Project to use on the SD2SNES Original specs of the ROM: MEGAMAN X3 2097152 Bytes (16.0000 Mb) Padded: Maybe, 2887 Bytes (0.0220 Mb) Interleaved/Swapped: No Backup unit/emulator header: No Version: 1.0 Checksum: Ok, 0x4055 (calculated) == 0x4055 (internal) Inverse checksum: Ok, 0xbfaa (calculated) == 0xbfaa (internal) Checksum (CRC32): 0xfa0fe671 =============== = Using higan = =============== 1. Patch the ROM 2. Launch it using higan 3. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Emulation\Super Famicom\mmx3_msu1.sfc in Windows Explorer. 4. Copy manifest.bml and the .pcm file there 5. Run the game ==================== = Using on SD2SNES = ==================== Drop the ROM file, mmx3_msu1.msu and the .pcm files in any folder. (I really suggest creating a folder) Launch the game and voilą, enjoy ! =============== = Music = =============== The music is an edited version of the PS1/Saturn music for looping and volume boosting. Find the music pack here: https://www.mediafire.com/?d249260e88oc9y2 If you want to make your own music pack, here's the music index: 01 = Intro Stage 02 = Blast Hornet 03 = Frost Buffalo 04 = Gravity Beetle 05 = Toxic Seahorse 06 = Doppler Stage 1 07 = Crush Crawfish 08 = Neon Tiger 09 = Boss Battle 1 10 = Doppler Stage 4 11 = Title Screen 12 = Stage Select 13 = Passsword 14 = Tunnel Rhino 15 = Boss Selected Jingle 16 = Talking to Dr.Cain 17 = Doppler Boss Battle 18 = Doppler Stage Select 19 = Victory Jingle 20 = Intro cutscene 21 = Ending Theme 1 22 = Boss Intro 1 24 = Doppler Stage 3 26 = Volt Catfish 27 = Vile Secret Stage 28 = Sigma Battle 1 29 = Sigma Battle 2 30 = Cast Roll (Ending Theme 2) 31 = Got a Weapon Jingle 32 = Zero Theme ============= = Compiling = ============= Source is availabe on GitHub: https://github.com/mlarouche/MegamanX3-MSU1 To compile the hack you need * bass v14 (http://files.byuu.org/download/bass_v14.tar.xz) * wav2msu (https://github.com/mlarouche/wav2msu) To distribute the hack you need * uCON64 (http://ucon64.sourceforge.net/) * 7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org/) make.bat assemble the patch create_pcm.bat create the .pcm from the WAV files distribute.bat distribute the patch make_all.bat does everything