HIOUDEN ~ LEGEND OF THE SCARLET KING ~ THE DEMONIC OATH ENGLISH TRANSLATION V1.00 Copyright 2005 Aeon Genesis http://agtp.romhack.net ToC 1.About Hiouden 2.Patch History 3.Patch Credits and Contributors 4.Known Issues 5.Application Instructions 6.Troubleshooting -------------------------------------- 1.Hiouden ~ Legend of the Scarlet King -------------------------------------- Hiouden's a fast-paced strategy game that takes place in real-time. I refer to it as such so as people don't confuse it with the more popular resource-management RTS games out there, like Warcraft or Command and Conquer, because it's definitely not like those at all. It's got a fair amount of story, is tough as nails, was developed by Wolfteam and has music by Motoi Sakuraba if that's your thing. --------------- 2.Patch History --------------- God, this project's old. All I can tell you folks is that it sat around collecting dust for a while, that I eventually got the necessary hacks done, played around with the menu some, and waited for playtesters. It's been a very long haul, but it's also been a very long day, and I really don't have the patience to sit down and force myself to remember every little detail of Hiouden's history. Sorry, folks. October 12, 2004 - Initial version 1.00 Release --------------- 3.Patch Credits --------------- THE HIOUDEN TEAM Main Team: Gideon Zhi - Project leader, Romhacker, Script proof Datenshi - Translation Special thanks to... ...Kitsune Sniper for the great new title screen. -------------- 4.Known Issues -------------- --The DTE doesn't always function 100% correctly, and it will on very rare occasions leave out a letter. This should not affect your enjoyment of the game at all. --If a character's level exceeds 255, the game crashes. I'm fairly convinced that this happens in the Japanese version as well, so it's not my problem. There are no other known issues. If you find any, please post about them on The Pantheon (http://donut.parodius.com/agtp) -------------------------- 5.Application Instructions -------------------------- Quick ROM Info: 1.50B (12mbit LoROM), WITHOUT Header (1,572,864 bytes). If using ZSNES, make sure that the patch has the same name as your ROM. In other words, if your ROM is called "hiouden.smc" make sure the patch is "hiouden.ips" okay? If you're using a Mac, a Mac IPS patcher is available. Check the AGTP Links page. If you're using a copier, you probably already know how to patch the ROM :) Be sure to apply the patch to a clean copy of the ROM, and make sure your ROM DOES NOT HAVE A HEADER!. If you right-click the ROM and select Properties, it should read "Size: 1.50 MB (1,572,864 bytes)". SNESTool can remove your headers for you easily, and you can find it at http://rpgd.emulationworld.com In the utilities section, click on the IPS Tools link. An easy way to tell if the game has a header or not is that if you do the above and the game does not run, it probably has a header. Use SNESTool to remove the header from a clean Japanese ROM and try again. And don't whine about SNESTool not working in Windows XP, it works fine for me and I'm running on XP Pro. ----------------- 6.Troubleshooting ----------------- --If the game does not run at all, read the above section on application instructions (specifically on header removal.) Make sure your ROM is not read-only when you add its header. Also make sure that if you previously hard-patched the ROM and the game crashes as described, you will need to re-apply the patch a clean, Japanese original ROM.