t0ms0nic's Mod Release Thread

[Minka]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPTdzU7rVQ8
Chibi Mod
Characters are replaced by chibi versions. Roughly playable, Debug Mode playthroughs advised.
Download (MEGA): Video description, MEGA links are blocked on Steam.
Download (DropBox): https://www.dropbox.com/s/c2ykmh9q3np4x6n/SonicMania-ChibiMod.7z?dl=0
CAUTION: USE WITH DEBUG MODE OR A FINISHED SAVE FILE. The Chibi versions have their own collision properties and break some of the level gimmicks.

Miku SEGA Chant
Uses the chant from the Project Diva trailer, not the underwhelming ingame one.
Download (MEGA): Video description, MEGA links are blocked on Steam.
Download (DropBox): https://www.dropbox.com/s/nbt4zxtzg7ns4br/SonicMania-MikuSEGA.7z?dl=0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0TuTSLRjww
Remove Super HUD
Removes the Super transformation notice on the HUD. Now redundant due to a Mania Mod Loader code that does this, leaving my mod available just in case.
Download (MEGA): Video description, MEGA links are blocked on Steam.
Download (DropBox): https://www.dropbox.com/s/yjg2lrcbhswpz54/SonicMania-RemoveSuperHUD.7z?dl=0

Remove Hyper Ring HUD
Removes the Hyper Ring effects on the HUD. Recommended for use with Mod Loader's "Have Combine Ring" code.
Download (MEGA): Video description, MEGA links are blocked on Steam.
Download (DropBox): https://www.dropbox.com/s/v9auke3r9ne8jq7/SonicMania-RemoveHyperRingHUD.7z?dl=0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuGGDmQNSmA
Studipolis Act 2 Noise Removal
Removes the infamous stream buzzing sound after Act 2's boss battle and filters Flying Battery's droning sound.
Download (MEGA): Video description, MEGA links are blocked on Steam.
Download (DropBox): https://www.dropbox.com/s/01tzzqmvdrz99b9/SonicMania-SPZNoiseRemove.7z?dl=0

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1140973084
The Fresh Prince of Stardust Speedway
Changes the gladiator constellation in Stardust Speedway Act 1 to Will Smith... and includes the mashup by S0LV0.
Download (GameBanana): https://gamebanana.com/maps/197149
Alternate MEGA and DropBox downloads are below the GameBanana download

[Ikagura]

Looks nice

[Kode.Ex]

huh and here I thought this was one of those games that had modding stripped away because of that pesky and all obtrusive drm. hmm many deceptions, much butthurt. thanks for sharing the mod and its loader

[Minka]

Originally posted by Kode.Ex:

huh and here I thought this was one of those games that had modding stripped away because of that pesky and all obtrusive drm. hmm many deceptions, much butthurt. thanks for sharing the mod and its loader

Glad to be sharing it! Yeah, the Denuvo thing is easily the barest use of it yet, as far as I'm aware? It's basically just that one thing in the EXE to validate the game online when you first boot it for piracy's sake, otherwise modding the game is as easy as all the other modern Sonic games so far.

Just got to give people time to figure out how more of the game works under the hood. Awaiting the Metal Sonic mod that's being worked on at Sonic Retro, myself.

[Saph]

Originally posted by Kode.Ex:

huh and here I thought this was one of those games that had modding stripped away because of that pesky and all obtrusive drm. hmm many deceptions, much butthurt. thanks for sharing the mod and its loader

This.

[Red]

Originally posted by Kode.Ex:

huh and here I thought this was one of those games that had modding stripped away because of that pesky and all obtrusive drm. hmm many deceptions, much butthurt. thanks for sharing the mod and its loader

That's because people would rather parrot crap they read online than do their own research. It only takes a quick loot at MGSV's modding community to see how much you can do even if a game is protected by Denuvo.

[Minka]

Figured I'd rework this into a personal mod release thread for now. Hope nobody minds.

Just updated the first post with a video of the chibi mod in action and released two new mods: one to remove the button prompt for the Super transformations that seems to be a common complaint, and a personal one that removes the effects of the Hyper Ring powerup on the HUD since the Mod Loader got updated and has a cheat option to always have it enabled.

[TemmieNeko]

Originally posted by Minka:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPTdzU7rVQ8
Chibi Mod
Characters are replaced by chibi versions. Roughly playable, Debug Mode playthroughs advised.
Download (MEGA): Video description, MEGA links are blocked on Steam.
Download (DropBox): https://www.dropbox.com/s/c2ykmh9q3np4x6n/SonicMania-ChibiMod.7z?dl=0
CAUTION: USE WITH DEBUG MODE OR A FINISHED SAVE FILE. The Chibi versions have their own collision properties and break some of the level gimmicks.

Miku SEGA Chant
Uses the chant from the Project Diva trailer, not the underwhelming ingame one.
Download (MEGA): Video description, MEGA links are blocked on Steam.
Download (DropBox): https://www.dropbox.com/s/nbt4zxtzg7ns4br/SonicMania-MikuSEGA.7z?dl=0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0TuTSLRjww
Remove Super HUD
Removes the Super transformation notice on the HUD.
Download (MEGA): Video description, MEGA links are blocked on Steam.
Download (DropBox): https://www.dropbox.com/s/yjg2lrcbhswpz54/SonicMania-RemoveSuperHUD.7z?dl=0

Remove Hyper Ring HUD
Removes the Hyper Ring effects on the HUD. Recommended for use with Mod Loader's "Have Combine Ring" code.
Download (MEGA): Video description, MEGA links are blocked on Steam.
Download (DropBox): https://www.dropbox.com/s/v9auke3r9ne8jq7/SonicMania-RemoveHyperRingHUD.7z?dl=0

and the everythign knuckles mod not listed :/ thats the one i want!

[Minka]

Originally posted by TemmieNeko:

and the everythign knuckles mod not listed :/ thats the one i want!

yes, because i didn't make that

hence why it's a personal mod release thread

[TemmieNeko]

Originally posted by Minka:

Originally posted by TemmieNeko:

and the everythign knuckles mod not listed :/ thats the one i want!

yes, because i didn't make that

hence why it's a personal mod release thread

wait, you created these>
somebody stole credit for your chibi mod, then
http://heavy.com/games/2017/09/sonic-mania-mods-mod-how-to-use-pc-steam/

[Minka]

Originally posted by TemmieNeko:

wait, you created these>
somebody stole credit for your chibi mod, then
http://heavy.com/games/2017/09/sonic-mania-mods-mod-how-to-use-pc-steam/

Ah, no, that was the second chibi mod somebody else had made before mine. For a bit of history:

1) Beatz released their chibi one first about a day after release, but it was only Sonic and is the entire exe file with a few pointers changed.
2) TSININY released the one you linked to a few days later, which had Sonic, Tails and Knuckles and was a repackage of the Data.rsdk file (I think? Though they seem to have made a Mod Loader version now), but they didn't copy over and rename the files for Chibi Tails' tails, so he's bugged and has his normal version ones in some animations.
3) I released mine even later, on the day the Mod Loader was out, but it doesn't have the problem with Tails' tails and I gave a fair warning that it shouldn't be used in regular play, only with a completed save file or the Mod Loader's always-on debug mode cheat.

I'm trying to keep a leg up on the others, too; I'm toying around with the modding tools available to try and fix Tails and Knuckles not being able to transform, and see if I can add sprites for missing animations so they don't break on some of the level gimmicks.

[LoneTech]

Originally posted by Minka:

Originally posted by Kode.Ex:

huh and here I thought this was one of those games that had modding stripped away because of that pesky and all obtrusive drm. hmm many deceptions, much butthurt. thanks for sharing the mod and its loader

Glad to be sharing it! Yeah, the Denuvo thing is easily the barest use of it yet, as far as I'm aware? It's basically just that one thing in the EXE to validate the game online when you first boot it for piracy's sake, otherwise modding the game is as easy as all the other modern Sonic games so far.

Just got to give people time to figure out how more of the game works under the hood. Awaiting the Metal Sonic mod that's being worked on at Sonic Retro, myself.

It's not exactly hard to explain that inaccuracy; breaking modability is one of the things Denuvo claim to do in their marketing, and neither Sega nor Denuvo will say what it does do. These mods have empirically shown that it didn't go into full kill mode from that particular modification; it doesn't show how many levels of malfunction it has or which conditions they do occur. It could be as simple as a single online check (which is completely redundant as it's a Steam release). More likely it has a few more conditions, such as limited activations for a particular account (yep, that's data they collect), and breaking should you swap hard drives, network cards, or whatever identifiers they chose.

This doesn't change the fact that it's there to break the game. It's not doing you any service.

Also, as for my lack of personal research on this particular implementation, you may have glossed over the parts where I refuse to either pay for Denuvo or pirate this game. Thus I have nothing to do such research on, even if it were feasible within weeks (it's not, as there's no telling how many places the Denuvo code has modified).

[Minka]

Not even sure what you trying to accomplish by talking about it at that length in a thread like this, but I reeaaaally couldn't care less.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuGGDmQNSmA
Studipolis Act 2 Noise Removal
Removes the infamous stream buzzing sound after Act 2's boss battle and filters Flying Battery's droning sound.
Download (MEGA): Video description, MEGA links are blocked on Steam.
Download (DropBox): https://www.dropbox.com/s/01tzzqmvdrz99b9/SonicMania-SPZNoiseRemove.7z?dl=0

Almost forgot I had this thread to post my mods here. This is part of some small quality-of-life improvements I'm making for myself just to squash the few tiny problems I have with Mania, but I had seen at least a few complaints about these sounds around and figured this was worth sharing.

[Fentanyl]

nice

[Minka]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1140973084
The Fresh Prince of Stardust Speedway
Changes the gladiator constellation in Stardust Speedway Act 1 to Will Smith... and includes the mashup by S0LV0.
Download (GameBanana): https://gamebanana.com/maps/197149
Alternate MEGA and DropBox downloads are below the GameBanana download

Because nobody else was going to do it at this point, apparently.

[Kaice]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aDKgpxwr2w&t=49s

you guys should check this guy out, hes even trying to make Tails only sections in Green Hill which is sick.