Romhacks Spirit Tracks – D-Pad & QoL Hack (Nintendo DS) Romhack

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This patch combines d0k3’s QoL improvements with Greiga Master/StraDaMa’s D-Pad Patch to address common frustrations in The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, such as slow train travel and cumbersome mic-blowing. It enhances gameplay without changing the core experience. Features: 1.5x faster train speeds in 2nd gear and reverse Boost mode (4x speed) by holding L or R, 8x speed with both L & R in 2nd gear Mic-blowing replaced by button input (L or R for flute, A everywhere else) Full D-Pad controls for movement, swordplay, and rolling A Super Secret Cheat Code for those who actually read readmes Warning: […]

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Hi! Is there any chance that you can include an AP patch aswell in the bps file? I am trying to play the game on TWiLight Menu++ and the dpad patch does work but I can't test the QOL patch out because I get hit with the anti piracy measure during the train tutorial.
 
I just uploaded an update, including a BPS for the (Europe) version. I tested it and it seems to contain teh bugfixes from Greiga Masters Update 2, so this should be good to go.
 
Okay, i did a bunch of tests, the new compiled rom seems to not work as intended since che dpad wont work as a controller.
So... i went backward.
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Legend of Zelda Spirit Track D-Pad Patch

So this patch lets you play the US version of Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks with mostly non-touch based controls. The new control bindings are Control Bindings: D-Pad=Run Y+Dpad=Walk B=Wide slash B+Dpad=Long slash Y+B=Spin Attack A=Interact A+Dpad=Roll Things that were originally bound the...
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In this topic there's also the patch for eu rom contained in the mediafire link. I open xdelta, setted as source the original untouched eu rom, eu patch as patch and i ignored the checksum and it should work. As of my tests.
 
Thanks, got it! I'm having some trouble finding the base rom dump for this BPS patch. It expects CRC ed48917c, however none of the (E) dumps I found, not even in trimmed form, has this.

By the way, you may use the <a href="https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/" rel="nofollow ugc">online rom patcher</a> to check for the expected CRC and also to check if the BPS patch works.
 
<span>https://file.io/abTm1rLJEa2L</span>
<span>This is the patch for spirit track.</span>
There are some notes: I think i used a trimmed rom for making the patch. The compiler will autotrim the game i guess since i compiled it again. I have the original untouched trimmed rom which i used to compare for this patch. This patch is untested, i just booted the patched game to see if it works.
Let me know if you need something else.
 
I understand, but I have my doubts touchless Spirit Tracks would become a reality. It would involve lots of testing, also some stuff would be difficult to do with just buttons (drawing symbols, for example).

Is touchscreen alignment only a proble, for DS games? Then it should be some software setting in your DS emulator.
 
It's better to not put an email adress out in the open (would lead to lots of spam, I guess).

For small files such as these you could just use <a href="https://www.file.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">file.io</a>.
 
I also play this on my Steam Deck.

And the alignment on the touch screen is out of whack.
 
I also play this on my Steam Deck.

And the alignment on the touch screen is out of whack.
 
Why would you want to remove touch controls?

Even in Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light you can move your character around and interact by touching the touch screen.
 
Works great so far. Any way to make it so you can play the game WITHOUT using the touch screen?
 


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