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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · 1h

It's not ready for release yet. Marathon Recompiled is unaffiliated with hedge-dev.

Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · 17h

Neither of these mods will work with the recomp on release as they modify game code.

The recomp will contain embedded patches and QoL improvements, but anything drastic will be disabled by default to preserve the original experience.

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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · 3d

listen I wanted to spend maybe a couple weeks on it, not months smh 😔

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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · 3d

None, it's the full retail game (original files are required)

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Isaac @isaacmarovitz.com · 3d

This week we got more progress from @hyperbx.bsky.social on the options menu! All of this is implemented outside the game's UI engine in ImGui :)

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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · 10d

Particle effects have been patched for HFR, this video is the game running at 60fps, so this is normal behaviour.

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Isaac @isaacmarovitz.com · 10d

Nothing much to report this week, but here's a sneak peek at what @hyperbx.bsky.social is cooking up :)

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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · 22d

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Isaac @isaacmarovitz.com · 25d

This week, we've fixed several more high FPS issues, including particles, UI animations, and bullet collision, improvements for the debug camera, and added patches for rendering Shadow's shadow-Mephiles in crispy high res!

Marathon Recompiled running Mephiles Phase 1, showing high resolution Mephiles "shadow" rendering.

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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · Sep 13

I'm finally free from aspect ratio code

A person facing the sunset with their hands raised in the air breaking chains between their arms.

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Isaac @isaacmarovitz.com · Sep 13

Here it is! The most anticipated patch yet...

Ultrawide support in the UI, along with several restoration patches and high frame-rate fixes.

This took a lot of work, so make sure to give your thanks to @hyperbx.bsky.social

Marathon (Sonic '06) Recomp, Castle Town in ultrawide aspect ratio showing correctly aligned UI and town map.

Marathon (Sonic '06) Recomp, Kingdom Valley A - Sonic in ultrawide showing correctly aligned UI.

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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · Sep 13

Oh the entire game was letterboxed, not just the main menu. A 60Hz 16:9 display was required to play this game. lol

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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · Sep 13

clearly you don't own a HDTV

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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · Sep 13

'06 was letterboxed at 4:3, this implementation is entirely custom.

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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · Sep 13

So here we have the main menu scaling to aspect ratios like 16:10, 4:3 and AAAAAAAAAAAA

Marathon Recompiled main menu at 16:10 with correct border scaling.

Marathon Recompiled main menu at 4:3 with correct border scaling.

Marathon Recompiled main menu at 9:16 with... "correct" but unreasonable border scaling.

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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · Sep 10

You know you're screwed when you search for CPU instructions and get results for HP printers instead

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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · Sep 10

I think there might be a problem

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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · Sep 7

(not actually running on a phone... yet)

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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · Sep 7

Yup

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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · Sep 7

In my fork yeah, it's getting closer to being finished and merged, just got a few things left to sort out.

github.com/sonicnext-de...

Implement dynamic UI aspect ratio scaling and controller icons by hyperbx · Pull Request #145 · sonicnext-dev/MarathonRecomp

This PR makes the UI scale dynamically to the viewport aspect ratio, allowing the game to be played at narrow or ultrawide aspect ratios without it stretching. The UI Alignment Mode option can be u...

github.com

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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · Sep 7

Sonic '06 for the telephone

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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · Sep 5

So this is the level of procrastination I'm on today huh

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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · Sep 2

My last lobby in CrossWorlds before the beta servers closed, I'm gonna miss this game. 🫡

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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · Sep 1

I need to get off this vibe coded OS man, I'm so tired of something new just breaking in every update and nothing actually important being addressed, just more Copilot+ garbage nobody is actually asking for

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Hyper @hyperbx.bsky.social · Aug 31

The game is remaining pretty much stock but with optional gameplay enhancements, similar to Unleashed Recompiled.

Most of the work has already been done in the form of old mod manager patches that we've been porting over with some exceptions for new stuff.

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