99 minute version?

[NicholasWolf]

Would it be possible? I bet with that extra space you can make some textures and sounds better, and decrease load times.

[Ren]

It's possible, but to find these cd's is not very easy (in Russia). There are some more fully data releases for 99min cd's like Shenmue 2 or Sonic Adventure.

[Lin]

Make releases in two variants - 80 and 99 mins.

[Anthony817]

But, I don't think that is the problem. The game is only 150mb's to begin with! You literally have 500+mb's to work with lmao.

[Divagante]

But, I don't think that is the problem. The game is only 150mb's to begin with! You literally have 500+mb's to work with lmao.

/thread

[Kosmos]

i have 9x this blank cds remain. dreamcast can't read them. at least my dreamcast...

[NicholasWolf]

why not use that extra 500mb to make the sound quality better, bigger maps, and increase textures?

[Divagante]

We do try nicholas, we do try ^^

hl porters are already using maxxed quality regarding sound / textures and models, the things that occupy the most on a cd. now you refer not quality but to quantity, thats a whole different story, but i think we all agree theres no need to compile everything into one single cd, and having to boot maps ona a keyboard.

And to those extra curious, heres some extra info! One cd with a dreamcast game in it (tipically) is full ! now why is that? The images themselves include something called a "dummy file". Now, what does this file do? it occupies all the space left on the cd into an empty file that does nothing, except being burned first. What does this mean? it means that the dummy file pushes all the important files away from the middle as much as possible. Now, since the outskirts of the cd can contain way more info than the center of it, it takes less rotation to read the same ammount of information, and less lens movement too. The practical side of this process? Faster loadings and less impact to the lens.

[NicholasWolf]

why not change the models to their original 1998 ones? i like those ones better.