Possible Chao Garden Hack?

[MrChaoLover]

Does anyone know if there is any hack or mod to make the dreamcast chao gardens available in the pc games of SA2? The dreamcast version had much cooler chao garden layouts and i was wondering if it was possible to create the dreamcast versions in the pc games.

[krzys2]

it is imposible to change game models, so you can't

[MrChaoLover]

Darn that would be awesome tho. Thanks for the response :)

[Jeffery Mewtamer]

The SA2 model format hasn't been fully cracked, so there don't exist any tools for putting custom models into SA2. However, I have no idea if the Dramcast and Steam versions of SA2 are using the same model format(or at least similiar enough that conversion isn't needed), and as such don't know if such a hack would just involve a few file replacements or whether it would require some actual hacking.

[BlackLuigi7]

Does anyone know if there is any hack or mod to make the dreamcast chao gardens available in the pc games of SA2? The dreamcast version had much cooler chao garden layouts and i was wondering if it was possible to create the dreamcast versions in the pc games.

Use the SA2B mod loader.
It allows you to swap out levels, textures, etc. and still be able to boot the game. That's how I made my Nick Cage garden.
And it already comes with the dreamcast gardens, too.

[Jeffery Mewtamer]

I decided to inquire about this on a hacking forum recently, and the answer I got was a long the lines of:
1. The level geometry is portable from Dreamcast to PC, but such data is compiled into the .exe and .dlls in the PC version, so fileswapping isn't possible.
2. The are other things to consider for such a port(object layouts, spawn point maps) which might likewise be hardcoded.
3. This applies more or less the same for bothe SA1 and SA2.

[BlackLuigi7]

I decided to inquire about this on a hacking forum recently, and the answer I got was a long the lines of:
1. The level geometry is portable from Dreamcast to PC, but such data is compiled into the .exe and .dlls in the PC version, so fileswapping isn't possible.
2. The are other things to consider for such a port(object layouts, spawn point maps) which might likewise be hardcoded.
3. This applies more or less the same for bothe SA1 and SA2.

I literally walked around in the dreamcast versions of the levels yesterday. When I get home tonight I'll even record a video if you want.

Or, you know, you could just install the mod loader yourself. Or ask Darkibenji.