![]() I think I'll host beat on, it's by spreading new utilities and offer new alternatives that people will switch. I've also read good things about the open-source XDelta and some of its variances, but byuu's beat seems to be even a better alternative. Madsiur, on 13 February 2016 - 07:26 AM, said:įrom what I've read here and there since a few years it seems the IPS format is somewhat outdated, because of possible errors and patch size limitation. Has anyone gone through and actually downloaded the mods available from the download section and checked what is in the zip files? Chances are anything over 1 MB is not a patch for an SNES game very few patches that I know of (outside of translations) hit that size. Might wanna look at that before making such declarations. This website does host prepatched ROMs such as Lavos Awakening for Chrono Trigger. ![]() There are known documented issues with IPS and ignoring them is a fallacy in and of itself. Traditional use of something doesn't always make it better than an objectively superior alternative (that also improves upon and supports IPS formats with larger file sizes/limitations). People/Users do not always agree on what they want. Please re-read my initial post if you have any doubts as to my intentions.Īlso your argument uses the 'BandWagon' and 'Appeal to Tradition' logical fallacies. It wasn't demanding or flaming those that continue to release in other ways. My tone and the content of my original post was done as a 'suggestion' and an appeal to authors to consider my request/suggestion. This is a well-documented aspect of human psychology. Aka if everyone is using something than more people are inclined to remain with it rather than move to something better. If there is a better alternative, it often isn't used due to the network effect. But eventually we moved on because the limitations and drawbacks exceeded any benefits of remaining with such a poor emulator ( less than ~14% accuracy by the TASVideos testing and ZSNES is among the worst for SNES emulation with around ~72% accuracy). Nobody switched despite superior alternatives. NESticle was the most-used NES emulator for the longest time. I'm promoting an open-source format that is objectively technically-superior to IPS and mitigates potential patching issues for end-users.Ĭonsidering you can look at the most recent posts/topics and see a 'patching help needed' post (not the first nor the last) then anything that benefits end-user patching should be seen as beneficial. It isn't a 'sales pitch' because I'm not selling/shilling anything. This is Insane Difficulty's official position on the matter. We don't host prepatched ROMs because it is illegal to do so in 99% of circumstances. Most likely because there isn't a problem with IPS, and until there is, any other "new" or "improved" patching methods are just about pointless. If there really is a better alternative, why isn't it used? IPS remains (to my knowledge) the most used patching method for mods right now. It could be that BPS is indeed better, but the way I - and a lot of people, really - look at this is like so:Įveryone uses IPS. Wouldn't mind some thoughts/feedback on this.Īll I'll say is that oftentimes when I see stuff like this, it amounts to little more than a sales pitch. As for releasing prepatched ROMs that is up to them, but I hope that also releasing a BPS patch would be useful/desirable in the event the ROM links go poof or are taken down. ![]() So I am hoping that authors here consider offering BOTH the IPS and BPS patches or just the BPS patches for their current/future releases. My own mod for Shining in the Darkness uses the BPS format exclusively. It works similar to LunarIPS but even better in many ways.Ĭlick Apply Patch and it will ask you for the Patch File, the ROM to Patch, and where to save the Patched ROM (preserving your original).Ĭlick on Create Patch and it will ask you for the Original Unmodified ROM, the Modified ROM, and where to save the Patch File. BPS is GPLv3 and open-source so it can be improved on by anyone without needing the original author's permission so it is a far more open format than most IPS alternatives.įloatingIPS is super-easy to use and the settings by default are already optimal unless you want to auto-launch emulators or something. Here is a nice overview of BPS and why it is better than IPS or UPS file formats. ![]() ![]() So one of the benefits of FloatingIPS is that it also enables BPS patching. We've been using IPS since the early days of emulating NES games with NESticle with DOS. However, I believe the IPS format has far outlived usefulness and I hope that people can switch to more error-resistant formats to future-proof their rom 'mods'. To mitigate patching issues with different ROM versions or header/headerless ROMs or other issues, I recommend using FloatingIPS instead of LunarIPS because FloatingIPS does things a bit better with regards to how it does patching.įuSoYa is fantastic and awesome. ![]()
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