Features ideas

[snesrev]

Talk about new features here

[Ruggie74]

I do not know ANYTHING about making games. Is it possible to redo ALL of the terrain and sprite graphics/animations, or do those features suffer similar restrictions as SNES romhacks? What about adding things like 3D light sources? Custom weapons/tools from more modern Zelda games being implemented? Someone with more knowledge please discuss what the possibilities are with this project because I don't have a damn clue what I am talking about!

[UltraHDR]

Sprite replacement would be cool

[UltraHDR]

MSU1 audio/video replacement support
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AKSoDFUSKA

SNES audio samples can be found here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JJBlHHDc65fhZmKUGLrDTLCm6rfUU83-kbuD8Y0zU0o

[Ruggie74]

Yes please.

[snesrev]

It's added in master (for music)

[Ruggie74]

It's added in master (for music)

You got MSU-1 support working for this?! OMG I CAN'T WAIT!! Thank you so much. Can anyone please share a video of what they have done with a MSU-1 patch? I would really like to hear some of the music people are adding to the game so that I can be inspired to try and learn how to make a MSU-1 patch myself!! Thank you guys!

[UltraHDR]

Add BS The Legend of Zelda & BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets support

Not sure if it uses the same engine

https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/BS_The_Legend_of_Zelda
https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/BS_The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Ancient_Stone_Tablets

Thanks

[Ruggie74]

Honestly though, do you think that just having sprite replacement would satisfy this idea? Or no?

[UltraHDR]

No, the first is a remake of the NES https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda_(video_game) game and the 2nd is a completely different game

[UltraHDR]

Add features from "A Link to the Past Redux" & "A Link to the Past DX" romhacks

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/2594/
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/2234/

e.g:

• Break pots with sword
• Collect items with sword

[Ruggie74]

Great ideas, especially the 2nd item slot from those hacks!

[JasonShearer]

Nothing against UltraHDR's suggestions, but I think they belong in a fork.

[UltraHDR]

Yes I agree it's probably suited for a fork

[snesrev]

Collect items with sword added in master
Break pots with sword added in master

[UltraHDR]

Use X Button for a 2nd item slot and remap Map to another button (maybe press select and start together)

[CowSoftware]

I think adding a warning or disclaimer in the .ini file and informing the player about the map button getting rebound to another button would make things less confusing. Something like this:

...Or you can make this feature togglable.

[FitzRoyX]

Oh, you tied it to the LR stuff. Yeah I dunno, maybe separate them. Although I question how many people would use a feature that makes map access more annoying or impossible. Was this in a popular hack or something?

[snesrev]

Is Select instead of X more annoying?

[FitzRoyX]

I thought select was used for the save/quit prompt?

[snesrev]

I moved the old Select menu to the Start menu. I.e. first go to Start, then press Select. And then Select is available to use for the map.

[Ruggie74]

Allow L and R buttons to cycle through your usable items/tools.

[snesrev]

Added in master

[FitzRoyX]

Pretty reasonable feature since they weren't bound to anything outside the mode7 map. Maybe shovel access can be tied to LR after flute acquisition so that you don't have to redesign the menu?

[Witchybun]

If there was effort to include randomizer support akin to Ship of Harkinian I think it would really streamline how people do randomizers; however I do wonder how that community will react to how fast some of the load times are when it comes to races.

[snesrev]

How do you like the inventory reordering?

[VictorXPDE]

Add support for translations and Unicode characters. The language could be changed in the .ini file.

[CowSoftware]

Add the ability to mute the low HP alarm sound.

[snesrev]

Added in master

[JasonShearer]

Is it possible to add optional skipping of the Triforce intro upon button press and yellow text when rupees/bombs/arrows are at maximum like in the GBA port? A whole list of differences between the SNES and GBA versions can be found here. Perhaps there's some other useful changes on there that can be incorporated as optional features.

[snesrev]

Triforce intro skipping added in master

[snesrev]

Max items can now be displayed with a yellow/brownish color.

[JasonShearer]

I already requested this under Issues, which is still marked as Open, but I might as well include it here.

Pixel shader/filter support. :D .cg(p), .glsl(p), and .slang(p) in particular, which are the most commonly used, but perhaps also Quark shader folders since they were used specifically for byuu/Near's SNES emulator. You can read a little more about the different shader/filter types on Emulation General Wiki if you're so inclined.

The holdup was the different license types between the libretro shaders and not being sure if it was okay to add them to the repo, no? I still think the best way around this is to allow the user to incorporate them much like the MSU-1 feature.

[snesrev]

That's not really the only holdup. It's just not that straightforward for me to write the code for this, cause I never worked with shaders before.

[UltraHDR]

Dropped items don't disappear after x seconds.

Makes collecting items easier

[UltraHDR]

Use more than 2 bombs at once

[snesrev]

Added in master

[VictorXPDE]

Add the option to speed up the game by holding Space bar (or any other key you map it to) like the fast forward feature in emulators.

[snesrev]

Added in master

[UltraHDR]

Add Hero Mode https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Hero_Mode

Enemies deal double the damage and Hearts do not appear

[Covarr]

Idea: Feature for dungeon names appear when you enter a dungeon, as seen in the GBA port.

[ShadowOne333]

Possibly adding Redux as a feature would be neat :P
Here's the source code for it in case it's needed:
https://github.com/ShadowOne333/A-Link-to-the-Past-Redux

Also, another two suggestions I'd like to make:

1. Implement/unlock the Four Swords Dungeon from the GBA port upon completing the game once.
2. port of Ancient Stone Tablets using the same engine as ALttP.

Just out of curiosity, is compiling the whole source back into an SNES ROM possibly with this?

[snesrev]

No there's no way to build the SNES rom from this.

[snesrev]

It would require a lot of changes to images/strings...

[JasonShearer]

How about an option to start a save with full hearts?

Edit: To clarify, I mean full health, not all heart pieces.

[JasonShearer]

Maybe an option to hide the output window?

[Kameo75]

Thank you for the effort!
Is it possible to hit it in ultrawide? can you do something to remove the black bars on the sides? thank you very much

[Kameo75]

I would also like to ask you how I can replace the textures.. a bit like in The legend of Zelda Nes (mesen remaster). If you can advise me.... thank you very much

[mdtauk]

How difficult would it be to implement the replacing of graphics and palettes, that break out of the limitations of the SNES image formats?

HD packs with more than we 256 colours for example?

[BenPaddon]

Optional HUD placement that mimics the placement of more recent Zelda games (HP/mana in top-left, current item(s) in top-right, rupee count in lower-left, arrow and bomb count aligned with those items when equipped)

[BenPaddon]

Optional spaced HUD to make better use of widescreen/ultrawide real estate.

[BenPaddon]

If one were to extract the English re-translation from the GBA version, would it be possibly to implement that as an optional alternate?

[Kallan007]

Can this be played on Steam Deck?

[DPS2004]

yes, if its compiled on the deck

[poisoned-arrow]

Hi @Kallan007
I got it working on the deck quite easily. Although you can compile it on the deck, it's not necessary. I compiled it on my windows 11 pc, then transferred the parent folder to my deck using Winpinator/Warpinator detailed here: https://www.lifewire.com/connect-steam-deck-to-pc-6360959
Once you have added it to your steam library as a non-steam game, you'll need to go into the properties -> compatibility and choose the latest non-experimental version of proton. If I remember correctly that was the final step I had to do to get it working.
Good Luck!

[TheOldOne822]

Even that's not needed, it's in the Steam Decks built in "Discover" flatpak repro if you switch to desktop mode so you can just install it from there.

[Kryptortio]

Pause when the main window loses focus (and unpause when it gains focus).

[Guigou-hack]

Hello everyone ! I enjoy playing from my switch to zelda 3 in French again, thank you, however, after adding the dialogues in French, the menus remain in English. Would it be possible to add the hud_icons.png file in French in the extract in order to compile the whole game in French or in another language? THANKS !

[Guigou-hack]