The Lost Artifact PS1 Conversion - Page 4

Sardoc · 25-05-21, 09:10

Whoa, nice one.

Out of curiosity... are the levels 1:1, or were there some cuts, splits or other compromises?

CheshireBitch · 25-05-21, 10:10

It looks really great ! Amazing work !

Did you add some extra crystals ?

Admles · 27-05-21, 10:25

Please be careful of image sizes folks, post them as links if they are too big.

Defrago · 29-05-21, 19:54

As always, impressive work, b122251!

The only thing left is to find a way to convert PS1 levels to PC to convert, for example, Japanese levels due to their unique geometry

mizuno_suisei · 30-05-21, 03:40

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Originally Posted by Defrago

As always, impressive work, b122251!

The only thing left is to find a way to convert PS1 levels to PC to convert, for example, Japanese levels due to their unique geometry

Been over this before - same with TR1JPS1 and that tomb of qualopec extra area. I'd love to rip the Japanese tr3 levels back to PC but B said this was impossible at present. ;( but eugh I'd kill for their unique maps. Truly!!

HarleyCroft · 06-06-21, 16:09

Whoa is this really a thing that happened??

Well done, b122251!

Thanks for sharing

ReH_ · 06-06-21, 20:49

Oh, my!

Awesome news!

laraxtombx · 16-07-21, 11:33

This is very nice, any update?

Not being impatient but I'm just curious why these ports seem so troublesome and time consuming, could you describe the process of porting the levels? Is it just a matter of converting or compressing files, or do you have to manually make a lot of changes, or cut anything?

b122251 · 19-07-21, 07:07

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Originally Posted by laraxtombx

This is very nice, any update?

Not being impatient but I'm just curious why these ports seem so troublesome and time consuming, could you describe the process of porting the levels? Is it just a matter of converting or compressing files, or do you have to manually make a lot of changes, or cut anything?

These conversions take a huge amount of work. First the level converters had to be written, to convert the levels from PC-format to PSX-format. This has been done, but it took several months.
After that came the problem that every single level was too big to convert 1-to-1. So I had to invent trick after trick to fit the levels into the PS1's limited memory without losing anyhting. This has now succeeded for every level (except Sleeping with the Fishes, which still causes trouble and crashes).
Then there is also the problem of the enemy A.I. for Sophia Leigh being different on TLA than it was on TR3.
And then there's still the simple mundane things like disc building, modifying gameflow, etc.

Sorry to keep all of you waiting, but it really is a lot of work.

LateRaider · 19-07-21, 18:20

don't worry b, i understand how long it takes to do these things. i dont expect this to be out until early next year

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25-05-21, 09:10	#31
Sardoc Archaeologist Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: United Kingdom (England) Posts: 1,271	Whoa, nice one. Out of curiosity... are the levels 1:1, or were there some cuts, splits or other compromises?

25-05-21, 10:10	#32
CheshireBitch Archaeologist Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,733	It looks really great ! Amazing work ! Did you add some extra crystals ?

29-05-21, 19:54	#34
Defrago Hobbyist Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 29	As always, impressive work, b122251! The only thing left is to find a way to convert PS1 levels to PC to convert, for example, Japanese levels due to their unique geometry

16-07-21, 11:33	#38
laraxtombx Hobbyist Join Date: Jun 2021 Posts: 1	This is very nice, any update? Not being impatient but I'm just curious why these ports seem so troublesome and time consuming, could you describe the process of porting the levels? Is it just a matter of converting or compressing files, or do you have to manually make a lot of changes, or cut anything?