[julayla]

I have to disagree with you on the slow boss dying animation problem being a "must fix" issue, Raykusen.

It was also like that with Megaman X2 so it's not a big deal to me {I know from experience when I played both original MMX2 & MMX3 games on my old snes game console a few decades ago in the late 1990s}

It was also like that in the original Megaman X game as well (which at the time wasn't a big deal as it lasted for 10 seconds at least).

[Raykusen]

I have to disagree with you on the slow boss dying animation problem being a "must fix" issue, Raykusen.

It was also like that with Megaman X2 so it's not a big deal to me {I know from experience when I played both original MMX2 & MMX3 games on my old snes game console a few decades ago in the late 1990s}

Dude, X2 is as bad as X3 in terms of the boss taking forever to die.

It will be a very welcomed update that helps to keep the pace of the game.

Just compare X1 boss dying animation to X2 and X3 and you will notice the difference.

[pianohombre]

I'm always a big fan of justin's work. I finally got around to checking out this hack. I'm not sure if Zero can use the ride armor in original X3, but it's a cool addition. I think the file save system is probably the most impressive feature though, IMHO

[Guilherme Resende]

why don't you recreate Megaman X2 Zero Project? I really want this hack.

[ZEROmaverick]

why don't you recreate Megaman X2 Zero Project? I really want this hack.

I think ProgrammerPeru finished the X1 and X2 "Zero Projects" but they are mostly a sprite change using ZERO sprites.

I'd love to play an X2 Zero Project where you can fully play as ZERO after his 3 parts are recovered from the X-Hunters.

[Flaviogames]

the zero project wasn't better because it's not possible to use the sword instead of the shots when approaching the enemy, didn't you think about that? repeatedly hitting Y phase combos with the sword would be too good

[justin3009]

the zero project wasn't better because it's not possible to use the sword instead of the shots when approaching the enemy, didn't you think about that? repeatedly hitting Y phase combos with the sword would be too good

Sure did think about that well over 10 years ago when I first started this project. Don't care to do it anymore. Too much work and not enough motivation for this project. If it's not good enough for you without it, then don't play it.

I think ProgrammerPeru finished the X1 and X2 "Zero Projects" but they are mostly a sprite change using ZERO sprites.

I'd love to play an X2 Zero Project where you can fully play as ZERO after his 3 parts are recovered from the X-Hunters.

That's what I had originally setup in the old, old X2 Zero Project I was working on many years ago. Zero would be playable after you obtain his parts, X-Hunters were able to be encountered right after the introduction stage and various other ideas. But the old version that I threw out into the public is back before I was using any kind of compiler so it's all hand written into the ROM itself, much like the original Zero Project versions for X3.

[pianohombre]

Justin, did you use an editor to hack this game in high-level code, or did you hack the hex and use a disassembler?

[justin3009]

Used a disassembler, no editor was used as there's nothing really specific for this game.

[ViperAcidZX]

I've played through this ROM hack and absolutely loved it, it brings new life to Mega Man X3 and fixes the longstanding annoyance I had with the original game concerning Zero's purpose as a playable character. I can't thank you enough justin3009 and everyone who contributed to this project. That said, is there any way this can be compatible with the Relocalization Project for Mega Man X3? I've tried to use them together and it's either I don't see the translation changes (other than the newer logo) or it freezes the game after patching a Zero Project patched ROM with the relocalization patch.

[SuxMenner]

I've played through this ROM hack and absolutely loved it, it brings new life to Mega Man X3 and fixes the longstanding annoyance I had with the original game concerning Zero's purpose as a playable character. I can't thank you enough justin3009 and everyone who contributed to this project. That said, is there any way this can be compatible with the Relocalization Project for Mega Man X3? I've tried to use them together and it's either I don't see the translation changes (other than the newer logo) or it freezes the game after patching a Zero Project patched ROM with the relocalization patch.

You should apply the relocalization patch first, works out for me.

[ViperAcidZX]

You should apply the relocalization patch first, works out for me.

Is there anything specific I need to do? Because I applied the Relocalization patch first, then took to retranslated ROM to patch files from Github, ran Asar MMX3.bat on the ROM, then took the same ROM and put it into the Altas folder and ran the Atlas.exe - X3 (Everything).bat file and it undid the retranslation text.

[SuxMenner]

Is there anything specific I need to do? Because I applied the Relocalization patch first, then took to retranslated ROM to patch files from Github, ran Asar MMX3.bat on the ROM, then took the same ROM and put it into the Altas folder and ran the Atlas.exe - X3 (Everything).bat file and it undid the retranslation text.

Yeah I fact checked my files and I was wrong, Zero Project does indeed replace the Relocalization text, I guess I didn't really check for if the text had truly changed after patching both files onto X3 a few months ago and I hadn't truly done a full playthrough of the patched rom to really know.

In this case, yeah we should contact either the guy who made the relocalization in order to be compatible with ZP or get someone else to do it, if Justin isn't interested in doing it himself that is.

Funny thing about this is that now we have three very needed X3 patches that are seemingly incompatible with each other, at first I thought it was only the MSU-1 patch which leaves X3 ZP with glitched sprites and now we have the relocalization which doesn't really work aside from the logo change.

[G30FF]

The reason they're not compatible is that Zero Project actually moves the text to a different part of the rom than what Relocalization uses. From what I understand, Zero Project relocates a few blocks of code after resizing the rom to make room for its changes.

That being said, all of the text Zero Project injects are stored in the GitHub project, so theoretically it should be fairly easy to replace the game text by changing the text files in the project and building it. But it would be a matter of remaking the Relocalization patch on top of Zero Project.

[ThegreatBen]

There's what, like 15 lines in the whole game? Why not get a table file and hex editor and rewrite the revised dialog in yourself.

Then you can release it here.

[andrewclunn]

There's what, like 15 lines in the whole game? Why not get a table file and hex editor and rewrite the revised dialog in yourself.

Then you can release it here.

While a good suggestion, to help them actually do it (assuming they know not how), first take the unpatched rom, and rom with the patch applied and open them both in a hex editor.  Then copy the output into a diff checker (available online, or there are plugins for notepad++).  That will show you exactly what the patch changed and where.  Then you can copy the hex from the section you want to update in the unpatched rom.  Now open a rom patched with the zero project.  Search for that same pattern (containing the text from the unpatched version).  Now manually replace that with what it was changed to in the diff checked version.  Make sense?  Congrats, now you can do hex editing!

[G30FF]

Something important to note, Zero Project actually has completely different scripts depending on whether you're playing as X or Zero. justin3009 modified the script to reflect there being multiple playable characters, and separated out the script files for each character so that they can have different text.

[justin3009]

Also, just to remind people, the text files are free to edit in the actual source. Like, straight up there to edit. Once you recompile the entire thing, it'll reflect those changes immediately.

You can definitely import the relocalized script just modifying the text files, however, the VWF they use would have to be a massive rewrite on my end or someone else undertaking it. I'm pretty sure they had notes on what they modified though and where so it's not impossible to do.

[Guilherme Resende]

if you beat this version of mega man x3 with X, there will be a glitch on New Game+ when zero uses the improved Z-Saber on the mosquito. Just search on YouTube between quotes: "Mega man X3 - Zero Project (V4.4) New Game+ Bug"

[bradzx]

I don't see the patch for 4.4.  Only I see you have 4.1.