English translation patch for "Virtua Cop 2" (standalone version using Smash Pack assets)

[ateam]

Hello everyone!

I decided to swap overs assets/code from the "Sega Smash Pack: Volume 1" version of "Virtua Cop 2" into the standalone Japanese release to create a quick-and-dirty English translation patch.

Was this patch necessary? Does is it have much to offer? Not even close...

DOWNLOAD PATCH:
https://github.com/DerekPascarella/Virt ... hDreamcast

DOWNLOAD PATCHED GDI:
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=down ... IJWs24xA33

Note that presently, I am not providing a CDI patch due to challenges of building CDIs with CDDA for Windows CE games. Should someone else, like Pitito, decide to give it a try, I'd be very grateful.

Here's a list of changes:
• All VMU save/load messages appear in English.
• All on-screen helper/tutorial text appears in English.
• All stage title screens appear in English.
• VMU save file metadata appears in English.

[streeker]

Previously I had just turned the Smash Pack "Virtua Cop 2" into a standalone GDI, but this one will be great, too. I will gladly give it a try. Thanks a lot!

[ateam]

Previously I had just turned the Smash Pack "Virtua Cop 2" into a standalone GDI, but this one will be great, too. I will gladly give it a try. Thanks a lot!

That's essentially what I did. I'm simply using all of the assets from Smash Pack. Had I been able to find a publicly released standalone version, I wouldn't have put this patch out there.

[streeker]

I don't recall in detail, what I had to do in order to make it work. But basically, I guess it was just copying the 0WINCEOS.BIN from the folder VIRTCOP2 to the root of the GDI and use it there as the first-read file.

[LeSpank]

Firstly, thanks Derek for another release

Second, has anyone else noticed that the NTSC-J release of Virtua Cop has glitched sound effects? Just press up and down continually on the title screen to go between the 'Arcade Game' and 'Options' selection, you'll hear it. Its a static sort of sound that repeats in lots of other instances throughout gameplay.

It seems to be fixed in the Smash Pack release.

[ateam]

Firstly, thanks Derek for another release

Second, has anyone else noticed that the NTSC-J release of Virtua Cop has glitched sound effects? Just press up and down continually on the title screen to go between the 'Arcade Game' and 'Options' selection, you'll hear it. Its a static sort of sound that repeats in lots of other instances throughout gameplay.

It seems to be fixed in the Smash Pack release.

Yes, it's very odd. Lazy WinCE port?

Even though I 100% borrowed everything from the Smash release for this patch (including all of the Windows CE binaries and libraries), that audio pop persists.

Perhaps I'll dig a bit further...

[OlivusPrime]

Great work! I had considered doing this a while back, but never got around to it. Glad it's now available for everyone to enjoy!

[dubcity]

Great work @ateam!

[Ro Magnus Larsson]

Very good, another japanese tranlated