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ROM Hack Metroid Samus Returns - Maniac Hack

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Maniac Hack is a romhack for the European version of Metroid: Samus Returns.

This romhack adds a new configuration menu to the game. This menu adds the following options:

  • Controls profiles
    • Modern
      • Holding ZL will lock the arm cannon to a diagonal angle.
      • Tapping ZR will cycle Aeion abilities.
      • Tapping select will cycle beams/missiles.
      • Otherwise, this is identical to stock.
    • Fusion
      • The dpad moves Samus.
      • The circle pad enters free aim. It is not necessary to press any button.
      • Holding L will lock the arm cannon to a diagonal angle.
      • Tapping ZL or ZR will cycle Aeion abilities.
      • Tapping select will cycle beams/missiles.
      • Non-N3DS users will therefore be required to enter the pause menu to switch Aeion abilities.
  • FPS cap
    • 30FPS
    • 60FPS
  • 2D resolution
    • 400x240
      • This is the stock resolution
    • 400x480
    • 800x240
      • This cannot be displayed on a 2DS, which will fall back to 400x480
    • 800x480
      • The performance here is bad, but it's included anyway.
  • 3D resolution
    • 2x400x240
      • This is the stock resolution
    • 2x400x480
      • The performance here is bad, but it's included anyway.
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It’s an interesting proposal, but I’d prefer to configure the buttons to my liking, the way you could in Super Metroid on the SNES. The "Fusion" profile is interesting, but I don't see the point of using the Z buttons when the touch panel is already there; besides, you still need to map the Grapple Beam, jump, and shoot to buttons, plus L for missiles, and you'd still have a spare face button left over.
 
Dakangel said:
It’s an interesting proposal, but I’d prefer to configure the buttons to my liking, the way you could in Super Metroid on the SNES. The "Fusion" profile is interesting, but I don't see the point of using the Z buttons when the touch panel is already there; besides, you still need to map the Grapple Beam, jump, and shoot to buttons, plus L for missiles, and you'd still have a spare face button left over.
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This romhack uses pretty much every free byte in the executable so there's not much room for additional profiles or functionality.
I'm also not personally interested in creating variants with more or different features.
This started with the goal of simply enabling dpad movement in SR, a function which was surprisingly already present in the game but unused. Fusion style aiming, an alternative Aeion selector, and an alternative weapon selector seemed like natural additions.
 
After dropping the patch on my sd card my EU Samus Returns crashes on open. I can send the luma crash dump if you want. I'm running a EU n3ds, luma 13.4, game patching is enabled as I run several other mods on games like Majoras Mask Project Restoration. Do I need to have my save deleted? Any other requirements I might need first? I assume its compatible with hardware as you note resolutions that wont work on a 2ds.
 
lumo said:
After dropping the patch on my sd card my EU Samus Returns crashes on open. I can send the luma crash dump if you want. I'm running a EU n3ds, luma 13.4, game patching is enabled as I run several other mods on games like Majoras Mask Project Restoration. Do I need to have my save deleted? Any other requirements I might need first? I assume its compatible with hardware as you note resolutions that wont work on a 2ds.
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Yes, please share the crash dump.
 
Would it be possible to map Aeion selection to New 3DS C-Stick? Iirc C-Stick is already enabled in-game, but only to move the map around in the map screen.
 
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Hopefully you can see if from this gdrive link.
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Can you remove luma/titles/00040000001BFB00 and try to copy it to the SD card again? The crash is coming from the Luma loader process which suggests it might not have been copied to the SD card properly.
 
Unfortunately no better. I had deleted and recopied several times. This time I deleted the download and redownloaded to transfer. Still crashed. Heres the dump (probably the same as the first)
 
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lumo said:
Unfortunately no better. I had deleted and recopied several times. This time I deleted the download and redownloaded to transfer. Still crashed. Heres the dump (probably the same as the first)
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Okay, I've figured out the problem. This is a bug in Luma v13.4. I've worked around the bug in a new version of the patch, which has been reuploaded to the OP.
 
This works! Thank you so much for finding and fixing the bug. Working great now. I think ill be playing in 60 fps and 800x240 unless i get any performance issues.
 
Heya, can you maybe make a mod that only enables free aim anytime also while running (L should make Samus stand in place, not make diagonal angle thingy), and also add parry while moving (if thats possible) ? wouldnt need an option to select, just as default.
Also is the 60 fps cap for New 3DS? Can you include that one as well in that? thx!!
btw in the download is an empty folder :)
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GrouchoGlasses42 said:
Would it be possible to map Aeion selection to New 3DS C-Stick? Iirc C-Stick is already enabled in-game, but only to move the map around in the map screen.
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Heya, I have a Rehid preset as an alt for that, but I wouldnt use it because it's too finnicky for the Cnub
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at least having 60 fps as a seperate patch. I have my own rehid control set which I heavily prefer, especially since I think cycling is too slow for the Beams, and I put my own button for morphball morph
please, and thank you!
 
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Oh? Does that one work rather flawlessly as you say? Because the person you answered to tells about other issues, and not really working for New 3DS

I attach my rehid set for GrouchoGlasses and anyone else
- ZL switches to Grapple Beam (L+ZL means instant precise aim for Grapple target on the spot)
- ZR switches to Ice/Super Missiles (R+ZR means instant Supers)
- Select switches to regular Beam
- any CNub direction is Morphball morph/unmorph

rehid_alt is the CNub used for the Aeion stuff while the DPad also takes the Beams ontop, DPad Down morph. but it doesnt work well for Aeion
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@Dakangel actually all face buttons are used: B jump, Y shoot, X parry, A Aeion use. L is aim, R is missiles btw, and cycling Beams from maniac's mod also means Grapple :)
 

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