Free Roam (Mod) - Godzilla: Save The Earth (PS2)
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- Опубликовано: 2 дек 2020
- (I put way too much effort into this. I went through the effort of converting a challenge into free roam, but it turns out all you have to do is change a single line in a .txt file to enable the camera in regular destruction mode 🙃)
It's GTA: Godzilla! "Godzilla wanders around [...] but mostly he's just exploring the world, destroying stuff. That's the GTA-model. It really doesn't work well for Godzilla, because nothing except another monster is any threat to you, and thus the exploration is boring."
MechanicOrga had suggested to me in a comment to see if I could mod the game and create a free roam mod, and I think I've finally accomplished it. It was a bit more of a challenge than I thought it'd be. I had initially attempted to simply remove the second/third/fourth players from Destruction mode and force the game into the City Select screen after Player 1 selects a character, but I was met with no success. My next attempt was to simply replace the stages used by the Demolition challenge, and while the game seemed to successfully load into the stage, I was immediately booted to the PS2 memory card screen. The next thing I tried was to revive the game's WalkAbout mode (under the assumption that it was a free roam mode), and I actually got pretty close to getting the game to load the script thanks to the debug executable giving me some useful error information. Unfortunately, I ended up hitting a roadblock when I was hit with a "Assertion failed at line 198 in file: .\DResLoader.cpp." error. I don't have access to the source code, so I have no idea what the hell the game is looking for, so I had to drop the project there.
In the end, I went back to my second attempt and realized what was causing the issues I had encountered. The challenge script was looking for specific objects that did not exist in the Tokyo stage but did in the Demolition stage. Once I realized this, it was fairly simple to modify the script and get the challenge working. Afterwards, I simply removed the stage barriers, extended the time limit, and voila! A free roam mode was born!
I was always disappointed by the lack of a single player destruction mode in Godzilla: Save The Earth, so this has got to be one of my favorite mods I've made so far. I don't disagree with Simon Strange that the mode can be boring. It's true that hardly anything poses a threat to you (except for falling buildings... and the tanks could probably kill you if you stay close to an area where they spawn), and there's really nothing to do once you've destroyed everything. However, I still quite enjoyed being able to wreak havoc without being interrupted by an enemy kaiju. I only really started to feel bored once there wasn't anything left to destroy. Simon Strange had mentioned that the official version of this would have included some other goals to accomplish alongside being able to simply explore the world, so I figure that probably would have helped break up the monotony somewhat.
I might end up releasing this mod once I add the rest of the cities to the mode (or as many as I can). Right now, I've only got this one city in place of the default San Francisco from the Demolition challenge. My goal would be to replace all of the challenges with different cities to roam around in and all without any boundaries, but I'm not sure if there are enough challenges to replace, and I also have to be wary of the difference in name lengths of each challenge due to certain limitations with hex editing. 
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@@codystringer5480 Ah yeah, the old link went dead a few months ago... and after I put it in the description of like 40 of my videos. 🙃 Here's an updated link: discord.com/invite/ZtYeJDx
Man if only you could select over monsters and cities But this is amazing if they ever do a remake of these games or a new Godzilla game in general free roam is a no brainer
Yeah, I really want to get a monster select system working somehow... I can probably sacrifice other challenges and create duplicates of this that take place in different cities to create a sort of city select system though!
Woah you got it working!! Nice work man!
Thanks! The only thing left that I'd like to implement would be a monster select, but I suppose that's probably too advanced for our current modding capabilities.
Holy crap you actually did it! I'm impressed by how you've gone far enough to actually mod the game, it makes me wonder if any sort of programs are required to pull this off. I'm only a beginner at modding so I really suck but I really want to see if making custom maps and characters for Save the Earth is possible.
Thanks! Most of my mods are done with a hex editor, QuickBMS, and some simple file swapping, but things like texture modding require some special programs like Console Texture Explorer. I think custom maps and characters are still a long way off, but you can get surprising results from just the tools/methods I listed alone once you start to understand how the files formats work.
I was expecting this video since you response, but damn that was fast. It's kinda curious how the out of bonds part of the map works, with the ufo waiting for activation.
But as always, amazing job!
Thanks! Yeah, it's really interesting how the UFOs just sit there like that. I would have thought they'd have placed them underground or something, but I suppose it doesn't matter since they probably aren't visible in the playable area.
The closest we'll ever get to an actual open world Godzilla game!!
In survival mode If you use unlimited rage and 4x power cheat and use godzilla 1990's rage right after you ko a monster. It KOs the next monster before the announcer introduces the monster and you get unlimited time and you get to drag the KOed monster all aroun the stage. You shuld try it some time.
lol Wow, that's pretty amazing! I'll give it a shot some time soon.
@@DylanRocket Check it out i made a video about the rage glitch
I just love the concept of this mode. If only monolith nemesis system was thing back then I can see it being implemented in this game. How it can randomly spawn monsters from the roster and your interaction with them could cause them to become your nemesis and constantly torment you during this free roam mode. And if skins were a thing in this game your defeated nemesis could come back stronger and have their other incarnation for their design. For example say gigan is my nemesis and I defeat him he could later sabotage me and would look like his final wars design. Just a cool thought.
That would certainly be really cool!
Is it possible to fight the Millenian boss on any other map aside from the space ship? Or is it possible to add more cpus to that boss fight?
The Millennian boss's files are part of the challenge's stage files, so it wouldn't be possible to move it to another stage, but it might be possible to add more monsters to it. I think it'd be difficult to pull off, but it'd be a cool twist and would make the challenge even more challenging if there's two more kaiju out to kill you.
Wait a minute, you mean, the two separate Tokyo maps in the retail release have been one big map this whole time...?
Always have been.
You guys are legends for doing this.
Yup! I believe the same goes for the other stages that take place in the same cities. Each stage that takes place in a given city are usually just portions of one larger stage. Sometimes, the smaller stage is a portion of the bigger stage whereas other time it's an area that's out of bounds in the larger stage (like the Tokyo stages). GDAMM was like this too except it offered two smaller versions of each city instead of just one.
@@DylanRocket Would it be possible to mod the Tokyo Tower in to the large Tokyo stage or even create entirely new levels?
@@sergeantgoji4777 Both would be extremely complicated, so unfortunately, the answer is no for now. The Tokyo Tower is present in the Xbox version of the stage though! Power lines and just more structures in general are there too.
Amazing, would love to see this with like LA or NYC.
Unrelated tho, is it possible to reinsert 1 player destruction to GC DAMM?
Thanks! I'll probably do another video on LA and/or NYC. As for GDAMM, I believe I had tried it a few years back, and while I was able to enable single player destruction mode, the game would bug out/crash after the monster intro was over, so I guess they changed some code in the Xbox version to accommodate for only having one character present.
@@DylanRocket compatible engines. Maybe something could work out between both versions.
@@KuWota2k I think the vital changes were made to the game's executable which is difficult/impossible to extensively modify. I did find out that if you set the camera to "fixed" mode, the game actually doesn't crash... at least not right away. It still crashes if you set the camera too high (preventing me from creating a proper top-down view) or if you collect a Mothra power up, and sometimes it just crashes randomly. You also lose the HUD and still seem to be tethered to the other character (despite there not actually being one). That seems to be the best I can do for GDAMM GameCube.
@@DylanRocket I see. Tis a shame that single player destruction is a rarity in the 3 games.
Thanks anyways. Congrats on everything regardless! Loving the content!
@@KuWota2k Thanks! It is quite disappointing that only the Xbox version of GDAMM features a full fledged single player destruction mode. On an unrelated note, I was able to get single player Melee mode working for GDAMM GameCube at least.
A bit of a random question here, but who is your favorite character to play as in the game?
Hmm... I'd have to go with Godzilla 90s and Kiryu, personally. However, I'll admit that I've been a pretty casual player and played the game mostly on Easy until very recently, so my favorite could change as I start to better understand each character's play style. I used to play the game more as a button masher! lol. I think I still play best with those two characters so far though.
Hi @DylanRocket, great work on the mods. Are they available somewhere for download?
Thanks! I'm planning on making some of them available for download at some point. I'll probably do a video announcement for mod releases once they're ready (I still need to fix up a few things for Free Roam before releasing it).
@@DylanRocket thanks for the quick reply! My sons love the game and are looking forward to playing more of it if possible. We think it's the best Godzilla game. We even own a copy of the PS4 game, which we think is pretty awful. What is your favorite Godzilla game? Happy New Year!!!
@@minerfourlife3741 I totally agree with Save the Earth being the best! While I enjoy most Godzilla games, I've had the most fun with GSTE. And happy new year to you too!
Algún día se sacará una iso modificada?
Why did they make this map so big? 💀💀💀
can you play with an other monster with this mod?
Sort of. These replace challenges, so in Action mode, you can play some of these with other characters. You can also edit the script so that you play as a different character, but there's no way to add a monster select to it.