I would expect the improvements (small or large) to be game-wide, but he also cited this as one of the causes for the menu delay.

It sounds like he will be working on file order, which should help with load times. But this is also HUGE for anyone using an upscaler (or anything that has a resync delay when switching resolutions). This, among other things, should help with that delay. With his translation hack, the game will no longer switch resolutions to go into the menu.

Regarding the delay to enter and exit the menu, it sounds like this will be improved. He stated that his translation will have the ability to skip cutscenes. It sounds like he is implementing his own quality of life improvements, so the YZB 4MB hack might be irrelevant.

So I posted my thoughts regarding the YZB quality of life improvements over on the forums, and it turns out that knight0fdragon is a member there and responded to my post. This hack also has faster loading for the teleport rooms, the ability to skip cut scenes, and easier inputs for Maria's spells. There is a hotkey to pull up the map screen (R+B) and there is much less of a delay to go in and out of the menu, which basically gives you instant access to the map and menu where as in the vanilla version there was a long delay to get into the menu and getting in and out of the map was a nightmare. This hack gives the game some huge quality of life improvements. YZB would have to some how rebuild it with my files.'įor those that don't know, YZB is the guy that made the 4MB RAM cart hack for the Saturn version of SOTN. On November 1st, Knight0fDragon posted 'As of right now, there is no way my patch and the 4MB patch are compatible. Unfortunately, this translation is not compatible with the 4MB RAM cart hack that was recently released. Most of the items and enemies are translated and some of the story as well. The member Knight0fDragon over on the SegaXtreme forums is giving an English translation to the Sega Saturn version of Symphony of the Night! It's already in an alpha state that you can download and try.

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