radfordhound
@radfordhound.bsky.social
He/Him. I'm a programmer, modder, ｗｅｅｂ, dead YouTuber, and insane Sonic fan.
I got to go to SONIC MUSIC EXPERIENCE today in Osaka !!!
It was amazing finally being able to watch both Tomoya Ohtani and Jun Senoue perform live! Those two are childhood heroes of mine! #SonicMusicEXP
It was amazing finally being able to watch both Tomoya Ohtani and Jun Senoue perform live! Those two are childhood heroes of mine! #SonicMusicEXP
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I got to go to SONIC MUSIC EXPERIENCE today in Osaka !!!
It was amazing finally being able to watch both Tomoya Ohtani and Jun Senoue perform live! Those two are childhood heroes of mine! #SonicMusicEXP
It was amazing finally being able to watch both Tomoya Ohtani and Jun Senoue perform live! Those two are childhood heroes of mine! #SonicMusicEXP
I knew it! Anime is real!!!
November 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I knew it! Anime is real!!!
someone sent this to me 💀
October 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
someone sent this to me 💀
The way I plan for it to work currently is that the Gens 2024 mod loader will allow mods to have both 2011 files and 2024 files.
Anything under the "generations" subfolder will be treated as a 2024 file, and everything outside of it will be treated as a 2011 file.
Anything under the "generations" subfolder will be treated as a 2024 file, and everything outside of it will be treated as a 2011 file.
August 6, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The way I plan for it to work currently is that the Gens 2024 mod loader will allow mods to have both 2011 files and 2024 files.
Anything under the "generations" subfolder will be treated as a 2024 file, and everything outside of it will be treated as a 2011 file.
Anything under the "generations" subfolder will be treated as a 2024 file, and everything outside of it will be treated as a 2011 file.
They took the tube out
It's over
It's over
June 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
They took the tube out
It's over
It's over
Ah yes, a truly functional app
May 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Ah yes, a truly functional app
$201.17 in tariffs on a $110 purchase 😬
who's that guy out there financing his second loan so he can afford merch from his oshi?
who's that guy out there financing his second loan so he can afford merch from his oshi?
May 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
$201.17 in tariffs on a $110 purchase 😬
who's that guy out there financing his second loan so he can afford merch from his oshi?
who's that guy out there financing his second loan so he can afford merch from his oshi?
April 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I'm going to achieve **insert life goal here** before Coco 2 comes out
March 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I'm going to achieve **insert life goal here** before Coco 2 comes out
NO WAY !??
THEY GOT HIM ON STEAM ?????
THEY GOT HIM ON STEAM ?????
March 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
NO WAY !??
THEY GOT HIM ON STEAM ?????
THEY GOT HIM ON STEAM ?????
Also something super fun is that some (usually older) mods, such as Unleashed Project, use cpk redirection to redirect streaming audio to loose aax files.
So this will have to be accounted for, too.
Much fun!
I think I'm going to do what skyth does for slw awb redirection to make these work.
So this will have to be accounted for, too.
Much fun!
I think I'm going to do what skyth does for slw awb redirection to make these work.
February 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Also something super fun is that some (usually older) mods, such as Unleashed Project, use cpk redirection to redirect streaming audio to loose aax files.
So this will have to be accounted for, too.
Much fun!
I think I'm going to do what skyth does for slw awb redirection to make these work.
So this will have to be accounted for, too.
Much fun!
I think I'm going to do what skyth does for slw awb redirection to make these work.
ramblings of a madman
February 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
ramblings of a madman
For some reason, some of the .csb files in Gens 2011 have multiple synths of the same name, which are exact duplicates??
This seems to be a mistake? Weird that their tooling allowed it!
Anyway, it was crashing my csb -> acb conversion code lmao, adding in a check to account for this now.
This seems to be a mistake? Weird that their tooling allowed it!
Anyway, it was crashing my csb -> acb conversion code lmao, adding in a check to account for this now.
February 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
For some reason, some of the .csb files in Gens 2011 have multiple synths of the same name, which are exact duplicates??
This seems to be a mistake? Weird that their tooling allowed it!
Anyway, it was crashing my csb -> acb conversion code lmao, adding in a check to account for this now.
This seems to be a mistake? Weird that their tooling allowed it!
Anyway, it was crashing my csb -> acb conversion code lmao, adding in a check to account for this now.
when you accidentally free the wrong pointer
February 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
when you accidentally free the wrong pointer
They got a lot of backlash for it, so they wrote this article to try to damage control: irdeto.com/blog/denuvo-...
The tl;dr is "We're not trying to kill mods!! Our anti-mod feature is *optional*! Devs don't *HAVE* to use it!"
(But yes, we are developing and trying to sell an anti-mod feature)
The tl;dr is "We're not trying to kill mods!! Our anti-mod feature is *optional*! Devs don't *HAVE* to use it!"
(But yes, we are developing and trying to sell an anti-mod feature)
February 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
They got a lot of backlash for it, so they wrote this article to try to damage control: irdeto.com/blog/denuvo-...
The tl;dr is "We're not trying to kill mods!! Our anti-mod feature is *optional*! Devs don't *HAVE* to use it!"
(But yes, we are developing and trying to sell an anti-mod feature)
The tl;dr is "We're not trying to kill mods!! Our anti-mod feature is *optional*! Devs don't *HAVE* to use it!"
(But yes, we are developing and trying to sell an anti-mod feature)
Yes, it sucks!
They're calling it "Integrity Protection", and spinning it as a security feature.
But it prevents people from modifying game code - it prevents modding.
We need to modify game code to even have a mod loader!
So if Sega ever uses this, we're screwed...
irdeto.com/news/denuvo-...
They're calling it "Integrity Protection", and spinning it as a security feature.
But it prevents people from modifying game code - it prevents modding.
We need to modify game code to even have a mod loader!
So if Sega ever uses this, we're screwed...
irdeto.com/news/denuvo-...
February 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Yes, it sucks!
They're calling it "Integrity Protection", and spinning it as a security feature.
But it prevents people from modifying game code - it prevents modding.
We need to modify game code to even have a mod loader!
So if Sega ever uses this, we're screwed...
irdeto.com/news/denuvo-...
They're calling it "Integrity Protection", and spinning it as a security feature.
But it prevents people from modifying game code - it prevents modding.
We need to modify game code to even have a mod loader!
So if Sega ever uses this, we're screwed...
irdeto.com/news/denuvo-...
![A screenshot of a terminal window for "SONIC_X_SHADOW_GENERATIONS\SONIC_GENERATIONS.exe" which reads as follows:
[HE1ML] Create CueSheet: 32VCE_ACT_SN_EN
[HE1ML] LOAD ACB DATA
[HE1ML] Create CueSheet: 40AMB_PAM
[HE1ML] LOAD ACB DATA
[HE1ML] Create CueSheet: 40OBJ_PAM
[HE1ML] LOAD ACB DATA
[HE1ML] Create CueSheet: 40OBJ_CMN_PAM
[HE1ML] LOAD ACB DATA
[HE1ML] LOAD ACB FILE: .\image\x64\generations\Sound\SNG18_PAM.acb
[HE1ML] [USING AWB FILE: .\image\x64\generations\Sound\SNG18_PAM.awb]
[HE1ML] LOAD ACB FILE: .\image\x64\generations\Sound\SNG23_PAM.acb
[HE1ML] [USING AWB FILE: .\image\x64\generations\Sound\SNG23_PAM.awb]
[HE1ML] LOAD ACB FILE: .\image\x64\generations\Sound\SNG19_JNG.acb
[HE1ML] [USING AWB FILE: .\image\x64\generations\Sound\SNG19_JNG.awb]
[HE1ML] LOAD ACB FILE: .\image\x64\generations\Sound\SNG00_SYS.acb
[HE1ML] [USING AWB FILE: .\image\x64\generations\Sound\SNG00_SYS.awb]
[HE1ML] LOAD ACB FILE: .\image\x64\generations\Sound\30VCE_HNT_EN_WIN32.acb
[HE1ML] [USING AWB FILE: .\image\x64\generations\Sound\30VCE_HNT_EN_WIN32.awb]
[HE1ML] Create CueSheet: 30VCE_PAM_BZ_EN
[HE1ML] LOAD ACB DATA
[HE1ML] Create CueSheet: 30VCE_PAM_AM_EN
[HE1ML] LOAD ACB DATA
[HE1ML] Create CueSheet: 30VCE_PAM_ES_EN
[HE1ML] LOAD ACB DATA
[HE1ML] Create CueSheet: 30VCE_PAM_RG_EN
[HE1ML] LOAD ACB DATA
[HE1ML] Create CueSheet: 30VCE_PAM_CR_EN
[HE1ML] LOAD ACB DATA
[HE1ML] Create CueSheet: 30VCE_PAM_VC_EN
[HE1ML] LOAD ACB DATA
[HE1ML] Create CueSheet: 30VCE_PAM_KN_EN
[HE1ML] LOAD ACB DATA](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dif7vqdxy64gqxf7le3ceono/bafkreighpqu5bhlqkn7c5epuj4tgwjirtnzza5fq75ivbvlucsegddrsh4@jpeg)
You can tell which mods are code mods by simply checking if they have any .dll files - any that do are code mods. The rest are not code mods.
(Perhaps it'd make more sense for us to call them "DLL mods" instead, actually?)
I mentioned some examples in an old thread on Twitter:
(Perhaps it'd make more sense for us to call them "DLL mods" instead, actually?)
I mentioned some examples in an old thread on Twitter:
January 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
You can tell which mods are code mods by simply checking if they have any .dll files - any that do are code mods. The rest are not code mods.
(Perhaps it'd make more sense for us to call them "DLL mods" instead, actually?)
I mentioned some examples in an old thread on Twitter:
(Perhaps it'd make more sense for us to call them "DLL mods" instead, actually?)
I mentioned some examples in an old thread on Twitter:
I also started on the GUI CSB editor I talked about as well (ACB will come later)
Though don't expect fast progress on this, because I'm really busy these days, and I want to finish the Gens 2024 stuff first. =)
I envision a DAW-like editor with a timeline you can drag audio clips onto.
Though don't expect fast progress on this, because I'm really busy these days, and I want to finish the Gens 2024 stuff first. =)
I envision a DAW-like editor with a timeline you can drag audio clips onto.
January 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I also started on the GUI CSB editor I talked about as well (ACB will come later)
Though don't expect fast progress on this, because I'm really busy these days, and I want to finish the Gens 2024 stuff first. =)
I envision a DAW-like editor with a timeline you can drag audio clips onto.
Though don't expect fast progress on this, because I'm really busy these days, and I want to finish the Gens 2024 stuff first. =)
I envision a DAW-like editor with a timeline you can drag audio clips onto.
insane ramblings of a reverse-engineer
December 12, 2024 at 3:36 AM
insane ramblings of a reverse-engineer
everything looks pretty normal
November 25, 2024 at 5:08 PM
everything looks pretty normal
For comparison, this is what the same code looks like in a debug mode build made with GCC (much better):
Ah yes, a bswap.
Ah yes, a bswap.
![A screenshot of x86 assembly output reading as follows:
main:
push rbp
mov rbp, rsp
sub rsp, 16
lea rax, [rbp-8]
mov rsi, rax
mov edi, OFFSET FLAT:std::cin
call std::basic_istream<char, std::char_traits<char> >::operator>>(unsigned long long&)
mov rax, QWORD PTR [rbp-8]
mov rdi, rax
call _ZSt8byteswapITkSt8integralyET_S0_
leave
ret
_ZSt8byteswapITkSt8integralyET_S0_:
push rbp
mov rbp, rsp
mov QWORD PTR [rbp-8], rdi
mov rax, QWORD PTR [rbp-8]
bswap rax
nop
pop rbp
ret](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dif7vqdxy64gqxf7le3ceono/bafkreiatle3qy5if4ld7au6tgaw4uhvux7veubhrjrvgxksjhh46p4tkra@jpeg)
November 21, 2024 at 10:44 PM
For comparison, this is what the same code looks like in a debug mode build made with GCC (much better):
Ah yes, a bswap.
Ah yes, a bswap.
If it's running in a compile-time context, they just do the endian-swap manually.
Otherwise, if it's running in a run-time context, they do the endian-swap via the intrinsic.
This means in release mode builds you get a bswap, but in debug mode builds, you get ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE assembly:
Otherwise, if it's running in a run-time context, they do the endian-swap via the intrinsic.
This means in release mode builds you get a bswap, but in debug mode builds, you get ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE assembly:
![A screenshot of the massive x86 assembly output - unfortunately too long to fit within the alt text. The important part is the following function:
unsigned __int64 std::_Byteswap_uint64(unsigned __int64) PROC
$LN6:
mov QWORD PTR [rsp+8], rcx
sub rsp, 40
call bool std::is_constant_evaluated(void)
movzx eax, al
test eax, eax
je $LN2@Byteswap_u
mov rax, QWORD PTR _Val$[rsp]
shl rax, 56
mov rcx, QWORD PTR _Val$[rsp]
shl rcx, 40
mov rdx, 71776119061217280
and rcx, rdx
or rax, rcx
mov rcx, QWORD PTR _Val$[rsp]
shl rcx, 24
mov rdx, 280375465082880
and rcx, rdx
or rax, rcx
mov rcx, QWORD PTR _Val$[rsp]
shl rcx, 8
mov rdx, 1095216660480
and rcx, rdx
or rax, rcx
mov rcx, QWORD PTR _Val$[rsp]
shr rcx, 8
mov edx, -16777216
and rcx, rdx
or rax, rcx
mov rcx, QWORD PTR _Val$[rsp]
shr rcx, 24
and rcx, 16711680
or rax, rcx
mov rcx, QWORD PTR _Val$[rsp]
shr rcx, 40
and rcx, 65280
or rax, rcx
mov rcx, QWORD PTR _Val$[rsp]
shr rcx, 56
or rax, rcx
jmp SHORT $LN1@Byteswap_u
jmp SHORT $LN1@Byteswap_u
$LN2@Byteswap_u:
mov rcx, QWORD PTR _Val$[rsp]
call _byteswap_uint64
$LN1@Byteswap_u:
add rsp, 40
ret 0
unsigned __int64 std::_Byteswap_uint64(unsigned __int64) ENDP](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dif7vqdxy64gqxf7le3ceono/bafkreiakzaiz2ery2xz4u3ri2sp6vqwhtrpodwif4nbcykmqizlmwmozd4@jpeg)
November 21, 2024 at 10:31 PM
If it's running in a compile-time context, they just do the endian-swap manually.
Otherwise, if it's running in a run-time context, they do the endian-swap via the intrinsic.
This means in release mode builds you get a bswap, but in debug mode builds, you get ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE assembly:
Otherwise, if it's running in a run-time context, they do the endian-swap via the intrinsic.
This means in release mode builds you get a bswap, but in debug mode builds, you get ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE assembly:
On x86 there's a "bswap" instruction that just reverses the bytes in a register.
All good compilers have an intrinsic to use this instruction.
MSVC's intrinsic (_byteswap_ulong) is different in that it's not marked constexpr. :(
std::byteswap is constexpr though.
So this is how they implement it
All good compilers have an intrinsic to use this instruction.
MSVC's intrinsic (_byteswap_ulong) is different in that it's not marked constexpr. :(
std::byteswap is constexpr though.
So this is how they implement it
November 21, 2024 at 10:31 PM
On x86 there's a "bswap" instruction that just reverses the bytes in a register.
All good compilers have an intrinsic to use this instruction.
MSVC's intrinsic (_byteswap_ulong) is different in that it's not marked constexpr. :(
std::byteswap is constexpr though.
So this is how they implement it
All good compilers have an intrinsic to use this instruction.
MSVC's intrinsic (_byteswap_ulong) is different in that it's not marked constexpr. :(
std::byteswap is constexpr though.
So this is how they implement it