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==WARNING==
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<b>DO NOT USE THIS GUIDE. This is only here for archival purposes, and is using a shoddy old version of the driver. Get {{LinkRetro|topic=32801|title=Clownacy's new version of the Clone Driver}} and use that for your hacks instead.</b> ~ [[User:Caverns 4|Caverns 4]] 18:26, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
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If you want proof of how shoddy the old Sonic 2 Clone Driver is, look at the list of negatives a few paragraphs down. They're all fixed the Sonic 2 Clone Driver v2. ~ [[User:Clownacy|Clownacy]]
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==Summary==
 
==Summary==
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<b>The guide is fixed and updated as of September 11th, 2013. It should now work on real hardware!</b> ~ Caverns4
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<b>The guide is fixed and updated as of September 11th, 2013. It should now work on real hardware!</b> ~ Caverns 4
  
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The Sonic 2 Clone Driver is simply a modified version of the Sonic 1 Sound driver, designed to work with Sonic 2. The advantages to using this over the Sound Driver in Sonic 2 normally are numerous; It will be easier to modify existing songs as you won't have to worry about compressing and decompressing the music, and your music will be supported by more up to date [[Music editor programs]].
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The Sonic 2 Clone Driver is simply a modified version of Sonic 1's sound driver, designed to work with Sonic 2. The advantages to using this over Sonic 2's sound driver normally are numerous; It will be easier to modify existing songs as you won't have to worry about compressing and decompressing the music, and your music will be supported by more up to date [[Music editor programs]].
  
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There are a few bugs I have noticed. One is that the spin dash sound will not raise pitch. The music is not a perfect adaptation of Sonic 2's music, particularly sometimes the PSG channels sound slightly different. This is most noticeable in Emerald Hill's music. Besides this, there are no problems.
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There are many inaccuracies with the Sonic 2 Clone Driver, however. One is that the Spin Dash's rev sound will not raise pitch. The music is also not a perfect adaptation of Sonic 2's music, particularly sometimes the PSG channels sound slightly different (unless you do the optional step that adds Sonic 2 PSGs, at least.) This is most noticeable in Emerald Hill Zone's music. The tempos of some songs are also slightly different, along with the Speed Shoes tempos being outright wrong, some even <i>slowing down</i> the music. CPZ's Gloop sound will also play twice as often as it should. Sound priorities are also incorrect, leading to some sounds being able to interrupt others when they shouldn't. As is the case in Sonic 1, on PAL consoles, the music will play at a slowed speed.
  
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If the above bugs will not bother you too badly, then you'll like using the Sonic 2 Clone Driver after working with Sonic 2's own sound driver. The Clone Driver is much easier to port music to, and in fact, Sonic 1 music can even just be bincluded into the ROM. This is because it's based on the Sonic 1 sound driver, and uses similar (if not the same) formatting. With this out of the way, now it's time to edit the Sonic 2 HG Dissasembly!
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If the above bugs will not bother you too badly, then you'll like using the Sonic 2 Clone Driver after working with Sonic 2's own sound driver. The Sonic 2 Clone Driver is much easier to port music to, and in fact, Sonic 1 music can even just be binclude'd into the ROM. This is because it's based on Sonic 1's sound driver, and uses the same formatting. With this out of the way, now it's time to edit the Sonic 2 Git Disassembly!
  
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Before begining, you will need the following file:
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Before beginning, you will need the following file:
  
 
{{Download|file=Sonic 2 Clone Driver.7z|filesize=79kb|title=Sonic 2 Clone Driver Files|plural=1}}
 
{{Download|file=Sonic 2 Clone Driver.7z|filesize=79kb|title=Sonic 2 Clone Driver Files|plural=1}}
  
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==Step 1 - getting started==
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==Step 1 - Getting Started==
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Back up your dissasembly if you haven't already.
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Back up your disassembly if you haven't already.
  
 
To start, go into your sound folder, where you'll have a DAC folder, a music folder, and a PCM folder.
 
To start, go into your sound folder, where you'll have a DAC folder, a music folder, and a PCM folder.
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<b>DELETE THEM ALL!</b>
 
<b>DELETE THEM ALL!</b>
  
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Also delete s2.sounddriver.asm. That's the Sonic 2 Sound Driver, so it's not necessary.
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Also delete s2.sounddriver.asm. These are all parts of Sonic 2's sound driver, so they won't be necessary.
  
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and then extract "Sonic 2 Clone Driver.7z" into the main folder of your dissasembly.
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Then extract "Sonic 2 Clone Driver.7z" into the main folder of your disassembly.
  
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==Step 2 - Deleting leftovers==
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==Step 2 - Deleting Leftovers==
 
Now open up s2.asm, and find the label 'SoundDriverLoad:'. Delete everything from that, up to and including:
 
Now open up s2.asm, and find the label 'SoundDriverLoad:'. Delete everything from that, up to and including:
  
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<asm>'Mus_Continue:  BINCLUDE    "sound/music/Continue.bin"'</asm>
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<pre>Mus_Continue:  BINCLUDE    "sound/music/Continue.bin"</pre>
  
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What we have done here is deleted the routines to load and decompress the Sound Driver. We don't need this anymore.
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What we have done here is deleted the routines to load and decompress Sonic 2's sound driver. We don't need this anymore.
  
 
Next up, find this line:
 
Next up, find this line:
  
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<asm>cnop -Size_of_SEGA_sound, $8000</asm>
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<pre> cnop -Size_of_SEGA_sound, $8000</pre>
  
 
and delete everything from there up to (but not including) the line:
 
and delete everything from there up to (but not including) the line:
 
   
 
   
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<asm> ; end of 'ROM'</asm>
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<pre>; end of 'ROM'</pre>
 
 
 
Also, on the line above the 'EndOfRom:' label, you should see this:
 
Also, on the line above the 'EndOfRom:' label, you should see this:
  
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<asm> shared word_728C_user,Obj5F_MapUnc_7240,off_3A294,MapRUnc_Sonic,movewZ80CompSize</asm>
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<pre> shared word_728C_user,Obj5F_MapUnc_7240,off_3A294,MapRUnc_Sonic,movewZ80CompSize</pre>
 
 
 
Change it to this:
 
Change it to this:
  
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<asm> shared word_728C_user,Obj5F_MapUnc_7240,off_3A294,MapRUnc_Sonic</asm>
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<pre> shared word_728C_user,Obj5F_MapUnc_7240,off_3A294,MapRUnc_Sonic</pre>
  
 
Finally, find the label '<b>sndDriverInput:</b>'
 
Finally, find the label '<b>sndDriverInput:</b>'
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Delete the entire function, which starts there, and ends at this line:
 
Delete the entire function, which starts there, and ends at this line:
  
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<asm>; End of function sndDriverInput</asm>
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<pre>; End of function sndDriverInput</pre>
  
 
Now search in your assembly for "<b>sndDriverInput</b>", and delete any lines that point to it. There will be quite a few, but it won't hurt anything.
 
Now search in your assembly for "<b>sndDriverInput</b>", and delete any lines that point to it. There will be quite a few, but it won't hurt anything.
 
 
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We've effectively deleted the old sound driver entirely from our game... Now it's time we implemented a new one.. But first, we need to prepare S2.Constants.asm
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We've effectively deleted the old sound driver entirely from our game... Now it's time we implemented our new one... But first, we need to prepare s2.constants.asm!
  
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==Step 3 - Overhauling Constants, fixing RAM==
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==Step 3 - Overhauling Constants, Fixing RAM==
 
Open s2.constants.asm, and find the following line:
 
Open s2.constants.asm, and find the following line:
  
 
Find the line "<b>; Music IDs</b>". You'll see this:
 
Find the line "<b>; Music IDs</b>". You'll see this:
  
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<asm>; Music IDs
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<pre>; Music IDs
 
offset :=    zMasterPlaylist
 
offset :=    zMasterPlaylist
 
ptrsize :=    1
 
ptrsize :=    1
 
idstart :=    $81
 
idstart :=    $81
 
; $80 is reserved for silence, so if you make idstart $80 or less,
 
; $80 is reserved for silence, so if you make idstart $80 or less,
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; you may need to insert a dummy zMusIDPtr in the $80 slot</asm>
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; you may need to insert a dummy zMusIDPtr in the $80 slot</pre>
  
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delete everything from there down to "<b>MusID__End = id(zMusIDPtr__End)  ; A0</b>", and paste the following where it used to be:
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Delete everything from there down to "<b>MusID__End = id(zMusIDPtr__End)  ; A0</b>", and paste the following where it used to be:
  
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<asm>; Music IDs
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<pre>; Music IDs
 
; $80 is reserved for silence, so if you make idstart $80 or less,
 
; $80 is reserved for silence, so if you make idstart $80 or less,
 
; you may need to insert a dummy zMusIDPtr in the $80 slot
 
; you may need to insert a dummy zMusIDPtr in the $80 slot
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MusID_Credits =        $9E
 
MusID_Credits =        $9E
 
MusID_Countdown =      $9F
 
MusID_Countdown =      $9F
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MusID__End  =          $A0</asm>
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MusID__End  =          $A0</pre>
  
 
The music is all fixed, now all that's left is the sound effects:
 
The music is all fixed, now all that's left is the sound effects:
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In place of the text you deleted, just paste this:
 
In place of the text you deleted, just paste this:
  
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<asm>; Sound IDs
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<pre>; Sound IDs
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SndID__First = idstart
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SndID__First =                 $A0
 
SndID_Jump =                    $A0
 
SndID_Jump =                    $A0
 
SndID_Checkpoint =              $A1
 
SndID_Checkpoint =              $A1
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SndID_LargeLaser =              $EF
 
SndID_LargeLaser =              $EF
 
SndID_OilSlide =                $F0
 
SndID_OilSlide =                $F0
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SndID__End    =                $F7</asm>
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SndID__End    =                $F7</pre>
  
 
The following are the lines you should NOT have deleted, just for reference:
 
The following are the lines you should NOT have deleted, just for reference:
  
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<asm>MusID_StopSFX = $78+$80 ; F8
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<pre>MusID_StopSFX = $78+$80 ; F8
 
MusID_FadeOut = $79+$80 ; F9
 
MusID_FadeOut = $79+$80 ; F9
 
SndID_SegaSound = $7A+$80 ; FA
 
SndID_SegaSound = $7A+$80 ; FA
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MusID_Stop = $7D+$80 ; FD
 
MusID_Stop = $7D+$80 ; FD
 
MusID_Pause = $7E+$80 ; FE
 
MusID_Pause = $7E+$80 ; FE
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MusID_Unpause = $7F+$80 ; FF</asm>
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MusID_Unpause = $7F+$80 ; FF</pre>
  
 
Now, find these lines:
 
Now, find these lines:
  
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<asm>Underwater_palette_2: ds.w palette_line_size ; not sure what it's used for but it's only used when there's water
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<pre>Underwater_palette_2: ds.w palette_line_size ; not sure what it's used for but it's only used when there's water
 
Underwater_palette_2_line2: ds.w palette_line_size
 
Underwater_palette_2_line2: ds.w palette_line_size
 
Underwater_palette_2_line3: ds.w palette_line_size
 
Underwater_palette_2_line3: ds.w palette_line_size
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Underwater_palette_line2: ds.w palette_line_size
 
Underwater_palette_line2: ds.w palette_line_size
 
Underwater_palette_line3: ds.w palette_line_size
 
Underwater_palette_line3: ds.w palette_line_size
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Underwater_palette_line4: ds.w palette_line_size</asm>
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Underwater_palette_line4: ds.w palette_line_size</pre>
  
 
Copy these lines to the clipboard (Or better yet, to a separate text document), we are going to be moving them in a moment.
 
Copy these lines to the clipboard (Or better yet, to a separate text document), we are going to be moving them in a moment.
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Immediately below where those lines used to be is a line like this:
 
Immediately below where those lines used to be is a line like this:
  
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<asm> ds.b $500 ; $FFFFF100-$FFFFF5FF ; unused, leftover from the Sonic 1 sound driver (and used by it when you port it to Sonic 2)</asm>
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<pre> ds.b $500 ; $FFFFF100-$FFFFF5FF ; unused, leftover from the Sonic 1 sound driver (and used by it when you port it to Sonic 2)</pre>
 
 
 
Change it to this:
 
Change it to this:
  
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<asm> ds.b $600 ; $FFFFF000-$FFFFF5FF ; Used by the Sonic 2 Clone Driver.</asm>
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<pre>Sound_Driver_RAM:          ds.b $600 ; $FFFFF000-$FFFFF5FF ; Used by the Sonic 2 Clone Driver.</pre>
 
 
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The underwater palettes were overwriting some RAM that the Sonic 1/Sonic2 Clone Driver use, so we need to move them somewhere safer. Fortunately, such a place in RAM exists.
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The underwater palettes were overwriting some RAM that the Sonic 1/Sonic 2 Clone Driver use, so we need to move them somewhere safer. Fortunately, such a place in RAM exists.
  
 
What we need, are $100 free bytes. So, first off, find the line:
 
What we need, are $100 free bytes. So, first off, find the line:
  
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<asm>Normal_palette:     ds.w palette_line_size</asm>
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<pre>Normal_palette:     ds.w palette_line_size</pre>
  
 
Paste the underwater_palette lines  right above it.
 
Paste the underwater_palette lines  right above it.
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Right above the lines you just pasted, you should see the following:
 
Right above the lines you just pasted, you should see the following:
  
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<asm>Sprite_Table: ds.b $280 ; Sprite attribute table buffer
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<pre>Sprite_Table: ds.b $280 ; Sprite attribute table buffer
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ds.b $80 ; unused, but SAT buffer can spill over into this area when there are too many sprites on-screen</asm>
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ds.b $80 ; unused, but SAT buffer can spill over into this area when there are too many sprites on-screen</pre>
 
 
 
Replace them both with just this:
 
Replace them both with just this:
  
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<asm>Sprite_Table: ds.b $200 ; Sprite attribute table buffer</asm>
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<pre>Sprite_Table: ds.b $200 ; Sprite attribute table buffer</pre>
  
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==Step 4 - Introducing the new Sound Driver!==
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==Step 4 - Introducing The New Sound Driver!==
 
Go back to s2.asm, and right above this line:
 
Go back to s2.asm, and right above this line:
  
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<asm> ; end of 'ROM'</asm>
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<pre>; end of 'ROM'</pre>
  
 
Paste this:
 
Paste this:
  
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<asm> include "Sonic 2 Clone Driver.asm"</asm>
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<pre> include "Sonic 2 Clone Driver.asm"</pre>
  
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Now, before anything else, open up Sonic 2 Clone Driver.asm, and find and replace (CRTL+H usually) all instances of "<b>INCBIN</b>" with "<b>BINCLUDE</b>" (Without the quotes).
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Now, before anything else, open up Sonic 2 Clone Driver.asm, and find and replace (CRTL+H usually) all instances of "<b>incbin</b>" with "<b>BINCLUDE</b>" (without the quotes).
  
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Repeat the process, replacing all intances of "<b>@loc</b>" with "<b>Lloc</b>". The HG dissasembly does not like local routines, so this converts them into normal routines to avoid errors.  
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Repeat the process, replacing all instances of "<b>@loc</b>" with "<b>.loc</b>". The Git disassembly's AS Assembler handles local labels differently, so we're converting them to compatible ones.
  
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At this point, you can build your ROM if you want. You wont get any sound, but the game will run.
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At this point, you can build your ROM if you want. You won't get any sound, but the game will run.
  
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==Step 5 - Let the music play!==
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==Step 5 - Let The Music Play!==
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Go back to S2.asm, and find the label "<b>VintRet:</b>"
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Go back to s2.asm, and find the label "<b>VintRet:</b>"
  
 
In that function, right after the label, paste this line:
 
In that function, right after the label, paste this line:
  
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<asm> jsr Init_Sonic1_Sound_Driver</asm>
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<pre> jsr (Init_Sonic1_Sound_Driver).l</pre>
  
 
If you were to build your ROM again now, you still wouldn't have sound. We're going to fix that now. Go back to s2.constants.asm, and find these lines:
 
If you were to build your ROM again now, you still wouldn't have sound. We're going to fix that now. Go back to s2.constants.asm, and find these lines:
  
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<asm>Music_to_play: ds.b 1
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<pre>Music_to_play: ds.b 1
 
SFX_to_play: ds.b 1 ; normal
 
SFX_to_play: ds.b 1 ; normal
 
SFX_to_play_2: ds.b 1 ; alternating stereo
 
SFX_to_play_2: ds.b 1 ; alternating stereo
 
unk_FFE3: ds.b 1
 
unk_FFE3: ds.b 1
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Music_to_play_2: ds.b 1 ; alternate (higher priority?) slot</asm>
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Music_to_play_2: ds.b 1 ; alternate (higher priority?) slot</pre>
  
 
Replce theme with this:
 
Replce theme with this:
  
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<asm>                   ds.b 1
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<pre> ds.b 5</pre>
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                    ds.b 1
 
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                    ds.b 1
 
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unk_FFE3:     ds.b 1
 
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                    ds.b 1</asm>
 
  
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If you want to, you can also move the line with 'unk_FFE3' down one line and replace the four resulting "ds.b 1"s with a single "ds.l".
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Now, we need to remake the music_to_play and SFX_to_play constants, but a bit differently. Anywhere in <b>s2.constants.asm</b> you deem appropriate (for the sake of organization, let's put them after Sound_Driver_RAM:), paste this code:
  
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Now, we need to remake the music_to_play and SFX_to_play constants, but a bit differently. Anywhere in <b>s2.constants.asm</b> you deem appropriate (for example, right before the block of RAM equates we just modified, paste this code:
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<pre>Music_Pause  = $FFFFF003
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<asm>Music_Pause  = $FFFFF003
 
 
Music_to_play = $FFFFF00A
 
Music_to_play = $FFFFF00A
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SFX_to_play  = $FFFFF00B</asm>
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SFX_to_play  = $FFFFF00B</pre>
  
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Go back to S2.asm; we've got more changes to make.
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Go back to s2.asm; we've got more changes to make.
  
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First off, search for and replace all instances of "<b>SFX_to_play_2</b>" with just "<b>SFX_to_play</b>", and "<b>Music_to_play_2</b>" with "<b>Music_to_play</b>".
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First off, search and replace all instances of "<b>SFX_to_play_2</b>" with just "<b>SFX_to_play</b>", and "<b>Music_to_play_2</b>" with "<b>Music_to_play</b>".
  
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This fixes most things, but if were to play the game, both the Sega Sound and pausing the game are... REALLY messed up. Lets fix this, too.
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This fixes most things, but if were to play the game, both the Sega Sound and pausing the game are... REALLY messed up. Let's fix this, too.
  
 
Find this line, again, in s2.asm
 
Find this line, again, in s2.asm
  
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<asm> move.b #MusID_Pause,(Music_to_play).w ; pause music</asm>
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<pre> move.b #MusID_Pause,(Music_to_play).w ; pause music</pre>
 
   
 
   
 
Replace it with this:
 
Replace it with this:
  
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<asm> move.b #1,(Music_Pause).w ; pause music</asm>
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<pre> move.b #1,(Music_Pause).w ; pause music</pre>
 
   
 
   
 
And replace all instances of this line:
 
And replace all instances of this line:
  
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<asm>  move.b #MusID_Unpause,(Music_to_play).w</asm>
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<pre>  move.b #MusID_Unpause,(Music_to_play).w</pre>
  
 
With this:
 
With this:
  
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<asm>  move.b #$80,(Music_Pause).w ; resume music</asm>
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<pre>  move.b #$80,(Music_Pause).w ; resume music</pre>
  
 
==Step 6 - Saaay-Gaaah!==
 
==Step 6 - Saaay-Gaaah!==
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Now, lets fix the last problem: The SEGA Sound. You can close s2.constants and s2.asm now, we're done with those.
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Now, let's fix the last problem: The SEGA Sound. You can close s2.constants and s2.asm now, we're done with those.
  
 
Our target this time is Sonic 2 Clone Driver.asm.
 
Our target this time is Sonic 2 Clone Driver.asm.
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  Now, replace
 
  Now, replace
  
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<asm> cnop $0, (((((*+$6978)>>$10)+$01)*$10000)-$6978)
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<pre> cnop $0, (((((*+$6978)>>$10)+$01)*$10000)-$6978)
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SegaPCM: binclude sound\segapcm.bin
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SegaPCM: BINCLUDE sound\segapcm.bin
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even</asm>
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even</pre>
  
 
     with
 
     with
  
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<asm> align $8000
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<pre> align $8000
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SegaPCM: binclude sound\segapcm.bin
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SegaPCM: BINCLUDE sound\segapcm.bin
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SegaPCM_End:</asm>
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SegaPCM_End</pre>
  
 
Next, find the label '<b>PCM_Table:</b>', and immediately before:
 
Next, find the label '<b>PCM_Table:</b>', and immediately before:
  
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<asm>;--------------------------------------------------------
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<pre>;--------------------------------------------------------
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Kos_Z80: BINCLUDE sound\z80_new.bin</asm>
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Kos_Z80: BINCLUDE sound\z80_new.bin</pre>
  
 
Paste this:
 
Paste this:
  
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<asm> dc.l $A00200, SegaPCM
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<pre> dc.l $A00200, SegaPCM
 
dc.w (SegaPCM_End-SegaPCM)/2
 
dc.w (SegaPCM_End-SegaPCM)/2
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dc.b $09, 0</asm>
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dc.b $09, 0</pre>
 
 
 
Finally, go to "Sound_E1:" and replace
 
Finally, go to "Sound_E1:" and replace
  
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<asm> move.b #$88,($A01FFF).l</asm>
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<pre> move.b #$88,($A01FFF).l</pre>
  
 
with:
 
with:
  
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<asm> move.b #$88, d0
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<pre> move.b #$88, d0
 
jsr Calculate_PCM
 
jsr Calculate_PCM
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move.b #$81, ($A01FFF).l ; can't use #$88, because that one uses hardcoded offsets</asm>
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move.b #$81, ($A01FFF).l ; can't use #$88, because that one uses hardcoded offsets</pre>
 
 
 
And we're done! Build it, test out your fixed Sega Sound and pause screen, and have fun!
 
And we're done! Build it, test out your fixed Sega Sound and pause screen, and have fun!
  
 
==Optional step - Import Sonic 2 PSG Envelopes==
 
==Optional step - Import Sonic 2 PSG Envelopes==
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At this point, you shouldn't have any sound-driver related problems.
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At this point, you shouldn't have any sound driver-related problems.
  
 
However, there is one more thing you can do, and it may help certain songs (Such as EHZ's music) to sound better.
 
However, there is one more thing you can do, and it may help certain songs (Such as EHZ's music) to sound better.
 
In Sonic 2 Clone Driver.asm, find the label PSG_Index:. It should be early in the file, and will look like this:
 
In Sonic 2 Clone Driver.asm, find the label PSG_Index:. It should be early in the file, and will look like this:
  
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<asm>PSG_Index: dc.l PSG1, PSG2, PSG3
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<pre>PSG_Index: dc.l PSG1, PSG2, PSG3
 
dc.l PSG4, PSG5, PSG6
 
dc.l PSG4, PSG5, PSG6
 
dc.l PSG7, PSG8, PSG9
 
dc.l PSG7, PSG8, PSG9
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PSG7: BINCLUDE sound\psg7.bin
 
PSG7: BINCLUDE sound\psg7.bin
 
PSG8: BINCLUDE sound\psg8.bin
 
PSG8: BINCLUDE sound\psg8.bin
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PSG9: BINCLUDE sound\psg9.bin</asm>
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PSG9: BINCLUDE sound\psg9.bin</pre>
  
 
Replace it with this:
 
Replace it with this:
  
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<asm>PSG_Index: dc.l PSG1, PSG2, PSG3
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<pre>PSG_Index: dc.l PSG1, PSG2, PSG3
 
dc.l PSG4, PSG5, PSG6
 
dc.l PSG4, PSG5, PSG6
 
dc.l PSG7, PSG8, PSG9
 
dc.l PSG7, PSG8, PSG9
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dc.b 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,$80
 
dc.b 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,$80
 
PSG0D:
 
PSG0D:
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dc.b $0E,$0D,$0C,$0B,$0A,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0,$80</asm>
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dc.b $0E,$0D,$0C,$0B,$0A,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0,$80</pre>
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What you have done now is ported the new PSG envelopes that were added to Sonic 2. Emerald Hill Zone, and most Sonic 2 Beta songs will now sound better when ported. Note that this won't affect the music already included with the Sonic 2 Clone Driver. Thanks to ValleyBell for this addition.
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 +
==Reccomended Extra Step: Equating The RAM==
 +
 
 +
If you're like me, then you've shifted at least some RAM values in your hack around. Because of this, you might notice you've have some problems with the sound driver... Nothing there is equated, so it uses fixed RAM addresses!
 +
This won't do at all, so let's make a constant so you can shift the data around all you like.
 +
 
 +
To start, open <b>s2.constants.asm</b>, and find Music_Pause, Music_to_play, and SFX_to_play.
 +
Change them to this:
 +
 
 +
<pre>Music_Pause  = Sound_Driver_RAM+3
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Music_to_play = Sound_Driver_RAM+$A
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SFX_to_play  = Sound_Driver_RAM+$B</pre>
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 +
<b>Note:</b> If you followed this guide before January 5th, 2014, you may need to change the $600 bytes you reserved for the Sound Driver in your <b>s2.constants.asm</b> to this:
 +
 
 +
<pre>Sound_Driver_RAM: ds.b $600</pre>
 +
This label is important, and it's a new addition. If you are following this guide after January 5th, I had you put the label in by default.
 +
 
 +
Now you're done here, that's all we're going to use s2.constants.asm for. Open <b>Sonic 2 Clone Driver.asm</b> for the rest of the process.
 +
 
 +
In <b>Sonic 2 Clone Driver.asm</b>, go to the label <b>loc_71B82:</b>, and change this line:
 +
<pre> lea ($FFF000).l,a6</pre>
 +
To this:
 +
<pre> lea (Sound_Driver_RAM).l,a6</pre>
 +
a6 is the base address of the sound driver. This will fix 90% of your potential issues.
 +
 
 +
Fixing the rest is where dword_722CC and dword_722EC come into play.
 +
 
 +
Replace both tables with these:
 +
 
 +
<pre>dword_722CC:
 +
dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$0D0 ; FM3
 +
dc.l 0 ; dummy
 +
dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$100 ; FM4
 +
dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$130 ; FM5
 +
dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$190 ; PSG1
 +
dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$1C0 ; PSG2
 +
dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$1F0 ; Plain PSG3
 +
dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$1F0 ; Noise
 +
dword_722EC:
 +
dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$220 ; SFX FM3
 +
dc.l 0 ; dummy
 +
dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$250 ; SFX FM4
 +
dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$280 ; SFX FM5
 +
dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$2B0 ; SFX PSG1
 +
dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$2E0 ; SFX PSG2
 +
dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$310 ; Plain PSG3
 +
dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$310 ; Noise</pre>
 +
 
 +
Also, their proper names would be BGMChannelRAM and SFXChannelRAM, respectively. You can rename them if you want, but it's not necessary.
 +
 
 +
Finally, go to <b>loc_71C88:</b>. There are two lines to make note of:
 +
<pre> cmp.b  #0,($FFFFFF3A).w
 +
bgt.s locret_71CAA</pre>
 +
These lines can be commented out, as they don't do much besides muting the DAC chnnel when set, and aren't ever used normally.
 +
If desired, you can also set them to any old unused RAM value.
  
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What you have done now is ported the new PSG envelopes that were added to Sonic 2. Emerald Hill Zone, and most Sonic 2 Beta songs will now sound better when ported. Thanks to ValleyBell for this addition.
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Once you've done that, you should be able to shift RAM around all you want without the sound driver screwing up!
  
 
==Credits==
 
==Credits==
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     Tweaker - Wrote the orignal guide to port Sonic 1's sound driver into Sonic 2.
 
     Tweaker - Wrote the orignal guide to port Sonic 1's sound driver into Sonic 2.
 
     ShadowsofYesterday - Telling me the fix for the SEGA sound. (old version of the guide)
 
     ShadowsofYesterday - Telling me the fix for the SEGA sound. (old version of the guide)
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     ValleyBell - Worked on the Clone Driver, helped me to fix this guide, added the Sonic 2 PSG Envelopes, and kindly provided a new SEGA Sound fix.
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     ValleyBell - In addition to his original work on the Sonic 2 Clone Driver, he showed me numerous things I could do to fix the guide. He also helped me with the equating process. Thanks, ValleyBell!
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     Caverns4 - I wrote and updated the guide.
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     Caverns 4 - I wrote and updated the guide.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 10:52, 25 August 2018

(Original guide by Caverns 4)

WARNING

DO NOT USE THIS GUIDE. This is only here for archival purposes, and is using a shoddy old version of the driver. Get
Sonic Retro
Clownacy's new version of the Clone Driver and use that for your hacks instead. ~ Caverns 4 18:26, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

If you want proof of how shoddy the old Sonic 2 Clone Driver is, look at the list of negatives a few paragraphs down. They're all fixed the Sonic 2 Clone Driver v2. ~ Clownacy

Summary

The guide is fixed and updated as of September 11th, 2013. It should now work on real hardware! ~ Caverns 4

The Sonic 2 Clone Driver is simply a modified version of Sonic 1's sound driver, designed to work with Sonic 2. The advantages to using this over Sonic 2's sound driver normally are numerous; It will be easier to modify existing songs as you won't have to worry about compressing and decompressing the music, and your music will be supported by more up to date Music editor programs.

There are many inaccuracies with the Sonic 2 Clone Driver, however. One is that the Spin Dash's rev sound will not raise pitch. The music is also not a perfect adaptation of Sonic 2's music, particularly sometimes the PSG channels sound slightly different (unless you do the optional step that adds Sonic 2 PSGs, at least.) This is most noticeable in Emerald Hill Zone's music. The tempos of some songs are also slightly different, along with the Speed Shoes tempos being outright wrong, some even slowing down the music. CPZ's Gloop sound will also play twice as often as it should. Sound priorities are also incorrect, leading to some sounds being able to interrupt others when they shouldn't. As is the case in Sonic 1, on PAL consoles, the music will play at a slowed speed.

If the above bugs will not bother you too badly, then you'll like using the Sonic 2 Clone Driver after working with Sonic 2's own sound driver. The Sonic 2 Clone Driver is much easier to port music to, and in fact, Sonic 1 music can even just be binclude'd into the ROM. This is because it's based on Sonic 1's sound driver, and uses the same formatting. With this out of the way, now it's time to edit the Sonic 2 Git Disassembly!

Before beginning, you will need the following file:

Download.svg Download Sonic 2 Clone Driver Files
File: Sonic 2 Clone Driver.7z (78 kB) (info)

Step 1 - Getting Started

Back up your disassembly if you haven't already.

To start, go into your sound folder, where you'll have a DAC folder, a music folder, and a PCM folder.

DELETE THEM ALL!

Also delete s2.sounddriver.asm. These are all parts of Sonic 2's sound driver, so they won't be necessary.

Then extract "Sonic 2 Clone Driver.7z" into the main folder of your disassembly.

Step 2 - Deleting Leftovers

Now open up s2.asm, and find the label 'SoundDriverLoad:'. Delete everything from that, up to and including: 

Mus_Continue:   BINCLUDE    "sound/music/Continue.bin"

What we have done here is deleted the routines to load and decompress Sonic 2's sound driver. We don't need this anymore.

Next up, find this line: 

	cnop -Size_of_SEGA_sound, $8000

and delete everything from there up to (but not including) the line: 

; end of 'ROM'

Also, on the line above the 'EndOfRom:' label, you should see this: 

	shared word_728C_user,Obj5F_MapUnc_7240,off_3A294,MapRUnc_Sonic,movewZ80CompSize

Change it to this: 

	shared word_728C_user,Obj5F_MapUnc_7240,off_3A294,MapRUnc_Sonic

Finally, find the label 'sndDriverInput:'

Delete the entire function, which starts there, and ends at this line: 

; End of function sndDriverInput

Now search in your assembly for "sndDriverInput", and delete any lines that point to it. There will be quite a few, but it won't hurt anything.

We've effectively deleted the old sound driver entirely from our game... Now it's time we implemented our new one... But first, we need to prepare s2.constants.asm!

Step 3 - Overhauling Constants, Fixing RAM

Open s2.constants.asm, and find the following line:

Find the line "; Music IDs". You'll see this: 

; Music IDs
offset :=    zMasterPlaylist
ptrsize :=    1
idstart :=    $81
; $80 is reserved for silence, so if you make idstart $80 or less,
; you may need to insert a dummy zMusIDPtr in the $80 slot

Delete everything from there down to "MusID__End = id(zMusIDPtr__End)  ; A0", and paste the following where it used to be: 

; Music IDs
; $80 is reserved for silence, so if you make idstart $80 or less,
; you may need to insert a dummy zMusIDPtr in the $80 slot
MusID__First =          $81
MusID_2PResult =        $81
MusID_EHZ =             $82
MusID_MCZ_2P =          $83
MusID_OOZ =             $84
MusID_MTZ =             $85
MusID_HTZ =             $86
MusID_ARZ =             $87
MusID_CNZ_2P =          $88
MusID_CNZ =             $89
MusID_DEZ =             $8A
MusID_MCZ =             $8B
MusID_EHZ_2P =          $8C
MusID_SCZ =             $8D
MusID_CPZ =             $8E
MusID_WFZ =             $8F
MusID_HPZ =             $90
MusID_Options =         $91
MusID_SpecStage =       $92
MusID_Boss =            $93
MusID_EndBoss =         $94
MusID_Ending =          $95
MusID_SuperSonic =      $96
MusID_Invincible =      $97
MusID_ExtraLife =       $98
MusID_Title =           $99
MusID_EndLevel =        $9A
MusID_GameOver =        $9B
MusID_Continue =        $9C
MusID_Emerald =         $9D
MusID_Credits =         $9E
MusID_Countdown =       $9F
MusID__End   =          $A0

The music is all fixed, now all that's left is the sound effects:

Find the line "; Sound IDs", and delete everything down to the line "; Special sound IDs". Leave the special IDs alone.

In place of the text you deleted, just paste this: 

; Sound IDs
SndID__First =                  $A0
SndID_Jump =                    $A0
SndID_Checkpoint =              $A1
SndID_SpikeSwitch =             $A2
SndID_Hurt =                    $A3
SndID_Skidding =                $A4
SndID_BlockPush =               $A5
SndID_HurtBySpikes =            $A6
SndID_Sparkle =                 $A7
SndID_Beep =                    $A8
SndID_Bwoop =                   $A9
SndID_Splash =                  $AA
SndID_Swish =                   $AB
SndID_BossHit =                 $AC
SndID_InhalingBubble =          $AD
SndID_ArrowFiring =             $AE
SndID_LavaBall =                $AE
SndID_Shield =                  $AF
SndID_LaserBeam =               $B0
SndID_Zap =                     $B1
SndID_Drown =                   $B2
SndID_FireBurn =                $B3
SndID_Bumper =                  $B4
SndID_Ring =                    $B5
SndID_RingRight =               $B5
SndID_SpikesMove =              $B6
SndID_Rumbling =                $B7
SndID_Smash =                   $B9
SndID_DoorSlam =                $BB
SndID_SpindashRelease =         $BC
SndID_Hammer =                  $BD
SndID_Roll =                    $BE
SndID_ContinueJingle =          $BF
SndID_CasinoBonus =             $C0
SndID_Explosion =               $C1
SndID_WaterWarning =            $C2
SndID_EnterGiantRing =          $C3
SndID_BossExplosion =           $C4
SndID_TallyEnd =                $C5
SndID_RingSpill =               $C6
SndID_Flamethrower =            $C8
SndID_Bonus =                   $C9
SndID_SpecStageEntry =          $CA
SndID_SlowSmash =               $CB
SndID_Spring =                  $CC
SndID_Blip =                    $CD
SndID_RingLeft =                $B5
SndID_Signpost =                $CF
SndID_CNZBossZap =              $D0
SndID_Signpost2P =              $D3
SndID_OOZLidPop =               $D4
SndID_SlidingSpike =            $D5
SndID_CNZElevator =             $D6
SndID_PlatformKnock =           $D7
SndID_BonusBumper =             $D8
SndID_LargeBumper =             $D9
SndID_Gloop =                   $DA
SndID_PreArrowFiring =          $DB
SndID_Fire =                    $DC
SndID_ArrowStick =              $DD
SndID_Helicopter =              $DE
SndID_SuperTransform =          $DF
SndID_SpindashRev =             $E0
SndID_Rumbling2 =               $E1
SndID_CNZLaunch =               $E2
SndID_Flipper =                 $E3
SndID_HTZLiftClick =            $E4
SndID_Leaves =                  $E5
SndID_MegaMackDrop =            $E6
SndID_DrawbridgeMove =          $E7
SndID_QuickDoorSlam =           $E8
SndID_DrawbridgeDown =          $E9
SndID_LaserBurst =              $EA
SndID_Scatter =                 $EB
SndID_LaserFloor =              $EB
SndID_Teleport =                $EC
SndID_Error =                   $ED
SndID_MechaSonicBuzz =          $EE
SndID_LargeLaser =              $EF
SndID_OilSlide =                $F0
SndID__End     =                $F7

The following are the lines you should NOT have deleted, just for reference: 

MusID_StopSFX =		$78+$80			; F8
MusID_FadeOut =		$79+$80			; F9
SndID_SegaSound =	$7A+$80			; FA
MusID_SpeedUp =		$7B+$80			; FB
MusID_SlowDown =	$7C+$80			; FC
MusID_Stop =		$7D+$80			; FD
MusID_Pause =		$7E+$80			; FE
MusID_Unpause =		$7F+$80			; FF

Now, find these lines: 

Underwater_palette_2:		ds.w palette_line_size	; not sure what it's used for but it's only used when there's water
Underwater_palette_2_line2:	ds.w palette_line_size
Underwater_palette_2_line3:	ds.w palette_line_size
Underwater_palette_2_line4:	ds.w palette_line_size

Underwater_palette:		ds.w palette_line_size	; main palette for underwater parts of the screen
Underwater_palette_line2:	ds.w palette_line_size
Underwater_palette_line3:	ds.w palette_line_size
Underwater_palette_line4:	ds.w palette_line_size

Copy these lines to the clipboard (Or better yet, to a separate text document), we are going to be moving them in a moment.

Immediately below where those lines used to be is a line like this: 

				ds.b	$500	; $FFFFF100-$FFFFF5FF ; unused, leftover from the Sonic 1 sound driver (and used by it when you port it to Sonic 2)

Change it to this: 

Sound_Driver_RAM:          ds.b	$600	; $FFFFF000-$FFFFF5FF ; Used by the Sonic 2 Clone Driver.

The underwater palettes were overwriting some RAM that the Sonic 1/Sonic 2 Clone Driver use, so we need to move them somewhere safer. Fortunately, such a place in RAM exists.

What we need, are $100 free bytes. So, first off, find the line: 

Normal_palette:			    ds.w	palette_line_size

Paste the underwater_palette lines right above it.

Right above the lines you just pasted, you should see the following: 

Sprite_Table:			ds.b	$280	; Sprite attribute table buffer
				ds.b	$80	; unused, but SAT buffer can spill over into this area when there are too many sprites on-screen

Replace them both with just this: 

Sprite_Table:			ds.b	$200	; Sprite attribute table buffer

Step 4 - Introducing The New Sound Driver!

Go back to s2.asm, and right above this line: 

; end of 'ROM'

Paste this: 

	include "Sonic 2 Clone Driver.asm"

Now, before anything else, open up Sonic 2 Clone Driver.asm, and find and replace (CRTL+H usually) all instances of "incbin" with "BINCLUDE" (without the quotes).

Repeat the process, replacing all instances of "@loc" with ".loc". The Git disassembly's AS Assembler handles local labels differently, so we're converting them to compatible ones.

At this point, you can build your ROM if you want. You won't get any sound, but the game will run.

Step 5 - Let The Music Play!

Go back to s2.asm, and find the label "VintRet:"

In that function, right after the label, paste this line: 

	jsr	(Init_Sonic1_Sound_Driver).l

If you were to build your ROM again now, you still wouldn't have sound. We're going to fix that now. Go back to s2.constants.asm, and find these lines: 

Music_to_play:			ds.b	1
SFX_to_play:			ds.b	1	; normal
SFX_to_play_2:			ds.b	1	; alternating stereo
unk_FFE3:			ds.b	1
Music_to_play_2:		ds.b	1	; alternate (higher priority?) slot

Replce theme with this: 

			ds.b	5

Now, we need to remake the music_to_play and SFX_to_play constants, but a bit differently. Anywhere in s2.constants.asm you deem appropriate (for the sake of organization, let's put them after Sound_Driver_RAM:), paste this code: 

Music_Pause   = $FFFFF003
Music_to_play = $FFFFF00A
SFX_to_play   = $FFFFF00B

Go back to s2.asm; we've got more changes to make.

First off, search and replace all instances of "SFX_to_play_2" with just "SFX_to_play", and "Music_to_play_2" with "Music_to_play".

This fixes most things, but if were to play the game, both the Sega Sound and pausing the game are... REALLY messed up. Let's fix this, too.

Find this line, again, in s2.asm 

 move.b	#MusID_Pause,(Music_to_play).w	; pause music

Replace it with this: 

 move.b	#1,(Music_Pause).w	; pause music

And replace all instances of this line: 

  move.b	#MusID_Unpause,(Music_to_play).w

With this: 

  move.b	#$80,(Music_Pause).w	; resume music

Step 6 - Saaay-Gaaah!

Now, let's fix the last problem: The SEGA Sound. You can close s2.constants and s2.asm now, we're done with those.

Our target this time is Sonic 2 Clone Driver.asm.

Search for the label 'SegaPCM:'. 

Now, replace

		cnop $0, (((((*+$6978)>>$10)+$01)*$10000)-$6978)
SegaPCM:	BINCLUDE	sound\segapcm.bin
		even
   with

			align $8000
SegaPCM:	BINCLUDE	sound\segapcm.bin
SegaPCM_End

Next, find the label 'PCM_Table:', and immediately before: 

;--------------------------------------------------------
Kos_Z80: BINCLUDE	sound\z80_new.bin

Paste this: 

		dc.l	$A00200, SegaPCM
		dc.w	(SegaPCM_End-SegaPCM)/2
		dc.b	$09, 0

Finally, go to "Sound_E1:" and replace 

		move.b	#$88,($A01FFF).l

with: 

		move.b	#$88, d0
		jsr	Calculate_PCM
		move.b	#$81, ($A01FFF).l	; can't use #$88, because that one uses hardcoded offsets

And we're done! Build it, test out your fixed Sega Sound and pause screen, and have fun!

Optional step - Import Sonic 2 PSG Envelopes

At this point, you shouldn't have any sound driver-related problems.

However, there is one more thing you can do, and it may help certain songs (Such as EHZ's music) to sound better. In Sonic 2 Clone Driver.asm, find the label PSG_Index:. It should be early in the file, and will look like this: 

PSG_Index:	dc.l PSG1, PSG2, PSG3
		dc.l PSG4, PSG5, PSG6
		dc.l PSG7, PSG8, PSG9
PSG1:		BINCLUDE	sound\psg1.bin
PSG2:		BINCLUDE	sound\psg2.bin
PSG3:		BINCLUDE	sound\psg3.bin
PSG4:		BINCLUDE	sound\psg4.bin
PSG6:		BINCLUDE	sound\psg6.bin
PSG5:		BINCLUDE	sound\psg5.bin
PSG7:		BINCLUDE	sound\psg7.bin
PSG8:		BINCLUDE	sound\psg8.bin
PSG9:		BINCLUDE	sound\psg9.bin

Replace it with this: 

PSG_Index:	dc.l PSG1, PSG2, PSG3
		dc.l PSG4, PSG5, PSG6
		dc.l PSG7, PSG8, PSG9
		dc.l PSG0A, PSG0B, PSG0C, PSG0D
PSG1:		BINCLUDE	sound\psg1.bin
PSG2:		BINCLUDE	sound\psg2.bin
PSG3:		BINCLUDE	sound\psg3.bin
PSG4:		BINCLUDE	sound\psg4.bin
PSG6:		BINCLUDE	sound\psg6.bin
PSG5:		BINCLUDE	sound\psg5.bin
PSG7:		BINCLUDE	sound\psg7.bin
PSG8:		BINCLUDE	sound\psg8.bin
PSG9:		BINCLUDE	sound\psg9.bin
PSG0A:
	dc.b	0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1
	dc.b	1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
	dc.b	1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2
	dc.b	2,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,$80
PSG0B:
	dc.b	4,4,4,3,3,3,2,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
	dc.b	2,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,3,4,$80
PSG0C:
	dc.b	4,4,3,3,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
	dc.b	1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2
	dc.b	2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,3
	dc.b	3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3
	dc.b	3,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4
	dc.b	4,4,4,4,4,4,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5
	dc.b	5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,6,6,6,6,6,6
	dc.b	6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,$80
PSG0D:
	dc.b	$0E,$0D,$0C,$0B,$0A,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0,$80

What you have done now is ported the new PSG envelopes that were added to Sonic 2. Emerald Hill Zone, and most Sonic 2 Beta songs will now sound better when ported. Note that this won't affect the music already included with the Sonic 2 Clone Driver. Thanks to ValleyBell for this addition.

Reccomended Extra Step: Equating The RAM

If you're like me, then you've shifted at least some RAM values in your hack around. Because of this, you might notice you've have some problems with the sound driver... Nothing there is equated, so it uses fixed RAM addresses! This won't do at all, so let's make a constant so you can shift the data around all you like.

To start, open s2.constants.asm, and find Music_Pause, Music_to_play, and SFX_to_play. Change them to this: 

Music_Pause   = Sound_Driver_RAM+3
Music_to_play = Sound_Driver_RAM+$A
SFX_to_play   = Sound_Driver_RAM+$B

Note: If you followed this guide before January 5th, 2014, you may need to change the $600 bytes you reserved for the Sound Driver in your s2.constants.asm to this: 

Sound_Driver_RAM: ds.b	$600

This label is important, and it's a new addition. If you are following this guide after January 5th, I had you put the label in by default.

Now you're done here, that's all we're going to use s2.constants.asm for. Open Sonic 2 Clone Driver.asm for the rest of the process.

In Sonic 2 Clone Driver.asm, go to the label loc_71B82:, and change this line: 

		lea	($FFF000).l,a6

To this: 

		lea	(Sound_Driver_RAM).l,a6

a6 is the base address of the sound driver. This will fix 90% of your potential issues.

Fixing the rest is where dword_722CC and dword_722EC come into play.

Replace both tables with these: 

dword_722CC:
	dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$0D0	; FM3
	dc.l 0		; dummy
	dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$100	; FM4
	dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$130	; FM5
	dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$190	; PSG1
	dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$1C0	; PSG2
	dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$1F0	; Plain PSG3
	dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$1F0	; Noise
dword_722EC:
	dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$220	; SFX FM3
	dc.l 0		; dummy
	dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$250	; SFX FM4
	dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$280	; SFX FM5
	dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$2B0	; SFX PSG1
	dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$2E0	; SFX PSG2
	dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$310	; Plain PSG3
	dc.l Sound_Driver_RAM+$310	; Noise

Also, their proper names would be BGMChannelRAM and SFXChannelRAM, respectively. You can rename them if you want, but it's not necessary.

Finally, go to loc_71C88:. There are two lines to make note of: 

		cmp.b   #0,($FFFFFF3A).w
		bgt.s	locret_71CAA

These lines can be commented out, as they don't do much besides muting the DAC chnnel when set, and aren't ever used normally. If desired, you can also set them to any old unused RAM value.

Once you've done that, you should be able to shift RAM around all you want without the sound driver screwing up!

Credits

   Varion Icaria - Puto's sound driver port.
   Esrael - Tweakers driver port, plus fixes for things broken in Puto's port, such as hanging on the title card. Extra thanks for fixing the Sega sound.
   Puto - Fixes for underwater palette stuff, as well as special stage ring stuff, and various other fixes to the original guide.
   Tweaker - Wrote the orignal guide to port Sonic 1's sound driver into Sonic 2.
   ShadowsofYesterday - Telling me the fix for the SEGA sound. (old version of the guide)
   ValleyBell - In addition to his original work on the Sonic 2 Clone Driver, he showed me numerous things I could do to fix the guide. He also helped me with the equating process. Thanks, ValleyBell!
   Caverns 4 - I wrote and updated the guide.
SCHG How-To Guide: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)
Fixing Bugs
Fix Demo Playback | Fix a Race Condition with Pattern Load Cues | Fix Super Sonic Bugs | Use Correct Height When Roll Jumping | Fix Jump Height Bug When Exiting Water | Fix Screen Boundary Spin Dash Bug | Correct Drowning Bugs | Fix Camera Y Position for Tails | Fix Tails Subanimation Error | Fix Tails' Respawn Speeds | Fix Accidental Deletion of Scattered Rings | Fix Ring Timers | Fix Rexon Crash | Fix Monitor Collision Bug | Fix EHZ Deformation Bug | Correct CPZ Boss Attack Behavior | Fix Bug in ARZ Boss Arrow's Platform Behavior | Fix ARZ Boss Walking on Air Glitch | Fix ARZ Boss Sprite Behavior | Fix Multiple CNZ Boss Bugs | Fix HTZ Background Scrolling Mountains | Fix OOZ Launcher Speed Up Glitch | Fix DEZ Giant Mech Collision Glitch | Fix Boss Deconstruction Behavior | Fix Speed Bugs | Fix 14 Continues Cheat | Fix Debug Mode Crash | Fix 99+ Lives | Fix Sonic 2's Sega Screen
Design Choices
Remove the Air Speed Cap | Disable Floor Collision While Dying | Modify Super Sonic Transformation Methods & Behavior | Enable/Disable Tails in Certain Levels | Collide with Water After Being Hurt | Retain Rings When Returning at a Star Post | Improve the Fade In\Fade Out Progression Routines | Fix Scattered Rings' Underwater Physics | Insert LZ Water Ripple Effect | Restore Lost CPZ Boss Feature | Prevent SCZ Tornado Spin Dash Death | Improve ObjectMove Subroutines | Port S3K Rings Manager | Port S3K Object Manager | Port S3K Priority Manager | Edit Level Order with ASM‎ | Alter Ring Requirements in Special Stages | Make Special Stage Characters Use Normal DPLCs | Speed Up Ring Loss Process | Change spike behaviour in Sonic 2
Adding Features
Create Insta-kill and High Jump Monitors | Create Clone and Special Stage Monitors | Port Knuckles
Sound Features
Expand Music Index to Start at $00 | Port Sonic 1 Sound Driver | Port Sonic 2 Clone Driver | Port Sonic 3 Sound Driver | Port Flamewing's Sonic 3 & Knuckles Sound Driver | Expand the Music Index to Start at $00 (Sonic 2 Clone Driver Version) | Play Different Songs Per Act
Extending the Game
Extend the Level Index Past $10 | Extend the Level Select | Extend Water Tables | Add Extra Characters | Free Up 2 Universal SSTs


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