Stages by splat

[bubbaking]

Bowser's Castle in the games looks like a cave/dungeon and you always fought him in cave areas in SM64, so that isn't too big of a deal.

 

[B.W.]

In late games Bowser has been making castles in cavelike areas. It often looks like he has them in volcanos.

 

[splat]

So, other than the temporary fix a couple posts above me, has there been any real progress for this stage that's been done by splat yet?

Sorry guys, I've been swamped with work the past weeks, and if everything goes to plan I should be able to continue working on it next week.

 

[bubbaking]

Well, I did a Lucario vs Fox match on this stage and encountered noticeable lag for the first time.

 

[leafbarrett]

I dunno if the fix worked yet but thanks in advance, leaf.

I did manage to test it, and my result were that it did seem to reduce the lag a little, though 4 player brawls still lag. However, I goofed and deleted a texture I shouldn't have; the lava has a white tint over it. Seems the fire texture was used for more than I thought. I'll fix it now, and edit this post with the download link.

EDIT: Download
The old download link works as well; I just saved the fixed file over the broken one.

 

[Handy Man]

Sorry guys, I've been swamped with work the past weeks, and if everything goes to plan I should be able to continue working on it next week.

It's cool, man. Great things come with great amounts of time. I was just curious because I haven't heard much about it getting updates lately. Can't wait for the next version!

 

[crabsmack]

I did manage to test it, and my result were that it did seem to reduce the lag a little, though 4 player brawls still lag. However, I goofed and deleted a texture I shouldn't have; the lava has a white tint over it. Seems the fire texture was used for more than I thought. I'll fix it now, and edit this post with the download link.

EDIT: Download
The old download link works as well; I just saved the fixed file over the broken one.

Just tried this, and there was a noticeable decrease in lag. I still wouldn't recommend 4-player, but it's much better than before. 1v1 works great, even with Zelda v. Zelda.

Thanks for your work.

 

[roymaster803]

Just tried this, and there was a noticeable decrease in lag. I still wouldn't recommend 4-player, but it's much better than before. 1v1 works great, even with Zelda v. Zelda.

Thanks for your work.

That makes me happy. It's a little small for 2v2 anyway. So it'll be a nice 1v1 addition. Maybe even a decent starter.

 

[\Apples]

4v4

10 's

 

[Doq]

Can't get the stage to fit. It's too big (I ISO hack...)

 

[roymaster803]

lol my bad, Thanks for the notice Apples XD. I'll fix the original post.

 

[Black Tyranno]

I tested Leafbarret's fix over Big Blue. 3v1 (Bowser vs Peach + Ike + Zelda) with 0 lag. Still lags a little over Mario Circuit.

 

[bubbaking]

Wasn't Big Blue already replaced, though?

 

[Little Nemo]

No.

 

[Black Tyranno]

nah Big Blue wasn't replaced by anything before

 

[bubbaking]

Is there a reason Big Blue doesn't lag but Circuit does?

 

[Black Tyranno]

I'm not really sure why.

 

[Xenozoa425]

Try porting it over Rainbow Cruise. That's another Mario stage that never really gets much attention.

 

[Kati]

I think the stage works over Yoshi's Story as well. I put my YS over Delfino to have more songs, but I realize the everybody else probably still has that vital stage in it's original position.

 

[Diddy Kong]

Very sexy stage indeed! Me to wished for a Bowser's Castle stage in both Melee and Brawl, glad you made one! Won't be able to play on it though... But props for the work done!

 

[i1y]

Just wanted to pop in and say that my first impressions are excellent, I really like the look and feel of the stage. Looking forward to future updates!

 

[Cuban Legend]

I also just wanted to say this level is amazing. Can't wait until the animated fireball enemies are put in! :D

 

[roymaster803]

How is the stage coming along? Haven't heard any news in a long time.

 

[leafbarrett]

Yeah, has any more progress been made on this, or have we hit a standstill?

 

[Xenozoa425]

Not too sure. OP hasn't posted in over a month.

Has anybody tried rel porting Bowser's Castle over Rainbow Cruise yet?

 

[O-Koa]

Has anybody tried rel porting Bowser's Castle over Rainbow Cruise yet?

Figured I'd give it a shot and it turned out fine. Here is the rel if you want it:
Link

 

[Xenozoa425]

Was there any noticable increase or decrease in lag?

 

[O-Koa]

Seems the same to me

 

[The_NZA]

seems same amount of lag as MC or Big Blue? Also, does anyone have the big blue .rel file?

 

[O-Koa]

Sorry, I forgot about BB lol
It seems the same as MC

Edit: Tried the stage over Big Blue and for me, its the same amount of lag as MC. I could be wrong I guess. If anyone wants to try it themselves, here is the rel for Big Blue

 

[Xenozoa425]

Somebody needs to start playing around with the stage and try to minimize unnecessary things like large texture sizes, unused models, and definitely polygon count. Reducing these and the file size should definitely improve the lag issues. I would do it, but I'm fairly busy with other things, lol.

 

[Eternal Yoshi]

I looked at the stage, and there's a LOT of uneeded junk offscreen which is largely responsible for the lag.
I think looking through the model in 3ds max and deleting all the unneeded junk can go a long way toward reducing the lag on the stage.

 

[Kneato]

Just wanted to comment, after over a year of sifting through mostly crappy stage retextures on brawlvault, this is a breath of fresh air.

Either stages look good and are completely not viable for any kind of competitive play (walls, walkoff, gimicks) or it is sensibly put together and mostly balanced, but looks terrible.

This, however, is one of the rare stages that happens to be unique, well put together, good looking, and viable. This kind of quality is on the level of the PM team's skyloft. If it doesn't make it into the final release of PM it would be a shame.

I'm using leafbarret's edit and it works well for 1v1's but stutters every once in a while. I'm really excited for the final version of this.

 

[Tuvillo]

Totally agreed with Kneato. It's a great stage, and completely fits in with what Project M stands for.

 

[Arcalyth]

Needs a fix for the lag T_T

 

[Emg3]

This maps look amazing but I have no idea how to put this on my game

 

[#HBC | Joker]

This maps look amazing but I have no idea how to put this on my game

Download it, and unzip it. After you get it unzipped, extract the STGBOWSER.pac file out, and rename it STGKART.pac. Go into private>wii>app>RSBE>pf>stage>melee <---- drop the file in this folder, and let it replace (or you can delete the STGKART.pac file that's already in there). You'll be good to go.

 

[Xenozoa425]

Needs a fix for the lag T_T

Somebody needs to start playing around with the stage and try to minimize unnecessary things like large texture sizes, unused models, and definitely polygon count. Reducing these and the file size should definitely improve the lag issues. I would do it, but I'm fairly busy with other things, lol.

 

[Kneato]

I did manage to test it, and my result were that it did seem to reduce the lag a little, though 4 player brawls still lag. However, I goofed and deleted a texture I shouldn't have; the lava has a white tint over it. Seems the fire texture was used for more than I thought. I'll fix it now, and edit this post with the download link.

EDIT: Download
The old download link works as well; I just saved the fixed file over the broken one.

Since people keep talking about the lag issue, I just wanted to make sure everyone saw this, leafbarrett's edit totally eliminates the lag issue in 1v1 and makes it tolerable in 3's.

 

[Aaronator]

Anyone good at 3DSMax able to cut down anymore unnecessary resources? I really want this playable for 2v2 :3