The Legend of Dragoon: LoD Half Max HP

This hack will cut each character's Maximum HP in half for added difficulty.

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// Half HP
// by Zychronix
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This patch will halve the Maximum HP stat for all characters in half.

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Installation
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This patch targets a single file in Legend of Dragoon called "S_ITEM.OV_" for highest compatibility with other hacks.
It may or may not work and or conflict with other rom hacks that target the same file.


1. Rename each disc to ?LODX_USA.bin? where X is the disc number and place them in the same folder.
2. Download the Windows 32-bit i386 version of CMD Pack from the link below
and extract the folder to the same folder with the four discs.
https://web.archive.org/web/20130823190031/http://www.neillcorlett.com:80/cmdpack
3. Download the Windows i686 version of xdelta from the link below
and extract it to the same folder with the four discs.
https://github.com/jmacd/xdelta-gpl/releases/tag/v3.0.11
4. Copy and paste the commands below in Notepad and save it as ".bat" type.


@echo off
echo Extracting S_ITEM.OV_ from LOD1_USA.bin...
cmdpack-1.03-win32-i386\cdpatch -o -x LOD1_USA.bin -d halfhp \OVL\S_ITEM.OV_
mkdir halfhp\mod\ovl
echo Patching S_ITEM.OV_ file...
xdelta3-3.0.11-i686.exe -d -f -v -s halfhp\OVL\S_ITEM.OV_ halfhp\patch\halfhp.xdelta halfhp\mod\ovl\S_ITEM.OV_
echo Patching disc images...
cmdpack-1.03-win32-i386\cdpatch -v -i LOD1_USA.BIN -d halfhp\mod \OVL\S_ITEM.OV_
cmdpack-1.03-win32-i386\cdpatch -v -i LOD2_USA.BIN -d halfhp\mod \OVL\S_ITEM.OV_
cmdpack-1.03-win32-i386\cdpatch -v -i LOD3_USA.BIN -d halfhp\mod \OVL\S_ITEM.OV_
cmdpack-1.03-win32-i386\cdpatch -v -i LOD4_USA.BIN -d halfhp\mod \OVL\S_ITEM.OV_
echo Patch done~
pause
exit


5. Rename your disc images back to how they were originally or modify the .cue files to reflect the new change.

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Credits
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XDelta: http://xdelta.org/
Hex Workshop: http://www.hexworkshop.com/
Dragoon Modifier
CMD Pack

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Other Info
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This patch may not be compatible with other patches.
Check out the LoD Subreddit, it has all the community links there https://www.reddit.com/r/legendofdragoon/

Check out my RAM hack for Windows PC on ePSXe and RetroArch Beetle PSX HW Core
https://legendofdragoonhardmode.wordpress.com/





This patch is for the NTSC version of the game.

Disc 1: SCUS_94491
Disc 2: SCUS_94584
Disc 3: SCUS_94585
Disc 4: SCUS_94586