Metroid Prime Practice Mod Patcher

This project can produce a release & patch a metroid prime iso to be the practice mod

NOTE: THESE INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS ARE OUT OF DATE

For now, you need to have python 3.7+ installed. This should be easy to install on linux or macOS. I'll have a Windows solution soon.

How to install (Windows)

Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpSQNYHwMjY

• Get a metroid prime .iso (i.e. using a hacked wii and cleanrip)
• Copy a metroid prime iso to 'prime.iso in this directory'
• Run patch.bat

How to install (Non-windows)

Youtube video on macOS (Linux is similar): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyz6855ffjg

• Get a metroid prime .iso (i.e. using a hacked wii and cleanrip)
• Copy a metroid prime iso to 'prime.iso in this directory'
• Run patch.sh

Usage

• Launch the iso in Dolphin
• Copy to your wii, and launch using Nintendont
  • If your Nintendont is really old, update Nintendont
  • Note this mod is not currently compatible with some settings, at the very least:
    • Cheats
    • Force progressive
    • Force Widescreen
  • There may be others, not a lot of testing has been done yet

Controls

• Z on pause screen - Open menu
• left analog/dpad - Navigate menu
• c-stick - Scroll
• a - Select item in menu
• b - Go back a menu

Known Issues

• Soft reset (b + x + start) crashes in Nintendont
• Non-menu text is garbled
• Rare crashes (so far, inconsistent)
• Warps to a couple rooms will put you out of bounds

Menu docs are a bit out of date, and still under development

Menus

• Inventory
  • Edit your item inventory
  • Artifacts do nothing in your inventory, and must be collected to have any effect, and so are not current editable
• Player
  • Save/load position
  • Edit position
  • Toggle Floaty Jump
  • Player state information (careful editing this!)
• Warp
  • Warp to any room
• Config
  • Adjust which HUD elements appear

HUD docs are a bit out of date, and still under development

HUD

• Input
  • Current IGT
  • Digital Inputs
  • Analog Main Stick
• Player Speed
  • Current speed (x, y, z, horizontal total)
  • Currrent rotational speed (x, y, z, total)
• Room timers
  • Current room IGT, in seconds
  • Current room IGT, in frames
  • Previous room IGT, in seconds
  • Previous room IGT, in frames
• FPS
  • Game-measured FPS

Changelog

2.0.0 (beta)

• Complete rewrite! Not feature complete
• Press Z with pause menu open to access the menu

1.2.5

• Fix warps, so they warp you to the destination, instead of the credits

1.2.4

• Remove ZOOM from next to the IGT on save select
• Allow IGT and input to be configured separately

1.2.3

• Add position/precise position displays
• Change file select to show mm:ss instead of hh:mm

1.2.2

• Rewrote patcher to native (much smaller, faster)

1.2.1

• IS enabler (requires morph)
• Lightshow Fix (requires unmorphed)
• Update patcher
• May have fixed soft-reset crash

1.2.0

• Add trigger rendering

1.1.2

• Minor performance improvements
• Internal rework of how native is built

1.1.1

• Minor fixes

1.1.0

• Add Player menu
• Add FPS counter

1.0.0

• Initial Release