Game Mod Projects
If you want to give some help for the game mod development, this page is for you!
You can check the different tasks for the game mod development down below.
This task is simple: Translate the game into different languages. Because the game now features a language setting, we can add more languages in the game!
If you want to help for the translation, either by adding new languages or even correcting probable grammar/verbal inconsistencies, you can extract the game's APK file and verify the content in the lang folders. Otherwise, contact Furrican so he can send you the language folders.
Here are the available languages in the game and their folder names:
And here are the possible languages that can be added in the game:
You can also work on other languages of your preferences. However, some languages may only be verified by your own responsibility.
The Android port of Sonic Advance actually have an issue with its sound effects.
In certain Android devices, the game lags considerably when trying to play multiple sound effects at the same time.
The lag is more apparent when collecting multiple rings at great speed.
However, the lag is not present when the volume is turned off.
The issue may comes from the sound channels. When the game plays sound effects, those sounds play on sound channels.
But when too many sound effects are playing at once, the game tries to play one or a few sound effects at a time, instead of overlapping sound effects when the sound channels are all used. As the result, the game lags when playing those sound effects.
In fact, you may notice that the MIDI soundtrack makes the game laggier than the GBA MIX soundtrack. This is because the MIDI soundtrack uses .mid tracks, which takes multiple sound channels. Whereas the GBA MIX soundtrack only uses one, as the tracks are actually .ogg tracks turned into .mid files.
If you want to know how the sound effects behave in the game, you can check the following files in the smali folder.
In Lib:
In com/sega/mobile/framework/device:
This project is a special task with the goal of making the game running at 60FPS and at normal speed. This task takes a lot time, patience and requires a good amount of knowledge about Java/Smali programming.
For more information, check out the Project 60FPS page.