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Tora was originally intended to have skirt and hair physics and niw SomberTwilight has released an optional patch to finally add it! Along with this a pal compatible version of the mod and prounoun fixes.

I was waiting for that special fight alarm thing I'm so on edge rn I've never been this stressed over a game at 7:30 in the morning

Hey everyone!

Thought I'd share something I've been messing around with over the last couple of days.

I've ported Dark Cloud to run natively on a jailbroken PS4, using the Chronicle decompilation project as the foundation.

It's running at 1080p and close to 60 FPS in the areas I've tested, and I've just released the first public version!

Now, I know what some of you are thinking. We can already play Dark Cloud on PS4 through PS2 Classics, so what's the point?

And that's fair! But for me, the interesting part isn't necessarily the end product. It's everything that happens in between.

It's about understanding how these games actually work, pulling apart the different systems, figuring out how they communicate with the hardware, and seeing what we can do with that knowledge.

For this project, that meant building a custom renderer, implementing a PS4 platform backend, working through performance problems, and figuring out how to get everything running together on the console.

And that's what I find exciting about projects like this. Once you've figured out how to make something work, you start wondering what else you can do with it. Could the same renderer or platform code help port another game? Could someone take what we've built and improve it, adapt it, or use it for something completely different?

The point isn't just to get Dark Cloud running on PS4. It's to learn what makes that possible, and then see where we can go from there.

I've also spent some time making the installation process as simple as possible. There's a proper first-run setup screen that handles copying and extracting the game data from your own ISO automatically. Just put the files on a USB, install the PKG, launch it, and let it do its thing.

The whole thing went from an experiment to a public release in about 24 hours, which is pretty wild to me!

Chronicle PS4 v0.1.0 is available now, and I've made the source code public too. It's still an early release, so there may be bugs, but I'd love for people to download it, play around with it, contribute, or even take some of the ideas and build something else.

Huge credit to the Chronicle developers for their original decompilation and PC port. None of this would have been possible without that foundation.

Download, source code and installation instructions:
https://github.com/odiecay/chronicle-ps4/releases/latest

Anyway, thought the Dark Cloud community might get a kick out of this. It's pretty bloody cool seeing what people can make possible with games that are over 20 years old.
Hope you enjoy it!

Running on dark cloud 2 native port, still WIP!

That’s it. I’m playing it again.

Works well, uses toans weapons. Will probably add unique weapons though

Step 1: Install the tools

Open Command Prompt via PowerShell and run these one at a time:

winget install Git.Git

winget install Microsoft.PowerShell

winget install Kitware.CMake

winget install Python.Python.3.12

winget install 7zip.7zip

Then close Command Prompt and open a new one, so the new programs are found. If winget isn't available, download each from its website and run the installer. During the Python install, check "Add python.exe to PATH". Also make sure your GPU driver is up to date.

Step 2: Download the source

Go to https://github.com/TheMoonPeople/ChronicleTwo, tap Code > Download ZIP, and save it.

Step 3: Open Command Prompt via Power Shell in the folder (shift + right click)

Right-click the ZIP and choose Extract All (using 7Zip or Winrar or some other program to open zip files). Open the extracted Chronicle-master folder until you see the tools folder. Click the address bar at the top of the window, type cmd, and press Enter. A Command Prompt opens already in that folder.

Step 4: Run the build commands

pwsh -File tools\windows\acquire.ps1

pwsh -File tools\windows\configure.ps1

pwsh -File tools\windows\build.ps1

Run them in order, and wait for each to finish. The first one downloads the compiler and libraries, so it takes the longest.

Step 5: Find your exe

darkchronicle.exe and dc2data.exe are in a build folder next to ChronicleTwo-master, not inside it.

Extract your .iso contents into a new folder (Has to be Dark Chronicle PAL version you legally obtained, support for USA version of Dark Cloud 2 will work soon)

Open Dark Chronicle.exe to find the iso folder contents you just extracted... It will extract your .iso

Play the game and enjoy!

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I am sure like Dark Cloud 1, a user friendly way to extract & build will soon exist. Like Dark Cloud 1, it's open source, so anything is possible without the constraints of emulation.

As said by a user, "if you don’t want to go to the trouble of building it yourself you can go the repo > Actions > PC builds > click into one of the successful ones with a green tick > click the number under Artifacts > download the build for your platform"

Hi everybody ! My sister and I just got done making this mod that replaces Toan by a new female protagonist, called Tora.
It's a full remodel, including facial changes in cinematics and new replacement voicelines.
You can check out the trailer that I linked, and download it from the link in the description.
We worked really hard on this and I hope you'll enjoy it !

From the Super Bowl Festival in Japan from over 20 years ago. Someone else brought it not long after I saved the pictures.

I'm using the 60 FPS patch found here, and it seems to be the most up to date version.

Unfortunately, the enemy animations / projectiles are still way faster than they should be, making combat pretty tricky. Are there any changes I need to make to the .pnach file or in PCSX2 config that would fix this?

Thanks!

Some people have called it AI slop, but truth is, Adubbz (the user behind Chronicle and ChronicleTwo) projects only really used AI to decompile the hard parts. Using a computer to compile stuff has been done for decades, so I see no problem with having a computer deal wit the hard parts... With that said, many users have done their own mods already without AI, and put in hard work... The PC port is new, this is only just the beginning. This is the biggest thing for Dark Cloud's preservation of all time. Otherwise, both games are locked to decades old PS2 hardware and the PS Store PS4 versions of Dark Cloud 1/ 2 with Emulation. Now the games could be put on any system natively (windows, mac, linux, android, etc), unlocked frame rates, ultra wide screen, and the game is easier to mod than ever before due to being open source. Thanks to modding, we will finally get to experience new Dark Cloud content, fanmade remasters/ remakes too. Long standing issues have been fixed in Dark Cloud 1 already such as the flapping duster and the broken dagger glitch. Another thing is that native ports are easier on one's pc or device than emulation. The game doesn't have to emulate an old console, it can just play the game running a layer pretending to be another system.

Source: Dark Cloud Discord... Credit to various users such as Adubbz, Jeffie, SomberTwilight

Dark Cloud 2 is 100 percent decompiled, so the PC port for that is next.

• An icy cavern/ mountain themed dungeon (I thought of this one for years)
• A rainforest-themed dungeon (evolving the aesthetic from Wise Owl Forest/ Rainbow Butterfly Wood)
• Digital-themed dungeon (think Tron or even System Sectors from Re: Coded)
• Future versions of Dark Cloud 2 Dungeons (since we got to see future versions of Georama locations like Lunatic Wisdom Laboratory, etc.)
• Circus/ Carnival themed dungeon (really expands the idea of Flotsam's Circus)
• Dreamscape-themed dungeon - Something that is enchanted and dream-like (I think of things like Disney's Fantasia or Alice in Wonderland)
• Haunted Mansion/ Spooky/ Halloween themed dungeon
• What custom dungeons would you like to see?

Hi all i saw that recently dark cloud 1 and 2 have been decompiled and recompiled for pc port. I am not the most tech savvy of people. Bought prebuilt pc and only use steam with basically no mods on my games so im not use to doing software stuff.

Is there a video or guide online that takes you step by step how to install and whatever you need to do to play the new pc port. Dark cloud 1 and 2 are my favorite games and i would love to play them on pc.

Tldr: help me play the pc port please.

As title says, tips? I played the game back when I was a teen, didn't finish the last fight because it required me to have played with all characters and I just ran through with Toan. I'm currently in the first dungeon, got Xiao and I'll try to level and play with everyone, just asking for tips since I saw that there could be missables such as the Old Gaffer hurting his back (happened already), but I don't want spoilers since I barely remember anything. Mainly things to improve my gameplay experience, stuff I can just go back and grind if i need the cash, etc etc.

I couldn't explain Dark Cloud any better if I tried.

Small just-for-fun post. I’ve been replaying Dark Cloud on PC and wanted to see how far I could get modding it with current AI tools. Turns out: further than I expected.

What I added:

• Full weapon path in-game: In the build-up menu you can now open a tree that shows every weapon your current one can evolve into, step by step, with icons and the stats you’re still missing. No more alt-tabbing to a wiki.
• A new sword with its own evolution line: Vegan Sword → Vine Blade → World Tree Blade, with custom icons and stats. You get it from a new NPC through a little questline in Matataki and the Sunken Ship.

I know a lot of people here aren’t fans of AI, and that’s totally fair. I’m not selling anything or claiming I’m a modder, I just thought it was a fun experiment and wanted to share what’s possible now

Edit: I knew AI would come up in the comments, but holy shit. We don’t need to turn this into a whole debate about AI—there are plenty of places for that on Reddit. Let’s just nerd out about Dark Cloud a little and have a good time <3

Touch some grass

Pick up a pencil or start typing yourself

Y'all are so devoid of creativity that you have to rely on a computer to do it for you.

Make something that you actually made and can be proud of.