UPDATE: Prepackaged song presets are here! Use of the installer is still recommended for most users, but users familiar with patching a ROM themselves might be interested.

Dancing Mad FF6 MSU-1 Music Replacer

Welcome to the repository for Dancing Mad. Please submit any issues using the Issues tab on the left.

Summary

• Dancing Mad is an FF6 rom hack or mod using the MSU-1 to replace the built-in music with CD quality streaming music from a number of sources.
• Dancing Mad contains an easy installer to allow you to download the music you want, patch your ROM, and be ready to go.
• Dancing Mad is currently in open beta. The open beta version is available under Downloads. My current work in progress version is in the "master" branch, with more experimental code in their own branches. I will not be providing installers for active branches until the code has reached a stable point, though I may eventually provide an updater to update to new IPS versions without a reinstall. If a new IPS file is released in the master branch and you wish to test it, you should apply to your unmodified original FF3 ROM yourself with your IPS patcher of choice.

Setup

• To set up Dancing Mad, run the installer and follow the instructions contained therein. Please use any ROM of FF6, provided the audio code has not been altered by a previous patch. Previously, I advised only patch US V1.0, but further investigation has shown that Japanese copies of the game should be 100% compatible. Please report any bugs you encounter running this with previously unsupported versions of the game! US V1.1 was originally listed as being 100% compatible with the new version but has a few unexpected issues we are working through. Linux users, you will need base qt5 and qt5-multimedia installed.

• If you wish to test the "master" branch, patch an unheadered, untouched ROM of FF6 with the IPS contained in the patch directory of that branch. Do not patch over a previously patched version of Dancing Mad as if the IPS patch grows or shrinks you could end up with undefined results. If there is demand, I may provide an incremental IPS patch which is diffed against the current beta.

• If you wish to assemble patches yourself, you need copies of GNU Make, wla-dx and flips IPS patcher. Check the Makefile and make sure the paths for your assembler and copy of flips are correct (the first set are for windows, the second are for other platforms). Then stick your FF3 rom, renamed ff3.sfc, in the same directory as the Makefile and the ASM and link files, and run GNU Make. You should get as output ff3msu.sfc (the patched ROM) and ff3msu.ips (the new IPS patch.) This is my exact workflow, so if you are doing your own changes to the ASM please follow the same workflow to prevent errors.

• The installer is now supported natively on Windows, macOS, and Linux. If you're having any issue running the installer on any of these platforms, let me know!

Installer System Requirements

• The installer has been tested to work on the following operating systems: Windows 10 and later, macOS 11 and later (macOS 13 or later recommended), Debian 9 and later, and latest Arch Linux. In terms of Linux, it should work on other Linux distros from 2017 or later as well.

Contribution guidelines

• Feel free to fork and submit pull requests. This is the preferred method of submitting fixes to the code/contributions.

• Please submit bugs using the Issues tracker. Please state clearly whether you're using the beta provided, my code that hasn't been released as a new beta, or your own code.

Contact

• Contact [email protected] via email or this forum thread for help, or if you want a more live conversation approach me on the project's official Discord using this invite. I don't use IRC or Skype much anymore.

Credits

Musical Credits

• Nobuo Uematsu
• Sean Schafianski (buy the album here, support the artist who has kindly allowed us to use his work!)
• OCRemix Contributors
• FinalFanTim
• ChrystalChameleon
• The Black Mages
• Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
• The World Festival Symphony Orchestra
• The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
• Eiko Nichols
• edale2
• Kara Comparetto
• Mathew Valente

Editing Credits

• Covarr
• edale2
• qwertymodo
• Brutapode

Patch Credits (both for Dancing Mad itself and for optional patches bundled)

• Myself (Dylan Morrison)
• madsiur
• qwertymodo
• Rodimus Primal & the Ted Woolsey Uncensored Patch team
• mziab

Installer Credits

• Myself

Testing Credits

• Covarr
• Retro Dan
• ikari
• edale2
• Too many public beta testers to name. Thank you very much!

Community Outreach Credits

• edale2

Special Thanks

• Square Enix
• ikari
• Madsiur
• qwertymodo
• Near
• Kawa
• Qhimm.com
• romhacking.net
• BitBucket
• GitHub
• My friends, family, and loved ones.
• Many others I have forgotten to name.
• You.

Prepacks

The following are 7zip files with all the data needed (.pcm, .msu, and .ips/.bps files) for your chosen song preset. Read the included "README.prepack.txt" for details.

Developer's Recommendation

Original Soundtrack

ChrystalChameleon's remasters

Sean Schafianski Final Fantasy VI Remaster

Final Fantasy Acoustic Rendition

OCRemix Balance & Ruin

OCRemix Balance & Ruin Qwertymodo's loops

A final note

• Due to personal issues outside my control, I may take unscheduled hiatuses from this project for months at a time. Please continue to report issues during this time.