Game Modding

Last Updated: January 2026

NTCore 4GB Patch

32-bit apps can use up to 4GB of RAM, but are usually limited to 2GB because computers back then only had 4GB of RAM, so programs were only allowed access to 2GB.

Luckily, there is a simple flag in 32-bit programs that allows them to actually use 4GB of RAM on 64-bit systems.

Download and run this program, selecting the .exe of the game you want to patch when the program prompts you. That’s it. It will now have access to 2x RAM as before.

This is necessary when modding some games, especially when using HD textures. Some modpacks even come bundled with this. But on other games (especially open world games like Fallout NV), it’ll actually improve the vanilla game, running smoother and crashing less, just because it has more resources.

Last Updated: January 2026

GTA IV is a very broken mess on PC, but there is a single one-mod-fix-all solution that turns it into the best way to play it.

Fusion FIx
Nexus Mods
GitHub
Download

The mod can be extracted into the game’s folder, or there’s an installer that will do it for you. Just follow the instructions on the GitHub page.

Last Updated: January 2026

The following ROM hacks add QOL features, such as all Pokémon being available in a single game, meaning version exclusives, but also those you have to trade to evolve, or needed a special event. They tend to have a bunch of other stuff too. They don’t make the games harder though, at least not much harder.

Gen 1

GBA UltraViolet – all Gen 1 Pokémon available in FireRed

Gen 2

GBA Heart n Soul – ROM hack for Emerald
NDS HGSS Golden Edition – all Gen 2 Pokémon in HG/SS

Gen 3

GBA Modern Emerald – QOL ROM hack true to Gen 3
GBA Delta Emerald – ports ORAS features to Emerald
3DS ORAS Polished – all Gen 3 Pokémon in OR/AS

Gen 4

NDS PlatinumQOL – all Gen 4 Pokémon in Platinum
Switch Luminescent Platinum – all Gen 4 Pokémon

I could add more, but we don’t really play the games after that.

There’s also other ROM hacks that are very similar to these, like “Emerald Legacy“, not sure if they’re better/worse, but I’m sure there’s minor differences that might make a difference to someone.

Last Updated: January 2026

Sonic Origins Ultrafix
GameBanana
Hedge Mod Manager

Sonic Origins is the official way to play these games, but they have some issues and there’s a single one-mod-fix-all solution that fixes most everything, making the games more authentic, but also lets you customize how you want to play these classics, like allowing the spindash and drop-dash in games before they originally released, or making all characters playable in all levels.

First you’ll need Hedge Mod Manager, this will let you mod a bunch of Sonic games, but once you follow the instructions to install it and it’s all set up correctly, you should be able to 1-click-install from the GameBanana page.

Last Updated: May 2026

Sonic Adventure DX

SADX Dreamcast Conversion

Use the SADX Mod Installer to get the SAModManager and improvement mods

Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
Render Fix

Download from Github and use SAModManager to install

If you don’t have SAModManager from the SADX installation, download it here: GitHub

Just place it in the Steam install location for your game and run it to install the Render Fix mod

Sonic Heroes
Reloaded II Modloader

Download Setup.exe from the link above and follow the directions to setup Sonic Heroes.

Physics Swap Mod Preset + Stage Fix

Shadow ’05
Shadow the Hedhodge Reloaded

This mod changes a bit to streamline the game, as in fixing controls, making movement and abilities more fun, unlocking things earlier, etc. It also does the normal stuff like widescreen and HD HUD.

• Link to newest release
• Mod Review (J’s Reviews)

Sonic ’06
Project ’06

If you want to play the story with the bosses, hub areas, and cutscenes, emulate the original with mods. If you want a fully modernized and improved version of the game, both graphically and mechanically, that even makes Silver and Shadow’s stages more fun, then play Project ’06. Should be straightforward, it has all original assets and doesn’t require roms or anything, just unzip and run the game.

Emulating Sonic ’06 with Legacy of Solaris+Physics mods

• Use latest Xenia canary instead of normal Xenia
  • Open “xenia-canary.config.toml” in the xenia directory
  • Ctrl+F and set clear_memory_page_state = true
  • Ctrl+F and set gpu = "d3d12"
• Get Sonic ’06 Mod Manager, open it, and set up the game
• Prereqs, can (mostly) be installed via 1-click install buttons:
  • Complete Physics Overhaul
  • Physics Companion Mod
  • Khronos
    • Follow the instructions on the page, there’s a second step after the 1-click install
• Legacy of Solaris
  • Click the green “<> Code” button at the top right and then “Download ZIP”
  • Drag+Drop the “Legacy of Solaris – Physics Compatible” folder into the mods folder setup in the mod manager

Now you should be able to launch the game from the modloader.

Last Updated: May 2026

Splinter Cell 1
Enhanced SC

Fixes lighting, adds widescreen, controller support, and 3 DLC missions
Adds many additional QoL features like not needing to switch to tools manually before interacting with doors and other backport/console parity features.
If on Linux, make sure to follow those extra instructions in the GitHub page.

Pandora Tomorrow
Fusion Fix

Widescreen Fix + Controller Support
Also lets you change the color of Sam’s goggles via config
There’s mods for the other Splinter Cell games too, but they aren’t necessary like these first two. The FusionFix SC1 mod is actually included in the Enhanced SC above.