I haven't seen the original guy in here since forever. I wonder if he'll even see your thanks XD
I don't think Squidtentacle (the original uploader) even checks this thread anymore. In that case I guess we're the ones propping up this mod now :V
EDIT: Going to install Windows (both 7 and 2k3) today onto my desktop onto the refurb SSD, and then I can get to work. Also getting an idea of what songs to put in but I need more Touhou remixes (I have lots of WAVE, Demetori, dBu Music, IOSYS, and too many MADs and MIDI remakes, but am missing quite a few of the others too).
For songs with short web and full versions (namely IOSYS stuff and Bad Apple), I am not too sure. The former are better known and are freely distributed in PVs, so I'm leaning towards those.
Also I have decided not to put any of ZUN's original songs (WAV versions and MIDI if it uses the MSGS or SC-88Pro) simply because Touhou GTA is a derivative work, and ZUN has made it clear he does not want any original assets in them.
EDIT2: OK it was just Win7, which FINALLY works (catch is that I have to choose which drive to boot in UEFI BIOS...but it works).
I've found a Streaming Memory FIx which is really for high-res textures but should also work for our case. Trying it out.
And gah, stereoscopic 3D hurts my eyes (on 3DS...buying one from younger brother for $110
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EDIT3: Turns out this was possible in SALA. Texture issue (frequent blurring, render failure) patched, finally!
The issue was that the original game had a 50MB limit on streaming textures. I upped it to 1024, and we're going well (though even 256 was OK, this is to accomodate those who use long view distance mods). Also reduced stream.ini's memory usage to 1.5GB since 2GB did nothing.
It also helped that the issue was 40x more obvious on my new desktop and its 6870 than my laptop with Intel graphics.