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 - It has been patched with someone2639's shiftable segments patch
 - Getting HVQM FMV support to work with the game is WIP.
 
+Requirements are the same as regular SM64, however a GCC MIPS cross compiler is also required. If you're on Debian-like Linux, you can use the ``gcc-mips-linux-gnu`` package. The toolchain that comes with my SDK is also supported.
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 ## UNFLoader support
 
 The repository supports UNFLoader for debugging.