Old infinite ring hacks were crude. They usually involved hex-editing a save file or patching the ROM, which often led to crashes or visual glitches. The new mods, built for A.I.R. version 1.6.0 and above, are elegant. They are .air-mod files that inject a single function into the game's main loop.
The best "new" mod currently available is often titled "Infinite Rings (Modern)" by modder SuperSonicDev or "Ring God Mode" by E-122-Psi. Here is what makes them different from the old days: sonic 3 air mod infinite rings new
This unique take on the "infinite rings new" concept turns your rings into a scoring mechanism. You always have 999 rings, but every time you collect a ring monitor, you gain 10,000 points. It’s technically cheating, but it repurposes the infinite resource into a high-score chasing tool. Old infinite ring hacks were crude
The newest mods are sometimes just a single .lua script. If you download a .lua file: If you installed the mod and you still
"Name": "Infinite Rings New",
"Description": "You cannot drop below 100 rings.",
"Version": "2.0"
If you installed the mod and you still drop to zero rings when hit, try these fixes: