/vr/ - Retro Games

new zelda II boss rush rom hack
http://acmlm.kafuka.org/board/thread.php?pid=164737

zelda 2 best zelda

So, if we do the hacking jam thing, what game would be a good candidate?

It should probably be an NES title, and one with no previous documentation.

>>3744887
how about spy vs spy?

it's small in size so it'll be easy to figure out .
The AI needs a rewrite so that could be one of the goals.

>>3744887

Action 52.

>>3744887
The Lone Ranger?
Startropics?
One of the Wizzard and Warriors games?

>>3744351
>nintendo named its newest official Mario game after a SMW hack from 13 years ago

Really makes you think, doesn't it?

>>3745280
>>>/v/

>>3745387
im not that anon, but fuck you faggot
>>>/s4s/

>>3745394
No, fuck you. These shitty memes from /v/ are causing this board to turn into a miniature version of it and I for one don't want to see that happen.

>>3745387
The truth hurts mang, I know.

>>3745401
Just report it.

>>3745387
I'm the anon you reported to and I think you're a bigger problem. Feel free to move to another site if you don't want to see anything from any other board.

>>3745679
That's not what the report button is for.

>>3744887
I think early NES (like Donkey Kong for example) games would be the best for something like that.

>>3744887
Yo, this is the guy who suggested the hacking jam idea.

Let's do a simple 1-screen game. I suggest NES Bomberman (or Fire and Ice). The Datacrystal is pretty lean (or nonexistent), so the good stuff is still waiting to be reverse engineered.

http://datacrystal.romhacking.net/wiki/Bomberman

This game should have extremely simple code, which should be trivial to extend if we want to add some extra features to demonstrate our mastery of understanding.

To kick this off, we should probably agree on some standards. I have a specification that I would like to put forward, but need one more day to proofread it.

Anybody else on board?

I made this last year http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/2760/

I think it's aight. I wanna fool around with FF or DQ soon.

Looking for GBA recommendations

Is there a recommended list of Pokemon rom hacks for Emerald or FR/LG?

Also, are romhacks for games other than Pokemon any kind of popular?

>>3746537
Read the OP.
And lurk more.

why is the file on mediafire? just put it somewhere else so people can download it all at once

>>3745387
>>>/s4s/

>>3747374
thank you for contributing to the decline of our board

>>3746235
>like Donkey Kong for example
First you gotta waste time hacking the title screen.

Mega Man V.
Built a MM6 style multipath in this stage, and I figured a way to be able to do MM6 style multipaths in any MM5 stage (in theory).

However I can't figure why some (but not all?) multipath transition screens, the screens the player get teleported to, won't load enemies/items.
So I decided to turn this issue into a feature: the helper robot only appears if you backtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmNnQIJBkTI

>>3746405
i seem to have 211 mario 1 roms but not EVEN ONE named Super Mario Bros. (USA).nes with the md5sum 811B027EAF99C2DEF7B933C5208636DE

...lole.......

>>3747661
nevermind it was named Super Mario Bros. (JU) (PRG0) [!].nes

>>3747386
I was thinking more about more levels, improved graphics, proper soundtrack etc.

>>3744351
http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php/topic,23267.msg327521.html#msg327521

I hope this doesn't end up on the doorstep of shitaku or anything, but Koolboyman is talking about what exactly happened to Prism here.

>>3749213
>change it enough
>don't use copyrighted title, names and icons

problem solved.

>Finding Variables With Cheat Search for FCEUX: A Primer

See animated image for a rundown of the Cheat Search window.

One way to find where data is stored in RAM is with the Cheat Search. The Cheat search works by making a list of every ram location and the value in that address at that point in time, then paring it down based on how that value changes.

So to start play the game until the variable you want to track down is sure to be loaded and hit the "Reset" button (on the Cheat Search Window!) That will populate the list on the right with every address in ram. Now start playing a bit of the game, then narrowing down the results.
If you think you know the exact value, you can put it in the box next to the "Known Value" button and hit the button.
If you know the value hasn't changed, use the "Equal" button.
"Not Equal", "Greater Than", and "Less Than" are as they say, but if you know exactly how much the value has changed by, you can put that in the box next to the button, and check the check box between them, to specify the parameters for that search.

This way you can easily narrow down the possible addresses to a few locations. If you mess up, or don't find it, just hit "Reset" and start over.

Some things to note:
1) This can only do 8bit values, anything that goes higher than 255 will be stored among two or more bytes and this cheat search will be of less help.
2) The value may not be kept as straightforward as you think. It may be stored in an unpacked Binary Coded Decimal format, or based on the display tile, or maybe the value is calculated as needed whenever called for.
3) The search only acts on the values in the results of the previous search. "Reset" will start the search over with the current ram. Keep this in mind if the game happens to briefly swap chunks of memory around at regular intervals. Notice the option at the bottom of the window.


If you have any suggestion for improving this primer, please mention it.

>Finding Variables With Cheat Search for FCEUX: A Primer

See animated image for a rundown of the Cheat Search window.

One way to find where data is stored in RAM is with the Cheat Search. The Cheat search works by making a list of every ram location and the value in that address at that point in time, then paring it down based on how that value changes.

So to start play the game until the variable you want to track down is sure to be loaded and hit the "Reset" button (on the Cheat Search Window!) That will populate the list on the right with every address in ram. Now start playing a bit of the game, then narrowing down the results.
If you think you know the exact value, you can put it in the box next to the "Known Value" button and hit the button.
If you know the value hasn't changed, use the "Equal" button.
"Not Equal", "Greater Than", and "Less Than" are as they say, but if you know exactly how much the value has changed by, you can put that in the box next to the button, and check the check box between them, to specify the parameters for that search.

This way you can easily narrow down the possible addresses to a few locations. If you mess up, or don't find it, just hit "Reset" and start over.

Some things to note:
1) This can only do 8bit values, anything that goes higher than 255 will be stored among two or more bytes and this cheat search will be of less help.
2) The value may not be kept as straightforward as you think. It may be stored in an unpacked Binary Coded Decimal format, or based on the display tile, or maybe the value is calculated as needed whenever called for.
3) The search only acts on the values in the results of the previous search. "Reset" will start the search over with the current ram. Keep this in mind if the game happens to briefly swap chunks of memory around at regular intervals. Notice the option at the bottom of the window.


If you have any suggestion for improving this primer, please mention it.

Bump for later

>>3747235
Jesus fuck, this. Put it on fucking mega.

http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3241/

I find this hack to be quite nice but overlooked. If you like Megaman hacks that are a bit more traditional then check it out.

>>3752159
Usually when MM hacks use structures from other MM games it looks terrible, but the screenshots show nice palette use here.

bump

I'm working on a multipath for the start of my Stone Man stage in my Mega Man V level hack.

One path will be going up on the left side of the mountain, and the other path going up inside the mountain.

At first I wanted to use Gyro's stage elevator, but I can only use the first elevator (the one which animates the bg up/down, no enemies or anything seem to be possible) and if I do it would sacrifice a lot of structure to make it compatible with Stone Man's stage.

I can't make the decision whether or not this is worth it or if I should just go with a ladder/platform route going upwards on the side of the mountain.

Rough first draft of the elevator
https://youtu.be/BfmX_diM40E

>>3753432
Are you planning to add new graphics and music or is it just going to be all level edits?

>>3751441
>>3747235
I downloaded everything with JDownloader and rehosted on mega so people can download them all at once.

https://mega.nz/#F!XZsyRSrT!ttjiQuw0S6lLa5oZevuaEw

I will not maintain this collection so don't rely on this URL for the latest stuff.

OP: Please switch. People have been complaining about mediafire for multiple threads. I have now done the hard work of uploading the existing collection (which is very nice, well done). All you should need to do is click "Import to my cloud drive", and then you will have a copy which you can edit and continue to update.

>>3754351
Literally nothing wrong with Mediafire.

>>3754463
> Literally nothing wrong

bump

Does the Universal Pokemon Game Randomizer have options for EXP gain?

>>3748426
There's the Pie Level hack.

>>3754230
It's a level hack. The hack is based on the principle that MMV is the worst in the NES series, and yet its levels had potential, so I'm trying to unleash that potential.

I have done some graphics edits but mostly small edits to the structure to accomodate to my needs, but without editing the tiles themselves.

Biggest graphic edits I've done myself are pic related.

I'd improve the bosses a little if I knew how. For music, I'm a musician but I don't have a clue about making NES tracks and incorporating them into the game either. Maybe I'll try to learn these things.

>>3755179
>MMV is the worst in the NES series

It's funny when you say it like that. Even if it somehow was the worst of the 6 MegaMan games, it's still a really good game.
Calling any of the 6 NES MegaMans "worst" is basically just baiting and nothing more than personal taste/bias, they're all good.
Hell, I might play MM5 tonight after work actually, I haven't beaten it in a while.

>>3755214
Yeah, it's a good game, but honestly compared to all 5 others, even to 6, it's really worse.
Of course, there will always be people who think another one will be the worst or hell, even that 5 is the best, but it seems to be a general consensus that it's one of the worsts in the NES series.

Its level design is all straight lines, enemies and bosses barely challenge the player, and on top of that the charge was made OP as fuck against everything. Then, even when the game throws 'gimmicks' at you, like gravity, it barely uses the potential of what that can do.

>>3754351
You missed GBC hacks. Other than that, good job.

>>3756072
Oops, you are correct. Not sure how that happened.

This has now been fixed.

Gentle reminder that romhacks aren't worth playing if all they do is change the level layout and/or graphics.

>>3744887
call it a hack off

>>3756858
Hack off sounds more like a competition.
Calling it a /vr/ hack job sounds better.

Also, what about Popeye? It's a very early, single screen, donkey kong like game with a few levels, and an empty datacrystal page.

>>3756881
i just wanted it to rhyme with whack off

i was playing one of those smb1 "kill the dick nazis!!" joke hacks or whatever with a friend. i thought it would just be a fun thing to laugh at but all of a sudden some creepy image flashed on the screen. neither me or my friend got a good look at it and it honestly really creeped me out. anyone know what the deal with this was?

>>3744351
this is pretty amusing

>>3744351
Jesus Christ you guys need to touch up that rom hack recommendation list. Dead links, links that go straight to the download instead of the mod description page, poor mod description pages that have better alternatives elsewhere, all kinds of shit needs touched up. Also one of you dumbasses put Prism under Pokemon Gold hacks when it was changed to Crystal ages ago.

I've started fiddling with hex editing to make small changes to accompany my MM5 level hack.

I'm new to this. Can't seem to get satisfactory results yet. For instance I wanted to reduce the invincibility frame time of bosses so that it'd be more like MM4 (shorter than in 5) but all I seem to be able to do so far is completely get rid of the invicibility frame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1EMUusnllc

rip vidyamon

>>3750821
I'm starting to understand this concept, but how does one find the right adresss when that value isn't a variable?
In my last post I mentionning fiddling with bosses invicibility frames, but that was only because the address was documented. When I looked, that adress wasn't even in the RAM.

>>3758135
Think I got it. This is already better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHJizTn2klQ

>>3750821
I'm starting to understand this concept, but how does one find the right adresss when that value isn't a variable?
In my last post I mentionning fiddling with bosses invicibility frames, but that was only because the address was documented. When I looked, that adress wasn't even in the RAM.

>>3758135
Think I got it. This is already better. Reduced boss invicibility frame time + different boss room layout + movement hack so that the teleportation at the end occurs despite the changed layout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhs5YdFXZBs

>>3759382
Cheat search is a good way to help you find variables in RAM, but you'll need to set breakpoints and read basic assembly when RAM address are accessed so you can see where the data is coming from and where it goes to.

The boss most certainly has a timer variable that controls how long he blinks. There is literally no way to implement that behavior without some timer ticking away somewhere.

>>3758007
Okay, how do we make this a more collaborative process?

Maybe we could move the recommendations over to github. Then people could do pull requests to fix stuff up and add new entries.

The roms themselves could be maintained out of the repo for copyright reasons, but should easily be able to be reconstructed from the info in the repo.

Does this sound good or is git too autistic?

>>3759484
I am not OP, btw, just pitching ideas because I want to see this succeed.

>>3759484
do you mean put the ips files on github?

>>3759412

Anyone know of good N64 hacks that work on real hardware? I want to put my flashcart to use.

>>3759579
No, I meant the contents of the pastebin so everyone could keep it up to date, and maybe expand it so it's more a structured, formal collection of metadata than a readme.

The roms themselves would remain as they are on some file locker and not "an official part of the project" from the perspective of the github repo - In the same way that No-Intro only produces DAT files and not roms, but if you know where to look, hey presto, there's entire No-Intro collections available for download.

I think the ease of access of this collection in terms of actually playing the roms is its strength and only having the ips files available would compromise that.

Are there any hacks of the original Super Mario Bros. that are actually impressive?

There's like a billion of them to wade through and most of them are either dumb graphics hacks or shit layout hacks. Has anyone ever altered the game mechanically in a good way?

>>3759579
>>3760070
Oh, I see what you're saying. Because putting the ips files on github would literally allow the games to be reconstructed.

Poor choice of words on my part. I just meant there would be links to download the original patch like the pastebin has at the moment. By not putting the ips or roms on github, neither companies or angsty romhackers who don't want their patches hosted on other sites would get pissy.

>>3759872
I'm afraid you're out of luck. Every romhack in existence is built with inaccurate emulators, which makes it impossible to run them on a real N64.

>>3760075
>mechanically altered smb.

just play a different platformer you dumb twat. the superior mechanics are the reason for the billion different rom hacks. god you're dumb.

>>3760075
There's a hack where they tried to recreate SMB2J with the SMB1 engine.

>>3760075
Well, there's Extra Mario Bros

>>3754463
Nothing wrong except having to download each file individually unless you give them money.

>>3760075
see >>3760114

has new power-ups and a weird metroidvania-ish layout

>>3759382
I was wondering how helpful the guide really was. I have another that introduces the debugger, but I think I'll need to go through an example of finding a ram address then tracing the value back to the rom with the debugger.

But in your case, the game's mapper will grab the appropriate chunk of rom and place it in ram, where that value you found will wait until the boss gets hit. Then it most likely will copy that value into a ram address where, each frame, over time will count down and the boss will be invincible. When it reaches zero, the i-frames will stop.

To find the value in this case, you would start the cheat search right after the boss got hit, let the game run a bit and search "less than". When it's over search equal 0, then hit the boss again and search greater than. Search as needed until you narrow it down. You can set a cheat to freeze a suspected address at a value and if he stays invincible, then you've found the right ram address. You can then set a write breakpoint for that address. Then when you hit the boss and the game halts, you can look at the code and you will probably find something like "lda #value; sta $address;" You then can use the "open here in rom" to find the rom address you are looking for.

>>3759872
Almost every decent SM64 romhack should work.
You'll need an expansion pak for most of them, but they should work.

>>3760789
Thanks, that's helpful. Hope you make that example.

>>3760107
Link?

>>3762085
I got it from a package on a site with several other hacks but I'm not sure if that site is still around so Google would be a better bet. Just look for YY-SMB B1 V1.106e, that's how my rom is called.

>>3757128
You're not the first person to mention this but nobody has actual evidence that it exists.

>Introducing the FCEUX Debugger

See animated image for a rundown of the Debugger window.

The Debugger allows you to examine the state of the NES at any given time and view the code as it is executing. 6502 Assembly and the NES architecture in general is beyond the scope of this post, but resources are available online that describe these topics in detail.

When a game is running, if you just pause the emulation as it speeds through frame after frame, there is no telling where it will stop, so we use breakpoints to stop the program where we want it to. The breakpoints are a trap you set on a certain address (or range of addresses) that will pause the program when it tries to do something to that address, such as read from, write to, or execute and instruction on that address (or any combination thereof.) Conditions can also be specified ie: only break when you write 0x05 or higher to this address.

Once the breakpoint has triggered, the code the will display in the left window. To the right you will find all the different sections of the processor, such as what the current stack looks like, the contents of the registers and so on. By clicking the buttons near the top of that section, you can step through the code and watch it execute. "Run" simply continues running the program as normal. "Step Into" executes only one line of code and will follow into any subroutines that may get called. "Step Over" executes the next line of code but will do a subroutine before breaking again on the line after it returns. "Step Out" runs until the next RTS command, useful for getting out of a function and getting to the code that called it. "Run Line" will execute as much code as would be done in the time it takes to complete one scanline. "128 Lines" does the same but for about half a screen worth of scanlines.

Bookmarks can help you identify locations in the code.

Hint: Double clicking a breakpoint will toggle it on and off, and hex editor will highlight recently changed values.

>>3762858
position is misspeled

>>3762858
the "1F" bank number was never mentioned.
banking confused me for a long time lole

Second draft.

And again, any corrections or suggestions are appreciated.

Also if there is something else you think might need this treatment, let me know and I might make it.

Bumping thread with stage progress

The last part of my ProtoMan Castle Stage 2: going up from ladder to ladder.
Work in Progress, I'll be improving the backgrounds and I won't keep the enemy palettes like this.

Got about 3 stages and a half left to build.

What were the two godtier hacks that came out of the latest Sonic Hacking comp? The Next Level and ?

Any news on Parallel Worlds Remodel having the new recent update?

>>3765827
Parallel Worlds sucks. Remodel sucks. The new update doesn't help at all.

>>3765047
Stupid me, I just realized I forgot a screen near the top in that screenshot.

So here is a complete and updated version.

>>3765064
Sonic 1: Burning Edition now known as Sonic: Scorched Quest maybe? People liked that one.

>>3767615
Nah I think it has a Spanish name. Isnt Scorched Earth just one but red?

>>3767805
Nope, it's a complete revamp of the first Sonic featuring completely new levels, bosses and so on..

Never hacked before, but I really want to replace the sprites of Mario in the Lost Levels with modified sprites from Mario Bros for big Mario and Donkey Kong for small Mario, would this be easy?

Is there any Mega Man 6 hack that managed to change the scrolling of screen (direction to the next screen, length of a scroll) ?

Maybe any Jap site for hacks and documentation ? I seem to notice that the jap romhacking is a seperate community and a lot of what they do isn't on western websites.

I'm thinking MM6 has a lot of potential to make a good hack but it looks like no level editor cracked the scrolling. It also seems that most effects are coded directly for the screens, rather than using effects that you can move around at will easily like in 5.
>>3767839
Doesn't sound too hard although sprites may not be the same size. First look for graphical tools and see what you can do with that.

>>3766807
This looks promising, I look forward to playing it.

>>3769749
Thanks. I'm just done remaking Protoman stage 3 now so all I have left is 2 full stages (wily 1 & 2) and 3 small other ones (proto 4, wily 3 & 4).

But after that there is still a lot I want to do. I want to modify as many bosses as I can, keep them faithful and classic MM style but make them a bit more challenging, maybe change some weapons behaviour too, perhaps modifiy a few enemies as well.
Also I'd like to try and change the charge mechanic so that it's more like in MM4 (smaller Y axis range, change its art accordingly too), see if the game plays better that way.
Perhaps change some of the sounds, mainly the sound made when you hit an enemy lacks impact compared to the previous game.
Finally there should some small graphics/story edits for everything related to intro/ending/menus.

Plus, I'd like to see if I can make some musics myself but I can't guarantee that.

At first this was meant to be a level hack only but now that I started doing some small hex edits I've got all this in mind, hopefully I can pull it off.

Is there a guide for using MSU-1 music in SNES games? Downloaded Conker's High Rule Tail and the readme says there's MSU-1 music but I can't get it to load

Bump

>>3770839
There is a separate file you have to download and unzip. Then I think you name the rom a specific name and put it in the top folder you unzipped.

>>3744351
How do you even begin to find a debug menu?

>>3772849
Find an emulator with a debug menu, like FCEUX for NES.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/duvm1uu421gtccr/Megaman%20CX.nes?dl=0

Someone translated Rockman CX into English.

>>3773713
How the fuck are you meant to get past this?

>>3773713
too busy beating 2.5d. you losers will find out about it later.

>>3773817
slido?

>>3754351
You sir are a gentleman and a scholar

>>3773972
There's no slide, only a dash similar to Bass in MM&B.

>>3774057
And that dash still drops your hitbox to one tile high, just like a slide.
Alternatively, you could use the weapon that gives you fucking invulnerability you goddamn moron

>>3774109
>And that dash still drops your hitbox to one tile high, just like a slide.
Oh. That's not communicated well from the sprite but you're right.

Kamen Rider having Quickman lasers on a stage moving upward and forcing players to try and act quickly when you enter the screen via ladder is the worst game design choice I've seen in a Megaman fangame since Megaman Unlimited's fetishization of spikes and hatred of checkpoints.

>>3773713
Does anyone know the weakness chart?

what happend to the EarthBound /vr/ sprite hack?

>>3775157
died like vidyamon
rip vidyamon

Do any romhacks designed around pocketnes exist? I've been playing Megaman and Mario games with the thick font patches and they look ok but pretty much everything else looks horrible.

I could have sworn that there was some decent data on the ninja gaiden games on Datacrystal, but I can't seem to find any trace of it now.

>>3776519
Looks like this is all there is (or there is left) ?

http://datacrystal.romhacking.net/wiki/Ninja_Gaiden:TBL

>Want to inject some SNES/NES VC for my 3DS
>Spoiled for choice here and not sure what to make

>>3774157
That's why you don't do that stage until you get the upgraded Ubercharge that acts like Time Stop

>>3765827
Whats different from the original?

I remember the original release had some extra heart container pieces. Was pretty funny. I never did the 2nd quest though.

Why aren't there more romhacks for SMB2 Japan?

Would any graphic hacks made for SMB1 also work for that game?

I don't want any big hacks, Ijust want the sprites to change so I can divorce SMB1's physics from my mind when playing SMB2 Japan. They look so similar that it's hard to get used to the new bounce physics.

Fucking Wily Castle Stage 2.
Last real (full length) stage I have left to build, it has an underwater part. At first I wanted to mimick MM6 and have the surface of the water go up/down to make for a cool jumping segment but that doesn't work with either of the 2 bg up/down effect the game has.

So then, I thought I'd bring gravity gimmick on the table, but it doesn't work with underwater either (should have guessed that since underwater IS a gravity changing behaviour).

I guess this wouldn't be so much of an issue if I was an actual 'romhacker'. At least now I figured how the pal and background animations work.

Meanwhile here is a screenshot from my Proto4 stage. Didn't use the destructible blocks. Also I replaced all the gay palette (purple, pink, etc) the protoman/wily stages have, pic related. Screenshot looks darker than it is in game.

Has anyone played Metroid: Rogue Dawn?
http://forum.metroidconstruction.com/index.php/topic,4221.msg57568.html

>>3777504
For what purpose? Unlike GBA-games, those don't run natively anyway.

>>3778425
We had a whole separate thread about it a few weeks back.

>>3778456
It's piss easy to inject roms into the various VC emulators, including hacks.

>>3778496
Don't you have a smartphone you can run those on? Same result since it's emulation anyway.

>>3777682
>Whats different from the original?
If you mean what's different between original and remodel: http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/197/

If you mean what's new on 1.2: http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php/topic,23339.html

Don't worry I'm still alive and kicking <3

>>3779703

damn where have you been?

good seeing you again

>>3778502
>playing games on a smart phone

>>3779926
Let's just say that life can be a total bitch. Anyways, I hope to make more sprites soon for your viewing pleasure.

Does anyone know any Mega Man ROM hacks that make a complete new game out of it, new bosses and everything?

Also, where should I go if I want to look into making ROMHacks/fangames?

>>3779958
There aren't many hacks period that make complete new games out of the original.
That shit takes a lot of work.

>>3779964

Does anyone know if there would be any benefits to making a romhack for a fangame as opposed to using say Unity 2D or something?

>>3779981
Well it can be played on original hardware.

That's pretty much it. When you look at Mega Man fangames as opposed to romhacks, granted you have a competent programmer, they do things you can't do with a romhack, like more enemies on screen, no lag, no flickering, ability to build level based on 16x16 blocks rather than 32x32... etc

>>3779981
Also obviously another benefit for romhacks is that a lot is already made.
To keep the example of Mega Man, the physics, the scrolling, the menus, the weapons system, etc everything is already made. Also for a MM fan game you're bound to use existing enemies such as Metools or the moving shields, which are already in too.

Also some games already have quite a bit documented, tools are available, or even already existing hacks designed to be used as a base for future hacks (like for MM games changing mapper, making scrolling faster, switching weapons without to go through the menu, etc). That's on top of non game specific tools you can find and which can help as well like graphical editors.

If you have a programmer on your side you're better off doing a fan game, but if you're alone, you can base it on a game which already has documentation and tools.

In my case for MM5 I would never have done anything without MegaFLE X, which is incredibly powerful, and rock5easily's documentation (which is in Jap).
Also I get a kick of testing my stuff on real hardware with an Everdrive.

>>3779981
Fangames are fucking gay.

>>3780443
Literally any hack can be described as a fangame.

Has anyone heard anything from the 3rd Quest Zelda romhack? I just went to check their website and youtube channel, and everything's unlisted or wiped.

Did nintendo take them down?

>>3780439

oh you're doing the cool Protoman hack, that's great, you haven't had to learn any ASM for this? do you feel limited by having to use premade tools? Do you need to know any programming? Also, are you just able to read that documentation in Japanese?

>>3779981
In general, only do the romhack out of a passion for the original game. If you just want to make a game, Unity or the like will be infinitely more flexible, even if it requires more work putting together assets.
Not to say that you can't make a romhack just for the sake of making a romhack, but any hack will be limited to what you are able to change and the capabilities of old hardware.

GBA isn't really considered retro yet, but would it be possible to hack these into the Sonic Advance games?

>>3781405
>GBA isn't really considered retro yet
If you knew this, then you also knew you shouldn't've asked.

>>3780864
I'd assume that it just lost steam and died, like most OoT hacks projects. Plus the unfortunate fact that a lot of the people who work on stuff like this don't like releasing unfinished work.

Maybe try sending a private message to the youtube channel (is that even a thing?)

>>3781405
You already asked this, and the last time you did your image was deleted.
So why are you posting again?

>>3781405
It's like the fanbase is actively trying to look worse

>>3781596
What's wrong, tumblrina, does having a nude girl in Sonic objectify muh womyn?

>>3781614
No dude it's just autistic as fuck.

>>3781619
It's just featureless nudity though, and the sprite work is pretty nice.

>>3781339

I was thinking maybe learning how to work with NES hardware would help with making retro style games in Unity, a lot of the games that I see with retro styles that are really good were from people who either did ROMhacks, like Cyber Shadow and Oniken and stuff like that, or games like La-Mulana where they just straight up got people who knew assembly and tried to make it fit on an MSX2 before they gave up on that idea and just made it for PC

>>3781696
"retro" indie games meme needs to die

>>3781710

nah, some are great, La-Mulana, Shovel Knight, Mega Man 9 and 10, etc.

>>3766807
Boomer Kuwanger?

>>3781339
I'm using snes9x on the wii homebrew and I wanna buy a classic controller to play some of these snes romhacks, will a knockoff brand work or do I have to buy an official one?


https://www.amazon.com/Tech-Super-Famicom-Style-Controller-Limited/dp/B007Q4T8II/ref=pd_sim_147_8?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B007Q4T8II&pd_rd_r=2MEPEBE09R0N0P6A12S3&pd_rd_w=bDHQK&pd_rd_wg=XdHaQ&psc=1&refRID=2MEPEBE09R0N0P6A12S3

>>3781614

Nice assumption, I mean, I fap to Amy and Rouge smut, I just think it's weird to put porn in things that aren't made to be porn. Especially where it's going to be small and pixely,

It's no better than the diaper mod for Tails in Sonic Adventure.

>>3781283
>oh you're doing the cool Protoman hack

I think you're mistaking me for someone else.
Anyway I don't know anything except some basic hex editing. But that's as much I didn't know a couple of weeks ago. I'll see what I can do and need to learn soon, after I'm done building the stages and when I start making gameplay changes.

I don't feel limited with premade tools because like I said MegaFLE X is an incredibly powerful editor, and I think MM5 is the game for which it supports the most features (must be 4 or 5). With it, if you wanted, you could change all the tiles of the original game, change the palette, and even create your own create palette and background animations. You can also create your own effect to switch chr banks or palette or turn on/off pal or bg animations within a level, and I was able to create MM6 style multipath (forking level design) even though all the original MM5 had were secret screens consisting of 1 screen, etc etc. If there is one person that needs crediting when my hack is done it's the author of Mega FLE X.

For the documentation in Jap I use google translate. If there is a description I don't understand I just mess with the adress in a hex editor and then it becomes clear. Not everything is documented but a lot is.

Finally I have to say that fan games tend to get more recognition than romhacks.

>>3781756
What?

>>3782421

but to make something like Rockman CX or Mega Man Unlimited, or even further, you would have to have to know much more, I'm guessing?

Also I got confused because you were working on Protoman Castle Stage lol

>>3782421
>What?
The stage looks like the vertical segment in Boomber Kuwanger's stage.

>>3779703
>Buddy
Oh look that chick from that game that thinks all men are secretly rapists and women get raped for easy drama but also are secretly badass, made by a guy who had a mental breakdown because Cheeto freedom man got elected

>>3782451
Well yeah.... Projects like Mega Man Unlimited need competent programmers and artists.

If you're on your own I suggest you start messing with MM4 or MM5 and look at what you can do with existing tools and documentation. These two games offer a lot of possibilities rather easily.

>>3782468
Oh, that wasn't intentional, but considering the amount of MM games, original and fan made, it becomes hard to come up with things that haven't been done before. It's happened several times to me to make a gameplay scenario and then see something similar was already made.

Is that person translating zelda II still around? I finally figured out how to prevent the intro screen text from turning green, lole.......

>>3782152
that controller is a piece of shit
tons of videos documenting how big of turd it is

>>3782910
amazed no one has expanded the rom to include enough space for a translation not limited like it was

>>3782329
>I just think it's weird to put porn in things that aren't made to be porn
It isn't porn, it's just naked Amy Rose.

>>3782329
>the diaper mod for Tails in Sonic Adventure.
Well I didn't need to know this was a thing.

>>3781696
It could help you avoid the horrible "retro" aesthetics following "authentic" limitations, featuring hundreds of freely transforming sprites with 9 colors and blending effects.

But don't think you have to make some large project to do anything. You can just change what you can to see if you can. And if you do get an idea for a hack, remember that it doesn't have to use every room or asset available.

>>3783724
>not fapping to sonic diaper porn
back to tumblr sjw scum

>>3783803

>>3782329
>I mean, I fap to Amy and Rouge smut
I remember mentioning how great the PC version of SA is since the fans are maintaining it with mods. And (most likely) you had to chime in with your diaper mod.

At first I thought it was someone who hated Sonic fans so much that they thought all of them were into fetish porn. But thanks for clarifying that it was actually someone who is obsessed with Sonic fetish porn.

I have nerfed MM5's charge shot. Hit detection and art is now a few pixels smaller (on the Y axis).

The charge was OP as fuck in the original MM5, now it means that the player has to be more precise in many situations but without changing the chore game.

Pic related, one of the shot balls (4 balls are used in the animation, including the mid charge shot one). It's not as small as in 4 but not as big as in the original 5, in between.

I wanna shill this guy
https://youtu.be/sheOZ-Dlleo

>>3785119
pretty fucking interesting

>>3785119
lole thats dots are cool lole

>>3785119
>https://youtu.be/sheOZ-Dlleo
>charging money for free information
delet this guy

>>3785119
dotsarecool is gay for charging for information about romhacking

as if the fame isn't enough, he has to charge for free information on le hobby hacking

gay

I've thought a bit and removed some unnecessary stuff to squeeze in some other new franchises. Don't worry I didn't remove any sprites, just some dumb suggestions. Like the good guy evolving into the bad guy for some reason. Obviously they won't evolve. (or at least I'm not planning for them to evolve)

>>3785119
>>3785143
>>3785189
>>3785198
Nice samefagging.

>>3786902
why samefig opposing opinions?

>>3786902
also you didn't quote my actual samefiggings

>>3779703
>>3785512
you aren't vidyanon so kys

>>3786902
>>3787109
>>3787112
>>3787165
What the fuck happened to this general?

>>3787180
People responding to obvious shitposters instead of reporting happened.

>>3787563
Oh, so, /v/ happened?

>>3782910
>>3783381

Zelda 2 redaction when

>>3787605
>/v/ got worse over time
>/vr/ is locked in place at a specific time period
>/vr/ slowly gets worse the more people want to add later Gens like the Sonic Advance poster earlier ITT
It all makes sense.

>>3754351
>>3744351

Thank you very much. I've mirrored your upload, so you can remove them if you want.

https://mega.nz/#F!JcsF0T5a!K3ECQlMzhDoDXJfyOxzR9w

>>3759484
I'd be up for that as long as there will be a person responsible for reviewing and approving what people contribute. That's something what people at /v/ are doing with the /v/idya OSTs list and it works okay.

>>3788919
the folder name is prepended with a period................................lol............. hidden

Is Data Crystal down?

Also, I found documentation about Mega man V that links to some data crystal pages, except those pages didn't exist anymore when I checked the other day. The pages history didn't show any sign of any deleting though but since someone else ITT was saying he thought some other pages disappeared, I'm smelling something fishy...

>>3789816
wat

>>3791345
$ ls
_vr_ ROM Hack Recommendations .zip

$ unzip _vr_\ ROM\ Hack\ Recommendations\ .zip
Archive: _vr_ ROM Hack Recommendations .zip
extracting: .vr. ROM Hack Recommendations/Sega Genesis.Sega Mega Drive/Sonic 3 & Knuckles/Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Master Edition 2 (Extra Mode).7z
extracting: .vr. ROM Hack Recommendations/Sega Genesis.Sega Mega Drive/Sonic 3 & Knuckles/Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Complete (v.130810).7z
extracting: .vr. ROM Hack Recommendations/Sega Genesis.Sega Mega Drive/Sonic 3 & Knuckles/Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Master Edition 2 (v.2.4).7z
extracting: .vr. ROM Hack Recommendations/Sega Genesis.Sega Mega Drive/Sonic 3 & Knuckles/Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Amy Rose (Rev.1.4).7z
extracting: .vr. ROM Hack Recommendations/Sega Genesis.Sega Mega Drive/Sonic 3 & Knuckles/Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - Resort Island (SHC 2015 Demo).7z
extracting: .vr. ROM Hack Recommendations/Sega Genesis.Sega Mega Drive/Sonic 3 & Knuckles/Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - D.A. Garden Edition (v.1.02).7z
( ... )
extracting: .vr. ROM Hack Recommendations/Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Mario Kart/Super Parigo Kart (v.1.0).7z
extracting: .vr. ROM Hack Recommendations/Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Mario Kart/Super Mario Kart - Pro Edition (v1.1).7z
extracting: .vr. ROM Hack Recommendations/Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Mario Kart/Mario Kart R (v.1.1).7z
extracting: .vr. ROM Hack Recommendations/Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Mario Kart/Super Mario Kart 8 (v.1.2).7z
extracting: .vr. ROM Hack Recommendations/Arcade/DoDonPachi/DoDonPachi Arrange Mode (v.1.1).7z

$ ls
_vr_ ROM Hack Recommendations .zip

>>3791137
i can't connect to romhacking.net

>>3791374
In Unix-like operating systems, any file or folder that starts with a dot character is to be treated as hidden

>>3787657
It's inevitable, unfortunately. If this cesspool of a site survives long enough, there will be endless GBA Pokemon and LoZ:WW vs. LoZ:TP threads.

The trick is to slowly ween yourself off of this board (and 4chin in general).

>>3787657
>>3792060
>slippery slope

>>3792074
How so? The "make [not retro thing] retro!" trend has been picking up steam since the board's inception.

>>3791374
ls -la

>>3790336
I love that Cool Spot sprite.

I'm pretty much done making the stages so I've been moving more into hex editing territory.

So what do you think of my new Gravity Man ?
At first I thought that his 2 shots were unfair when he does it while doing the up/down/up movement, but after a few tests it doesn't really seem unfair anymore but I can't tell if it's because I know of it.
So, does this look fair to you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1EMXCF9xus

>>3793320
looks fair to me.
the projectiles are not too fast to react to.
interesting that you almost lost all hp though

>>3750821
Is this good for translation purposes, or is that an entirely different ballpark?

>>3794474
It's one way to find variables in RAM. I don't know how relevant it is for translations except for maybe tracking down text loading/displaying routines or something, but I would think searching the ram for the text and setting a breakpoints would be more applicable. Maybe if you needed to find the location of a cursor this could work great. The technique works best when you can control/guess at what the value is doing. Stuff like player positions are easy because you can move or stand still and filter as appropriate.

>>3793986
Well I was testing but also I think the dmg value of Gravity Man are higher than other bosses because you're so unlikely to get hit.

I'm trying to apply a translation guide to a SNES game but I'm a total retard and need help with doing basic things like text editing in a SNES rom. The only guide I've found i this:
>http://www.emulationzone.org/sections/wakdhacks/docs/snes.html
and it's not very helpful. What are some guides I can use?
My Japanese is zenzen daijoubu ja nai, but a lot of people I know want to play this game and can't even read kana, so basic stuff like menus is beyond them.

Does anyone know if there's graphic patches for Zelda 1 that will work if you patch it to a Zelda Randomizer game?

On the Castlevania Chorus of Mysteries NES hack every single time I beat (olrox?) the game crashes, more than just a soft crash it actually crashes my JNES emulator.

Any thoughts?

using IPS patched version, as well as one which was already patched before download, same problem both times.

>>3796053
Is there's a reason you're using Jnes of all things

>>3796061
its the best emulator ive come across, dunno why it'd have problems

Also having a graphics glitch problem on (snes) LTTP Parallel Worlds - link only partially appears.

Had a similar problem with Zelda Outlands where one of the walking frames for link was corrupted but it didnt affect anything else it seemed.

>>3796097
actually its glitching alot of other things in Parallel Worlds too, half of the time I cant see enemies

>>3796061
Hmm tried out Nestopia and its got the ntsc filter so I may go with that. Thanks for that tip. Still dont know whether Chorus is going to work in it though (playing, but havent gotten to Olrox yet)

>>3796112
dang I thought Chorus was going to keep on going (after defeating olrox and death, that it would then switch over to Dracula's castle and id have several more levels to go through)

My changed Crystal Man:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgeV5SrSfmc

Out of all robot masters I think it's the one that I managed to change the best. Charge Man for instance I'm pretty clueless, I think I may have made it worse.... Wave Man I turned his fountain into an actual wave (think Frost Man from MM8 except smaller) but it neither behave nor look like I wish it did.

>>3796053
>JNES

>>3795774
i have seen graphic patches while using zelda 1 randomizer, even recently on twitch.
what are you trying to do exactly?

>>3797074
you play duke 3d too? but you use the new voice :(

>>3785512
>My favorite character's still there

Not gonna point out who it is but I'm happy.

>>3797376

Nothing major, just want to play a game of randomized Zelda with a different look to it, I have a better time playing romhacks if they can look visually different from the sourer material.

Bump

>>3750821
I need your help, I've got noob question. I was able to find some things with ram search but not a lot, so far most of what I've done was based on documentation.

What I'd like to know is how to find where object behaviours are in the rom.

What I understand is that routines are called for behaviour. I was able to switch routines around.

But the documentation also has ROM adresses for things like object direction speed, how would I be able to find those on my own ?

Documented are the RAM adresses used for objects X direction speed or some variables. How do I make the link between the two? Setting a breakpoint gives me an address but they seem to be related to the game as a whole rather than the objects themselves.

Is what I'm asking even possible without knowing assembly?

>>3798956
i'm not the person you quoted but
>ROM adresses for things like object direction speed
isn't that what >>3760789 talks about?

one possible method is setting a write breakpoint for the ram address and finding where a value is read from .

i'm confused , could you make a screenshot or detail more of what you're doing or meaning?

>>3799016
So 003c8 in the ram is for this guy's speed. I know this because it fits with the documentation I have on ram addresses and if I set it to 04 and freeze it the fucker will be faster.

I set a write breakpoint and it leads to 3858A in the rom with 3 bytes, which isn't what I'm looking for.

I guess I need to learn assembly to know what the fuck I'm reading out of breakpoints. Remember I'm a noob to this.

>>3799090
it reads from a table at ram address of $858A
with table index of the Y register, currently 7

ram address of $858A would mean rom address of 0x3858A+0x10 because of the nes header, so actually 0x3859A

the Y register is used to read from that table at 0x3859A, which would lead to address 0x385A1 (ram address $8591)

if you were to literally read as code from 0E:8577, it would be:

0E:8577
Load/copy to register A (a variable the processor can perform math operations on/with), the value which is at the ram address ($858A plus the value of the Y register), address is $858A+7=$8591

0E:857A
Store/copy the value which is currently in the A register to the ram address ($03C0 plus the value of the X register), address is $3C8

0E:857D
RTS is return to subroutine, it will pull(and remove) the address from the Stack, $A18C (stored in the stack as "8C,A1") , it adds 1, and code execution (PC) continues on from address $A18D

0E:857E
must be table data of some kind

>>3799090
basically you had it right but you want to read the address after the @ (and before the = #$00)

also the nes file header (10 hex bytes of information) must be added to calculate rom address from ram address

>>3799253
>>3799160
>>3799973
Hmm okay, thanks. Then it looks like I won't be able to find the speed values of this guy like this...

I did find data related to his movement and also to the shots he fires so that's already a step forward.

>>3785512
>Koopa from Mario spinoff has 2 forms
>Wonder Boy doesn't become Monster World
Keked.
God tier spritework all around, I especially want that Battletoad.

>>3800772
You won't be able to find it...??

>>3800961
Maybe I just don't have the hang of it yet, but what I find seem to be the movement subroutine.

From what I understand an operation is done between that, the position coordinates of the object, and the speed. But all I to find via ram search and breakpoint seem to be the movement subroutine itself or the X/Y coordinates, no matter what I try to decrypt out of the assembly code. I probably just need a better understanding of assembly and what this game does, I'm probably just not good at this yet.

Anyway - I was able to find this boss address for the value that decides whether he's considered close to MM or not (the ring attack is triggered when he's close).
I was able to find it by comparing the search with a boss for which that data is already documented. The same JSR is called in both cases.

>notice metaquarius uploaded a new video a few weeks ago
>was about a hack of SM and some game called Axiom Verge
>notice comments saying the Super Fusion vids are gone
>they fucking are
NINTENDO YOU FUCKING SHITS
JUST MAKE A FUCKING METROID GAME IF YOU'RE SO PISSY ABOUT IT
JUST REMAKE METROID 1 AGAIN PEOPLE WOULD STILL FUCKING BUY IT AT THIS POINT

>>3801214
That doesn't necessarily mean that Nintendo is responsible.
Meta took down a lot of the earlier X-Fusion videos before.

But you're right, this is kinda odd.

>>3801214
They're not gone, they're just unlisted.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZS_o9tqWHmJHGmuQRRkfiqhgZIApfLXM

>>3799090
>>3799090
>>3799090
>>3800961
>>3801039
Okay - I was able to find an hex address for his walking speed as well as the anim number it calls for it. Looks like I'm getting the hang of this.

For the speed I did get this out of the 003c8 ram address mentioned above. However, for the jump it's like I said, the write breakpoint seem to lead directly to the addresses for the jump behaviour routine itself (I don't know if I can find the link between the routine and the boss, or how), while the walking speed seem to be part of a chunk of hex addresses for the boss himself.

>>3800961
>>3801039
Okay - I was able to find an hex address for his walking speed as well as the anim number it calls for it. Looks like I'm getting the hang of this.

For the speed I did get this out of the 003c8 ram address mentioned above. However, for the jump it's like I said, the write breakpoint seem to lead directly to the addresses for the jump behaviour routine itself (I don't know if I can find the link between the routine and the boss, or how), while the walking speed seem to be part of a chunk of hex addresses for the boss himself.

>>3801214
They made a Metroid game last year, but nobody bought it so clearly there's no demand. :^)

Life is like a hurricane, here in Duck Burg.

>>3800785
If you want I could free up a space and put Master Higgins somewhere else. But only if you can provide a Monster World sprite.

>>3802242
Thanks but I cannot into sprites, unless someone else feels like doing it will will stay Adventure Island. Very nice duck too.

What game would you give a redacted version to?

>>3802612
Kirby 64

>>3800961
>>3799016
Thanks guys, I've got this, I've got this by the ass.

My Darkman3 atm (I might improve him still):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCWR6Wa6YrM

the original darkman 3 for comparison, at 6min50sec:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfKjaOxHF50&t=6m50s

>>3803378
That video I used for comparison with the original seem slower, probably PAL, but you get the idea.

>>3802623
Why so?

>>3804234
Physics are a bit sluggish, they should be more like Adventure. Too much cut content that should be put back in.

Update

>>3804252
I love that classic DK.

Here's something cool:

https://github.com/Coolcord/Level-Headed

It's a tool that automatically creates new levels for Super Mario Bros. Obviously, those levels pale in comparison to those found in the original game, but it's fun to mess around with for a bit.

Hey guys I'm really stuck at something

When this guy shoots, he shoots 3 times in a row. I'd really like him to shoot only once and have the action end there.

Any idea how I could do that?

Unlike other bosses like this guy >>3800772 apparently you can't control the number of shots easily. I mean for that one for instance, for both shots, in the boss code, there a hex address telling the number of shots, easy.

But here there doesn't seem to be such a thing. Instead the shots seem to be tied to the anim. The entire action, of shooting 3 times, is one whole animation, not 1 short anim repeating 3 times.
So I tried reducing the number of frames of the anim but that didn't work, for some reasons it would loop forever (and keep shooting forever).

Any idea?

>>3805596
so you need to find where in the code it is causing change in the animation frame variable and then maybe trace it back a little to find the variable or code routine that controls how often the animation frame variable is changed to the shooting animation

lole!

>>3805813
actually it might not be that
it could be tough to figure out
or easy i dunno LOLE

maybe if you make breakpoint for when animation frame is read , then look for something that suggests multiple shots

it might be in a loop of some kind

Bump

Thanks I think I got it.

Now he shoots a random number of bullets between 1 and 3.

Don't ask me how I did that, I'm honestly not sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD8VTPCm4pQ

I'm working on a relatively easy hack (compared to most of my other works), here's a preview of the first level.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgM805QcoI8

Thanks guys I think I got this.

I found an hex address in the boss code that tells the number of frames for the shooting eaction. I reduced it and now the action ends after one bullet, so then he may shoot another one or do the other action (jump).

This way it's like he shoots a random number of bullets every time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD8VTPCm4pQ

>>3807298
Fuck off

>>3807383
Why?

>>3807386
Meme hacks are frowned upon

>>3807393
Don't judge a hack by its title.

>>3807397
It doesn't look particularly interesting either

>>3807298
it looks fine to me but acceptance of kaizo is dependent on the powerplayers in the circlejerk community accepting it, especially when comparing it to dram world and panga world

>>3807298
Looks funny.

Someone did a hack to fix the rushed, poorly done graphics of Genesis Pac-Mania. Too bad the music is still a step down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sir7iTg_CU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na0SBHKP0bM

>>3785512
Damn, is good to see this is still going on.
I still owe you the Iwata sprite. I'll make it as soon as I get some free time.

>>3808890
jedi ghost style? Is that still a thing?

>>3808043
For what purpose? We can emulate the arcade version now.

which NES hacks should i include in my "NES games worth playing" folder?

legend of zelda outlands and mario adventure seem essential. anything else?

Where the fuck is the OAM data in super Mario kart

>>3809541
Some people like to emulate on consoles for easier portability, or multiplayer.

>>3809605
Naked Headless Mario Fights the Dick Nazis 2

Is there any way to look at an IPS patch to see the hex values it changes and the addresses ?

>>3809914
[Spoiler]Legend of Iowa[/spoiler]

>>3810175
That game crashes when I die on my AV Famicom.

>>3810145
you could look with a hex editor
http://www.smwiki.net/wiki/IPS_file_format

>>3745013

I'm actually hacking Cheetah men II at the moment. Right now I'm just putting sprites from other games into it.

Later tonight I'll post some pics here of the progress.

>>3809626
OAM is just about the easiest thing to locate. Watch for DMAs from WRAM to the register OAMDATA. Any debugging emulator worth its salt can do this in a push of a button or two.

>>3809605

how do you know if games are "worth playing" or not, if you've never played them before?

>>3810805
Can you elaborate? All the classic tricks I've tried doesn't seem to work with SMK.

For some bosses I've started doing some changes with routines, like changing a routine for another one. I do this through hex editing.

The limit to it is that, to my knowledge, if I want to add something I have to replace something else.

Does a dissambler allow you to add routines without having to delete anything?

>>3807298
>here's a preview of the first level
>check thumbnail
>

>>3811591
>Nambona890

It gets worse.

>>3811551
Yes, but disassembling the rom is an advanced tactic, you would do that if you were super-mega serious about rom-hacking the game. It's very time consuming if you don't already have the disassembly.

The next easier step is to replace code with a JSR to free space ,
then write your custom code in that free space that you JSR'd to, then RTS back to the original code......

>>3811678
I see thanks, some location of free space are documented so I'll try that.

>>3808946
That was the idea, not sure if we are still sticking with it or if the joke got old already.

>>3813129
I think most people will first see the joke in-game. It works as long as Iwata stays dead.

>>3811721
>>3811678
Okay - I started with something simple, adding sound to an attack which previously had no sound. I JSR'd to free space and added sound, so now my wave attack for Wave Man (wave moving on the X axis) has sound. (the choice of the sound itself is probably not final)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKrKIOLp9u4

>>3778496
Just use homebrew emulators instead, without having to create and install the .cia

>>3778502
>playing games on a phone
That's quite dumb.

>>3807298
>zsnes

>>3814267
see
>>3811616

There is something I don't understand in the documention of Mega Man V I found.

Pic related is what it says (it's Jap translated by google), and I highlited the corresponded table in the hex editor.

What I'd like is change the size of the hit detection of a couple of enemies.
90, in hex, is the number of enemy IDs, so this corresponds, and for enemy HP there is a similar table where I can just take the enemy ID number and change the value for HP, but here if I try to change this table I'm not getting any result.

This will sound clueless but what does he mean by "Type Bits" ? how can you edit "bits" from a single address in the hex editor ?

According to what the documentation also says, and according to how hit detection with weapons weapons work, in hex, it should go from 00 to 3F....

>>3815451
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_number

how do i learn how rom banks work on the gb btw

>>3744351
>>3744351
Is there any way to repurpose the Time Counter in smb1 to use it as a frame counter? Thanks in advance for any help or pointers you can provide!

>>3815451
11111111
8 bits.
You change the individual bits to correspond to the "type" you want.
For example, 11111111 is FF in hexadecimal.
If you were to flip the last bit, you would get 11111110, which is FE. If you flipped the 5th and 7th bits, you would have 11110101, which is F5 in hex.

tl;dr open up your windows calculator, select "Programmer" and do the conversions from there.

Does anyone know of neat graphic re-hauls like pic related?

>>3813372
You could make the wave attack not go over the walls if you know what i mean.

Also no need to make the attacks to fast, you dont need to make it into Kaizo territory, you could keep the original water pump as it originally was in Vanilla MM5

Then once its gone, have Wave man, pull 2 shots.

Then alternate to the one pattern you made after a jump, but a bit slower.

>>3816778
>You could make the wave attack not go over the walls if you know what i mean.

The reason the wall was so big on the right was because of a glitch which isn't there anymore, so I reverted the wall back to its original size. Now in game it looks like less than the size of a TSA block, so for the wave it's not really an issue anymore, but I'll have a look.
I'm not sure why the first wave attack sometimes go on the right but it's happened very rarely.

>Also no need to make the attacks to fast, you dont need to make it into Kaizo territory

I don't really like kaizo. You think that's stepping into kaizo territory... ? As for the speed, due to the way I made the wave, it's tied to the harpoon speed. Same for direction. But I could make both a bit slower, or try to see if I can get the speed updated before the wave so they have a different speed.

>you could keep the original water pump as it originally was in Vanilla MM5

Due to the way I made the wave, I can't have the original and this one. What I did was change its enemy handler ID so that it goes on a X axis rather than Y axis. Then I had to change its Y apparition coordinate and anim number so that it fits.
Then, the original wave X coordinate apparition is relative to Mega Man, but also by choosing between a few different values to be added to that so that it's always a bit random.
Probably because I didn't change its object ID enemy handlers (only its enemy handler ID in the boss code), the wave still retained that behaviour, so I made it so that it's relative to Wave Man instead and made all those values I just changed mentionned "01".

So the way I did it, the wave uses the same ram addresses as the harpoon for speed and direction. Those are only updated before the harpoon is shot, so I made it that wave man doesn't instantly change direction toward MM after a jump, but that he waits after having shot the wave, so that the wave always appear to be coming from in front of him.

>>3817049
Then I altered Wave Man's jump to make it smaller.

Also for every boss I reduced the inv frame time a little, and I also made MM's charge shot hit detection (and art) smaller, to try and make the regular buster more useful.

I think the result kind of works here. In a way it plays a bit like Toad Man can be played but with more things to watch for, and since Wave Man starts moving again only when the harpoon/wave is out of screen, and that this depends on how close he is to the end of the screen, it's not always the same timing.

Yesterday I started looking at MM's weapons code and this looked to be a step above, I'm not sure I'll be able to alter those...

>>3816543
It's a wip

>>3817060
Fancy. I like it.
Graphical edit only or a map overhaul? I don't particularly recognize the room.

>>3817061
only a graphics hack as far as i know. check metconst

metroid II hacking has always been a mess sadly. that's about to hopefully change soon though - i'm working on a rom map and i'm like 90% done documenting the music format

>>3816543
there's also SMW redrawn

>>3816543
There was guy who was making the colorized version of For Frog the Bell Tolls. He used to post the progress here.

>>3817053
>>3817049
>>3816778
Okay - turns out I HAD to fix the direction issue for the wave because there were some possible scenarios where it could freeze the boss. Had to add code so that the direction is updated before the wave spawns (and not just before the harpoon is shot), so I took this opportunity to also change the speed of the wave, making it a bit slower, and therefore the harpoon and wave don't have the same speed anymore, making the combat much nicer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLpnePXZLCw

>>3817053 (You)
>>3817049 (You)
>>3816778
Okay - turns out I HAD to fix the direction issue for the wave because there were some possible scenarios where it could freeze the boss. Had to add code so that the direction is updated before the wave spawns (and not just before the harpoon is shot), so I took this opportunity to also change the speed of the wave, making it a bit slower, and therefore the harpoon and wave don't have the same speed anymore, making the combat much nicer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLpnePXZLCw [Embed]

Now though I don't actually know how to make the wave be destroyed when it hits a wall.

>>3817053
>>3817049
>>3816778
Okay - turns out I HAD to fix the direction issue for the wave because there were some possible scenarios where it could freeze the boss. Had to add code so that the direction is updated before the wave spawns (and not just before the harpoon is shot), so I took this opportunity to also change the speed of the wave, making it a bit slower, and therefore the harpoon and wave don't have the same speed anymore, making the combat much nicer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLpnePXZLCw [Embed] [Embed]

Now though I don't actually know how to make the wave be destroyed when it hits a wall.

>>3815663
Thanks for the explanation that helped.
There has to be another thing setting hit detection for enemies though because I'm still not getting results.

flube

>>3817667
What is this?

Is there any well designed SM64 rom hacks that capture the exploration feeling of the original?

>>3818575
Nope.

>>3818575
Star Road is the only good one

>>3818646
What about Last Impact?

>>3818663
It's technically good, but not a good game.

>>3818667
So Star Road is the only rom hack that's close to the original in quality?

>>3818702
It is in my opinion.

>>3818575
>N64 emulation

>>3818791
What about it?

>>3818858
it's a badly meme'd shitpost

>>3817304
I'm still working on it, I just changed the code so much that I had to went over everything I made. I'll upload another update video soon.

Bump

>>3818575
I'm pretty sure the tools for SM64 ROM hacking can't even recreate the original levels yet.

>>3820614
You literally only have to make the models and then place the objects
what are you talking about.

I really can't wait until I'm through with classes so that I can join you guys

>>3820673
Prove it then. Last I heard that's not possible.

>>3821089
Why would it not be possible? You can make models and you can place objects. What else is there?

>>3821101
Events and characters

Afaik you can realistically only change the layouts, dialogue, music and graphics+models

>>3821316
>Events
What?

>characters
No, I'm pretty sure you're wrong.

>>3821323
>Events
How can you change what happens when certain conditions are met? How could one hack a "Collect 6 blue coins and talk to a pink Bob-omb so that a secret path opens" type of thing? With TT64?

>characters
Can I make a Koopa the Quick-like character with unique animations, movement, physics, trajectory and dialogue?

>>3821353
ASM hacks are a thing

>dialogue
Yes, of course.

>trajectory
I'm sure that's documented.

>>3821358
>ASM hacks
Yes, you can recreate the original levels using ASM. You can do anything in ASM. My point is that unlike with something like say Lunar Magic you cannot recreate the original levels using tools. It's not accessible at all. Autists who know ASM are usually not very good designers, so it's going to take a while to get something that can even COMPARE to the original game.

>>3821358
>ASM is a thing
Dude

Bump

I might release this thing soon. At this point it's got all new stages, all altered bosses, and some other gameplay changes. I'll probably sit on it for a days to do more testing.
Hopefully the title screen colours doesn't burn anyone before trying the first level.
You guys made it to the credits.

>>3821353
>>3821663
That's just a minor part of the original game. The level layout is like 99.9% of what makes it.

>>3823919
excellent work but how do u copyright a romhack

>>3824514
That's the joke

>>3824538
LOLE
here have a yosho

>>3819119
Are you planning to add any new content into the game or is just a graphical hack?

Is there a list of good retro-style fangames (eg Megaman Unlimited or Megaman Rock Force)?

bump

For a ROM file, what are CRC32, MD5 and SHA1 and how do I find them?

>>3828673
you can get file hashes by simple terminal commands. iirc MD5, CRC16/32 and SHA-n are all built to bash.

But those are generally only used for verifying the file's integrity. If you're talking about CRC checksums, you can verify and fix them with NSRT for SNES ROMs, NESCRC32 for NES ROMs.

Searching for 'crc' or 'checksum' in romhacking.net will yield good results.

Mind you, most emulators don't give a shit about checksums.

http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3336/

Thoughts?

>>3829683

>>3828673
my installation of 7-zip added a context menu to the windows explorer for that

so check it out

>>3830572
He's probably talking about internal checksums
NSRT should work for SNES roms at least

>>3830627
>>3830572
>>3829683
Thanks I got it

My Mega Man V hack is up!

http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3343/

Enjoy

>>3831060
wait this is your hack? who's is this then >>3829683
boy that was misleading

>>3831313
Yes, that is the hack I've been bothering you with since earlier ITT and that "anons of /vr/" got credited for their help.

>>3829683
This isn't mine but it does look interesting. Maybe it'll make me give MM7 another chance.

>>3831060
Playing this right now, three stages in. It's enjoyable although the difficulty level needs some fine-tuning in spots.

>>3831637
Like what?

I know some segments will be harder than others, but so it is in the original games imo.

In terms of difficulty (and other things) the intent was to take MM5 and to try and make it feel more like 4 does. In 4 some segments and bosses are clearly harder than others imo

>>3831772
>Like what?

For example, the crystal-throwing enemies in Crystal Man's Stage should be changed back to their original form as they are too annoying to destroy. I also didn't like that the first half of Wave Man's stage had quite a few really precise jumps. There are two biggest problems I can think of right now.

>>3831772
>Like what?

For example, the crystal-throwing enemies in Crystal Man's Stage should be changed back to their original form as they are too annoying to destroy. I also didn't like that the first half of Wave Man's stage had quite a few really precise jumps. These are two biggest problems I can think of right now.

http://origami64.net/showthread.php?tid=522
nice

>>3832180
I altered the Crystal Joes because their original forms are really pathethic. For one thing, the wait time in between two shots is too long (same reason I reduced the wait time between shots for Cannon Metools and those Shielded Cannons), and honestly it was impossible to get hit by them. Now it's actually possible to fuck up and get hit.

I think the problem is that I built the level design and enemy placement with their original form in mind, and only then I altered their behaviour, so a couple of them are extra annoying: the two ones which are closest to the left end of the screen. I did move back both of these a little though to give more time to the player to shoot them.

For Wave Man I'm guessing you mean the penultimate jump in the bubbles part. I wouldn't call it a pixel jump, not like the jumps required to get the Beat Letter in Napalm Stage, it's just that it takes very good timing when you're riding the bubble so that you can jump a high full jump but without touching the spikes on the ceiling. I thought that would make for an interesting take on a platforming segment and my betatester called it an "excellent jump"...

However, for every pixel or hard jump in the hack, there is always an other solution, like using R.Coil/R.Jet/S.Arrow to help. I made sure every hard jump can be 'cheated', and for the bubbles part you can come back with either rush jet or super arrow to skip the entirety of it.

I'll look into both things anyway.

>>3833204
I was talking about the section that shows up before the bubbles section, I find gaps between the pipes to be a bit too wide. I would also move the letter plate in the bubble area slightly to the left, because right now it's too easy to accidentally trigger the scrolling transition to the next section of the stage.

>>3834383
I find gaps between the pipes to be a bit too wide.

All 3 jumps are the same: 2 structures wide, 64 pixels. That would be a pixel jump if the platforms on both sides were on the same height, however every time the destination floor is one structure lower, 32 pixels, which I thought would be enough to make the jumps feel tight while giving enough room to the player so that it's not a pixel jump either. It is true however that the original MM5 doesn't have such jumps, and the only close one there is is in Proto Man stage 1, but the destination floor is half a structure lower thus giving more room.

However I think the problem might not be the jumps themselves, but the art of the structures, the pipes. They look round, which might be misleading, as they the structure is solid all the way up and right, where there are black pixels.
Their look can be misleading and that's something I didn't think of.

>>3834383
>I find gaps between the pipes to be a bit too wide.

All 3 jumps are the same: 2 structures wide, 64 pixels. That would be a pixel jump if the platforms on both sides were on the same height, however every time the destination floor is one structure lower, 32 pixels, which I thought would be enough to make the jumps feel tight while giving enough room to the player so that it's not a pixel jump either. It is true however that the original MM5 doesn't have such jumps, and the only close one there is is in Proto Man stage 1, but the destination floor is half a structure lower thus giving more room.

However I think the problem might not be the jumps themselves, but the art of the structures, the pipes. They look round, which might be misleading, as they the structure is solid all the way up and right, where there are black pixels.
Their look can be misleading and that's something I didn't think of.

>I would also move the letter plate in the bubble area slightly to the left, because right now it's too easy to accidentally trigger the scrolling transition to the next section of the stage.

I realized this but thought I'd keep it, but you're right it's probably too mean. I also think I should move the letter in Star Man stage and put it in the middle of the segment with the platforms going up/down, in the spot where the weapon power refill is in the middle.

I'll probably do a v1.2 at some point so keep them coming

>>3835445
I think you should also remove a spike or two at the very beginning of the elevator section in Gyro Man's stage since you basically have to start sliding the second elevator starts moving to not get hit.

Anyone know of a translation hack for the River City Ransom remake for PCEngine/Turbografx?

I'm in need of a little help and was hoping some kind soul could spare some time.

I wanted to replay Brutal Mario/Super Kitiku Mario since it's been a few years - but I can't get the game running properly.

I've tried a wide variety of Emulators, Patches, and ROMs in combination - but one of the following happens:

• The game kills you on intro screen.
• Checksum fail
• The custom music is missing.

The one I've gotten furthest with is using the 8.2 patch and running it in Windows ZSnes 1.51
But this version features an odd overworld, and a lot of mechanics appear broken such as touching custom powerups instantly finishing the level.

I can't recall how the hell I got it working before, but it was running perfectly with music save for a few levels. Anyone know how to get it running properly? Is there a specific ROM needed or is LunarIPS botching the patch application?

>>3835856
I'm not familiar with those hacks so I'm not sure if this is what you need exactly, but here are 2 pre-patched roms of Brutal Mario I found

http://www106.zippyshare.com/v/47NGgRDy/file.html
http://www106.zippyshare.com/v/BQfDqVqL/file.html

>>3835856
There's a pre-patched Brutal Mario compilation in the OP.

Or, if you're a MEGA type of person, there's a mirror here:
https://mega.nz/#F!JcsF0T5a!K3ECQlMzhDoDXJfyOxzR9w

>>3835838
I don't think one exists.

>>3836706
Yeah, I didn't think it was likely.
Since the NES version is fully translated, how hard would it be to copy and paste the text over, as someone with almost no knowledge of the japanese language?

>>3835856
There's a lot of kaizo that kill you at the beginning, some you have to jump quickly to activate a kaizo block or hold right (Dram makes you hold right)

>>3837409
Brutal Mario isn't a kaizo, the title only makes it sound like it is.

>>3835974
>>3836132
>There's a pre-patched Brutal Mario compilation in the OP.

Damn, now I feel stupid and lazy for not checking.
I grabbed the compilation from MEGA and it seems to be working perfectly. Thanks a ton!

>>3745008
In nes?

>>3838035
yes i was thinking about the nes version

the nes version of spy vs spy literally has the AI walking into walls

how does someone release a game like that LOLE

I have been sent here.

Can anyone tell me wether the Maternalbound Omega hack is worth playing instead of the original localization? I never played this game and want to get the best experience out of it.

I just don't get why there is a "literal" version besides the main patch. If the goal of the patch was to make the game more like Mother 2, why is there an additional literal version of it?

>>3835665
>>3831060
FYI I've been working on v1.2 but I'll hold onto it a bit more to do some more testings.

Making sure I didn't break anything and in case anything else comes up.

Among other things I did some changes based on your feedback

So it turns out Metroid II and Super Mario Land have really similar music formats. The Metroid II has alright documentation already and I'm working on a spec for SML, checking later if it's the same with Super Mario Land 2 too.
I can't program too well. What's the best method to make an audio editor? Is it worth it or should I just go for a general purpose converter where you plug in the bytes and get out a tracker file or something?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPCSXTHzI1g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67lqDDwm1GY

>>3839694
Just play the original localization.

why can't you make a pointer point past the end of the rom and add your stuff there to have more space?

>>3840198
i'm not sure i understand the music form ,
or if it is a good idea,
but you could create export/import to Music Macro Language (MML)

then you can use already made tracker and import music from other games

i was trying to do this with zelda2 but i gave up

>>3840212
short answer is : u can

>>3840316
wow nice, that's pretty cool

>>3840358
yai why did i bother saying anything if that's all im gonna say lulz

Bump

>Conker's High Rule Tail released months ago
>it's only now getting an article on romhacking.net

Second Strike updated to v1.2!

http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3343/

To anyone who's already downloaded it please update to this version.

It has quite a lot small of improvements and changes which make the experience a lot better.

List of changes:
>Changed some weapons damage relation toward some enemies, mainly making Power Stone stronger
>Improved hit detection for Darkman 1 and Darkman 3
>Fixed Darkman 3 so that he no longer create an infinite loop of freezing
>Improved bullet spawn placement of Darkman 4's shots (no longer possible to exploit)
>Improved hit detection for Crystal Joes (shots no longer go through their feet)
>Improved behaviour of Big Pets (Wily stage 1 boss)
>Improved behaviour of Circring Q9 (Wily stage 2 boss), also changed his palette
>Mizzile enemy (the 'Rocket going up' enemy in Napalm Man stage): fixed their hit detection,
also now they can die now and they're weak to Star Shield
>Changed placement of the 'Megaman V' letters in Wave Man stage and Star Man stage
>Gyro Man stage: improved the segment after the checkpoint,
also deleted a spike in the first row of spikes of the elevator
>Wave man Stage: changed a couple of platforming segment jumps
>Wily Stage 1: changed a couple of enemies to avoid flicker possibility
>Bossrush: fixed palette of Crystal Man room and changed the layout of Crystal's and Stone's rooms


Also FYI the hack is compatible with rock5easily's "lite" and "weapon select" patches. So if you want a lagless experience and/or to be able to switch weapons on the fly, you can apply his patches on top of the hack.

And if you want a sneak peek I've recorded a full playthrough of the hack, played on Famicom2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFV74ljVuaE

Enjoy!

>>3837449
I was referring to kaizo as in what the Mario community has adopted it as; crazy hard. If you die on the introduction screen I'm pretty sure there's something you gotta do was all I was saying.

>>3845341
So was I.
Again, Brutal Mario isn't a Kaizo. The title only gives the false impression it is.
It also doesn't have an intro that kills the the player, Anon just couldn't get the patch working properly.

>>3845341
Brutal Mario really isn't that hard. Just watch the first world if you're really unsure, the video has no commentary (though the screen starts flashing at the start for some reason, don't remember that happening on my copy).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu-wC8l9I44

I think this hack is an older version actually, a couple levels look different and there's no custom music like in the version I played, but the difficulty is the same.

>>3845530
*I think the hack in the video is an older version

>>3845530
It flashes at the start because they're not playing it on ZSNES.
Brutal Mario was put together when Mario Hacks were tailored to ZSNES. It doesn't play perfectly on anything else.

>>3844174
Will check it out.

Now I'd really like to make a character hack for MM5, making Protoman playable just like he is in 9/10 (I know there is one but it's just a shitty sprite hack).
However, it's a step beyond anything I've done so far.

The main concern is the working shield. It should only work during a jump, and deflect/destroy enemy projectiles, but only if that projectile is facing Protoman, not if shot from behind or from underneath.

I've been pondering over this and I think there are two solutions:
1) Make it so that when certain conditions are met the projectiles gets destroyed. Apparently that's how deflection from the front of the Moving Shield enemies work but I'm not even sure I understand it correctly.
2) create an invisible sprite in front of the character during jumping that deflects bullets. However an extra sprite may not help in laggy situations.

How would you guys go at this in theory?

>>3846509
maybe hook into the routine of when megaman gets hit by a projectile, and at that point check if you have the shield
(and maybe if the projectile came from the correct direction to hit the shield) .

and then just skip the rest of the megaman-projectile-collision routine or branch off to some other code to make the projectile bounce off

Or maybe just add a new routine that checks if the shield is enabled and every frame check if the projectile is in the range of the shield lole

Can someone explain how the DKC camera system works
I can't use DKCRE and dkedit is nonvisual

I am patiently awaiting For the Frog the Bell Tolls DX.
And it's killing me.

>>3845535
I think it's the most complete one. There are many of Brutal Mario floating around, with most of them being fake.

>>3845535
I think it's the most complete one. There are many builds of Brutal Mario floating around, with most of them being fake.

>>3839694
The "literal" version is the text translated from the original Japanese script as literally as possible. It's mostly for autists and/or weeaboos.

It's a great hack though. I've played vanilla EB tons of times before and recommend Maternalbound over it

>>3848904
The version I played had a lot of custom music from Romancing Saga, and got all the way to the final world without a final boss. There's also a leaked build that only has the final boss (and if that final boss isn't official it's just as high quality as the official one). I think the only incomplete parts of the game are the star/special world.

I've been playing Rockman 3 Improvement as well as the lag reduction hacks for Rockman 4, 5 and 6.

They're absolutely fantastic but I'm curious, how does such a hack work and why didn't the original devs do something similar?

>>3850256
>lag reduction hacks for Rockman 4, 5 and 6.
Links?

>>3851083
These are the ones I've been using

For Rockman4 by Neo ragsuku:
http://www.geocities.jp/borokobo/zip/Rock4Optimization_v3.zip

There are two patches. The "standard" one is the 'basic' lag reduction one.
The heavier one also adds other things and changes, like switching weapons with select (select, down+select for reverse order, select+start gets you back to buster), faster loading of boss hp, gets rid of the autoscroll in Cossack stage 3, etc

For Rockman 5 by Rock5easily:
Lag reduction :
http://rock5easily.sakura.ne.jp/archive/rock5_lite.zip
Switchs weapons with select:
http://rock5easily.sakura.ne.jp/archive/rock5_weaponselect.zip

For Rockman6 by Neo ragsuku:
Lag reduction, but also speeds up scrolling speed and other things:
http://www.geocities.jp/borokobo/zip/Rock6Optimization101.zip
Also you're going to wait his patch which fixes sliding in RM6 which they really screwed in the original game:
http://www.geocities.jp/borokobo/zip/Rock6FixSlide2.zip

It is not recommended to use these patches with Mega Man rather than Rockman, however as far as Rock5easily's patches are concerned and as far as I could tell, they worked perfectly with MM5. Neo ragsuku's RM6 patches would turn glitchy with MM6 though.

Also, Rock5easily has its own lag reduction patch for Rockman3 as well but I haven't tried it, I've been playing Rockman 3 Improvement instead.

Basically check both these guys pages:
http://www.geocities.jp/borokobo/neo/download.html

http://rock5easily.sakura.ne.jp/ips.html

Rockman 6 after applying both patches I mentionned above is pure pleasure, a huge improvement over the original game.
Also I thought that the lag reduction patch of MM5 worked even better on real hardware than on emulator but maybe it's just me.

>>3850256
they probably optimized various routines

>>3851239
Thanks, will check them out.

Not enough talk about disassembly going on here. Who's up for starting one?