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craze
Posts: 10/21 |
ok, ill just start over, but thankx anyway, ill try to post problems i get in here, someware.  thankx |
Alastor the Stylish
Posts: 2072/7620 |
Originally posted by mikeyk
Something I always do in addition to making backups, is save each level in .mwl format after I complete it. That way even if you lock your ROM, you'll at least have the level data somewhere else. Sorry to hear you lost your hack.
What's the point in that, exactly? If you have backups, that extra is just a waste. |
mikeyk
Posts: 17/110 |
Something I always do in addition to making backups, is save each level in .mwl format after I complete it. That way even if you lock your ROM, you'll at least have the level data somewhere else. Sorry to hear you lost your hack. |
Keikonium
Posts: 559/-2459 |
Ya, the way I unlock a ROM really doesn't matter. It will show you your level layout, but it will be garbled far beyond any recognision. Its completely useless unless you have like 3-4 levels done with no ASM. Just listen to everyone else and start over. You can always play thru your hack in ZSNES, savestate every few screens, and open those saves in Bgmapper. Then you can view parts of your level layout, but that would take forever. So ya just restart This has happened to me twice so I know its a pain but I have much better level designs and Graphics because of it. |
Koroc
Posts: 38/45 |
It's not just the textures; any and all sprites (i.e. enemies, platforms, mushroom/flower/leaf/yoshi/coins, lava, water, message boxes, blocks, etc etc etc) will be scrambled. |
craze
Posts: 9/21 |
i can get some of the data out of it, so, it will, i can get the level design, the textures dont matter, i can still get the level. |
KATW
Posts: 1810/3959 |
Originally posted by craze
i dont care. itt'l help, some.
Trust me... It wont help at all.
Objects are placed EVERYWHERE and the GFX are completely garbled. Plus there are so many fatal sprite errors its not even funny. Just go with what we are saying and start over... it will save you the hassle of tying to sort through a giant mess  |
Alastor the Stylish
Posts: 2067/7620 |
No, it wont v_v |
craze
Posts: 8/21 |
i dont care. itt'l help, some. |
KATW
Posts: 1804/3959 |
Originally posted by Kratos Aurion
Don't get your hopes up. I'm almost certain Keiko won't get it back to normal.
I AM certain he wont get it back to normal. I already tried it on another hack and it didnt work.
Its easier just to start over. It may be hard redoing everything again, but look at it this way, at least now you have time to improve |
Alastor the Stylish
Posts: 2065/7620 |
The "edit" button is your friend. |
craze
Posts: 7/21 |
eek, thats: coreytwest@verizon.net , sorry, use this email! |
Alastor the Stylish
Posts: 2063/7620 |
Don't get your hopes up. I'm almost certain Keiko won't get it back to normal. |
craze
Posts: 6/21 |
Originally posted by Keikonium
Originally posted by craze
an afterthought: reverse engeniereing!(i didnt spell that right ) if it modifies it by "X" cant you unmodify it, sort of?
What?
Do you mean just do the exact oppisite of what the lock does to the hack? Like 1,2,3 to 3,2,1? If so, thats what I did (sort of) in order to unlock ROMs. The only thing is, Fu says it changes the lvl format (I think thats what he said) and I wasn't going to argue seeing as HE created it (the lock format). But if you take 2 unedited Roms, lock one and keep the other unlocked, then compare the two in a hex editor you will see only a few minor differences scattered thru out the ROM. There are really only 4 bytes (I think) that you need to cahnge to unlock the rom. But if you want correct graphics, level layouts, and interactions, there are alot more you need to change. I have all of them documented in an .xls file I can just look of og to unlock a rom.
But im not really going to get into it seeing as people may be angry at me again .
yeipie, please email me asap(well if it is convienent,didnt spell that right too ) at: coreytweat@verizon.net
i will reply as soon as i can, and please (if u can) attach and sent me the instructions to unlock a rom, i dont want to start over  (again, like 3 times)
thankx |
Keikonium
Posts: 556/-2459 |
Originally posted by craze
an afterthought: reverse engeniereing!(i didnt spell that right ) if it modifies it by "X" cant you unmodify it, sort of?
What?
Do you mean just do the exact oppisite of what the lock does to the hack? Like 1,2,3 to 3,2,1? If so, thats what I did (sort of) in order to unlock ROMs. The only thing is, Fu says it changes the lvl format (I think thats what he said) and I wasn't going to argue seeing as HE created it (the lock format). But if you take 2 unedited Roms, lock one and keep the other unlocked, then compare the two in a hex editor you will see only a few minor differences scattered thru out the ROM. There are really only 4 bytes (I think) that you need to cahnge to unlock the rom. But if you want correct graphics, level layouts, and interactions, there are alot more you need to change. I have all of them documented in an .xls file I can just look of og to unlock a rom.
But im not really going to get into it seeing as people may be angry at me again. |
craze
Posts: 5/21 |
an afterthought: reverse engeniereing!(i didnt spell that right ) if it modifies it by "X" cant you unmodify it, sort of? |
Keikonium
Posts: 554/-2459 |
Just type in Lunar Magic 1.01 in google. Its on some french site with ALOT of orange. I am pretty sure the site has ROMs so I can't provide a link sorry. The levels will look really bad, so I dont see the point of doing it anyway. Were you REALLY far into your hack? or just 3 or 4 levels? If its only a few levels with NO ASM it may be possible to unlock it with few graphical errors. That would involve a comparision hex editor tho. You can always search google for one |
craze
Posts: 4/21 |
where!!!!! where can i get an old version, i dont care if its garbled, its something, at least. |
Keikonium
Posts: 551/-2459 |
I can unlock the rom, with severly messed up levels The ONLY rom I can unlock and keep the levels regular is an unedited one. So even if you ask Fu, I am almost 100% sure he wouldn't be able to unlock it. You have to start over again...sadly.
I really think that Fu should have made the lock password protected so if you know the password you can still access the rom...but that wont stop hex editing people. You could get an old copy of LM (V1.01 works) and unlock the rom, but the levels will be garbled. |
KATW
Posts: 1796/3959 |
Sorry, but you are stuck... Unlocking a rom just isnt possible right now.
Maybe if you ask FuSoYa REALLY nicely... he'll unlock it, but your best bet is to just start over. Sorry... |
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