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| Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - Rom Hacking - Split hack, good idea? |
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Is a hack split into two ROMs a good idea?| See description below. | Yes |
63.2%, 12 votes | No |
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Bit-Blade Pixel Artist Level: 34  Posts: 249/445 EXP: 229264 For next: 24387 Since: 03-16-04 Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 7 hours |
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| Split Hacks are a mixed bag. On the one hand they are a tad wasteful if you are only using the extra rom for a few extra levels. On the other hand they can be more than a tad excessive if your split hacks span the entirety of more than one rom. The problem with the savestate/password system is that the passwords can be cracked and the savestates can be hacked. The easy solution to this would be to make other levels unplayable, I suppose, though any idiot with an inclination could remedy that if they care to learn how to level edit. |
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Golden Yoshi Pokey Level: 41  Posts: 482/693 EXP: 445575 For next: 34570 Since: 03-15-04 From: Edison, NJ Since last post: 17 hours Last activity: 8 hours |
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Well, I've decided to dump the split hack idea. Squash Monster has helped me to find some extra space in the ROM and how to utilize it in levels, therefore a split hack is unnecessary as of now. Thanks for all your input and opinions people, and look out for the full version of SMW2+ later this year (hopefully)  . |
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Kefka Indefinitely Unbanned Level: 81 Posts: 3240/3392 EXP: 4826208 For next: 166641 Since: 03-15-04 From: Pomona, CALIFORNIA BABY! Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Several games take up multiple discs to play, so I don't see why having multiple patches couldn't work. If people are going to be cheap and just play the second patch without playing the first, that's their loss. But, then again, since it looks like you don't need to, all points in favor of it are moot.  |
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Squash Monster New Age Retro Hippie Togateiru Fohku Kohgeki!! GRUNGE no HAMSTER otona bite Peace love and turnpike! Level: 40 Posts: 617/677 EXP: 430507 For next: 10802 Since: 03-15-04 From: Maryland (of the Country Between Canada and Mexico) Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| I'm glad we found a solution. I personally learned some during that, which'll help a great deal should I ever find some serious time to work on my recode of EggVine. As for multiple patches: we could require that one has a save file to get to the levels in the second patch. It's fully possible to make levels in YI not only unplayable but also unreadable and very difficult to repair (change one key byte and suddenly you're loading half the ROM as garbage data). Nothing would stop somebody from using a completed save file from an unmodified copy of YI though. Actually, I'm pretty sure that one could do that even with a single patch. That's not a problem though. The point of playing a hack isn't to get to the end, but to play the hack. A good hacker's levels are worth playing for the sake of playing rather than as a mere challenge. |
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