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| Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - Rom Hacking - a rom-hacking faq? |
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Should somebody build a faq for the rom hacking forum?| yay |
85.7%, 30 votes | nay |
14.3%, 5 votes | Multi-voting is disabled.
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Dude Man Koopa Level: 18 Posts: 77/116 EXP: 29288 For next: 609 Since: 05-02-04 From: Wareham Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 7 hours |
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| I always thought. With all these new rom hackers coming in and brings their n00bish questions. Maybe somebody should make a small rom-hacking forum faq. Take note I said rom hacking FORUM faq. Not rom hacking faq. Maybe it might clear up some nooby questions like. "Is their an editor for this game?" "Why isn't their and editor for this game?" "can sombdy mak a asm hak 4 me i don kno h0w...  "just a thought. |
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eNathan Goomba Level: 8  Posts: 20/33 EXP: 1773 For next: 414 Since: 08-07-05 From: United States, but does it matter? Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 8 days |
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Most definitly, its a great idea. Who's ganna make it tho  |
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Dish Spiny Level: 38 Posts: 520/596 EXP: 355646 For next: 14801 Since: 03-15-04 From: Disch Since last post: 18 days Last activity: 18 days |
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There are already threads which serve this function.Originally posted by Dude Man http://board.acmlm.org/thread.php?id=624
http://board.acmlm.org/thread.php?id=15236 The bottom line is there will always be people that ignore the stickies and post stupid questions -- there's no way to stop it. The kinds of people which ask these questions are the people that don't initially research on their own (so they're not going to browse a forum FAQ to see if their question is answered already -- they're just going to ask it). Making another sticky won't solve the problem, it will just be redundant. Everything that can be done on the forums to prevent these types of posts is already being done. Besides, these kinds of posts aren't really all that common anyway. I see a grand total of 1 on the front page of the forum (the Super Mario RPG editor thread) -- and that even evolved into a very informative and useful thread. |
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Heran_Bago Rat Level: 15  Posts: 82/91 EXP: 13080 For next: 3304 Since: 03-20-05 From: Newtrogic High Zone Since last post: 8 days Last activity: 1 day |
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Lenophis Super Koopa Level: 44  Posts: 641/830 EXP: 584360 For next: 26925 Since: 03-15-04 From: Duluth, MN Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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You find me one noobie that reads the stickies or the board FAQ and you win $1,000,000.  |
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xZeaLitYx Cheep-cheep Level: 23  Posts: 161/199 EXP: 66932 For next: 791 Since: 04-13-04 Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 3 hours |
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Originally posted by Heran_Bago This idea has struck me as cool before. In the age where interest might flare up in a game, and some offsets might be hacked only to be buried in the back pages of the forum, it might be beneficial just to have an all purpose Wiki that one can post crap on. I'm not talking about any kind of structure or anything, just a place to plop down information in the intermediary. I'm transcribing what I'm learning about Chrono Trigger rom hacking at the Compendium, and in the last two weeks I've had over five new members ask about the program or how to hack certain parts of the game (as opposed to one or two new guys asking about it per every couple months). Course, who's gonna host it |
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Setzer Popo Level: 36  Posts: 399/532 EXP: 290182 For next: 17928 Since: 04-22-04 From: Not Florida. because I'm going to sink it. Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 48 min. |
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| I voted nay because thats what horses do. | |||
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Dish Spiny Level: 38 Posts: 521/596 EXP: 355646 For next: 14801 Since: 03-15-04 From: Disch Since last post: 18 days Last activity: 18 days |
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| A wiki to act as a rom hacking data repository would be MAGNIFICENT. Kind of like what BMF tried to do on the Rusted Magick forums -- but in wiki form. Something which contains game info found by anyone and everyone. I vote yay for that -- although it doesn't have anything to do with this board directly. |
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BGNG Snifit Level: 22  Posts: 237/276 EXP: 56579 For next: 1771 Since: 06-03-05 Since last post: 8 days Last activity: 3 hours |
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| Well, get together and make a Wiki Committee. Although that should probably have its own thread. I say no to the idea of a hacking forum FAQ for the reasons already disclosed. |
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Ice Ranger Leever Level: 23  Posts: 183/183 EXP: 60462 For next: 7261 Since: 03-16-04 Since last post: 82 days Last activity: 3 days |
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| I have to agree with Disch on the matter. BMF54123's Data Repository doesn't get a lot of traffic and is possibly overlooked (that's where I upload all my data). Heh, I read over the poll question and thought, "I'll stretch what he means by taking it to the farthest extent." Yes, an FAQ needs to be made for the rom hacking forum. "for" was the word that made me vote yay. (kind of a major stretch there) Maybe a link to it could be put in the announcement for the forum to keep to what Dude Man was asking (how long has it been since one of those have been made anyway). |
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stag019 Snifit Level: 23 Posts: 271/299 EXP: 62259 For next: 5464 Since: 06-10-05 From: C:\Documents and Settings\stag019\Desktop Since last post: 9 days Last activity: 7 hours |
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Originally posted by LenophisI wish! But actually, when I was new here, I did read the FAQ's, and after a while, read the stickies. This sounds like a good idea, I guess, if we can pitch some more good questions. |
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dan Snap Dragon Level: 43  Posts: 686/782 EXP: 534516 For next: 30530 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 20 hours Last activity: 14 hours |
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| The idea of a wiki for ROM hacking has been discussed before. Unfortunately, nothing much ever came of it (well except for a wiki on ZD for emulation that had a ROM hacking bit, but that died out because too few people knew about it). |
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Smallhacker Green Birdo SMW Hacking Moderator Level: 68  Posts: 1969/2273 EXP: 2647223 For next: 81577 Since: 03-15-04 From: Söderhamn, Sweden Since last post: 10 hours Last activity: 9 hours |
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| There was an SMW hacking wiki for a short period of time (hosted by Jesper, IIRC). It was no success, though. Also, the wiki software was terrible. A rom hacking wiki might be worth a shot if people actually add stuff and if it uses a good wiki software. (edited by Smallhacker on 08-12-05 06:39 AM) |
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fabio Chuck Level: 45  Posts: 663/1479 EXP: 629903 For next: 30261 Since: 07-02-05 From: Somewhere in Texas Since last post: 7 hours Last activity: 7 hours |
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| I voted for yay because with a sticky FAQ here, mods have a good reason to trash threads that n00bs make that contains stuff already in that FAQ leaving room for questions not in the FAQ and of course hacks. Just take a look at some hacks on the page. Most of them are buried down at the bottom page or are sent to the next page that nowhere rarely looks over there because of the questions n00bs make. | |||
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hukka Level: 16  Posts: 94/94 EXP: 20245 For next: 11 Since: 06-27-04 From: PerniÃ, Finland Since last post: 81 days Last activity: 0 sec. |
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| I really like the idea of a rom hacking wiki. If the software is good, people will use it as long as we advertise it enough. | |||
Googie Surarok Level: 39  Posts: 492/624 EXP: 380784 For next: 23987 Since: 03-15-04 From: Corona Queens New York Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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| I chose yay cause it really sounds like a good idea I'd like to see something like that. |
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DahrkDaiz Red Super Koopa  Acmlm's Mosts 2005 Best ROM Hacker Level: 45  Posts: 793/885 EXP: 643520 For next: 16644 Since: 03-15-04 From: K-Town Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| The catch is, a team of experienced and unexperienced ROM Hackers need to team up to create this FAQ and/or Wiki. This cannot be a one or two person job. We need experienced ROM Hackers for the answer and unexperienced for questions we may miss. An idea like this would work very well IF people are willing to contribute and participate and discuss what to put in. | |||
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Smallhacker Green Birdo SMW Hacking Moderator Level: 68 Posts: 1980/2273 EXP: 2647223 For next: 81577 Since: 03-15-04 From: Söderhamn, Sweden Since last post: 10 hours Last activity: 9 hours |
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| Like BGNG suggested, a Wiki committee might work. A group of experienced hackers, willing to share information, starts adding stuff to the Wiki. If there's enough info to begin with, the chances are higher that it gets successful. | |||
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TheCube Rat Level: 16  Posts: 77/82 EXP: 17450 For next: 2806 Since: 04-29-04 From: Denver, Uganda Since last post: 57 days Last activity: 11 hours |
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Originally posted by Lenophis You know, I read the stickies before I ever posted anything. In fact, I re-read the stickies just in case I'd missed anything. So, you know...gimme. A wiki is a brilliant idea that I'm much too lazy to care about. If someone hosts it and stuff, I'll probly contribute...something. Otherwise, though, I'll just let it sit as a brilliant idea until someone else does something about it. Heh. |
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Sukasa Boomboom Error 349857348734534: The system experienced an error. Level: 57  Posts: 1627/1981 EXP: 1446921 For next: 39007 Since: 02-06-05 From: *Shrug* Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 1 day |
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| Oooh! Oooh! I read the stickies AND the faq when I was a n00b! Do I get a prize? Anyways, brilliant idea, I'm in if anyone needs me. |
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