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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19  Posts: 101/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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| Would someone please close this? I meant to hit 'preview thread' to test an image out, but obviously ended up hitting the post button. Sorry.   (edited by Reshaper256 on 01-07-05 06:10 PM) (edited by Reshaper256 on 01-07-05 06:17 PM) |
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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19 Posts: 102/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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 I'm sure many (or most) of you would recognize the above pic as the Trace Logger from bbitmaster's incredible new release of FCE Ultra Debug. Being new to ASM, but having some references to go by (http://www.obelisk.demon.co.uk/6502 and its links, mostly), I'm beginning to understand more, but I've hit a roadblock that I've spent the last few afternoons trying to figure out. Hopefully someone with more ASM knowledge could help me out with this. The highlighted portion of the pic above contains the instruction: $F27D : 84 00 - - - - - STY $00 = #$FE - - - - - - - - - - - - A:FE X:0D Y:03 P:nvUBdIzc From my understanding, 84 00 instructs the value held in the Y-register (from what I see it's $03) to be stored at $00 on the zero page (at $0000). Why then is the value stored to $0000 #$FE and not #$03?  Isn't the Y-register holding the value $03 before, during, and after this instruction? After looking at other instances where I thought a number should be stored to memory from one of the registers, I discovered that most of them were storing values that I would not expect them to. Obviously I've missed something, or am reading something incorrectly. Any help would be appreciated. (edited by Reshaper256 on 04-03-05 06:04 PM) (edited by Reshaper256 on 04-13-05 06:04 AM) |
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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19 Posts: 103/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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| Wow, surprisingly simple... I assumed the = meant that the receiving address or register was having the value after the = written to it. Now I see that I just need to scroll the Logger up until I find what actually changed $0000 to #$FE. Thanks a lot! I don't know how long it would have taken me to catch such a fundamental misunderstanding. I'm stupid with simple, important stuff. You don't want to know how many times I've lost my wallet and car keys...  |
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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19 Posts: 104/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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| Hey Deathknight, I've been looking at your situation, and this is what i have so far: I set a write break-point on the value $00C5 (The health of some of some slimes.) At first I just hit the slime, to take it's damage down and change it's health, but that didn't help me find the value for the slime's 'original health'. When I entered another battle from the overworld, the debugger snapped on the break-point twice - first it loaded #$00 from the Accumulator (let's just call it A), and the second time it loaded #$03 from A, the 'original health' of the slime. After that the fight was loaded. I set the trace logger to see what the instruction just before the second time the debugger snapped on the break-point had been and it said that #$03 had been loaded into A from $6D25. (Now i realize I could have just scrolled the debugger up to find this out.) I put a write break-point on $6D25, and it didn't snap the debugger until I actually reset the game and hit start on the name selection screen. Value #$03 had been loaded from A, so I used the trace logger again to find the instruction that put #$03 into A to start with. (Again, I could have just scrolled up the debugger a little to find that out, but hey, I'm stupid.) Value #$03 was loaded into A from $9425, and FCEUXD will tell you that's $5435 in the ROM itself. Change that value, and it changes the value of (some) slimes' health to that. I haven't looked into why all the slimes' health aren't controlled by a single address, but the other addresses could probably be found the same way this one was. To sum it up... $5435 in the Zelda II ROM = $9425 in NES Memory while this happens. $9425 contains #$03, which is loaded into the Accumulator when you hit start at the File Select screen... ...then instantly #$03 is loaded into $6D25 (NES Memory), from the Accumulator. When the battle loads that has the slimes: #$03 is loaded into the Accumulator from $6D25... ...then instantly #$03 is loaded into $00C5 from the Accumulator. Hope I've helped you out here.  (edited by Reshaper256 on 01-25-05 06:52 PM) (edited by Reshaper256 on 01-25-05 06:53 PM) (edited by Reshaper256 on 01-25-05 08:56 PM) |
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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19 Posts: 105/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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| After sending him a lot of emails concerning Zelda3 Challenge and the state of the Challenge Games Community, I received a reply from GameMakr24 today, and he gave me permission to post it on message boards that might be interested in his progress. I figure there are several people here at Acmlm's who would also be interested in the content of this message, and that they would want some word concerning Zelda3C and the Challenge Games Community. This is what he sent to me: "Hi! I've been seriously neglecting my email, but since you've written multiple times, I'm sneaking a few minutes at work to let you know I'm alive. I can't reply in full yet, but I can tell you the basics. You can paste this message onto any message boards to let others know -- that would be a big favor to me, as I have no internet access at home. As you suspected, I've taken a short break from Zelda3C. My life has been turned upside down twice this year, so I haven't had any free time. I say 'twice' because I moved into a large 3-bedroom house, only to have the California rains reveal leaks in the roof and, worse, a serious mold problem. After packing and moving and unpacking, I had to repack and move back out. As things stand right now, most of my belongings are in my mom's garage. My last real progress was on January 31st, based on the time stamps of my Zelda3C files. I did add to Calatia Castle about a week ago, but for the most part I've had to skip February. But this break was imposed on me by life, not by any need to take a break. I'm anxious to get settled and get back into creating the game. When things get more relaxed, I'll post updates to the CG message boards, since I have no clue if/when Challenge Games will be restored. Thanks for being patient and interested! --GameMakr24" edit: Is there a lack of interest or something? I expected this to get at least a few replies... (edited by Reshaper256 on 03-01-05 12:26 PM) (edited by Reshaper256 on 03-08-05 09:36 AM) (edited by Reshaper256 on 03-31-05 11:16 AM) |
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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19 Posts: 106/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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| I know that I could find something decent by just using Google, but I figure that some of you fine peoples might have some better suggestions. That's about it, besides that if the place you suggest has a problem with ROM hacks, it won't work. So... how about it? |
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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19 Posts: 107/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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Originally posted by TaraleI have to agree. In this case, I wouldn't have posted this thread if it was covered in the FAQ because I actually check that kind of thing. So covering this in the FAQ wouldn't be totally useless, although I'm sure that you'd still get some of these threads either way. Thanks for the replies. I'm still looking for something a little more *special* I guess, so keep suggestions coming if you've got them. It sounds like Erkdog would have been a big help if he was still offering that kind of stuff, but... oh well... |
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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19 Posts: 108/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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| Actually, all I'm really looking for is a place to create a page dedicated to a hack that I'm starting to work on. Basically it'll just be screenshots, updates, and eventually have a download for the patch. I'll probably use it to store my images and layouts for this message board as well. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't take too much to handle all that. I've found http://www.atspace.com/, and (to me) it looks all right, but of course I don't really know the ins-and-outs of this sort of stuff. Again, anyone with more advice or another suggestion should keep them coming. I haven't decided on this one for sure. Oh yeah, I don't have a domain or anything, they cost $$$. I'm content with having a sub-domain of the place that hosts me. Ads, of course, aren't desirable to me, but only to a point. If the best place has ads, I'll probably still take it. edit: dang it, it has a 200kb filesize limit - oh well, off to search again... (edited by Reshaper256 on 03-24-05 02:38 PM) |
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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19 Posts: 109/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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| Thanks a lot Gywall, but I think I've found something that'll work. I've already signed up and everything at: http://www.webmanage.org/. There is a very good site for searching for free web-hosting here: http://www.clickherefree.com/ And here is the description that it gave for Webmanage, in case anyone is interested in it too: http://www.clickherefree.com/hosting-free/details.php?id=1949 Thanks everyone, now I can die happy.  |
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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19 Posts: 110/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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Welcome to the board. Not a Republican?  Hmmmm... (no, actually I think that's a good thing ) I'm not obsessed with the Japanese or anything, but I do like watching Case Closed whenever I see it on. That show is strangely... addicting, even to me. Anyway, welcome again to the boards, and I hope that a lot of people get the word about you being willing to be a web-host. |
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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19 Posts: 111/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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| Of the books I've read, I would have to recommend When Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer (1932). This book is so overwhelming that by the fourth or fifth chapter, you'll experience what it feels like to know the world will end, and you'll feel what its like to hope you could be one of the few that might escape. This book surprisingly doesn't ever sound or feel far-fetched; it all makes sense as you read it. The science of this novel is startlingly on the mark for the time it was written (before WWII) and although there are a few 'technical' flaws that some people could pick out, they are more than overshadowed by the sheer depth of the experience. This book was introduced to me by my dad, who says it |
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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19 Posts: 112/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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| The 'temporary' Challenge Games message board can be found at: http://www.cg-games.panicus.org They're pretty much dead right now, but I check back occasionally to see if there's been any Z3C updates. Concerning the state of Quest for Calatia, GameMakr24 is working on it every chance he gets. If you're really interested in it, I'd send him an email expressing your interest. Just check his profile at the CG board to find out his email address, if you don't already know it. I wouldn't expect a reply for a while though, because last I heard he didn't have the internet at home. |
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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19 Posts: 113/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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| Sorry for the small bump, but I felt that the last post here warrented a reply after what just happened at Webmanage. They have decided that they can't handle the load of having so many free accounts - so guess what? My account was deleted, without a day's notice, and they now only serve paid accounts. Not a big surprise I guess, they weren't really obligated to keep a free account up or anything. Too good to be true, I suppose...  |
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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19 Posts: 114/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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I'm already signed up at Ideal Transfer, but I don't know whether it'll last or not. It's just like Webmanage, which just deleted all of it's free accounts out of the blue. Make sure you have everything backed up.  |
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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19 Posts: 115/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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| Wow, that's a great concept. There must be tons of old obscure games that would actually be pretty fun, if they didn't feel like they had been scraped from the bottom of the metaphorical video game bucket. Putting recognizable characters as the main characters is a great way to make these games more appealing, to me at least. Keep it up! |
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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19 Posts: 116/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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Paul Hogan.  |
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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19 Posts: 117/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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| As most of you know, the Challenge Games site has been down for a while, and as a couple of you know, some of us (a few members and old fans) are trying to build a *new* Challenge Games site to take it's place. While helping with the construction, I've found that I don't have the most recent version of Metroid Challenge that we need to make a new page for that Challenge Hack. I have the patch with version .55, which I found at Acmlm's ROM hack domain, but the most recent version is .87 which I can't find at Acmlm's or at Zophar's. I haven't had much luck with Google, and I even went back to an old archive of cg-games.net on web.archive.org, but the download for the patch hadn't been archived. So I've looked around and can't seem to find the patch we need; does anyone here have the most recent IPS patch of Metroid Challenge (v.87)? Actually, it'd be great to have all the old versions of the hack to put up on the site, but I may be able to find them myself, and they're not as important. edit: oops, the thread title is messed up -- metroid is spelled wrong and it should be version .87 not version 8.7. could somebody please change that for me? (edited by Reshaper256 on 07-12-05 03:56 PM) (edited by Reshaper256 on 07-12-05 03:59 PM) (edited by Reshaper256 on 07-12-05 05:25 PM) |
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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19 Posts: 118/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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| Thanks, I found what I needed. |
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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19 Posts: 119/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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| 1: counterfeit money 5: It's impossible, you'd have to travel the rest of the way to town instantly. 6: Assuming there are 5 children, then 4 of them got apples out of the basket, and the other one was given the basket with the remaining apple in it. 8: Irf 9: It should still be a fifty-fifty chance either way unless the coin is rigged, so I'm saying that it still doesn't make a difference which one you choose - you'd still have the same odds. 10: Polar bears live in the northern hemisphere, and penguins don't live in the northern hemisphere, so i'm saying zero. |
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Reshaper256 Bee Level: 19 Posts: 120/143 EXP: 34776 For next: 1001 Since: 09-14-04 From: United States Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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| 8: How about 'fir'? (sorry about the incomplete layout, I'm still working on it) (edited by Reshaper256 on 07-20-05 02:03 PM) |
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