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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 2/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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| I ran a forum with a group of friends (none I know in person) for about.. three years? Something like that.. I still know them today, as we all migrated to our own private forum, but.. I digress.. To be blunt, you have to be a little harsh sometimes.. I doubt any of the staff here have any doubts that they are surrounded by "real" people.. However, like it or not, the average internet user is not very bright.. And I'm not talking about innocent ignorance, I'm speaking of blatant idiocy.. People who rant, rave, go on about the most inane nonsense you can imagine.. People like this, are very difficult to keep in order.. I personally, never use a curse online. (Ever) But.. I have thrown around a few "idiot" and "stupid" jabs before.. Does that mean I'm not in control with myself? Rather, I think it's reasonable.. When you deal with people, day in and day out, who banter on yelling and screaming.. Refusing to learn.. You very quickly become short on patience.. In saying this, I'm a very patient person, and if someone is honestly confused, or innocently made a mistake, I'll overlook it without another thought.. However, a lot of people are just rude, and purposely try their best to annoy everyone.. I really don't think the staff should bite their tongues around these people.. And as for simple spam, well.. A lot of spam is stupid and pointless.. Yes, I know everyone has their opinion on that.. But pointless nonsense cluttering up a forum should be locked on sight, and if the moderator wants to mention it was stupid, they should.. It will teach the member something for the better in the long run.. Which brings me to my last point.. Moderators and Admins should be respected.. Not exactly because of the power they hold, but rather because they were given the power.. People aren't appointed staff positions randomly.. They are given these positions because they have proven themselves useful and outgoing members of the community. Such people deserve respect because they are indeed, good honest souls. Yes, there are exceptions to the above, (none here) but that's usually only found in "corrupt" forums.. None of that really matters though, so I won't get into it.. I suppose, simply put.. This forum is an incredible one, and I think the staff deserves a round of applause, rather than being questioned as they are.. (edited by The Sage Of Time on 07-18-04 11:06 PM) |
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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 3/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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Originally posted by kornfanYeah maybe. He sure as heck couldn't have been worse.. Not saying he would have made a grand president, but.. I don't see how it could have been worse.. *shrugs* |
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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 4/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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| A shame they used Gaiden's battle system.. But geez! That's impressive for a pirate.. Hmm.. Tempted to play it.. Be nice if it were translated though. |
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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 5/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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| Just thought I'd say this.. Thank you very much, I'm very grateful for the hard work you've spent making this. |
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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 6/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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Originally posted by windwaker It has already been stated that this will not happen. There is no real point to having a ROM Header, and if it really matters so much to you or anyone else, it's very simple to manually add it back when needed. |
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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 7/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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No, the headers don't take up a lot of space on their own.. But if you have a large set of ROM's, (Like a GoodSet) all of them with headers, it does take up a large useless amount of space. Somewhat negligible you say? Perhaps, but not everyone has a huge HD, and headers serve no real purpose to begin with.. Why would you want to waste any amount of HD space on that? Originally posted by Lenophis Actually this is the arguement used against headers, as THEY cause confusion. They have nothing to do with a ROM, they don't belong there.. So documented offset Data on a clean ROM is only muddled up when you stick a header on it. (And vice versa, but the point is, you might as well go with the clean version not the one with a useless 0x200 bytes.) In the end this is absolutely pointless to discuss, the creator of this editor has done a remarkable job bringing this to us, to nit-pick over this is very foolish. It is his program, he'll do with it as he see's fit. And again, if anyone is so incredibly attached to the ungodly header, it's a very simple matter to add it back. |
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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 8/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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Originally posted by DurfarC Fairly positive it's suppose to be a bottomless pit with an invisible bridge over it. If you remember from the original game, the same concept was used, and you had to cast Ether in order to see the path before you. |
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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 9/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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Originally posted by Yomiko ZSNES supports up to four players online. .... The issue however, is it can only connect two computers over netplay. Thus, more than one person would need to be playing on one of the two computers. So eh.. Besides, three people could play on just one computer, the request has merit to it. (edited by The Sage Of Time on 01-30-05 02:29 PM) |
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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 10/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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Originally posted by geeogree A little blind to sarcasm aren't you? |
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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 11/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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| Thing of the past? Oh not at all. Looking at Uchiha Itachi's images, I'm impressed at what he managed. And I'd be interested in playing a hack with graphics changes like that. (Although, a full blown hack using those graphics would be even better, of course.) | |||
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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 12/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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| I used to be a regular at the original site.. Yeah, it has been five years.. Problem is though, the BS hardware isn't fully emulated, and possibly never will be. For all we know, the errors in the game are due to the lack of emulation support alone. It's also possible that the dump we have is damaged, in which case, it's probably a lost cause. Brings back a lot of memories though.. |
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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 13/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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Originally posted by SkifflesI've never played that hack, no. But I used to also be part of the old Sonic Hacking community as well..Originally posted by The Sage Of Time Lost cause may have been a bit harsh, but if they "are" bad dumps, then someone would need to be dedicated in tracking down the problem and fixing it. Something no one has bothered to do\try\whatever in over five years.. See what I mean? It's not an uncommonly known game either, it's had a lot of popularity, so that's not an excuse for no one working on it. Either no one is interested, no one thinks they can do it, or it's something else. (Lost Cause, Emulation Error, Aliens) Who knows, maybe it'll get fixed yet. I'd happily raise a glass to whomever managed it. Originally posted by cent208 Not.. exactly. BS Zelda did not have anything like this wrong with it. It had a timing issue, where it liked to freeze at the "very" start (it was trying to load something it couldn't, I think an introduction which was supposedly downloaded from the BS-X, I dunno it's been years) and when the ingame timer ran out (it was trying to end the gaming session, as it was meant to on the real BS-X) which was bypassed. The same BS-Zelda community - the one posted and the one I was part of - were the ones to "fix" this, and add the bells and whistles. There really wasn't so much to "restore" as there was to hack to make it "less BS" and more "SNES." Believe me, I know enough on this subject. I may be rusty, but still. As for these two recent patches, I'll look into it. I'm not saying this is impossible to fix, I never meant to imply that, it's just there are several factors to take into account, and people need to remember those. |
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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 14/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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Originally posted by cent208 Exactly! This is what I meant to get across, Thank you. I'm hoping that someone here can solve the mystery for us though, it's been all too long.. (edited by The Sage Of Time on 03-25-05 04:38 AM) |
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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 15/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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Originally posted by XkeeperI certainly hope that's the case, Xkeeper.Originally posted by blackhole89"It's also possible that the dump we have is damaged, in which case, it's probably a lost cause." But I really wouldn't be surprised if it's broken\damaged heavily. The BS games weren't out for long, and anyone not very experienced in the art of dumping could have just been sloppy trying to get them dumped before time was up. (edited by The Sage Of Time on 03-27-05 11:10 PM) |
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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 16/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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| An emulation error is also very likely, the BS-X is not emulated properly in current emulators, not by a long shot. But from talking with the developers of ZSNES and the like, it doesn't sound like they have much to work with, no BS-X hardware, not a whole lot of information on it's technical aspects, etc.. I don't know, there are so many possible things wrong with this game, someone clever just needs to narrow down which one it is and determine whether or not this can be fixed. |
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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 17/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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| Perhaps I should have earlier stated this.. VEL actually completed (I still don't know how he managed to do it) this game before, enemies, doors, stairs, items.. all of that is present in Dungeons. None of it is visibile though, and the collision is completely missing. I don't think it's so much a question of the dungeon data being missing as it is something is screwing it up.. Be it something simple, an emulation error, or something important corrupted, I just don't know. And I've never heard tell of a patch to make the floor visible. If you saw something like that you should really confirm it for us, and provide the source here. It's not entirely possible someone looked into this, and it went un-noticed. Though if that would be the case, I'd be kinda surprised considering the fanbase the series has.. (edited by The Sage Of Time on 03-28-05 08:12 PM) |
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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 18/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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Originally posted by Valerie ..I'm blind as a bat, I missed that patch.. And eh.. VEL? Hmm.. Neat.  Been ages since I've seen tell of you or anyone else related to the old BS stuff. Originally posted by HyperHacker I didn't think of that, that's always a possibility. Originally posted by cent208 Well that would have helped me a bit. Heh, but interesting stuff. Maybe we'll finally be seeing an end to this.. |
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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 19/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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Originally posted by Yomiko Ever since I was a kid, my grandmother (whom is a very Christian woman) told me that "something bad" would happen when the Pope finally died. Now, I'm not really knowledgable about the Christian\Catholic faith, but something like this has been going around for a long time obviously. I do think he deserves respect though, even if you aren't religious. He's such a spirited and strong willed man, who has remained heavily dedicated to his work. He'll go down in history if he is going to pass away soon. |
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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 20/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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Originally posted by Yomiko Well isn't that to be expected? He is an incredibly well known figure, afterall. And to be remembered for much, even if you aren't religious, you've got to respect the man for his dedication and iron will. Indeed, the media will go on about it awhile. But I think it's within reason. |
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The Sage Of Time Blue Octorok Level: 12 Posts: 21/46 EXP: 7444 For next: 477 Since: 04-12-04 Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 13 min. |
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Originally posted by Yomiko If you'd check the official forums, you would know that Netplay is officially broken as of 1.40. They are recreating major aspects of the emulator by scratch, and in their own words.. "You have to demolish before you can rebuild." |
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Which gives hope to causes like this. [basically he took the sonic 2 beta rom and completed it the way it was "supposed" to be]
