Originally posted by Knuckles T15X

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Hmm, I've got an idea: some sort of ExGFX competition...
Ah, I know! The ExGFX Challenge!
Submissions would be based on time, quality, and content. And prizes would be... erm... uh... say, what WOULD be a good prize? Anyways, it's just a crazy idea...

I'd like a custom set myself, yes it needs a custom pallette (shudder)... if anyone has the leaked beta of Sonic Advance 3, could you try to do Sunset Hill Zone? I like the look of it =P It would be a feat to do up an ExGFX of it...

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Originally posted by blackhole89

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@Coby: I use SNES9x. But I think the filter is same.
@Escherial: (Bob-ombs) Yes, I should put them 'bit higher.

Originally posted by Golden Yoshi

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That's why I love the ExGFX Workshop so much. I was inspired to start up SMW hacking again becuase of it.

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Originally posted by Imajin

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Hm.. what about edited rips? And I dont just mean paleltes, i mean like, ripping the SMB1 graphics, but then editing them to 16bit quality (as an example)...

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Originally posted by Knuckles T15X

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People like my crazy ideas! =D

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Originally posted by HyperHacker

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Well unless they intend to have every weapon kill everything in one hit, it makes a lot of sense to use HP values. Zelda Oot uses them for everything (even non-enemy objects I think, they just turn off the WeaponCollisions flag (disables collisions with your sword, sticks, etc)... which gives me an idea ). Yes they're two very different games but it's still an example.

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Originally posted by Jesper

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Originally posted by Gandalf The Grey

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When this thread is done (I see it for collectingt ideas), its results could be copied into a normal stickied (and closed) thread; distinguishing what is rule and what only recommendation, plus using the good overwiev then of a new stickied thread, free of comments. An example how I mean this is as follows, although this deals about RM2k (the forum's purpose is similar to SMW's ones, except the editor of course):
http://rpg2k.foren.4players.de/viewtopic.php?t=44159 (German )

In this thread we also could include recommendations for the "optimal" thread setup (dunno know if this would make sense and avoiding senseless threads ), like

for demo threads:
- Name of the hack, status (approxiamately, of course it is not possible to set the exact status when everything will be finished etc,)
- screens in .JPG or PNG
- if custom blocks, ASM hacks etc. got used, it should be mentioned. Of course this does not mean, you'd have to include EVERY single custom block you used, but a nice pharase like "The hack contains custom blocks from the Block Inserter tool" or "There are some neat ASM hacks here, added a boss life bar" or othere might be
1.) fitting far better and
2.) be a better guideline, to avoid threads like "my hack" titles and "I'll post screenshots in two weeks" in the first post

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There's NO WAY IN HELL I'm allowing JPG screens, but otherwise I'm with you on this.

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Originally posted by Evil Peer

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"WNOSTRAY.OCX is missing"

No release notes, no description in release thread, very minute description on web page.

So are we to blindly guess what this program requires?

would you mind releasing a small example VBP?

If you mean Visual Basic (I've not seen it abbreviated as VBP before), my first suggestion is to avoid it like the plague. Its woefully inadequate in all of its various versions. Learn VC++ (MFC) or C# (.NET) instead.

I think it would be great if someone could design a "universal" editor that uses template files to define how a game's level data is stored.

Oye flippin' vay. That would require so much work it'd be ludicrous to even imagine such an editor. It'd basically be 145,649 editors shoved into an itty bitty living space. Bleh.

We might as well write one editor and modify all of the ROMs so that they conform to its spec. It'd be about the same effect.

---Evil Peer

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