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the_icepenguin

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Since: 05-28-06

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Posted on 08-26-06 05:52 PM Link | Quote
Since this is a ROM hacking forum, I thought maybe this would be a good idea.

Instead of one person making a list of every hacking tool there is, with semi-good explanations, let's just post the ones that we have and what we use it for!!
If the more experienced hackers post here, then it will be easier for the not-experienced hackers to see what they use and to get an idea of what hacking is really like.

Also, this might become a nice addition to the forum and a useful directory for people that are new!

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Text Editing: When I started I used Thingy, but it really confused me. I now use Translhextion...

Hex Editing: FCEUXD

Tile Editing: I don't like changing graphics, but if I make an attempt at it, I use Tile Layer Pro.



(edited by the_icepenguin on 08-26-06 11:56 PM)
Kyoufu Kawa
Intends to keep Rom Hacking in one piece until the end








Since: 11-18-05
From: Catgirl Central Station

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Posted on 08-26-06 05:59 PM Link | Quote
Heheh...

Generally, I use SnesEdit for table hexing, Cygnus for regular hexing and Tile Molester for most things graphics.
Milly

Metal axe
mrew~
We're downpouring again!

Affected by 'wtf I'm posting Syndrome'








Since: 11-17-05
From: Mirabel, Québec, Canada

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Posted on 08-26-06 06:09 PM Link | Quote
Hex editing: Translhextion
Tile editing: TileLayer Pro or YY-CHR
Debugging: FCEUXD SP

ASM: (for NES, at least)
- Disassembling: da65
- Assembling: ca65, ld65
- Coding: EditPlus
(otherwise it'd be just a text editor, hex editor and manual conversion, like I first did)

Translhextion and TileLayer Pro are old now, but Hexposure would still be a good hex editor if it wasn't for DOS


(edited by Acmlm on 08-26-06 05:15 PM)
blackhole89
Moronic Thread Bodycount: 17
(since 2006-08-21 09:50 EST)
F5 F5 F5 F5 F5


 





Since: 12-31-69
From: Dresden/SN/DE

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Skype
Posted on 08-26-06 06:12 PM Link | Quote
Hex editing: XVI32
Tile editing: YY-CHR
Debugging: Geiger's Snes9x debugger 1.43dev-ep8

Various automation: short C++ programs written when needed

(Dis-)Assembly: SPASM ("Snes Professional ASM development kit"); TASM; a proprietary assembler I wrote myself; IDA Pro
d4s

Shyguy








Since: 12-01-05

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Posted on 08-26-06 06:35 PM Link | Quote
cool layout, blackhole, but do you even have memories of what the ddr was like?
the only thing i remember was chancellor kohls keynote speach in 1989 and i was 6 at that time.

oh, and i think i was in jena around 1987, but i dont remember anything from there, apart from the wasted roads that made travelling by car a real pain, even more so for a little whiny child.


(edited by d4s on 08-26-06 05:35 PM)
Tanks

Spiny








Since: 06-19-06
From: Eagle Land

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Posted on 08-26-06 07:19 PM Link | Quote
I thought id' post for the wanna' be sonic hackers-
Son-ed = noob friendly all
Son-ed 2 = not so noob friendly but awesome once you learn how to use it
Esrael Sonic editor II = an okay sonic editor (all in one ips patcher, checksum checker and other various utilities)
Sonik sprite = good sonic game sprite editor (tile layer pro is good too...)

If you want a bigger list, check out hacking cult.
Sukasa

Birdo
Not quite as active as before.
Xkeeper supporter
Xk > ||bass
I IP Banned myself! Twice!








Since: 11-17-05
From: Somewhere over there

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Posted on 08-26-06 08:04 PM Link | Quote
Hex editing: Translhextion and goldfinger (goldfinger has no search relative function and I can't get thingy table to work the way I want to in transylhextion)
Tile editing: YY-CHR, if LM won't work.

Assembling: X112F.exe (can't remember it's full name), Translhextion + 65816ref.hlp
Coding: jEdit (yay for syntax highlighting), sometimes Notepad
Debugging/tracing: Geiger's SNES9X debugger
Automation: Whatever I need I write in VB6
Googie

390








Since: 11-22-05
From: Corona Queens New York

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Posted on 08-27-06 12:29 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Acmlm
Hexposure would still be a good hex editor if it wasn't for DOS


Djinn rewrote a version of Hexposure that'll work with Windows XP, here's the link.
Ailure

Mr. Shine
I just want peace...








Since: 11-17-05
From: Sweden

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Posted on 08-27-06 12:40 AM Link | Quote
FCEUXD and whatever Hex editor the computer I use have. I tend to use the first best hex editor I find after a google search.

Though I did play around with 6502 assembly for a bit, but I honestly never got around doing any ASM hacks. x3 But I know how to do that, in theory anyway... Besides I probably wind up doing stuff in pure machine code if it's simple hacks anyway.
Milly

Metal axe
mrew~
We're downpouring again!

Affected by 'wtf I'm posting Syndrome'








Since: 11-17-05
From: Mirabel, Québec, Canada

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Posted on 08-27-06 12:59 AM Link | Quote
Ah nice, and it even looks the same as the old one ... I guess I'll have to mess around with it later to see if it's still as good, although I'm pretty much used to Translhextion now
Xkeeper
Took the board down in a blaze of glory, only to reveal how truly moronical ||bass is.


 





Since: 11-17-05
From: Henderson, Nevada

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Skype
Posted on 08-27-06 04:57 AM Link | Quote
There was a Windows version of Hexposure, too, but it was total and complete crap. (It'd crash if you hit backspace, for example....)
ShadowSonic

Red Goomba


 





Since: 11-20-05
From: Minnesota

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Posted on 08-28-06 01:37 PM Link | Quote
Hex Editing: Transhlextion
Sprite Editing: Tile Layer Pro
SNES Palette Editing: SNESPal
SNES Palette Finder: VSNES

Anyone know if SNESPal is outdated? Seems like it to me, lol.
Gideon Zhi

Keese








Since: 12-05-05
From: ...behind you! Boo!

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Posted on 08-28-06 02:07 PM Link | Quote
For those of you who love hexposure and are pissed that it doesn't work in an NT-based Windows, you need to get yourselves Windhex32. It's basically the same program, but with better table support, more features, and is Windows native.
the_icepenguin

Bit








Since: 05-28-06

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Posted on 08-28-06 04:16 PM Link | Quote
This is going better than I thought!




To make Table Files:

I use Nesticle to find out the hex value for each letter.

I have no problem doing it this way, but I'm just wondering if there is another way...?
C:/xkas bio.asm
Compiled ASM code








Since: 11-17-05

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Posted on 08-28-06 05:42 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by blackhole89
(Dis-)Assembly: SPASM ("Snes Professional ASM development kit")

I've been using it but it's start to piss me off

Anyway, I've been trying to get into assambler lately, but when I disassamble my ROM, I'm never able to reassamble it. Do I need to change some stuff in order to resassamble it, and if I need to, what I need the change?
the_icepenguin

Bit








Since: 05-28-06

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Posted on 08-30-06 11:39 PM Link | Quote
The other day I downloaded YY-CHR and when I opened it, the name changed to something like: yy-me-e.

And it didn't work. Is it supposed to do this?
Tanks

Spiny








Since: 06-19-06
From: Eagle Land

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Posted on 08-30-06 11:42 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by the_icepenguin
The other day I downloaded YY-CHR and when I opened it, the name changed to something like: yy-me-e.

And it didn't work. Is it supposed to do this?


Thats yy-me a smb utility... Look for YY-chr on romhacking.net. By the way, YY-chr is now updated so that it is not read as a virus.
SirCadgoan

Bronto Burt








Since: 08-29-06
From: Dimmsdale/Dimmadome(canada,bc)

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Posted on 08-30-06 11:56 PM Link | Quote
I use

Hex/text editing: XVI32 with NEStcle
Graphics Editing: Tile Molester
Dude Man

Shyguy


 





Since: 11-18-05
From: Wareham MA

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Posted on 08-31-06 12:47 AM Link | Quote
I use TLP and yychr for graphics
Transelhexion for hex editing.

This reminds me alot of the "whats your weapon thread"
http://board.acmlm.org/thread.php?id=4481
Dragon hellfire

Octoballoon
oops, you lose








Since: 07-18-06

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Posted on 08-31-06 01:20 AM Link | Quote
Hex editing: Translation Station
Tile editing: Tile Layor Pro
Debugging: FCEUXD SP
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