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HyperHacker

Star Mario
Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_<
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Since: 11-18-05
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Posted on 09-03-06 07:50 PM, in Hacking Mario Kart DS Link
Yes, AFAIK the games download and run code over SSL when you connect (which means unlike PSO we can't just shove our own code in ). This code could easily read most of the DS card to see if it's Mario Kart. I think their actual method is to look for changes made by ROM patchers though. (Looking in slot 2 would be dumb, since they'd need to either include filesystem drivers for all the various cards to scan for ROMs, or ban the devices altogether when they can be used for completely legal purposes.)
HyperHacker

Star Mario
Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_<
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Posted on 09-03-06 07:51 PM, in Zelda3 - Time + Day/Night system (IPS included) Link
Try ADC $0E1234.
HyperHacker

Star Mario
Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_<
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Posted on 09-03-06 07:55 PM, in Sprite Tool, public test release Link
Or you use two invisible passable blocks, one that makes it start following and one that makes it stop. Set it up so Mario passes through a start-follow block and then a stop-follow block when he leaves the area and vice-versa. That way it starts chasing if he goes back into the area too.
HyperHacker

Star Mario
Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_<
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Posted on 09-03-06 09:35 PM, in BlockTool Omega UI overview + demo Link
I have to say I'm glad you're doing this, but not fond of how... an installer really wouldn't be necessary if you just used relative filenames ("somewhere\file.bin" instead of "c:\blah\somewhere\file.bin") and using one just means more junk on our systems. (And if you really really can't avoid it, for the love of God at least use one that lets us choose not to create shortcuts on the desktop, Start menu or Quick Launch! I hate when installers leave junk all over the place, especially when they ask where to make Start menu shortcuts but don't provide an option not to make one. )
Making the blocks contain ASM code is far better than making them raw binary files, for a number of reasons:
  • Easy to modify, and easy to understand. (I'm sure newbies would have a much easier time modifying a simple block's ASM code to make their own than modifying a binary file. Just look at Sprite Tool.)
  • Specially-formatted comments near the beginning of the ASM file can contain all the database info such as block name and how it should be configured. One of Blocktool's biggest UI problems was that with any block you had to distribute both the binary file and the instructions on how to configure it.
  • No reloc offsets.
  • No having people send you a .bin file to ask what's wrong with it and expect you to disassemble the code and know what it does without comments or labels.

Calling another program can be accomplished with ShellExecute. I think there's a built-in VB method too, but ShellExecute is better since it lets you choose exactly how to do things and open non-executable files. (Plus if ever you move to another language like C, you'll have no other choice. ) ShellExecuteEx provides even more flexibility if you need it.

As for your block database, a text format might almost be better (and in VB, should be easy as pie). If nothing else, at least chop off the excess data after the end of the file rather than leaving garbage. By the sounds of it you already write all of the data back to the file each time, so just truncate it to zero bytes before you do. (IIRC you can do this with certain parameters to the file opening function.)

[edit] I wrote this before he posted the demo, and I don't intend to try it just now (maybe later, but I don't like the idea of installing a program just to try it out when it doesn't even do anything useful yet), so if some of this doesn't make sense, just ignore it.

(edited by HyperHacker on 09-03-06 08:38 PM)
HyperHacker

Star Mario
Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_<
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Posted on 09-03-06 09:53 PM, in Ads Link
Rydain ftw. I don't understand the logic but advertisers seem to want to annoy people into buying from them these days. You know what I do to people who annoy me? At best, I leave, at worst, I punch them in the nose. I certainly don't buy things from them. The only ads I can stand are plain text or small nonmoving banners, that blend in with the page well, load fast, and aren't in the way. Unfortunately Google is the only company I know of that did these any good. Before they started using banners and Flash I was actually considering putting Google ads on my website, at least after I redesign it to have enough content to be worth the effort.
HyperHacker

Star Mario
Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_<
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Posted on 09-03-06 09:57 PM, in This makes me kind of sad. Link
See also: Futurama, in which the ads literally fly around and attack you.
Originally posted by Sparx
Although I highly doubt the board will be around, but the thought has come across:

Will I still be hacking SMW? Will I even still use the board?

Will I have finished my Pokémon Silver hack?

BTW, it's not like I expect the board to be destroyed and never come back (what'd they do, blow up the server and kill Xk and Acmlm in the process?), it's just the idea of a website actually living that long is a bit far out. The board has been completely wiped before and is (obviously) still here, so I don't think that's anything to worry about; it's more a question of whether anyone will still care enough to keep paying for the server.

(edited by HyperHacker on 09-03-06 08:58 PM)
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HyperHacker

Star Mario
Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_<
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Posted on 09-04-06 12:13 PM, in This makes me kind of sad. Link
Indeed. I remember when I was maybe 6 or 7 years old, 5 minutes felt like ages. Seriously, I could do all sorts of things that'd probably take me half an hour to do now. (Maybe my clock was just slow... )
HyperHacker

Star Mario
Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_<
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Posted on 09-04-06 12:18 PM, in Irwin = dead Link
You have to admit, the irony is just amazing. Spends all his time pestering crocodiles and gets killed by a sting ray.
HyperHacker

Star Mario
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Posted on 09-04-06 12:31 PM, in Ads Link
Even worse when you're not wearing pants because it's @#$!$#@% hot out. Happened to me.

Originally posted by Kasdarack
The worst are the ones that know where I live, so it's dating websites or some such that say, "Meet attractive sigles in Ruston, La." And then have pictures of some generic girls who in no way live anywhere near anyone or have profiles on any such website. I mean seriously, that's both somewhat invasive AND insulting.

Those can be funny when they accurately guess the town I live in, because I know everyone in this 1/8th-horse town and can immediately tell the person pictured does not live nearby.
HyperHacker

Star Mario
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Posted on 09-04-06 07:19 PM, in Rain/Snow Link
There's a reason games like Yoshi's Island and Donkey Kong Country only show on-screen information when they need to using sprites (or in the former case, on the pause screen).
HyperHacker

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Posted on 09-04-06 07:39 PM, in Rain/Snow Link
The only way you can use layer 4 is by limiting layers 1 and 2 to something like 4 colours.
HyperHacker

Star Mario
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Posted on 09-04-06 07:42 PM, in Question About a SNES Emulator Function Link
Hm, I'd like to rip some sounds from SNES games to WAV too. Problem is I can't use SPCs as it's the sound effects I want (the game has a sound test I can use), and emulators all either take up too much processing power for a sound recorder to work, suck at sound emulation producing wildly varied and distorted results, or both.
HyperHacker

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Posted on 09-04-06 07:51 PM, in Snakes on a Plane Link
Originally posted by drjayphd
As for the temperature, well, then you wouldn't get The Line.

Yeah, but they could have at least made up some excuse for it not to work.
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HyperHacker

Star Mario
Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_<
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Posted on 09-05-06 06:37 PM, in Bomb Threat Link
Originally posted by Snow Tomato
There was a gas leak at my school once it was awesome.. everyone in my school was ordered to stay outside and everyone just left it was amazing. We all went to my friend Pauls house.

Hooray for gas leaks [=

That happened to me, but it was a fire. After waiting outside in the heat for about an hour many people just left.
HyperHacker

Star Mario
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Posted on 09-05-06 06:39 PM, in job consequences Link
Yep, I always have to fix my mom's computer too, usually because Windows has suddenly forgotten how to connect to a wireless network or that printers exist. I do get paid for the tougher jobs, but it's not a fixed amount.
HyperHacker

Star Mario
Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_<
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Posted on 09-05-06 06:44 PM, in Damn you, Wikipedia! Link
Heh, I've been there. Damn those interesting links.

If you think Wikipedia is bad, though, do NOT go to everything2.com.
HyperHacker

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Posted on 09-05-06 06:51 PM, in Recommend some Anime! Link
Haunted Junction is another funny one. Like Ranma but only 12 episodes and no actual nudity (not that I've seen yet anyway).
HyperHacker

Star Mario
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Posted on 09-05-06 06:54 PM, in n00b PHP projects / exercises Link
Yeah, you can even do something crazy like this:
<?php
doSomethingCool();
?>
<form method="POST" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?>">
[...]
</form>
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