Originally posted by Kailieann

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As I recall, SMW Dev Env is nothing like LM. It's more high-end, with lots of emphasis on creating and inserting custom code.

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Originally posted by FreeDOS

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Doesn't seem to be much more than a browser... may as well use a hex editor.

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Super Mario World Development Environment

December 8, 2005

Version 1.0



For the latest version, Home Page, Donations, questions or to

contribute visit our website:

	http://sourceforge.net/projects/smwdev/

The homepage (when ready) will be available here:

	http://smwdev.sourceforge.net/



You can also email me at:

	armand_rock@hotmail.com

	Please ensure you mention the Super Mario World Development

	Environment in the subject line or I might mistake your email

	for spam.

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 CONTENTS

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 1. Legal Notice

 2. Introduction

 3. How-To Guide

 4. What's New

 5. Release History

 6. FAQ

 7. Credits



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 1. Legal Notice

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 Always back up your ROM before making changes to it using this tool,

 this way you can always go back to a previous version!



 The Super Mario World Development Environment program (hereafter

 referred to as the "Software") is not official or supported by

 Nintendo or any other commercial entity.



 The Software is freeware thus it can be distributed freely provided

 the following conditions hold:(1) This document is supplied with the

 Software and both the document and Software are not modified in any

 way (2) The Software is not distributed with or as part of any ROM

 image in any format, and (3) No goods, services, or money can be

 charged for the Software in any form, nor may it be included in

 conjunction with any other offer or monetary exchange.



 The Software is provided AS IS, and its use is at your own risk.

 Anyone mentioned in this document will not be held liable for any

 damages, direct or otherwise, arising from its use or presence.



 If you would like to contribute to future versions please go to the

 website on Source Forge: 

	http://smwdev.sourceforge.net/

 



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 2. Introduction

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 Super Mario World Development Environment is a multi-purpose tool

 to allow the customization of the American version 1.00 of

 Super Mario World SNES ROMs.



 It currently supports the following functionality:

	GUI (Graphical) interface now in use

	Export of chunks of code/data from a ROM to a binary file

	Import chunks of code/data from a binary file to a ROM

	Copy or Move a chunk of data from one location to another

	Replaces/Clears chunks of code/data within a ROM

	Export chunk of ROM as Disassembled Source Code

	Import chunk of ROM as Assembled Source Code

	Patch to allow Mario & Luigi to use 4 different Palette each instead of the standard 2 palettes each

	Edit Palette Mario & Luigi Palettes for up to 16 marios & 16 luigis (only 4 are currently active)



 The project was first started in March of 2005 although the idea

 first came up back in 2004.  There are still many features

 that will be added to this software including an upcoming

 IDE & Command Line version.





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 3. How-To Guide

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 1. File

	Open ROM (Ctrl-o)

		Opens the Super Mario World ROM

	Export Binary

		Exports a chunk of binary data from the ROM to a file

		Here you can select the binary file to save as,

		the bank # to export from, the address within the

		bank to export from, and the # of bytes to export.

	Import Binary

		Imports binary data from a file to the current ROM

		Here you can select the binary file to import from,

		the bank # to import into, the address within the

		bank to import to, and the # of bytes to import.

	Copy Binary

		Copies or movies a chunk of code/data from one

		location of the current ROM to another.

		Select the source bank & address, select the #

		of bytes to copy/move, enter the destination

		bank & address, select wether you want to copy

		or move data.  The Op Code field is only required

		if a move is done.  Source data will be replaced

		by whatever value you put as the Op Code.

	Clear Data

		Clears a chunk of code/data as a repeating Op Code

		value.

		Select the bank & address to start clearing at

		along with the # of bytes to clear and the Op

		Code value to clear as.

	Save (Ctrl-s)

		Saves the current changes to the currently opened

		ROM.

	Save As (Ctrl-a)

		Saves the current changes to a different as a

		different ROM.

	Exit (Ctrl-x)

		Exits the program.  You will be prompted to either

		save or discard your changes if you have made

		any changes since you opened the ROM.

 2. Asm

	Export Source Code

		Exports a chunk of the ROM to a source (.asm) file.

		Select the .asm file to export to, bank & address to

		start export from, # of bytes to export, and the

		value of the Process Status Register at the start

		of this chunk of code (usually 48).

	Import Source Code

		Imports source (.asm) file to the current ROM.

		Select the .asm file to import from, bank & address

		to start import to, # of bytes to import, and the

		value of the Process Status Register at the start

		of this chunk of code (usually 48).

  3. Player

	Apply Palette Patch

		Select this if you would like to split the Mario &

		Luigi Palettes up.  The default game only allows

		a single palette for the fire power and shares

		a palette for ever other power up.  With this you

		can further customize the palettes so that they

		are different for every power up.

	Edit Palette

		Allows you to edit Mario & Luigi's palette.  You will

		notice that there are 16 entries for Mario & 16 for

		Luigi.  This is actually for later expansion and

		currently only the first 4 are used:

			Mario 00 (Small Mario)

			Mario 01 (Large Mario)

			Mario 02 (Cape Mario)

			Mario 03 (Fire Mario)

			Luigi 00 (Small Luigi)

			Luigi 01 (Large Luigi)

			Luigi 02 (Cape Luigi)

			Luigi 03 (Fire Luigi)

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 4. What's New

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 . GUI Interface

 . Palette Editor



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 5. Release History

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 December 8, 2005 Version 1.0

 . GUI Interface

 . Palette Editor



 September 20, 2005 Version 0.3

 . Mario/Luigi Palette Patch

 . Display Mario/Luigi Palette Location Information



 April 14, 2005 Version 0.2

 . Command line tool is now interactive and easier to use

 . Deassemble (Export) chunk of data from ROM to Source File (.asm)

 . Assemble (Import) chunk of data from source File (.asm) to ROM



 March 28, 2005 Version 0.1

 . Exports chunks of code/data from the ROM to a new binary file

 . Imports chunks of code/data from a binary file to an existing ROM

 . Clears chunks of code/data with desired Op Code



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 6. FAQ

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 If you have a question that is not answered within this

 document please use the contact information at the top of this

 document.



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 7. Credits

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 PROGRAMMING:           Armand Rock

 DEVELOPMENT TOOLS:     SNES Professional ASM Development Kit v0.99

			Snes9X v1.43.ep9r6 - Geiger's Snes9x Debugger.

			Bloodshed Version 4.9.9.1

			Win CVS Version 1.2

			Super Mario World Dev Environment (Latest)



 Specials Thanks to the entire Acmlm's Board Super Mario World Hacking

 Community at:

	http://board.acmlm.org/forum.php?id=21 (Advanced)

	http://board.acmlm.org/forum.php?id=20 (Basic)



 Source Forge at:

	http://www.sourceforge.org/



 And of course Fusoya and his wonderful

 Super Mario World Level Editor Lunar Magic:

	http://fusoya.panicus.org/

 

Originally posted by Smallhacker

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Okay. My idea was a lot easier than I thought.

This patch gives Luigi his own tilemap. It's not fully tested, so backup your rom before applying the patch. Also, make sure that $100000-$1001FF in the rom is empty. If it isn't, you can't use this patch.

As you might have guessed, my tilemap editor doesn't support editing Luigi's tilemap.
To edit Luigi's tilemap, make a copy of the rom. Then open your hex editor and copy the data at $100070-$1001EF to $620C-$638B. Now, edit the tilemap in the editor. When you're done, copy the data at $620C-$638B to $100070-$1001EF. Then copy the data at $620C-$638B in the copy of the rom to the same location in the real hack.

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Originally posted by Smallhacker

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I'm afraid that it's written in a sweet, but pretty unknown language called Blitz Basic. (The compiler costs money, by the way, but I got a free (but very outdated) version of it in a PC magazine.) However, if you want me to, I can give you the code and add explainations and such stuff.

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Originally posted by Tweaker

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Hmm... Thinking about the entire concept of the edit, it should be simple. Here's how I would do it...

First, I would track the routine that loads Mario's graphics into VRAM. Add a compare to the RAM byte that stores current character/game mode (1P or 2P, Mario or Luigi... etc). Then I would make a copy of that loading routine, and set up a branch table that chooses between the character art to load depending on character. Then I'd do the same at the routine that loads the seperate pallette for Luigi... Which should cover it all. I'd do the same for mappings if needed.

That's putting it vaguely though. I'd like to hear the methods of the rest of you who did it, in case I'm makig bad use of the engine. Truthfully, I've never touched a SMB ROM, but I figure since this is how I did it in my Sonic hack, it should work in a relatively similar way.

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