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Rom Manic                   Since: 12-18-05 From: Detroit, WHAT?! Last post: 6306 days Last view: 6306 days |
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| Ok, so here's the jist of my problems. I'm using YY-CHR for opening Contra III, but for the life of me I can't understand why all the graphics I'm seeing are jibberish (Most likely compression). This was just a test, really, to see how everything worked, but this form of self learning seems to be inconclusive.
So I wanted to know how graphics are stored and viewed in a ROM. From my understanding, thats a pretty broad subject, but alas I will try to break what I need to know down. First and foremost, I have no idea what a Variable Width Font is. I understand these are better than your average fonts, but are they tiles of 8x8, 8x16, etc. or what...Fonts themselves are not hard to implement to my knowledge, but I may be wrong. Next in line is Bit Plane Graphics. Again, I have a short lack of knowledge here, but as far as I can tell from the Wikipedia article, the bits are corresponding with their Hex counterparts in some fashion. A tutorial on Partial Translations once explained it to me like so as well, but the Hex values represent a certain color. So does that mean I can edit graphics through Hex as well? And last but not least, Tiles. These in themselves are not hard to understand. Simply blocks of data roughly about 8x8 pixels, no? But that aside, I must ask how one goes about inserting new tiles at the end of a ROM. Would it involve expanding the ROM, then editing the blank tiles, or something else? |
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Rom Manic Since: 12-18-05 From: Detroit, WHAT?! Last post: 6306 days Last view: 6306 days |
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| Well, the first step in knowing you're not insane is knowing these things are insane. So there must be a deeper reason for it. Stress, perhaps, or maybe even just a phase you're going through.
I suggest you ask a doctor. |
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Rom Manic Since: 12-18-05 From: Detroit, WHAT?! Last post: 6306 days Last view: 6306 days |
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| although it is several lengths of timespace since we have reported to you THE BBC IS BACK IN BUSINESS!
we report to report that there are certain people in the 08 rat race of old politicians for president of americans states. most notably is the informal hilary cliton, who has shaken things up with her left wing bullshit and blonde greying hair. when bbc approached her, she had no words for us, but we managed to get a shot of her face with some disgust. 
we understand she had an encounter with the ghost of christmas past. more in the news, a group of artists have killed carrot top. they call themselves the "anti-socialistic and communist antichrists". we were on the scene for an interview with the muderers. "Ya, like, this dumb fuck was like 'Hey man, want some carrots?', and I was like 'Ew man are you gay or some shit?' and he was like '.....I looooove carrots....' so I was like 'dude stfu!' and I killed the bastard.' you can purchase their new album, titled "one night in heaven with nothing but a few grenades and some beteljuice!" for 19.99 in stores everywhere (we did). unfortunately, this is all the time we have left for this program. stay loopy, britain. we'll kill the commies sooner or later. |
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Rom Manic Since: 12-18-05 From: Detroit, WHAT?! Last post: 6306 days Last view: 6306 days |
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| I am currently using a quantum computer right now, looking at a quantum monitor, eating a quantum pack of Starburst.
This computer might revolutionize society. |
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Rom Manic Since: 12-18-05 From: Detroit, WHAT?! Last post: 6306 days Last view: 6306 days |
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| *Rom Manic checks off few boxes on his clipboard, and gazes at Gideon's peformance.
Your helpfulness won't be forgotten, Gideon. I'll make sure of it. And yes, it took me this long to think of something semi-funny to say  |
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Rom Manic Since: 12-18-05 From: Detroit, WHAT?! Last post: 6306 days Last view: 6306 days |
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| =-=-=-=-=-=-=
Part 6 =-=-=-=-=-=-= Tanner walked into his home, put down his things, and collapsed into an armchair, finally able to relax from the stresses in his life. His apartment was on a midlevel skyskraper in the main city of the homeworld. Overlooking one of the few bodies of water, the 3 suns all set at the same time, giving a hardh glare off the water and into his apartment. He looked around for a remote to tint the window. He saw it on the counter, and began to get up, when his communications device began to beep at him. He reached into his pocket, and looked at the screen on the device. The name was restricted. He picked it up anyway. "Hello?" He said, grabbing the remote for the window tint. "Tanner, this is Za'xx. Where are you?" "About as far away from bliss as they go. Why do you ask?" "We have a problem" Tanner pointed the remote at the window and clicked the button. Immediately the window gradually tinted to his desired level, and he walked towards the window as it did so. Looking outside, he could see all across the big city, vehicles bustling this way and that, people going about their own business. His focus snapped back to the communications device, "Oh really?" "You need to get down here immediately. There's something you need to know about the Fusion Core!" "I thought I told you not to talk about that on the comm," Tanner snapped, angry. If anyone was listening, he could be doomed for life. "Yeah well, this is bad," Replied Za'xx, "VERY bad!" "What happened to it?" "Someone took it, Tanner!" He said, "The Fusion Core is gone!" ****************** "The Unified Peoples Legion is a massive network of planets and peoples across 4 galaxies," Ares said through his Microphone, "Over the course of history, there have been many additions to the Legion, and through them prosperity has flourished through all peoples." Alia watched in silence as the holographic table in front of them lit up as he spoke, illuminating the many galaxies and planets connected to the Senate. Signas moved in his seat a little, pondering the possibilities of joining the Legion. "The Hoppus, the Faborians, the Derigos...All the people in the Legion have made an agreement to live in peace under one flag, and through that Union prosperity has reigned," Ares continued, making the holoprojector display a quick display of the Banner, which was a simple white flag with a falcon on it. "The peoples of Earth would be very willing to join this Union, Commander Ares," Said Alia, standing up from her chair, "We hope to establish a peaceful relationship with all peoples we meet, and we would be honored to participate." She began to move around the room, passing by Signas with a tap to his shoulder, "But let me ask you one question everyone here has been wanting to ask; Why have you come to Earth? We certainly cannot match any technology you possess, or military prowess for that matter...So why is it you came to a "backwater" planet just to eliminate Lazarus?" She made air quotes as she said Backwater. Ares stood silent for a moment, then he extended his arms and gave her a smile, a sinister sneer that made Alia uneasy. "We are always looking for new members to the Legion," He responded, "Lazarus was nothing more than a scout we had placed here ahead of time, and he had reported to us that Earth was a peaceful by nature people." "Although all people have their flaws, he reported that people of Earth could provide devastating military force if necessary, as was seen in the attack against Sigma's fortress five years ago, and again at the Maverick Research Lab where he created a duplicate of the one you call Zero two years ago." Alia stared when he mentioned the name Zero, and did not pay attention to him continue. How long had they been under observation? How much did they know about us? Lazarus certainly knew enough about the Maverick Hunters. He was chief science engineer before he was retired from duty after a horrible experiment with a new type of virus which was supposed to neutralize the Maverick virus. The antivirus mutated spontaneously as a result of it's AI program, and it infected 3 of the Maverick Hunter's top scientists. Luckily, Lazarus had a shutdown procedure installed within the chamber and it was lucky he was not contaminated before it wiped all trace of the antivirus. After that... "ALIA!" Signas had shouted her name, which brought her focus back to the room. Ares and the rest of his crew stood there with patience, but it seemed like they were observing her. Alia bowed her head in embarassment. Signas sighed, then turned his head back to Ares. "I think it is an appropriate time for a small recess," He said, glancing at Alia slightly, "We shall return in approximately 30 minutes. I expect you, Ares, and your men to return to your assigned quarters. Dismissed!" The Maverick Hunters chaperoning the meeting saluted, and then moved in their separate directions, some to their quarters, and some to escort Ares and his men. Ares seemed very discontent with this, but made no argument as they marched down the hallway. When they had gone, Signas turned to Alia. "What were you thinking back there?" He asked, "Any miscommunication with these people could be disastrous for building foreign relations with them!" Alia just bowed her head and turned away. Signas stopped his rant and came behind her, putting his arms on her shoulders. "I know this must be hard for you, after we lost contact with X and Zero, but you can't let it get in the way of this kind of thing," He said, gently, "You gotta try to stay focused on the task at hand for now." She turned to him, and gave him a hug, "I know, Signas...It's just that they know so much about us and what we've done...How can that be a secure connection with these peoeple?" Alia rested her head on his chest. If reploids could cry, Alia would be doing just that right now. Signas wondered about the whole thing too, though. He had his doubts before about these people, and now it was definite. But no matter, they would discuss the situation soon, or there would be hell to pay. But Hell hath no fury like the angry peoples of Earth. ****************** The tunnel was very dark. X had to rely on nightvision just to make his way, and it was lucky he had it installed earlier that week. The light on his helmet provided little support walking through the corridors. This seemed to not bother Arturo, as he made his way through the tunnel effortlessly. Then again, he had probably been through this tunnel before. "So you built all this yourself, Arturo?" X asked, stepping over fallen stones and broken floor tiling. Arturo laughed, "No no no, I built the Temple above us. This area was built by some other force long before I got to Earth. I asked the natives about it, but they had no recollection of anyone else being on Earth." X nodded, and they continued moving. Finally they made it to the end of the tunnel, and X could only gasp. In front of them was a small balcony of sorts, and there was a long rope bridge connecting the balcony to a floating island in the middle of a giant crater. On the Island, there appeared to be a ceremonial circle, with 3 statues set up in a triangle around a large circle, with many ancient drawings in it. But what caught X's attention was the presence of what very much resembled one of Dr. Light's Upgrade Capsules. "Oh," said Arturo, just as surprised as X was, "I don't think that was here last time..." ****************** The room that the Maverick Hunters had assigned Ares was very luxurious. He was very pleased to find that there were many delicacies prepared for him, as he was famished beyond belief. He sat at the table, set his equipment on the table, and took off his helmet. His long, jet black hair and his many facial scars were a mark of his clan status, of which he was very proud of. But, our of what little respect he had for these people, he decided it was best to keep the helmet on at all times while around these...Machines... His comlink went off just then. He looked down at his wrist, and saw his Second in command, Goros, with a smile on his face. "Good news, Ares. The experiment is going ahead of schedule. Soon we will have enough data to speed it up even more, and possibly find other alternatives for the Virus." Ares smiled too, his pointed teeth glinting in the light above him, "Very good, Goros. You make your family proud. Continue the experiments and tell me when he is ready for deployment. There is no time to waste, the holy creator will come soon and we must be ready for him." "Of course, Dragoon," Goros said, "We will be prepared for Armageddon. Experiments will continue. Goros out." They better be. One day, all shall see the wonder and glory that the Holy Creator shall bring to the universe...And they will tremble in fear at his might... ------------ This was originally 2 parts, but the first one was a little short, so I merged them. Have fun  |
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Rom Manic Since: 12-18-05 From: Detroit, WHAT?! Last post: 6306 days Last view: 6306 days |
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Rom Manic Since: 12-18-05 From: Detroit, WHAT?! Last post: 6306 days Last view: 6306 days |
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| Well, technically he could do it. It would be complicated, but you would have to collect samples of different tones from a Mario 64 track, and convert them to a playable format. After that, it's basically writing assembly to play said samples as different notes and octaves, but this is generally the area it gets fuzzy.
Essentially you would have to find a space in the ROM that is free, or somewhere to overwrite the space that the original music is stored in. Using a Hex Editor would be your best bet, so essentially copying the Hex data from the sample file (No header, if for some reason it has one) and paste it into the ROM's hex data. Now comes the coding part. So let's say you want to replace the music in the intro level for SMB1. Find out where the pointer that locates the music is, and change the value to point to your new music data's location. This is the sum of knowledge I could gather in 5 minutes, so forgive any inconsistencies. |
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Rom Manic Since: 12-18-05 From: Detroit, WHAT?! Last post: 6306 days Last view: 6306 days |
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Since when does an island full of criminals have a problem with politics? 
Jokes aside, I'm wondering if this was instigated by anything. Prejudice, maybe, but important people don't go about running their mouth about other important people. |
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Rom Manic Since: 12-18-05 From: Detroit, WHAT?! Last post: 6306 days Last view: 6306 days |
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| Xkeeper = pwned
On topic, dreams often represent insight to what we truly feel. You may not have powers, but what it could tell you is that you have a talent you're not using, or choose not to use. Because of the crowd of people, you might believe people aren't too fond of this talent, or it may be something new they haven't considered trying. Whatever it is, go for it in real life |
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Rom Manic Since: 12-18-05 From: Detroit, WHAT?! Last post: 6306 days Last view: 6306 days |
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Originally posted by Arwon The point I tried to get across was that Ethanol is not a substitute, just a partner to Oil. You cannot realistically switch to ethanol. If what the advertisements say are true, then one radish can fuel a car when converted to Ethanol. So one radish to every car, lets say there's 100 million on earth running. Now, how long does it take to refuel your vehicle? Maybe once every few days? I do not mean to remove Ethanol as a useful substance. Rather, we should be switching to hybrids that can run on both diesel (With Ethanol being it's closest relative) and gasoline. |
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Rom Manic Since: 12-18-05 From: Detroit, WHAT?! Last post: 6306 days Last view: 6306 days |
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| Brazil also has a large and fragile ecosystem to take care of. It's interesting, really, all that rainforest area produces so much oxygen for us to breathe...I would imagine, while that amount is significant, the amount of CO and toxins produced by burning any fuel at all may begin to damage it, if only slightly. But small damage now can be severe in the future.
While we may not see farms coast to coast, making Ethanol use widespread across the globe is not going to be effective enough to be a substitute, which is what alot of people think it will be. But anyways, lets take a scenario: All the worlds oil is gone (We know this by the power of magic), and we need a substitute. There is no oil in the immediate vicinity of the milky way (Also known by magic). We have Ethanol, but now we have to farm our lands to great extents just to survive on fuel-oil cars. Allow me to quote myself from another forum a long time ago (In response to a website that was pro-ethanol). Originally posted by Blade556 So thats out of the picture. The only other alternative we know of is electricity. We could use batteries to power our cars, but now we need more power to meet the electricity requirements of such a feat. So maybe we could park our cars outside during the day and use solar power to charge our batteries, and convert existing gas stations into recharge stations. But who will foot the bill of that effort? The government? But those limits aside, what does a car need to have enough torque to even move the flywheel? Can a simple battery provide enough amperage to make the car move efficiently? |
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Rom Manic Since: 12-18-05 From: Detroit, WHAT?! Last post: 6306 days Last view: 6306 days |
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| *Rom Manic stumbles drunk out of #rohmacking in a daze, wondering what the commotion is all about.
"Now see here...*hic*...I dun like whiners, but this *hic* is bullshit...We need robots and a X*hic*Keeper to make this board good again. *hic* We demand retri*hic*bution... |
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Rom Manic Since: 12-18-05 From: Detroit, WHAT?! Last post: 6306 days Last view: 6306 days |
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Originally posted by Alastor WE NEED MORE BEER. *Rom Manic drinks a can of Guiness. It bubbles downwards! |
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Rom Manic Since: 12-18-05 From: Detroit, WHAT?! Last post: 6306 days Last view: 6306 days |
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| Woe to you, Oh Earth and Sea, for the Devil sends the beast with wrath, because he knows the time is short...
Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number... ...It's number is Six hundred and sixty six... |
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