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HyperHacker

Posted on 07-23-07 01:26 AM

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Sounds like my MK64 "editor", which is still only a viewer. I already know the actual editor is going to be a whole new codebase, because the current code sucks from a combination of its age (it was based on some very old experimental 3D rendering code), it being severely hacked for experimental purposes, and making some assumptions about the game's workings that turned out to be false.

Treeki

Posted on 07-23-07 01:29 AM

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^{[citation needed]}

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HyperHacker

Posted on 07-23-07 01:45 AM

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New YY-SMB? *shot*

Treeki

Posted on 07-23-07 01:48 AM

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Posted by HyperHacker
New YY-SMB? *shot*

.. 3 years later ..

Now, NEW YY-ME is not best NSMB level editor.
You become happy if you use "nsmb Utility".
"nsmb Utility" included the emulator and will give
you an exact display and editing environment.

*shot again*

(yes, that's edited from YY's site)

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Sonicandfails

Posted on 07-23-07 03:49 AM

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WhatEVER you do GuyPerfect, do NOT get a Datel! Get a better slot1 like G6DS, M3/R4, or even CycloWiz (I perfer the M3/R4). Seriously, you will be sorry.

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GuyPerfect

Posted on 07-23-07 04:50 AM

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Thanks for the alternate suggestions, S&F. I've looked at the options, and I think I'll go with the Cyclo Evolution DS. If you know of any issues with that, let me know in a PM.

Otherwise, let's keep this thread for NSMB hacking.

Sonicandfails

Posted on 07-23-07 05:50 AM

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To be honest, it's better then the R4/M3 but has a team known to fail updates.

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Reini

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Posted by Tanks

OK GUYS! I'VE SET MY CLAIM! SMB1 REMAKE IS GONNA' HAPPEN!

This editor surely deserves to be used.I think I'm gonna try it.Off-topic:I thought NSMB cannot be run in a DS Emu.With what emulator did you play it?

Ailure

Posted on 07-23-07 02:14 PM

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Posted by Tanks
*huge picture*
OK GUYS! I'VE SET MY CLAIM! SMB1 REMAKE IS GONNA' HAPPEN!

All thoose Mario remakes on SMW isn't enough?

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Treeki

Posted on 07-23-07 02:37 PM

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Posted by Ailure
Posted by Tanks
*huge picture*
OK GUYS! I'VE SET MY CLAIM! SMB1 REMAKE IS GONNA' HAPPEN!
All thoose Mario remakes on SMW isn't enough?

Obviously not. Besides, I don't think SMW supports all the SMB1 features, while NSMB does. (Haven't played SMW much, hacked it even less, so I don't know much about it..) As far as I know, for a few: breakable bricks, proper Goombas, SMB1-style Koopas, SMB1-style Bowser, not sucking. NSMB is truly a versatile game for hackers, because it has so many graphics, so many different objects and enemies, that it's hard to resist hacking it. I wonder if I will make a SMB remake first, though..

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GuyPerfect

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Treeki

Posted on 07-23-07 04:23 PM

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Posted by GuyPerfect
Posted by Reini
This editor surely deserves to be used.I think I'm gonna try it.Off-topic:I thought NSMB cannot be run in a DS Emu.With what emulator did you play it?

Come, now. The thread is only three pages long. 14 pages, I can understand if you missed it. But go back a page and you'll get all the info you need.

You obviously don't know Reini.. He's permabanned at MFGG (a Mario fangaming forum). He loves doing nothing other than pestering game-makers/hackers/etc to release before a certain day, to post a demo, to answer endless stupid questions, etc.

BTW, the new editor is coming along well. The filesystem loader is done, it's just a matter of programming the main editor code, which I'm about to start. (It's an improved version of the filesystem code from the old editor, which is why I've done it so quickly- I started it this morning).

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Tanks

Posted on 07-23-07 04:51 PM

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Treeki

Posted on 07-23-07 05:03 PM

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Posted by Tanks
Posted by Treeki
I wonder if I will make a SMB remake first, though..

Sorry, Sonic and I already took it.

We have the first level pretty much complete. W hat we now need is:

A) Ability to edit enemies
B) Ability to move the flag
C) Ability to get rid of those "Big Coins"
D) Tedious little things that I probably forgot to mention.

Hopefully with the reasearch that's been going on we can pull this off sooner than I expect.

Not too far off! Especially with the new editor, which will make it easier than ever to add these features.

If you really need to edit enemies and stuff, then here's a little tutorial on doing it with a hex editor:
Be warned that I'm not exactly sure about these, so do test it and see what works. I haven't added support to the editor yet because of that, and the fact the enemy offsets seem to be different in every level, and I don't yet know the format well enough to figure it out.
Enemies are 12 bytes long. The first one I know of (a Goomba) starts at offset 0x184 (only in 1-1). It should not be too hard to identify enemies by looking at their approximate position in the editor's X/Y coordinates and searching for these positions in the file, but do try with several variations of the number (eg. for 95, you could try 93, 94, 96, etc) in case the positioning works differently than you think. That's how I managed to move the flag once.
The data I do know of is first 2 bytes = object type, next 2 = X, next 2 = Y.
To encode these 2 byte numbers: second byte is amount of 256's in the number, first byte is what remains. So 512 would be encoded as 00 02, but 517 would be encoded as 05 02. Yet 2 would be encoded as 02 00.

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Tanks

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now would that be the exracted level file or the rom itself that I'm supposed to edit?

(Just wanted to clear that up before I did something stupid

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Treeki

Posted on 07-23-07 08:08 PM

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Sonicandfails

Posted on 07-23-07 11:40 PM

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Haha, I was thinking about this myself. What about tiles that are on top of each other? Any way to figure that one out

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Treeki

Posted on 07-23-07 11:41 PM

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Posted by Sonicandfails
Haha, I was thinking about this myself. What about tiles that are on top of each other? Any way to figure that one out

The tile that's latest in the Object List gets drawn on top.

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Sonicandfails

Posted on 07-23-07 11:46 PM

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In the game? Can we move objects in the object list then?

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Treeki

Posted on 07-23-07 11:49 PM

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Posted by Sonicandfails
In the game? Can we move objects in the object list then?

I dunno about how the game works.. Maybe I will try some tests for that later. I will consider adding a Move Up/Down Object feature!

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