Guys, if you're getting a crash when you try to compile, make sure your ROM is 1.25MB. For some reason, the one I downloaded was only a few kilobytes and was corrupt. Rechecked my link, and it's fine. https://sites.google.com/site/dahrkdaiz/Reuben.nes

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I was surprised in IRC, but I was thinking something along the lines of video drivers or Direct-x or whatever else that's update-able that has to do with video drawing... Maybe someone with that kind of experience can help or has other suggestions?

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So I've been trying to figure out Hammer Bros functions for a coupla days and I got them to work.

Note that Reuben does not support the sprites it needs to make it work, so you have to manually edit the level file for your level. Also, when you do this, make sure you edit the level the way you like before adding the sprite, because Reuben will crash if you have the sprites tab open when you mouse over the level.

Find your level file. To do this, go to wherever you have your project. Usually, it's located in Documents and Settings/[user name]/Application Data/Reuben. Note that Application Data folder is hidden by default, so you'll need to enable viewing of hidden items. Open up [project name].rbn with notepad or similar and take note of the GUID for the level that you named. Then, go to the "Levels" folder and find the level file you took note of; it will be named that GUID number you saw. Open it up.

Now that you have your level file, I'd recommend placing a shortcut to your project folder for later reference. You'll probably need it.

Scroll down to where it says <spritedata>. It should be after all that huge chunk of level data near the bottom of the file. Add the following two lines to your sprite data list, at the end:

<sprite x="1" y="1" value="186" item="0" /> <sprite x="0" y="[change this]" value="214" item="0" />

Obviously, change the [change this] to the number you want. Here are the numbers that give you the items you want:

00-No Item 01-Mushroom 02-Flower 03-Leaf 04-Frog 05-Tanooki 06-Hammer Bro Suit 07-Cloud 08-P-Wing 09-Star 0A-Anchor 0B-Hammer 0C-Whistle 0D-Music Box 0E and above will most likely crash the game.

After you've made the necessary changes, save the file, and in Reuben, make sure you have your level closed out, then compile your project into your ROM.

You don't need to place a treasure box at all.

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Double post for the win!

Posted by JaSp

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I just spent a few minutes for the skipping world problem, and here's a rather brutal way I found :
Change at 0xFD04D from 20 69 AC to EA EA EA (this will skip the drawing of the King rescued room) and
Change at 0xFD05E from E5 95 to 6D A1 (this will execute the "go to next world" routine)
It seems to work, but isn't very clean (you can hear the music stuttering for a short time) and would need further testing to see if it doesn't cause any problem anywhere...

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Since world advancement is kinda wonky with Reuben right now, here's the workaround. Currently, the game makes you go through some crazy broken cutscenes, and it's really ugly. This just skips the cutscenes and loads the next world.

The only bug I can see right now is that sprites on the prior world carry over to the next world. I don't know how to fix that...

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Make sure that you're using the special Reuben ROM for your needs. Here it is.

(The only reason the ROM is being linked is because most of the original game data is going to be inside the IPS if one was made, so it becomes pointless. No other ROMs can be linked without first contacting a member of staff.)

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