VERSION 1.64 SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 (9 YEAR ANNIVERSAY OF LUNAR MAGIC!)

Fixed a memory leak with sprites that exists in all prior versions of LM 
Fixed an issue where if you used entry 0x1F in the Extended Animation Frames list and saved to the ROM or a mwl file, LM would save the data but upon reopening the level it would not read anything from the list at all. Thanks goes out to Jimmy52905 for discovering this. 
Fixed a problem with mouse gestures where holding down the right mouse button inside the editor window and then left clicking outside it would cause LM to crash. Thanks goes out to crushawake for finding this. 
Adjusted a slope object in LM to emulate a game bug that causes the slope to break up on screen boundaries in some cases. Thanks goes out to Alex99 for noticing this. 
Fixed the "view screen exits" toolbar button so it doesn't stay pressed if you switch to view screen or sub-screen boundaries, as reported by Maxx. 
corrected tileset info for Thwomp and Thwimp, reported by Noobish Noobsicle. 
Fixed the animation of the wave tile in the overworld editor so it moves in the correct direction. Thanks goes out to Sukasa for finding this. 
Fixed loading an unmodified title screen in the overworld editor when it's from an 8 MB ExLoROM game. 
Fixed an issue in the overworld editor where if LM ever had to report an error while reloading the overworld and tile animation was turned on, LM would start spawning multiple message boxes. Thanks goes out to Obsidian for reporting this. 
Updated the overworld palette editor so that alt-right click does a gradient instead of ctrl-right click, as in the level palette editor. Should have been done in version 1.63. 
Fixed overworld exit tile 0x4D so it can connect directly to a level tile without malfunctioning, which the original game doesn't allow... I think Nintendo originally set it up as a corner path tile and didn't completely convert it when they decided to use it as an exit tile. 
Added a new method to the overworld editor for linking star/pipe/exit tiles together with fewer steps using alt-left click. 
Added an option to the overworld editor that allows turning off level 24's redirection of exits based on coins and time. 
Added a setting to the overworld editor that can change the one level used to activate a secret exit when beating a boss, which was used by the Big Boo Boss. 
Fixed sprite interaction with custom block ASM in vertical levels. I actually fixed this years ago and temporarily released the fix as a patch, intending to later integrate it into LM for version 1.62. But mysteriously the fix never made it into the program... I suspect I was waiting till I had time to check/adjust the fix for the Japanese ROM as well, and forgot about it. 
Implemented the "Mario touched top corner of block", "Mario within block (body)", and "Mario within block (head)" custom block ASM hooks. Two of these were used in a few of DW:TLC's blocks. Should of been done before, but likely wasn't for the same reason as the sprite fix. 
Adjusted the 16x16 program icon for WinXP, since apparently XP has something against using 16 color icons at times. 
Fixed mwl file association for Windows Vista, which should also fix it for non-administrator accounts on Win2k and up. 
file types mw0, mw1, mw2, and mw3 are no longer associated with Lunar Magic, as the program hasn't used those for saving levels since 2003. Note that this does not affect LM's ability to open levels saved in the older format. 
Added a feature that allows LM to add a copier header to the ROM for you if it's missing, plus an option to do it silently. 
Added exporting/importing palettes in YY-CHR .pal format. 
Added a feature that allows LM to display custom tooltips and sprite tile arrangements for custom sprites based on the extra info bits (as done by a 3rd party ASM hack). Also added an option to turn this off. Check the help file for more info. 
Added an extra category to the "Add Sprites" window called "Custom Collections of Sprites", which uses external files to allow custom sprites to be added a little more easily than using the "insert manual" command. See the help file for more information. 
Enlarged the area used for LM's internal sprite Map16 data, and split it up into 2 separate files so custom sprites can use their own file. Check the help file for more information. 
Replaced Lunar Magic's old code for handling RATs with a modified version of the code in Lunar Compress. This removes the limitation LM had about not honoring RATs that existed in a different LoROM bank than the data being protected, and also lets LM use the full size allowed by the RAT format. 
The FG Map16 data will now be protected by a RAT when saved, to make it easier for third party programs to avoid this data. 
Converted LM's help file into a compiled HTML help file, as Microsoft is phasing out the old WinHelp system. 
Thanks goes out to Smallhacker for gathering suggestions and bug info.

[24/09/2009] Moved (5614) "Chiko's Rom Hacks" From ROM Hacking Related Releases to ROM Hacking
  The thread was not release-related, but a general discussion topic

DataLine    PIN 2
LoopCounter VAR Nib     ' 0 1 2  3  4 5 6 7 8 9 A B
Buttons     VAR Bit(12) ' B Y Sl St ^ v < > A X L R
                        ' A B C  D  E F G H I J K L

'Pins 0, 1 output to SNES controller
'Pin 2 is input from controller
DIRS = %0000000000000011 //Set the I/O pints
DO
  HIGH 1   'Pulse Load (SNES Pin 5)
  LOW 1
  FOR LoopCounter = 0 to 11
    Buttons(LoopCounter) = 1 - DataLine 'Read Button State (SNES Pin 4)
    HIGH 0 'Pulse Clock (SNES Pin 6)
    LOW 0
  NEXT
LOOP
END

'{$STAMP BS2}
'{$PBASIC 2.5}


'READSNES1.bs2 - Reads button input from a normal Super Nintendo controller and outputs the state of the twelve buttons on it
'to an LCD display.

'WIRE AS FOLLOWS:

'Pin0 - Connect to Clock pin on SNES controller (Pin 6)
'Pin1 - Connect to P/S (Load) pin on SNES controller (Pin 5)
'Pin2 - Connect to Data pin on SNES controller (Pin 4)
'Pin5 - Connect to RX on LCD screen (Set to 19200 baud)

'Connect pin 7 of SNES controller to Vdd (Last pin on square end of connector)
'Connect Pin 1 of SNES Controller to Vss (Last pin on rounded end of connector)
'Connect LCD to Vss and Vdd as per LCD wiring schematic

DataLine    PIN 2
LoopCounter VAR Nib     ' 0 1 2  3  4 5 6 7 8 9 A B
Buttons     VAR Bit(12) ' B Y Sl St ^ v < > A X L R
LED0        PIN 3       ' A B C  D  E F G H I J K L
LED1        PIN 4
'Pins 0, 1 output to SNES controller
'Pin 2 is input from controller
'Pins 3, 4 are output to LEDs
DIRS = %0000000000011011

SEROUT 5, 32, 5, [$FE, $80, $FE, $80, $FE, $80, $FE, $80, $FE, $80]
SEROUT 5, 32, 5, [$FE, $16, $FE, $16, $FE, $16, $FE, $16, $FE, $16]

DO
  HIGH 1   'Pulse Load (SNES Pin 5)
  LOW 1
  FOR LoopCounter = 0 to 11
    IF DataLine = Buttons(LoopCounter) THEN
      IF DataLine THEN
        BRANCH LoopCounter, [BPressed, YPressed, SlPressed, StPressed, UpPressed, DownPressed, LeftPressed, RightPressed, APressed, XPressed, LPressed, RPressed]
      ENDIF
    ENDIF
    ContinueLoop:
    Buttons(LoopCounter) = 1 - DataLine 'Read Button State (SNES Pin 4)
    SEROUT 5, 32, [32 + Buttons(LoopCounter)]
    HIGH 0 'Pulse Clock (SNES Pin 6)
    LOW 0
  NEXT
  SEROUT 5,32,[$20,$20,$20,$20,"BYST^v<>AXLR",$20,$20,$20,$20]
LOOP
END

BPressed:
GOTO ContinueLoop

YPressed:
GOTO ContinueLoop

SlPressed:
GOTO ContinueLoop

StPressed:
GOTO ContinueLoop

UpPressed:
GOTO ContinueLoop

DownPressed:
GOTO ContinueLoop

LeftPressed:
GOTO ContinueLoop

RightPressed:
GOTO ContinueLoop

APressed:
GOTO ContinueLoop

XPressed:
GOTO ContinueLoop

LPressed:
GOTO ContinueLoop

RPressed:
GOTO ContinueLoop