I actually have written a document specifcly for this.. I guess your in luck. Also, this was written using an expanded rom!

Its mentioned that its optional for FCEUXD SP 1.07 but, you pretty much need it.
It may be full of errors, but it gets the job done for me

Link

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Edit: Actually, sorry for the post, but I actually don't want to show this just yet. I don't want to mix up myself here from the SMWC.. and give people the wrong ideas.

So the post isn't completely pointless: Darky, this is an amzing level!

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Agh, this has been a problem that has been bothering me for a while. I've been working with SMB3 and I've found the map16 level data in the RAM. Okay, all is good, I've had some fun changing around RAM and making ridiculously crazy levels. Now, the junk starts I'm not specifically trying to find level data, but I'm trying to find the actual page that the Map16 data is set on. (the 4 8x8 tiles, acts like, etc) Now, I have no idea about how to find this. I thought it would be as simple as setting a breakpoint and seeing what it was reading from. Its not. Its using indirect addressing. This just sent me in a huge loop. How in the world would I go about finding it.

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Ha, funny you should do this. I actually found out that information the hard way over a course of 2-3 hard days. I wished I would have saw this before all of that work :<

Anyway, what I was after was that and the interaction, which I have seemingly found. Thanks for the help though

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Well, in subjective to my last post in this thread because this is not in the "SMB3 general inquiry" thread it seems like at 0x00024F4 is the code for the "bounce" block interaction.. so I've been playing around with it and hopefully I can get further with it..

Thanks for all of the suggestions though, guys!

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So, I've gotten alot of information together for various NES games and looking through some documents and things for them. And I got to thinking "I want to work with sprites!" So, now, basicly, I've gotten the idea of it: $0200-whatever is the address for the sprites properties (Ex. tile no,palette,x,y) So I go in and see all these things where its like ($00 - this sprite, $01 - another sprite, $02 - Enemy sprite, etc) So defined in the ROMs sprite level data is the sprites number then its X position and Y position on the screen. So I've got a few questions about this: What exactly defines those numbers to be whatever sprite is held within the number?

And lastly, I would like to appologize for all of my tl;dr threads. I just can't seem to ask a question without getting into huge detail

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Well, I may be a little late, but

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What to do next in this tutorial?

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If you are asking what we want to see next. Would an OOP interface be too much? Like insted of the actual tile drawing, having the tiles be standalone objects where you can move them. Similar to Lunar Magic, I guess..

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For number 1, I have always found quite a liking to the NESASM assembler. For quite a list of assemblers check out nesdev

I guess, when it comes to this, it's really just a matter of taste.

For number 2, FCEUX videos are just button press data, they contain no video data :/

e: I failed so much with that url (Just noticed like 2 hours later, too!)

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Well, after getting Jimmy's patch and looking at the ASM, I figured it would be a little easier if this where in a tool form. So, here:

MegaBlock v.01 Beta
A Mega Man 1 custom blocktool.

Features:
* Inserts .bin block(s) into the ROM.
* Installs the ASM hack needed to get the blocks working.
* Features an assembler to create your own .BIN blocks. (TRASM, not made by me)

Beta limitations:
* Only 1 block can be inserted.

DL

Oh yeah, it was created in C#, so you'll need the .NET framework 3.5. Also, check the readme for help/etc.

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Well, for starters I suggest reading the music document for SMB1. (Too lazy to link it, but it's on ROMhacking.net)

And if your thinking that it's as easy as custom music for SMW, I'm terribly sorry. Most NES games ALL use a different type of music system. I've looked into it myself. You'd think it'd be easy. Just looking for the music pointers and inserting a NSF file and the repointing the pointers. () But, I have yet to get a full length song into a ROM in a listenable format. (Maybe thats just me though)

Also, check out JaSp's tool for SMB3 as it would also be a good place to check for music system modifications.

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Okay, lets see here. Quick lesson: LDA $00 puts the VALUE of the RAM address $00 into the accumulator. $00-$01 aren't needed here. So, try this:

dcb "INIT" RTL dcb "MAIN" LDA $0DBF CMP #$30 BCC Return LDA #$01 STA $14AF Return: RTL

I erased one of the RTL's are it's not needed, that's just wasting cycles. (Okay, it's just 6, but code efficiency is important!)

I didn't test this, but I should work. Also, I'm guessing this is a generator to be inserted with spritetool, remember, generators run from the moment you walk into the screen they're on until the end of the level. That being said I removed the first 2 lines as it would useless to set it to 00 all the time.

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Lets see, the player graphics look fine in the 2nd screenshot, but in the other ones it looks really really out of place. Also, what is up with the palette in the 11th screen? It looks kinda bad being a negative.

Other than that, it looks pretty neat.

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I enjoy learning about auto mechanics, though I guess that could fit into the science branch. I also take whims and enjoy just taking in any kind of information I can get.

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Whenever I'm feeling down, I usually listen to music and if I can, drive around with no particular 'point B' to go to.

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That's really cool man, but isn't it sort of pointless? You know, what with just about every SNES emulator supporting savestates now.

Eh, I suppose it would be nice for those that do the playing on the real system.

Nice job.

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Do you take pride in that your middle name is Paul?

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Not really. If you could even call WWE wrestling a 'sport'. I watch it, and that's about it. It's very strange because my entire family loves to watch football games, etc on the respective nights that they're scheduled, but I've never really had an interest at all in it.

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I'd love to see a remake of "Little Nemo: The Dream Master" for the NES. That game is way too awesome to be forgotten.

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Why are you so unsure of what your what favorite hobby is?

What do you think you wife's name will be? (If you're not already married.)

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I blame goblins. Please trash this.

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