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 Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 277/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
I might as well post this here because I wanna see if people actually use this.
Pokemon Generation I Graphics Compressor The instructions are on the page. It picks which interpretation compresses the best and gives you that one (except for in the secret debug mode, which isn't that hard to find as long as you know how to _REQUEST it). It doesn't do that very efficiently though, as it just tries every single one and then gives you the smallest one. Note: This page may at some time move, or be removed altogether. I'll try to edit the post should that happen. |
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Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 278/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
What's sad is that it took until September of 2011 for someone to actually write a tool for games released in '96 (in Japan).
I feel bad for what I did to this thread way back in the day, so here's me making up for it. Also, it's an online tool because I'm much better at scripting languages like PHP than programming languages. I'd eventually like to port this to C when I get better at it. |
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Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 279/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
I'm not going to take my usual route, and actually put some thought into this post.
To echo what I said ... (this is the point where I looked for my old posts about it and didn't find any  ) before, I believe this board was really over when Jul split. I also still feel there's so many other places the ROM Hackers can chill (Jul, romhacking.net, other boards for specific games) that this place is too irrelevant.
If I had more to say about it, I probably would, but really, it's just over. It's been over. It's sad, but I really think it's time to move on. Plus look at it this way, if you set it up as an archive now, it will be the most complete archive of any incarnation (in this case former incarnation) of Acmlm's board. Speaking of that, I still thought I had a database dump somewhere that had a fix for all the posts I messed up years ago. |
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Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 280/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
Posted by OmiTo be honest, I think a big part of it was denial. Also, I was so worried about my first post being serious that I forgot to say HI GOOGIE! Edit: I also forgot to mention it's a rule of thumb that threads about boards not having much activity are generally extremely active threads. |
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Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 281/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
Not necessarily more that should go, but I believe Modern Art and Writing should be merged, as well as Hard-/Software and Programming. |
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Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 282/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
Googie: I know, right. If you wanna chat you can PM me, or even better go to IRC (I'm always on kafuka's IRC)
As it stands right now, I do have a life and other things to do, but I also have a lot more free time than I did in the past, especially this past summer. So therefore, I'm gonna try to stick around and see how this place fares. blackhole89: If you want another moderator, administrator, whatever, I'd give it a shot, but if you don't want to, I completely understand why. Edit: Posted by wiiqwertyuiopI have to completely agree with that. I go to Skeetendo, a board primarily about Pokemon Generations 1 & 2 hacking, because stuff gets a lot more attention there than it would here. |
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Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 283/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
A while back, IIMarckus started disassembling Pokémon Red, and storing the results in a Mercurial repository. The purpose is both to document code and data formats, and to make them easier to edit. (Though truly easy editing is still a ways off, repointing with an assembler is still much easier than in a hex editor.)
Currently, we have 3 main workers, one new one, and me (I'm off on my own separate world trying to get it to compile either Blue or Red version). But we could still use lots more help! Lots of discussion goes on in the IRC channel. |
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Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 284/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
[20:05:44] kanzure wait, there's gameboy plugins for ida pro?
[20:05:45] kanzure shit man [20:06:09] kanzure has been meaning to use his copy of ida pro for a while now.. Also here's a link to the progress we've made so far. (Warning: 1,678.06 KB) Everything that's in Red is currently just copied directly from the ROM. What's in black is what's either disassembled, or included as data. |
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Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 285/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
Posted by smkdan Thank you. We have or are shortly going to turn those into issues and then work on them when we get the chance. Currently there's more info known than there is people to start tearing the info apart though. If you get the chance, maybe you could test some of it out, fork the repo, and then work on adding it yourself. Posted by smkdan That would be great. |
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Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 286/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
Never really explained this so:
Currently the way it works is this: data we understand is either disassembled, or included in separate files (like graphics) with "incbin". The rest of the data we have yet to get to is "incbin"ed from a base ROM of Pokemon Red. When the disassembly is finished, the base ROM will no longer be necessary. But in the mean time it serves as a way to prove the newly assembled ROM is a 1:1 copy of the original ROM. Want to see just how much progress we've made? Here is a viewer that shows (randomly selected, but in order) commits. The data in black is either empty or disassembled. The data in red is what is "incbin"ed from the base ROM. The further we move along in the project, the less red.  (Some of you may notice the image is not a full 1024x1024 to represent 1MB, this is because everything after and including bank 2D is completely whitespace. I trimmed the images so that the page will fit perfectly in full screen mode with a resolution of 1024x768. Also, this page will not stay at this url forever and I will update the post when the change occurs.) |
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Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 287/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
Posted by E_NONAMEThey're comfy and easy to wear!Posted by YamII like shorts. @Mike: Telling someone not to backseat is like posting in a thread to tell them to stop posting. Not that I disagree with you though. You're right. P.S.: Flamewars, and threads about little activity. Never underestimate the urge people get to post about not killing a board when the see a thread about it, but otherwise rarely post. |
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Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 288/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
Posted by Bloodstar I love Weezer. Posted by LilianaPosted by E_NONAME That's like asking what do you accomplish from stopping to beat a dead horse? Nothing, you fool, but what do you accomplish while beating it? Also nothing. The benefit from closing the board is that it's no longer necessary to maintain. We don't have to waste portions of our lives (for example KP9000) deleting spambots, or posting posts that are rarely going to be seen. We keep an archive up so that people who are looking for content (particularly ROM hacking) can find it, and then put up a cool looking front page explaining the story behind the board, and a link to alternative places (I'll discuss this below). People often say: "but where will everyone (or alternatively just the ROM hackers) go?" The answer to this is simple. Both Jul and Romhacking.net cater to general ROM hacking. Dislike Romhacking.net paying too much attention to translations? Fix that. Be the person who discusses ROM hacking a lot. Get followers who do the same. Additionally, people liked this board due to just general overall discussion. They have Jul. Not to mention, there are bunch of other AB2/ABXD/whathaveyou boards that I don't really know about because I sorta stopped caring about Acmlm spinoffs after the Jul split. But since I know a lot of people have this "Xkeeper vendetta", I've read that some of these places actually have "I hate Xkeeper" groups or something like that. Yeah, people too immature to like Jul but are too attached to this specific branch of the internet would fit right in there. Or something. And the final last resort is this brand spanking new thing called OUTSIDE! In conclusion, by examining the above post by Liliana, I have proven that by removing the unnecessary resources needed to maintain a significantly dead message board, while still leaving an archive version of it up as a reference to both ROM hackers and internet historians alike, there is everything to gain, and nothing to lose. — Summer Glau |
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Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 289/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
Posted by Green-KirbyPosted by stag019"We" is bad wording since you're not staff here. If you don't have any faith in this board, that's fine, I'm not forcing anyone to stay. I added emphasis in my quote, please reread. I only gave two example, but what I'm trying to get at is that staff aren't the only ones that put forth effort for this board, and that by closing it you'd save the people who come here and make posts that are rarely seen by anyone. etc. It's what I'm aiming for. And it's what everyone else should be aiming for, seeing as how the board is long past it's prime, and past the point of no return. Posted by Green-Kirby I understand that. Also though if a large percentage of the board is a repeat then why have two boards to split posts between? As for ROM hacking, it's good that you're trying to contribute to it. Keep at it. I'll keep at it. Make everyone you know who's into ROM hacking keep at it. Eventually it'll pick up. Posted by Green-Kirby No, not at all. A lot of people forget it exists. Posted by Green-Kirby Who said I judged the whole board based on that thing? He shared a common opinion (don't close the board) and I was responding to his arguments with my own. Lazy. Good staff. Proves how well this whole message board thingy is working. 
Like what? |
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Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 290/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
Posted by stag019 on Jul Additional stuff: forgot to mention on Jul there's a Floppy Disk Drive port that I'm not entirely sure if I know what kind of plug plugs into there, pictures, figuring out what a "shunt" is, and my most recent acquisitions are another one with "a credit card scanner, a fingerprint scanner, and a little lcd screen thingy". |
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Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 291/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
I doubt it. Even if I could replace the processor, I'd still be limited to at most 512MB of RAM if I bought more. At this rate, why not just buy a new tablet PC?
But even then, why would I want to replace the CPU? 566MHz is fine for anything I'll be needing to do on the go. I don't really want or need Windows 8. At most, I might try Windows XP, but 566MHz should be fine with it, seeing as how Windows XP can run even on 233MHz processors. What I'm more concerned with is the hardware itself. In order to make it truly portable, I'd need a battery pack. But as far as how I would go about getting a battery that would be compatible, as well as getting it all to work internally correctly, I need help on. And some sort Wifi adapter. Read the "Some sort of Wifi adapter" bullet point in the first post. |
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Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 292/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
This is great man. And done by just one person? Impressive.
It's great to see a disassembly of a game other than Sonic, and even better that it's a Mario game that I love. Currently, me and a group of people are working on a Pokemon Red disassembly. You can see my thread here. You should stop by the IRC sometime to try to motivate us to get some work done.  Also if you wanna help out at all, that'd be awesome. |
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Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 293/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
No, really.
I don't want to replace the CPU, I promise. I got this thing for free, and I really don't have the kind of money to be spending on a new CPU and RAM and all that jazz. At that point, why not just get an iPad (or something similar)? I only planned on going with XP because I know the current hardware supports it fine. And I thought maybe upgrading the RAM because it's easy and cheap, but even then I don't really want to spend the money I don't have. But really Windows 98 does not bother me at all. Opera 10.63 is fine and a good web browser is all that's truly needed for something I'm not going to be using constantly. Anything else that I could add on to that is just a plus (simple things like a Gameboy emulator or simple games that don't require much of the processor/RAM). I'm far much more interested in making this thing truly portable. But I haven't the slightest clue on how to work on a battery pack or the likes. |
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Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 294/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
See, but I know so very little about electronics. Should I be following the amp rating on the power converter, or just on the tablet itself? I'm assuming the one on the tablet is more important.
But here's what seems to happen: * Any battery of sufficient voltage/amperage ratings are far too large and/or heavy to be practical * Any battery of sufficient voltage has far too low amperage to be practical to put many in parallel (119 of these which would also require ~$167) * Therefore, the only viable option is to find an actual laptop battery that would be compatible. Laptop batteries, on the other hand, are rarely exactly 12v/6.5A. Amps don't matter as long as it's at or above 6.5A, right? Volts on the other hand usually do matter to the almost exact value (I'm pretty sure). But all the voltage regulators I've seen online mention a maximum output of 1A. I know nothing about voltage regulators; can I use 7 in parallel? |
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Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 295/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
Posted by stag019 at JulAlso note that the background(s) for my regular desktop have been redone to reduce jpeg artifacts, and the shortcut to homentwk was moved to the start menu. |
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Snifit Level: 40 Posts: 296/299 EXP: 410351 Next: 30958 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4303 days Last view: 2190 days |
All of the above.
My dream computer would have infinite everything. Including every operating system ever created. And I'd use it to do everything ever. This is coming from someone who's currently using a 566MHz Intel Celeron processor with 128MB of RAM running Windows 98 because I don't have anything better that will work right now (my hard drive failed in my desktop computer). |
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