Tool: HackMew's Tools Factory [A-Ptch released]

[supersam2]

Hi I'm belgian and I'd like to traduce the XSE's guide because there is no good XSE tutorial in french yet. Is someone else already working on it?

edit: I'm working on it for a couple of hours and I've traduce intro and history lesson. I plan to work a couple of hours on it every day so I finish it in about 1 or 2 weeks. If somone wants to help I'll become very happy ;)

 

[dark_789]

Thanks for the great tools
Its very useful

 

[Konekodemon]

A-Trainer: It's not letting me import my own trainer image.

 

[Tropical Sunlight]

A-Trainer: It's not letting me import my own trainer image.

Of course it doesn't.
A-Trainer is supposed to change the battles themselves, not the trainer images!
For that, you need unLZ-GBA.

 

[ixeros120]

Hi. Your XSE worked perfectly, but i updated it to version 1.1.1 and it says Runtime error 380. What's the problem?

 

[SargeantMajorKururu]

UNLZ???

I'v been trying to make my own hack recently, and I've used your tools before. But now, whenever I try to use UNLZ, it says: "Fre Red.gba.pal" was not found! How do I fix this? Do I have to download another new rom?

 

[HackMew]

To everyone: I've got something important to tell you. I've planned a major rewrite and improvement of all the current tools. This time I'm gonna use C# so as to make them as platform-independent as possible through .NET/Mono. I'm sure Mac and Linux users will appreciate it. Please don't ask for release dates, I've got none. Just keep on trusting me, and you'll soon (well, almost) re-enjoy them in a new, tasty flavor. And yeah, thanks for reporting bugs and everything, but avoid doing so till the new tools come out. I can't tell you much else, because I've got not much else to tell you. I've been trying to work on my hack too lately, so yeah... Probably FSF is what will come fist, I guess. Have fun :)

 

[ibringdoom]

I got som trouble with A-trainer i get an error evrytime i open a rom in it it says this.

"20100724|212630|6.1.7600|0.9.1|DrawTile8|9|modLZ77|Subscript out of range|3" i also got others with 4 at the end and som different numbers but i would like to fix this so anyone could tell me how?

 

[sir.euge]

Hopefully with the release of FSP their will be a little prize.. an alpha of oro sole

 

[KotovSyndrome_]

Hackmew, I must say.. Awesome programs :D
I've been using most of them a lot, but I was wondering..
Could you develop one that allows the user to edit the Oak speech at the start of the game? :/
I know you can do it with Hex Editing or A-Text, but A-Text doesn't work for many people, and Hex Editing isn't easy (well, at least for me :P)

Thanks :)

 

[Matizam127]

HackMew programs rulez! :-D

Where I can get Advance Item?

 

[HackMew]

First post: updated. I've said enough :)

 

[Sierraffinity]

Nice to see a tool update!
It's nice to see that your new tools will be multiplatform.
Just one thing: You should have FreeSpaceFinder.exe renamed to FSF.exe in the package, so that it works out-of-the-box with XSE.
EDIT: Also, FSF can't load a ROM with another program using it...
Basically, that takes away a lot of the usefulness.

 

[HackMew]

Nice to see a tool update!
It's nice to see that your new tools will be multiplatform.
Just one thing: You should have FreeSpaceFinder.exe renamed to FSF.exe in the package, so that it works out-of-the-box with XSE.
EDIT: Also, FSF can't load a ROM with another program using it...
Basically, that takes away a lot of the usefulness.

Thanks for commenting. About the name... Maybe I should have. But the new XSE will take care of the new .exe name. What about the "can't load" problem? Please be specific on the actual program(s). Also, please read carefully the first post.

 

[Sierraffinity]

Thanks for commenting. About the name... Maybe I should have. But the new XSE will take care of the new .exe name. What about the "can't load" problem? Please be specific on the actual program(s). Also, please read carefully the first post.

Hmm, let's see...
Right now, the programs I have the ROM open in: AdvaneMap 1.92, VisualBoyAdvance 1.8.0 (although that's never been a problem before), XSE, and A-Trainer. The most likely culprit is A-Map, as almost all programs refuse to load a ROM at the same time as it.
The exact error I get is:

The process cannot access the file '(my ROM address)' because it is being used by another process.

See the end of this message for details on invoking 
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file 'C:\ROMs\Hacking Stuff\CrystalDust.gba' because it is being used by another process.
   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
   at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share)
   at HackMew.ToolsFactory.GameManager.ReadHeader[T]()
   at FreeSpaceFinder.formMain.LoadFile(String fileName)
   at FreeSpaceFinder.formMain.Open()
   at FreeSpaceFinder.formMain.miOpenROM_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem.MenuItemData.Execute()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Command.Invoke()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Command.DispatchID(Int32 id)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmCommand(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
FreeSpaceFinder
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/ROMs/Hacking%20Stuff/Tools/XSE/FSF.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
fjnt6elp
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

This happens a lot with .NET programs and A-Map.

 

[HackMew]

Hmm, let's see...
Right now, the programs I have the ROM open in: AdvaneMap 1.92, VisualBoyAdvance 1.8.0 (although that's never been a problem before), XSE, and A-Trainer. The most likely culprit is A-Map, as almost all programs refuse to load a ROM at the same time as it.
The exact error I get is:

[...]

This happens a lot with .NET programs and A-Map.

Just like I guessed. FYI, it has nothing in particular to do with the .NET framework. The problem is indeed AdvanceMap which basically locks the file.

The error you got happened while trying to read the game header, in which code FileShare.Read were used. If I used FileShare.ReadWrite (thus allowing read and write access from other processes), the error wouldn't exists. But if you think about it, it's logical not allowing other processes to write to a file we're reading form. If the file content gets changed while reading it, what we read could be completely wrong. The same thing applies when writing to a file.

To sum it up, everything boils down to AdvanceMap (similar issues could also happen while using unLZ.GBA) which is locking the file even when it doesn't need to. To prove my point: try opening two instances of the new FSF. And load the same ROM in both. No error will happen. Besides writing my own map editor, there's not much I can do about it excepting catching the error and show an error message.

 

[Sierraffinity]

Just like I guessed. FYI, it has nothing in particular to do with the .NET framework. The problem is indeed AdvanceMap which locks the file. The error you got happened while trying to read the game header, in which code FileShare.Read were used. If I used FileShare.ReadWrite (thus allowing read and write access from other processes), the error wouldn't exists. But if you think about it, it's logical not allowing other processes to write to a file we're reading/writing from/to. If the file content gets changed while reading it, what we read could be completely wrong. To sum it up, everything boils down to AdvanceMap (similar issues could also happen while using unLZ.GBA) which is locking the file even when it doesn't need to. Besides writing my own map editor, there's not much I can do about it excepting catching the error and show an error message.

Yeah, I understand. Maybe, however, you can fix it for Un-LZ Hacked (when you upgrade it).
Also, maybe LU-HO can be told about this bug (although he probably already has been) and, when the next A-Map comes out, it'll be fixed...

 

[Nightcrow]

Finally a trainer editor that doesn't screw you over when you give trainers extra pokemon. LOVE IT!

 

[Funfat.]

can you edit SMCA so we can change the X position in firered?

 

[DigitalDetection]

nice tools mewtwo!
im gana use these in my new hack im gana start soon