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I'll admit I am a lazy hacker, and pretty much any tool can screw your ROM, mainly by Human Error (Wrong INIs sometimes, the poor workmen who blame their tools...). I will Hex Edit any ROM though if I see the need (I will soon look into the Kirby ROMs, when I get time. Always been an aim to hack!)
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O.o your friend must of seriously mest up. when ever I do something I am not used to or I am about to make a big script I back up the hack.
I haven't came accorse any "unstable tools" (especially advance map) its more so the ability of the rom hacker. That's why some tools have a basic and professional view. That adds for another thing, how often do you guys back up your hacks. |
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Besides, if nobody could be bothered to hex-edit, we wouldn't get any new discoveries or new tools being made. But I guess you all know that anyway :P |
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Since it was implicitly brought to attention, how do you handle you backups?
And most important, how do you handle your ROM hacking work? Do you keep a changelog, etc.? As for myself, I have no backups. No, I'm not crazy. I just don't need to because I have different patches for the edited things. All of which are properly logged, regarding offsets used, the changes that were made and more. It definitely takes more time, but makes things more organized and easier to debug, for example. |
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Patching errors? No, thanks. I test the patches to make sure they're working as expected. Besides, I use my own patcher, which will be released to the public someday. And another thing: patches are way smaller than a full backup, so you save space (and time). |
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Everytime I have like 3 backups just to be sure :D I'm just lazy to create patches xD |
Same here, I don't like patches in general.
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Well, until get your patcher, we'll have to use rom backups or .ups patches |
Hex editing is the most powerful hacking tool. Once you grasp just a simple understanding of hex editing and pointers and such, you can easily repoint many things like the music table, overworld table and palettes, etc. Apart from that, you can also script in hex (which would, however, be a hassle). You can also map in hex (not a good idea I know).
Although tools are not necessary for hacking, they are certainly extremely helpful. Not hex editing at all, I mean you could still be considered a hacker, but your hack will probably have no originality/a lot of errors. But things like scripting and mapping are made much easier with tools, and without things like XSE and AdvanceMap there would probably be way less hackers to begin with. |
Here's something that has been bothering me for a loooooong time.
If .ips is so darn buggy, why not use .ups? I've seen so many hacks get spammed about bad patching errors and they all use .ips patches. I released a beta of my hack in .ups and I never got a post about bad patching errors. And yet when I suggest that .ips is buggy and .ups will stop the bugs, I get a load of crap about .ups being buggy or that it won't work or .ips works just fine. It really annoys me because it shows how ignorant people are and how much they can't stand new thngs. What are your views on this? |
I got bugs from both patches (but I will admit less from .ups)
On the subject of change most people are scared of the unknow they are used to .ips and don't want to go to a new patcher. I personalty will try new things but if the thing thing dose not superpas the old one I will just stay with the old one. (hence if they are tied I would stay with the old one because familiarity.) |
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But eeven if I wasn't able to get ups patches to work it might be good to try it your way. |
I don't like patches. I don't know why, but I don't.
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Yeah, but some big name web pages give roms out. All they do is say " Only Download if you own a copy of the game; if you don't, delete it with in 24 hours.
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PS. I like romulation better XD |
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@styles, Don't take this the wrong way, but you're one person. I mean that general rom hacking population. :3 |
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