Development: ipatix' High Quality Sound Mixer | V2.1 released!

BluRose said:

so idk how you're compiling this, probably with like make or something
you can also use the compiler from this tut to achieve the same result
just drag the .txt/.asm/.s/.whatever file onto the thumb.bat file and it will output your compiled routine

or you could even run it using command prompt from the file path and then do

Code:

thumb [routinename].[filetype] [outputroutinename].bin

i.e.

Code:

thumb hqmixer.asm hqmixer.bin

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Thank you, now I have the .bin

but, there is a new problem, after I insert it to the ROM and do the repointing, my emerald just showing a white screen. I have already edit the "TODO" but it's still same :3

So, sorry first of all for not responding earlier.

Making the mixer work without knowing what's actually going is quite difficult. For helping you out, I need you to tell me EVERY SINGLE STEP (don't drop out details) you've done when you were trying to insert it.

ipatix said:

So, sorry first of all for not responding earlier.

Making the mixer work without knowing what's actually going is quite difficult. For helping you out, I need you to tell me EVERY SINGLE STEP (don't drop out details) you've done when you were trying to insert it.

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1.) I copy your code
2.) I edit the TODO list (I think there is something wrong when I editing the TODO list) and change the CHOOSE YOUR GAME with BPEE (because I'm using PKMN Emerald (U))
3.) I compile the code to be a ".bin" using Thumb (thanks blurose to tell me how to compile it)
4.) I insert it at 0x09500000 or 1500000
5.) I repoint the old sound mixer offset like the tutorial you write it. but, I think there is something wrong too :3

(there is a part of your tut that I don't know)

sorry with my english, because I'm still learning it :v and sorry to many "I" :v

Sorry for being so picky, but please tell me all steps you did at the repointing. This is probably the most critical part and I actually messed it up myself quite a couple times.

ok, I'm sorry

1.) replace all 0x03006380 with 0x203E000
2.) paste the new mixer to the 0x9500000
3.) repoint the old mixer at 0x082E00F0 with 00 00 50 09
4.) replace all 0x3001AA8 with 0x203E000
5.) the lenght of my new mixer is B24 and the result when I divided by 4 is 2C9, I replace "00 02 00 04" at 0x82E00F8 with "C9 02 00 04"
6.) not change the configuration, because i dont know

also, I don't know how to paste and copy the old mixer because i dont know how to edit IWRAM and EWRAM

I must say this is pretty awesome. By far my favorite mod.

I did get tripped up a bit on this step though:

After doing that you need to set the new RAM pointer for the new code inserted. There is 2 pointers for that: One for the CpuSet to copy the code to the right RAM location and one for the actual program call. The one for the program call has the Thumb bit set, the other one doesn't.
The original mixing code is located at the following addresses:

• Fire Red (US): 0x030028E0
• Fire Red (GER): 03002830
• Emerald (US, GER): 0x03001AA8

For repointing search for this pointer and replace it with the new pointer where the Main Sound Area has been.

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I forget what I tried for the new pointer first, but eventually I figured out this is the pointer that's supposed to be used for that step above:

Main Sound Area locations:

• Fire Red (US): 0x03005F50
• Fire Red (GER): 0x03005E40
• Emerald (US, GER): 0x03006380

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This might not be very helpful, but I'll share it anyway:
So I managed to get the music mixer working on Ruby and LeafGreen, not the v2.1 version, but the one on angelXwind's github. I also tried Sapphire, but stuff happens. I'll try to fix it later.

Here are some offsets.
Pointers to binary:
Sapphire - 0x1DDE48
Ruby - 0x1DDED0
LeafGreen - 0x1DD090

Main sound area locations (replace with 0x0203E000)
LeafGreen - 0x03005F50 (exactly the same as FR, occurs 2 times)
Ruby and Sapphire - 0x03005FD0 (occurs 3 times)

FREE_IRAM_BPG, 0x03004200
FREE_IRAM_AXV, 0x03002B00
FREE_IRAM_AXP, 0x03002B00

DECODER_BUFFER_BPG, 0x03100000
DECODER_BUFFER_AXV, 0x03100000
DECODER_BUFFER_AXP, 0x03100000

AXVE_DELTA_TABLE, 0x0842FA08
AXPE_DELTA_TABLE, 0x0842FA50

I feel embarrassed for not knowing how to use Devkitpro at all. I could use a bit of help.
I came across this page: https://github.com/angelXwind/pokemon-gen3-hq-sound-mixer
which includes bash scripts, including make-bpee.sh that automates the process on a rom named bpee.gba

I have Devkitpro installed, but I don't quite know how to use it, or run bash scripts.

This works perfectly except for one problem whenever a Pok?mon cry occurs in game my ROM crashes. Would you happen to know how to fix this?

GreasyGarlic said:

This works perfectly except for one problem whenever a Pokémon cry occurs in game my ROM crashes. Would you happen to know how to fix this?

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I increased the number of tracks from 10 to 16 and it helped me (if we are talking about a pokemon cry from the pokedex menu)

I figured out the problem a while ago I made an error while inserting it.

I investigated Japanese ROM.

Pointers to binary:
FireRed(J) [BPRJ]
Emerald(J) [BPRE]

BPRE_DELTA_TABLE, 0x084899F8
BPRJ_DELTA_TABLE, 0x0844E638

Corrected.

I investigated Japanese ROM.

Pointers to binary:
FireRed(J) [BPRJ] 0x1C1070 (ROM)
Emerald(J) [BPEJ] 0x28E670 (ROM)

BPRJ_DELTA_TABLE, 0x0844E638
BPEJ_DELTA_TABLE, 0x085FD590

LeafGeen(J) [BPGJ] 0x1C103C (ROM)
BPGJ_DELTA_TABLE, 0x0844E480