AzureSkies
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I was! Im very surprised that it happened so soon, after realizing that there wasnt any.
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Little SNES ROM Hacks
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Robin64
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No Way!!!, havent check on that in over a year. Last time he posted though was all the way back in May, i wonder how long it will be
Still wondering what the best hack there is for Chrono Trigger. There's a few that talk about fixing bugs and one that supposedly adds missing content. Any of these worth a look?
The Ted Woosely patch for FFVI also seems to partially use the GBA translation. Is there any that uses it in its entirety like the FFV patch?
Also, does the font patch for Secret of Mana also include the best fan translation?
The Ted Woosely patch for FFVI also seems to partially use the GBA translation. Is there any that uses it in its entirety like the FFV patch?
Also, does the font patch for Secret of Mana also include the best fan translation?
Well, look what arrived yesterday about Chrono Trigger ?
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3691/
It restores cut content, allow autowalk (B is now used for walk) and other nice things). I'm trying it on the SNES Mini in a few minutes.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Yup. Most of the Chrono Trigger hacking community, back when it actually existed as a community, preferred to focus on fangame hacks (two were completed: Chrono Trigger Coliseum and my own Chrono Trigger: Prophet's Guile) rather than superficial stuff.
Weltall Zero
Member
Apparently it does a lot more than restore cut content, they developed brand new content for it, like extra dungeons, the ability to explore all of the Zeal islands, and partially visit 1999. Looking very nice, I think I'll give it a try too, thanks!
Sir_Crocodile
Member
There's some cool stuff there, but I remember from the thread the guy was going to do stuff like add a reachable 1999, which I was a bit lukewarm on.
Let us know how it is!
I will
.But first, I have a little question for @Robin64 :
I have downloaded the "superhakchi" you provided pages ago. If I want to try a more recent version of hakchi (like the RC4 or RC5), can I just overwritten what the zip contains on the superhakchi folder ?
I tried to do a separate folder but then the official RC4 and RC5 think that I never dumped nor flashed the kernel (and I did with your superhakchi).
Thanks in advance !
Robin64
Member
Yeah, just copy the new files over the old ones. No need to make new folders.
Drilbit777
Member
Star ocean snes won't boot for me whenever I load it up on snes classic. Any tips?
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Are you booting it in the internal emulator or retroarch? SO uses SDD1, so I highly doubt it'd work on the internal.
Great !
PS : Thanks for all your hard work !
PPS : Just tried Super Turrican 2 (USA) and it runs flawlessly, even the little cinematics.
The Chrono Trigger Plus hack (and all its addons) EDIT : sadly doesn't really works : Crono can't exit his room.
Drilbit777
Member
I tried it on its internal emulator and it wouldn't work at all so that's probably why then
Robin64
Member
eternalcircle
Member
How exactly do you apply or add these patches to a game?
Sir_Crocodile
Member
lunar ips or beat generally, depending on the type of patch file. Both utilities are available in the utilities section on romhacking.net.
Polioliolio
Member
Too many SNES mini threads. I'm wondering, is the hacking program up and running then? These hacks are great btw.
eternalcircle
Member
Thank you!
That's the one I mentioned in a separate thread.
I couldn't get it to work right: I couldn't leave Crono's room at the start.
This could be because I didn't use the right ROM (this header vs non-headered stuff is a pain) or because I tried to apply the bugfix patches as well. I'll try again, but I would also like to read your feedback.
HitCtrlAltDel
Member
It hasn't been solved yet I'm afraid. We can't figure out the hi-res mode flag.
I thought you could keep the original games on there untouched... Why would they not work as before just because youre adding other games? If you need to edit SoM yourself in any way, Ithought that you could FTP into the console, grab the included games folders to then add them back with unchanged ROMs but with different art if you wanted.
Robin64
Member
The problem is, if you get SoM off there and re-add it with a patch applied (such as a retranslation), it loses its hi-resness.
HitCtrlAltDel
Member
Gotcha. Really surprised they cant figure this out. No one has done a diff on the included ROM versus a manually added one to isolate the possible bits used for a high res flag?
Robin64
Member
It doesn't seem to be a flag within the ROM, but something in the clover source itself that looks for the ROM and applies it. We've altered every single byte in the new headers and footers, and nothing changed it. So that's going to be much harder to get to.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
I should add for anyone patching for the first time, if you have a choice between a ips and a bps file, always choose the bps, because beat will tell you when you're trying to patch a rom that is incompatible with the patch. ips tools will quite merrily let you patch anything, so you can end up with a rom that doesn't work, or a rom that APPEARS to work until later.
Transistor
Banned
Is it possible to add that FFVI patch in the OP to the built in FFIII that's included with the system?
You can just hide the official ff3 rom and transfer your rom.
Transistor
Banned
Will that keep my save file intact though? I'm not far, but I'd rather not start over if I don't have to.,
Nope, different ROM, different save file. (There's not gonna be any way to patch the existing ROM anyway, and even if you could, lots of times new ROM patches break save data compatibility cause of the altered code.)
Transistor
Banned
Good to know.
It did? For me I can't leave Crono's room at the beginning. I tried with all the patches and again with only the + patch applied.
eternalcircle
Member
Same here. I tried applying the Chrono Trigger+ patch and I can't leave the room at the beginning of the game. Does anyone have any fixes/ideas? Would be cool to play with all the enhancements.
Hoho for breakfast
Member
If anyone is wondering like I was at one point, yes you need your own roms for this.
Also, someone earlier posted this video which does a good job of walking you through what to do step by step. I know nothing about any of this but was able to follow along and get it done quickly. The hardest part was picking what games I wanted on it.
I added 45 additional games (total of 65 or so including ones already there) and still have plenty of room left (I want to say around 100MB left but dont remember right off) to pick and choose some more later.
Looks like most games vary in size from 1-4 megabytes each.
And If you need to open/extract rar files go to https://www.rarlab.com/download.htm and download a trial of winrar. If your roms are in rar format though you can just drag the whole thing into hakchi I believe so dont worry about extracting each rom file.
Also, someone earlier posted this video which does a good job of walking you through what to do step by step. I know nothing about any of this but was able to follow along and get it done quickly. The hardest part was picking what games I wanted on it.
I added 45 additional games (total of 65 or so including ones already there) and still have plenty of room left (I want to say around 100MB left but dont remember right off) to pick and choose some more later.
Looks like most games vary in size from 1-4 megabytes each.
And If you need to open/extract rar files go to https://www.rarlab.com/download.htm and download a trial of winrar. If your roms are in rar format though you can just drag the whole thing into hakchi I believe so dont worry about extracting each rom file.
Ditto. Maybe the ROM needs to be headered? I'll try that next.
Edit: Adding a header just made it not work at all.
Seriously, how are people getting this to work?
Not certain, because I had the same room issue as well.
Are you launching FF6 via the Retroarch module, or the built-in emulator? I seem to get kicked back to the main menu launching from Retroarch, and get a C7 from Canoe. Patched ROM and such.
EDIT: Oops, apologies for the double post.
Robin64
Member
I've just been playing the Woolsey patch from Canoe with no issues. Though, when I had it set to compress, I would get C7. Have you got that on?
Ah, that could be it actually! Sometimes a simple thing like that messes everything up. I'll check it out.
EDIT: Reapplied the patch to a different ROM and it worked perfectly.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Try it in the pc version of snes9x before transferring it to your mini.
This is what the patch is looking for:
No-Intro Name: Chrono Trigger (USA) - Headerless
(No-Intro version 20130701-030720)
ROM/File SHA-1: DE5822F4F2F7A55ACB8926D4C0EAA63D5D989312
ROM/File CRC32: 2D206BF7
ROM/File size: 4096kb
Used this exact version, but sadly the issue persists. I can walk down the stairs, at least, but no transition occurs.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Does it do it in the latest windows version of snes9x?
Could be an issue with the mini emulators.
Maybe I'm not reading the readme correctly for FF6 Woolsey. You choose either Final Fantasy VI (TWUE 1.96).ips or Final Fantasy VI (TWUE 1.96) + Bug Fixes.ips to patch, and the rest (Opera, Addons) is optional stuff, correct? I've patched with both versions and keep having the game freeze on the very first encounter. Tried on the SNES Classic, SNES Classic using Retroarch, and the Snes9X on the computer, no dice.
Robin64
Member
All I applied was the "Final Fantasy VI (TWUE 1.96) + Bug Fixes.ips" and one of the music addons, and it works fine on the SNES Mini.