This helped me a lot to start my rom hack. I inserted a very cool patch that allows Mario to wall kick :D And I am working on SMB3 screen scrolling pipes.
Cruel Kaizo I'm so happy to hear that!! I've seen that wall jump patch before, very fun!! You're inserting patches I've never inserted before (: Best of luck on the future of our ROM hacking journey.
Once again incredibly helpful, I wish more professors taught like you, clear and concise. Congratulations on the job and Robfather 2 progress, the first is one of my favorite hacks. Thank you for the time you spend in making these.
Bro thankyou so much! I know this is a late comment but I'm really happy you got a job you wanted and thankyou for teaching me everything I know on lunar magic. Seriously, I owe you!
That's super kind, thank you (: if I could make yourube a fulltime job I would, it's fun lol Best of luck in all of your projects, I hope you make great things!
@@DanOfMostTrades thanks alot! also when i try to patch the retry system into my rom, it doesn't work. instead it says C:\Users\jacks\Downloads etry-v2.06c etry.asm:62: error: Unknown command. [while read1($00A304+0) != $60] C:\Users\jacks\Downloads etry-v2.06c etry.asm:2677: error: Misplaced endif [endif] Errors were detected while assembling the patch. Assembling aborted. Your ROM has not been modified. Press any key to continue . . .
Well heck, DanOfMostHoliness doesn't flow off the tongue, but I appreciate your support very much (: work has been hard, but I promise I will continue making tutorials!! I've already planned out most of the next video, which will focus on sprites and how to modify them. Thank you again for your support :D
THIS IS LITERALLY *THE THING I WAS TRYING TO RESEARCH* and THENNNN *ALSO ANOTHER THING THAT I WAS ALSO RESEARCHING, BUT WASN'T AT THIS VERY MOMENT.* Thank you for this video!!!!!
These videos are extremely helpful for someone relatively new to this scene, especially considering how little relevant content is out there. Thanks Dan!
Thanks so much for the love, Felix! I try to fill those same gaps that I experienced when I was starting out in Lunar Magic. It makes me happy to hear it's working!! Good luck on your Lunar Magic journey :D
your videos were incredibly helpful I just completed a demo version of my first hack with ASM! thanks for making these! I played through Robfather world and am on the special worlds now. lots of fun!
Hi Hasenauer! I'm going to be honest, I just found this thing in TH-cam that lets me see all the comments that I haven't responded to. I'm sorry I missed this one! I am very grateful for your positive words and support (: let me know how your hack is going, I am interested!! Thanks again.
AAAAAAY! I've been itching to try out Lunar Magic but I haven't been able to find a good place to start. I think your tutorials will be able to help. Thank you.
hi dan! firt of all thank you very very much for all the videos, now im creating a nice rom hack (it's my first) and also y finished your robfather's 1 and for god saint, the especial levels where de number plattforms are, was so dificult !! but i loved it. Well that's all i wanted to say greetings from argentina =)
T-t-taco REMIX, great to hear from you. I haven't been on Twitch much lately, but I hope you are still floating around in your clown car apparatuses :D best of luck in your Lunar Magic journeys and feel free to leave some questions!
DanOfMostTrades mostly just trying to figure out how to convert an mp3 to a format compatible to playing the game on SNES. That and you know me, trying to figure out the custom sprite situation
I'm having troubles getting the retry patch. The only difference I realize is that you have a file in the folder called "sysLMRestore" and I don't. Is this needed? If so, how do I add it to the folder? The error message I'm getting is the following: retry.asm:29: error: (E5039): SNES address 00FFD5 in read function out of bounds. [if read1($00FFD5) == $23] retry.asm:40: error: (E5039): SNES address 05DAA3 in read function out of bounds. [if read1($05DAA3) == $5C] Edit: I got it to work! I joined the SMW central discord server, and they helped me. If anyone else has the same problem, make sure that the file doesnt have 0KB, and that you rename it so that its .smc not .sfc
Thanks very much again for this video. look terrible to learn but this helped a lot to start understanding a very very little bit what i'm actualy reading on smw central. Was searching on how to add a sword to mario. I'm drowning in this ocean 🤣.
@@DanOfMostTrades yes you're totally right. My 10 years on FL Studio help a little bit to stay focus but wow.... That increase a lot my respect to those hack i've played. Just incredible. Just now i think about Eevee Who did Sicari's hack.
Thanks for the support :D to be honest I want to learn some more porting techniques before I make that video. It just feels like I'm missing some key tools, but I have enough to make it work.
hey dan! i already have a question again XD no problem or something this time luckily, but do you know how i get working on/off blocks in my rom? the switches are just objects it can place down, but i cant find blocks that react on hitting a switch. do i need to insert those in the rom like the patches?
th-cam.com/video/fvFfddpbRlA/w-d-xo.html Here's the tutorial I used to learn how to install those on/off blocks!! If you don't speak Spanish, just mute the video and follow along with the visuals. Enjoy!
That's an really good start for me, I'm just having an issue with the retry.asm part. I have successfully inserted the patch into my hack via Asar as well, and did with no problems, but after testing, it happens that every time i click on retry after dying on a level the screen goes black and the level won't load again, what's going on here?
Hi Redemption! I've seen this issue before, I'm trying to remember some of the causes. I know the most common one, you have to start a new save file in order for the retry system to take effect, so make sure you aren't playing on a slot where you already beat some levels. Let's start there! It could also be some of the settings in the retry_table but we'll dive into that if the save file solution doesn't work. Let me know how it goes and thank you for your question!
@@DanOfMostTrades Thanks so much for considering it, by the way, i tried the save file method, didn't work still. even without erasing data of those files.
Hey, how do I add custom block patches? Any patch that isn’t a simple status bar remover or RETRY, It will result in an error. I’ve tried to add one way conveyers, walljump blocks, smm spikes, death blocks, rainbow shell converters. and custom switch blocks, all of them result in an error. What do I do?!
Im having a problem with the asar separate luigi graphics, everytime I reset the game it only plays the nintendo presents screen and crashes, is there something im doing wrong?
Help. I installed the retry system without issue. Loaded up my rom and it appears to be all set (99 lives, death prompts the retry or exit option). However, when I click "retry" the screen fades to black, the sound of mario shooting a fireball occurs and it freezes on that black screen. How can I fix this? Edit: To add, I do have a level with "use separate settings for midway entrance" enabled. Edit 2: Fixed, needed to erase previous saved data of the rom. Was able to do so simply from the title screen. Your tutorials are extremely helpful, thank you!
Thank you for your question Bruce! I'm happy you found the solution, which admittedly is an odd one, but has solved more problems than I can count. Feel free to leave any additional questions (: thanks for the support and good luck!
Hey so I'm having some problems. It says I need to download SNES Purify, but I don't know where I can find a safe link for that. Can you help me? (Here is what it said so people can correct me if I'm dumb) Enter patch name: retry.asm Enter ROM name: Mario ROM.sfc Warning: The ROM title appears to be "☻ΦΦÑû↑}¥²←)≡↑i♥Öⁿ↨Ñùi", which looks like garbage. Is this your ROM title? (Note that inproperly answering "yes" will crash your ROM.) no Assembling aborted. snespurify should be able to fix your ROM.
Your ROM file has to end in .smc , I forgot what .sfc files are but they always cause the "looks like garbage" issue. Let's see if we can find a way to save your ROM as a .smc (:
Its nice to have more advanced tutorials on YT, barbs tutorial is pretty good but it doesnt cover any of the overworld stuff which imo is the most confusing part.
@@DanOfMostTrades yeah when i first started i used probably every tutorial on smw central and restarted my hack like a billion times lol. Im glad i took the time to learn Lunar Magic, it gives me an outlet for all my creativity
Hi I tried to add a simple retry patch to kaizo mario (english).smc and I got an error that didn’t recognize the patch. Same thing with 999.asm a patch for 999 levels. Any tips on how to fix this? If you need the exact error I can send you that.
Hello Owen! Make sure you've started playing on a new save file after inserting the Retry Patch. Let me know if the problem persists afterwards and we can troubleshoot further. Thanks!
Thank you so much Dan! I’ve always wanted to figure out how to use instant retry, and could never find the answer. Also I have one question, to add custom music, would I use the program AddMusicK? Other then that, your tutorials really help! You earned my subscription! 😁
Thanks DDragon (: you are exactly right, AddMusicK is the software used to add custom music. Found here: www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=17546 You may also find use in "SPC700 Player" which is like a media player, but specifically for those custom music songs. Found here: www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=15205 Thanks for your support and I'm really happy you got the retry system working!
Can you use FLIPS instead of asar to apply the retry patch? Also where did you find the retry patch was it on smw central? Thanks in advance much appreciated
Hi! Yes smwcentral is my favorite spot for resources. To find something, i usually go to google and type, for example, "smwcentral retry patch" and you'll get this link. www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=26078 it's the "with multiple checkpoints" which is optional. After applying this patch, you have to start on a new save file or it will not work. As for your FLIPS question, I'm sorry but I do not remember. It has been a long time for me since doing any ROM hack work. Good luck!
I have very good news about this question, which is that this episode covers how to remove the game screen details. Skip ahead to 15:26 and get the patch called Remove Status Bar (link in description) and it will get rid of the entire top display (: However, editing the overworld screen to not show lives is a bit harder. But, feel confident. Here's how to do it. 0. Make a duplicate of your ROM just in case we accidentally break something 1. Make a blank text document in your current project folder (Right Click, New -> , Text Document) Make sure you don't click "Rich Text Document" because that one might cause problems. 2. Name your text document something like "removeOverworldLives.asm" or anything that will help you identify it. 3. Go to this smwcentral forum post www.smwcentral.net/?p=viewthread&t=98998 4. Scroll down a little bit until you see some cool code. It will look something like this: org $00A15A BRA $02 org $04A530 db $FE 5. Copy and paste that code into your text file. Be careful not to include anything extra, it should JUST be that code with nothing else. 6. Click Save on your text file 7. Insert the patch with ASAR just like normal (: Aaaaand you're done! Give it a try! Please reply back if there are any errors. I will help you to see this to completion! Thanks for watching and thanks for your questions!
aaaaaaaaand another question lol. i've been trying to get this object called "screen scroll pipes" in my rom. but the readme is very very long and i dont really understand it XD. can you help me with that as well? :)
Sorry NJ! I do not know how those work, and unfortunately I'm short on time. Some ROM hack endeavors are crazy complicated, and it's up to you to decide if it's worth the headache or not on a case-by-case basis lol
no worries dude, i'll try to figure it out :) thanks so much for the on/off blocks tutorial and again the tutorials you made. when i figure out how the pipes work, shall i ley you know? than you can also use them in the future :D
Hello DanOfMostTrades, I want to insert a patch that is this: www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=19396. But I don't know how to put it, and also I don't want the patch to be active on one level. (not at all). Can you help me place it? It is with Asar. Regards!!
Ohhh waitwait, I think I know about this. It's not that they are tiles, but that the level's settings are default like that. I typically like to start with blank slate levels. It's likely that the level you chose to re-make has some pre-existing settings. I think you can change it by using the blue poison mushroom button, the mario head and/or lakitu head button, or the fishy Layer 3 button. I'm 90% sure it's one of those!!!! If you can tell me the level ID i bet we can actually google and solve this one fairly easily. Thanks for your question!
Great tutorials Dan!! How do you have multiple checkpoints within a sublevel without using pipes or doors? Just multiple H that take you to different Midway starting points. I've seen a celeste SMW hack that has that.
Hi Nicolas Cage! Thank you for saving the declaration of independence. For multiple midway points, there are some special settings to use. You're probably using this patch www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=17409 which is good. I can't tell you EXACTLY how to do it (because I have not personally done it), however this patch has some very valuable notes in the README and instructions files. Be sure to read them all, and it will tell you how to do it (: Please come back with results and/or follow up questions, as I am curious to see where this goes.
Ok so here's a question: You say this "patches" the rom. Does that mean... permanently for anyone who I share the rom to? Or locally, and anyone I share this rom with will need to download these things for them to take effect? Also, will this interfere with general Lunar Magic editing at all? (I assume not, but wanna ask.)
I'm so sorry I'm just seeing this now. I have the feeling you have already solved this problem ages ago, but I'll answer in case anyone else is looking for the answer or you just need some closure in your life lol. The patch will apply to the ROM permanently, so if you share the .smc or the other type (i forgot what it's called), they will have the changes. Just like making changes to a Word document or PDF! The patches only apply to the file that you select in ASAR, so it won't effect your other projects or back-ups. The changes most likely won't be noticeable until you playtest the ROM, so it won't interfere with general Lunar Magic editing.
Hi, hello there. I actually have two questions: The first being how I can access the subworld of a level, because I've got no clue how to get there. And the second question is how can I change the colour palette of Mario? I was able to change his colours in Lunar Magic, which I could see from the sprites of the Entrances. But these changes didn't take effect in the game itself when I tested it out. How can I permanently change Marios colour palette for the entirety of the game?
Hello friendly neighborhood MURDERER! Thank you for your two questions! I'm imagining you're coming from a Mario Maker background, where all levels have a subworld by default. In Lunar Magic, it's completely different. Although it is not as convenient, it is infinitely more customizable. -To start, go to your level and click the top tab that says View -> then click Screen Exits. The way Lunar Magic works, if you go through a door or a pipe, it will register where to go based on which "Screen Exit" section you are in. -Next, click on the very first DOOR icon, in the top menu with all the icons. It should say "Open Modify Screen Exits Dialogue" when you mouse-over it. Here, you click that drop-down tab and select which SCREEN EXIT your door/pipe is in. -To check which screen exit it is, zoom out a little and it should be on the top of the giant blue rectangle. -After selecting the desired screen exit, there's a blank space that says "Level Destination" go ahead and type in the level number that you want Mario to go to. -I highly recommend using this resource www.tapatalk.com/groups/smw_archives/level-list-lunar-magic-t13.html to tell you which levels can be used as Sub Levels. -Lastly, there are a few check boxes below it, but we don't need to get into those for now. On to Mario's palette. This is actually super weird. The only way to change Mario's palette is through ASM. What I use is this patch here: www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=18372 You can actually specify different palettes for Mario when he's big, small, cape, and flower. It's a bit confusing at first, there's a table in here that you'll have to fill out, but if you study the README file and all the notes in the ASM, it should tell you how to change it (: Best of luck and let me know if you have any followup questions! Thank you again for your questions.
Hey thank you so much Boule (: I agree it is stupid, but it is SO RELIEVING when it works again ahaha. For some reason it requires a fresh save file to work properly. Anyway good luck with the rest of your designing!!
@@DanOfMostTrades Hey i'm sorry but i have a new probleme now, ZMZ (my emulator) just won't work now, all i did was but it in full screen and now a popup appears saying "setdisplaymode failed" and it is just a black screen. I can still hear the game but a can't see anything. I've searched but i found nothing... Please help :( (sorry for bad english)
Hey, first off all these videos have been a life saver! Quick question about the multiple checkpoints. I tried following along with the video but when i change what levels i want multiple checkpoints at and try to reinsert the patch, i keep getting errors. My level 3 has a pipe that goes to sublevel 25. when i change level 3 to 03 and level 25 to 03 in the table, save and reinsert, i get errors. its worth noting that i dont really need the midway tape for my sub levels, i just want my midway entrance to be the pipe i came into the sublevel from. Ill make due with the midway bar if needed though, whatever is easier. Any advice for a confused individual lol
Hi Dan! Thanks also for your support. Let's see if we can figure out what's going wrong here. First off, I imagine you're dealing with the table at the very bottom of retry_table . asm I have a strong suspicion that maybe a small typo occurred - try to make sure you didn't replace a comma with a period, or remove a $. The table should still be a perfectly uniform grid. Oh wait! I also want to make sure that you are re-inserting retry. asm and not retry_table . asm. Retry will grab data from Retry_Table automatically. If none of these solutions work, let me know and I'll dig around my brain a bit more (:
@@DanOfMostTrades Hey Dan! Thanks for replying so fast, I honestly wasnt expecting that! What you said got me thinking so I started looking around in the Table for typos. I did find one, however when i changed it back, I was still getting errors. I opened up the retry.asm file and started looking in there for typos..... but that's way out of my league. I decided to just copy all the files from my original Retry.Zip folder and replace them, hoping that if i did accidentally change something in the retry.asm file, a clean file would solve my problem. Unfortunately, again this did not work. I decided to do a test run with a completely clean rom. I copied all the retry files and ASAR files into a new folder and tested it with the new copy of SMW. everything worked perfectly to my surprise. My next thought was something is up with my project rom. I thought it was out of options:( I then started thinking, maybe i accidentally did something to a ASAR fiile? Maybe i accidentally deleted one? My last shot in the dark was to copy all the ASAR files back into my project folder and hope for the best. Low and behold there it was! Problem solved, no more errors. I have successfully added a checkpoint to my base level ( 3 ) and also added a checkpoint to my sub level ( 25 ). All the sub levels in my hack are/ will be pretty short, so i don't think i need a midway tape in any of them. Im just going to use the entrance to the sub level. I know this comment was really long but i wanted to explain my situation fully just in case someone else was having similar issues. Thanks for the help Dan, and hopefully you keep making these videos. They have helped me more than you know:)
@@danwilson6766 !!! That's awesome! That's actually flawless and efficient troubleshooting. Thank you for sharing your trials! I'm happy I could be a part of this and I'll be working on a discord server so people like you can share your progress and stories! I've had to go through a lot of troubleshooting like that, but at the end of it you get this new sense of determination. Love it!
I'm having trouble inserting custom sprites. I download it, I placed the cfg and asm files in the sprites folder, the whole gig. Sprite tool keeps saying there's an error detected. No I didn't use spaces in the text document, and typed .txt, the works. Do you know what I could be doing wrong? I've been having this problem for the last three days, and I'm kinda new to this. Say for instance I wanted to have www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=3243 in my hack. How would I properly insert it?
Hi Connor. Would you be able to copy and paste the error message that you get? I usually google the error messages and find the solutions that way. You can also try using PIXI instead of sprite tool. Get back to me with that error message and I'll see what we can do (:
@@DanOfMostTrades It says "Error detected in assembling .\sprites\BillBomber.asm It is recommended that you abort Sprite Tool at this time. Do not continue unless you are absolutely sure of what you are doing. Trying to continue will probably corrupt your ROM! I also tried PIXI, and it doesn't even open the rom. I didn't realize that smw hacking was more complicated than I thought.
@@connorlayman8331 I'm going to see if we can crack this tomorrow, it's about bed time for me. The first thing we'll do is look through the README and asm files to see if we're missing any details. I might push you more to get on PIXI, I'm doing some reading about this error code and apparently it has to do with using outdated versions of Sprite Tool, but more importantly all of the sprites on smwcentral have been optimized for PIXi and something called .. GIEPY.
@@basslex60fps50 I have a suggestion that may help you. To enable viewing file extensions on your files. If you're on windows 10, type "file extension" in the search bar and click on "Show file extensions" option. Scroll down to "Change settings to show file extensions". In here you will see a box that says [x] Hide extensions for known file types" , now deselect that box and click Apply.
When it asks for my patch name, I prefer to click and drag the patch from my file folder into asar. I do the same thing when it asks for the ROM name, i click and drag my .smc file into asar. This way, it will automatically populate the directory. Give it a try.
@@DanOfMostTrades Hey, you are my hero for sure. It works and find it out. Im new to this and please upload more and more stuff about smw. :) I found your video "part 1" from smw 4 days ago and was amazed how good you explain things. Thanks to you, i got it now with that instant retry thing ♥ it was so hard for me to do XD now for me the most important things, how to change the background and the mario sprites, the color from yoshi (i know how it works on mario xD ) or can i change the yoshi sprite? i have so many questions because im new to this "New World". Sorry for that large text Dan.
hi dan! before i ask any questions i wand to thank you for making these amazing tutorials! without you i would never be able to understand lunar magic XD. ok now i have a problem, when i try to insert a patch, it tells me that it might be garbage and that it can crash my rom. i looked though the reactions on this video if someone else had the same problem, and saw that the problem was that its a sfc file instead of a smc file. now my problem is: my rom is a sfc file (i dont know if it always was like that) but i cant find a way to change it to smc. do you know a way to do that? because as it looks like now i can only use patches if i make a completly new rom. (i hope you are still looking at these reactions, i see this video is form a year ago lol)
NJ Yay, thank you so much for your support! I think I found a solution to your problem on smwcentral. First (as always) make a duplicate of your files (just in case anything goes wrong). Now, for that suplicate, just change the file extension to .smc Let me know if your current computer settings don't allow you to modify and view the file extensions, there's a way to make that possible but I forgot it off the top of my head.
@@DanOfMostTrades thanks for the quick reply! i tried to change the file extension but i wasnt able to. i can only change the program my computer tries to run the file though by right clicking the file and go to properties. i also took a look if one of my backups might still have been a smc, but they are all sfc sadly. again, thanks for these amazing tutorials! i hope we can figure out this problem :)
@@nj_yay Are you using Windows 10? fileinfo.com/help/windows_10_show_file_extensions open your File Explorer, click View, Click the box for File Name Extensions
@@DanOfMostTrades it worked!!! i cant thank you enough! really dude, thank you so so much! once i finish my rom, im gonna add a thank you level for the people who helped me building it and your name is definitely gonna be in there!
Thanks develishantho! I think that's a great idea for the next episode. At first I knew I wanted to do hex editing, which - for example - lets you modify a bullet bill's speed, but let's also do custom sprite insertion AND custom block insertion. :D Thanks for your suggestion!
@@DanOfMostTrades woah thank you. It will help me a lot because there are not a lot of youtube videos that cover all the process (creating and not modify)
Thanks again for your support, Octo! I recommend prefacing your Google searches with "smwcentral" this will bring up threads and discussions of other people having similar questions. You've got a lot of questions and I want you to be able to find the answers to all of them (: for example, try "smwcentral top left Mario Luigi letters" or "smwcentral change player 1 player 2 HUD" Keep doing this until you find leads and answers! That's what I do :D by the way, after thinking about this for a bit, this may be a graphical change you can make in YY-CHR because I believe those words "MARIO" and "LUIGI" are actually graphics rather than individual letters.
Hi JC! I sort of can, sort of can't. The next video will focus on sprites, but not building them from scratch. I'll show how to import custom sprites from smwcentral, how to use the comments in their ASM to tweak them, and we'll also be doing some very dangerous hex editing >:D Hex editing is by far the most clunky and unstable thing that I can teach, but it's also the most fun. We'll be able to modify the values of a lot of existing vanilla sprites - things like thwimp jump height, bullet bill speed, and whether a hopping flame has a trail - or what else that trail can be. If you would like to get a head start on the very risky art of hex editing, the software we'll be using is HxD Portable Hex Editor, Lunar Address, and the smwcentral ROM map which can be found here: www.smwcentral.net/?p=memorymap&game=smw&u=0&address=&sizeOperation=%3D&sizeValue=®ion[]=rom&type=*&description= This link documents most of the known values in SMW that we can edit. Some hacking wizards know more, but to be honest I don't know how they even find out new values. If you're looking for help creating custom sprites through ASM code, I recommend seeing if twitter.com/dtothefourth can help you! He's a great guy and specializes in making all sorts of crazy ASM upon user request. Thank you for your support, JC! Have fun and good luck (:
Hi Chris, thank you very much for your support. I have let myself down in terms of releasing one video a month, and unfortunately my computer set-up is kind of transformed into a work-from-home situation at the moment. That being said, I will do my best to record the footage for the sprite tutorial this weekend. Thank you again for your support and good luck in your SMW hacking!
What can i do with this ??? Warning: The ROM title appears to be "ÞÞÑû}ز)iÖ³Ñùi", which looks like garbage. Is this your ROM title? (Note that inproperly answering "yes" will crash your ROM.
Hi Yosho. Can you offer some more context please? I unfortunately have no idea what this refers to, where it is, or what software you are seeing it in ):
Now works. The problem its make when you use a sfc file like Super Mario World.sfc... sooo yeah. The problems is fixed ^^. Thanks for the help. But if you can, i need help with another thing. In my hack i use a big boo, bit this guy lost his face and make mario disappears when im close to him. I don't know what this happend :c
@@Sr_Yosho oh!!!!! Wait I know that issue. It has to do with sprite memory settings. Click the Lakuti Head icon. I don't remember the exact settings, but I can try to help later today, or try searching " smwcentral sprite memory big boo " (: good luck!
Hi Final Theory, thank you very much for your interest. I have just completed a video on custom sprites. The upload will likely take about 12 hours, and I plan to initiate the upload tonight while I sleep as to not take up my bandwidth during work hours. I have bittersweet news, which is that I was recently promoted at my job. This means that I only have a few hours a week to work on SMW related material, and my next project is finish my ROM hack Robfather World 2. Although I don't have much experience with custom blocks, it's possible that that could be my next video, although it may take me several months to get to. Thank you again for your interest.
Hey Dubose, fortunately this is a very common issue with a very common fix. You can find a lot about it by pasting the error into google. The solution is to change the file extension of your ROM to .smc If your file extensions currently aren't visible, you can follow the directions here to learn how to turn them on and become a true hackerman. fileinfo.com/help/windows_10_show_file_extensions
@@DanOfMostTrades Thanks but I have another problem it isn't about patches its about world maps Mario keeps walking on a path that doesn't exist when I go up on a path it works fine but when I go back down it goes right and plays an invisible level and goes to the never-ending minigame I deleted everything around the point where he turns but it still does it
@@xboydubose7254 what do your green pathing lines look like? It should look like a tube. Most importantly, the tile immediately adjacent to the Stage square should come from the center of the block, not from a corner
@@DanOfMostTrades The paths line up with the levels but some of them cut off because I couldn't find any paths that would line up with it. If you can make custom paths could you tell me?
@@xboydubose7254 that's the problem. You have to build within the limitations of a 30 year old game. I do not know if there is a way to make new pathing blocks.
This is a great question, although unfortunately it has a lot of different routes we can take with it. One route is by inserting custom sprites with PIXI. The other is to modify the terrain of some of the boss levels, although it's really only a few to choose from, and more often than not we're limited with what we can change without breaking the game. I personally used this smwcentral thread to get my start on bosses: www.smwcentral.net/?p=viewthread&t=33922 good luck!
Thank so much Junky!! I'm happy to help. I have been thinking about making a video for UberASM, but I should tell you that I still have a lot to learn about it as well. It's possible I'll make a little snack video to include a few things, such as: 1. The off-screen indicator (shows a red exclamation mark when Mario is above the screen) 2. On/Off switch block double-hit prevention (if you bonk in between two on/off switches, normally it double registers, but now it only registers once) If you don't mind, could you tell me the UberASM patches you want to insert? I'll be happy to do my best to research them and include them in the video! Thank you again for your support (:
@@JunkyTKorn Thanks for that! From what I understand of the wall kick, there are more than one - so I'll try to find the best version (: I'm looking forward to this!
I have a pretty good idea of why. You're not alone, most anti virus detectors will flag asar as a virus, because the code inside asar is used to change the code of your rom, which is similar to how some real viruses work- they try to alter your system files. The good news is that everything submitted to smwcentral has to go through an approval process first. Asar is a trusted software. That being said, always be cautious when downloading unfamiliar software. The nice thing about smwcentral is that the staff is actually really approachable. If you have further concerns I bet you can DM them and they will get back to you (:
Ok I understand this might not be the most popular comment but is there a way you can add the retry system onto older hacks i.e riff world I understand play how its made but i personally enjoy hacks a lot more with retry ty ethier way this is answered
Hi Gideons! Thank you for your question, and it's actually a really really good question. I will preface by saying it's probably difficult, but possible. Here's a quick story: I tried modifying Akogare World to have no music so I could stream on Twitch with different music in the background, but when I tested it out, all of the goal tapes at the end of the levels broke. I think the issue was... I used a different version of Lunar Magic than the creator, and that lead to changed values on certain objects and whatnot, which caused the glitch. So, I believe there's a chance to make a modified version of Riff World with retry system. It just may take many tries, or maybe some tedious restructuring of the game. Of course, in respect to the creator (Freakin_HA) don't upload your version onto smwcentral without his consent (: but I'm sure you only intend to use it privately!!! Also, side note, I 100% agree with you. I love instant retry :D Anyway, give me a few days and I'll play around with this and try to give you a solid answer. And let me know if you get it to work before me! Thanks again for your question!
@@DanOfMostTrades wow thank you so much and 100% anything i did to modify the game which honestly for most games would only be a retry system would be for my personal use i didnt create these great hacks i just love to play them lol but i just dont have the time in the day to sit and play for hrs on end even though i would love to and retry really does help with that so ya if theres anything you could do id really apperciate it and ill definately be messing around seeing if i can
Hi Green Zelda. All you have to do to fix this is start over your game on a fresh save file. Entering a save file that already has progress won't allow the patch to properly take effect. Good luck and have fun!
Windows Defender isn't very happy about the latest release of Asar for some reason. It just deleted it without warning. I'm not sure if this is a false positive (probably), but just putting this out there
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This helped me a lot to start my rom hack. I inserted a very cool patch that allows Mario to wall kick :D And I am working on SMB3 screen scrolling pipes.
Cruel Kaizo I'm so happy to hear that!! I've seen that wall jump patch before, very fun!! You're inserting patches I've never inserted before (: Best of luck on the future of our ROM hacking journey.
Thanks for this fantastic series of videos, Dan.
Once again incredibly helpful, I wish more professors taught like you, clear and concise. Congratulations on the job and Robfather 2 progress, the first is one of my favorite hacks. Thank you for the time you spend in making these.
Thanks for your continued support, Devun :D this comment made me really happy for a number of reasons. I will continue to make more videos like this!!
DanOfMostTrades it says checksum has been tempered with
Bro thankyou so much! I know this is a late comment but I'm really happy you got a job you wanted and thankyou for teaching me everything I know on lunar magic. Seriously, I owe you!
That's super kind, thank you (: if I could make yourube a fulltime job I would, it's fun lol
Best of luck in all of your projects, I hope you make great things!
@@DanOfMostTrades thanks alot! also when i try to patch the retry system into my rom, it doesn't work. instead it says C:\Users\jacks\Downloads
etry-v2.06c
etry.asm:62: error: Unknown command. [while read1($00A304+0) != $60]
C:\Users\jacks\Downloads
etry-v2.06c
etry.asm:2677: error: Misplaced endif [endif]
Errors were detected while assembling the patch. Assembling aborted. Your ROM has not been modified.
Press any key to continue . . .
Also there is an issue with the blocks. question mark and turn blocks when i hit them they damage me. is there a work around that?
Also there is an issue with the blocks. question mark and turn blocks when i hit them they damage me. is there a work around that?
One more thing, is there any possibility you could make a custom music tutorial cos i am really needing some custom music for my game.
From now on, you, sir, are my God! Thank you for the great content and please don't stop doing it!
Well heck, DanOfMostHoliness doesn't flow off the tongue, but I appreciate your support very much (: work has been hard, but I promise I will continue making tutorials!! I've already planned out most of the next video, which will focus on sprites and how to modify them. Thank you again for your support :D
Thank you so much Dan! I've been waiting for the next episode 😁
Thanks for your support JS! I hope it helps you with your projects (:
THIS IS LITERALLY *THE THING I WAS TRYING TO RESEARCH* and THENNNN *ALSO ANOTHER THING THAT I WAS ALSO RESEARCHING, BUT WASN'T AT THIS VERY MOMENT.*
Thank you for this video!!!!!
I've learned so much, thank you for making these videos!
Thanks for the support! I really appreciate it (:
This tutorial was very useful. Keep up with the work and good luck with your job!
Thank you Ivan :D I appreciate the support!!
@@DanOfMostTrades Thanks for the notice!
These videos are extremely helpful for someone relatively new to this scene, especially considering how little relevant content is out there. Thanks Dan!
Thanks so much for the love, Felix! I try to fill those same gaps that I experienced when I was starting out in Lunar Magic. It makes me happy to hear it's working!! Good luck on your Lunar Magic journey :D
your videos were incredibly helpful I just completed a demo version of my first hack with ASM! thanks for making these! I played through Robfather world and am on the special worlds now. lots of fun!
Hi Hasenauer! I'm going to be honest, I just found this thing in TH-cam that lets me see all the comments that I haven't responded to. I'm sorry I missed this one! I am very grateful for your positive words and support (: let me know how your hack is going, I am interested!! Thanks again.
AAAAAAY! I've been itching to try out Lunar Magic but I haven't been able to find a good place to start. I think your tutorials will be able to help. Thank you.
I know that feeling!! I sincerely hope you get your footing! Thank you for the kind words and feel free to leave any questions :D
new ep hype!
hi dan! firt of all thank you very very much for all the videos, now im creating a nice rom hack (it's my first) and also y finished your robfather's 1 and for god saint, the especial levels where de number plattforms are, was so dificult !! but i loved it. Well that's all i wanted to say greetings from argentina =)
Thanks so much for your support Cangrejo (: I really appreciate it!! Best of luck on your rom creation!!
SMART SMART SMART! Dude I'm going to binge this.
T-t-taco REMIX, great to hear from you. I haven't been on Twitch much lately, but I hope you are still floating around in your clown car apparatuses :D best of luck in your Lunar Magic journeys and feel free to leave some questions!
DanOfMostTrades mostly just trying to figure out how to convert an mp3 to a format compatible to playing the game on SNES. That and you know me, trying to figure out the custom sprite situation
Thank you thpse are the best tutorials on earth, seriously!
Very amazing tutorial it helps a lot for all who uses this thank you so much!! By the way can you do a video on how to insert dynamic sprites
Thank you very much,this was a well made video!
I'm having troubles getting the retry patch. The only difference I realize is that you have a file in the folder called "sysLMRestore" and I don't. Is this needed? If so, how do I add it to the folder?
The error message I'm getting is the following:
retry.asm:29: error: (E5039): SNES address 00FFD5 in read function out of bounds. [if read1($00FFD5) == $23]
retry.asm:40: error: (E5039): SNES address 05DAA3 in read function out of bounds. [if read1($05DAA3) == $5C]
Edit: I got it to work! I joined the SMW central discord server, and they helped me. If anyone else has the same problem, make sure that the file doesnt have 0KB, and that you rename it so that its .smc not .sfc
Thanks a ton, you really helped me get started!
Thanks for watching! :D happy I could help!
Thanks very much again for this video. look terrible to learn but this helped a lot to start understanding a very very little bit what i'm actualy reading on smw central. Was searching on how to add a sword to mario. I'm drowning in this ocean 🤣.
Lol I know Cayme it is crazy. Keep learning one thing at a time and it'll be smooth!
@@DanOfMostTrades yes you're totally right. My 10 years on FL Studio help a little bit to stay focus but wow.... That increase a lot my respect to those hack i've played. Just incredible. Just now i think about Eevee Who did Sicari's hack.
Thank you sooo much. Tutorials are easy and clear. Need to get that midi to .txt down so i can import more custom music.
Thanks for the support :D to be honest I want to learn some more porting techniques before I make that video. It just feels like I'm missing some key tools, but I have enough to make it work.
hey dan! i already have a question again XD
no problem or something this time luckily, but do you know how i get working on/off blocks in my rom? the switches are just objects it can place down, but i cant find blocks that react on hitting a switch. do i need to insert those in the rom like the patches?
th-cam.com/video/fvFfddpbRlA/w-d-xo.html
Here's the tutorial I used to learn how to install those on/off blocks!! If you don't speak Spanish, just mute the video and follow along with the visuals. Enjoy!
That's an really good start for me, I'm just having an issue with the retry.asm part. I have successfully inserted the patch into my hack via Asar as well, and did with no problems, but after testing, it happens that every time i click on retry after dying on a level the screen goes black and the level won't load again, what's going on here?
Hi Redemption! I've seen this issue before, I'm trying to remember some of the causes. I know the most common one, you have to start a new save file in order for the retry system to take effect, so make sure you aren't playing on a slot where you already beat some levels. Let's start there! It could also be some of the settings in the retry_table but we'll dive into that if the save file solution doesn't work. Let me know how it goes and thank you for your question!
@@DanOfMostTrades Thanks so much for considering it, by the way, i tried the save file method, didn't work still. even without erasing data of those files.
😍
Hey, how do I add custom block patches?
Any patch that isn’t a simple status bar remover or RETRY, It will result in an error.
I’ve tried to add one way conveyers, walljump blocks, smm spikes, death blocks, rainbow shell converters. and custom switch blocks, all of them result in an error. What do I do?!
Im having a problem with the asar separate luigi graphics, everytime I reset the game it only plays the nintendo presents screen and crashes, is there something im doing wrong?
The ASAR link says it's Mac compatible but I can't find a way to download it, clicking the button only downloads the Windows version.
Help. I installed the retry system without issue. Loaded up my rom and it appears to be all set (99 lives, death prompts the retry or exit option). However, when I click "retry" the screen fades to black, the sound of mario shooting a fireball occurs and it freezes on that black screen. How can I fix this?
Edit: To add, I do have a level with "use separate settings for midway entrance" enabled.
Edit 2: Fixed, needed to erase previous saved data of the rom. Was able to do so simply from the title screen.
Your tutorials are extremely helpful, thank you!
Thank you for your question Bruce! I'm happy you found the solution, which admittedly is an odd one, but has solved more problems than I can count. Feel free to leave any additional questions (: thanks for the support and good luck!
Hey so I'm having some problems. It says I need to download SNES Purify, but I don't know where I can find a safe link for that. Can you help me?
(Here is what it said so people can correct me if I'm dumb)
Enter patch name: retry.asm
Enter ROM name: Mario ROM.sfc
Warning: The ROM title appears to be "☻ΦΦÑû↑}¥²←)≡↑i♥Öⁿ↨Ñùi", which looks like garbage. Is this your ROM title? (Note that inproperly answering "yes" will crash your ROM.) no
Assembling aborted. snespurify should be able to fix your ROM.
Your ROM file has to end in .smc , I forgot what .sfc files are but they always cause the "looks like garbage" issue. Let's see if we can find a way to save your ROM as a .smc (:
Its nice to have more advanced tutorials on YT, barbs tutorial is pretty good but it doesnt cover any of the overworld stuff which imo is the most confusing part.
Thanks Magmatic! I remember how lost I was when I first started. I want new makers to have a more pleasant experience getting their feet wet.
@@DanOfMostTrades yeah when i first started i used probably every tutorial on smw central and restarted my hack like a billion times lol. Im glad i took the time to learn Lunar Magic, it gives me an outlet for all my creativity
Hi I tried to add a simple retry patch to kaizo mario (english).smc and I got an error that didn’t recognize the patch. Same thing with 999.asm a patch for 999 levels. Any tips on how to fix this? If you need the exact error I can send you that.
E5016 file wasn’t found?
When I click retry it kicks me out of my emulator. I use snes9x
Hello Owen! Make sure you've started playing on a new save file after inserting the Retry Patch. Let me know if the problem persists afterwards and we can troubleshoot further.
Thanks!
@@DanOfMostTrades ok I got it thatnks
@@OwenRantilla09 nice!!
Thank you so much Dan! I’ve always wanted to figure out how to use instant retry, and could never find the answer. Also I have one question, to add custom music, would I use the program AddMusicK? Other then that, your tutorials really help! You earned my subscription! 😁
Thanks DDragon (: you are exactly right, AddMusicK is the software used to add custom music.
Found here: www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=17546
You may also find use in "SPC700 Player" which is like a media player, but specifically for those custom music songs.
Found here: www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=15205
Thanks for your support and I'm really happy you got the retry system working!
DanOfMostTrades No problem! Thank you so much for the help! 😁👍🏼
Can you use FLIPS instead of asar to apply the retry patch? Also where did you find the retry patch was it on smw central? Thanks in advance much appreciated
Hi! Yes smwcentral is my favorite spot for resources. To find something, i usually go to google and type, for example, "smwcentral retry patch" and you'll get this link. www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=26078
it's the "with multiple checkpoints" which is optional. After applying this patch, you have to start on a new save file or it will not work.
As for your FLIPS question, I'm sorry but I do not remember. It has been a long time for me since doing any ROM hack work.
Good luck!
And how to edit overworld screen (with lives and level title) and game screen (yoshi coins time...)?
I have very good news about this question, which is that this episode covers how to remove the game screen details. Skip ahead to 15:26 and get the patch called Remove Status Bar (link in description) and it will get rid of the entire top display (:
However, editing the overworld screen to not show lives is a bit harder. But, feel confident. Here's how to do it.
0. Make a duplicate of your ROM just in case we accidentally break something
1. Make a blank text document in your current project folder (Right Click, New -> , Text Document) Make sure you don't click "Rich Text Document" because that one might cause problems.
2. Name your text document something like "removeOverworldLives.asm" or anything that will help you identify it.
3. Go to this smwcentral forum post www.smwcentral.net/?p=viewthread&t=98998
4. Scroll down a little bit until you see some cool code. It will look something like this:
org $00A15A
BRA $02
org $04A530
db $FE
5. Copy and paste that code into your text file. Be careful not to include anything extra, it should JUST be that code with nothing else.
6. Click Save on your text file
7. Insert the patch with ASAR just like normal (:
Aaaaand you're done! Give it a try!
Please reply back if there are any errors. I will help you to see this to completion!
Thanks for watching and thanks for your questions!
@@DanOfMostTrades thank you ☺ 😊 👍
aaaaaaaaand another question lol. i've been trying to get this object called "screen scroll pipes" in my rom. but the readme is very very long and i dont really understand it XD. can you help me with that as well? :)
Sorry NJ! I do not know how those work, and unfortunately I'm short on time. Some ROM hack endeavors are crazy complicated, and it's up to you to decide if it's worth the headache or not on a case-by-case basis lol
no worries dude, i'll try to figure it out :) thanks so much for the on/off blocks tutorial and again the tutorials you made. when i figure out how the pipes work, shall i ley you know? than you can also use them in the future :D
@@nj_yay sure NJ (: that sounds awesome. Thank you!!
I got the black screen after installing the rety patch. You have to delete your in game save file and start a new file and it fixes the issue.
Hello DanOfMostTrades, I want to insert a patch that is this: www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=19396. But I don't know how to put it, and also I don't want the patch to be active on one level. (not at all). Can you help me place it? It is with Asar. Regards!!
Off-topic, But I made a level and for some reason, there's a bunch of top water tiles at the start of the level. Do you know how to fix it?
Ohhh waitwait, I think I know about this. It's not that they are tiles, but that the level's settings are default like that. I typically like to start with blank slate levels. It's likely that the level you chose to re-make has some pre-existing settings. I think you can change it by using the blue poison mushroom button, the mario head and/or lakitu head button, or the fishy Layer 3 button. I'm 90% sure it's one of those!!!! If you can tell me the level ID i bet we can actually google and solve this one fairly easily.
Thanks for your question!
@@DanOfMostTrades Thanks! I'll try those out sometime! Btw, what do you mean by "Level ID"?
@@DanOfMostTrades Okay, I just made it so you couldn’t go to the start.
Great tutorials Dan!! How do you have multiple checkpoints within a sublevel without using pipes or doors? Just multiple H that take you to different Midway starting points. I've seen a celeste SMW hack that has that.
Hi Nicolas Cage! Thank you for saving the declaration of independence. For multiple midway points, there are some special settings to use. You're probably using this patch www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=17409 which is good. I can't tell you EXACTLY how to do it (because I have not personally done it), however this patch has some very valuable notes in the README and instructions files. Be sure to read them all, and it will tell you how to do it (: Please come back with results and/or follow up questions, as I am curious to see where this goes.
Ok so here's a question:
You say this "patches" the rom. Does that mean... permanently for anyone who I share the rom to? Or locally, and anyone I share this rom with will need to download these things for them to take effect?
Also, will this interfere with general Lunar Magic editing at all? (I assume not, but wanna ask.)
I'm so sorry I'm just seeing this now. I have the feeling you have already solved this problem ages ago, but I'll answer in case anyone else is looking for the answer or you just need some closure in your life lol.
The patch will apply to the ROM permanently, so if you share the .smc or the other type (i forgot what it's called), they will have the changes. Just like making changes to a Word document or PDF! The patches only apply to the file that you select in ASAR, so it won't effect your other projects or back-ups. The changes most likely won't be noticeable until you playtest the ROM, so it won't interfere with general Lunar Magic editing.
are you going to make another episode soon? :D
Hi again Adrian! Yes I am. I am in the recording phase. Thanks for asking (:
Hi, hello there.
I actually have two questions: The first being how I can access the subworld of a level, because I've got no clue how to get there. And the second question is how can I change the colour palette of Mario? I was able to change his colours in Lunar Magic, which I could see from the sprites of the Entrances. But these changes didn't take effect in the game itself when I tested it out. How can I permanently change Marios colour palette for the entirety of the game?
Hello friendly neighborhood MURDERER! Thank you for your two questions! I'm imagining you're coming from a Mario Maker background, where all levels have a subworld by default. In Lunar Magic, it's completely different. Although it is not as convenient, it is infinitely more customizable.
-To start, go to your level and click the top tab that says View -> then click Screen Exits. The way Lunar Magic works, if you go through a door or a pipe, it will register where to go based on which "Screen Exit" section you are in.
-Next, click on the very first DOOR icon, in the top menu with all the icons. It should say "Open Modify Screen Exits Dialogue" when you mouse-over it. Here, you click that drop-down tab and select which SCREEN EXIT your door/pipe is in.
-To check which screen exit it is, zoom out a little and it should be on the top of the giant blue rectangle.
-After selecting the desired screen exit, there's a blank space that says "Level Destination" go ahead and type in the level number that you want Mario to go to.
-I highly recommend using this resource www.tapatalk.com/groups/smw_archives/level-list-lunar-magic-t13.html to tell you which levels can be used as Sub Levels.
-Lastly, there are a few check boxes below it, but we don't need to get into those for now.
On to Mario's palette. This is actually super weird. The only way to change Mario's palette is through ASM. What I use is this patch here: www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=18372
You can actually specify different palettes for Mario when he's big, small, cape, and flower. It's a bit confusing at first, there's a table in here that you'll have to fill out, but if you study the README file and all the notes in the ASM, it should tell you how to change it (: Best of luck and let me know if you have any followup questions! Thank you again for your questions.
@@DanOfMostTrades Thank you for you lengthy and in-depth response, I appreciate it. This was really helpful!
HELP! When i press the retry button, it puts me in the bonus when you get 100 stars ! 😢
Try starting a new save file. This solves that issue 90% of the time. Let me know if it works! If not, I'll find another solution.
Also, skip ahead to 19:54 and you'll see it happen to me (:
@@DanOfMostTrades Omg that is so stupid... but thank you I guess 😁btw Robfather World was awesome, loved it !
Hey thank you so much Boule (: I agree it is stupid, but it is SO RELIEVING when it works again ahaha. For some reason it requires a fresh save file to work properly. Anyway good luck with the rest of your designing!!
@@DanOfMostTrades Hey i'm sorry but i have a new probleme now, ZMZ (my emulator) just won't work now, all i did was but it in full screen and now a popup appears saying "setdisplaymode failed" and it is just a black screen. I can still hear the game but a can't see anything. I've searched but i found nothing... Please help :(
(sorry for bad english)
Hey, first off all these videos have been a life saver! Quick question about the multiple checkpoints. I tried following along with the video but when i change what levels i want multiple checkpoints at and try to reinsert the patch, i keep getting errors. My level 3 has a pipe that goes to sublevel 25. when i change level 3 to 03 and level 25 to 03 in the table, save and reinsert, i get errors. its worth noting that i dont really need the midway tape for my sub levels, i just want my midway entrance to be the pipe i came into the sublevel from. Ill make due with the midway bar if needed though, whatever is easier. Any advice for a confused individual lol
Hi Dan! Thanks also for your support. Let's see if we can figure out what's going wrong here.
First off, I imagine you're dealing with the table at the very bottom of retry_table . asm
I have a strong suspicion that maybe a small typo occurred - try to make sure you didn't replace a comma with a period, or remove a $. The table should still be a perfectly uniform grid.
Oh wait! I also want to make sure that you are re-inserting retry. asm and not retry_table . asm.
Retry will grab data from Retry_Table automatically.
If none of these solutions work, let me know and I'll dig around my brain a bit more (:
@@DanOfMostTrades Hey Dan!
Thanks for replying so fast, I honestly wasnt expecting that! What you said got me thinking so I started looking around in the Table for typos. I did find one, however when i changed it back, I was still getting errors. I opened up the retry.asm file and started looking in there for typos..... but that's way out of my league. I decided to just copy all the files from my original Retry.Zip folder and replace them, hoping that if i did accidentally change something in the retry.asm file, a clean file would solve my problem. Unfortunately, again this did not work.
I decided to do a test run with a completely clean rom. I copied all the retry files and ASAR files into a new folder and tested it with the new copy of SMW. everything worked perfectly to my surprise. My next thought was something is up with my project rom. I thought it was out of options:( I then started thinking, maybe i accidentally did something to a ASAR fiile? Maybe i accidentally deleted one?
My last shot in the dark was to copy all the ASAR files back into my project folder and hope for the best. Low and behold there it was! Problem solved, no more errors. I have successfully added a checkpoint to my base level ( 3 ) and also added a checkpoint to my sub level ( 25 ). All the sub levels in my hack are/ will be pretty short, so i don't think i need a midway tape in any of them. Im just going to use the entrance to the sub level.
I know this comment was really long but i wanted to explain my situation fully just in case someone else was having similar issues.
Thanks for the help Dan, and hopefully you keep making these videos. They have helped me more than you know:)
@@danwilson6766 !!! That's awesome! That's actually flawless and efficient troubleshooting. Thank you for sharing your trials! I'm happy I could be a part of this and I'll be working on a discord server so people like you can share your progress and stories! I've had to go through a lot of troubleshooting like that, but at the end of it you get this new sense of determination. Love it!
I'm having trouble inserting custom sprites. I download it, I placed the cfg and asm files in the sprites folder, the whole gig. Sprite tool keeps saying there's an error detected. No I didn't use spaces in the text document, and typed .txt, the works. Do you know what I could be doing wrong? I've been having this problem for the last three days, and I'm kinda new to this. Say for instance I wanted to have www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=3243 in my hack. How would I properly insert it?
Hi Connor. Would you be able to copy and paste the error message that you get? I usually google the error messages and find the solutions that way. You can also try using PIXI instead of sprite tool. Get back to me with that error message and I'll see what we can do (:
Also, I think this is the tutorial I used for Sprite Tool th-cam.com/video/z5mJ1wKUiyc/w-d-xo.html
@@DanOfMostTrades It says "Error detected in assembling .\sprites\BillBomber.asm It is recommended that you abort Sprite Tool at this time. Do not continue unless you are absolutely sure of what you are doing. Trying to continue will probably corrupt your ROM! I also tried PIXI, and it doesn't even open the rom.
I didn't realize that smw hacking was more complicated than I thought.
@@connorlayman8331 I'm going to see if we can crack this tomorrow, it's about bed time for me. The first thing we'll do is look through the README and asm files to see if we're missing any details. I might push you more to get on PIXI, I'm doing some reading about this error code and apparently it has to do with using outdated versions of Sprite Tool, but more importantly all of the sprites on smwcentral have been optimized for PIXi and something called .. GIEPY.
@@DanOfMostTrades Okay, thanks. Good night.
im a little confused with the patch name
Hi basslex. Please offer more context to your issue and I'll be happy to help.
@@DanOfMostTrades
i keep getting an error when trying to put on the quick restart
there is also no retry.asm just retry
@@basslex60fps50 I have a suggestion that may help you. To enable viewing file extensions on your files. If you're on windows 10, type "file extension" in the search bar and click on "Show file extensions" option. Scroll down to "Change settings to show file extensions". In here you will see a box that says [x] Hide extensions for known file types" , now deselect that box and click Apply.
@@DanOfMostTrades ok I’ll try thanks
what is the "patch name" for asar? Sorry for asking.
Is it: .asm? and rom name is: super mario world?
When it asks for my patch name, I prefer to click and drag the patch from my file folder into asar. I do the same thing when it asks for the ROM name, i click and drag my .smc file into asar.
This way, it will automatically populate the directory. Give it a try.
@@DanOfMostTrades the funny thing is i have only "license text" data and one readme text :( "License-gpl, lgpl, wtfpl and readme".
@@heyzenkaar4486 yeahhhh those are not patch files. I'm not sure what you have or where you got it from.
@@DanOfMostTrades Hey, you are my hero for sure. It works and find it out. Im new to this and please upload more and more stuff about smw. :)
I found your video "part 1" from smw 4 days ago and was amazed how good you explain things. Thanks to you, i got it now with that instant retry thing ♥
it was so hard for me to do XD
now for me the most important things, how to change the background and the mario sprites, the color from yoshi (i know how it works on mario xD )
or can i change the yoshi sprite? i have so many questions because im new to this "New World". Sorry for that large text Dan.
Hey can you please help me any one ... I cant find the old raccoon .ips
hi dan! before i ask any questions i wand to thank you for making these amazing tutorials! without you i would never be able to understand lunar magic XD.
ok now i have a problem, when i try to insert a patch, it tells me that it might be garbage and that it can crash my rom. i looked though the reactions on this video if someone else had the same problem, and saw that the problem was that its a sfc file instead of a smc file. now my problem is: my rom is a sfc file (i dont know if it always was like that) but i cant find a way to change it to smc. do you know a way to do that? because as it looks like now i can only use patches if i make a completly new rom.
(i hope you are still looking at these reactions, i see this video is form a year ago lol)
NJ Yay, thank you so much for your support!
I think I found a solution to your problem on smwcentral. First (as always) make a duplicate of your files (just in case anything goes wrong). Now, for that suplicate, just change the file extension to .smc
Let me know if your current computer settings don't allow you to modify and view the file extensions, there's a way to make that possible but I forgot it off the top of my head.
@@DanOfMostTrades thanks for the quick reply!
i tried to change the file extension but i wasnt able to. i can only change the program my computer tries to run the file though by right clicking the file and go to properties. i also took a look if one of my backups might still have been a smc, but they are all sfc sadly.
again, thanks for these amazing tutorials! i hope we can figure out this problem :)
@@nj_yay Are you using Windows 10?
fileinfo.com/help/windows_10_show_file_extensions
open your File Explorer, click View,
Click the box for File Name Extensions
@@DanOfMostTrades it worked!!! i cant thank you enough! really dude, thank you so so much! once i finish my rom, im gonna add a thank you level for the people who helped me building it and your name is definitely gonna be in there!
@@nj_yay happy I could help and thanks again for the support (: yes, feel free to ask more questions!
Wow cool. Can you make a tutorial about creating new ennemies sprites blocks please?
Thanks develishantho! I think that's a great idea for the next episode. At first I knew I wanted to do hex editing, which - for example - lets you modify a bullet bill's speed, but let's also do custom sprite insertion AND custom block insertion. :D Thanks for your suggestion!
@@DanOfMostTrades woah thank you. It will help me a lot because there are not a lot of youtube videos that cover all the process (creating and not modify)
How can I edit player 1 and player 2 also on the top left where it says Mario & Luigi _depending on P1 or P2_
Also I cannot wait for your ROM
Thanks again for your support, Octo!
I recommend prefacing your Google searches with "smwcentral" this will bring up threads and discussions of other people having similar questions. You've got a lot of questions and I want you to be able to find the answers to all of them (: for example, try "smwcentral top left Mario Luigi letters" or "smwcentral change player 1 player 2 HUD"
Keep doing this until you find leads and answers! That's what I do :D by the way, after thinking about this for a bit, this may be a graphical change you can make in YY-CHR because I believe those words "MARIO" and "LUIGI" are actually graphics rather than individual letters.
Can you make a tutorial on how to program sprites using asm?
Hi JC! I sort of can, sort of can't. The next video will focus on sprites, but not building them from scratch. I'll show how to import custom sprites from smwcentral, how to use the comments in their ASM to tweak them, and we'll also be doing some very dangerous hex editing >:D Hex editing is by far the most clunky and unstable thing that I can teach, but it's also the most fun. We'll be able to modify the values of a lot of existing vanilla sprites - things like thwimp jump height, bullet bill speed, and whether a hopping flame has a trail - or what else that trail can be. If you would like to get a head start on the very risky art of hex editing, the software we'll be using is HxD Portable Hex Editor, Lunar Address, and the smwcentral ROM map which can be found here:
www.smwcentral.net/?p=memorymap&game=smw&u=0&address=&sizeOperation=%3D&sizeValue=®ion[]=rom&type=*&description=
This link documents most of the known values in SMW that we can edit. Some hacking wizards know more, but to be honest I don't know how they even find out new values. If you're looking for help creating custom sprites through ASM code, I recommend seeing if twitter.com/dtothefourth can help you! He's a great guy and specializes in making all sorts of crazy ASM upon user request. Thank you for your support, JC! Have fun and good luck (:
Sprites are inserted with pixi.exe or another Sprite tool
Can you please make more of these vids. I really need a clear tutorial on inserting sprites using Pixie. Love you content please make more
Hi Chris, thank you very much for your support. I have let myself down in terms of releasing one video a month, and unfortunately my computer set-up is kind of transformed into a work-from-home situation at the moment. That being said, I will do my best to record the footage for the sprite tutorial this weekend. Thank you again for your support and good luck in your SMW hacking!
Yes me as well for some reason I always run into issues
What can i do with this ??? Warning: The ROM title appears to be "ÞÞÑû}ز)iÖ³Ñùi", which looks like garbage. Is this your ROM title? (Note that inproperly answering "yes" will crash your ROM.
Hi Yosho. Can you offer some more context please? I unfortunately have no idea what this refers to, where it is, or what software you are seeing it in ):
Now works. The problem its make when you use a sfc file like Super Mario World.sfc... sooo yeah. The problems is fixed ^^. Thanks for the help. But if you can, i need help with another thing. In my hack i use a big boo, bit this guy lost his face and make mario disappears when im close to him. I don't know what this happend :c
@@Sr_Yosho oh!!!!! Wait I know that issue. It has to do with sprite memory settings. Click the Lakuti Head icon. I don't remember the exact settings, but I can try to help later today, or try searching " smwcentral sprite memory big boo " (: good luck!
please make more videos and get really detailed with the info. show us how to make custom blocks and sprites.
Hi Final Theory, thank you very much for your interest. I have just completed a video on custom sprites. The upload will likely take about 12 hours, and I plan to initiate the upload tonight while I sleep as to not take up my bandwidth during work hours. I have bittersweet news, which is that I was recently promoted at my job. This means that I only have a few hours a week to work on SMW related material, and my next project is finish my ROM hack Robfather World 2. Although I don't have much experience with custom blocks, it's possible that that could be my next video, although it may take me several months to get to. Thank you again for your interest.
It doesn't work it keeps saying "The name of your ROM seems to be (some gibberish that I never named it) is it the name?"
Hey Dubose, fortunately this is a very common issue with a very common fix. You can find a lot about it by pasting the error into google.
The solution is to change the file extension of your ROM to .smc
If your file extensions currently aren't visible, you can follow the directions here to learn how to turn them on and become a true hackerman.
fileinfo.com/help/windows_10_show_file_extensions
@@DanOfMostTrades Thanks but I have another problem it isn't about patches its about world maps Mario keeps walking on a path that doesn't exist when I go up on a path it works fine but when I go back down it goes right and plays an invisible level and goes to the never-ending minigame I deleted everything around the point where he turns but it still does it
@@xboydubose7254 what do your green pathing lines look like? It should look like a tube. Most importantly, the tile immediately adjacent to the Stage square should come from the center of the block, not from a corner
@@DanOfMostTrades The paths line up with the levels but some of them cut off because I couldn't find any paths that would line up with it. If you can make custom paths could you tell me?
@@xboydubose7254 that's the problem. You have to build within the limitations of a 30 year old game. I do not know if there is a way to make new pathing blocks.
How can I edit boss battles?
This is a great question, although unfortunately it has a lot of different routes we can take with it. One route is by inserting custom sprites with PIXI. The other is to modify the terrain of some of the boss levels, although it's really only a few to choose from, and more often than not we're limited with what we can change without breaking the game. I personally used this smwcentral thread to get my start on bosses:
www.smwcentral.net/?p=viewthread&t=33922
good luck!
@@DanOfMostTrades ah okay thank you (•‿•)
Continue with The tutorial
your videos are awesome and very useful, thx alot man. can you do a video about how to insert uber-asm in hacks ?
Thank so much Junky!! I'm happy to help. I have been thinking about making a video for UberASM, but I should tell you that I still have a lot to learn about it as well. It's possible I'll make a little snack video to include a few things, such as:
1. The off-screen indicator (shows a red exclamation mark when Mario is above the screen)
2. On/Off switch block double-hit prevention (if you bonk in between two on/off switches, normally it double registers, but now it only registers once)
If you don't mind, could you tell me the UberASM patches you want to insert? I'll be happy to do my best to research them and include them in the video!
Thank you again for your support (:
@@DanOfMostTrades Im interested in the "wall kick" one and the exploding death animation.
@@JunkyTKorn Thanks for that! From what I understand of the wall kick, there are more than one - so I'll try to find the best version (: I'm looking forward to this!
@@DanOfMostTrades nice ! Im looking forward to the next video as well
when i try to download the asar application from smwcentral it seems to be a virus.. do you know whats going on?
I have a pretty good idea of why. You're not alone, most anti virus detectors will flag asar as a virus, because the code inside asar is used to change the code of your rom, which is similar to how some real viruses work- they try to alter your system files. The good news is that everything submitted to smwcentral has to go through an approval process first. Asar is a trusted software. That being said, always be cautious when downloading unfamiliar software. The nice thing about smwcentral is that the staff is actually really approachable. If you have further concerns I bet you can DM them and they will get back to you (:
@@DanOfMostTrades thanks for the interesting insight! this info should be found right under the post on smwcentral..
Ok I understand this might not be the most popular comment but is there a way you can add the retry system onto older hacks i.e riff world I understand play how its made but i personally enjoy hacks a lot more with retry ty ethier way this is answered
Hi Gideons! Thank you for your question, and it's actually a really really good question. I will preface by saying it's probably difficult, but possible. Here's a quick story: I tried modifying Akogare World to have no music so I could stream on Twitch with different music in the background, but when I tested it out, all of the goal tapes at the end of the levels broke. I think the issue was... I used a different version of Lunar Magic than the creator, and that lead to changed values on certain objects and whatnot, which caused the glitch.
So, I believe there's a chance to make a modified version of Riff World with retry system. It just may take many tries, or maybe some tedious restructuring of the game. Of course, in respect to the creator (Freakin_HA) don't upload your version onto smwcentral without his consent (: but I'm sure you only intend to use it privately!!! Also, side note, I 100% agree with you. I love instant retry :D Anyway, give me a few days and I'll play around with this and try to give you a solid answer. And let me know if you get it to work before me! Thanks again for your question!
@@DanOfMostTrades wow thank you so much and 100% anything i did to modify the game which honestly for most games would only be a retry system would be for my personal use i didnt create these great hacks i just love to play them lol but i just dont have the time in the day to sit and play for hrs on end even though i would love to and retry really does help with that so ya if theres anything you could do id really apperciate it and ill definately be messing around seeing if i can
@@Gideons1255 Great plan, Gideons! Talk soon (:
Every time I die I respawn on level 000
Hi Green Zelda. All you have to do to fix this is start over your game on a fresh save file. Entering a save file that already has progress won't allow the patch to properly take effect. Good luck and have fun!
Windows Defender isn't very happy about the latest release of Asar for some reason. It just deleted it without warning. I'm not sure if this is a false positive (probably), but just putting this out there