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Floating IPS (Flips) v1.31

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Green Jerry Link
When you try creating an IPS with a ROM that's 16 MB (16,777,216 bytes), such as some GBA ROMs, an error pops up, as if it thinks the file is larger than that.
art61 Link
#lm{specpal}#lm{specpal}#lm{specpal}#lm{specpal}#lm{specpal}
MarioSMWGooder Link
N I C E
xcalibur Link
It does an essential task, and it works without trouble. Good stuff!
polery Link
i#smw{:TUP:}
Cosmic_Pizza Link
Yeah nice one lad
Miriao- Link
#wario{<3}
chamander11 Link
#smrpg{y}
dashfantendo Link
wow, very nice
Peter Games_Br Link
pefect,is amazing
foxsouns Link
Originally posted by Shiva619
Originally posted by BlueToad
Originally posted by M. Yusuf Suleman
Originally posted by oderjunks
Time to hope and pray that wine can handle this...
There is a JavaScript version online.

But that can only apply a patch, not create one.


Try RomPatcherJS


also there is literally instructions for compilation on mac/linux at the gh, and there is a linux binary provided.
LucasBLimberg Link
Funciona no celular?
Shiva619 Link
Here is the latest binary compiled with winlibs_mingw-w64.
Squirrell Link
this keeps creating ips patches when i click saves as bps :(
Shiva619 Link
Originally posted by BlueToad
Originally posted by M. Yusuf Suleman
Originally posted by oderjunks
Time to hope and pray that wine can handle this...
There is a JavaScript version online.

But that can only apply a patch, not create one.


Try RomPatcherJS
BlueToad Link
Originally posted by M. Yusuf Suleman
Originally posted by oderjunks
Time to hope and pray that wine can handle this...
There is a JavaScript version online.

But that can only apply a patch, not create one.
JosephTheCube Link
Originally posted by oderjunks
Time to hope and pray that wine can handle this...
There is a JavaScript version online.
UFrozenO Link
Good
foxsouns Link
this is 5 years outdated. you can build it yourself at https://github.com/Alcaro/Flips if you care about being recent.
waldo3ds17 Link
okkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
#smrpg{y}
EL PEPE Link
como de descarga?
Shiva619 Link
It is outdated, see https://github.com/Alcaro/Flips
carinhadaskina Link
gostei'-'
The WHG Modz Link
Who Else Is Making A Super Mario World Hack To Be "Productive" In Quarantine
enrich Link
Nice
enrich Link
LMAO
mixernock Link
esto es lo mas util del mundo#smw{:TUP:}
federcioloyo Link
sin él no podría jugar smw :D
Noah_aka_Feldi Link
Its the main program for SMW romhacks :)
Wolfguy423 Link
great file!
AccurateZoomer Link
Good tool for patching
GuiMiTomo Link
Woah! This helped me Patch my Super Gui World rom hack!
El Cuh Fermin Link
Super useful tool. Awesome. It works.
Andyana Jonseph Link
Keeps crashing when I'm about to choose a file.
thetic24 Link
this program ROCKS!!!!!!!!
MarioAndLuigi404 Link
I loved this tool! It worked perfectly and it created all my patches! Thank you for making this a dream come true!
gmdKowa Link
Tried using the JavaScript version, but whenever I try to convert a patch, it gives me an error saying "wrong input file". Does anyone know how to avoid this?
Nanomata Link
#w{<3}soooo goood!! NO bugs
CD20Superness Link
Originally posted by Fermín Acosta Jr.
Originally posted by CD20Superness
There is a bug that causes not to patch some files. I guess it's the BPS, but IDK what is it. Overall, garbage material. Or better yet, screw the BPS file. Bring back the IPS file back.


BPS patch is patch that can use for any roms. but use original rom instead of modified rom file


I guess I have a dirty ROM file. I need to reinstall it just to change my rating on this.
El Cuh Fermin Link
Originally posted by CD20Superness
There is a bug that causes not to patch some files. I guess it's the BPS, but IDK what is it. Overall, garbage material. Or better yet, screw the BPS file. Bring back the IPS file back.


BPS patch is patch that can use for any roms. but use original rom instead of modified rom file
Kristianzara Link
Always perfect! #smw{:TUP:}
erpster2 Link
Originally posted by icky
#smw{...}How do I use this to patch stuff on Mac?


maybe use the javascript version of Flips on any Mac OS
icky Link
#smw{...}How do I use this to patch stuff on Mac?
Gent Gashi Link
I hate when its wrong patch for SR8 SoH #smw{>:|}
Nyan Cat Link
Good,but what i do to remove the patch?#smw{o_O?}
Mechanical koopa Link
extremely useful for any romhacks, just be sure to use the online version if you don't have windows. 5\5 awesome tool
oderjunks Link
Time to hope and pray that wine can handle this...
viniciuskombat Link
Thank you #smw{:TUP:}
foxsouns Link
absolute must have for a rom-hacker/just general rom hack player. i love the simplicity, yet preformability of the thing. thank you.
MilkyMooer Link
Great tool.
3sunsquare Link
thx dude :)
TheLucraftTeam Link
A+ Patcher#smw{:peace:}
FadyHosny Link
Like all said, A must have. #smw{:TUP:}
I don't know a good name. Link
Did it really jump 110K+ downloads in under a week?

Whatever. It's the best thing ever uploaded to SMWCentral after Lunar Magic.
Robloxfan011257YT Link
This can help us play hacks
Holy Shinx Link
It's great program, probably a must have
Heyzeus18 Link
thank u
earthmeLon Link
Thank you for providing this!

- Be careful as the default behavior when not providing an output file is to overwrite the source file >_< .
GaloombaCat Link
well it works
MCB Link
Mine wont even open now.
Iron8127 Link
it works,just there's something i noticed happening. i try to patch one rom that's already patched via this tool,but it keeps overriding the previous patch,why is it doing this?
MCB Link
OK, so it's not just me. Mine keeps saying the same thing when trying to patch to play.
caiofigueireido917 Link
wow
snbdude Link
Try downloading another ROM or redownload your ROM. There might be something wrong with it.
HORITO_gaming Link
I'm having the same issue as Pancake001. Trying to apply a patch and get the "This patch is not intended for this ROM." I'm running the latest version, 1.31. A few days ago, I used it and worked fine. Today, I've tried several different ROMs, including ones I've used previously. No luck.
Pancake001 Link
It randomly broke and it will not stop saying that the patch is not intended for the roms.
bruhsoundeffect Link
best tool for bps and ips #lm{owexstar}
DeepVein.ROMbosis Link
Magnificent!!!!1!!!!!!11111!!!!!



shrek is love shrek is life
Klug Link
Originally posted by pikapika200
How do I open it on mac? The mac tries to use the unarchiver to open exe files. Exe files don't open on mac.

The JavaScript version will do the job for you.
AidenQvD Link
Originally posted by pikapika200
How do I open it on mac? The mac tries to use the unarchiver to open exe files. Exe files don't open on mac.
Download wine ( I know the original poster won't read this, but if anyone else has this problem, I hope they see this message)
#tb{:>}
ahthedark Link
excellent
jona255 Link
XD
Wazzuper25 Link
Thank you!
PalaceSwitcher Link
good tool. all i really have to say
Xtra XD Link
XD
pikapika200 Link
How do I open it on mac? The mac tries to use the unarchiver to open exe files. Exe files don't open on mac.
jack5881 Link
Thanks for sharing
Nintendineo Link
FINALLY WORKED

wow#smw{9.9}
Alcaro Author Link
About two years ago.
Satsumaimo Link
I haven't done anything SMW hacking related for a, long, time. When did the standard change from IPS to BPS, and why?

Anyway, thanks for letting us download it here on the site, I'll take it #tb{:DD}
Captain_nick123 Link
beautiful, now i can unpack some roms !
MarioTuber1 Link
Need help. Can't find .ibps or .bps files
Jaden P. Link
This software is almost flawless!
Jaden P. Link
This software is almost flawless!
JacobTheMarioGamer Link
Very good. Now I can create my own hacks. Super Mario Maker can never beat this rom hacking site. It has more stuff to use. Graphics, Slopes, Sprites, AND MY FAVORITE THING, SWITCH PALACES! Good luck SMW Central!
tobitin Link
its very good!
yygdrasil Link
l'indispensable merci beaucoup
marazzmatika Link
Why everybody here using BPS patches instead of IPS?
Kuldz Link
Whole New World , Works Great , Thanks .
Alcaro Author Link
BETTER THAN ZSNES
Sonic_BR Link
GOOD
schalker123 Link
wow es genial :)
TheBiob Link
You want to select a clean SMW ROM there.
Ilieiulian Link
When i open the rom hack i want to play with flips it says select a base file
PLZ help
AwesumIndustrys Link
There's no Mac OS binary. Do I have to compile it?
Steviebabs2685 Link
Having same problem as @Simifiguy. ROMClean found Super Mario World.smc clean

Steve
 Minuy600 Link
shoutouts to :muncher:
Young Boi Link
shoutouts to simpleflips
SweatyNoodle Link
Shoutouts to simpleflips
SweatyNoodle Link
Shoutouts to simpleflips
djb1024 Link
Works great on Fedora Linux. Thanks!
randomdude999 Link
You can convert a headered (.smc) ROM to unheadered (.sfc) here.
willian125677 Link
This is fair, just saying. Problem is that I've no idea where I'll find an unheadered rom, neither if I can make the rom unheadered.
Thanks for the info randomdude999.


Edit: with a tool to add/remove headers (just look for tush), I could use floating properly. It does apply patches, but only on unheadered roms. This is weird, but acceptable.
randomdude999 Link
The online patcher doesn't account for headered/unheadered ROMs. It seems that Flips creates patches against unheadered ROMs behind the scenes. The online patcher doesn't support that, so you need to use unheadered ROMs with it instead.
willian125677 Link
So romclean means the rom is clean and suitable to use, but the javascript version of floating keep saying "wrong input file". How do I know if the rom is indeed clean and will work on this tool or not? Note that the desktop version of floating ips works normally with both roms I've found.
hobbledehoy899 Link
@TheWhiteBearYTP What about that message is hard to understand?
TheWhiteBearYTP Link
i not hve an idea?!?!?! delete "This patch is not intended for this rom" this makes me rage?!?
Alcaro Author Link
nice

now try submitting that comment to whatever hack you intended to submit it to
Konata Izumi Link
@hobbledehoy899 What? this is a ROM Patcher, not an SPC dumper of some sort.
hobbledehoy899 Link
I noticed you said that you composed the soundtrack yourself and thus you wouldn't want to release the .spc files, but could the soundtrack ever be released as precompiled CD-quality .wav files?
Konata Izumi Link
wow nice
Zacktheradicalguy Link
sorry
Alcaro Author Link
copy? what, this is the original.
Zacktheradicalguy Link
Thanks for create a copy of floating ips
NES Boy Link
I'm using the JavaScript version, by the way. (And I just realized I could just edit my previous post instead of double posting. Stupid me.)
NES Boy Link
I'm having trouble applying BPS patches to the SMW ROM I usually use, which is an .smc file. I tried changing it to an .sfc file, but it didn't work. I downloaded another SMW ROM from a different site, but I still get a "wrong imput file" prompt.
leonardodmss Link
How do i run this app on my mac?
The extension is .exe
TheBiob Link
It does though.
MinecraftPro297 Link
1 problem: doesn't allow you to patch SMW bps patches to your game. That's funny since the freaking description says: "Applies and creates IPS and BPS patches."
luigi1995 Link
I don't know why people stopped making ppf patches for SM64 hacks. I try to patch an IPS patch to a CLEAN UNEXTENDED USA sm64 rom (what any tutorial says) and it says "this patch is not intended for this ROM"

Maybe I missed something but I can't play these hack for now...

EDIT : I found the solution, that's just because my rom wasn't a good dump while it was clean, I noticed that it didn't had a [!] next to it's name. Now it worked ! I let my message in case of people are in the same situation as me...
hobbledehoy899 Link
That'd be the joke (kind of like the GNU's image manipulation program, Gimp.)
Alcaro Author Link
Tell me how to pronounce Flbps without sounding like a fart.
hobbledehoy899 Link
If you ever release a new version you should rename it to Floating BPS.
MarioManZX Link
I cant do that...it says i cant patch Star Road to the original SM64 rom
hobbledehoy899 Link
IPS patches do care whether a ROM is "clean" or not, that's why BPS was set as the new standard.
SteveGamer68 Link
I patch an .ips file with a .sfc file and it gives me a black screen.
hobbledehoy899 Link
BPS patches don't care whether a ROM is "clean" or not.
TheBiob Link
Originally posted by Simifiguy
I keep getting "this patch is not intended for this ROM".

Then you most likely have a wrong rom. Make sure you're rom is clean. Maybe try and run it through this tool.
Simifiguy Link
I keep getting "this patch is not intended for this ROM".
SM64User Link
the FLIPS (floating ips) accepts .ips and .bps patches the LIPS (lunar ips) only accepts ips, hope i helped
Alcaro Author Link
Added Linux binary to the zip; not sure if anyone will use it, but it does no harm
hobbledehoy899 Link
With the rise of the BPS format it is absolutely essential (especially for the Linux users umoung us) to upgrade from FuSoYa's original Lunar IPS to this.
Alcaro Author Link
Then that's the wrong input file. Use only (U) [!], and only use the copy directly from the ROM site.
CrizzRejurjitatejd Link
Base file: Super Mario World.smc

Patch file: SMWBackToBasics.bps

wrong input file

WTF???
Alcaro Author Link
Why are all antiviruses so terrible these days
Green Jerry Link
It won't because it's accepted on the database.
atticusv Link
Will this give me a virus? I really don't want to have to take a chance so can someone please tell me if this will give me a virus or not? thanks
7 up Link
@ecx it can also patch BPS files
LDA Link
Try using a not-terrible antivirus
Final Theory Link
My Norton Anti-Virus keeps on deleting this and doesn't delete LIPS. This means LIPS is better because I don't have to worry about all the hassle this new program gives me.
yoshisisland Link
I have a program that detects this file as possessing a Trojan virus... :(
Alcaro Author Link
Starz Lol:

1) License says I'm not allowed to say no.
2) Probably not, but feel free to try. Older versions would be easier, since they're C, not C++, but I'm not sure if they're still around anywhere.

(we need a system where submission comments tell the author that something happened.)
Starz Lol Link
Great, but I have a couple questions:

1. Can I redistribute this as a DEB file for Ubuntu?
2. Can this be adapted to i286 MS-DOS somehow?
RiVaL_SMW Link
Thanks, worked perfect for me after patching my Rom to make it clean.
Alcaro Author Link
Berkay: There's a patch with that tag too.

It's weirder.


ecx: Copypasting from the thread:

Can apply multiple patches at once. (Can't create multiple patches at once, though; make a batch file if you need that.)
Can apply and create BPS patches.
Generated IPS patches are (usually) (slightly) smaller (99.9994% on SMWCP2 1-15-13.ips) than those from LIPS. Both LIPS and Flips are fully capable of applying patches generated with the other.
Can apply and create patches through the command line. (Note that you'll get the C:\> prompt again, with Flips' output on top, if launched from cmd directly; it works fine from batch files. It's either that or flashing a console window for a tiny while when it's double clicked, and a rare bug is better than a common bug.)
Can apply a patch and run it in an emulator without forcing the user to create temporary files.
Can compile and run on any platform you want. You can get Windows or GTK+ GUIs, or a CLI-only app depending only on libc. (No plans for an OS X port; I don't have any Macs nearby, though I'll include it if someone else makes one.)
Can handle files containing characters outside the 8-bit character set (for example フローティング.ips). (But I'd bet you didn't even know LIPS can't handle that, they're rare.)
Refreshes all folder windows once file associations are claimed, instead of waiting until next reboot.
Open source, in case you care.
Despite the added features, the executable is smaller than LIPS. (Not that you have any reason to care.)

The important ones are the emulator launcher, BPS support (they're smaller than IPS, and can't be applied to wrong file), and the multi-patch support.
ecx Link
what's the difference between Lunar IPS and this?
S.R.H. Link
Tags: bps, flips, ips, patcher, weird tags
 AnybodyAgrees From older version: Floating IPS v1.12 Link
FLIPS doesn't work on Mac for me. This may be due to not having WINE installed, but this should be noted.

Edit: Okay, Mac users need to have WINE installed for this program to run.