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Originally posted by Aram
My only real pet peeve I see is how most Kaizo hacks feel and play the same, I know SMW is limited to graphics and has no original/interesting level design, but when people just starting using the same 1F0 gimmick in every hack it gets VERY tiresome.

I think this often (but not always) stems due to many kaizo hacks being by new hackers. As a consequence of kaizo becoming popular, hacking being very accessible now as well as the fact that kaizo hacks are much shorter than what people usually go for with standard hacking, many new people have been putting out new hacks like bunnies put out babies. And more often than not, those new hackers don't think very much about doing anything different from the norm, because they know their hack will be played anyways.

Odd Sands, which just came out today, is a great testment that kaizo can be much, much more than shell jumps, enemy hops and ultrastars. e: cozyduck's hacks are others that come to mind.
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Sprites that stay on ledges usually check their blocked status ($1588,x) after processing their x speed and position. If the sprite is no longer standing on a ledge - that is, if it's no longer blocked from below - that is, if bit 2 of $1588,x is clear - they turn around. You can just do the same, but make them jump (= give negative y speed) instead.
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Now that you've face revealed I see you're being really casual about it :P

I can so feel you about needing a vacation. I'll technically be in vacation two weeks from now (I mostly am, just need to finish this one class that's gonna last longer than usual), but I'm overwhelmed by side research projects anyway, so I'm not gonna be exactly chilling. Aiming for a higher level degree sure is costly :/
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Umm... I'm not a music expert*, but I'm pretty sure you don't need to transcribe every single note if you have a MIDI. There are conversion tools. Those tools won't give you an optimized (or entirely correct) result though, and this part is what porting is about.

Speaking of Vitor he did have a tool that converted .spc files into an insertable .txt + samples. I used it to reinsert a mysterious port no one knew where it came from in the hack I fixed with Haru. Again, completely unoptimized results, but it worked for our purpose.

* I hope I didn't say any gibberish #thp{O_O2}
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Originally posted by brickblock369
Originally posted by Koopster
Speaking of Vitor he did have a tool that converted .spc files into an insertable .txt + samples.

SPCtoMML? That's normally the tool used to convert SPCs to MML (although the results can sometimes be quite faulty), but somehow it can't convert AMK-made SPCs. I'm unsure if you're talking about a different tool...

That might be it. At the time it was a hidden tool in VilelaBot since he had some concerns about port theft at first :P
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So this
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Originally posted by I don't know a good name.
Side research projects?

Yes, research to publish articles and have a better curriculum and stuff.
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Awesome! I don't really have much of a cohesive project right now to use this in, but I've used the old patch in the past and I loved it. I'll heavily consider integrating it whenever I have an opportunity for it again (I was wary about the older patch because well, it was old). Thanks for make :)
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Como um bom nordestino, quando chega perto de 20 graus eu já passo frio

Mês passado foi todo assim, e além do frio choveu muito. Eu fiquei até assustado porque não lembro de ter chovido tanto por tantos dias seguidos por aqui... mas talvez seja só o efeito de estar preso em casa afetando minha percepção.

Ainda tem chovido esporadicamente, mas bem menos. Nesse momento o céu tá bem, bem limpo e tá fazendo agradáveis 26 graus.
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Originally posted by XLIXER
Was wondering if anybody here has used the 'sprite offsetter' sprite, & actually knew how to use it? I did successfully insert it, but I cant seem to offset anything.

You must fill the "Extension" field with the extra byte setup when inserting it (you can also modify them after the sprite is placed in the level by Alt+right clicking the sprite). The .asm file as well as the blue text that shows up when the sprite is hovered explain how the extra bytes work.
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Wait what? Isn't that a custom sprite?
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Originally posted by I don't know a good name.
Good luck!

Ah, thank you!

I'm 2 days due to deliver an article I'm currently writing, then I get 20 more days to finish another work (which I'm fearing a bit) and write up a report. I hope it goes smoothly.
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Made use of them myself once

I'm pretty sure they're both related to strict x-position (if you lose the game, one block must know the position of the other two to change them) and y-position (as seen in the video, winning the game once in one specific y-position makes all blocks in said position give lives, so the game probably keeps track of games won by y-position; not to mention the disposition on the screen varies per y-position, and I don't believe any positions are specified/work, just a few, which would explain why I had to repeat it for the 2 last games).
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I also disagree with official contest runners being able to arbitrarily diallow/disqualify levels that hit a certain difficulty threshold. Honestly, just... get judges that are good at the game. Many people qualify.

Regarding the topic of this thread, it's just something I thought was obvious, but I suppose newer people have a much different hacking background than I do, so thanks for speaking up. Though I'll also have to agree with Val about concision being the best way to go in important announcements and replies.
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Nice! Hope you enjoy your vacation :)

My biggest plans after I'm fully vaccinated are just seeing my friends again really lol. I really miss us going out or just getting together at someone's place. I'll be happy when we have that back. I'm hopeful that things will smoothen back to normality and be mostly back to normal by early 2022. Vaccination ages are quickly going down here, thankfully - my turn might already be this month!
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I can see why one would be displeased by seeing what happened this thread, but if you look back, it all was no more than 4 people saying silly stuff like that. They just got each heavily responded to which made it seem like a huge deal, but they're a certain minority.
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Very possible. This is why our patches are in .asm form rather than .bps, .ips or alike - they only apply modifications to your ROM in the desired places. Thus, as long as the patches you want to use don't hijack the same spot, you're good.

Guide from F.A.Q.
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It certainly wasn't in vain. Not only you're protected (not sure if you heard, but more than 90% of the people who have been dying lately over your country were unvaccinated), you've done your part to push the pandemic to its end. As someone who's so eagerly waiting for their turn (which, if all goes well, could be next week!) it's just bewildering to see people that have access to the vaccine not get it by choice. They're the sole reason you still have to wear masks.
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Barely made it to top 30 with my silly and simple level, I'm happy!

Congrats to the winners!

e: seems like my secret exit was a true split between the judges. I totally understand the complaints, but I'm happy that both pat and Sinc found it endearing as I hoped.
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