Posts by LadiesMan217

No, bc the way the patch I have is set up, it’s all or none and I chose not to since you can’t beat the level with all of them.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION I FORGOT TO MENTION! When you download the update and if you’re already playing hard, reactivate it again or some levels will have missing objects in that! Idk why conditional map16 works like this but you must do that or certain things will be missing.

I FORGOT TO MENTION IF YOU UPDATE THE GAME, REACTIVATE HARD MODE OR CONDITIONAL MAP16 TILES WON'T SPAWN WHICH IS IMPORTANT.

Update 2
-Fixes oversight on some No Yoshi entrance having messed up BGs.
-Edited Forest of Illusion 3 where a certain enemy would fall through the floor.
-Fixed sprite graphics of Swoopers in 2 submaps where I forgot one frame (#$C0).
-Made Pokies turn faster in hard mode.

Thank you for anyone who DMs me bugs I miss!

Yeah, drums are much more punchy and I love it, especially that kick!


Its hard to choose honestly!


That's fair, I'm not a casual listener and I've even ported these songs again for my own SMAS+W ost so I've breathed these songs and can hear almost any detail. Tho I'm sure if you heard them side by side with headphones you'd hear some differences outside of "higher quality". Here We Go! is a good candidate for example.

The secret exit is still there, it's just more cleverly hidden. Arguably some people may say it's not but a lot of games use the kind of "trick" I did. Keep exploring and search through every door. Look at spots even if you already looked at them.


the only exits to Star Road (assuming you have the latest patch) that remained the same are Cheese Bridge and Forest Fortress. The other 3 exits have been moved around the level.

If we can make em fit in in aram without sacrificing global samples yeah, atm though they're too big (or unless we get a better amk management of samples or a better addmusic in general). Glad you liked em!


Remaster wouldn't be the proper term as it means to take a mix and well, master it again. Think of older songs before the digital era remastered for today's streaming and digital usage (which also tend to be louder and sometimes more compressed), restore in this context means to try recreating what could have been without the brr limitation and Brickster's friends went a different route in trying to recreate how the music could've sounded like without any limitations and just using the module's full patches.


Yeah, brr encoding is a lossy compression format so no amount of mixing ro mastering tool would ever bring that data back. It'd be like trying to get the lossless audio back from an mp3. Thanks!


Cool! I'll see what can be uncovered!

Dang! Glad you've been enjoying it far enough to get to this point!


Small details do go a long way. Most of these changes are bc I was always fascinated as a kid with how some enemies appeared in the credits and opted to make these changes a reality.


Beta bgs as well as making some bgs make sense in comparison to their locations on he overworld (whether Vanilla Dome 4 now uses underground bc rather than a star night sky, or simply ghost houses having a day sky in the windows when they're outside) really does change some of the level feels!


The original idea that started it all lol. Just wanting SMM2 music in SMW and thus needing Yoshi to function in castles. I wanted to make Star Road have the og theme and then change to Space World once you found all 96 exits but I couldn't find an easy way to code that with my current asm knowledgeable T_T.


Lol these are the poster bois for this update haha! It was a pain to make them work when they needed to based on the criteria met and then have certain flags for the 2 intros. Ugh, those 2 intros... I'm so hapy it is where it is now!


Glad you like em! I feel as if though Red and Blue Yoshi got the short end of the stick. Maybe I can incorporate the fire stomp russianman made for the red yoshi. That was an idea I had but i couldn't find a way to make it work at the time. Blue is probably okay as is. I'll definitely need to look at that oversight with the .


I'm glad! Who knew simple changes could make such drastic changes in how a level plays out to get through!


I made very subtle changes and even incorporate conditional map16 tiles to spawn only in hard mode but I'm not sure as far drastically changing the entire design of the level for hard mode. I'd have to see what new sprites I could add to levels that are missing that flow in hard mode.


I'd need to check sma2 again bc most level edits, especially dragon coin location were part of sma2. Maybe a different message might have been said so I'll check.


I wanted some consistency and you may have noticed, most short sublevels that are cave themed happened to have that sprite. Plus i think they should be much harder since a lot of the times its for a Dragon Coin (though I guess one could argue you can switch hard mode off and just cheat the design. I originally intended hard mode to be nontoggle but I was advised a lot of people may not like that so i just decided to be nice, WHICH IN RETURN DON'T CHEAT ME THEN lol).


I'll have to talk to Yoshifanatic about that bc that was supposed to be fixed or if not, then its sort of unfixable unless some heavy deconstruction is done to the lose yoshi routine.


Players also have the option of not going in there and seeing the other side since it is hard mode (which I personally would be cautious of). Seeing as how hard mode is intended for smw experts, I trust the judgements individual players can make.


Yes its intended and no, the Big Boo boss is still present in the game, just not that level.


This was a sma2 design for the Dragon Coins and don't want to move too much of that since this is supposed to be a hybrid of the SNES and GBA plus a bit more but I can definitely see where you're coming from.


Since these levels are supposed to be the hardest of he entire game, what you're meant to do is a full acceleration jump and time your stop .


You are correct, this is an oversight, thanks!


Haha yes! I was trying to make this level as unfriendly as possible to Yoshi seeing as how crucial he now is for this level!

Thank you so much for taking the time to be so critical and informative on your feedback! It's stuff like this that make me so happy bc I know people re playing and putting as much effort in playing it as I put in making it! I hope you continue in the hack's full release thread (which is linked at the first post) and you can continue letting me know how the experience goes! i'd truly recommend patching the latest update as it does fix a fatal issue that can kill the player in an unfair way (which was a HUGE oversight).

I couldn't say, probably all of them. If you held me at gunpoint then probably Here We Go!

Dude these character designs are incredible. They remind me of retro DC/Marval characters. Obviously Adam is very reminiscent of Superman and the Swarm looks like it takes inspiration from Spiderman. The crystal palace on Neptune has great scenery (what's a black hole doing so close to there, in our solar system I might add?). The space monster looks amazing and a force to not be reckon with. RIP the people and other living things that died in that one shot. I truly hope lack of comments doesn't discourage you and you keep doing what you love. I know all to well what its like to have many OCs and story ideas but just give up on them bc of lack of motivation. Continue doing what you're doing bc this is great and I'm sure you'll find others who will enjoy your ideas and the stuff you have to offer!

Some secret exits have been changed, mainly ones that lead to Star Road but not all. Also, this thread is mainly meant for my music stuff, if you'd like to continue talking about the hack, I have a thread for it here.

v2 Update 3
-Fixed not being able to press X/Y while silver pow was active.
-Changed location of dragon coin in Donut Plains 4 to make one of its submaps worth going into (has changes in hard mode).
-Changed message box messages in Yoshi's Island 1 and 2.
-Fixed sprite respawner from scaring Yoshi.
-Redid Yoshi abilities.
-Moved bongo channel in Opening (Alternative) so sfx wouldn't be cutting off the Yoshi bongos in the alternate intro.


Much thanks to ECS.98 for pointing some of these issues out as well as noting some things like the message boxes which opted change.

There's always such small things that are overlooked (bc SMW is a perfectly coded game and I have the perfect testers dming me bugs they find as well as I NEVER overlook anything). Hope you're enjoying the hack lol.

v2 Update 4
-Refined Yoshi abilities even further to notify player when abilities are ready to use.
-Edited Donut Plains 4 so Venus Fire Trap won't harm you when cannon blasting out of the 2nd submap if holding B.
-Fixed a glitch where smiling coins weren't displaying correctly bc I accidentally messed up the stack due to hijacking Wiggler's flower properties.

As many have stated, I as well can't reproduce this, they all spawn for me as well (including 3 streams I've seen).


Fixed.

I do apologize for these constant "small" updates. Like I said in my C3 post, I worked on this day and night almost without sleep for the last 6 months and even then couldn't get it completely finished in time for C3. I'd ask for those interested to leave this thread on your notifications for this reason alone. I still can't thank you guys enough for checking the hack out. Please let me know if you find any more bugs I overlook and I'll do my best to fix them ASAP. In terms of what's left that I want for this hack is 3 more patches: SMA2 Status Screen (in the works), an edited credits scene featuring Luigi and the Silver and Gold Yoshi, and SMA2 Luigi physics (which I already have courtesy of Lui but I need to make sure there's no bugs on it so I'll do that last).

v2 Update 5
-Fixed certain overworld event tiles not using the correct palettes.
-Fixed Bowser statue fireballs not behaving correctly in normal mode.
-Fixed Yellow Yoshi's ability to not kill powerups sprites.
-Edited the last Special World level to not end in a Kaizo trap on hard mode (gomen faro)
-Edited green berries to add 10 seconds in hard mode.
-Fixed wall fuzzies glitched graphics.

I'll look into it tomorrow (I say tomorrow but its 2 am right now lol). I started a new game and noticed this as well. As for the black screen bug i haven't tested this on any other emulator beside BSNES so I can't promise any kind of compatibility as BSNES was what this was tested on. I took the link down bc if it is what I think it is, it could screw up the Dragon Coin collection code (reminder to always back up your rom and srm file before updating).

v2 Update 6
-Fixed the issues regarding Yoshi's Island one. The problem was me using $13BF in the submap to allow a 3rd message on the message box which screwed up the dragon coin collection flags. This not only affects 105 not showing the collection being complete, but would screw up how the code works to trigger the All Dragon Coins cutscene as well as the "reward" afterwards. This does not affect anyone who had already had the 5 collected, it only affects those who hadn't and did or affects a new game.
-In response above fix, I shifted some messages of the info boxes around. The most prevalent one in my opinion was leaving a message box in Ludwig's castle which tips unaware players on a funny gimmick in his fight which should tip said players off for hard mode Ludwig.
-Added exanimation to delete the item box on Hard Mode.
-Enabled the puffs of smoke that happen when you hop on Yoshi.

If someone can come up with a fix to keep Yoshi's stomp smoke from misaligning its y pos on interactive layer 2 (vanilla bug), I'd appreciate it.

About time XD. If I knew it woulda taken you 4+ weeks to get a beta build, I would requested this right after v1 of the hack when I started v2 XD (tho not sure you woulda taken it then). This looks promising, I hope to see a stable version soon!

Never did toy with the idea of turning it off, bc hard mode XD. Outrageous is the extreme definition of sadism. Anyways, the more streamers I see giving input as well as input here, the more I'll be tempted to make changes should that be the general opinion on a certain topic. I already took away the kaizo bullet bills at the end of the last Special World level for example.

There are no older versions. Every update overwrites the last one. There’s no point in archiving older versions that have more bugs in them. The initial C3 was more of a beta and I’m making fixes along the way people find. This current version is the most stable with only 2 bugs (vanilla bugs).

Friendly reminder to re-activate hard mode everytime you update.

v2 Update 7
-Fixed Yellow Yoshi stomp not having correct smoke position and sprite interaction on interactive layer 2 (example, Valley of Bowser 2). Thank you so much imamelia for said fix!
-Like above, also fixed Red Yoshi's fire stomp by editing said code.
-Edited one of chocolate island 2's submaps to prevent a sprite from falling off a cliff.
-Removed a Yoshi coin checker on a star road tile in the overworld.

Todo (bugfix wise): Find a fix for carried items behaving weirdly when bringing them into a room with a cluster sprite (vanilla bug).
Todo (additional add-ons): SMA2 Status Screen, Credit sprite additions, SMA2 Luigi physics.

Important
Can any of you guys let me know if the All Dragon Coins and All Exits cutscenes trigger when the prerequisites are met? I saw a long playthrough but not 100% and neither activated. I'm not sure if they did get all dragon coins and exits (I don't really have the time to wtach a 3+ hour vid all the way through). If they don't trigger, can you please send an srm file with 95 exits and 1 level left to collect all dragon coins? I'd appreciate it a lot!

Been meaning to reply to these when I had the next update ready but I'm running into issues so I'll just reply now.


Not a bug, I moved some secret exits around in the game (particularly ones that lead to star roads).


Intentional, in fact, he wasn't even there in v1 of the game.


Not sure what you, it very much can. I just used SMW's way of handling rooms to my advantage to change a lot of stuff. I can assure you, this isn't a bug.


This isn't a bug either. I'm not going to say where the changed exits are, that's why you must explore the game. The way I see it, back then, there wasn't an easy way to get all the answers, you explored. In today's age, the ease of knowledge makes exploration on games boring bc people tend to just give up and ask others than play the game. If you REALLY do want answers though, the discord would be the way to go, not this thread. This is mostly for feedback and or bug notifications.

I couldn't recreate tis for the life of me, even Yoshifanatic. I've seena handful of people say this, but no one gives me exact steps to recreate this, not even an srm file or a trace log of some sort for someone to analyze. We can't help out on this issue if we can't recreate it, I think the best thing to do is send an srm (use select on the map to save exactly at the level) or maybe send a trace log from a debugger than Yoshifanatic can read.


Unless you were originally playing v1, the initial release of v2 hasn't had any of its secret exits changed except Valley of Bowser 4. Speaking of Bowser's castle, this update will feature a lot of changes to some of the more less different levels in hard mode. Bowser's castle has a lot of changes and I desperately want to release this update but a fatal bug is preventing me from doing so, one that exists in these older versions as well. It's a super rare bug but as rare as it is, a fatal bug is a big no.