Bit of a quick foresight with the extra switch palaces I programmed; basically how they work is they essentially use all the bits in the switch palace memory to fit in the extra 56 switch palaces (the leftover 7 bits from $1F27-$1F2A, and the three extra SRAM bytes between $1F2B-$1F2D). With this you're able to read the corresponding bit in any of those ram addresses to activate a manual trigger; tho, if you have someone helping you with assembly, programming a custom object instead might be more ideal so you don't have to use exanimation.
If you do go for the exanimation method, you don't need to have all of the switch palace blocks in every single level; just whatever activated switch you need given the level you're using them in. For demoing purposes I did fit every switch block combination using an intricate series of exanimation that acts like a bitwise counter.
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Anyway like so many of the others, I'm fashionably late to replying here. I'm not going to lie, I haven't really played the other two games from start to finish (I played up to World 3 of TSRPR and only just got to World 2 of TSRP2R) To say this hack being back after so long is a welcome surprise to this year's C3 is an understatement and a half. Just looking at the dialogue boxes and how the font is slightly different in the VWF cutscenes really shows how much care was put into this game, even after so many years.
I think like most people, there's quite a lot to live up to for this hack's release. I am confident you can pull it off, but I can say that it's not going to be easy. I think a few people here at least know the struggle of working on a hack to perfection just from the sheer will to create art. I've grown up fighting a lot of battles in terms of health, so I can relate to your situation and I pray your health stays good.
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