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Secret hacks?

I don't know if this is the right thread...
You usually choose an unmodified SMW ROM to create IPS patches, and others can apply the patch to an identical ROM. But what if you create a patch using a hacked ROM, for example Demo World? Can others get a working hack if they patch it to Demo World?
If that worked, it would be possible to create "Secret" Hacks that only work if you patch it to the right hack.
I don't know if this would be of use - it's just an idea and I just wanted to get it off my chest.


 

It's an interesting idea, and it'd have to be very carefully executed so that you don't have glitches. And you if you made the hack with Demo World as a base, it would contain all the info for Demo World, so you'd be able to use it on a clean ROM.

I recall a DooM project had a ZIP containing 4 files. (I think.) One was the .wad (which would be like SMW's .ips, to be simple) and one was a readme, but the other two were .dat files. However, in actuality, the .dat files were secret levels! The only way to load them was to rename them with .wad at the end and load them normally. It's a good idea if you wanted to make a secret hack.
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It'd work just fine exactly the way you imagined.