Press Start button in Sonic 1...

I edited Sonic 1 ASM to contain the "Press Start Button text". How to put it into a ROM?(my hack)

 

http://info.sonicretro.org/SCHG_How-tois...art_Button_text ?

 

You know, I'm so glad there is an actual guide for that now. About a year ago, someone had to track through an old post on retro to find out how to do it. For something that was SO easy to do in hex (changing a byte), it was baffling to see no mention of in in the 2005 disam. It's also interesting to read that it seems like it was just an error was the reason it wouldn't display, rather than them actually wanting to remove it.

 

Yes, i used that manual, but i don't know how to "stick" it into my hack?

 

By using a file called build.bat.


double click it and if all goes well, it should work. if not, there's a problem

 

Do you mean how to add the code to the disassembly your using? Well first open the S1 disassembly in a text editor of your choice. Then press ctrl+F to make a search for "Title_ClrObjRam2", and follow the rest of the guide. Also to build the ROM, click on build.bat. Another alternative is to open command prompt, and build the ROM from there. It's better that way because it shows you any errors you may come across. Or you could add an extra line to build.bat, but I forget what you exactly have to add. :\

 

pause

 

Running "build.bat" will assemble your code changes into a single rom called "s1built.bin", if it does not work, it may be because:


(1.) You have not yet split a rom of it's files, which you should do so.


(2.) The changes you have made in your code are incorrect, and need correcting.


(3.) You are using an oldish disassembly that needs a blank file called "s1comb.asm" in the same directory as "sonic1.asm", which can be downloaded here


(4.) You are using an "Asm68k" version of the disassembly that needs a shorter directory, in which case you can replace the "asm68k.exe" file with this one, which will allow longer directory names.


Check each of those and run "build.bat", once it's complete, it should create a rom called "s1built.bin", if so, run it in your emulator to see that it works.

 

Trash this topic, please.

 

Not to sound mean or something, but uhh.... why? I don't see anything bad in the topic.

 

OK, Selbi.

 

I'll by all means trash if you wish, but I'm still curious to know why you want your topic trashed.

 

Never mind. The file called build.bat and it maded a rom which has only got 8kilobits. it runs nothing.

 

That means you have an error in your code. Open build.bat in Notepad or something, and add "pause" without the quotes on an empty line at the end of the file.

 

Oh, i remember. i accidentally renamed sonic1.asm to sonic1old.asm. never mind.

 

Good enough for me... and closed.