Is SonED2 compatible with the Hivebrain disassemblies?

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  1. BeefaroniJones

    BeefaroniJones Newcomer Trialist

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    I'm using the most up to date version of SonED2 and the project files for the Hivebrain Sonic 1 disassemblies given on Sonic Retro. Whenever I save the project files they corrupt the associated files from the disassembly and create an error. I'm assuming it's SonED's fault, because the project files seem perfectly fine, but I'm not sure. I hope I'm not missing something stupid.
     
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    Pacca Having an online identity crisis since 2019 Member

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    SonED2, in my experience, has been rather unreliable. I personally use SonLVL for all my level editing needs, as it is still being updated regularly and has a very pleasant UI that's very easy to use.
     
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    BeefaroniJones Newcomer Trialist

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    I'm probably just going to start using the GitHub disassembly. The Hivebrain one has only been bringing up problems and SonLVL dropped support for it anyways. I'll definitely try SonLVL out, thanks for responding.
     
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    SonED2 has been working with the Hivebrain disassembly for quite awhile. Back before SonLVL was a thing, SonED2 was what many of the community used for layouts with disassemblies, as SonED and ESE had been designed with hex hacking in mind. There could be any number of reasons why SonED2 is corrupting files, and several people may be able to help diagnose why it's happening in your particular case, but to answer the question posed by the original thread title, SonED2 is very much compatible with Hivebrain, and has been for quite awhile.

    Also, in case anyone tries to chime in and stir, I'm not advocating for either. Use what you prefer or what you feel comfortable using. SonLVL and SonED2 can both handle level layout modification for disassemblies, and adding support for ones not supported out of the box takes making configurations for them to point to the right files.
     
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    Indeed, both SonLVL and the GitHub disassembly are relatively recent things, using SonED2 with the Hivebrain disassembly has been the standard for several years, even I managed to set it up.

    However, I'll follow Lazlo's steps and I won't recommend either. Try all 4 combinations of editors and disassemblies, and see which one suits you better, but make sure to give SonED2 + Hivebrain another chance, don't take a decision only because you feel you're forced to, due to some error which can be probably easily fixed.
     
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    If you're referring to what I think you're referring to, that's a changelog from like, seven years ago. In its current state, SonLVL fully supports Hivebrain's 2005 disassembly, I even use it as the example in my setup guide. Although it does have fewer object definitions than the GitHub disassembly, because nobody's put in the effort to port them over.
     
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    I've always found SonED2 to be more efficient at editing/creating art/blocks/chunks, while SonLVL to be more efficient at editing/creating layouts/object placement. I do believe SonLVL to have updated its art/block/chunk editing system at some point from what I remember, but I've never gotten to using it.

    Pick your poison.
     
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    It's all down to personal taste. Doesn't matter if it's SonED2 or SonLVL, Hivebrain or GitHub, just use whatever works for you.

    For me, I use SonED2 and SonLVL for the complete opposite reasons everybody else does. I use SonED2 for making layouts, and SonLVL for art. I also use the original ASM68K version of Sonic 1 Two-Eight (mostly due to me never doing research and downloading the first download that was on the Retro wiki page lol)

    Just please. Don't use ESE1/2 or the original SonED. Those are actually outdated tools, and they limit what you could do (Unless you want to disassemble your own ROM and find out what all the code does)
     
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