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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Oct 28, 2008 12:41:47 GMT -5
Sorry dudes, I need to repair my laptop cooling mat/fan (again). I get paranoid that it's going to spontaneously combust if I don't take action.
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Post by User on Oct 29, 2008 3:13:38 GMT -5
Unacceptable. We expect you to buy a high end computer just so you can safely finish this project.
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Oct 31, 2008 15:04:28 GMT -5
I smell a smelly smell that smells smelly... it could be an update. Perhaps soon. But not today. v0.6a I'm closer to restoring the name screen... or so I think. I can get the game to lock up with the name screen music, which is good... for now, v0.6a (until final) will skip the walk scene and name screen altogether; immediately appear in Eolis. X( Oh, I discovered something INTERESTING. Expect videos!
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Oct 31, 2008 16:57:44 GMT -5
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Post by lpdata on Nov 1, 2008 13:16:39 GMT -5
I watched this listening to bitter-sweet music and TRANSCENDED EARTH. The end is amazing. I hope there never is a real game hack and you end up making a feature-length film.
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Nov 3, 2008 14:22:23 GMT -5
XD A feature length Faxanadu? That'd be funny. I *could* do that, simply by hacking the game.
Edit: What were you listening to?
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Post by lpdata on Nov 3, 2008 14:48:38 GMT -5
Have A Nice Life - Holy Fucking Shit: 40,000 (download (10.89MB)) I *could* do that, simply by hacking the game. Well I don't see why a person wouldn't. Except I think you've already encapsulated the meaning of life in that short.
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Nov 3, 2008 14:52:49 GMT -5
Hey, thanks! I'll be sure to give it a listen when there aren't little ears around. A Faxanadu movie could be interesting, except there'd have to be voice acting or somesuch... and more skill with movie makers than I have. It's not something I can't do with say... web comics. But that idea is already burnt out.
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Nov 3, 2008 21:34:01 GMT -5
Hey, you forget; I smoke. I should sell keys. Which one would you like? That'll be 100 goldsssssssssssssss... With an s.
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Nov 3, 2008 22:20:15 GMT -5
XD I always wondered what his voice sounded like. Given that this is somewhat a fanfic anyways, there has to be some line in there, some punditry...
*deletes very bad puns*
God help us.
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Nov 4, 2008 0:01:35 GMT -5
Let's see... on Oct. 31st, I've said that in less than 7 days, I'd have a patch released... it's now, thanks to EST, the 4th of Nov. ... Rargh! I'm so confused. So... wyrdwad... or someone... Are there any takers for a retrans project? Just curious.
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Nov 4, 2008 2:26:35 GMT -5
*nods* Absolutely! Of course, the naming screen still requires a decent amount of progress... It's been driving me silly! I am *this* close to figuring it out! XD The random four character name I have inputted is not important. (...and so far, this is the only way I know of to "dump" this -- I'm not *experienced* in dumping, but I can insert text very easily.) In the original US version, this reads: "I've been on a long journey. I came back to my home town to find it is almost deserted. The gate is closed, people are gone, and the walls are crumbling. I wonder what happened. "
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Nov 4, 2008 2:51:26 GMT -5
Awesome, thank you! I'll be sure to snap some more text to translate, as well as the original English counterpart messages for comparison. We shall continue this in PMs.
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Post by User on Nov 4, 2008 3:15:45 GMT -5
Weird. I heard a rumor that FM-77 dreamed about Faxanadu last night, and in the dream you could insert a secret password when you completed the game, and a second quest would appear, kind of like in Zelda 1, except TOTALLY different.
It was awesome. Or so I hear.
I also heard that FM-77 really wants to re-experience Faxanadu. Kind of like playing it, but it being a different experience. I wonder if this is what FM-77 has been looking for? FM-77 is probably happy about this stuff.
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Nov 4, 2008 3:35:53 GMT -5
I think I'm just as excited as everyone else. These hacks, Retrans and FXR, will be parallel for now. While I *could* just smack them together like a sammich, I figure this gives purists the opportunity to play the original, as well as FXR, as a game that was... handled with care.
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Nov 4, 2008 5:26:23 GMT -5
I believe that I have the Eolis data completely ripped. Just for kicks though, I'll add a few more things that I'd like to see re/translated. I'll PM that to you soon.
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Nov 5, 2008 2:14:32 GMT -5
Pendant bug is TRICKY. I may have solved it, I may not have solved it. Using the Hand Dagger, I've only tested it on two enemies, so far. Here's my names for them, and stats: #1 "Drill" ? Hits; ? with Pendant // Unless you're abusing ladder bugs, or catching them in midair, // they're impossible to hit with the Hand Dagger. #2 "Norse Eye" 3 Hits; 2 with Pendant #3 "Zombie Dwarf" 4 Hits; 3 with Pendant That *looks and sounds* like a solution, but again I have not proven that this is solved. Same with the Hourglass bug; I may have effed up MP consumption and the invisible "DEF" stat. // Hacking == the domino effect // Hack one thing, change many intertwined, // interconnected things. Edit: EFF! So uh... while I DID successfully test the effects of the non-buggy pendant, I discovered the occasional danger of making the Hand Dagger even STRONGER without it. This only happens when there's 1 enemy onscreen. Grrr. Argh. Edit edit: EFF EFF! So upon further testing... the enemy HP becomes *RANDOM* due to the hack I'd introduced.
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Nov 6, 2008 9:02:14 GMT -5
Some of you may want to kill me for this, but it's for a good cause. Patch 0.6a will be DELAYED; not without a good reason. I'm still trying to iron out the pendant bug, but there's an invisible factor tied in. It could be "LUCK", as enemy damage/hp is somewhat randomized. I don't know if my hack has anything to do with it being somewhat random, but trying to fix the pendant bug makes it worse. Furthermore, trying to *switch* the stats for reg DMG vs. pen DMG is a hassle; you're either messing them *both* up, or affecting this invisible "LUCK" factor. It's the domino effect, which I've always anticipated during this first hack of mine. To fix the pendant bug, I may actually need to study rom hacking. XD I don't call my hacks "dumb luck" for no good reason, afterall. // I did download a lot of documentation from Zophar, but it appears mostly irrelevant. The trick is finding *relevant* information, like how to alter "JMP" in FCEUX, or what "JMP" is. I know, it's a three-letter abbreviation for JUMP, I think. Relevant to "goto" scripts. But there are so many more three-letter abbreviations I *don't* know about or understand.
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Post by lpdata on Nov 6, 2008 12:14:57 GMT -5
Don't have negative thoughts; fix the pendant bug.
Remember your opcodes.
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Nov 6, 2008 12:23:21 GMT -5
The crazy part is how *extensive* the readme is on FCEUX, and yet I learn nothing when I read about the 6502 Debugger; which I use when seeking out valuable data. If something is somehow affected when say, I pick up the pendant, (assuming that I already know how the NES handles this temporary information; which I do) it'll freeze and tell me step-by-step what the game is doing. ...which settles it. I'm travelling to Mascon when I get out of work. // Furthermore, I think I'll use that new saying for my thing. Thank you!
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