Hey im quite new at hacking on the computer and need a lot of help with roms.

McJockman

McJockman

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Wats up forum, well very very few if any of you will know me, Jockman, ya if you do Im the dude who hacked DarkAlex and got a woopen, anyway, I have been playing, editing, debugging, and coding snes games/roms on my psp for ever, with know picture, just coding, and my psp is dieing quickly now, so, Im moving to Super Metroid hacks using SMILE, and I cant load a thing, I cant load IPS or SMC, what do I do? I tried SABS, im clueless. All of this really shocked me... BTW im one of many people who tried to hack DarkAlex. (PSP hacker dude who left for no reason)
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Please no rude reply's I really need help..
 
Please don't double post :|

Also, you type like a child with a severe learning disability, and it makes me wonder how much you enjoy riding the short bus.
 
I probably can't help you because I hate the SNES more than any other system that isn't named PlayStation, but you can probably find the answers to your questions over here.
 
Reaper man said:
Please don't ouble post :|

Also, you type like a child with a severe learning disability, and it makes me wonder how much you enjoy riding the short bus.
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Listen I'm not a child it is late at night, im 17 bored as crap, can you help or are you just another lazy bum. I know your an administrator but I am just looking for some help. And I learn quickly.
 
First, he didn't say you were a child. He said you type like a child. A retarded one, at that. To be fair, I know some kids with Down's Syndrome who are much better communicators. Also, 17 definitely qualifies you as a child.

If you learn so quickly, why is it that you haven't managed to pick up basic English grammar in your 17 years of life? If English isn't your first language, you might be forgiven, even though your grammar is bad enough to make a Brazilian embarrassed for you, but you should probably try posting on a forum that supports your native language.

Bragging about "hacking someone" isn't a good way to gain respect within intelligent circles. Especially when you're dealing with people who can tell that you couldn't hack your way out of a wet paper bag with four hands, a map and a blowtorch. Fuck, you can't even properly use a level editor that was designed for 4 year olds.

That being said, I've never used SMILE before. I'm relatively sure that I've never even played Super Metroid before. However, I just downloaded them both and loaded the ROM up in the editor with no problem. So my guess is that you're just dumb.

P.S. If anyone has posted in the three hours between me starting to write this reply and me actually posting it, thus making my comments irrelevant, fuck you. I had to go wash windows. I don't have all day to sit around on the computer eating Cheetos and jacking off to flame wars. (If the above situation doesn't reply then disregard. I'm out of Cheetos but I'll likely spend the rest of the day jacking off to flame wars. (Not really, I have porn. (But it's not hentai so most of you wouldn't be interested.)))
 
I'm from Germany... Moved here back inn 08. And my rom in a .smc

A .smc has PAL and NTCS format rendering, for some reason my smile editor can't render PAL, what type of file did you load, .smc is the only snes super metroid Rom file format I can find...
 
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Well, if your SMILE editor can't render PAL then perhaps you could use someone else's SMILE editor. And while you're at it, ask them if you can borrow a dictionary so that you can look up the meaning of the word render. If you're feeling really brave, maybe even dig up a document on ROM formats, which you clearly don't know anything about.

Of course the Super Magicom format has PAL and NTSC "renderings". So does the Super Wild Card format. And the UFO, Pro Fighter and Game Doctor formats. That's because SNES *cartridges* come in PAL and NTSC formats.

Do you actually understand what the PAL and NTSC standards are? They're television encoding systems. Without going into too much technical detail, NTSC runs at 60hz and is the standard used by the US and Japan (ie. the primary video game producing / consuming countries) while PAL runs at 50hz and is the standard used by all of Europe and Australia. An NTSC SNES won't run on a PAL TV and vice versa. Thus separate systems that require separate cartridges had to be produced.

The reason your ROM is in PAL format is because it was dumped from a European version of the cartridge. It has absolutely nothing to do with what copier format the ROM is in. If you want an NTSC version of the ROM then download the US/Japanese version of the game instead of the European version.

The reason SMILE doesn't support PAL is most likely because the data is stored differently than in the NTSC version of the game and the author didn't feel like documenting those differences and adding in support for them to his code.

The reason you can't figure this out is because you're not a hacker. And you never will be. You don't even seem capable of becoming a piss poor script kiddy.
 
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The Drunken Hacker said:
Well, if your SMILE editor can't render PAL then perhaps you could use someone else's SMILE editor. And while you're at it, ask them if you can borrow a dictionary so that you can look up the meaning of the word render. If you're feeling really brave, maybe even dig up a document on ROM the US and Japan (ie. the primary video game producing / consuming countries) while P runs at 50hz and is the standard used by all of Europe version of the game instead of the European version.

The reason SMILE doesn't support PAL is most likely because the data is stored differently than in the NTSC version of the game and the author didn't feel like documenting those differences and adding in support for them to his code.

The is because you're not a hacker. And you never will be. You don't even seem capable of becoming a piss poor script kiddy.
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I hack psp's not snes roms, I will have you know I extracted my rom from a cartrige, I'm German using an American made product, this is my first computer I have ever worked, and I have trouble spelling using the English language. Indont uderstand why when I ask for help Im made fun of or 'bullied' I'm frikkn German who wants to learn more about you, you people I kind of looked up to, now you treat me like crp, I hope someone can answer kindly other words this 'domain' is more like a cat pertch ( in Germany thatvmeens a shthole) or maybbit is just the forum. Anywhobyour answer kind of helped me, but ubguys keep repeating eachother without a quality Answer!:flipoff::flipoff::flipoff:
 
Having trouble with Super Metroid Integrated Level Editor

I downloaded SMILE and have a rom: Super Metroid.smc. I ran the SMILE software and tried loading up the .smc rom. It than gave me a message explaining it doesn't support the rom because it is a PAL or NTSC, something this, how do I fix this, the README didn't help.
 
.IT DOES NOT WORK BECAUSE SMILE DOES NOT SUPPORT PAL FORMAT ROMS. YOU "FIX" IT BY DOWNLOADING A ROM THAT IS IN NTSC FORMAT.

You don't hack a god damned thing. You follow other people's instructions in order to replicate their experiences. You're not a hacker. You're nothing but a fucking tracer.

The fact that your German excuses your difficulty with the language. That's why my last reply only harped on your complete misuse of a single word. However, I'm relatively certain that German and English punctuation and capitalization use and paragraphical formats are identical, so the fact that someone can look at one of your posts and realize that you're stupid before they even read a single word has nothing to do with a language barrier.

Without a quality answer? The fucking answer is that you can't use a PAL ROM with SMILE. I'm not sure how to make that any higher quality. Would you like me to work in some similes such as trying to hack a PAL ROM with SMILE is like trying to run a gasoline powered car on diesel fuel? I suppose I could use a script based font, if that would give the answer the appearance of higher quality.

I'll give you one important tip. Hacking SNES ROMs requires the exact same skill set required to hack into government computers. This skill set is identical to the one required to hack into ATM machines. 95% of it is mental and must be possessed innately. It can not be learned. You do not have the necessary skills to be a hacker. You are not a hacker and you never will be.
 
The Drunken Hacker said:
.IT DOES NOT WORK BECAUSE SMILE DOES NOT SUPPORT PAL FORMAT ROMS. YOU "FIX" IT BY DOWNLOADING A ROM THAT IS IN NTSC FORMAT.
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Obviously you don't have SMILE software, SMILE doesn't support NTSC. Well not the one I have....

Simply stating I need a rom of super metroid without a PAL is like saying you need an snes cartrige, that's it, dammit you need PAL, the problem is my SMILE editor is outdated, which I discovered simply by another answered who is obviously smarter than you. It is also obvious your not a hacker because you don't Jack the government, you hack they're systems, and hacking an ATM is easy btw, but it lands you in jail, simply hacking a rom is easy, all you need to do is patch it to be safe. And hacking the government is like hacking space, it is almost impossiple considering if you live in America the government is you and you are the citizen, in Germany the government was your fuckn king. Hacking roms is much much easier than an international conjuction. ( like a freeway) It takes luck and a skill set way above yours and mine.
 
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Obviously you don't have SMILE software, SMILE doesn't support NTSC. Well not the one I have....
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Obviously *you* don't have SMILE because SMILE *only* supports NTSC. If your copy of SMILE is informing you that it doesn't support NTSC then what you have is a trojan, not a level editor.

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Simply stating I need a rom of super metroid without a PAL is like saying you need an snes cartrige, that's it, dammit you need PAL, the problem is my SMILE editor is outdated, which I discovered simply by another answered who is obviously smarter than you.
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You're full of shit. I downloaded SMILE directly from the author's web site and the most recent version does not support PAL ROMs. In fact, I'll attach a screen shot so everyone can see just how full of shit you are.
 
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Okay, merging threads/posts as they were about the same damn topic.

McJockman, I'm going to try to explain this the simplest and best way that I can, so listen closely. The rom you are grabbing off the cartridge is going to be PAL. PAL versions of games tend to store its data differently than NTSC versions. SMILE was designed for the NTSC version of the game, and thus it won't work with the PAL version of the game. You want to hack the PAL version of Super Metroid? Fine, but you can't do it with SMILE, but since you clearly state you are a ROM hacker, I am certain you won't have much trouble finding documentation on the NTSC version of SMILE. Actually, a quick search pulls up this. Now that you have the info, feel free to make your own PAL version editor. Either way, you have 2 options here.

1. Admit that you aren't a rom hacker and you are just some kid that wants to edit Super Metroid.
2. Actually do what I suggested and make your own editor. Shouldn't be hard for an awesome hacker like yourself, right? You have one month to release it and/or show us some progress on it getting done. If you don't, I'm going to ban you.

The choice is yours.

(oh, and I expect a reply to this in a couple of days)

EDIT: Oh, and if you attempt to make another thread about this again, I'm banning you.
 
I'll go with option 1, I am a kid only 17

Yes I want to create my own Super Metroid 'hack' and I never said I was a rom hacker, your an adult and I will just go with what you said, the information I got about the NTSC not working was from someone else. Your the nicest to me yet, I'm not luring about being a psp hacker but about other things maybe yes, let me start over:

Hey, I'm new at hacking Super Metroid, I have the SMILE editor, but I'm not sure if it is a Trojan or not, I'm willing fir correction and POLITE help from anyone who can help. I'm 17 born in Germany with an American mother and German father 0.0 (no joke) and moved to the US back in 08. I will not post about this again, I will continue to ask for help on this thread if needed. I'm sorry for sounding like 'shit' and I hope not to be that way on this forum anymore. I really dug myself a deep hole on this, and I'm willing to climb back out, But I'm going to need some help.
Thank you.
 
If you got it from Jathys' site, then it won't be a trojan (barring his site being hacked). SMILE only works with the NTSC version. Most rom dumps of Super Metroid will have (JU) in the filename, pointing towards NTSC. (E) means European, meaning PAL.

It's also possible that your dump may not be "accurate," but in either case you'll have to search the internet for an NTSC rom, or get a hold of an NTSC cart and dump that.
 
McJockman said:
Hey, I'm new at hacking Super Metroid, I have the SMILE editor, but I'm not sure if it is a Trojan or not.
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The file hosted here most definitely ISN'T a trojan, if that's what you're saying (I even checked it just now to be absolutely sure, on the off chance something had happened to the file).

Also...why on Earth would you ban him for not creating an editor, Brad? Chances are you'll forget in a month's time anyway even if you were serious. At any rate, everyone calm down. The text as large as the page isn't needed either, stop it now please. I wonder if people realize they are flipping out over something like hacking Super Metroid. Metroid is awesome, but come on people.
 
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The file hosted here most definitely ISN'T a trojan, if that's what you're saying (I even checked it just now to be absolutely sure, on the off chance something had happened to the file).
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The reference to trojans stems from me stating that if he had a version of SMILE that requires a PAL ROM, as he was suggesting, then it was fake.

The text as large as the page isn't needed either, stop it now please.
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But it was needed. It was emphasizing a point that had been made multiple times but he had completely missed to the point of creating a second thread asking the same question. I was making sure he saw it that time.


I wonder if people realize they are flipping out over something like hacking Super Metroid. Metroid is awesome, but come on people.
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That's not it at all. It has nothing to do with Super Metroid. It has to do with the sort of general obliviousness that causes 90% of the world's problems. On a side note, it has to do with people claiming to be a hacker when the aren't. (Not a ROM hacker, a hacker. If you go back to the original post, you'll see that he brags about hacking a persons multiple times.)
 
Actually I did once and I didn't claim to be a hacker, he was helping me Super-Hack my psp ( he lived in the UK with me for 1 year) Or well I lived 3 blocks down. Doesn't matter, thanks to Linophis I got SMILE working, or well found a cooperative rom. (JU) I messed around with the coding, found a way to make Samus smaller, but not bigger :( Very simple coding though, so not impressive to you guys. Thanks for all the help.
 
I swear, some of you guys around here have this elitist personna that reminds me of watching the movie High Fidelity. It sticks in your craw that when people see you on the sidewalk they don't say "omg honey LOOK! it's.. InVerse!! The most bestest hacker evarrr!!" and tremble in awe of your genius. And you wonder why people tend to shy from this place. Romhacking is an art. But still nothing more than a hobby. And certainly nothing to get your choda all choked up over :)
 
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