Hi I'm kind of new to ROM hacking so I hope I don't get flamed... I read InVerse's guide and I started fooling around and changing some text and graphics around in Final Fantasy 1 (NES) and some other NES ROMS. I figured out how to add more text with pointers and stuff... but I will get to the main point. I was looking around in my savestate (not the save file but the one some emulators make that's anywhere in the game) and I found out how to change pretty much everything around (like stats, HP, etc.). So I tried to apply some of these changes to the save file and everytime I pressed continue the game would revert to how it was before. Even if I open the save file up again after the game has ran, it's changed. It was really bugging me and then I figured out that even if I start a new game it won't save over the file for some reason. I think this may be because of one of two reasons (or both). One: When you save your game it says this, "Don't forget to hold RESET while you turn off the power!" and two it might be because of my emulator. I use an emulator called Famicommunist, I don't know if any of you have heard of it or not. Ok I hope you experts will be able to help me on this one it is really bugging me.
Save File Hacking Help
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Insomnia DMX
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2 questions.
1) is it a savestate or a battery save? (Battery save is the actual save, inside the game. Savestates are made differently depending on each emulator. usually [shift+F1-8])
2) Who made this emulator. I suggest that you either get a hacking version of FCE ultra, or Nesticle.
You can get these on the emulators section of this site.
1) is it a savestate or a battery save? (Battery save is the actual save, inside the game. Savestates are made differently depending on each emulator. usually [shift+F1-8])
2) Who made this emulator. I suggest that you either get a hacking version of FCE ultra, or Nesticle.
You can get these on the emulators section of this site.
> 1) is it a savestate or a battery save? (Battery save is the
> actual save, inside the game. Savestates are made
> differently depending on each emulator. usually
> [shift+F1-8])
I can hack the savestate perfectly fine but when I try to hack the battery save it doesn't work.
> 2) Who made this emulator. I suggest that you either get a
> hacking version of FCE ultra, or Nesticle.
> You can get these on the emulators section of this site.
I use an emulator called Famicommunist I don't know who made it. Do you think I should just get NESticle?
> actual save, inside the game. Savestates are made
> differently depending on each emulator. usually
> [shift+F1-8])
I can hack the savestate perfectly fine but when I try to hack the battery save it doesn't work.
> 2) Who made this emulator. I suggest that you either get a
> hacking version of FCE ultra, or Nesticle.
> You can get these on the emulators section of this site.
I use an emulator called Famicommunist I don't know who made it. Do you think I should just get NESticle?
Insomnia DMX
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> I don't know who made it. Do you think I should just get
> NESticle?
In my opinion, get FCE Ultra.
> NESticle?
In my opinion, get FCE Ultra.
The 9th Sage
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> Do
> you think I should just get NESticle?
Eh, not in this day and age.
> you think I should just get NESticle?
Eh, not in this day and age.
Insomnia DMX
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Nesticle is more geared for "playing" roms. I don't hack nes anyway...
Insomnia DMX
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I don't hack NES, and I heard that nesticle is good for graphic hacking. Personally I hate it and use FCEU, but maybe the dude wants to hack graphics, I dunno...<img src=smilies/moon.gif>
> pressed continue the game would revert to how it was before.
> Even if I open the save file up again after the game has
> ran, it's changed. It was really bugging me and then I
> figured out that even if I start a new game it won't save
> over the file for some reason.
Battery files usually (in all the games that I've SGHed, always) use a 16-bit checksum to check the integrity of the data; that's why games nowadays tell you not to turn off the power while saving the game. If the saved data doesn't match the checksum, then all data will be wiped in that file and you'll have to start with a new game.
Second, some games save the game into multiple slots. I guess it's just like "backup" data so that if your normal game data gets wiped, you can try loading from the backup (this is why I LOVE Golden Sun).
> Even if I open the save file up again after the game has
> ran, it's changed. It was really bugging me and then I
> figured out that even if I start a new game it won't save
> over the file for some reason.
Battery files usually (in all the games that I've SGHed, always) use a 16-bit checksum to check the integrity of the data; that's why games nowadays tell you not to turn off the power while saving the game. If the saved data doesn't match the checksum, then all data will be wiped in that file and you'll have to start with a new game.
Second, some games save the game into multiple slots. I guess it's just like "backup" data so that if your normal game data gets wiped, you can try loading from the backup (this is why I LOVE Golden Sun).
I believe it does use backup data because when I look through the file in my hex editor, some of the stuff appears twice. Is there anyway to get around this for a beginner (or even a more complicated way)?
> Second, some games save the game into multiple slots. I
> guess it's just like "backup" data so that if your normal
> game data gets wiped, you can try loading from the backup
> (this is why I LOVE Golden Sun).
> Second, some games save the game into multiple slots. I
> guess it's just like "backup" data so that if your normal
> game data gets wiped, you can try loading from the backup
> (this is why I LOVE Golden Sun).
> I believe it does use backup data because when I look
> through the file in my hex editor, some of the stuff appears
> twice. Is there anyway to get around this for a beginner
> (or even a more complicated way)?
Well, in Golden Sun, it was easy to tell the difference between normal and backup files because the backup files didn't have a checksum.
> through the file in my hex editor, some of the stuff appears
> twice. Is there anyway to get around this for a beginner
> (or even a more complicated way)?
Well, in Golden Sun, it was easy to tell the difference between normal and backup files because the backup files didn't have a checksum.