HEX Add 2 to this code?

[jonthedit]

So here is the GameShark code in question:
80086E8X 000F

The X stands for the player being modified. It can be used to set every player to Character "0F" in the last four.

So, here is what I've done and confirmed it works.
80086E84 000F - Player 1 Becomes Character
80086E86 000F - Player 2 Becomes Character
80086E88 000F - Player 3 Becomes Character

And now here is where I am lost.
6,8,0F, 11, Just add two in hex for the next player value.

Okay, great! Now how the hell do I replace one "X" with two characters?
I took this code:
80086E8X 000F and erased the 8 before the XX, so it read as follows:
80086EXX 000F
From there I added 0F, which is player 4, respectively.
80086E0F 000F - Player 4 SHOULD Become Character right? NOPE! That "8" before the X makes or breaks the code.

So I came here to ask, HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT 0F in ONE SLOT!?

Thanks!

 

[Foxi4]

Hexadecimal numbers always consist of two characters, so it's more like:

80 08 6E XX 00 0F

Which translates to decimal:

128 8 110 XX 0 15

Now, 84 (hex) = 132 (dec), 86 (hex) = 134 (dec), 88 (hex) = 136 (dec), so the jumps are regular. I think you can take it from here relatively easily.

EDIT: I would assume that the next in line would be 8A, which converts to 138 decimal. It makes sense and fits the pattern, that should be player four.

 

[loco365]

If it's 0F, you can just put F. 0x0F and 0xF are the exact same thing. So your code would go from this:

80086E8X 000F

to

80086E8F 000F

 

[Foxi4]

Where does the certainty that 0F refers to player 4 come from? Why would the game suddenly break the memory pattern used for the three other players?

Again, guys:

84 hex = (4*16^0) + (8*16^1) = (4*1) + (8*16) = 4 + 128 = 132
86 hex = (6*16^0) + (8*16^1) = (6*1) + (8*16) = 6 + 128 = 134
88 hex = (8*16^0) + (8*16^1) = (8*1) + (8*16) = 8 + 128 = 136
8A hex = (10*16^0) + (8*16^1) = (10*1) + (8*16) = 10 + 128 = 138

hex/dec:

0 = 0
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = 5
6 = 6
7 = 7
8 = 8
9 = 9
A = 10
B = 11
C = 12
D = 13
E = 14
F = 15

 

[jonthedit]

Where does the certainty that 0F refers to player 4 come from? Why would the game suddenly break the memory pattern used for the three other players?

Again, guys:

84 hex = (4*16^0) + (8*16^1) = (4*1) + (8*16) = 4 + 128 = 132
86 hex = (6*16^0) + (8*16^1) = (6*1) + (8*16) = 6 + 128 = 134
88 hex = (8*16^0) + (8*16^1) = (8*1) + (8*16) = 8 + 128 = 136
8A hex = (10*16^0) + (8*16^1) = (10*1) + (8*16) = 10 + 128 = 138

hex/dec:

0 = 0
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = 5
6 = 6
7 = 7
8 = 8
9 = 9
A = 10
B = 11
C = 12
D = 13
E = 14
F = 15

There is 8 players total.
I guess I am way off.
F refers to no one.
A refers to player four. Unless F is player 8 because the cycle starts again...

 

[Foxi4]

There is 8 players total.
I guess I am way off.
F refers to no one.
A refers to player four. Unless F is player 8 because the cycle starts again...

If there's 8 players total then the math should be simple from this point:

Player 1 = 84 (132)
Player 2 = 86 (134)
Player 3 = 88 (136)
Player 4 = 8A (138)
Player 5 = 8C (140)
Player 6 = 8E (142)
Player 7 = 90 (144)
Player 8 = 92 (146)

Does that help/work?

Edit: Added the missing player, well-spotted jonthedit.

 

[jonthedit]

If there's 8 players total then the math should be simple from this point:

Player 1 = 84 (132)
Player 2 = 86 (134)
Player 3 = 88 (136)
Player 4 = 8A (138)
Player 6 = 8C (140)
Player 7 = 8E (142)
Player 8 = 90 (144)

Does that help/work?

The 90 breaks it.
The 8 seems to be part of the code and not actually related to the character. :|

 

[Foxi4]

The 90 breaks it.
The 8 seems to be part of the code and not actually related to the character. :|

That should't be the case, again, hexadecimal numbers come in pairs. I take it that players from 1 to 7 work fine? Why not try 82 (130)? It's sort of ass-backwards, but you never know. It would be easier to tinker with this if we knew the game you're working on and your tools.

 

[jonthedit]

The 90 breaks it.
The 8 seems to be part of the code and not actually related to the character. :|

You skipped player 5.
That is why 90 broke it.

 

[Foxi4]

You skipped player 5.
That is why 90 broke it.

Herp-a-derp, my bad, you're absolutely right, corrected in the post above.

 

[jonthedit]

Herp-a-derp, my bad, you're absolutely right, corrected in the post above.

Figured it out. Thanks for the help! Thank you Team Fail and Foxi4!

To elaborate, the Hexadecimal conversion Foxi4 explained made sense to me. (I probably should have refreshed my memory on Hex )
The problem was not the "90". Foxi4 was correct, and I was wrong. The game accepted the code however the multiple instances of the code running with separate targets caused issues.
So I created a tool that injected the codes at different times.
Ironically after making this tool, I found [pec] which solves this issue by itself. Either way, I did this without [pec].

I'm glad that we could help! So, what was your final result? I'm just curious if this was a regular gap of 2 or if it went funky for player 7 and player 8.

Regular gap of 2! I made a mistake as explained above.

 

[Foxi4]

I'm glad that we could help! So, what was your final result? I'm just curious if this was a regular gap of 2 or if it went funky for player 7 and player 8. - Snip! Didn't notice the edit above.

EDIT: Good to hear that everything worked out in the end, good luck with whatever you're modifying!

 

[jonthedit]

I'm glad that we could help! So, what was your final result? I'm just curious if this was a regular gap of 2 or if it went funky for player 7 and player 8. - Snip! Didn't notice the edit above.

EDIT: Good to hear that everything worked out in the end, good luck with whatever you're modifying!

Sorry for the delay! Glad you saw my edit!
Here is my first experiment that ended in success using what we just discussed! I hope to reverse engineer this game at some point, and getting involved with GS is a start for me! I need to see what can be done without source tampering!
The video is now fully processed. HD !

 

[Foxi4]

*Snip!*

Crash Team Racing? Good man, looks like fun!

 

[jonthedit]

Crash Team Racing? Good man, looks like fun!

CTR is an old PSOne classic. I love the game! I actually find it more fun than Mario Kart even though it is a clone of MK.
I just bought it again on my family's PS3 when it went on sale for 99cents! Already 101%'d it lol.
Thought I would have some fun tampering with it on an emulator.