ROM Hack New Retro Mario Bros.

[jceggbert5]

Alot of the R4 clones are actually DSTT clones anymore... If the firmware looks like R4 firmware, you should be good to go.

 

[Melly Pix]

hmmm, it's been a short while since i've posted here
doesn't mean i've left!
Was on holiday =\
anyways, I'm getting to testing on M3 DS Real with latest three M3 Sakura and TouchPod firmwares.
Hope things are going well, I'll get back to you if I catch anything

(sorry for not being active, i just got back)

 

[ByteMunch]

Works great using no$gba, but not on my r4i-sdhc red...
And on warp zone (1-2) if you take a pipe, your coins are not saved and you cannot progress without using the primary exit...
Other that that, it works great! Should be really cool when finished...

 

[jceggbert5]

Works great using no$gba, but not on my r4i-sdhc red...
And on warp zone (1-2) if you take a pipe, your coins are not saved and you cannot progress without using the primary exit...
Other that that, it works great! Should be really cool when finished...

First of all, please be more specific than "it doesn't work on my R4i-SDHC". Also, please direct to the website of the cart to see which clone it is... (there are like 15+ "R4i SDHC" carts out there...)

The star coins cant be saved when you use the pipe cannons... It's just how the game is... Sorry.... Regular coins are saved though...

And the progression is also a game problem... Nothing I can do...

 

[Melly Pix]

okay
So I tried everything I could, my friend
but the demo 2.01 will not work with the m3 card in any way
I've tried the newest demo on the last three versions of both m3 sakura and touchpod
neither load it =[
Hmm, yet the other versions, everyone you've sent, has worked absolutely fine with it
Just thought I'd let you know ^^
good work with the project

 

[jceggbert5]

okay
So I tried everything I could, my friend
but the demo 2.01 will not work with the m3 card in any way
I've tried the newest demo on the last three versions of both m3 sakura and touchpod
neither load it =[
Hmm, yet the other versions, everyone you've sent, has worked absolutely fine with it
Just thought I'd let you know ^^
good work with the project

I found a possible memory leak on tileset 0: Grassland...
I am fixing it now and working on other stuff...

Update: 2-1 is nearly finished

 

[twiztidsinz]

I found a possible memory leak on tileset 0: Grassland...

QUOTE(jceggbert5 @ Jan 14 2010, 06:28 PM) I am fixing it now and working on other stuff...

Update: 2-1 is nearly finished

nice! Can't wait

 

[jceggbert5]

OK... Update on my tileset problems...
I figured out the problem (although, it makes NO sense why it's doing this...)
Since I have been working around messing up other levels, I have been pressing the graphics together and I have been creating new 'objects' to add my new graphics to the levels... In doing so, it overloads the RAM and as it's writing the graphics to the RAM, it runs out of space so it stops writing. It loads the level anyway and it tries to compromise for the lost graphics...

[speculation]The reason that it does not overload RAM on R4 and some others is that they do not leave traces in the RAM as DSTT/YSMenu does...[/speculation]

(parts of this is speculation)


What am I doing to fix it?
I am using one of the unused tilesets (TileSet 67: Bonus Room (Unused)) and completely erasing everything in it and starting from scratch with the new tileset...

This process will take a few days and will be a complicated process because I need to replace alot of the tileset files with original ones...

 

[Melly Pix]

Okay
Well I wish you lots of luck
That's going to be rather time consuming if you ask me
Hopefully everything will resolve through this

 

[jceggbert5]

Okay
Well I wish you lots of luck
That's going to be rather time consuming if you ask me
Hopefully everything will resolve through this

I spent about 6 hours straight (aside from ~20 minutes of dinner...) working on it after that post last night... Needless to say, I have to almost start over (from Dec 17, 09)... I think I can get my levels moved to an older backup (literally less than 5 minutes before modding the graphics). This will mean re-building some major parts of some levels... (like GROUND!)

If this doesn't work, then tough turkey (not really, I will explore more possibilities) to you DSTT/YSMenu users... (I'll have NO idea where to go from there...)

 

[jceggbert5]

Well, I have come to a conclusion of this tileset stuff...

Spoiler

EPIC FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I am still trying to figure it out, and I have restored Tileset 0: Grassland to it's original state, and it works now. BUT, I have modified Tileset "67: Bonus Room (Unused)" to host my custom graphics, but !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PINK JUNK ON YSMenu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

If anyone has ANY tips for me, PLEASE let me know... I am really frustrated right now...

 

[Tilehacker]

Well, that sure is STRANGE

 

[jceggbert5]

Well, that sure is STRANGE

I like your avatar...

edit:
Everyone:
Thanks to Tilehacker, this project is getting (even more) new graphics! Will post screenshots soon...

 

[BiT.SLEDGE]

Good luck. Looks really promising!

 

[Tilehacker]

To people who are wondering: The gress tiles used in my user picture are the ones I made for New Retro Mario Bros.

 

[jceggbert5]

Don't worry, everyone, DSTT/YSMenu compatibility is coming in the next release
edit: @ TileHacker, you might want to spell Grass properly...

 

[twiztidsinz]

Don't worry, everyone, DSTT/YSMenu compatibility is coming in the next release

I can't wait! This just keeps getting better and better with every post.

 

[jceggbert5]

I'm thinking of making a release that only covers the DSTT fix, some new gfx, and 2-1 complete...

 

[YayMii]

This is coming along nicely! Great idea substituting the poison mushroom with a mini mushroom (although this ruins the effect that poison mushrooms look exactly the same as normal mushrooms underground).

 

[Tilehacker]

@jceggbert5: The patch you gave me has 1-2, but you might wanna fix the sky area, You die when you fall down the hole.