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SADX/SA1 Hacking/Modding

Discussion in 'Engineering & Reverse Engineering' started by MainMemory, Aug 15, 2009.

  1. MainMemory

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  2. Master3k

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    I can't play it, because my computer sucks. But I see lots of people who tried but didn't achieved that.

    So...Good job.
     
  3. Endri

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    When I saw the three exclamation points in the thread's title, I though:

    *GASP!* *GASP!* "Finally! A true Super Sonic in normal levels!" *GASP!* *GASP!*

    Seriously, tryied to find the addresses to toggle Super Sonic and ring counter drop many times. Needles to say for no avail. Gotta try this out as soon as possible!
     
  4. Mr. Mash

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    what about the ring counter?
     
  5. MainMemory

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  6. Endri

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    I've played with this a little, and I belive it is one step further to Super Sonic hacking.

    The only two things missing to make it perfect are the rings counter drop and Super Sonic textures regardless the current selected level.

    Also, this, plus a app that changes all the values in the right memory address accordly, if you have 50+ rings, jump and press the action button, a trainer, if you will.

    I tryied doing this, but I couldn't map the key pressed address. :(
     
  7. MainMemory

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    I had the same idea, but I think we could hack the game to do that when you press the action button.
    The code for Jump Cancel is at 92F68 in sonic.exe and 00492F68 in RAM.
    We just need to make it jump to an empty area and insert our code.
     
  8. Dude

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    With that cheat table and a little bit of assembly it could be done - you'd have to edit every level's loading routine to load supersonic's model and textures (I have an idea of where the texture data is in the level header), and re-write the jump cancel action to check for rings and game completion, then init the super sonic action if everything checks out.
     
  9. Endri

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    ...that, and change the current music address value to 22, in order to load Super Sonic's music. We can't forget that :P

    So it will require to actually alter the sonic.exe file then, huh. This is getting interesting.
     
  10. MainMemory

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    You can also edit the code in ram.
    I just had to make a video of it. I'll post it when it uploads in ~13 min.
    And you forgot the Super Sonic flag, or you won't be invincible.
     
  11. PicklePower

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    Remember those downloadable missions for the Dreamcast? There was a Christmas one where a tree showed up in Station Square, and others where signs would show up in levels and adventure fields. Something I've always been curious about finding is the trigger to activate those again. The Christmas tree model is still in SADX, and I don't see any reason why they would have bothered to remove those things.
     
  12. MainMemory

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    No I don't remember that, I never had a Dreamcast :( .
    And it's kinda difficult to find an address that is always 0.
     
  13. Sik

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    Most likely because the service to download the missions wasn't available anymore? :P

    EDIT: Morph tried the SuperSonic thing from this topic and he managed to get it... without screwing up the springs. Oops? :X
     
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    It would also be interesting to find the value that controls things in a cutscene. Imagine being able to move or control the camera.

    Yeah, wishful thinking I guess. It wouldn't be beyond Sonic Team to be lazy and just leave it in, though.
     
  15. MainMemory

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    Only the downward springs get messed up (like the first one in Emerald Coast). The rest work fine.
    Edit: what? you can already move the camera with my table (at least on the Y axis).
    Edit edit: I now present to you, SonAmy.
     
  16. PicklePower

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    Yeah, I'm messing with that now and just realized that. What does Camera Action do?
     
  17. MainMemory

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    the camera actions are:
    0: Init
    1: Refocus
    2: Normal
    3+: Stop
    1 makes it jump to your character immediately, while 2 does the normal scrolling.
    The video uploaded!
     
  18. Sik

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    He just tried that very same spring. Works OK. Although it seems that SuperSonic can't jump high enough to break the capsule at the end >_>

    EDIT: he fixed the jump issue by setting the jump height to 3 :v:

    1:07 onwards = :psyduck:

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    Gay SuperSonic :psyduck:
     
  19. Glisp

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    None at the moment I'm afraid.
    I own the PC version but I seem to prefer the Gamecube version more. I wish there was some way to convert this and Polygon Jim's Sonic Heroes codes to the GC Action Replay format. (Especially Polygon Jim's since it pretty much turned a shitty Sonic game into a winner.) I'm going to try this on the PC version though. Thanks for finally figuring this out! =P
     
  20. saxman

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    Here's a tip on how not to sound assholish: don't say things like "bullshit" and "you're just a slightly less buggy version of what I did months ago." Think about what you're saying before you say it, that is, if you truly didn't mean to come off that way. The last thing we want is to discourage new findings. It doesn't matter who finds them or if people are praising more or less than what anyone thinks anyone deserves. In the end, it's the findings that get remembered, not the people. So try using words of encouragement, not downgrade his findings (or if you do, be very gentle about it.)