Sonic 1 - Text Code Generator

Selbi · Oct 31, 2009

I don't like bumping topics which were having no activity at all, so I'll just create a new one.

Anyway, some of you might know my program Sonic 1 - Text Code Generator, a program to edit text in Sonic 1 of any kind (now it does, at first it was just for Title Cards). Version 2.5 is out and I'll list the major new features:

- Level Select Editor, probably the major new thing. Works perfectly, but the design is W.I.P. Special thanks to MainMemory for this one!
- Header Generator, the thing in your ROM title. I know, it's so damn easy to do it by yourself, but I was bored. :P
- Of course, tons of bug fixes, edited layout etc.

Download

Tell me what you think and please report bugs.

Varion Icaria · Nov 1, 2009

Nicely done! if you want to add support for S3 level select text tell me and I will help'

Selbi · Nov 1, 2009

Varion Icaria said:

Nicely done! if you want to add support for S3 level select text tell me and I will help'
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Maybe I'll create another tool for S2 and 3. Thanks though.

nineko · Nov 1, 2009

Varion Icaria said:

Nicely done! if you want to add support for S3 level select text tell me and I will help'
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Hey, I thought I createad a tool for you which can do that D:
Same with S2 D: D:

Spanner · Nov 1, 2009

Text in the Sonic 2 and 3K screens are handled differently using mappings and you would be better using a program like PlaneEd to handle that.
Nice work Selbi, I might try it later.

Varion Icaria · Nov 1, 2009

nineko said:

Varion Icaria said:

Nicely done! if you want to add support for S3 level select text tell me and I will help'
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Hey, I thought I createad a tool for you which can do that D:
Same with S2 D: D:
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I'm saying for others to use if they port the LS style over. Since some of your tools don't make it public :P

randomselect · Nov 1, 2009

Is something wrong?
It doesn't download all you get is a blank page with this on it: No suitable nodes are available to serve your request.

Getting it from the wiki doesn't work either.

Selbi · Nov 1, 2009

randomselect said:

Is something wrong?
It doesn't download all you get is a blank page with this on it: No suitable nodes are available to serve your request.

Getting it from the wiki doesn't work either.
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My FTP (funpic.de) has downtimes every here and then. That it's not working on the Wiki either is strange... (btw, works fine for me).

randomselect · Nov 2, 2009

Alright it works fine now.

It didn't work on the wiki before because it downloaded with 0 bytes.

Selbi · Nov 15, 2009

Ok, bump-time:

Finally, I did something which makes credits title cards damn easy and damn quick. This example took me 2 minutes (with uploading). Works perfectly, I just need to fix some bugs and it's done.
As you can see, I also "tried" to do some form design (look at the black thingies on the corners. This is my very first try to make some form desing). I'm not sure if I'm going to use it though.

Oh and another thing I want to announce, this program will be ported to Mac and Linux. Thanks to King InuYasha for that one.

Ell678 · Nov 15, 2009

Wow, good stuff! Sure to make editting the credits far easier.

Kudos.

Selbi · Nov 15, 2009

Ell678 said:

Wow, good stuff! Sure to make editting the credits far easier.

Kudos.
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Just to make sure I don't get you wrong, you mean "editing" them? Right. I wasn't thinking of this by any chance, so thanks for that one.

Ell678 · Nov 15, 2009

Yeah, missed that spelling mistake :P

MarkeyJester · Nov 15, 2009

Fantastic work Selbi, this gets better each time, although I'll probably never use it =$

Max Firestorm · Dec 1, 2009

Awesome little program. The only problem I've found so far is that using the custom title cards configuration causes Final Zone to read as Final Zone Act 3. Aside from that, I've had no problems at all

Selbi · Dec 1, 2009

Max Firestorm said:

Awesome little program. The only problem I've found so far is that using the custom title cards configuration causes Final Zone to read as Final Zone Act 3. Aside from that, I've had no problems at all
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Much thanks for mentioning this. Will be fixed in the next release.

Xeric · Dec 1, 2009

How about having the "Sonic has passed w/e" text editable? Easy enough to do manually, but it's just a suggestion. :]

Selbi · Dec 23, 2009

Ok, here it is, v3.0! This one is defintly the last one of this program, because I'm done with EVERYTHING. The best reason to use this version is the new Credits Title Cards generator, it's working just fine and is extremly easy to use. I'll just gonna list everything which is in this version:

Zone Title Cards

"SONIC HAS PASSED" Generator [New!]

Credits Title Cards v2.0 [New!]

Credits Title Cards (old)

"SONIC TEAM PRESENTS" Generator

Level Select Text Editor

Level Select Text Generator

Header [New!]

Now, this is every Tool in this version. And since some of them are multiple times in there but having a different usage (like the credits title cards), I decided to draw the "good" ones in bold:

But why do you care? Just go ahead and download the new Version here:

Download

EDIT: Forgot something to say, I'm going to start on a new program called Sonic 2 - Text Code Generator.

Overlord · Dec 23, 2009

STE really does look more and more obsolete on a daily basis, doesn't it? =P

Always nice to see more hacking utilities.

Spanner · Dec 23, 2009

Selbi said:

Forgot something to say, I'm going to start on a new program called Sonic 2 - Text Code Generator.
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Couldn't you add a Sonic 2 section to this program instead and simply call it the Sonic Text Code Generator?
Good work anyway, I'm going to make a page for this for Sonic Ring Network's utility section (yes, that site is still in development - only a few more things to do).

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