S1 Hacking Studio

Awesome! I could actually start hacking something without being put-off by the immense amount of pointless technical work akin to a 300-page essay on the political history of the European Union just to make a simple little hack. Now I don't feel like I have to give up my life to make a fucking hack. Thanks! :-)

 

How about a text/html file or so that explains how to make each feature manually on their own?

 

Oh, I agree, but if he had explained his opinion in that way instead of being a jerk about it, I wouldn't've had a problem with it. Tools like this might encourage overuse of features, sure, but *developing* them takes time, talent, effort, and a thorough understanding about how to hack as well as programming. To reply smartassedly to a person like that I just consider rude - especially because this is a new user and he used some of his first posts to produce a utility - how often can you say that?

 

This program is very, very nice indeed. The desing and eyerything is very well. But the general idea, like said millions of times before, is not good. But even though the most people say noobies are just getting this program, clicking 3 things and changing the palette a bit will make them l33t, there is something people never think on: There is a difference between lazy fucks and people who want to try it on there own! If a lazy guy will just use this program, he will not make a long way in the hacking scene. If there is however someone, who can image on his own how things run, I don't see a problem with this program, nor open sourcing things.

So if I were you, I would just put my hand on it again, fix bugs, maybe remove some features so they will not get oversued (like the spindash). The jumpdash especially, because it's just... crap (I once open sourced a jumpdash myself *runs far, far away*).

And one last thing: The Level Select Text editor is too fucking awesome! If you don't have anything against it, could I please have some help from you for my program?

 

Interesting, but not really useful for any of my purposes. Props to you for taking the time to make it, though.

 

neat program, you should work on it more.

it's good for some people and not for others. as a programmer, I encourage working on anything as long as you can enjoy the results. even if it does cause a heated debate. :P

 

As ever, the quality of one's work can be shown by how they use their tools, not so much that they used the 'right' or 'wrong' tool. There will be several people who download this and use it to make quick click 'hacks'. But there will be those who use this, go in and determine what it changes, and learn from it. There will also be those who decide that this is not enough and go to learning ASM for what they want. The fakers will be blasted into oblivion, and those who work hard will reap reward.

Good work on the app.

 

This doesn't work with hacks you have already started work on, does it? I attempted to port mine, and all my level layouts were gone. If there is a way to do that, I would use this, if only for the S3 Hud.

Very nice program by the way. As others have said, it's not the program that is a problem, its the mentality that uses it.

 

Can't wait for the Sonic 2 edition of this. + - [/wishfulthinking]  

Great work!

 

I see zero problem with this program. It cuts out a few steps and makes the job easier.

Of course it is open to abuse, but lets face it, those hacks will fall out into obscurity because they'll just get ignored. More good hacks will arise. Sure, it follows a linear line of more both good and bad hacks, but when factoring in that bad hacks fall into obscurity, this sort of tool can only bring good.

I commend (Did I get the right word?) you.

Though, you may want to work out those kinks soon, otherwise that line might go slightly in favor of bad =P

 

I think the more tools there is that simplify things the better. If people then want to use them, they use them. If people want to use ASM, they do. Myself, I wouldn't make any hack ever, because I'm not interested in it - I can also see that there are people who would never bother with ASM even if they're good sprite artists. I can also see that there are people who'd like to have a simple playground to try things out before discovering there is a lot more.

I can never understand how the community should discourage creation and use of simple tools. In a democracy, for example, you let people decide on their own what they want, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else, which I don't understand how this would do. Just because some people create and use simple tools, doesn't mean everyone starts doing it.

 

Also, making some basic stuff easier can make people focus in other original aspects of their hacks.

 

You guys have hit the nail on the head.
This application is a Time Saver, IMO. Spindash and Jumpdash are copy/paste guides anyway, you don't learn anything, so why not turn in into on click, rather than ctrl+c, alt+tab, ctrl+v, art+tab, repeat?

 

Apparently very. People around here seem to get very up in arms if ANY idea is used from one hack to another. The seemingly only universally accepted things to put in a Sonic 1 hack are Spindash and Super Sonic. Everything else you do better be original or you will face the wrath of the community.