buck Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 (edited) Well, I basically want to make a 32-team rom out of one of the Tecmo Street roms I've made (7-man, 50 yd field, etc - jstout thing). The thing is, it's based on 28-team rom. So this leads to the question: what is the best way to take "everything" (graphics, hacks, physics, etc) from this 28-team rom and plug it into a 32-teamer - what code areas should I avoid? I know that the teams will not line up the same, but that's not a big deal. Or - is there a "way" to simply turn any given 28-team rom into a 32-team rom? That would be ideal - because I don't want to change anything else - just the number of teams to 32 (oh, and the mini-helmet screens can change, too). What are the necessary code locations to bring to the 28-teamer? Edited May 19, 2013 by buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruddog Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 I don't know of a "simple way" to do this. You'd probably have to carefully to cut and paste hex copy of blocks of code being careful not to overwrite any locations specifically used for the 32 team rom. And I don't know all the locations that are specific to the 32 team rom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted May 20, 2013 Author Share Posted May 20, 2013 yeah, that's why I was thinking that maybe it'd be easier to just bring the proper 32-rom code over to the 28-team rom instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruddog Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Pasting from 28 to 32 you have to make sure you aren't overwriting 32 team specific code or pointers. Pasting from 32 to 28 you have to make sure you aren't overwriting any space/code that your hacks use so its really pretty similar either way you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted May 20, 2013 Author Share Posted May 20, 2013 (edited) well, the moving 28 hacks/graphics to 32 would require multiple shitloads of copy-pasting, there is no doubt about that. but maybe not so bad if use the 28 as base. I might just try to make an ips patch - using the original and cxroms 2007 version. btw - a basic "map" of the contents of each TSB rom type would be cool. Edited May 20, 2013 by buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knobbe Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 The biggest thing would be the graphics change.Have you ever had to increase the size of the rom to accommodate your hacks? If not I think doing a diff might be the way to go. Take a 32 team rom and apply it to a 28 team rom in tsbtool.Do a diff between them.Apply that diff to your 28 team romPray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted May 20, 2013 Author Share Posted May 20, 2013 knobbe, do you have a link to a good app to do diffs? what's the diff between an ips and a diff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knobbe Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 An IPS is essentially is an executed diff.A diff basically compares two files...it doesn't actually create the change file. You could try http://sourceforge.net/projects/hexcompare/ for a diff program though I typically use programs like notepad++ or sublime text with hex/diff addons A diff program would allow you to compare the changes side by side to get a better understanding of what is different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted May 20, 2013 Author Share Posted May 20, 2013 (edited) An IPS is essentially is an executed diff. A diff program would allow you to compare the changes side by side to get a better understanding of what is different. yeah, that is a good idea to see what exactly has been changed. thanks! edit- wtf is a "tar.gz"? are you sending me command line bs? I don't roll that deep, dog. Edited May 20, 2013 by buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruddog Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 That is a compression format Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 alright, I don't roll with java or tar.gz. I will look for an .exe or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFM Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Use winrar and open that junk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 (edited) google winrar and see how many websites have a variant name of win rar I'm afraid to download wintrojancondomvirusrar Edited May 21, 2013 by buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFM Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 lol here you go http://win-rar.com/predownload.html?spV=true&subD=true&f=wrar420.exe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 does this work on windows '95? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 holyshizz. I unrar'd another computer science class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFM Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 haha yea that is a command tool. Here is standalone windows app - http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-hex-editor.htm#HxD Most hex editors can do binary compare if I recall correctly.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgboud2 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Tsbultra? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 haha yea that is a command tool. Here is standalone windows app - http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-hex-editor.htm#HxD Most hex editors can do binary compare if I recall correctly.. I was just reading through all of those on that same page DFM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 hxd sucks for comparing. do not recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFM Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 last try until I tell you to install hexcompare - http://winmerge.org/ buck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 I also dl'd kdiff, will try winmerge 1st. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 well, winmerge looks like it has potential. but showing JIBBERISH instead of hex numbers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFM Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I see alot of boobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 I see alot of boobs. you have officially started down the path of the jedi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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