I had an idea for a hack of Zelda OoT, where monsters would have speed increases, they would deal more damage, and (if possible, though I doubt it either possible or within ease of doing) have more monsters in certain places. I've looked at some ROM hacking websites but from what I can find theres either nothing on N64 editing, or they claim it's too hard. However, it seems to me like something that shouldn't be too hard, just open the ROM up in a hex editor, locate the right hex, and increase it to raise damage/speed. Please feel free to dash my hopes.
Zelda OoT Hacking; is it possible?
- Thread starter Ion Dune
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The "hex" is code. You need to change the right code at the right place and you must make sure that your "new" code isn't bigger or larger than the old code. Hacking roms is not easy.
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The rom is the source code, I just open it with a hex editor.
The idea was to change the code in the right place. I was hoping there could be a way to find the code for any enemy, locate a code that stands for the speed, and raise it a couple of digits. Cause it's hex it shouldn't be that hard to make it the same number of characters, if thats what you mean by size.
The idea was to change the code in the right place. I was hoping there could be a way to find the code for any enemy, locate a code that stands for the speed, and raise it a couple of digits. Cause it's hex it shouldn't be that hard to make it the same number of characters, if thats what you mean by size.
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Again, mate, it's code. You have no way to tell what the code is doing unless you can read opcodes. It may be a very complicated code to move the enemies or a very small one, and in some cases, you can get away with just changing a small variable of sort.
I'm not saying it's impossible, but it probably is very hard.
I'm not saying it's impossible, but it probably is very hard.
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Great program, but even great programs can't change the speed of actors in OoT
Ion Dune, if you really want to change the speed of a monster in OoT, go here, find the monster you want to edit, find its corresponding ZACTOR file and offsets, open your ROM (Master Quest), go to the offset and start reverse-engineering ;D- Thread Starter
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Ah yes, thank you very much. I'll look into that. All I need is to find a place with japanese/english names for monsters and stuff.
EDIT: It appears that my first glance was mistaken, and there are file names in english. I'll get to work!
I also managed to receive a copy of the debug master quest, so it looks like my dreams are not yet so dashed!
EDIT: It appears that my first glance was mistaken, and there are file names in english. I'll get to work!
I also managed to receive a copy of the debug master quest, so it looks like my dreams are not yet so dashed!
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