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Super Mario Advance 4 Editor Efforts (Video & Links Inside)

i just downloaded the latest version of solar magic, but what do i do ? it doesn't seem to be the rom that i need to open for editing, it says e-reader level. so where can i find that ?
It's not a SMA4 ROM editor, it's something to make SMA4's e-Cards.
It doesn't edit anything yet. But it's so far the first, and only SMA4 Level Card Viewer. Right now, it can edit saves, and make Power-Up Cards, and Demo Cards.
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oh, ok. but are you planning on making it into a level editor at some point ?
That's actually my goal, but to do an editor, you need the most important things about a Level Format. Which i don't have all the things yet. It takes time, but someday it will be a Level Editor.
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great #w{=D} well i'll just be patient for now then...
Has any one noticed that in the first part of the first vid, the SMW credits music is played?Also, I REALLLLY want an E- Reader for my SMA4 game. Does the E -Reader thing work on DS? I don't have a GBA. Will the E- Reader work on DS?? Tell mE!! EDIT: What's that music at 8:15?
Originally posted by SMLink64
Has any one noticed that in the first part of the first vid, the SMW credits music is played?Also, I REALLLLY want an E- Reader for my SMA4 game. Does the E -Reader thing work on DS? I don't have a GBA. Will the E- Reader work on DS?? Tell mE!!


First of all, the e-Reader doesn't work on the DS.
And also, if you don't know, you just need a linker with GBA Backup Tool Homebrew to get new levels on your original cart.
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Originally posted by LuigiBlood
First of all, the e-Reader doesn't work on the DS.
And also, if you don't know, you just need a linker with GBA Backup Tool Homebrew to get new levels on your original cart.

The e-reader works fine on the DS Lite (though it won't fit into the original DS and the DSi has no slot for it), with the obvious exception of linking.
I have a poll on my blog, feel free to vote on it.
The question is :
Should i make Solar Magic Advance a SMA4 ROM Editor ?

http://sma4ecard.blogspot.com/
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yes, that would be brilliant !
Solar Magic Advance definitely should have a level editor; that way we can make an entire game and not just a bunch of e-Reader levels.
It would be awesome if Solar Magic Advance was a level editor. If possible, I would recommend making it kind of like Lunar Magic (shows levels, drag and drop, etc) because that would make it:
1. More popular
2. Easier to use
3. More customizable
4. People could be more creative with their levels
Just some food for thought.
Originally posted by luigiblood ( in the link )

And somehow...
I have some name ideas for some other Level Editors :
- Solar Magic Dream
- Solar Magic World
- Solar Magic Island

solar magic world would be for super mario world advance, right ? in witch case i wouldn't bother about it, as there is already a thread about that.
and solar magic dream, if it's for smb2 advance, would be a dream come true, i've always wanted a smb2 editor !
I think it should also have a level editor, for the same reasons Midna said.Free counters!
Solar Magic Advance 0.33 Beta 3 by LuigiBlood

This zip must contains :
- Solar Magic Advance.exe
- Solar Magic Advance.txt (...)
- tools\sma4savfix.exe (purplebridge001)
- tools\sma4comp.exe (purplebridge001)
- tools\sma4savtool.exe (purplebridge001)
- tools\nedcenc.exe (CaitSith2)
- tools\raw2bmp.exe (CaitSith2)
- tools\nedclib.dll (CaitSith2)

Changelog :
0.33 beta 3 :
- Save Edition bug has been fixed, you can now edit the save !
- Some Bank 1 Sprite Names added.

Download it here :
http://www.mediafire.com/?zm24mfz5jn1
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Why don't you make Solar Magic Advance a SMA4 ROM editor?? Also,
I would like you to make an editor for the OTHER SMAs!! PLEASSE?
IT WILL BE A SMA4 ROM Editor, if you check my blog some times, you'll know it soon enough...

Making editors for others SMAs, sorry to say that, but no.

About Solar Magic Advance, once i know everything about the e-Level Format, i take care of the ROM. I accept help from everyone.
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great ! so are you gonna base the way it works on lunar magic ?
Originally posted by pkhaxor
great ! so are you gonna base the way it works on lunar magic ?


Just don't expect ExGFX at all. I'm not that good yet.
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Random question for all you Super Mario Advance series hackers out there...

Do you happen to know the hex offset of the Mario Bros. minigame?

(I've been trying to hack SMA3, and I'm looking to find out what the Mario Bros. data looks like so I know to disregard it.)

Also, does SMA4 contain two additional bytes (in comparison to the NES and/or SNES version) for each level (they would be in the level header or something similar)? (SMA2 and SMA3 both have these bytes. It's theorized that they control screen position for the smaller GBA screen size.)

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