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Lunar Magic Bug? PLEASE READ

I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, but I tried to open a hack in LM, but I got the message "The ROM either has the wrong game title, or is in the wrong format."

I know for a fact that it IS the right format, because I have opened ROMs with it before, but how could a title change whether or not it runs properly? Please help!
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This is the wrong forum for this, as it has nothing to do with the site itself. Try posting it here. As for your problem, some people modify the headers and whatnot to really prevent people from modifying their hacks. Mostly to prevent stealing. Why do you need to open it anyways?
I like being able to take a look at the internal workings of a level so I can see how certain effects were done, how they could be replicated, etc. (also it's simply just fun to get a behind-the-scenes look at things and such).


It's not ultra-important or anything like that though, so it's not the end of the world if fixing it can't be done!
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Try:
  • Recover Lunar Magic to unlock the hack
  • Editing the internal ROM name at PC address x81C0 in a hex editor to match that of a clean ROM's (SUPER MARIOWORLD)
If those don't work, then it is a mystery

This is the thread you want to direct any Lunar Magic bugs to. That said, I do not believe this is a Lunar Magic bug, so I'm throwing this into General SMW Hacking Help.

Just look above you...
If it's something that can be stopped, then just try to stop it!
Woah, you can move entire threads to different locations? Well, that's just dandy, in the past I've seen staff members just close threads that aren't where they belong.
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RLM didn't work. I'm going to attempt to try the second thing you said, though I don't really know how.
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It's easy. Take this code:
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org $00FFC0
	db "SUPER MARIOWORLD"


And paste that into a notepad file and save it with a .asm extension. Apply the patch with Asar, because xkas sucks.
...I've never used asar before. I downloaded it, with that link you gave me and extracted all the files, and I pasted that code into notepad, with the asm extension. I have windows 7, and it recognized it as an asm, but I don't know what to do from there.
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Put asar, the patch and the rom in the same folder, open asar and type the name of your rom and then your patch.
I just figured it out, but thanks anyway.

Oh yeah, and...


IT WORKED!
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I don't know if this needs to be said or not, but I've solved my problem. So there's really no point in leaving this thread open anymore.
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Well, you could have left it to rot like 90% of the userbase does.