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I can't submit my rom hack!

I'm trying to upload my first ROM hack, titled Soup Mar Worl. But every time I try to upload it, I get a wide variety of meaningless errors, such as the screenshots not being accepted, despite the fact that they are in PNG format and were taken from inside the emulator. When I try to upload the ZIP it tells me "Bad BPS file, Not a BPS file" even though there is a BPS file for my hack in the ZIP.


I genuinely don't know what to do. If anyone knows what I can do to make a name for myself on this site, please help me!
"What's 9 + 10?"
-Jah
Originally posted by ModernKiwi
When I try to upload the ZIP it tells me "Bad BPS file, Not a BPS file" even though there is a BPS file for my hack in the ZIP.

Maybe your BPS patch is broken.

When creating it, did you choose the unedited ROM first, then the hacked ROM?



Yes, I did choose the Unedited ROM, then the hacked ROM.
"What's 9 + 10?"
-Jah
Is the size of your unedited ROM 513KB?



Yes, yes it is.


Also, here is the error I receive when I try to submit my hack(in full)
Upload failed: Bad BPS file: Not a BPS file
Image upload failed (Soup Mar Worl (U) [!] .PNG): Unknown file type. Supported image types are GIF and PNG.
Image upload failed (Soup Mar Worl (U) [!] 2 .PNG): Unknown file type. Supported image types are GIF and PNG.
Image upload failed (Soup Mar Worl (U) [!] 3 .PNG): Unknown file type. Supported image types are GIF and PNG.
Image upload failed (Soup Mar Worl (U) [!] 4 .PNG): Unknown file type. Supported image types are GIF and PNG.
Submissions must include a file.
Your submission must include at least 3 screenshot(s).



Firstly, I included a ZIP archive so "Submissions must include a file" is debunked.
There are 4 screenshots all in PNG format, so "Unknown file type. Supported image types are GIF and PNG" and "Your submission must include at least 3 screenshot(s)." are both debunked simultaneously.
So submitting a Rom Hack is completely broken, send this thread to the Mods so this can be fixed up as soon as possible.
"What's 9 + 10?"
-Jah
Can you upload your ZIP file to your file bin and link it here so that someone can take a look at it and see what might be wrong?
Feel free to visit my website/blog - it's updated rarely, but it looks pretty cool!
Apart from uploading the ZIP file to your filebin, it would also help to send at least one of the screenshots. The file extension isn't what determines an image's format, so they could be just a renamed invalid format.

I should mention that the original ROM's size isn't the only thing that determines if it's clean. It should be a version 1.0 (not sure if there are other, but just making sure) North American dump, which will be either 512 or 513 KB (BPS files ignore the header).