[15:50] <SmaIIhacker> I wish someone would make a serious pure vanilla hack.
[15:51] <SmaIIhacker> One meant to be transplanted to SMA2
[15:51] <WYE> yup - without Map16, custom palettes and stuff
[15:51] <WYE> I don't think I've ever played a pure vanilla hack
[...]
[15:59] <WYE> I might just make one for C3 - I don't think that'll take too long
[15:59] <WYE> (just one world or so)
So that's what I did. A pure vanilla hack - No ExGFX, no custom palettes, no custom overworld, no tileset mixing, no use of Direct Map16 Acess whatsoever, not even bypassed time limits/music/etc. In short, nothing custom at all (aside from LM's ASM hacks, of course*). This might even be the first decent pure vanilla hack made in quite a while. As stated above, this hack is only one world long - the good ol' Yoshi's Island, only with changed levels and Donut Plains 1 serving as some kind of "End of Hack" level.
Since it cannot have anything custom, you shouldn't expect anything revolutionary from this hack - it obviously focuses on level design. And even that might not be too good... I think that some parts could have been done better, and not being able to use screen exits didn't allow for bonus rooms/complex multiple paths**. I hope you're still going to enjoy it a little.
...Wait - not being able to use screen exits? That's right - Lunar Magic installs an ASM hack that allows you to exit to any level you want (normally you can only go from level 0xx to 0xx and 1xx to 1xx), and apparently it's not possible to port that over to SMA2.
Yes, SMA2. As many of you know, SmaIIhacker recently created a tool that could port levels from an SMW ROM to an SMA2 one. It only supported pure vanilla levels, though, so I couldn't add anything even slightly custom when I wanted to properly transplant this.
So yeah, this hack takes advantage of Smalls' tool and comes in both SMW and SMA2 form. This might even be the first completed SMA2 hack ever ("completed" as in "I consider my work done", not as in "All levels have been changed"). The level data itself is exactly the same in both versions, though there are some minor bugs in the SMA2 version:
That should be about it. The only thing that's left are the DOWNLOAD LINK andsome a lot of screenshots. ...Oh, one last thing: Of course the SMA2 patched should be applied to a clean SMA2 ROM. Please let me know if the one I used wasn't clean. >_>
Enjoy!
*Fun Fact: I actually used Lunar Magic 1.62 - the oldest version I could find - for making this, in order to add as little LM ASM hacks as possible.
**That's also why I had to end the gastle with a goal point - no screen exits, no boss door. D:
[15:51] <SmaIIhacker> One meant to be transplanted to SMA2
[15:51] <WYE> yup - without Map16, custom palettes and stuff
[15:51] <WYE> I don't think I've ever played a pure vanilla hack
[...]
[15:59] <WYE> I might just make one for C3 - I don't think that'll take too long
[15:59] <WYE> (just one world or so)
So that's what I did. A pure vanilla hack - No ExGFX, no custom palettes, no custom overworld, no tileset mixing, no use of Direct Map16 Acess whatsoever, not even bypassed time limits/music/etc. In short, nothing custom at all (aside from LM's ASM hacks, of course*). This might even be the first decent pure vanilla hack made in quite a while. As stated above, this hack is only one world long - the good ol' Yoshi's Island, only with changed levels and Donut Plains 1 serving as some kind of "End of Hack" level.
Since it cannot have anything custom, you shouldn't expect anything revolutionary from this hack - it obviously focuses on level design. And even that might not be too good... I think that some parts could have been done better, and not being able to use screen exits didn't allow for bonus rooms/complex multiple paths**. I hope you're still going to enjoy it a little.
...Wait - not being able to use screen exits? That's right - Lunar Magic installs an ASM hack that allows you to exit to any level you want (normally you can only go from level 0xx to 0xx and 1xx to 1xx), and apparently it's not possible to port that over to SMA2.
Yes, SMA2. As many of you know, SmaIIhacker recently created a tool that could port levels from an SMW ROM to an SMA2 one. It only supported pure vanilla levels, though, so I couldn't add anything even slightly custom when I wanted to properly transplant this.
So yeah, this hack takes advantage of Smalls' tool and comes in both SMW and SMA2 form. This might even be the first completed SMA2 hack ever ("completed" as in "I consider my work done", not as in "All levels have been changed"). The level data itself is exactly the same in both versions, though there are some minor bugs in the SMA2 version:
- The midway entrances don't work perfectly - in the SMA2 version, the player sometimes appears higher/lower than in the SMW version. I don't know whose fault that is, but as long as the changed position doesn't kill you, it's okay I guess.
- Layer 3 messes up a little when beating Yoshi's Island 4, probably due to me placing the goal point too high. It's still only a visual flaw though, so I didn't bother fixing it.
- The intro (the first video you see after the Nintendo Presents logo) has a pretty messed-up background. Not sure if that's my fault or Smallhacker's. Oh well, who watches the intro anyway.
That should be about it. The only thing that's left are the DOWNLOAD LINK and
Enjoy!
*Fun Fact: I actually used Lunar Magic 1.62 - the oldest version I could find - for making this, in order to add as little LM ASM hacks as possible.
**That's also why I had to end the gastle with a goal point - no screen exits, no boss door. D: