Anyone want AR codes for your homebrew?

[YoshiInAVoid]

I can make action replay codes for your homebrew if you want. That way you can test certain levels and such without having to make edits in your game and have to recompile everytime.

[Mint]

How do you do it, I may try it sometime. But if you do tell me how, I won't know a thing you're talking about. So, you just make it? I don't get it.

[YoshiInAVoid]

There is an option on desmume to view the values at certain adresses.

What that basically means is that you can look at all the variables in the game as you are playing them.

If you find that one of the variables is always the same as your score, then you can edit it and it will edit your score for instance.

[Mint]

You convert it to action replay???

[YoshiInAVoid]

Yeah, that is a skill you must work out for yourself.

They are in different formats and there is no converter or tutorials on how to do it.

So I worked it out and can do it. But it's confusing somtimes. It still beats assembly programming though.

[VampireLordAlucard]

I never thought about trying this with homebrew games before.

I started with Super Mario Bros on NES, then New Super Mario Bros for DS. I wanted to see if I could disable ground pounding and wall jumping, but couldn't find a way to.

Altering the level / powerup values for Super Mario Bros was pretty fun though, and gave some interesting results (Small fire Mario, crazy levels, etc).

[YoshiInAVoid]

"Altering the level / powerup values for Super Mario Bros was pretty fun though, and gave some interesting results (Small fire Mario, crazy levels, etc)."

I haven't tried making codes for Mario Bros yet... I always just played with the ones that it came with. It sounds fun though.

[James]

This will be easy for DSGM games. There is no "real" abstraction or obfuscation in the generated code and variables are generally global and inherited.

The scope tree and functionisation makes finding AR codes for homebrew difficult. Programmers love to go over the top with the OO, with no obvious benefits.

[YoshiInAVoid]

I never said it was hard. I said it was fun.

[Sonic The Hedgehog]

Hey that would be cool if you could edit levels on any game

[Nirraic]

so are AR codes in HEX aren't they? If so it shouldn't be that hard to create them, all you would need is the address of the variable and the value you want to change it to, the hard part in all of this is getting the correct layout of the action replay code.

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[COMPLETE GUESS]
code:
1210444e 00000031
d2000000 00000000

what each group means:
1210444e // address of variable
00000031 // changed value of variable
d2000000 // not sure
00000000 //blank-filler

If I'm wrong please let me know.
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