haddockd

I released it forever ago. As far as I know there arent any issues with it

Any way to donate to you outside of this site? I am sure alot of us are willing and able to help

I am shooting in the dark here but are you opening a modded ROM? What happens when you open a clean one?

Mine either so dont feel bad

I can easily donate once the ex wife is off the payroll (middle of august) so if you hang in there for a month and a half, i got your back

I am already a donator so I hope that has clout 

Ah. Would it be worth your time to compress it and test just to see? If it works after recompression then you may have an answer. Also have you tried other emus (Nemu, 1964, etc)?

I assume that means that if you recompress it after modding it that it doesnt crash...correct?

Would you mind posting it here so everyone can access it?

I thought you were porting a map and not an object and I was all over this like a ninja. I already had a response written when i verified. I have never used that tool. Sorry

Doing some Google finagling...i cant find it either...weird.

On a constructive note, have you tried explicitly giving the path to the objs?

So something like this (would be ideal if paths had no spaces)?

srcexe c:\modding\Zelda\object_link_boy.zobj 233E0 c:\modding\Zelda\object_ik.zobj 15840

On a less probable note, are you sure the offsets are correct?

Also...does the game do nothing when you run it after running the app or does it crash? Just trying to get a feel for exactly what is going on?

I chose to make Ruinous Shards all by myself. I ABSOLUTELY had help but I was always in charge of the project. It took me a great deal of time and the project probably could have been greater if I added staff but I chose not to....and it worked out I think

That may be true but isn't necessarily true. I am referring to highly modularized code. Tight coupling doesnt mean that the module can't be reused, it just means the interaction between them is heavily utilized.

For example a vehicle class can make boats, cars, trucks, planes, etc. Some will be more tightly coupled than others (like cars would have more characteristics that we think of for a vehicle) but it doesn't mean that it's a bad thing as it can be used (and reused) by a plethora of organizations and applications (domain allowing).

Large systems with a small number of modules are absolutely a bad idea to have tightly coupled (this is a bad idea in general lol). But I see your point

OH! I misunderstood. My bad

I do like your ideas but some of it seems to be opinion more than factual base.

For instance, you mentioned:

The only useful thing encapsulation brings to the table is data-hiding, but that's not an exclusive thing

I am not entirely sure that is accurate. Encapsulation allows for a high level of abstraction in a public interface and of course it allows for strong coupling. Keep in mind I am speaking from a complex systems point of view because that is my background. Smaller systems may not have the same requirements so perhaps it is less important...?

I could argue several of those points but it isnt going to help. Sounds like your mind is made up

I would recommend that you add a few sources because technically if you dont and you turn this in, it is plagiarism. I would hate for your effort to be seen as such

This may just be the grad school coming out of me, but you make alot of absolute statements without giving any sources or proof. Is this by design?

You could use braces to capture multiple values or a range:

is (2-22) do
something()

If you do decide to go this route, I would use "to" instead of "-" because the minus operator is likely to be used elsewhere.

So:

is (2 to 22) do

something()

Additionally, does your language ignore whitespace (hard returns, etc)? If it does not then parens arent even needed. Plus if "is" must be followed by "do" then the entire expression can be read without the need for parens.

It really depends on what you need to accomplish and how much control you need. C# is a great high level language. It has higher overhead but is very powerful and easy to use. C and C++ have lower overhead and give you lower access (which is great for cycle seneitive apps but you have to freaking declare EVERYTHING and I found it tiresome.

Nice one, for a second I thought it was a remake of TP's magic armor but then I realized that your hack takes its name seriously. Do you have the hack patched to the ROM?

 

EDIT: You should look into using bitwise operations. Usage of ANDI would have greatly reduced your code for checking if the Zora Tunic was equipped by simply checking if ((*(u8*)(0x8015E6D0)) & 0x03) was nonzero. Also, I see that you handle the case where subtracting from the current magic amount avoids overflowing the byte value by just setting the magic value to 0 if it was less than or equal to 4; one instruction which would help you greatly would be the SLTI (Set on Less Than Immediate) opcode.

 

I know that you realize you code could be shorter, I'm just offering what I think to be helpful tips (I don't mean to come off as a nitpicker).

God Jason, must you be such a nitpicker?!?!?

Kidding haha. I also liked that he used the actual magic instead of rupees. I thought it was a twist that folks would also enjoy.

It isnt very comprehensive and honestly doesnt tell you anything but it is what it is

Any sort of FAQ or documentation in case ppl get stuck?

Perhaps if you could tell us what roadblock you hit or what you have learned/accomplished so far.

Haha...nice

Its an old VB5 common file. I *think* its part of the old VB Runtime installer. ZLE2 and ZAP2 were indeed written in old VB.

I am using a 256MB SSD for my system drive and a 2TB WD Black HDD for all my games and data

I had to get $1600 in place but here it is!

Cooler Master HAF X Full Tower

ASRock Z97 Extreme4

EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB

EVGA SuperNOVA 850W

Intel Core i5-4690K - OC'ed to 4.5GHz

G.SKILL Ripjaws X 8GB DDR3 1600

CORSAIR Hydro H105

Indigo Xtreme 115X-XS Metallic TIM

Windows 7 SP1 64-bit

I will be playing the following emulators on this machine:

JNES

ZSNES (and some SNES9x)

DeSmume

Project64 (with high res textures)

Dolphin (GC and Wii)

ePSXe

PCSX2

Kega Fusion

JPCSP

PPSSPP

Thoughts?

Alright everyone! Please put all issues and feedback here. This is now the official topic for Ruinous Shards!