Snes level editor tricks...

[salvadorc17]

Hi i want to ask about some snes level editor tricks, by example what happen if you alter the guard some way to simulate skeletons behavior.

What is refractor time?
And that "?"

Hitpoints 255, for invincibility...

[David]

"Refractory timer" is the amount of time the guard waits after you hit him. It's measured in 1/12 of a second.
Yes, the name is hard to understand; I copied it from Mechner's PoP1 documentation (page 20-21).
Something like "time to wait after guard is hit" would be better.

The "?" doesn't seem to do anything.
I included it in the guard settings dialog only because in the ROM it is between "Refractory timer" and "hit points".

[salvadorc17]

Ok, and you know how to make guard act like skeletons, fall and then raise again, also for not showing hitpoints...

[David]

You need to edit the ROM in a hex-editor.
(If you don't know how to do that, here is some help: viewtopic.php?f=76&t=3382 -- it's for the DOS version, but SNES is not much different. Of course you need to use the numbers you see in my post!)

Note that after this, all guards will act like skeletons!
Did you mean this or only some guards?

how to make guard act like skeletons,

Search: a9 02 8d 64 04 60
Change 02 to 04.
This by itself makes them behave like "regular" skeletons.

fall and then raise again

That is, to behave like brown skeletons:
Search: ad 2b 06 c9 02 d0 0f
Change D0 0F to EA EA.

[salvadorc17]

That worked very well, how do you understand that hex references, if i want to try something, also what other things can you make with hex editing the rom...

[David]

what other things can you make with hex editing the rom...

Here is a long list of things you can change with hex editing: viewtopic.php?f=122&t=3099

how do you understand that hex references, if i want to try something

I'm not sure what do you mean. Do you want to know how did I find this hack?

[salvadorc17]

Good documentation topic you give me thanks, what im asked is if you have an offset or values table to know by example what is the correct line to modify the guards behavior..