Noob with questions

[RedblacksGuy]

Hi everybody,

Newbie here, just signed up after tinkering with a Blitz mod for a little while. I have run into a wall and hopefully someone might have had a similar issue or knows a workaround.

First off, I just want to say how cool it is that there is a community dedicated to Blitz. The new football games are so boring now. Blitz is so simple and intense probably never see a game like it again. So I was super excited to have found out that there are others who go back to this game and even update it. And the tools available here are incredible. With no prior experience, I can create my own blitz mod with paint by numbers-like ease.

So, I am a big time Canadian football fan. But being that a new and full-fledged, fully-licensed CFL game would ever turn a profit or worth anyone's time to create... there won't be ever be a CFL Madden 20XX. While there are great CFL mods available for Madden, NCAA etc., Blitz is really the perfect mould for a CFL game. So I figured I'd try my hand at it.

Now I have made some good progress. I have been able to replace 10 NFL teams with the current CFL teams without much of an issue. My problem arises when I try to replace more. It seems I have hit a wall, now any time I try to add a new image file or replace another through the editor, the files corrupt. Now, me being a complete noob, I don't know what exactly is causing this. Is there a memory limit on the ROM? Maybe a limit of image files that can be injected into ROM before it explodes? I have also used the clone tool to add another team, perhaps that has caused issue?

My idea is to replace all the NFL teams with historic CFL teams, 90's expansion teams, fantasy teams etc. Is it possible that all 30+ teams can be replaced on a ROM or is it too much?

I have attached an image of what happens when I try to add/replace a new file.

Also, is there a way to post a link to the hack I've created thus far?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[jaker3]

Hmmm,

This is odd. I don't see why all 31 teams could not be replaced. Can you email me your rom hack? Also email me the file your trying to insert. That way i can debug the issue myself and see if I can recreate it. You can use any upload site to share the rom hack patch.

[jaker3]

Hey,

Just wanted to let you know I got your email. Was in my spam folder :|. I took a look and the file table is at the end of the rom, I've manually extended the file and it seems top allow me to insert more files. I'll see what i can do to make the file editor automatically do this.

[RedblacksGuy]

Hey Jake, thanks for taking a look at it. I appreciate it very much!

[jaker3]

Hey RedBalckGuys,


Soooo I've got a fix in the app locally, I'll try publishing the fix today or tomorrow. Just want to do a few more tests.

Other good news is I've tested your ROM hack on real hardware and for the most part it works! which is awesome since I've never seen a rom hack with this many teams added and this many inserted graphics. The only thing I've noticed is there seems to be some issues with the Toronto team. I'll see if i can figure that one out also.

Also thanks for using the tools! It's hard to advance them without feedback from others. On that note if you see anything that could use an improvement or if there is something I could do to make it easier to use let me know!

[RedblacksGuy]

Thanks Jake!

I appreciate all your help. I'm really excited to hear that.

It's weird, previously, I had problems with the Toronto team too. In the editor, it would freeze and crash whenever I would try to scroll over any of Toronto's files. And conversely, when playing it in the emulator, it would crash when I tried to select them to play. Is that similar to the issues you have seen?

In any case, I reverted to a backup ROM to continue editing. As my original plan of action was to:

-Insert new image files for team 1
-Update and replace image files for team 1
-Save and copy-paste rom, like a save state, in case anything went wrong
-Repeat for teams 2-31, etc.

Then, I had the problem which I originally posted about.

Perhaps all the duplicating corrupted the file table on my rom?

But regardless, endless thanks to you! When it comes to hacking, I don't know my butt from a hole in the ground, but you've made the editor so simple, I don't know where I see improvements need to be made. But if I have an idea I'd be sure to let you know.

Thanks again!

[jaker3]

Hey RedblacksGuy,


Sorry for such a long delay! I've been swamped. I have the editor fixed to where it adds the extra space at the end, I just need to find the time to re-upload it. I'll be out of town the next few days so if I cant find time to upload it today, I'll try getting it up Saturday or Sunday morning.

[RedblacksGuy]

Thanks Jake, that sounds great! I'm really excited to get back to it!

But hey no worries at all, take your time! Life gets in the way and you got to prioritize, so no rush. I wouldn't be able to continue without your help anyhow!

Thanks so much!

[jaker3]

So sorry about the delay, I have the fox done. Just been strapped for tome these past few weeks. I'll try and upload it tomorrow or Thursday.

[jaker3]

Hey, actually just got out of bed and uploaded it now so I don't forget. redownload it and let me know if it works! Sorry about the huuge delay.

[RedblacksGuy]

Ah that's great! Thank you so much! Can't wait to try it out. I'll let you know how it goes as soon as I get back to it.

Not a problem at all though, we all have more important things to take care of. I greatly appreciate your help!

I will get back some results as soon as I can.

Thanks again!