Super Metroid: Opus 1

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Quietus: 2010-08-12 06:57:20 pm

2010-08-12 06:53:04 pm

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All I got was FUBAR tiling in the landing site, and couldn't move. That was unheadered. For the headered ROM, I got black screen of nothingness after selecting game file.

Check the CRC32 of your ROM before patching. Maybe if I used the same one it might work, although this could cause problems for distribution.

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Gamma_Metroid: 2010-08-12 07:01:36 pm

2010-08-12 06:59:07 pm

Uhhh. It still works fine for me.... I don't know what I possibly could have done to screw it up... I'll try making the .ips again I guess??? D:

EDIT: Wait, no, that wouldn't fix it because it still works for me... try downloading it again?

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Quietus: 2010-08-12 07:18:37 pm

2010-08-12 07:02:52 pm

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God knows. It seems to be fine on attempt two... aiwebs_014

Testing now.

EDIT: Kinda giving in after 10 minutes stuck in the black wall after Spore Spawn. Sad

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Gamma_Metroid: 2010-08-12 07:48:46 pm

Gamma_Metroid: 2010-08-12 07:28:23 pm

Gamma_Metroid: 2010-08-12 07:27:03 pm

2010-08-12 07:24:16 pm

Yeah that part is pretty tough. I saw this and put something in so you can bypass the maze:

after falling onto the second platform, walljump back up. There's a tunnel going around the maze starting in the left wall 10 blocks down from the first platform.

EDIT: Also, I'm not sure if you can do that with just the patch, but I can look at it to see where the path is in SMILE.

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2010-08-12 07:25:22 pm

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I'll Try it later, right now i'm and someone elses place on their computer.

2010-08-12 08:11:46 pm

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Not too bad from what I can see. The most prevalent 'error' I can see so far is having secret tunnels everywhere with no hint at all as to their location, which means players have to bomb everywhere. This gets frustrating fast.

2010-08-12 08:19:02 pm

Yeah, I can see what you mean. I'll try to give more hints to show where the hidden passages are.

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2010-08-12 11:16:45 pm

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Like said in Ice metal. Opus 1? Is there a possibility of a 2nd?

2010-08-12 11:29:48 pm

Opus is Latin for "work," so "work 1." Composers used it sometimes instead of titles. So there might be a second, there might not. If there is, it doesn't necessarily have to be Opus 2.

Quietus: How was the one in the noob bridge room? Was that one too hard to find?

2010-08-13 05:55:19 am

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Well, I found it OK, but I was bombing everything, and some players don't like to do this. The n00b bridge room looks like you just dead-ended it, so your natural instinct is to test the end of the room.

You'll need to work on stopping the sequence breaking more if you're planning to keep most of the original layout. One of the most obvious breaks so far is getting Power Bombs as soon as you enter Red Brinstar. It seems like in your hack you're supposed to get Supers, and negotiate down to Norfair, but getting the Power Bombs early opens up everything else. One of the simplest solutions to prevent this before getting the Ice Beam is to increase the speed of the enemies at the top so that you cannot jump past them fast enough, or change the blocks at the top to two layers of bomb blocks. This means you have to freeze them to have enough time to bomb both layers to get through.

Super Metroid (JU) [!].IPS

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Gamma_Metroid: 2010-08-13 11:59:55 am

2010-08-13 11:59:06 am

Alright, I made a few changes that make some of the hidden passages easier to find. I still couldn't figure out how to fix the 2x2 block on the left in 7A408 (the room right before where the Spazer Beam was in the original). The one on the right works, and even if I copy and paste that to the left, it doesn't work. Brick wall

EDIT: I still have to block off the Power Bombs though.

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Super Metroid (JU) [!].IPS

2010-08-13 02:56:30 pm

Finished up until you get back to your ship after the Power Bombs. Also changed a couple rooms in Norfair before Speed Booster. Go ahead and play around in the landing site a bit after Power Bombs, if you want.

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2010-08-13 03:26:50 pm

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Testing now.

2010-08-13 03:57:26 pm

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I've played through, and a number of the changes are much better. In particular, I welcomed the addition of an obvious block after Spore Spawn. Razz

I got down to Norfair, and was hanging around the Ice Beam, Crocmire, et cetera, and wasn't sure how far the hack was supposed to allow, but for now, i'd suggest halting .ips offerings, and settle into some serious hacking. As a first effort goes, altering the original rooms is a good idea, but you should consider actually moving some around. It's easier than you might think, and it could make a huge difference.

Jasonpimp131

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2011-03-15 04:44:42 pm

you could have changed the suits colors