[SM] Short speed boost charging

[advancedpillow]

Can anybody direct me in the right direction to shorten the speed boost charging time? What exactly do I mean, well, quite frankly, something akin to the short charging found in PB or Temporus. Is there a patch file? Hex tweak? I found a post in the PB thread about this being an easy hex tweak...

Spent the last hour searching and scouring for this.  :stern:

[Smiley]

80594 - 01 to 04
Blue speed booster echoes and sound begin much earlier than usual (roughly a half screen's distance).

[advancedpillow]

Awesome. Thanks. I did some more digging and, yup, this is in the hex tweaks on the main site. I went over that but guess I didn't look closely enough.

Anyway, this is my first time diving into hex editing. I want to learn. Yeah, so I will appreciate patience with what I'm about to say.  :^_^:

So I found offset 80594. I see 10 23 A2 06. I am admittedly a little lost when you say 01 to 04. What does that mean, exactly? I read "How to Edit Hex Values" on the main site, and I feel like I can follow the simple steps written there, but nevertheless,  I'm kind of lost.

Incidentally, do you or anyone else has any recommendations on beginner level reading material about this too?

[CrAzY]

If you can find a value in Hex & edit it one time, you can do it forever. 80594 is definitely the right place, & if you are using HxD as your hex editor, click somewhere & one the very bottom it will tell you the current Offset. Make sure it is 80594, & go to 01, click before 0, type 04 (or 02), & then save.

If it doesn't show "01 8D 3E 0B" at Offset 80594, then your rom is either not the correct one, or has a header (?).

Make sure the rom is "Super Metroid (JU) [!]", as the European one isn't editable.

& to remove the header, open the rom in the Super Metroid editor SMILE, click the top left (or somewhere) , remove header.

[advancedpillow]

Hmm. Yeah, I just see 10 23 A2 06 at offset 80594, which explains my 01-04 confusion. I'm definitely using (JU) [!], and though it may be headered, I've never had an issue with this rom for unheadered ips patches before. I assume I'm doing something incorrect here, though what it is is eluding me at the moment. I'll double check if it's headered tomorrow.

Here is a pic of my hex editor, Hex Fiend, that shows 10 23 A2 06:

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[Smiley]

Your hex editor seems to use decimal addresses. 80594 is a hexadecimal address, so you need to convert it (80594 hex -> 525716 dec) or change your hex editor's settings.

[advancedpillow]

Your hex editor seems to use decimal addresses. 80594 is a hexadecimal address, so you need to convert it (80594 hex -> 525716 dec) or change your hex editor's settings.

That worked. Thanks!