How to apply more than 1 .ips patch to a rom?

[pathomSM]

To use 1 .ips patch I renamed it the same as my rom and included it in the same folder.  My problem is I have a few other ips patches that I would like to use with it but I can't rename them the same right?  I couldn't find any posts on this topic.  If anybody knows how to do this, I would be thankful.  I'm trying to use MP2 Dark World blocks with some other patches like boostball, beamburst, etc.

[alexman25]

Your IPS file does not have to have the same name as the ROM.

[pathomSM]

Good to know.  But my other ips files aren't working.  How do I use them all together?  :^_^:

[nodever2]

It sounds to me like you are soft-patching the .IPS file to the ROM, which is one of two methods of applying them. From what I understand, you can only soft-patch one ips file per ROM at a time.

Maybe you should try hard-patching instead. See this page for more information - you will need Lunar IPS or another program which can apply ips patches.

Using hard-patching, you can indeed apply more than one ips patch to a ROM, but be careful - if both ips patches use the same free space in the ROM, it will likely produce unintended behavior and probably crash the game under certain circumstances.

[pathomSM]

Thank you :) I am patching them 1 at a time and testing it.  All have worked so far except for the Beam Burst patch which crashes the game when I fire with Samus :[

[pathomSM]

Looks like I can't get Boost Ball and Beam Burst to work on the same rom.  If I have both, Beam Burst works but Boost Ball goes black screen when I boost.  Boost ball works when its not with Beam Burst.  I can collect both items.  Is this an easy fix involving free space or what?

I'd really love both items in my game :'(

[Sirkura]

That sounds like both beam burst and boost ball use the same address bank, overwriting each other. Its normally just a matter of pointing it to a new address with enough room, but i'm unsure exactly how to do so for SM. Maybe someone can elaborate on a few links and guides?