Area Names

[Draconis Kenjishiya]

I am having difficulty with the text editor in SMILE JX; namely, when I try to edit the names of the areas (Crateria, Brinstar, etc.) and input what I want into the black box provided, it turns out to be a garbled mess of symbols and crap in the actual game. How does one go about doing this?

Thanks

[Quietus]

I just did a quick test, and found the same thing.

It seems to work fine on a clean ROM, so it must be clashing with one of the patches we've used.  It's been a while since I touched that ROM, so I couldn't say which one it would be.

[Draconis Kenjishiya]

Huh. Well, that's annoying...I guess I'll go through my backups, then.

EDIT: Well that wasn't difficult. It may be DC's Map Patch? I think so. I'll investigate further.

[personitis]

Huh. Well, that's annoying...I guess I'll go through my backups, then.

EDIT: Well that wasn't difficult. It may be DC's Map Patch? I think so. I'll investigate further.

That's exactly what it is. You'll need to read his post about the patch so you can find the appropriate locations in hex that contain the area names. From there, you'll have to edit them in the hex editor.

[Draconis Kenjishiya]

Yeah, I found it. Working on changing them in the editor now. Thanks  :^_^:

EDIT: Names successfully changed. Now to deal with those pesky "how to use" messages when acquiring a missile tank...thread could be closed, I guess.