Xray & Mini map query...

[Mettyk25jigsaw]

2 things:

1. Is there anyway of making Xray visor not make layer 2 disappear while the xray visor is on and at the same time still show hidden passages?

2: Is there a way you can completely disable the mini map? (mini map only)...

Any help would be muchly appreciated...Thanks...

[Smiley]

2: Is there a way you can completely disable the mini map? (mini map only)...

You can open the ROM in a graphics editing program, go to D3200, set the mode to Gameboy and blank out all the map tiles.

[Mettyk25jigsaw]

Yeah I did that a couple a months ago and it works, but now I am wanting to use letters in the main map as I am using SMILE RF and that program lets you use the main map in the map editor for tiles but the letters aren't compatible (numbers too) with the mini map as they must both line up..
      I could use the map patch by DC, but because I am using the long beam in my game and could possibly be conflicting with one beam patch by JAM too, it causes the pause screen stats to be screwed in the beams area when toggled, without the map patch The two patches by JAM work flawlessly, so I really need to disable the use of the mini map...
      I believe there is a hex edit for this and have tried it in the past but even that has an error in it as when Samus goes to speed run with speed booster equipped, the map tiles show up when I don't want them to, other than that it works...

EDIT: Stupid me just woke up, If that hex edit shows the tilemaps on the minimap if you're speedboosting, well in my case it don't matter since there's no tiles there anyway, what I want to do would work, since the letters/numbers are going to be outside the playing area anyway...I'll do it now...So no need for anymore help (probably)...(On this topic)...The xray one would be nice if it could be solved if anyone knew of a way...Hopefully someone can help me out...

[P.JBoy]

I wouldn't be too hopeful with that x-ray thing. You might notice that using X-ray actually causes the blocks that are being shown to be written into BG2 (you can see this by disabling BG1 with your emulator). I suspect the game's probably doing a big rewrite of the entire background somewhere along the line.

[Mettyk25jigsaw]

Ok, that's a shame, thankyou for mentioning it though....

[Quote58]

Short answer, no to xray (the easiest way to do what you want is to code a different item, because xray works in a very specific way), and yes to minimap. Just NOP out the JSR to it's routine in bank $80

[Mettyk25jigsaw]

yes to minimap. Just NOP out the JSR to it's routine in bank $80

Which is located at where in Bank $80? Cause the thing I NOPed out, ended up being in another bank and caused an issue as it also did the main map...Can you help? Thanks...