08-16-2012, 10:04 AM
So I've been browsing around, looking for tips on event editing, and I have come to the conclusion that I'm eventually going to have to learn Hex because no editor does that kind of thing. However, I can imagine what an event editing program would be like.
With the current way of editing events, you have to go to the right part of the ROM in WindHex and know what all of the codes mean.
However, my idea would be that the program would open the ROM like a hex editor, read those codes, and tell you what they do!
For example, let's say that in WindHex, you see a code. If you were to look up the code on a page like this, you would see that it makes a character walk left three squares. In this imaginary program, you would just see "walk left 3," and if you click on it, there would be a menu where you could change it to "walk right, crouch, laugh," etc. You'd probably still need an event dump to tell you where you are in the ROM, but it would be easier than referencing text files all of the time to see where to go in the ROM and what the codes do.
Now I'm not asking for somebody to magically whip up a program, but do you think this makes sense?
With the current way of editing events, you have to go to the right part of the ROM in WindHex and know what all of the codes mean.
However, my idea would be that the program would open the ROM like a hex editor, read those codes, and tell you what they do!
For example, let's say that in WindHex, you see a code. If you were to look up the code on a page like this, you would see that it makes a character walk left three squares. In this imaginary program, you would just see "walk left 3," and if you click on it, there would be a menu where you could change it to "walk right, crouch, laugh," etc. You'd probably still need an event dump to tell you where you are in the ROM, but it would be easier than referencing text files all of the time to see where to go in the ROM and what the codes do.
Now I'm not asking for somebody to magically whip up a program, but do you think this makes sense?