07-07-2015, 06:41 PM
I would think having an ips that is designed to be applied to a rom patched with "cart 1", creating "cart 2". Then when you come to the end of Cart 1, all you do is patch, reload the same rom/save game. At that point, a save state or a save game should come in just fine. Maybe have the exit to this room perform the check if you are infact using Cart 2.
As for "cheating", not happening. You could stop some things, sure, but in the end you created it using a hex editor. Nothing is gonna stop a motivated, or just plain stubborn, player from hacking your hack. In other words, I suggest not bashing your head against the wall to many times over anti-cheats. Furthermore, loading a vanilla save should be hit or miss anyway due to the mass changes you've talked about doing. Most vanilla saves should be bugged or just ate the hell up. Again, if the cheater wants it that bad then it is their loss as they'll be missing the true glory that is your hack.
As for the general idea, well, it is CHEATING as far as hacking goes. Your supposed to suffer through trying to cram all that cool new stuff into the one rom. That's all good though if your going to add so much whicked chit to your hack that it easly justifies needing two roms because the awsomeness just wouldn't fit into one hack. In that case, hell yeah!
PS: "Cart 1" = Cartriage 1. Figured that would be the proper term.
As for "cheating", not happening. You could stop some things, sure, but in the end you created it using a hex editor. Nothing is gonna stop a motivated, or just plain stubborn, player from hacking your hack. In other words, I suggest not bashing your head against the wall to many times over anti-cheats. Furthermore, loading a vanilla save should be hit or miss anyway due to the mass changes you've talked about doing. Most vanilla saves should be bugged or just ate the hell up. Again, if the cheater wants it that bad then it is their loss as they'll be missing the true glory that is your hack.
As for the general idea, well, it is CHEATING as far as hacking goes. Your supposed to suffer through trying to cram all that cool new stuff into the one rom. That's all good though if your going to add so much whicked chit to your hack that it easly justifies needing two roms because the awsomeness just wouldn't fit into one hack. In that case, hell yeah!
PS: "Cart 1" = Cartriage 1. Figured that would be the proper term.
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