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 :blits: I'm clueless on how to even start it up.
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Re: -_- Yet again n00b alert. How do I use FF4kster? Can anyone tell me?
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2013, 05:29:11 AM »
Double click?

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« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2013, 06:03:23 AM »
Hi, I am the one responsible for FF4kster so hopefully I can answer whatever questions you may have.

The simplest way to start up the program is, as Odbarc suggested, to navigate to the folder you saved it in and simply double click the program (the one just called ff4kster or ff4kster.exe). When the program starts (this could be perhaps more pertinent to your question) you will be presented with a black box with the words "Enter filename: _". I know it's not the most user friendly way to go about it but the program is still a work in progress and at some point I will likely add some kind of file navigation component but for now you just have to type the filename of your rom at that prompt and press Enter. If the rom you want to edit is not in the same folder as FF4kster, you will have to also provide the folder name ahead of it. So for example, if FF4kster was in c:\Program Files\FF4kster but your rom was in c:\SNES\Roms\, then you would have to type "C:\SNES\Roms\ff2.smc" or whatever.

At that point, you should be presented with a blue FF4-looking menu box with the various editors. If something else happens, then something may have gone wrong. Likely causes are typos in the filename and/or path, roms that are not FF2US 1.1, or roms that have been hacked with something other than FF4kster.

Another thing, before using FF4kster, backup your rom. This program is still in beta and as such it could quite possibly cause some problems or otherwise undesirable behaviour with the roms you use it to edit. If something like that does happen, please report it so that I can investigate and hopefully track down the error and fix it, but I would not reccommend using the current version of FF4kster for any major long-term projects.

Also be sure to read the readme! It answers a lot of questions about the less user-friendly aspects of the program (or it should anyway).
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Re: -_- Yet again n00b alert. How do I use FF4kster? Can anyone tell me?
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2013, 12:00:52 PM »
First of all. I know the whole double click process. I know computers -_- But thanks a lot pink puff.


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EDIT: I know why it wasn't working.... I was trying to use a 1.0 ROM...
« Last Edit: July 05, 2013, 11:29:19 AM by Cecilpaladin101 »
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Re: -_- Yet again n00b alert. How do I use FF4kster? Can anyone tell me?
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2013, 05:17:38 PM »
I'm sure Pinkpuff could correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think 1.0 would make too much of a difference. I believe the only thing that has moved between revisions is the code for the commands, in terms of things the editor can change. I know I was able to load up FF4 and Easy Type in it no problem, although I wouldn't recommend editing either with it to be on the safe side.

I think it's more likely that your 1.0 ROM lacked a header, which would throw everything off. If you got corrupted text, that was your issue.

(Sorry for the late reply, edits aren't marked as new in the main index. Stupid forum :bah: )

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Re: -_- Yet again n00b alert. How do I use FF4kster? Can anyone tell me?
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2013, 03:08:57 PM »
FF4kster will take headered or headerless now.

I haven't actually tried opening a 1.0 rom with it but it is entirely possible that some things are in different places and it very well could get stuck in a loop looking for something that isn't there or any number of other things. It just wan't built with that in mind. At some point I might go and try to identify every place where it needs different code and put branches in there but for now I'm just going to pretend 1.0 doesn't exist.

 :edit: Also, even if it happens to load more or less ok, I still wouldn't reccommend saving any other version with it. When you "Save ROM", FF4kster saves everything, even if you changed nothing. This means it will be trying to write parameter information for the commands and a couple of other code-related things to places where they may or may not belong and it may fool up the rom.
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Re: -_- Yet again n00b alert. How do I use FF4kster? Can anyone tell me?
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2013, 01:20:42 PM »
Ah, I completely missed/forgot that you added unheadered support.

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Re: -_- Yet again n00b alert. How do I use FF4kster? Can anyone tell me?
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2013, 10:41:00 AM »
HA! I got it to work! I found that my system command line is garbage, So I tried it on another computer and got it to work!
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Re: -_- Yet again n00b alert. How do I use FF4kster? Can anyone tell me?
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2013, 02:09:53 PM »
Glad to hear it!
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Re: -_- Yet again n00b alert. How do I use FF4kster? Can anyone tell me?
« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2013, 02:26:53 PM »
Glad to hear it!
This has to be the best editor I've seen yet, I just wish I could use the mouse.
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Re: -_- Yet again n00b alert. How do I use FF4kster? Can anyone tell me?
« Reply #10 on: December 25, 2013, 04:43:48 PM »
The mouse is overrated; the keyboard is much more efficient.
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Re: -_- Yet again n00b alert. How do I use FF4kster? Can anyone tell me?
« Reply #11 on: December 27, 2013, 03:04:40 PM »
The mouse is overrated; the keyboard is much more efficient.
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« Reply #13 on: December 28, 2013, 05:19:00 AM »
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