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GuyPerfect Catgirl Level: 68 Posts: 81/1096 EXP: 2665801 For next: 62999 Since: 07-23-07 Since last post: 1.7 years Last activity: 220 days |
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| Hey there! Welcome to the F-Zero X editor board, where the events of the times will be recorded for all to forget about. I'll be organizing this thing in a bit of a different manner, so be sure to read up on the other topics for more information.
Basically, I need to know what everyone can do. Then, depending on how many people we have available for which things, I'll be assigning you guys tasks and maybe partners. Don't worry: this isn't like school. I want the more experienced members of the team to help the less experienced become better. And if we have plenty of people available to do that, that's just what we'll do. In the end, I want everyone to feel good about this project and that everyone feels they are contributing. If anything doesn't feel quite right, be sure to let me know. ___________ For this project, I will be handing out assignments for the team to work on during the production of the editor. What I need to know, therefore, is everyone's skill set and proficiency. What we need: * Please introduce yourself! If we're gonna have a team, we'll need to know who else is on board. Drop your name and a few notes about yourself. * On a scale of 1 to 5, rate yourself on how well you know F-Zero X. This could be your knowledge of the game's mechanics, or your observations of how the game functions. 1 would be barely having played it; 5 would be picking it apart from the inside out. * On a scale of 1 to 5, rate yourself on how well you are able to program. The language chosen to program the editor notwithstanding, state what level of proficiency you feel that you have in programming. 1 would be very little experience; 5 would be master of the art. Also give a little bit of information about the kind of programming you can do. * On a scale of 1 to 5, rate yourself on how well you are able to hack ROMs. 1 would be basic use of a hex editor; 5 would be reprogramming your own routines. * Post any other skills you might have. Even if you don't know if they'd be particularly useful. You never know! Be honest. This is not a "who's better than whom" contest, so state what you feel most accurately represents yourself. Also, don't give numbers less than 1 or greater than 5; that's not cute. __________ My personal stats: Introduction: I'm Guy Perfect! My username said so. I'm a long-time fan of the F-Zero series and I fancy myself pretty good at what I do. I've been interested in ROM hacking for years, and made a level editor for F-Zero X because no one could get ahold of the Expansion Kit. Well, I myself got ahold of one, and now hackers have even dumped the ROM of it. That in mind, I'm starting up this project to see what kind of ROM hacking history can be made, and I'm inviting you guys to take part in it! F-Zero X Knowledge: 5 I've made a level editor for this game in the past. I was able to hack the game fairly easily at that, because I'd made so many observations about how the levels are set up that I had a pretty good idea what I was looking for. Programming Proficiency: 5 I'm a veteran programmer with, uh... at least 12 years now... can't remember when I started. Anyhow, I've done all kinds of programming, from hacking (obviously) to internet, to audio, to 3D, database, server-side, imaging, file storage, compression and encryption, etc. If it can be programmed, I've probably programmed it. ROM Hacking Proficiency: 3 Yeah. 3. I've never traced a single line of code, and my knowledge of assembly is limited to what the opcodes do. My primary technique for finding data in ROMs is carefully controlled corruption (which is very effective; this is not the thread to discuss it), which leaves me in a state of limitation. I was able to hack F-Zero X this way, but it can only take a person so far. Other Skills: Audio/Video processing, document formatting, ghost recording, anything listed in Programming Efficiency.
__________ So go ahead and drop a line. The sooner we get some volunteers ready, the sooner we can start development. |








With that being said, I am eager to learn pretty much any language we choose (lolcode, anyone?) and I consider myself an extremely fast learner when it comes to programming.

Rom Hacking, though my knowledge is mainly limited to SMW and Pokemon, though I am good at hex and graphics editing.



