Megaman X5: Small Hacks
4Special Guest Vprisoner
Vprisoner took an existing hack of MMX5, and made some additional changes to speed things along and generally improve gameplay. Below are the instructions for setting up those changes, This was a blast to play through.
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Mega Man X5 Improvement Project Supercut By Dio's Combat Diary
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Sources
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Bit addresses through acediez
https://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=22796.200
https://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=29471.0
Stuff you'll need
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Improvement Project
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3711/
xdelta UI
http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/598/
A hex editor (HxD is used for the instructions)
https://mh-nexus.de/en/downloads.php?product=HxD20
EDC/ECC checker (makes sure your edited game is stable)
https://www.romhacking.net/utilities/1264/
Features
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- Alia's hints are permanetly disabled
- Keep both character bonuses regardles of which is choosen
- Each Heart Tank/Life-Up Part affect both X & Zero
- Save/Load menu was given a redesign
- Fixed the 'injured' sprites for X & Zero
- Disabled the initial briefings on both sets of mavericks when they're telling you what parts they have
- Set the level requirements for getting Parts after beating a boss to 1
- Exit is always enabled
- Zero's dash technique he gets from The Skivver is now mapped to the Special Weapon button, so he can still do the slash-dash-cancel trick
Instructions
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1) Download the Mega Man X5 Improvement Project patch file and xdelta UI for patching. Make sure the original .bin file for the game is Mega Man X5 (USA).
2) Patch the .bin file using xdelta UI.
3) Open the modified .bin file in HxD.
4) Press "Ctrl+G" to jump to an address. Use "hex" mode, set offset relative to "begin". Look for the Original sequence you want to replace, and highlight it.
5) Use "Paste write" (Ctrl+B) to overwrite the Original hex sequence with the New one.
6) Repeat Steps 4 and 5 until all edits have been made. Save and exit.
You can use the EDC/ECC checker if you want to make sure your edits weren't improperly made.
Skip Maverick introductions in Stage Select Screen
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Address: 35F1394
Original Hex Data: 1ABC0308 0B000224
New Hex Data: 01006324 790083A0
Address: 368C928
Original Hex Data: 03000324
New Hex Data: 04000324
Boss Level requirement to get Life/Weapon+ Upgrade (Parts)
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Address: 35FF8A0
Original Hex Data: 0400622C
New Hex Data: 0100622C
Address: 3600594
Original Hex Data: 0400422C
New Hex Data: 0100422C
Address: 35FF8BC
Original Hex Data: 0800622C
New Hex Data: 0100622C
Address: 3600604
Original Hex Data: 0800422C
New Hex Data: 0100422C
Exit Stage button always available
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Address: 34B824C
Original Hex Data: 0B004010
New Hex Data: 00000000
Address: 34B8268
Original Hex Data: 03006010
New Hex Data: 00000000
Change W-Shredder Input from (Square) to (Triangle)
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Address: 034C8E54
Original Hex Data: 10
New Hex Data: 20