How to Install Previous Version of mupen64plus to get Super Mario Star Road working
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@AdamBeGood are you running it on a raspberry pi? You'll need to use a hex editor like cygnus (do this on your PC) and must edit the rom. Use the find and replace function to replace all instances of FC 12 7F FF FF FF F8 38 with FC 12 18 24 FF 33 FF FF. This will fix the black texture issue. Then use the old lr-mupen64plus core to run the game. It's the only N64 emulator that will run these old ROM hacks properly. The above solution will also work for the "last impact" ROM hack as well.
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I am getting "Search Pattern not found". Am I doing something wrong? I am typing the Hex string in as you gave it I think...
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doesnt look like your typing it right see the above photo
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There is a left hand pane within the search and a right hand one, neither of which I am having any joy with. Sorry for being such an absolute noob. Here are screenshots of both, I think I have the string entered correctly.
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@AdamBeGood are you sure you are editing the right rom? You are editing a patched mario 64+star road rom right, not just a vanilla mario 64? You are editing the file directly right not a zipped file?
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@quicksilver Yeah, really sure! It's a .z64 file for one thing. I don't think I have any of them apart from these Patched ROMs. Also, the file has Star Road written in it.
I have tried Last Impact also, same result. I am sorry to mess you about, I don't know what is wrong here.
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@quicksilver - and the file is unzipped, it must have been for me to expand the ROM and apply the patch. Like I say, I have used this ROM on my Pi previously (without too much luck).
Having the free Cygnus version should make no odds should it?
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@AdamBeGood no the free version is fine. Its what I used. Its odd though that the name of your rom is Super Mario 64. When I patched my rom it renamed it to Super Mario Star Road.z64. Did you patch the rom yourself? Perhaps you are using an older version or something? Also can you go to line 00123530 and post a screenshot of that area?
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@quicksilver Thanks for the feedback - I'll have a look in the morning and get back to you.
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I got the hack from https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/873/
I am unsure why it isn't renamed, aside from the "ext" part. I guess it wasn't required for me to do that. Last Impact did rename itself.
Here is the screenshot of the file:
Thanks again,
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@AdamBeGood https://github.com/project64/project64/files/1804787/Super.Mario.Star.Road.Enhanced.Edition.zip
Try patching your rom again using the files from the link above. Youll need to supply the original Mario 64 ROM as it does not include that. Read the included readme file as it includes instructions on how to apply the patch. I used the test version as I found that version 1.1 added the 3d coin models and it really slowed the game down. Once you get it patched, try the hex editor again.
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@quicksilver I am kind of thinking this is not meant to be! I am using M64RomExtender and then Beat to apply the patch and I am getting a Patch Failed message (I downloaded the version of Mario 64 that was stated in the Notepad ReadMe, and then the version I already had also).
I had made my peace with this not working anyway previously - I should just enjoy Mario 64 and all the 2d hacks of Mario games I have.
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@AdamBeGood the readme says to use flips.exe to apply the patch. Link included in the readme, did you see that?
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@quicksilver Saw it and then disregarded it... But I have done that now and I get a message saying that the Rom is not appropriate for the patch. It's really okay, I'm going to play the original - I haven't played it for years and years!
But thank you so much for trying to help - you've been amazing.
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@AdamBeGood The reason why the hex editor isnt finding and replacing is because the rom you are using has already been modified ( you can see the line you pulled up already has FC 12 18 24 FF 33 FF FF). Looks like someone already did the work for you. Should you change your mind at some point and want to try again to get it working just let me know. Cheers!
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@quicksilver Really? Maybe I'll try it again with that Core in the morning then (but I need to download an older version don't I? Which seems a whole other can of worms...)
Thanks again!
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@AdamBeGood lr-mupen64plus is an old core, don't need to do anything special with it
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I still get this I'm afraid.... :(
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@AdamBeGood darn! Well if you get to the point where you would like to try again to get it working let me know. I think at this point you pretty much have everything you need. It sounds like you just need to get the proper mario64 rom to start with before patching.
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@quicksilver Yeah, maybe I will wait a bit. I've been adding a lot of games recently and there is a bit of fatigue! I did use the Rom that the ReadMe suggested the more recent time I tried this though... One thing I didn't do the same was the Extender, as the version on the website I got the Rom from was no longer available.
One little thing, crackle on sound effects on Mupen64plus - there is nothing to be done about that is there? Rogue Squadron and Mario Kart are two offenders.
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