how do i know what patch is used on my game

memsys · Post by **memsys** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:13 pm

how do i know what version of the tales of phantasia patch is used om my rom yes i'm new to patching roms

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:39 pm

Use NSRT to determine what you need.

memsys · Post by **memsys** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:10 pm

yes but how do i know if it uses the beta or the 1.2 patch ?

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:42 pm

Goodtools can tell you some information about the patch your ROM has been hardpatched with. Softpatching is the best way to go though, since you can switch patches without having to keep multiple back-ups of the original or downloading the ROM again.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:44 pm

Bah.. talking about hardpatched roms.

Your best bet is getting the original unpatched ROM and patch against that. Trying to "update" by patching over an already patched ROM is asking for disaster. Some guy was trying to use the latest patch for his already hardpatched Star Ocean ROM and failed miserably.

memsys · Post by **memsys** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:30 pm

i would play the 1.2 patch rom if i didn't already play the unknown rom for 6 hours
so how can i know if the rom i played 6hours is the beta or the 1.2 final ?

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:36 pm

You could try Clements suggestion although I hate to say it

I don't have any other idea. Best bet is to just start over if you are that concerned and make sure you get the latest patch+clean rom.

Otherwise, you can waste time guessing all day.

memsys · Post by **memsys** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:54 pm

and how do i know that my rom is clean ? this is probably a very noobish question

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:59 pm

Use NSRT for that. If the ROM is not in the database, it isn't clean.

memsys · Post by **memsys** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:11 am

can renaming it make it dirty ?

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:25 am

memsys wrote:can renaming it make it dirty ?

Renaming the file does not change the data in it.

memsys · Post by **memsys** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:33 am

great i can't find clean roms

i wish someone could tell me where to get it -_- [note that is NOT meant as a rom request]
for peeps that wanna know i DO own the gba cartrige but i just want to play the snes version

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:14 am

so, your request wasn't meant as such?

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:40 am

memsys wrote:great i can't find clean roms

take the dirty ROM to the laundromat.

memsys wrote:for peeps that wanna know i DO own the gba cartrige but i just want to play the snes version

irrelevant. even if you do own the cart, unless you made the copy yourself, it's still illegal.

not to mention that GBA != SNES.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:02 am

memsys wrote:i would play the 1.2 patch rom if i didn't already play the unknown rom for 6 hours
so how can i know if the rom i played 6hours is the beta or the 1.2 final ?

The SRAM saves are portable between japanese release, english beta, and english final versions, as far as I know.

But it's a moot point if you can't find the clean ROM image to patch.

Post by **grinvader** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:03 am

I think there would just be an issue with character names if you transfer a SRAM from one version to another... of course, you can just reedit proper names yourself.

Except for chester. Too bad.

memsys · Post by **memsys** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:42 pm

sweener2001 wrote:so, your request wasn't meant as such?

i was writing what i was thinking

adventure_of_link wrote:not to mention that GBA != SNES.

i know i know but the snes version was never released outside japan

adventure_of_link wrote:take the dirty ROM to the laundromat. Wink Razz

haha very funny btw what can a dirty rom cause ?

DancemasterGlenn · Post by **DancemasterGlenn** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:36 pm

memsys wrote:haha very funny btw what can a dirty rom cause ?

Jaundice.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:21 pm

Staff infection

bonus points if it's MRSA

memsys · Post by **memsys** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:56 pm

how do i add a header to a rom ?

Post by **Agozer** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:11 pm

NSRT can do that for you.

Neo Kaiser · Post by **Neo Kaiser** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:17 am

Just point him/her to a detailed tutorial and post links. I bet that this person don't know what NSRT is.

memsys · Post by **memsys** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:05 pm

no need just forgot to look what nsrt can do

and i'm new to this kind of stuff

Neo Kaiser · Post by **Neo Kaiser** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:16 pm

It is too bad that the NSRT page is down... What says in the rominfo.txt file? It is found on the emulator's folder. (After played the unpatched version of course.)

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:30 am

The NSRT page isn't down. Read http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=159685 for details.