Castlevania Pointer Corrector v1.0

by Dan

Created: 01/03/2004

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Description
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In the Stake v1.0.x series, a bug existed that allowed you to scroll
too far in the tile selector. You would get jumbled tiles, which were
in fact the data for the next level. If you edited this data, you could 
end up corrupting the next level in the ROM, even though Stake does not 
display the data as corrupted.

As Stake is pretty much dead development-wise, this separate application 
was created to check these pointers and restore them if necessary. It's 
command-line (I didn't see the point in including a Windows GUI which 
makes the EXE massive to do such a small task), but it DOES work under 
Windows XP. (So don't tell me that it doesn't work under XP, it does)

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Usage
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correct.exe "<filename>"

Drop down to the commandline, and go to the directory where you have
the pointer corrector. If you are familiar with command-line programs
this part should be easy. Enter the following into the command-line:

correct.exe "

After the " enter the file name of the ROM that you wish to check,
e.g. C:\My ROM\My Hack\Castlevania (E).nes, then end with a ".

If you have any errors, you will get a prompt to fix it. Enter 'Y' as
directed, and the program will fix the corrupted pointers.

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Contact
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Any queries, dan@panicus.org is my email address.

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Thanks
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- Everyone who has given encouragement in the development of Stake.