Please note that NSMBWer is outdated, please use NSMBWer+ instead.
This fork of the NewerSMBW repo is a slightly modified version which runs most of the sprite mods whilst keeping the original game's map system intact and working. Among the notable changes, this version of Kamek is based on CodeWarrior and supports Python 3. More details below.
Like in the original repo, the source code and tools are released under the MIT license.
See the LICENSE file in this repository for full details.
Copyright (c) 2010-2013 Treeki, Tempus, megazig
- Windows (required for CodeWarrior to run)
- devkitPPC
- Python 3.x
- Python libraries: PyYAML, pyelftools
A build is inside this folder, including the SpriteTex files, an XML and the related folders. If you want to create a mod, starting with this is suggested. Keep in mind this build doesn't include the custom music or tilesets from Newer.
It also includes an edited 01-01 and 01-06 that removes old unused sprite settings from Nintendo set on the Rolling Hills that, now would crash NSMBWer. They are different flags for the Rolling Hill recolors that don't exist in base Newer.
All the Newer hacks are inside the Kamek folder in this repository but, technically, Kamek is really just a simple build system for calling the tools to compile/assemble each source file and putting together an output file you can inject into your game.
Unlike most typical build systems, though, there's a bunch of features specific to game hacks like Newer:
- Kamek is configured through a game-specific project file; each project pulls in various modules, which can each contain C++ and assembly source files, and hooks
- Hooks are different types of patches that are used to inject things into the game: patch static code/data in RAM, overwrite pointers with a reference to a symbol exported from Kamek code, inject branch instructions, ...
- Memory addresses in the linker script and used by hooks are automatically converted to match all supported game versions - Kamek uses the original version of the PAL/European NSMBW release as a reference.
- The compiled output is converted to a specific format expected by the Newer loader.
Changes:
- General folder and YAML cleanup
- Removed some changes that have an impact on the original game (such as the Chest mod)
- RYOM moved over Mega Thwomp (11 -> 322) and Thundercloud moved over Super Topman (168 -> 251) to avoid overriding map actors
- Added 2-Castle hardcode fixes from AnotherSMBW
- Added more effects to effect spawner
- Support for Yoshi Drums in music slots 200+
- Load custom music from the default BRSTM folder
Supported mods:
- Actor Spawner
- Angry Sun
- Animated Tiles
- Chestnut
- Electric Line
- Event Block
- Event Looper
- Fire Laser
- Flipblock
- Giga Goomba
- Hammer Suit (BUGGED: Accessing the item menu on the map currently crashes the game, and Mario's hat still shows, so it's disabled)
- LH Compression
- Line God
- Magic Platform
- Message Box
- Meteor
- Music Slots
- Mushroom Platform Slant Mod
- RYOM
- S/E Spawner
- Shy Guys (not the giant ones)
- Size Hacks
- Special Event
- Sprite Retextures
- Tile Randomization (BUGGED: Currently also looks for LevelInfo.bin, couldn't get rid of it. Doesn't need to be valid though)
- Thundercloud
- Tile God
- Topman
- Universal Tileset Slot Mod
Other Stuff includes, well, other stuff:
- Riivolution XML (files load from the NSMBwer folder)
- ISO Builder XML (for patching main.dol)
- ObjectPatch (modified Object files for use as a template, some retail levels will still crash due to Nintendo leaving unused nybbles set)
- ReggiePatch (a Reggie patch based on the NewerSMBW one)