There is what I'm calling a "main pointer table". This describes where and how players' names are stored in the ROM, as well as the neighboring data. The first thing you need to know is the data you just tried to hack- what is it, really. The reasons why you can't change the name length as a pure data hack take some context to explain. Since the goal is to let you change names without length restrictions we have to do something more. And if the new name is longer it definitely won't work. Shorter only kind of works because you can pad names with spaces, but no guarantees that'll look right when you see it laid out on the screen. Also, each name is only stored in 1 place for the most part.īut of course, the catch is whatever new name you pick has to be the same length or shorter. Why does this work? Because all player names are literally stored as ASCII, no need for character translation tables or whatever. Scroll down until you see players' names on the right, and type over them. Open the ROM in a hex editor such as HxD. Doesn't require any knowledge about SNES at all, only basic computer literacy. The Very Easy, Very Limited WayĮasiest way to change names is a pure data hack. The result can operate on an expanded ROM. I don't care if the result is not elegant or wasteful in terms of memory. And optimize for game stability because I plan to play the game, not just do a quick demo. My own intended usage for this is to only change a few names, so optimize for that.
Have new names' length be allowed to be different from the old names. Goal is to change how names appear in all these places.
In other places, it's the full first and last name. In the team selection menu, it's their first initial and last name. Players' names are shown as text in the menus and in-game. This post describes how to change players' names arbitrarily (longer or shorter) in the game NHL '94 for Super Nintendo by changing the ROM.
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