Smknov91

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• Super Mario Kart Nov'91 *

• Prototype  Repair      *
  

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•     by MrL314          *
  

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last updated: July 28, 2021

Please read through the entire README before starting! <<<<<

If you encounter issues, see if your issue is answered in the FAQ section at the bottom.

Table of Contents:

1. Setup
2. User Manual
3. FAQ

Special Thanks: Sirgren Dirtbag Catador atomic SmorBjorn R4M0N SMK Workshop community and YOU!

DISCLAIMERS:

This set of scripts and programs is provided free of charge and without warranty. It is not to be distributed with any additional files, these must be provided by the user at their own risk.

This project is in no way affiliated with Nintendo. I have no connections to Nintendo, and I have not been endorsed or sponsored by Nintendo.

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Setup

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Requirements:

• Python 3 (https://www.python.org/downloads)
  • I recommend at least Python 3.6. See "Python Notes" below for more info.
• bsnes-plus
  • I have provided a download mirror link below. See "BSNES Notes".
• (Optional) bsnes-plus SFX-DOS
  • I have provided a download mirror link below. See "BSNES Notes".
    • Please use this version, as it supports the remapping needed to use DOS functions with Super Mario Kart

IMPORTANT NOTE:

To get this repair to work correctly, the .cht file, .xml file, and .srm file MUST have the same file name as the repaired ROM. By default this is done for you, since the repaired ROM is named "Nov91.sfc". However, if you rename the ROM, you must also change the names of the .xml, .cht, and .srm file to the same name. These files MUST always be in the same folder as the repaired ROM to work correctly.

Example: if you rename the ROM to "SMKnovember.sfc", you will also need to change the other files to

• "SMKnovember.xml"
• "SMKnovember.srm"
• "SMKnovember.cht"

How to build:

Downloads and Installs:

1. Install Python. (See "Python Notes" below)
2. Download bsnes-plus. You may use the mirror link I provided above.
3. Download bsnes-plus SFX-DOS. You may use the mirror link I provided above.

Obtain files: !!! By obtaining these files, you do so at your own risk. !!!

1. Obtain the NEWS_05 folder from the July 24, 2020 gigaleak.
2. Obtain game.hex from NEWS_05/home/kimura/games.lzh/games/temp, and put in this folder.
3. Obtain drive-data from NEWS_05/home/kimura/kart/mak.lzh/mak, and put in this folder.
4. Obtain a USA unheadered (512kb) ROM of Super Mario Kart, and put in this folder.
5. Rename the USA ROM to "Super Mario Kart (USA).sfc" if it is not already named so.
6. Obtain a dsp1b binary (usually literally called dsp1b.bin), and put in this folder.

At this point you have two options. If you are doing this just to play around with the Nov'91 prototype, read the instructions in "Build (Base and Fix)". However, if you are building with the intent of research or documentation without all of my other playability fixes on top, read the instructions in "Build (Base Only)".

Build (Base and Fix):

1. Run "base_setup.bat". This will create the base repair, without any of the extra fixes.

• See "Python Notes" below if you encounter issues with this step.

2. Run "extra_fixes.bat". This will enable ALL of my extra fixes for the prototype.

• This includes SFX-DOS repairs.

Now read "SFX-DOS or not?" below to continue.

Build (Base Only):

1. Run "base_setup.bat". This will create the base repair, without any of the extra fixes.

• See "Python Notes" below if you encounter issues with this step.

This will not apply any of the extra fixes that I have applied to the code. The only things that are changed by the base repair are that the asset data is added, and the pointers are adjusted accordingly so that the data will be read properly.

Now read "SFX-DOS or not?" below to continue.

SFX-DOS or not?:

If you would like to run in bsnes-plus SFX-DOS, you may do so at this time by opening "Nov91.sfc" in bsnes-plus SFX-DOS. Make sure to open the cheat editor by going to Tools > Cheat Editor, and enable cheats 7 and 8. Then restart the ROM.

If you instead would like to run in regular bsnes-plus, first open "Nov91.sfc" in bsnes-plus. Then, go to the cheat editor by going to Tools > Cheat Editor, and enable cheats 2 and 3. Then restart the ROM. This will disable the SFX-DOS stuff, meaning you will be able to run this on regular bsnes-plus.

Python Notes:

• When installing Python, make sure that you select "Add to PATH" during the set up.
• Make sure that you turn off app execution aliases if using windows. Go to Settings > Apps > Apps & Features > App execution aliases and turn off all of the ones that say "python".
• When running the setup script, if you see the message "'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." you likely will need to edit the settings in "settings.bat". Right click the file and click "Edit". Then edit the python_cmd variable. In most cases, it will work if you change the variable to one of these options:
  • "python"
  • "python3"
  • "py"
  • "py3" If none of those work, you will need to look up what the PATH variable was set to. Here's a quick guide on how to set the PATH variable. https://datatofish.com/add-python-to-windows-path/

BSNES Notes:

This repair will ONLY work in BSNES. Due to compatibility issues with other emulators, this prototype cannot run in other emulators or on physical hardware. I apologize for the inconvenience, but ensuring compatibility for all emulators would cause more issues than it would solve.

I have made mirror links to the versions of bsnes-plus and bsnes-plus SFX-DOS that I used while making this repair. For the most accurate results, please use these versions:

• bsnes-plus: https://www.mediafire.com/file/twtl3tfa902z9rc/bsnes-plus.zip/file
• bsnes-plus SFX-DOS: https://www.mediafire.com/file/p1qhc7pal9n0zo5/bsnes-plus-v05.79-sfx-dos.zip/file

For the most accurate results, I recommend using the accuracy versions. You are free to try with other versions of bsnes, but I cannot guarantee that they will work as intended.

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User Manual

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More information on controls can also be found here: https://tcrf.net/Proto:Super_Mario_Kart/November_29,_1991_Proto

This is just a compact reference just in case.

General controls:

Start - Pause: Works in most screens and modes. If the game seems to have frozen try pressing start to unpause Y+B+Start+Select - Reset:  Works on all modes, use to get back to the main menu from any mode Up/Down - Navigates the menu Left/Right - Change menu values B/Y - Starts with whatever menu values are selected

Main Menu:

MODE A = Player 1/ Top screen B = Player 2/ Bottom screen MAN - Human control racer MON - Monitoring mode, debug values are displayed COM - CPU controlled racer

PLAY-1/2 - Driver selection (If MAN or COM is selected) PLAY-1 = Player 1 driver PLAY-2 = Player 2 driver MARIO, LUIGI, KOOPA (Bowser), PEACH (Princess), CONG (D.K. J.r.), NOKO (Koopa Troopa), KINO (Toad), YOSSY (Yoshi)

DISP-1/2 - Screen mode if MON is selected FR-VIEW - Same perspective as the main screen but with debug values and AI path's denoted with the tracks items REA-VIEW - Backwards looking view of your racer SD-VIEW - Same view as main screen, without extra sprites layers (Lakitu etc.) LONG-PER - View of the whole track (Similar to the final version of the game (Racers sprites are smaller than on the final version) NO-PERS1 - Over head view of of the whole track NO-PERS2 - Over head view of main racer NO-PERS3 - Over head view of main racer but with a keystone effect

MAP - Course selection CIRC = Mario Circuit OBAKE = Ghost Valley GRASS = Donut Plains CASTLE = Bower Castle ICE = Vanilla Lake DART = Chocolate Island SAND = Koopa Beach BATTLE = Battle mode test course

PROG - Mode RACE = Takes the MODE, PLAY-1, PLAY-2 & MAP Settings and starts a race
BATL = Takes the MODE, PLAY-1, PLAY-2 & MAP Settings and starts a battle - Note that the battle mode can be changed via ED-3) - Any course other than BATTLE-1 will result in a VS race style mode without checkpoints   - Anything other than MODE MAN-MAN might result in strange effects ED-1 = Editor mode for setting AI Zones and Targets ED-2 = Editor mode for overlay items such as Item boxes and Zippers ED-3 = Settings

RACE Mode

Just a standard race 5 laps with CPU races, once the race is over it will not progress to another track and you will need to reset back to the main menu.

BATL Mode

2 Players on the track to do battle, there is no scoring but you can make the other player spin when you hit them. If you select MAN-MAN and any normal race track (not BATTLE-1) it will result in a VS-like race, but without the Checkpoint Zones. If you se