http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php/topic,1298.0.html
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http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php/topic,2892.0.html

Do you not read the posts people make in your threads?

The thing is, when it comes to coding and writing decompressors and stuff, my knowledge us zero. What do I program it with?  How do I learn how to program with that? Writing an extractor and insertor is needed for tthis game since the only uncompressed text is sceanario text.

Problem with learning myself is programming just isn't something you CAN learn yourself. For instance there's plenty of docs on ASM, but the only thing you'll find on VWF's is source code and not really the logic behind creating one.

Thanks for the info on the ASM thing BTW.

Also though, are there any real time debuggers for the PSX?

Why don't you start searching on your own for ANY programming language out there using, let's say, Google? Whining here is not going to help you in any way, no matter how many times you try. Nobody's gonna tell you how to do everything, nobody's gonna guide you through each step to become an actual hacker, nobody's gonna help you with each new project you decide to start. If you can't even understand this, maybe it's time to find a better way to use your spare time.

What? There's literally thousands of sites on the Internet dedicated to programming in every existing language. All you need to do is read. After some google hunting, you'll know what compilers, or assemblers will allow you to program with the language you want. Then you just start doing it! Start with hello world and work from there. Just start doing it.

As for VWF's, do you know what a VWF is? Do you know assembly? If you the answer is truly yes, what more do you want? Start coding one and work until you get through it.

You need to start at the beginning of a task and continue at it until you get it done. You need to spend as many hours as it takes. Hour after hour you need to spend time experimenting, learning, and doing. You keep going in circles year after year man. If you can't put in the time, you shouldn't be here.




I'm tired of this vicious circle, here's what we're going to do...

You pick some task... whether it be coding something small, finding a font routine, whatever and you are going to start on that task and you are going to put as many hours into that task as it takes to complete it. I will personally assist in steering you in the right direction, answer specific questions in the learning process and help you help yourself, but I will not do work for you. If I cannot answer the question (a valid question during the learning process), we will find someone who can. Pick something good because it will probably take a few months. I'm serious. Nobody learns overnight. Also, you're going to have to pick something small enough to be achievable as a first step. So break it down to the very first step of what you want to do and let me know.

We will make a single topic for your learning process and that's how it will be. If you are serious about learning, it's time to get serious and commit to starting and doing it. I am dead serious. This is how we will proceed on this message board with you. Your questions will be confined to one topic on one task. All crap will be tossed out of it and it will be kept on topic. You choose if you are ready to commit to the learning process. If you aren't willing to commit to the learning process, don't bother our boards anymore with this. If you are, please select a task and we'll get started.

A language cannot be not free.

language ≠ compiler (or IDE)

Start learning BASIC and then learn C and C++. After that, you can ask about PSX perhaps. An professional athlete doesn't become a pro by asking how to do it. They become pro because they do it. Then they get tired and confused and they figure out a way. Your approach seems to suggest that you are hoping for an easy solution. I've spent over 300 hours on the project I'm about to finish now. I say start a thread on a specific project and ask specific details for that project. Try moving text blocks and expanding menus. That's a good place to learn.

First result in google, look for "free c++ compilers and interpreters", the first recommended is microsoft visual c++ 2008 express... How hard was that? And just to clarify, I didn`t spend eternity looking.

Seriously, NC has said it all. That is your best and last and finally only chance to achieve something here. You always let people down, because they see how you not even try their suggestions and fixes. Therefor you hinder yourself from achieving anything and you should either get a new hobby straight away or actually put some or your time and effor into it and make it worthwhile for you!

cYa,

Tauwasser