Codebreaker limited to button and freezing values only? I got an issue with IF STATEMENTS.

[gukingofheart]

After messing with Codebreaker IF STATEMENTS, I realized something. It's using 16BIT for the If statements... and this is causing me major issues (might just go back to debugging, as I did manage to create some codes).


03004300 = Mario's Power-Up State Address
03004301 = Item Reserve Address

If Mario has no power up, Give him a cape. "THIS WORKS", if there is "No Item Reserve".
73004300 0000
33004300 0002

If there's an item in reserve, 73004300 does not Equal 0, but instead it equals 000x (x, being whatever is in the reserve. PS. might be 0x00 instead.. I forget the order).

If I could do an IF STATEMENT for only 8 bytes, this would not be an issue.

I run into the same problem, for the Level Timer, Coins (I think it's because Dragon Coins share the next byte over).

At this point, I feel like codebreaker is only meant for freezing values (Also sliding) & Joker Codes.
So, I might just go back to just freezing values, and go back to debugging.. as I had better luck with some debugging codes, once I learned the proper DIVIDE by 2 formula.

PS. Sorry, for the multiple daily topics. I'm also working on a SIMPLE tutorial.
Edit: Managed to make an infinite life & don't lose fire mario Action replax Max.. so I'm starting to get somewhere with the debugging part.

 

[FAST6191]

Curious to see it crushed into 8 bit values for things like this.

CBA does seem to be a more limited format than some, and getting it to copy values to somewhere else/have its own stack is also annoying it seems as that is one way around it. Both are however options in action replay (I still don't know why CBA is your choice here -- most emulators, flash carts and hardpatching tools will take gameshark by default or have better things internally stiill), as are conditionals that would do what you want even if dropping it down to 8 bit was not an option (which it is).
If I had to do it in CBA format I might consider treating the whole thing as a 16 bit number and doing a less than.

 

[gukingofheart]

It was just my default choice, because I think I was told to not bother with debugging at first, since I couldn't do it.
But I switched back to debugging, and gotten better at it.

Oh well, at least I learned the best ways to do CB, and it's limitations.