misc hacks

Miscellaneous Hacks

Miscellaneous Hacks are a collection of various modifications you can apply to a ROM.

Walk Anywhere on Overworld

The Walk Anywhere on Overworld allows link to walk on any tiles on the overworld, including mountain and water tiles. This is most commonly used during debugging to quickly walk to any point on the overworld.

Item Pickup Delay

The Item Pickup Delay controls how long (in frames) Link will hold up a newly acquired item. The default value of 112 is just under 3 seconds.

Text Delay

The Text Delay controls the delay (in frames) between letters during dialog in towns.

Palace 5 detect

The Palace 5 detect option controls how the game tells Palace 2 and Palace 5 apart, and ultimately which boss will spawn in the boss room.

1. Vanilla (P5 must be on overworld 2)

The original game requires Palace 5 to be on overworld 2.

1. Palace 2 must be connection #52

When this option is selected, Palace 2 must use overworld connection ID 52, regardless of which overworld it is in.

1. Palace 2 even / Palace 5 odd

When this option is selected, Palace 2 must use an even overworld connection ID, and Palace 5 must use an odd overworld connection ID.

1. Palace 2 odd / Palace 5 even

When this option is selected, Palace 2 must use an odd overworld connection ID, and Palace 5 must use an even overworld connection ID.

Palace Continue

The Palace Continue option controls how Continue option works after a death in a Palace.

1. Vanilla (continue only from P7)

   The orginal game only allows you to continue in Palace 7.

2. Continue from any palace

   You can continue at the beginning of any palace.

3. Never continue from palaces

   You will always restart the game back at the beginning.