MD Zero Wing (J) improving 'debug menu enabled'

[Flameskies]

https://tcrf.net/index.php?title=Zer..._%28Genesis%29

then is possible to access the menu again holding C and press START when the game is paused and sometimes freeze cutscenes with C (even Sega logo animation)

the bad news is the possibility to accidentally disable it when press random buttons

so I found these codes:

FF0015:0001
FF0017:0020
FF0019:0002
FF001B:0010
FF001D:0004
FF001F:0008
FF0021:0020
FF0023:0040
FF0025:0040
FF0027:0008
FF0029:0004
FF002B:0008
FF002D:0010
FF002F:0002
FF0031:0080

they should be *all* enabled

watching the ram I see no flags when the full sequence is inputted, so I ask if a simplification is really possible without that 'button presses cuts' type of code ?

[Tony H]

https://tcrf.net/index.php?title=Zer..._%28Genesis%29

then is possible to access the menu again holding C and press START when the game is paused

the bad news is the possibility to accidentally disable it when press random buttons

so I found these codes:

FF0015:0001
FF0017:0020
FF0019:0002
FF001B:0010
FF001D:0004
FF001F:0008
FF0021:0020
FF0023:0040
FF0025:0040
FF0027:0008
FF0029:0004
FF002B:0008
FF002D:0010
FF002F:0002
FF0031:0080

they should be *all* enabled

watching the ram I see no flags when the full sequence is inputted, so I ask if a simplification is really possible without that 'button presses cuts' type of code ?

Not sure what you mean by 'button presses cuts' type of code, so not sure if this is what you're looking for...

Zero Wing (J)

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Pause the game, press C, then unpause for Debug menu.

[Flameskies]

thanks ! It work very well, how did you find it ?

[Tony H]

thanks ! It work very well, how did you find it ?

Since you already provided the values for the button presses, I just used a hex editor and searched for that string in the ROM and found a match at $001138. I then went into the game using Gens Tracer and make an assembly trace log while I was inputting the controller cheat. Next, I opened up the trace log and searched for 001138. The first match is near the beginning of the "compare" process (where the game compares the buttons you press with the button values stored in the ROM). The code I made just changes how many buttons are checked before the debug screen is displayed.