How to "split" codes up? (not the right term I guess)

[GamerXYZ]

Take "all cards" codes for cardgames for example, instead of having 1 code per card, it's all reduced to just a couple of lines. How to get it back to the "1 code per card" state? It's something done in many other cases as well to produce a code that's as short as possible.

Specifically, I'm talking about a Playstation 2 RAW code (of 15 lines, with 14 being the actual code and the other one just a necessary line).

[lee4]

Here a Guide from CMP
Code Codensing
http://www.codemasters-project.net/g...wentry.php?e=9

Here a Windows PC Program
Code Condensed 0.2
http://www.codemasters-project.net/g...ntry.php?e=638

[GamerXYZ]

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I don't seem to have a set increment so I can't let the program do it, and address is a bit too hard to do manually. Seems at some time it even "skips forward" 8 instead of 4. Perhaps it's not even a condensed code anyway (though I guess 32-bit condensed)? Here, I'll post it:

200FF000 3C030032
200FF004 3463F790
200FF008 24013F50
200FF00C 3C066762
200FF010 34C60525
200FF014 3C08C000
200FF018 35080000
200FF01C 8C690000
200FF020 11090002
200FF028 AC660000
200FF02C 24630004
200FF030 2421FFFF
200FF034 1401FFF9
200FF03C 08064AE0
20192B70 0803FC00

What this RAW code for Duelists of the Roses does is give more than 800 cards (all of them), 9 copies each, and puts their deck leader rank at RADM. Now, a few days ago I made a request for a code that turns them into the max rank. Once I found this code, I wanted to give it a try myself, but I obviously need to uncondense it before I know what to change. Would you know what I must do with this code to properly uncondense it?

[bungholio]

You can't condense that. None of the values are identical or incremented by a set amount. There is something odd though.

200FF014 3C08C000
200FF018 35080000

The second line changes t0 to 0 when it was just set to C0000000. An error in the code? That second line might not be necessary depending on what they doing, or else was just an inane line. You should be safe removing that line.

[GamerXYZ]

Well, I only have some basic knowledge about cheats, so I have no idea about that. I found the cheat somewhere, tested it on a new game if that was really the one I used before, and it indeed was, which led to this topic. Unfortunately that still means I somehow got to find what in that code sets the cards' deck leader rank.

And never mind about that. It was actually very easy, can't believe I never saw it. The RADM rank is the 8th rank (if you count no-rank as the first), so a logical assumption would be that it's 08. The last line is not one that edits the game but is rather necessary or something, but the line before that (the "true last line of the code") starts with 08 as well. Hmm... the last line starting with the same value as the rank... And indeed, changing that 08 gave the result I was looking for.

Well, there are some minor problems now though. With that last line, any value other than 08 or 0C (well... tested only 0B to make really sure 0C was the final rank and not over it) on the line above crashes everything. And at 0C (the final rank), while it does give all benefits of the final rank, it's a bit screwy (no name, wrong symbol, etcetera). Removing that last line makes the whole rank code not work, and changing the last line's 08 to 0C does nothing. Would you know what the problem is? I guess something else in the code needs to be changed as well.

[lee4]

the code you posted is subroutine code can't be change easy.

don't removed any lines of subroutine code

to make easier look at the codebreaker's
codebreaker has individual cards codes found here
http://gamehacking.org?s=bsfree2&sys=27&gid=18010


after looking at codebreaker's codes

the subroutine line to change card value are these two lines
200FF00C 3C06????
200FF010 34C6????