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Hey guys! Are you sick of getting SNES addresses when you just want to know what to change in hex? I mean, a Gnawty in DKC1's init script is at b5b413. How does THAT help me?

Actually, a lot. It's actually very easy to convert, and you can even convert in your head!
Consider this table.

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0 1 2 3
4 5 6 7
8 9 a b
c d e f


When converting from SNES, we only have to worry about the first digit. So our address b5b413. We only look at b in the table and choose the same column in the first row (so 3). So b5b413 converts to 351413. The jungle theme tilemaps are at d90000 in dkc1. This converts to 190000!

And that's all there is to it! So if somebody gives you a SNES address, you can quickly convert!

So if I'm reading this correctly, when dealing with the alphabetic portion of the HEX code, they will always translate to the top row, ergo:

0 = c
1 = d
2 = a and e
3 = b and f

In the HEX format, "a" represents 10 going all the way up to "f", or 15. The number 16 simply rolls back to 0.

Can this work outside of the SNES ecosystem? For example, Sega, Playstation, XBOX, Windows even?

VideoViking wrote:So if I'm reading this correctly, when dealing with the alphabetic portion of the HEX code, they will always translate to the top row, ergo:

0 = c
1 = d
2 = a and e
3 = b and f

Yes. Also note 8 and 9 converts to 0 and 1.

VideoViking wrote:In the HEX format, "a" represents 10 going all the way up to "f", or 15. The number 16 simply rolls back to 0.

Yes, but irrelevant here.

VideoViking wrote:Can this work outside of the SNES ecosystem? For example, Sega, Playstation, XBOX, Windows even?

I'm not sure how higher systems work. But, this works on SNES because the addressing for the SNES deals with the higher bits turned on or off. Look at the windows calc -> programmer mode. if you type in b you can see the top bit is turned on. Turning this off results in 3. f has a similar thing. If you turn the top two bits off, you get 3

Thanks for the guide! Nice explanations!

Hi, I got an snes address of CEF88E. How do I convert it to a PC address that my HEX editor will understand? I would like to convert it using windows calculator.

The quickest way is to use the XOR (exclusive OR) bitwise operation.

In Windows calculator, bitwise operations are in the dropdown labeled "Bitwise" just above the keypad. Simply type your address, click the "Bitwise" dropdown, select XOR, type in the value to the right of XOR above, and hit Enter (or click the equals sign on the keypad).

If the upper nybble of the bank byte is between 8 and B, XOR $800000.
If the upper nybble of the bank byte is between C and F, XOR $C00000.

The XOR bitwise operation essentially works as a toggle. Bits in both operands which match will be cleared (0), while bits in both operands which do not match will be set (1).

In your case,

You can XOR the same value to convert back into a SNES HiROM address:

Mattrizzle wrote:The quickest way...

Neat trick! I didn't immediately think of that! But I disagree with your claim of that being the quickest way... My way allows you to quickly do in your head, by remembering C is in the same column as 0. Ehh guess they both do the exact same thing anyways!

Mattrizzle wrote:If the upper nybble of the bank byte is between 8 and B, XOR $800000.
If the upper nybble of the bank byte is between C and F, XOR $C00000.

Thanks Mattrizzle. Can't you just minus 0x800000? That's what I was doing and it was working fine till now. I guess it was because the address was greater then 0x800000?

Interesting! Both ways work great!