Ovl En M Thunder
Error ovl_En_M_Thunder is the actor used to create the spin attack effect.
The ROM addresses for the spin attacks, the spin attack tube, and sword beams, in the debug rom/USA as well as JPN V1.0 retail cartridge have 7 locations and they all seem to be located in Ovl_En_M_Thunder:
Spin Attack Notes
0xD30D96/0xD30DB2 and 0xD52726/0xD52742 are the locations for both parts of the orange spin attack. 0xD30C92/0xD30CAE and 0xD52622/0xD5263E are the locations for both parts of the blue spin attack. 0xD312DE/0xD52C6E are the locations for the spin attack tube. Lastily, the sword beams can be found at 0xD30EB2/0xD30FB6 and 0xD52842/0xD52946. This gives us about 12 options to choose from (just as a side note there are more):
Spin Attack Display Lists
| Animation | Debug Rom | USA 1.0 | JPN 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Orange | 25DD0 | 25DD0 | 25E20 |
| Regular Orange | 25EF0 | 25EF0 | 25F40 |
| Flat Blue | 25850 | 25850 | 258A0 |
| Regular Blue | 25970 | 25970 | 259C0 |
| Blade Beam | 27CA0 | 27CA0 | 27CF0 |
| Spin Attack Tube | 268F0 | 268F0 | 26940 |
Spin Attack Modifiers
| Animation | Debug Rom | USA 1.0 | JPN 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Orange | 5DD0 | 5DD0 | 5E20 |
| Regular Orange | 5EF0 | 5EF0 | 5F40 |
| Flat Blue | 5850 | 5850 | 58A0 |
| Regular Blue | 5970 | 5970 | 59C0 |
| Blade Beam | 7CA0 | 7CA0 | 7CF0 |
| Spin Attack Tube | 68F0 | 68F0 | 6940 |
In the above table when you go to the offsets mentioned earlier, in a hex editing program, you'll see the values displayed in 2 bytes as represented in this table.
At D30D96/D30DB2 (Debug Rom/USA) and D52726/D52742 (JPN) the two values are 5850/5970 (Debug Rom/USA) and 58A0/59C0 (JPN) and at D30C92/D30CAE (Debug Rom/USA) and D52622/D5263E (JPN) the two values are 5DD0/5EF0 (Debug Rom/USA) and 5E20/5F40 (JPN), which correlate to the appearance of the gameplay_keep display lists at 15850/258A0, 25970/259C0, 25DD0/25E20, and 25EF0/25F40. Another thing is that at D312E2 (Debug ROM/USA) and D52C72 (JPN) The Spin Attack Tube display list value is 68F0/6940 (located at 268F0 (Debug Rom/USA)/26940 (JPN) in gameplay_keep) and while you can confirm it's location, it is highly recommended to not change anything in that location, is the effects are undocumented. New to MM64, You can the lui/or statements/values for the sword beam in the spin attack file at D30EB2/D30FB6 (Debug ROM/USA) and D52842/D52946 (JPN). The Sword Beam display list value is 7CA0/7CF0 (located at 27CA0 (Debug Rom/USA)/27CF0 (JPN) in gameplay_keep), and while you can confirm it's location, it is highly recommended to not change anything in that location, is the effects are undocumented.
Ovl_En_M_Thunder ROM Offsets (Debug Rom/USA 1.0/JPN 1.0) 0x1628/0x1628/0x1628 Flat Orange (3C180402...27185DD0/3C180402...27185EF0) (Change only the 5DD0/5EF0) 0x16D8/0x16D8/0x16D8 Regular Orange (3C0D0402 25AD5E20/3C0D0402 25AD5F40) (Change only the 5E20/5F40) 0x17C0/0x17C0/0x17C0 Flat Blue (3C190402 27395850/3C190402 273958A0) (Change only the 5850/58A0) 0x17DC/0x17DC/0x17DC Regular Blue (3C0E0402 25CE5970/3C0E0402 25CE59C0) Change only the 5970/59C0) 0x1D0C/0x1D0C/0x1D0C Spin Attack Tube (3C0E0402 25CE68F0/3C0E0402 25CE6940) (Do Not change the data here) 0x18DC/0x18DC/0x18DC Sword Beam 1 (3C190402 27397CA0/3C180402 27397CF0) (Do Not change the data here) 0x19E0/0x19E0/0x19E0 Sword Beam 2 (3C190402 27187CA0/3C180402 27187CF0) (Do Not change the data here)