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Allied Ace Pilots

Allied Ace Pilots is a World War II air combat flight simulator with 20 missions based on real life events.

Debugging Messages#

Found at offset 0x7B23C in the ROM:

invalid aid %d !
receive buffer size is less than received data. %d < %d + %d
receive buffer size is less than received data. %d < %d * %d + %d
[ARM7] MaFatalErr.Indicate!! errCode:0x%04x
   but ignored
ARM7: Dummy indication function is called.
ARM7: Dummy request function is called.
[ARM7] WM_StartScan: assigned Bssid is MulticastAddress. LSB is cleared.
[ARM7] WM_StartScanEx: assigned Bssid is MulticastAddress. LSB is cleared.
req_StartMP.c
[ARM7] WMSP_StartMP: mp_flag == TRUE
wmsp_port.c
invaild aid: %d
invalid state: %d
send an odd length packet. data->size: %d
put null data
too large send-data: size=%d+%d, maxSize=%d
too huge packet from aid %d, len=%d, childMaxSize+header=%d+%d
invalid aid %d ! @ WMSP_ParsePortPacket
odd length %d @ WMSP_ParsePortPacket
corrupted packet. rest: %d, packet: %d + %d(destBmp) + %d(seqNo)
received zero length packet. discarded.
ARM7: SIO interrupt!

Cutscene Order Script#

File slideshows.sss has a slideshow script of the game with some developer comments.

# Acepilots slideshow script
#
# # - comment
# !name  - start new script
# !END - script end
#
# script line : top screen filename, bottom screen filename, text id, delay,
#           start x, start y, end x, end y
# empty text (tab or spaces) - don't modify the image
# NO_TEXT
#
# please do not use spaces in filenames
# parsing is case sensitive

!basestory_ms01
Europe1     , cutscene_bottom   , BS_ANIM,  16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
BS_P1       ,           , BS_P1,    
BS_P2       ,           , BS_P2,
BS_P3       ,           , BS_P3,
!END


!missionbriefing_ms01
MAP1        , briefing_bottom       , MISSION_1,    16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!letter_ms02
letter_europe   , letter_bottom , LETTER_1,     16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!missionbriefing_ms02
MAP2        , briefing_bottom       , MISSION_2,    16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!letter_ms03
letter_europe   , letter_bottom , LETTER_2,     16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!missionbriefing_ms03
MAP3        , briefing_bottom       , MISSION_3,    16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!bronze_medal_ms04
BM_P1       , cutscene_bottom   , BM_P1,    16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
BM_P2       ,           , BM_P2,
BM_P3       ,           , BM_P3_1,
BM_P3       ,           , BM_P3_2,
BM_P4       ,           , BM_P4_1,
BM_P4       ,           , BM_P4_2,
!END

!missionbriefing_ms04
MAP4        , briefing_bottom   , MISSION_4,    16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!missionbriefing_ms32
MAP4        , briefing_bottom   , MISSION_4,    16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!letter_ms05
letter_sivatag  , letter_bottom , LETTER_3,     16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!missionbriefing_ms05
MAP5        , briefing_bottom   , MISSION_5,    16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END


!missionbriefing_ms06
MAP6        , briefing_bottom   , MISSION_6,    16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!silver_medal_ms07
SM_P1       , cutscene_bottom   , SM_P1,    16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
SM_P2       ,           , SM_P2,
SM_P3       ,           , SM_P3,
SM_P4       ,           , SM_P4,
SM_P5       ,           , SM_P5,
SM_P6       ,           , NO_TEXT
!END

!missionbriefing_ms07
MAP7        , briefing_bottom   , MISSION_7,    16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!letter_ms08
letter_kabin    , letter_bottom , LETTER_4,     16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!missionbriefing_ms08
MAP8        , briefing_bottom   , MISSION_8,    16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!letter_ms09
letter_kabin    , letter_bottom , LETTER_5,     16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!missionbriefing_ms09
MAP9        , briefing_bottom   , MISSION_9,    16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!missionbriefing_ms33
MAP9        , briefing_bottom   , MISSION_9,    16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!letter_ms10
letter_kabin    , letter_bottom , LETTER_6,     16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!missionbriefing_ms10
MAP10       , briefing_bottom   , MISSION_10,   16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!letter_ms12
letter_sivatag  , letter_bottom , LETTER_8,     16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!missionbriefing_ms12
MAP12       , briefing_bottom   , MISSION_12,   16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!gold_medal_ms13
BS_P2       , cutscene_bottom   , GM_P1,    16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
letter_europe   ,           , GM_P2,
GM_P3       ,           , GM_P3,
GM_P3       ,           , GM_P4,
GM_P5       ,           , GM_P5,
GM_P5       ,           , GM_P6,
GM_P7       ,           , GM_P7,
GM_P7       ,           , GM_P8,
!END

!missionbriefing_ms13
MAP13       , briefing_bottom   , MISSION_13,   16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!letter_ms14
letter_winter   , letter_bottom , LETTER_9,     16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!missionbriefing_ms14
MAP14       , briefing_bottom   , MISSION_14,   16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END


!missionbriefing_ms15
MAP15       , briefing_bottom   , MISSION_15,   16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!letter_ms16
letter_kabin    , letter_bottom , LETTER_10,    16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!missionbriefing_ms16
MAP16       , briefing_bottom   , MISSION_16,   16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!letter_ms17
letter_europe   , letter_bottom , LETTER_11,    16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!missionbriefing_ms17
MAP17       , briefing_bottom   , MISSION_17,   16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END


!letter_ms19
letter_kabin    , letter_bottom , LETTER_12,    16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!missionbriefing_ms19
MAP19       , briefing_bottom   , MISSION_19,   16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END


!missionbriefing_ms20
MAP20       , briefing_bottom   , MISSION_20,   16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
!END

!happy_ending_ms21
BS_P3       , cutscene_bottom   , HE_P1,    16, TYPE_CUTCENE,   20, 13, 225,    156
HE_P2       ,           , HE_P2,
HE_P4       ,           , HE_P4,
!END

!ENDFILE