Potentially Useful BTS Blocks For Hacks

Researched by Aran;Jaeger
Preface

This is a list of several existing BTS variations of blocks in Super Metroid which could be used in hacks for many different purposes. In order to understand this list you must have a basic understanding of counting in hexadecimal. Visit this page for more general hex editing information, although it should be noted that using these blocks does not require any direct hex editing.

Note that the properties of certain blocks are room-dependent and in some cases also position-dependent in relation to the room. Some blocks also have unstable/inconsistent behavior. There are other block values for blocks within this list that have the same properties and thus are not listed in here.

If you find any other interesting BTS blocks, feel free to add them to this list.
Formatting Rundown

In order to understand this list, you must understand the basic format in which it is written. An entry in the list is formatted as follows:

    XX(YY) DESCRIPTION

Where:

    XX = the ID of the type of block
    YY = the BTS value of the block

So, if I wanted the effects of the following block:

    02(65) “graphic patch” respawn-treadmill-bombcancel-block

I would place an Air Fool X-ray block (which has an ID of 02) with a BTS of 65 in SMILE.
The List
00. Air X-Ray blocks

    (nothing, everything is perfectly like air)

01. Slope blocks

    (nothing, except all the flipped slope variations that one can anyways get in the tableau)

02. Air Fool X-Ray blocks

    02(65) “graphic patch” respawn-treadmill-bombcancel-block
    02(9B) “sprite diffuser”
    02(A0) “double sticky”
    02(77) bottom sticky, top teleporter
    02(31) bottom sticky, top teleporter, spikey

03. Treadmill blocks

    03(C0); 03(C1); 03(C2) bottom solid, top bright sand, strong pull
    03(C3) most pulling, bottom solid
    03(C4) mediocre pulling, top stutter sink
    03(C5) least pulling, top stutter sink
    03(90) downfacing nom-nom
    03(91) upfacing nom-nom
    03(92); 03(93); 03(94); 03(95) bottom solid top bright sand

04. Shootable Air blocks

    04(01); 04(02); 04(03) multi-block-air that turns into respawn shot-block
    04(05); 04(06); 04(07) multi-block-air that turns into shot-block
    04(08) air-blocks that turns into respawn-PB-block after bombing it
    04(09) air-block that turns into PB-block after bombing it
    04(0A) air-block that turns into respawn-SM-block after bombing it
    04(0B) air-block that turns into SM-block after bombing it
    04(40); 04(41); 04(42); 04(43) air-block that turns into vert./hor. open door-shell after weapon-interaction
    04(4F) air that turns into wall after weapon-interaction

05. Horizontal blocks

    (nothing, only horizontally copying blocks)

06. Air??? blocks

    (nothing, everything is perfectly like air)

07. Bombable Air blocks

    07(32) weapon-crash-block, savestation-spawner after touching
    07(7A) touch-crash-block, weapon-multi-Varia-block

08. Solid Block blocks

    (nothing, everything is perfectly like solid blocks)

09. Door blocks

    (nothing, everything is either wrongwarp, crash transition or elevator transition block)

0A. Spike Block blocks

    0A(35) “sprite-diffuser”, Grapple-crash-block
    0A(7F) solid-block that turns into respawn-ScrewAttack-block after screwattacking, Grapple-crash-block
    0A(03) Draygon-turret-block
    0A(6D) Draygon-turret-platform-spawner, touch-crash-block, unstable block-shuffler/Grapple-crash-block

0B. Crumble Block blocks

    0B(1A); 0B(1B); 0B(1C); 0B(1D) air-block that turns into speed-block after bombing
    0B(58) Missile-refill-station-spawner after bombing
    0B(F1) weapon-solid-/touch-air-block that turns into respawning bomb-only-/powerbomb-only-block
    0B(F2) solid-block- and right-air-block- spawner after bombing
    0B(F3) solid-block- and down+right+downright-air-block- spawner after bombing
    0B(C0); 0B(C1); 0B(C2) pulling, can jump off of it, weapon-solid, PB-crash-block
    0B(C3) pulling, cannot jump off of it, weapon-solid, PB-crash-block
    0B(7A) touch-crash-block, weapon-multi-Varia-block
    0B(A3) Bowling-statue-grab-block

0C. Shot Block blocks [are in general regarding touching solid]

    0C(4F) solid-block that turns into wall after weapon-interaction
    0C(E6); 0C(E7); 0C(E8); 0C(E9) respawning bomb-only-/powerbomb-only-blocks of different sizes
    0C(EA); 0C(EB); 0C(EC); 0C(ED) bomb-only-/powerbomb-only-blocks of different sizes

0D. Vertical blocks

    (nothing, only vertically copying blocks)

0E. Grapple Block blocks [are in general regarding touching solid]

    0E(16) Draygon-turret-block
    0E(05) solid-block that turns into open door shell with top-right-block air-block-trig:ger after grappling

0F. Bomb Block blocks

    0F(14) top-solid vert. door-shell spawner after touching
    0F(32) weapon-crash-block, savestation-spawner after touching
    0F(7A) touch-crash-block, weapon-multi-Varia-block