Sonic Heroes/DOL Editing

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The main DOL of the GC game is Start.dol. This executable contains codes in different offsets for each region and version released in a variety of countries.

Material Opcodes

A number of code sections contain additional material/graphic codes that are rendered via Renderware engine that provides special effects to an object such as Espio's invisibility and Thundershoot electricity effects.
Function entry:

RenderWare Material function:
38 60 00 00 38 80 00 00

Offset	Type	Description
0x04	Byte	Material type
0x08	Byte	Material value

See the EXE editing page for function parameter details.

Nintendo System Material function:
38 60 00 00 38 80 00 00 38 A0 00 00 38 c0 00 00

Offset	Type	Description
0x04, 0x08, 0x0C and 0x10	Byte	Material type

Offsets

A list shows offsets for special material effects that were discovered in the DOL. More codes that have been found and not already on the list will be added.

NTSC-U

Addresses (Final)	Materials	Default Parameter Values	Targeting Object	Notes
E357 E363 E36F E37B E3BB E3C7	Z-testing Z-writing Fog Enabling Culling Source Blend Destination Blend	00 00 00 01 02 02	Warp Effects
E39F E3AB	Source Blend Destination Blend	02 06	Teleporter Switch Effect Blend Condition

Material Flags

These are the following flags in the DOL files.

NTSC-U

Addresses (Final)	Models	Default byte values	Flag Type(s)	Notes
FE02F	Homing Attack Ring Effects	A0	72 Pointer
FE827	Quick Ascent Ring Effects	A0	72 Pointer