A Link to the Past Quick Commands

Original game : The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Platform : SNES

Author : chillyfeez

Release date : 16 June 2024

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 2.2

Modifications : P

Downloads : 816

ROM Information

Database match: Legend of Zelda, The - A Link to the Past (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210222-050638)
File SHA-1: 8288B4BC88052A3CF4EFFED3ACD6A498847BFB95
File CRC32: DD42510E
ROM SHA-1: 6D4F10A8B10E10DBE624CB23CF03B88BB8252973
ROM CRC32: 777AAC2F

Hack description

This mod allows the player to assign up to eight Y-Button items to quick access by holding the L or R buttons and pressing A, B, X or Y. Quick command combos are assigned in the menu by highlighting the item and pressing the desired combination. An item may be unassigned by pressing its combination again.

Version 2
A bug from the previous version that would disable the Y button in certain situations was found and removed.
A window was added to the HUD that shows which items are mapped to which buttons when one of the shoulder buttons.
Please view the readme for detailed information.

Version 2.1
A bug from version 2 that would blank out the top of text boxes when they appear in the top half of the screen was corrected.

Version 2.2
Bugs were corrected related to:
- Book of Mudora
- Moving walls in dungeons
- Unusual behaviors when in bunny state
Please see the Readme for details.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
chillyfeez	Hacking

Reviews

This mod is essential to the ALTTP experience!	Wolfric	2024-06-06	Version 2.0
This is amazing. It would've been enough with just 1 extra shortcut, but this modder went beyond! I'm definitely not bothering with more than 2 shortcuts, as my peanut-sized brain would just get confused with more than that, but the fact this option exists is wonderful. UPDATE: This is NO longer an issue now that we even get a small screen that shows the shortcuts when holding either L or R down respectively. This mod has become essential to play this game! Wish something like this existed for Link's Awakening games on the Gameboy!

Great hack, however...	ThatEntityGirl	2023-12-07	Version 1.0
The hack works great usually. Being able to throw out up to 9 items at any given time is incredible. It makes you so flexible, and it makes using items so much more accessible. I use them more than I ever have playing the game normally, just because I don't have to fiddle around in menus every two seconds. I find it hard to go back to the vanilla game after playing this. However, there is a strange bug that's very damning for this hack. Whenever you first load a save file you will be unable to use any items at all via both quick commands and selecting them. It seems to fix itself whenever you lift up a pot and throw it, so it's simple enough to fix. However, for a hack whose entire point of existing is to allow me to use any items I want whenever I want, having it do the exact opposite sometimes is pretty bad. If you can ignore that bug though, then definitely give this hack a shot for your next ALttP playthrough.

Add temporary header when patching	r1ggles	2023-04-26	Version 1.0
Just a headsup that I couldn't get this to work until I ended up using an online patcher and checking the add header option. But other than that this hack is excellent, it feels so much more snappy to switch between your gear with shortcuts. Would love to have this same function in BS Zelda Stone tablets and Zelda hacks, it's great.

Crazy hack!	Nintenja	2023-02-19	Version 1.0
Bringing pc game style control to a SNES game was not something I expected but ended up awesome. The game being A Link to the Past makes this even better. This hack was well implemented and does what it set out to do. Great work.

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