ASM patch help please

This topic is actually about a Super Mario World game patch, but I'd thought I'd post it here because I can't seem to get the desired effect I'm looking for and nobody has solved it so far.

The patch eliminates the overworld in SMW and simply just goes from one level to another starting from level 1,2,3,4 ect.

However I want it to start from level 0 then level 1 then level 2 and so on, but I can't seem to figure it out.

So all i want is for it to start at level 0 rather than level 1.

My original thread for help can be found here.

http://www.smwcentral.net/?p=viewthread&t=76360

I've ask several times on how to edit the patch but thus no solutions were given. I even asked the author of the patch twice and he provided two solutions yet none of them worked. :/

So that is why I'm asking on here and now here is the patch.

Code:

header
lorom

!FinalLevel = $010D;Set this to the level that triggers the credits scene. This level will repeat forever. Defaults to Front Door.
;To disable (if you, for example, want to leave some extra content after beating the final boss), set it to 0000.

;This should usually NOT need to be changed, since this patch nukes the overworld and this address should be used by nothing except the overworld.
!Freeram = $1F12

!FinalLevel13BF = !FinalLevel/$100*$24+!FinalLevel&$FF;this might look ugly, but it works

;sram map (unlike the original SMW, the three files are interlaced):
;$700000: "file exists" flag - 69 is true, anything else is false
;$700003: level number, copied to $13BF
;$700006: levels beaten, shown on intro screen. it is safe to create multiple paths with custom blocks to store to $13BF
;$700009, $70000C, $70000F, $700012: switch palace flags

org $009BC9;save game routine - never used though
db $00
Mymainc:
macro check()
LDA $13BF
CMP.b #!FinalLevel13BF
BEQ .Return
endmacro
if !FinalLevel : %check()

INC !Freeram
PHX
LDX $010A
INC $13BF
LDA $13BF
STA $700003,x
LDA $700006,x
INC A
STA $700006,x

macro svswitch(id)
LDA.w $1F27+<id>
STA.l <id>*3+$700009,x
endmacro
%svswitch(0)
%svswitch(1)
%svswitch(2)
%svswitch(3)
PLX
.Return
RTL
warnpc $009C13

org $009DB5;check if file is clear routine. Z=0 = file=OK. also loads X with the pointer to the data, input value of X is the file ID.
LDA $700000,x
CMP #$69
RTS

Mymain3:
LDX #$08
LDA $13BF
DEC A
RTL

Mymain:
STA $0DD5
JSL Mymainc
LDA $13C6
JML $00CA04

Mymain4:
LDY #$0B
LDA $0DBE
BPL +
LDY #$02
+
JML $009C8B

FixMusic:
LDA #$3F
STA $0DDA
STZ $2143
PLP
JML $0080E7

warnpc $009DFA;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

org $009D66
LDA $700006,x;levels beaten

org $05D9C6
BRA $01
org $05D9D4;fix midways
LDA $13CE
BRA $03

org $009CF7;load game routine
STZ $0109
LDA $700003,x
STA $13BF

macro ldswitch(id)
LDA.l <id>*3+$700009,x
STA.w $1FCE+<id>;I'd use $1F27, but for some reason that's overwritten, so I'll send it to the place where it's saved to.
endmacro
%ldswitch(0)
%ldswitch(1)
%ldswitch(2)
%ldswitch(3)
JMP.w $009D22

warnpc $009D22;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

org $00A099
BEQ $00;make the OW never appear, load the level directly

org $00C9FE        
JML Mymain;level beaten (both goal tape and keyhole)

org $00CA06
JSL Mymain3
NOP

org $0CCFF1
JSL Mymain2;castle destruction sequence
RTS

org $05B150;switch palace
STZ $13D2
JML Mymain2

org $009B48
TYX
LDA #$00
STA $700000,x;erase file routine
JMP.w $009B67

org $009E65;go to title screen, not overworld, on game over
JML Mymain4

org $0080E3;This fixes a bug where the music stops when Mario dies (and probably other conditions too).
JML FixMusic;The game thinks the music is still playing since the currently playing music address ($0DDA) is equal to what it should be,
;but it recently uploaded the level music bank so nothing is playing. This resets that address and forces it to replay the music.

org $05D83E
LoadLevel:
LDA !Freeram
BEQ +
STZ !Freeram
STZ $13CE;this fixes some various stuff, like midways carrying over between levels
STZ $13C6;and Mario stopping moving during the victory marsh after a boss
STZ $13D2
+
STZ $0F
LDX $0100
CPX #$03
BNE .NotIntro
LDA $0109
JMP.w LoadEnd3
.NotIntro
LDX $010A
LDA $0109
BNE .Init
LDA $13BF
BNE +
INC A
STA $13BF
+
JMP.w LoadEnd

.Init
LDA #$69
STA $700000,x
LDA #$01
STA $700003,x
STZ $13BF
DEC A
STA $700006,x
LDA $0109
JMP.w LoadEnd3

;using this as freespace again
Mymain2:
LDA #$0B
STA $0100
JML Mymainc

warnpc $05D89F;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
org $05D89F
LoadEnd:
CMP #$25
BCC LoadEnd2
INC $0F
LoadEnd3:
SEC
SBC #$24
BRA $00
LoadEnd2:
STA $0E


org $05D8AE
BRA $07;nuke something with checking the current submap. useless

The two solutions he offered were:

Replace 01 with 00 to start at level 0, but it didnt work. No matter what you put down for LDA #$ it doesnt change the starting level at all.

Code:

.Init
LDA #$69
STA $700000,x
LDA #$01
STA $700003,x

And then he told me to remove this code. This starts me at level 0 but doesnt increase the level to the next one after i beat level 0.

Code:

LDA $13BF
BNE +
INC A
STA $13BF
+

The link to my game can be found here

http://www.smwcentral.net/?p=viewthread&t=67981

If anyone can offer help it would be much appreciated. Thank you.

The second code that you deleted prevents getting $13bf to start with #$01
So this is right, keep it.

There must be however another routine in the original rom that, if $13bf is 00, the following code isn't executed:
INC !Freeram
PHX
LDX $010A
INC $13BF

Find out through tracing with Geiger why this above code isn't executed when 13bf is 00 (inc $13bf -> increase level number)

Okay Conn, I asked the guy who made the patch one more time about getting help with it and this was his solution:

He said on this part of the code.

Code:

LDA $13BF
BNE +
INC A
STA $13BF
+

Keep the LDA $13BF and delete the next 4 lines.

Sure enough it works, but there is one exception. If you enter level 0 and then restart the game, the game thinks that you have beaten level 0 and thus starts you off at level 1.

This isn't that big of a deal because not many people would want to restart the system on level 0 in my mario hack since level 0 is the easiest level of them all.

Just wanted to let you know.