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About ZHelper

ZHelper is a mapping program designed to be used with Fred Coughlin's Zelda Randomizer. Version 4 has been rewritten nearly from scratch, adding many new features and revamping existing ones. The source files are included in the download, so feel free to mess with it, use it on your stream, or whatever as long as you're not doing something illegal with it.

Features

• A detailed, markable overworld map showing where default secrets are, with support for all randomizer modes
• A redesigned dungeon map system designed to be MUCH more feature-rich than ZH3's dungeon mapper
• Automatic narrowing-down of which dungeons a given dungeon map can be as you mark dungeon screens (only if SRL mode is OFF)
• Markers for things like triforce pieces, heart containers, and all dungeon/overworld items
• Player markers for overworld and dungeon screens so you know who has been where
• Marking of starting screens for all overworld and dungeon maps
• A screen to mark helpful hints given by the old man
• Network mode which allows collaborative tracking for up to 8 players at a time
• Randomizers for a few things that fcoughlin's randomizer doesn't change (a lot of it is already in existing randomizers now)

Web Versions

If you'd like to test out ZHelper in your browser, there are HTML 5 versions available: v4 v5 Beta
Please note that the v4 HTML5 version is very out of date, and I don't have the files to update it anymore.

Download

You can download the current version of ZHelper 4 (v4.45) for Windows here.

The most current Windows version compiled in GM Studio 2 can be found here (NOTE: This build is untested!)

If you're looking for the tournament stream version, you can grab it here. It includes instructions in the readme. Its very stripped down compared to the normal ZHelper 4.

v5 Beta builds are now available at the bottom of this page! Check them out if you want to test the newest features.

It is highly reccommended that you check out the manual/help page, even if you've used ZHelper before, as many things have been changed over time.

Help

Here are the manuals for v4 and the v5 Preview builds. They should explain everything you need to know.

Privacy

You can view the Privacy Policy here (Last updated 03/06/23).

Credits

• Nintendo for making Zelda 1.
• Fred Coughlin for making the Zelda Randomizer.
• Thank you to everyone who has helped with their suggestions, testing, and feedback over the course of ZHelper's development! This thing wouldn't be in its current state without your help!

Latest Release/Changelog

Click on a version number to download that version. For a more complete version history and download links for old versions, see this page.

v4.45 (GMS 1.4 Build) (GMS2 Build) (01/06/20)

• Made the updater not pop up a messagebox unless clicked. It will still show the status at the bottom right of the main menu.
• Added an option to switch display of the overworld coordinates on the map to A1-H16 style instead of hexadecimal. It only changes on the map right now, and also disables the player indicators on the overworld map to make room for the longer string.

v5 Beta Builds

NOTE: These are beta builds, and may contain bugs! Use at your own risk!
v4.99.15-Windows - Linux (07/07/23)

WARNING!!!! WARNING!!! HERE BE GLEEOKS!!! This build may be unstable due to a GameMaker update causing numerous errors where things worked just fine before! It survived a test run, but use it at your own risk in races!

• Re-added the heart shuffle toggle button. It changes the first 8 item boxes into heart icons like v4 had. It will only sync between the hearts and those first 8 item boxes!
• Added an I Derped button to the OW map screen. It clears all X icons on the OW map. Useful for oopsies. YW :)
• Fixed the custom dungeon guide text being overwritten with the default text when loading a save.
• Fixed loading a custom map image causing a crash if the 'Show Coordinates' option was turned off.
• Stopped the corrupt data dialog from showing up improperly.

v4.99.14-Windows - Linux (06/13/23)

• Added an option to toggle showing certain overlays when hovering over their toggle buttons.
• Fixed the incorrect L4 hint name to now say 'GLEEOK LURKS'.
• (Hopefully) Fixed the updater crashing on startup when no Internet connection is available.
• Properly disabled the Global Hotkeys checkbox on Linux.

    -Questwizard