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since twl firm hacking is a thing i wonder what we could do with agb hacking we could have 128kb saves for pokemon so you don't need to hex edit the rom and maybe built in cheats
 

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I think I'm getting closer - since they're ROM patch codes, it should be possible to hex edit the rom itself

// Patch 0xA0275CB with 0x2002
A986DFE1 8532B3F6
// Patch 0xA0275F6 with 0x2003
7750E1A0 3FACA8E8
// Patch 0xA027B51 with 0x3100
368FBAB5 4691351A
 

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Have an issue, tried to create a patched golden sun, but for some reason it wont open on 3ds running bs9 sys11.6 luma 8.1.1.

as soon as i open the game it says "An error has occurred. Press and hold POWER button to turn off the system. Please refer to the Operations manual for details."

Edit: fixed my derp, got game to run checking to see if cheats working (saw the menu)

Edit2: Menu shows up says press A to activate but the cheat list is blank/empty, attached the cht file i made,
 

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Have an issue, tried to create a patched golden sun, but for some reason it wont open on 3ds running bs9 sys11.6 luma 8.1.1.

as soon as i open the game it says "An error has occurred. Press and hold POWER button to turn off the system. Please refer to the Operations manual for details."
Test if it runs in an emulator first.
 

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Test if it runs in an emulator first.
It came up like this in VBA so I assumed it was working but nothing happens in game.

edit: seems to be the codes i got from code junkies aren't working, the ones from the first post seem to work
 

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I would like to share some more info since I have seemed to fix some issues...

codes from code junkies can be converted to CBA using AR Crypt v3.12 beta found http://doc.kodewerx.org/tools.html#gba

ideally settings for ar crypt are converting from ar 1/2 or 3/4 to CBA try both ar 1/2 and 3/4 to see which actually works in gbaatm

edit: you can include the name of the cheat in the code also

ex. Golden Sun

CodeJunkies AR3/4 (input)

Mia Inf PP
05cdd068
89b4bda8
50699b63
40f08191

will give you
CBA (output)

Mia Inf PP
8200091A03E7
8200091E03E7
 
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Have an issue, tried to create a patched golden sun, but for some reason it wont open on 3ds running bs9 sys11.6 luma 8.1.1.

as soon as i open the game it says "An error has occurred. Press and hold POWER button to turn off the system. Please refer to the Operations manual for details."

Edit: fixed my derp, got game to run checking to see if cheats working (saw the menu)

Edit2: Menu shows up says press A to activate but the cheat list is blank/empty, attached the cht file i made,
Unless it's a valid codebreaker cheat, it won't work/show up....

I would like to share some more info since I have seemed to fix some issues...

codes from code junkies can be converted to CBA using AR Crypt v3.12 beta found http://doc.kodewerx.org/tools.html#gba

ideally settings for ar crypt are converting from ar 1/2 or 3/4 to CBA try both ar 1/2 and 3/4 to see which actually works in gbaatm

edit: you can include the name of the cheat in the code also

ex. Golden Sun

CodeJunkies AR3/4 (input)

Mia Inf PP
05cdd068
89b4bda8
50699b63
40f08191

will give you
CBA (output)

Mia Inf PP
8200091A03E7
8200091E03E7
Those are in Gameshark format, not codebreaker... Most of the .cht files I linked work fine, so try to use those if you can (unless it's for a Pokemon game). Those are almost guaranteed to work unless they got corrupted during the translation process...
 

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Unless it's a valid codebreaker cheat, it won't work/show up....


Those are in Gameshark format, not codebreaker... Most of the .cht files I linked work fine, so try to use those if you can (unless it's for a Pokemon game). Those are almost guaranteed to work unless they got corrupted during the translation process...

hey where can i find codebreaker codes, most of the ones in the first post are still in another language
 

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Every time I put the .cht for Pokemon emerald in it says that gbaatm has stopped working. And it closes the program down. Any help please
Honestly, I find importing CHT files to be hit and miss (mostly miss). Make sure your codes are CodeBreaker format and cut and paste them into GBAATM manually.
 
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@BARNWEY i think screenshots of optimal settings for GBAATM would be best in the first post.
Alright, I'll think about it when I have time. I've been quite busy as of lately...


Every time I put the .cht for Pokemon emerald in it says that gbaatm has stopped working. And it closes the program down. Any help please
Can you please give me some specifics such as OS, Specs, and error message (if you got one) please?


I've found wescastro to be more hit and miss than GameHacking. But that's just me :P
Good to know, thank you for sharing... I've noticed this too, but I may add this website in the OP (just with a warning next to it).


since twl firm hacking is a thing i wonder what we could do with agb hacking we could have 128kb saves for pokemon so you don't need to hex edit the rom and maybe built in cheats
This is built in cheats, you're literally patching the cheats into the ROM...
 

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has anyone had issues with patched games running slow on n3ds? i tired to patch megaman bn2 and the game runs about half speed on both emulator and on the 3ds
 

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