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  1. MichiS97

    Hacking Broken OLED Switch - Reuse emuMMC

    Hi all, I'm extremely frustrated right now and I'm honestly just hoping someone here can help me. So I've pre-ordered a Zelda ToTK Special Edition Switch last year and installed a Hwfly basically immediately opening the package. It worked fine until, idk. winter 2023 I'd say when I started...
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    Hacking ROM Hack PS1/2 PS2 Game Hacking - Finding instructions in binary

    Hi all, tl;dr: Shadow of the Colossus main binary doesn't seem to contain the entire code of the game...where else can I look? I'm a bit stumped with a technical question regarding PS2 games right now and I'm hoping somebody here can help me. I love writing assembly based cheat codes for games...
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    Emulation Looking for a specific Twilight Princess HD save file

    Hi everybody, I'm in the midst of a bit of a game hacking exercise and I need your help :) I'm trying to patch the RPX of Twilight Princess HD so that Poe Souls can also be collected during daytime. As I only have save files available to me in which all Souls have already been collected I'm...
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    New 3DS not booting when SD reader plugged in

    Hey, a friend of mine has a pretty big problem with her New 3DS. It doesn't boot when the micro SD reader is plugged in. I'm not talking about the actual SD card, but the actual reader itself. Basically, as long as the SD reader is plugged in, the 3DS doesn't boot at all (with or without SD...
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    Hacking Game corruption issues

    Hi all, I'm writing this in complete desperation ^^ First things first: I'm using an unpatched Switch, using the latest version of Hekate to boot the latest version of Atmosphere. I'm using emuMMC and that is currently on the latest software (12.0.0) A few months ago, I've started my third...
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    Hacking Play original discs with cheats

    Hi all, so this is something that I've been obsessing over for quite some time now but now I finally have the time to make this thread. First, some background info: In the last few months, I've created some binary patches for every single mainline Zelda game from Legend of Zelda on the NES up...
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    Homebrew Question libnx: quit and start processes

    Hi guys, I haven't really looked into coding any sort of of homebrew on the Switch because I didn't really have a use case that wasn't already covered by tools another dev has written. I just beat Pokemon Let's Go for the first time, though, and an idea came to mind that I could write a bot for...
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    Hacking Memory Breakpoints / GDB Server

    Hi guys, is there a solution for setting memory or execution breakpoints in Switch games? This would be extremely useful for reverse engineering games and creating cheats or mods. What I'm looking for is basically a way to set a breakpoint on a specific address in RAM which will stop...
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    Homebrew RTC Manipulation with libnds

    Hi guys, as you all know, some games have some time travel blocks included, like the Gen 4 Pokemon games which won't let you use the Pal Park for 24 hours if you have changed your system date. On the 3DS, such timegates can be bypassed by using homebrews such as RTChanger to actually change the...
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    Hardware Issue with WiFi Adapter in Dual Boot System

    Hi guys, so I've installed Ubuntu on my PC a few months ago, so I'm now running Windows 10 and Ubuntu in dual boot. Everything's working as expected, except for my WiFi adapter, the TP-Link WN822N v4. Basically my problem is this: If I plug the adapter into a USB 2.0 port on the back of my PC...
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    Hacking Question Delete downloaded update

    Hello everybody, before I begin, I realize that this is a question that's been asked before but after googling it for a while, I couldn't find an answer that didn't seem outdated to me. My Switch downloaded the 6.0 update and now constantly begs me to install it. I'm not sure how it was even...
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    Disassemble SNES

    Hi guys, I just received my PAL Super Nintendo I got from eBay in the mail and I would like to disassemble it because I'm thinking about replacing the 62-pin connector. Now my problem is that I can't remove the ejection mechanism for the life of me. I've checked the ifixit guide and numerous...
  13. MichiS97

    Hacking DSTWO woes

    Hi guys, so I've had my DSTWO since shortly after it was released and I think it's dying on me right now. My DSi won't read it at all anymore (mostly), my N2DS XL reads it fairly okay most times but then the games just randomly crash but my DS Lite still reads it flawlessly (for now). Is there...
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    ROM Hack Change instructions with IDA Pro

    Hi, I'm trying to make some ASM-based cheats to learn more about ASM and I've got a problem with it right now. I've found the instruction that reduces your health when you take damage in A Link Between Worlds but I don't know how to change that instruction. Currently, it reads: strb r1, [r0]...
  15. MichiS97

    Service Host: Time Broker using 30% of CPU

    Hi all, I've been noticing some problems on my laptop lately. It's on Windows 10 (64-bit) and when I open the task manager, my CPU usage is always over 30% even when completely idle. This is apparently due to a service called Time Broker taking up an immense amount of the CPU usage (between 29...
  16. MichiS97

    Lost my Patreon status

    Hi, I've just noticed that for some reason I seem to have lost my Patreon status. I'm getting a lot of ads even though I donate over $5 and I don't see my badge anymore. @Costello, maybe you can help me out? Many thanks! EDIT: I've just noticed that I do see the badge on my PC. I guess it...
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    Homebrew Problems with VC injection

    Hi guys, I'd like to play some Super Mario Bros. 3 on my Wii U so I downloaded the official VC with the USB Helper and installed it to my HDD. I wanted to use a cheat for infinite lives though, so I used JGecko U to make that code and use it. However, when the code is on, the console always...
  18. MichiS97

    Join two PDFs...in a special way

    Hi guys, I've got a little problem here. A friend of mine gave me his notes for a lecture that I wasn't able to attend so that I could scan them. What I'm stuck iwth now are two PDF files, one with the front of each page, one with the back of each page. Does anyone know a tool that I could use...
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    Homebrew Change RAW RTC

    Hi, does anyone know if there's a program for the DS that lets you change the raw RTC of the DS like the Config Tool from the CTR SDK? I'm looking for something like this to bypass the penalties that some games give you when you change your clock, like Animal Crossing or Pokemon D/P/Pt. (I...
  20. MichiS97

    ROM Hack Debugging NDS Games

    So I've been looking for a DS Emulator with debugging and breakpoint support and found out that No$GBA is considered to be the best in that regard, so I've downloaded the most recent dev version (2.8) from the official website. However, I can't get it to boot Pokémon Black, which is the game I'd...
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