ROM Hack Pokemon HG/SS fix discussion

[PK Strike]

So... that one file is 125MB?????

 

[VGK]

So is it possible that overlay file is the key?


It sure seems suspicious.

 

[Eruonen]

It's certainly odd, yes.

 

[Hecatia]

So what's the word guys? was that overlay the key?

DSlazy refuses to repack it properly with the overlay is gone, resulting in a useless 3MB NDS file.

re name overlays so they're in order and in could be any overlay to delete/modify

 

[mdyer94]

How could that overlay file be the key if it makes up for more than 90% of the rom? Or is that 90% all anti-piracy?

 

[runner12326]

It's probably some weird key file that makes everything work.

 

[Donixs]

I think my mind is blown....

 

[Chaozrevo]

Hey Guys I see you are on the trial but im just wondering did any of you guys try the patch on Espalnds?

What trial? And Links.

Well here is the Translated link " http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y...=auto&tl=en " At the Third post it includes a link to the patch but only for registered users and i cant seem to register!

 

[banditkeith]

I dont think that overlay is the right one. There's no way they could fit a proper game into 3 MB.
Anyone wanna go through the process of elimination as they might have tucked the AP away in one of the other overlay files?

 

[edes]

So... that one file is 125MB?????

Kind of no. First, the ROM image itself isn't 128mb. Second, it's probably the dummy code someone was talking about earlier.

 

[deka01]

Lol only 3mb maybe they reorded the files to try and confound us

 

[Anacobra]

The overlay isn't that large, it just ignores the rest of the overlays with it gone.

I'm going to put a dummy overlay (that is, a blank file with nothing in it but the same name as the overlay) and see if it'll pack.

 

[nyrjin]

Its only 20 bytes, it isn't most of the game...

Edit: good call anacobra, I was going to suggest that but I knew someone would figure to do it.

 

[aizen000]

I dont think that overlay is the right one. There's no way they could fit a proper game into 3 MB.
Anyone wanna go through the process of elimination as they might have tucked the AP away in one of the other overlay files?

thats what i was thinking, but thats alot of overlay files to look through

 

[Hecatia]

The overlay isn't that large, it just ignores the rest of the overlays with it gone.

I'm going to put a dummy overlay (that is, a blank file with nothing in it but the same name as the overlay) and see if it'll pack.

if it still doesn't pack fill the dummy with 00s so its the same size

 

[Anacobra]

Didn't work, refused to pack still.

What the hell /is/ that overlay, then?

 

[gillman]

The overlay isn't that large, it just ignores the rest of the overlays with it gone.

I'm going to put a dummy overlay (that is, a blank file with nothing in it but the same name as the overlay) and see if it'll pack.

Trying this as well

 

[Tom133t]

I lack the technical skills to implement a fix like this, but perhaps this could work -
Pokemon HG and SS crash after 24 (or 22?) events, right? If this is a fixed number, instead of totally disabling the AP, why not increase the number of requisite events? Set it to some crazy-high number, like 6000, or something. The address that controls the event counter could probably be found fairly easily using a > / < cheat finder. If somebody could patch the event counter address like that, the freeze limit would never be achieved during the course of a normal gameplay session, and would not cause any more freezes.

Is this a dumb idea, or could it work?

 

[mdyer94]

^The difficulty is finding what causes the freeze with the events.

 

[Hecatia]

I lack the technical skills to implement a fix like this, but perhaps this could work -
Pokemon HG and SS crash after 24 (or 22?) events, right? If this is a fixed number, instead of totally disabling the AP, why not increase the number of requisite events? Set it to some crazy-high number, like 6000, or something. The address that controls the event counter could probably be found fairly easily using a > / < cheat finder. If somebody could patch the event counter address like that, the freeze limit would never be achieved during the course of a normal gameplay session, and would not cause any more freezes.

Is this a dumb idea, or could it work?

good idea but not as easy to do as it sounds.

EDIT:
did you fill the dummy with 00's Anacobra to make it the same size