Hacking RB2 Customs - Proof of Concept

[tueidj]

would it be possible to load the customs off a USB hard-drive?

No.

 

[Drihscol]

you know, it would be really handy if you released it in the next 2 weeks, because my winter holiday just started.

 

[SFenton]

would it be possible to load the customs off a USB hard-drive?

No.

Disc-wise, yeah, DLC-wise, no.

 

[Mrkinator]

Well, he said to download it off of tpb as an alternative to dumping the disc itself. It's not morally wrong to download something you've paid for, since you're paying for the content (or should be...) and not the disc, no?

Morals are individual choices, not something written in stone for everyone to follow. Some people might think it is morally wrong to break any law, including downloading illegal content, whether they own it or not, and would feel compelled to do it the legal way by dumping it themselves. Some others might think there is nothing morally wrong with breaking the law to obtain a backup, as long as they own it. And then some others might think there is nothing morally wrong with downloading something if they can't afford to buy it and would never have paid for it anyways. And still some others have no problems stealing anything, digital or real, whether they can afford to buy it or not. I'm sure I left a few out, but you get the point, no?

Of course, you've always got your nimrods and their fans who would suggest downloading something off the internet is the equivalent of stealing someone's car. They tend to be the illogical, holier-than-thou sort though...

If we could stay on topic that would be great, this thread is about Rock Band customs

 

[tueidj]

would it be possible to load the customs off a USB hard-drive?

No.

Disc-wise, yeah, DLC-wise, no.

This isn't about disc-based customs at all.

 

[tueidj]

you know, it would be really handy if you released it in the next 2 weeks, because my winter holiday just started.

This raises an interesting point; to use RawkSD you must have downloaded at least one track from the music store. If it's winter where you are, you're obviously not in the US and probably won't have access to the DLC (unless you've region hacked your wii). So unless we can come up with a workaround you might be out of luck until the European version comes out.

 

[ExLex]

In this moments, What is the problem you guys cant solve? or are the problem of bugs?

I ask this because i see in the videos no problems for the exporter for RB1 and i want to know if is possible release only the exporter from RB1 and later release the tool for custom cuz many people (included me) only are waiting for play RB1 on RB2...

I cant play my game RB1 because i have too much laggy and the configuration dont work for me.

I only asking, im not demanded

 

[thecyanaura]

I only asking, im not demanded tongue.gif

no rush, but hurry up.

we'd all like to give you internet kudos when it comes out. hell, i'm saving mine just for this cause those things get expensive.

 

[Gamemaster1379]

Doesn't work for my 500 GB flash drive either. Though there is another dumping tool somewhere around there. I think it's called something like SDHC dumping tool v1.5 or something. That apparently supports USB drives now, so it may work.

I thought the 500GB flash drives were fake? What'd you pay for it and from where?

Whoops, I meant Hard drive.

I must've been tired and said flash drive by accident. Though I have seen 1 TB Flash drives before...given the cost, they're not worth it (unless you want to dish out a six figure amount)

 

[Grim666]

you know, it would be really handy if you released it in the next 2 weeks, because my winter holiday just started.

This raises an interesting point; to use RawkSD you must have downloaded at least one track from the music store. If it's winter where you are, you're obviously not in the US and probably won't have access to the DLC (unless you've region hacked your wii). So unless we can come up with a workaround you might be out of luck until the European version comes out.

Does this include any of the free tracks? I have a European console but, have changed the shop region to NTSC, so I could download the free tracks. I'm just not able to buy any tracks due to being in Europe and the whole shenanigans with Wii Points. I would buy the European version of RB2 but, it doesn't look like it's coming out any time soon

 

[zapu]

Yep, it includes a free track. I assume that once you download a song special data in save file is created (DLC list) which RawkSD can modify.

 

[crezwell]

you know, it would be really handy if you released it in the next 2 weeks, because my winter holiday just started.

This raises an interesting point; to use RawkSD you must have downloaded at least one track from the music store. If it's winter where you are, you're obviously not in the US and probably won't have access to the DLC (unless you've region hacked your wii). So unless we can come up with a workaround you might be out of luck until the European version comes out.

What a bummer. After waiting patiently it doesnt look like i'll be able to use this anyway. And no im not fiddling around changing my Shop Region before someone suggests it.
A heads up a couple of months back would have been nice.

 

[Grim666]

phew, I'm glad I was getting worried that I'd be following this thread and it wasn't going to work for me

Hope you guys release this tool soon, I can't wait.

 

[AerialX]

you know, it would be really handy if you released it in the next 2 weeks, because my winter holiday just started.

This raises an interesting point; to use RawkSD you must have downloaded at least one track from the music store. If it's winter where you are, you're obviously not in the US and probably won't have access to the DLC (unless you've region hacked your wii). So unless we can come up with a workaround you might be out of luck until the European version comes out.

What a bummer. After waiting patiently it doesnt look like i'll be able to use this anyway. And no im not fiddling around changing my Shop Region before someone suggests it.
A heads up a couple of months back would have been nice.

Worst case scenario, you take someone else's save, delete all their data, and start fresh with one that will work with RawkSD.

Best case, we look into it and find that we can add the DLC list to the save on our own and there's no problem with European saves (I'll see about doing that today or tomorrow).

 

[crezwell]

you know, it would be really handy if you released it in the next 2 weeks, because my winter holiday just started.

This raises an interesting point; to use RawkSD you must have downloaded at least one track from the music store. If it's winter where you are, you're obviously not in the US and probably won't have access to the DLC (unless you've region hacked your wii). So unless we can come up with a workaround you might be out of luck until the European version comes out.

What a bummer. After waiting patiently it doesnt look like i'll be able to use this anyway. And no im not fiddling around changing my Shop Region before someone suggests it.
A heads up a couple of months back would have been nice.

Worst case scenario, you take someone else's save, delete all their data, and start fresh with one that will work with RawkSD.

Best case, we look into it and find that we can add the DLC list to the save on our own and there's no problem with European saves (I'll see about doing that today or tomorrow).

Nice one, cheers for the quick reply on that buddy. Fingers crossed

 

[Skizzo]

Well, he said to download it off of tpb as an alternative to dumping the disc itself. It's not morally wrong to download something you've paid for, since you're paying for the content (or should be...) and not the disc, no?

Morals are individual choices, not something written in stone for everyone to follow. Some people might think it is morally wrong to break any law, including downloading illegal content, whether they own it or not, and would feel compelled to do it the legal way by dumping it themselves. Some others might think there is nothing morally wrong with breaking the law to obtain a backup, as long as they own it. And then some others might think there is nothing morally wrong with downloading something if they can't afford to buy it and would never have paid for it anyways. And still some others have no problems stealing anything, digital or real, whether they can afford to buy it or not. I'm sure I left a few out, but you get the point, no?

Of course, you've always got your nimrods and their fans who would suggest downloading something off the internet is the equivalent of stealing someone's car. They tend to be the illogical, holier-than-thou sort though...

If we could stay on topic that would be great, this thread is about Rock Band customs

Yes, it is, and in the course of that topic, you mentioned downloading off of torrents, which these posts are a response to. I notice how you didn't tell anyone else commenting on morals, whom I am responding to (who just so happened to also be on your 'side') to stay on topic. Gee...I wonder why?

 

[SFenton]

would it be possible to load the customs off a USB hard-drive?

No.

Disc-wise, yeah, DLC-wise, no.

This isn't about disc-based customs at all.

Dude, I know, I have the program.

It's just that if people are REALLY lazy right now and want to have customs, the .mogg-based "exploit" would work for on-disc customs (assuming I am correct and not just an imbecile as usual).

EDIT: For anyone interested, you could only do this in practice mode without the animations, sorry (unless you transplanted RB1 into RB2).

 

[AerialX]

Yes, it is, and in the course of that topic, you mentioned downloading off of torrents, which these posts are a response to. I notice how you didn't tell anyone else commenting on morals, whom I am responding to (who just so happened to also be on your 'side') to stay on topic. Gee...I wonder why?

Srsly, enough. Regardless of what prompted him to mention it, this thread is not for the discussion of piracy, laws, and morals. It can be debated elsewhere; the only part of it that is relevant here is that we're not giving people free DLC, and that's just not up for debate.

And on the topic of game ISOs... I highly recommend that everyone have dumps of their RB1, GH3, and GHA discs ready (with SuperDump if you don't have ISOs of them; or extract them from WBFS) in anticipation of our release

QUOTE(SFenton @ Jun 26 2009, 02:33 PM) Dude, I know, I have the program.

It's just that if people are REALLY lazy right now and want to have customs, the .mogg-based "exploit" would work for on-disc customs (assuming I am correct and not just an imbecile as usual).

EDIT: For anyone interested, you could only do this in practice mode without the animations, sorry (unless you transplanted RB1 into RB2).

The disc/game has a file checksum, so it's not really possible to do disc customs with currently available tools. It would take work to disable the check, which doesn't exactly help people who are "REALLY lazy"

 

[SFenton]

(assuming I am correct and not just an imbecile as usual).

OK, guess I'm wrong. SuperDump, if I have a large enough SDHC card, will dump into one .ISO, correct? Not really a big fan of combining files in CMD.

 

[AerialX]

(assuming I am correct and not just an imbecile as usual).

OK, guess I'm wrong. SuperDump, if I have a large enough SDHC card, will dump into one .ISO, correct? Not really a big fan of combining files in CMD.

It still can't, since any FAT filesystem can't hold a single file over 4GB large (which includes any verbatim Wii disc ISO dump).