Hacking Devolution - Public Release

[tueidj]

Does anyone have a log of Beyond Good and Evil PAL crashing?

 

[mk22]

ok i'll do that but what are the file ur devolution use for gc memory card? I found a program which backup into a GCI file. is it the same file for your software or I have to convert it into something else? the program btw is GCMM.

 

[EzekielRage]

I am the one reporting Beyond Good And Evil PAL as crashing. I can't provide a log, unfortunately, as I don't have a Gecko. Sorry. I am also the guy reporting Disney PK and Ultimate Spider-Man alongside Second Sight

PS.: I have a question, and please forgive me if it has already been answered, but is there a way to make the AP permanent? I have no problem with it at all, but I have to do it every time again when I do something on my HDD or SD card. I use my HDD as backup drive aswell and every few days when I do a backup, I have to re-verify my games again. Sorry if I bother you with this.

 

[BlueCrab]

First of all, I'd like to thank tueidj for making it possible to play PSO on the Wii. I've been hoping someone would do something like this ever since I started on Sylverant. Believe me, I've been asked plenty of times why PSO didn't work on the Wii, only to answer "because Nintendo didn't want it to". I have a feeling that this will excite quite a few people who haven't been able to get their PSO fix.

Sylverant is down or something, since it disconnects me with error 115.

Error 115 is returned from not being registered on the website, as was already mentioned up a bit further in the thread. I actually had to look that exact error up in the code last night, as I forgot what it meant (and I was using a new serial number that I had apparently not registered myself).

Wouldn't surprise me if the server software I'm using expects some sort of BBA-specific stuff, since it should work okay, but doesn't. Maybe I'll try compiling Sylverant's server instead, and using that.

Fair warning, Sylverant isn't exactly the easiest piece of software to get working and may or may not work properly under Windows anymore. I've never actually actively supported using it on Windows, simply because I didn't design it for that and because I don't actually use Windows often myself (my initial work on it was done under Mac OS X both on PowerPC and x86, now its mostly developed under FreeBSD on x86-64). That all said, its not terribly hard to set up, even if my documentation is a little... lacking.

 

[Joel Schmidt]

r124 is now up.
- dial-up modem emulation added

Nice! Between this and BBA support on Dolphin, I can play PSO at home or on the road with my laptop now.

What are the specs on your laptop?

HP ProBook 4530s
i3 2.3
8gb ram
Intel HD3000 (soon to be upgraded with a higher end 4530s logic board that also has a discrete AMD Radeon 6490 and 1GB of ram)

 

[PsyBlade]

PS.: I have a question, and please forgive me if it has already been answered, but is there a way to make the AP permanent? I have no problem with it at all, but I have to do it every time again when I do something on my HDD or SD card. I use my HDD as backup drive aswell and every few days when I do a backup, I have to re-verify my games again. Sorry if I bother you with this.

don't let the backup tool touch the wii files and don't defrag them

It's generally a very bad idea to backup other things to a wii hdd.
The various wii fs drivers are not really reliable enough for that.
At least use a different partition.

 

[wiismodrome]

That's odd... I've defragmented the drive with the .DVV files and don't recall having to re-verify anything as a result.

 

[PsyBlade]

That's odd... I've defragmented the drive with the .DVV files and don't recall having to re-verify anything as a result.

depends on wether the tool used actually touches the dvv/iso files or not.
If it decides they to leave them as is then you are good.

 

[tueidj]

BlueCrab: Thanks for posting here, if there's anything you would like me to add on my end (maybe some method to distinguish wii users from gc users?) just let me know.

 

[EzekielRage]

I use a different partition for my backups. Furthermore, I have the gc_devo directory on my SD card, so shouldn't the DVV files be on the SD card aswell?
Edit: Apparently not. The program creates the DVV files on the HDD - Still a different Partition though.
Edit2: After updating my SD Card (without DVV files) to the latest release, I had to re-verify again (didn't touch the HDD at all) AND my memory card (emulated) is now corrupted - all saves gone.

 

[tueidj]

You can't mix SD and USB at the same time, the .DVV and memory card files are always on the same drive as the .iso file you are loading. There is no way updating to a later release could be responsible for corrupting your memory card file, Devolution doesn't modify it itself, it only writes exactly what games tell it to. Somehow I think either your filesystem is corrupted or you're using a loader that is doing something it shouldn't.

 

[EzekielRage]

Thanx for clearing that up^^
I have not loaded anything new onto the HDD, So it's probably not a loader problem. I played the game yesterday and got the memcard error today, so something happened there. I did unplug the HDD and renamed one file on the other partition to test if backupping on one partition makes the DVV files useless (and yes, it does) and then I updated the SD card app to r124. And then the save was corrupt. So I assume it was the renaming of a completely different file on another partition. I probably plugged the HDD out too fast. Happens a lot to me.

So basically I should not update or touch both the SD and the HDD until there is a release that plays all of my games. Good to know. Maybe you could modify the AP so that everytime you have to re-verify a game, it automatically verifies the others too? I have a bunch of games and verifying all of them everytime takes almost an hour^^

 

[K_I_R_E_E_K]

1st of all, congrats on all the work, i am sure many wii players will se this as a new incentive to play PSO.
As for the servers available, i saw some incomplete info and i'm sure i won't be able to provide it all, but schthack is not the most popular server for GC players, it allows a great deal of platforms to connect, but GC days are long gone.

There are a few servers players can pick, sylverant supports GC and while some do appear it's really rare when they anounce it in the forum for example, but i do see groups of players sometimes. If you pick this one then state when you want to play, otherwise connecting or not won't do much difference, unless you prefer doing some specific quests alone.

Schthack usually has lot's of new players, because in most cases that server is the 1st choice, just like pso on the dreamcast, schthack is the only one they know, but after a day or two of not seeing anyone they leave and that also happens on the GC altough not as dramaticaly, they have players but they come and go.

Leetserv contains some of the regulars of schthack and so the server can (depending on the person opinion that is) be better, you will be able to see the same players on a regular base, if you like seeing new faces every week schthack is better, if you want to make friends and play with those same players after 2 months then leetserv might be a good choice.

Izakaya is by far the most popular, but unless you are fluent in japanese, you won't go very far, you have lobbies that are constantly full and even proper cmode lobbies where almost everytime there is a team or 2 ready to do play.

The last server for some reason has the website down, so i have no idea how to get the info on how to connect there (keep in mind only the website is down, not the server, otherwise the other 3 servers would have a dramatic population increase), as for the other 3 googling them should provide the proper websites and all the necessary instructions.

I am sure there are other servers, but for now having 4 to choose from seems enough.

Ppl are indeed excited over this and we can see this topic and project poping out in several places and forums, because of that i only find fair to advertise it on my blog, i won't do it now, i still need to read some instructions and get to know this better, but you might see something pop here.
http://kireekpso.wordpress.com/

Keep up the good work
K_I_R_E_E_K

 

[tueidj]

Thanx for clearing that up^^
I have not loaded anything new onto the HDD, So it's probably not a loader problem. I played the game yesterday and got the memcard error today, so something happened there. I did unplug the HDD and renamed one file on the other partition to test if backupping on one partition makes the DVV files useless (and yes, it does) and then I updated the SD card app to r124. And then the save was corrupt. So I assume it was the renaming of a completely different file on another partition. I probably plugged the HDD out too fast. Happens a lot to me.

Something is really wrong with whatever software you're using. Touching files in a completely different partition should have no effect on the .DVV files. Most likely whatever changed them also corrupted your memory card file. I strongly recommend you move any important data off that drive ASAP and reformat it, because it sounds like the partitions might be overlapping.

So basically I should not update or touch both the SD and the HDD until there is a release that plays all of my games. Good to know. Maybe you could modify the AP so that everytime you have to re-verify a game, it automatically verifies the others too? I have a bunch of games and verifying all of them everytime takes almost an hour^^

How do you expect that to work? You expect it to validate all your games just because you inserted a single disc?

 

[tueidj]

Leetserv contains some of the regulars of schthack and so the server can (depending on the person opinion that is) be better, you will be able to see the same players on a regular base, if you like seeing new faces every week schthack is better, if you want to make friends and play with those same players after 2 months then leetserv might be a good choice.

I tried L33tserv while testing but was unable to connect (using DNS 69.171.154.27). I tested that DNS server on its own and couldn't get any responses from it, so I figured they're not interested in getting new players if their own connection instructions aren't up to date.

 

[K_I_R_E_E_K]

I see.
I can assure you the server is working and is operational (connected right now using pso v2, just used the ip on the forum page)
I'm guessing the connect guide only explains the connection process, i believe that dns might be outdated

Here
http://l33tserv.forum-nation.com/t284-how-to-conect-to-l33tserv-text-tutorial

 

[wiismodrome]

Interesting... I see that my compatibility list entry for XGIII has been deleted by someone with an Australian IP. Has the verification error been fixed in r128 (which is not publicly available)? Given the excellent condition of my disc, and several documented failed attempts to verify, it stands to reason that this is not an isolated occurrence and that others will have the same problem with this particular game. The alternative is to indicate that a problematic game is working when it is not.

 

[daxtsu]

Fair warning, Sylverant isn't exactly the easiest piece of software to get working and may or may not work properly under Windows anymore. I've never actually actively supported using it on Windows, simply because I didn't design it for that and because I don't actually use Windows often myself (my initial work on it was done under Mac OS X both on PowerPC and x86, now its mostly developed under FreeBSD on x86-64). That all said, its not terribly hard to set up, even if my documentation is a little... lacking.

Hi BlueCrab, thanks for posting here.

Sylverant seems to work on Windows through cygwin, but I'm struggling to get the ship_server to read any GM files, but that's best talked about in a PM or a thread elsewhere.

 

[tueidj]

r128 is now up.
- fix audio streams not playing when a stream is queued immediately after the current stream is cancelled
- audio fix for XGIII
- fix wifi logging for networks which are slow to initialize

 

[Kroniedon]

Leetserv contains some of the regulars of schthack and so the server can (depending on the person opinion that is) be better, you will be able to see the same players on a regular base, if you like seeing new faces every week schthack is better, if you want to make friends and play with those same players after 2 months then leetserv might be a good choice.

I tried L33tserv while testing but was unable to connect (using DNS 69.171.154.27). I tested that DNS server on its own and couldn't get any responses from it, so I figured they're not interested in getting new players if their own connection instructions aren't up to date.

Before I begin, let me just say great work on this. This is truly a blessing to the PSO GC community.Thanks for all your hard work!

I apologize that you weren't able to connect. The "How to Connect" page was very out of date. That was our old Canadian Host's DNS. I haven't had time to make the new webpages with all the other work I've been doing around the server.

The correct DNS is 173..214.164.235
It can always be found in on the right hand side of our forums in the top right hand corner as well as a server status display.

Thanks again for all your hard work on this!