Hacking hacking in dolphin

[dieblazin]

I know this is probably been discussed before, but I've been looking for hours and I'm not gonna spend all day digging. Is there an easy way to hack ssbb on dolphin? I there is wiiscrubber and ive tried that but most times the mods dont even work. There's not good documentation on this which is really annoying. What i want is to have the mods work fine and maybe even not overwrite existing characters. I've also seen some versions of the game with different character selection screens. What can I do? Things seem to be easier if I actually have a wii.

Thanks

 

[the_randomizer]

You have to replace the files in the ISO itself as no cheat codes for replacement hacks work. I recommend WiiBaFu or Wii Backup Fusion to extract and compile the image. Wii Scrubber is far to complicated to use with all the CLI-based crap and what have you, WiiBaFu is a no-frills program that's straight forward and very easy to use .

There's actually a forum dedicated to Brawl hacking and I frequent there everyday, Kitty Corp Meow Mix forums to be exact.

 

[dieblazin]

what about adding characters without replacing them? alot of the ones that i want are based off of ike

 

[the_randomizer]

what about adding characters without replacing them? alot of the ones that i want are based off of ike

Currently, there is no way to do it as temporary replacement codes cause Dolphin to crash. Replacing the files is the only way.

 

[dieblazin]

Thanks. Do you know if there is anyway to replace unwanted characters with ones based on another character? Like if i dont want king dedede and want to have another marth based character in his spot is that possible?

 

[the_randomizer]

Thanks. Do you know if there is anyway to replace unwanted characters with ones based on another character? Like if i dont want king dedede and want to have another marth based character in his spot is that possible?

Yep, if only on a permanent basis. Essentially, you need to extract the image with Wii Backup Fusion (right click, select "transfer to ISO image" and once that happens, you can extract the entire folder hierarchy in Dolphin. The folder should be called RSBE01 if NTSC) Go to the folder called "Fighter" then to "Dedede" you will see files called FitDedede0x.pcs or .pac. You need to download a hack from Brawl Vault or Kitty Corp Meow Mix and replace it.

Once you're done replacing it, you need to recompile the folders back into an ISO image.

Ah maybe I'll make a video, if that helps.

 

[dieblazin]

Cool. So I just place the ike files in the dedede folder? Or do I need to rename them to dedede files?

 

[the_randomizer]

Cool. So I just place the ike files in the dedede folder? Or do I need to rename them to dedede files?

They should be named like the ones currently in there, so if the hack is called "fitdedede01.pac" you replace that with the one already in there, but yes, you need to rename them if they aren't named correctly.

 

[Fishaman P]

Once you're done replacing it, you need to recompile the folders back into an ISO image.

Not true at all.

Dolphin can run games from a folder, like they've been extracted.
Use Dolphin to extract SSBB, replace whatever you want, and then run right from that folder.

 

[the_randomizer]

Not true at all.

Dolphin can run games from a folder, like they've been extracted.
Use Dolphin to extract SSBB, replace whatever you want, and then run right from that folder.

Huh, weird, that's news to me. How do you tell Dolphin to run the RSBE01 folder as opposed to using the ISO image browser? Because that would make testing my hacks helluva lot easier. Could you expound on said comment regarding running from a folder instead of an ISO?

 

[scooby74029]

i think they added it a few revs back just like in neek but i only read about it not tried it

 

[the_randomizer]

i think they added it a few revs back just like in neek but i only read about it not tried it

I PMed him to elaborate. I'm curious as to how this works.

 

[scooby74029]

cool if you find out please reply here

 

[Fishaman P]

A few revs back? It was definitely there in 3.0, pretty sure it was in 2.0, and I think it was even there around r5600!

Anyway, I believe if you go into the main settings and the "Paths" tab, there's an option for an ISO root folder.

 

[the_randomizer]

A few revs back? It was definitely there in 3.0, pretty sure it was in 2.0, and I think it was even there around r5600!

Anyway, I believe if you go into the main settings and the "Paths" tab, there's an option for an ISO root folder.

All I see are these, there is no "Root ISO folder" in 3.5-1128 (Git build) on in 3.5 official, you must have used another version. If it was there in 3.0, it ain't there now.

 

[edwardbirkholz05]

Gee I wonder what that "DVD Root" option could possibly be for...

 

[the_randomizer]

Gee I wonder what that "DVD Root" option could possibly be for...

Gee, that's a mystery! Already did that, nothing happened in the ISO browser. Saw nothing different far as I can see, nothing visibly changed.

Chose the folder where the extract ISO (not the image, but the folder containing all the files of the ISO data)...nada

 

[Fishaman P]

Have you tried setting the Apploader to the extracted Brawl's Main.dol?

 

[the_randomizer]

Have you tried setting the Apploader to the extracted Brawl's Main.dol?

No, I haven't, I thought I saw something like that in the RSBE01 folders but maybe I was hallucinating. Dolphin tells me it's a .bin file; it seems I can extract it from the ISO though. Boy did I derp or what?

Then what do I do? Nothing gets changed in Dolphin; nothing happens with the game, unless the apploader has to go somewhere specific....?

 

[Fishaman P]

No, I haven't, I thought I saw something like that in the RSBE01 folders but maybe I was hallucinating. Dolphin tells me it's a .bin file; it seems I can extract it from the ISO though. Boy did I derp or what?

Then what do I do? Nothing gets changed in Dolphin; nothing happens with the game, unless the apploader has to go somewhere specific....?

The next step I would take is to File > Load the main.dol.