ROM Hack Metroid: Other M Redux (Based on Maxximum Edition)

ShadowOne333 · Tuesday at 7:31 PM

Nintendo Maniac said:
Don't be so sure about that (at least as of around 2-3 years ago, though maybe I should re-test?):

https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thre...-reassembling-to-iso-won-t-play-on-a-real-wii

WIT was also mentioned in that thread, though I've never used it for rebuilding ISOs, only for trimming.

I did try WIT before, but I couldn't figure out exactly how to use to it properly trim, convert or create ISOs at all.
It's quite underdocumented at least from what I could find.

Nintendo Maniac · Wednesday at 12:49 AM

Just did a double-check and, even when using a much more recent version of Dolphin (revision 2409), converting back to ISO has the game fail to boot on real hardware (much like I mentioned in that Dolphin forum thread, I tested with Link's Crossbow Training due to its small file size).

ShadowOne333 said:
I did try WIT before
...
It's quite underdocumented at least from what I could find.

So all of this isn't the information for what is needed?:

ShadowOne333 · Wednesday at 3:46 PM

Nintendo Maniac said:
Just did a double-check and, even when using a much more recent version of Dolphin (revision 2409), converting back to ISO has the game fail to boot on real hardware (much like I mentioned in that Dolphin forum thread, I tested with Link's Crossbow Training due to its small file size).

So all of this isn't the information for what is needed?:

https://wit.wiimm.de/wit/

https://wit.wiimm.de/wit/cmd-convert.html

Yeah I did check those but I couldn't figure out exactly which command/flag would give me the desired result.
Looking at it again, I want to think that the command

Code:

wit CONVERT -I -s /path/to/files/

could do it, but I am not sure.

OgroGamer · 2024-11-21T13:39:01+0000

Rick328 said:
Is switching from 4GB splitting to 2GB in WiiBackupManager really is the only thing you did to make it work on real hardware? I ask because I have the same problem you had, it freezes at the loading screen (using USB loader GX)

I tried several way to build it: the new method with Dolphin, the previous method with WiiBackupFusion, Splitting in 4GB, 2GB, as well as splitting in 3GB directly with WIT command line (someone in the thread said that splitting at the wrong place could cause the issue). All these get past the loading screen when tried on Dolphin to test the builds, but they always freeze on my Wii. I'm running out of ideas as to why I can't make it work...

Weirder is the fact that last year version of REDUX is working fine (ISO build with WiiBackupFusion then converted to 4GB splitted WBFS) as I completed the entire game.

If someone has any idea, that would be much appreciated.

This is my problem, but I don't have another copy of redux.dol, only the one from the torrent link

Nintendo Maniac said:
It's possible your issues may be related to a minor oversight in the instructions, that being the part about creating a new ISO using Dolphin - I previously confirmed that ISOs created via Dolphin don't work on real hardware.

...also, is it just me or do the direct downloads no longer work? I mean, the torrent seems to still work, (I've not fully confirmed this by downloading the entire thing) but, when I click the "338 Files" or "205 Original", I'm redirected to an error page saying:

The torrent link works, with it I downloaded all the files.

ShadowOne333 said:
That's an issue on Archive's side.
They're still bringing services up bit by bit from the attack last month, so many things are still not working fully.

Edit pages and updates aren't working at the moment, and it seems downloading the pack through that method doesn't as well.
I might try adding a full zip with the whole pack later on.

Btw to help out @OgroGamer, what method would you recommend to create the ISOs for real hardware play?

I did the whole process again on a clean iso with wiibackupfusion replacing the files except main.dol (I kept the original main.dol) and converting to wbfs, and it works ok on wiiflow vWii/Wii U
I repeated the process, this time including redux.dol and it doesn't work

ShadowOne333 · 2024-11-21T16:18:43+0000

OgroGamer said:
This is my problem, but I don't have another copy of redux.dol, only the one from the torrent link

The torrent link works, with it I downloaded all the files.

I did the whole process again on a clean iso with wiibackupfusion replacing the files except main.dol (I kept the original main.dol) and converting to wbfs, and it works ok on wiiflow vWii/Wii U
I repeated the process, this time including redux.dol and it doesn't work

Did you rename the redux.dol file to main.dol?
I am not sure what the issue could be with it other than size tbh, but there's not much I can do in that regard other than use the original game's main.dol and rely on cheat codes for all the gameplay features, like the Hard mode from the start, cutscene skips, third person missiles, etc. The only other way to make it work on Wii would be through Riivolution.

To make it worse, I don't have a way to test on actual hardware, since I don't have my Wii at home so I can test it properly, so I'd have to rely on others doing the hardware tests due to that. I only check compatibility/bugs with Dolphin sadly.

OgroGamer · 2024-11-21T20:19:58+0000

ShadowOne333 said:
Did you rename the redux.dol file to main.dol?
I am not sure what the issue could be with it other than size tbh, but there's not much I can do in that regard other than use the original game's main.dol and rely on cheat codes for all the gameplay features, like the Hard mode from the start, cutscene skips, third person missiles, etc. The only other way to make it work on Wii would be through Riivolution.

To make it worse, I don't have a way to test on actual hardware, since I don't have my Wii at home so I can test it properly, so I'd have to rely on others doing the hardware tests due to that. I only check compatibility/bugs with Dolphin sadly.

Yes, I renamed the redux.dol file to main.dol

I can still try to inject the codes into the original main, it will be fun to learn and it doesn't compare to the great work you did.
Anyway, I appreciate your help,
Thanks for your work

Rick328 · 2024-11-21T20:24:56+0000

OgroGamer said:
Could you share that main.dol that does work please?

OgroGamer said:
This is my problem, but I don't have another copy of redux.dol, only the one from the torrent link

The torrent link works, with it I downloaded all the files.

@OgroGamer

Currently at work, I will try to send you the file via PM tonight or tomorrow.

(Does someone know if attaching it directly to a post would be against GBATemp's rules?)

ShadowOne333 · 2024-11-21T20:29:39+0000

OgroGamer said:
Yes, I renamed the redux.dol file to main.dol

I can still try to inject the codes into the original main, it will be fun to learn and it doesn't compare to the great work you did.
Anyway, I appreciate your help,
Thanks for your work

Rick328 said:
@OgroGamer

Currently at work, I will try to send you the file via PM tonight or tomorrow.

(Does someone know if attaching it directly to a post would be against GBATemp's rules?)

Actually, I think I have another DOL available on the Archive listing.
Search inside the "Files" folder, and you'll see one called "redux no unlocks".
See if that one works on your end, @OgroGamer, if not then try Rick's DOL.

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