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AiSeeWunFurTee said:
Ahh Fuck...
My PC is gay so everytime you plug something in it goes all shitty and says windows explorer is not working blah blah blah. This happened when I was transferring the file into my DS and damaged the SAV file. (I think, most possible since I've used this about twice before) So now everytime I finish a battle off the DS crashes and shows a black screen. That's it, any suggestions? I didn't back it up. Thanks.

Did you unlock any wifi quests using the save editor? That sometimes causes this issue. If so, de-unlock all the ones you unlocked. (Also, always back up your save file before modifying it).
 

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why wont this work?!!!
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themysticalone said:
AiSeeWunFurTee said:
Ahh Fuck...
My PC is gay so everytime you plug something in it goes all shitty and says windows explorer is not working blah blah blah. This happened when I was transferring the file into my DS and damaged the SAV file. (I think, most possible since I've used this about twice before) So now everytime I finish a battle off the DS crashes and shows a black screen. That's it, any suggestions? I didn't back it up. Thanks.

Did you unlock any wifi quests using the save editor? That sometimes causes this issue. If so, de-unlock all the ones you unlocked. (Also, always back up your save file before modifying it).
Uhh. So how do I de-unlock it?
 

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AiSeeWunFurTee said:
Uhh. So how do I de-unlock it?
For individual quests, go to the Quest tab and change the mission/quest status to unacquired.
For bulk edits, go to the Quest tab and under Bulk Edit, check the DLC box, and select unacquire.
 

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Wow, I actually forgot all about this. From my game Im working, to halo reach coming out, to me getting pokemon white, I've ran out of time(good news is arcade cabinet is done).

For now, I don't know if I'll release it or not as it's been so long. I'll see if I can get something as everything is where I left it, but I can't guarantee anything. I apologize for my sloth.
 

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Thanks fer ya work on it so far. Appreciate everything you've done so far. It would be nice to have an updated version of whatever you have, but who am I to complain. Nice job on the cab, I read up on it on yer site. gfg.
 

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Masked Ranger said:
AiSeeWunFurTee said:
Uhh. So how do I de-unlock it?
For individual quests, go to the Quest tab and change the mission/quest status to unacquired.
For bulk edits, go to the Quest tab and under Bulk Edit, check the DLC box, and select unacquire.
Dang it. That didn't work. -_- I'm sure I done it right, but it still crashes.
Any other ideas guys? I edited my money in bank, what I made through Alchemy and the things I have acquired. I don't think the alchemy things and the items match very well. But that's just a thought. So yeah.
 

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Yumil said:
Wow, I actually forgot all about this. From my game Im working, to halo reach coming out, to me getting pokemon white, I've ran out of time(good news is arcade cabinet is done).

For now, I don't know if I'll release it or not as it's been so long. I'll see if I can get something as everything is where I left it, but I can't guarantee anything. I apologize for my sloth.

I'm sure whatever you have ready is a good update.

What tools are you using to do the modification? I'm not unsavvy at programming (C-family, C#, etc) and could maybe try to pick up where you left off if that's desired.
 

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I have to next two days off, so if I get time I'll post what I have after I make a quick check on it, Im not sure if I still have the .dll code, but it'll be quick to reproduce the last one and I have notes on the string encoding to fix that again.

For the question of what I was doing, I was using .net Reflector with the reflexil addin. Reflexil allows reflector to directly edit the IL and also inject stuff into it. It easily allowed me to edit the strings longer than hex editing would of:) Also was easy to change the positions, and doesn't require an intimate knowledge of IL to do so(though it certainly helps). Reflexil isn't prefect though, so I couldn't inject code as perfectly as I wanted to, hence the dll. Thankfully it allowed for injection of references and I just referenced and called my methods instead:)

One last tool I used(besides Visual studio for the debugging and dll) was Hawkeye which is a really neet proggie that allows you to edit a form that is running. It helped in figuring out positions of things that got messed up by longer strings:)

If anyone wants to continue this, they would be free to. You can directly edit the binary this way(keep back ups) and therefore my work is easily accessible. If you would need any help with it, like finding where things are, I wouldn't mind helping, just I don't believe I have time to finish it anymore.
 

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Hi im just wondering, how can i add "~" symbol or any special symbols included in the game to the names of my hero/partymates. It seems the editor does not recognize it.
 

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Hey, Yumil, do you think checking items made by alchemy but not checking it on your wardrobe or Item list makes the game crash when you finish a battle?
 

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Yumil said:
For the question of what I was doing, I was using .net Reflector with the reflexil addin. Reflexil allows reflector to directly edit the IL and also inject stuff into it. It easily allowed me to edit the strings longer than hex editing would of:) Also was easy to change the positions, and doesn't require an intimate knowledge of IL to do so(though it certainly helps). Reflexil isn't prefect though, so I couldn't inject code as perfectly as I wanted to, hence the dll. Thankfully it allowed for injection of references and I just referenced and called my methods instead:)

One last tool I used(besides Visual studio for the debugging and dll) was Hawkeye which is a really neet proggie that allows you to edit a form that is running. It helped in figuring out positions of things that got messed up by longer strings:)

If anyone wants to continue this, they would be free to. You can directly edit the binary this way(keep back ups) and therefore my work is easily accessible. If you would need any help with it, like finding where things are, I wouldn't mind helping, just I don't believe I have time to finish it anymore.

Cool, I haven't used any of those very much, but I have a little experience (and yeah, Hawkeye is awesome). Do you remember if you fixed things so that numbers (and any symbols DQ9 uses) would work in all the textboxes? That's probably the biggest thing I can think of besides just generally getting all the translations done.
 

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