Convert the libretro-database cheats to ezflash!

[Cry2Loud]

Hello everyone, this is my first post here. The only reason im even writing this is because I have found a working method to convert the cheats in the libretro database to those in the ezflash cheats folder. All credit for this goes to jer-irl on GitHub who I have been messaging for the past couple days figuring this out. so lets begin!

first you will need 3 files:
1. EZ-Flash Omega cheat library
2. libretro-database master branch download link
3. DAT file download page datomatic.no-intro.org/index.php?page=download&op=dat&s=23)

you will have to have all of these files unzipped. next you will have to change some typos in the libretro database so you dont get any errors. navigate to the cht folder, and then Nintendo - Game Boy Advance. typo one is in Pokemon - Feuerrote Edition (G). Open the file in notepad and right below the cheat4 section and above cheat5, delete "c". save the file. next go back out to the game boy advance folder and find Summon Night - Swordcraft Story (USA) (Code Breaker). at the top of this file it will say the amount of cheats is 174, change it to 175 and save.

now, for the final steps you will need python installed along with an executor, i recommend visual studio code.
open update_ezflash_cheats-main folder in your executor and click on update_ezflash_cheats. run the code (nothing is supposed to happen yet dont worry). then type this command line:
py update_ezflash_cheats.py patch -c [omegacheatlibrary CHEAT folder path] -d [dat file path] -l [libretro database master file path]
if done correctly, you should get the message: Patches applied
if you guys have any issues please let me know and I'll try to help out as best as I can!

 

[f3bandit]

This will make it easier for everyone!
ezflash cheats updater

 

[pikapoke07]

@f3bandit

is there anything i have to do to get this to work on my ez flash ODE? i read the documentation but dont really understand much of it.

 

[f3bandit]

@f3bandit

is there anything i have to do to get this to work on my ez flash ODE? i read the documentation but dont really understand much of it.

Just download the zip, extract it. And find the Eng folder and open it. copy all the folders inside that to your cheats folder on the sd card. Also this does not fix all the Chinese cheats to English. it fixes alot of them but not all. or you can just copy them to your cheats dir for this zip. the cheats don't get update much if at all. So this is about as current as it gets till deathskull jr
fixes the mess of a cheat database that ezflash uses for the omega and omega-de carts. he is a super busy guy and does this
on his own in his miniscule free time. so everyone please don't spam him about it. Alot of the issues is most of the cheats are garbage and do not work. The other issue is that stupid directory structure ezflash used for the omega and omega-de cheats
the folder numbers and file numbers do not follow any logic what so ever. most cheat files follow the nintendo rom id format.
like in the usercheat.dat files used on the flash carts for the DS and 3ds systems. on the gba they are just completely random.

 

[Chimera__Gaming]

Hello everyone, this is my first post here. The only reason im even writing this is because I have found a working method to convert the cheats in the libretro database to those in the ezflash cheats folder. All credit for this goes to jer-irl on GitHub who I have been messaging for the past couple days figuring this out. so lets begin!

first you will need 3 files:
1. EZ-Flash Omega cheat library
2. libretro-database master branch download link
3. DAT file download page datomatic.no-intro.org/index.php?page=download&op=dat&s=23)

you will have to have all of these files unzipped. next you will have to change some typos in the libretro database so you dont get any errors. navigate to the cht folder, and then Nintendo - Game Boy Advance. typo one is in Pokemon - Feuerrote Edition (G). Open the file in notepad and right below the cheat4 section and above cheat5, delete "c". save the file. next go back out to the game boy advance folder and find Summon Night - Swordcraft Story (USA) (Code Breaker). at the top of this file it will say the amount of cheats is 174, change it to 175 and save.

now, for the final steps you will need python installed along with an executor, i recommend visual studio code.
open update_ezflash_cheats-main folder in your executor and click on update_ezflash_cheats. run the code (nothing is supposed to happen yet dont worry). then type this command line:
py update_ezflash_cheats.py patch -c [omegacheatlibrary CHEAT folder path] -d [dat file path] -l [libretro database master file path]
if done correctly, you should get the message: Patches applied
if you guys have any issues please let me know and I'll try to help out as best as I can!

This doesn't work anymore

Can you provide an updated guide?

 

[Chimera__Gaming]

This doesn't work anymore

Can you provide an updated guide?

For anyone past present or future:

https://github.com/jer-irl/update_ezflash_cheats
https://github.com/ChimeraGaming/GBA-EZ-Flash-2025-Guide/blob/main/Cheats.md