Homebrew [Discussion] Next Smea release looks like it's gonna be a big one!

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

No, he showed off modifying the game. It's on his twitter.

Could you maybe link it to me?

 

[teampleb]

Could you maybe link it to me?

https://twitter.com/smealum/status/647297102964461568

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

https://twitter.com/smealum/status/647297102964461568

I thought he was ever using cheat codes or it was a glitch that occurred

 

[kiwiis]

Bet he's got a kernel exploit he's using to show off some of these things (at least initially before he implements it in Ninjhax through userland)

Rom hacking

 

[Vanth88]

I thought he was ever using cheat codes or it was a glitch that occurred

Its good old rom hacking. He says in his latest tweets he probably wont add it in 2.5 (or maybe he will). So you're kind of right it's really just him hacking the game. I hope it leads to ram editing in real time though.

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

Bet he's got a kernel exploit he's using to show off some of these things (at least initially before he implements it in Ninjhax through userland)

Rom hacking

Its possible to use Things like that with userland its been done before.

 

[DarkRioru]

holy crap all aboard the hype train!!!!!!!!! wooooot!!! woooot!!!!

 

[uberpubert69]

Now this is shaping up to be a really impressive upgrade!

 

[SLiV3R]

My biggest wish is that 3dsx will play as good as the cia! I know that is impossible. But I still want that to happen ^^

 

[4ur0r]

This makes me happy. I always wanted games translations on my updated 3DS

 

[TheZoroark007]

Mario Kart 7 custom tracks, here I come!

 

[bakurage]

Dont' know ... smea have find a exploit on 9.3+ ?

 

[SomeGamer]

Dont' know ... smea have find a exploit on 9.3+ ?

There are lots of entrypoints already.

 

[Selim873]

Dont' know ... smea have find a exploit on 9.3+ ?

Assuming you're speaking of a kernel exploit, Smealum and Yellow8 have a kernel exploit, but they're both against piracy. They use it to find out what they can do in userland. "We're against piracy" isn't the only reason though. It could have personal risks if they did so, example, their jobs, even future jobs knowing Smealum is still in college, because simply put, piracy is illegal. A job wouldn't want you around if you're doing illegal deeds, because they could possibly see them as a danger to their company in terms of doing something similar. ESPECIALLY hackers.

 

[SomeGamer]

Assuming you're speaking of a kernel exploit, Smealum and Yellow8 have a kernel exploit, but they're both against piracy. They use it to find out what they can do in userland. "We're against piracy" isn't the only reason though. It could have personal risks if they did so, example, their jobs, even future jobs knowing Smealum is still in college, because simply put, piracy is illegal.

But kernel exploits on their own aren't illegal. They let you shut down your 3DS without pressing the power button.

 

[bakurage]

ok, if i know, he's have a kernel exploit, but not exploitable for piracy, rom hacking is possible beaucause smea is ok with this ?

 

[Selim873]

But kernel exploits on their own aren't illegal. They let you shut down your 3DS without pressing the power button.

That's not the point. They can be used to do illegal things. You could say "what about emulators in userland," userland exploits simply make the system Open Source. Just like Android.

ok, if i know, he's have a kernel exploit, but not exploitable for piracy, rom hacking is possible beaucause smea is ok with this ?

You're not loading a rom from the internet. You're loading custom game files to the RAM itself. No different than how Project M works.

 

[bakurage]

That's not the point. They can be used to do illegal things. You could say "what about emulators in userland," userland exploits simply make the system Open Source. Just like Android.



You're not loading a rom from the internet. You're loading custom game files to the RAM itself. No different than how Project M works.

Project M ? But in the screen of smea, dialogues of zelda MM have modified, it's a rom hacking no ?

 

[djbrianz]

I honestly think that everyone knows that yellows8 and smea have access to kernel and arm9 and arm11 like srsly how do u think they modified the CPU speed and all that stuff....if somebody could get the permissions that the CPU has (maybe arm9?) We could possibly get full access to the system

 

[Selim873]

Project M ? But in the screen of smea, dialogues of zelda MM have modified, it's a rom hacking no ?

You can modify anything in the game using the method I mentioned. Including changing the dialogue and translations. It just writes files to the RAM.

Instead of; DISC/CART -> CPU/RAM/GPU -> OUTPUT (To you)

It would be; DISC/CART -> Riivolution(Whatever Smea is doing) -> CPU/RAM/GPU -> OUTPUT

So basically, the game files will go through the program first rather than straight to the hardware, and if the program has an identical file to what's in the game's media, that will have higher priority. You can mod any game in any way using this method, and it's much more convenient.