DS #2107: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Rings Of Fate (USA)

[yunarREDblue]

sorry..
need help, how about SCDS1 SDHC.. i've got the damn screen too.
it says WORKING with SC DSone in page 1

..i've already disabled the patch

 

[Nehle]

Do we know it's actually CRC though? It could just was well be md5, SHA-X or something, and that's A LOT tougher.

IMO, the easiest way to patch it would be to change the "check size/hash" functions to always return true

 

[BlueStar]

Yeah, an old fashioned crack would be nice. At least the challenge might excite some of the oldschoolers in to action. Let's hope some guys with skills like Squire crack it and intro it, we might end up with a true DS scene

 

[AndreXL]

sorry..
need help, how about SCDS1 SDHC.. i've got the damn screen too.
it says WORKING with SC DSone in page 1

..i've already disabled the patch

I don't have an SCDS1, but I would suggest latest firmware and no trim.
Ahhh... If it has a soft reset option, disable it as well. Remove anything that might end up patching the ROM.
If it does not work, Inform the mods to remove SCDS1 from the working list.

 

[Bob Evil]

For any carts, from the working list, I would suggest avoiding any settings that would alter the rom in any way, such as patching, trimming, etc.

Turn off/disable as many features as possible, in fact.

 

[Killermech]

For any carts, from the working list, I would suggest avoiding any settings that would alter the rom in any way, such as patching, trimming, etc.

Turn off/disable as many features as possible, in fact.

Trimming won't affect it so it's harmless. Any other form of patching should be avoided though.

 

[khan]

sorry..
need help, how about SCDS1 SDHC.. i've got the damn screen too.
it says WORKING with SC DSone in page 1

..i've already disabled the patch

I don't have an SCDS1, but I would suggest latest firmware and no trim.
Ahhh... If it has a soft reset option, disable it as well. Remove anything that might end up patching the ROM.
If it does not work, Inform the mods to remove SCDS1 from the working list.

I have played FFCC Rings of Fate yesterday, trimmed with Rominator by disabling patch on Supercard One SDHC. Now, I can not get it to work w/o patch enabled, 'data can not be loaded, turn off your game/DS' message appears on the upper screen.

 

[Kawo]

I have arm7 my rom (clean of any patch) with the rom of Assassin Creed DS (eur) and seems to work fine, 30 minutes without problem.

I'll report change.

 

[gumbyscout]

I think it's mainly protection aimed at R4/M3 Simply and other similar carts since they all run extremely similar firmware and have been broadcast in the media so much lately. Hell, it may even be able to detect whether the cart is running the R4 etc. firmware. Since it's working on other carts perfectly, there must be something only in the R4/M3 Simply etc. firmwares that the protection can pick up. If you find out what that is and either patch it or remove it, then maybe the screen won't show up.

It doesn't work on the EZV and some other cards, so it isn't something about it detecting a certain card's firmware.

 

[DemonHunt]

Tried it on my n-card (u disk ver. 1.45) and had to disable patching to get it to work. Still had the "thank you for playing" cat/bat hybrid telling me to shove off..... I will try to kill Montblanc in FFXII as a form of revenge if the moogle keeps popping up..

Edit: I also went to look at the N-card & dslinker websites .... dslinker have been notified, but I have no idea how to tell the ncard gits to find a bloody fix for this thing.

 

[CockroachMan]

For any carts, from the working list, I would suggest avoiding any settings that would alter the rom in any way, such as patching, trimming, etc.

Turn off/disable as many features as possible, in fact.

Trimming won't affect it so it's harmless. Any other form of patching should be avoided though.

Weird.. doesn't trimming change the CRC?

 

[GH0ST]

Trimming just wipe out the empty space of the card...

Arm7 fix is useless ... as said before

 

[Bob Evil]

I think it's mainly protection aimed at R4/M3 Simply and other similar carts since they all run extremely similar firmware and have been broadcast in the media so much lately. Hell, it may even be able to detect whether the cart is running the R4 etc. firmware. Since it's working on other carts perfectly, there must be something only in the R4/M3 Simply etc. firmwares that the protection can pick up. If you find out what that is and either patch it or remove it, then maybe the screen won't show up.

It doesn't work on the EZV and some other cards, so it isn't something about it detecting a certain card's firmware.

Some Korean hacker reported that it self-checks ... as in, it checks itself, not the hardware.

I have tried a half a dozen different cards ... numerous different firmwares ... ARM7 files from half a dozen different games ... and have had the exact same results :

At a random point, whilst going through a door, in a dungeon, the message appears.

I have sunk about 10 hours, or more, in total, into this, and have been keeping everyone updated.

I am now the God of the first two dungeons lol

 

[DemonHunt]

where did you get that from?

Edit: All Hail the Bobevil

 

[BlueStar]

For any carts, from the working list, I would suggest avoiding any settings that would alter the rom in any way, such as patching, trimming, etc.

Turn off/disable as many features as possible, in fact.

Trimming won't affect it so it's harmless. Any other form of patching should be avoided though.

Weird.. doesn't trimming change the CRC?

That puzzled me for a second yesterday, but then I realised it would be checking the CRCs of the actual files in the rom which will be the same if the unused space on the cart is there or not.

 

[Bob Evil]

The Korean hacker thing?

From IRC ... it's a guy I vaguely know, who's insane and obsessed with problems like this one.

Totally OCD for this $#!t, seriously.

One another note, your praise is noted ... you may yet live.

 

[DemonHunt]

Thanks

I just hope the n-card gits get to it quick...I had a taste of this game and I really like the new mechanics. I wanna play more!!!!

By the way, anyone know what the correct save size is?

 

[Bob Evil]

That puzzled me for a second yesterday, but then I realised it would be checking the CRCs of the actual files in the rom which will be the same if the unused space on the cart is there or not.

But could the space itself have it's own CRC, and if so, because it does have it's own CRC, does it cease to be space?

That's some deep shit for you to ponder, grasshopper

 

[Rayder]

Thanks

I just hope the n-card gits get to it quick...I had a taste of this game and I really like the new mechanics. I wanna play more!!!!

By the way, anyone know what the correct save size is?

It is listed right at the beginning of the thread.....EEPROM 512kb

 

[BlueStar]

If I trim my rom in the forest and no-one is around... Never mind.