ROM Hack GBA Auto Trainer Maker(GBAATM)

[cracker]

What codes are you using for Advance Wars (chosen because I hate to wade through RPGs to test effects)?

 

[musiclegend14]

its actually advance wars 2, sorry i must have forgot to put the 2 in but some of the codes i entered from website look like

Enable Code Or Master Code (Must Be On)
00009E1F 000A
1006FD98 0007

No Fog Of War
33003FCD 0000

Always Day 1
33004080 0001

50,000 G (Shop)
8200C420 C350

50,000 G (In-Battle)
820232C0 C350

and when i open a .cht file an error screen pops up with a list of all the codes and i hit enter and then it adds them to the cheat section...they look like

Select all barriers after pass the first barrier
5202FE0C 0010
01010101 0101
01010101 0101
01010101 0101
01010101 0101
01010101 0101
01010000 0000
3202FE2C 0001
52000001 0004
01010101 0101
01010000 0000
Entire pt
8200C420 270F
Entire battlefield &The edition source material obtain
32028046 00FF
32028049 00FF
8202804B FFFF
3202804F 00FF
82028052 FFFF
8202805D 0816
Biggest fun
820232C0 423F
320232C2 000F

i thought maybe it was because i was gettin an error but mario kart worked with the error and the ones i got from a website (they are codebreaker codes) dont work either so im kind of stumped. i still cant click on remove intros and i tried a non beta version of VBA...im about to try no$gba

i also just noticed that when i copy and paste codes in from the internet it will patch the game then say GBAATM has stopped working

 

[cracker]

GBAATM says it all...

No IRQs found!

So it wouldn't have even created a new game...

Many games use the same code that can be patched into automatically but a few use their own method and so I must take a look at the code and find a good method to patch them. I will add support for them as soon as I can.

 

[musiclegend14]

mine was saying IRQ found but anyways ive gotten mine to work, it seems like since i got mario kart to work, i was messing with all the options trying to figure out why the others wouldnt work and didnt put in the menu text...idk if the trainer will only come up with menu text on or what but since ive been putting in menu text everything is working great

thank you for your support

just one last question to clear something up, do you know if i put the patched games onto my cyclods with the EZ V 3 in 1 in the GBA slot if the patched games will work just like they do on VBA, like the trainer will appear and i can select which codes to turn on and off? id try it myself but im waiting for the cyclods to come in.

 

[cracker]

Advance Wars is the game I was testing when it didn't find an IRQ function.

Yes the patched games should work fine when transferred. I have tested this with GBA Exploader and it worked just as it should have.

 

[cracker]

its actually advance wars 2, sorry i must have forgot to put the 2 in but some of the codes i entered from website look like

Select all barriers after pass the first barrier
5202FE0C 0010
01010101 0101
01010101 0101
01010101 0101
01010101 0101
01010101 0101
01010000 0000
3202FE2C 0001
52000001 0004
01010101 0101
01010000 0000

i thought maybe it was because i was gettin an error but mario kart worked with the error and the ones i got from a website (they are codebreaker codes) dont work either so im kind of stumped. i still cant click on remove intros and i tried a non beta version of VBA...im about to try no$gba

i also just noticed that when i copy and paste codes in from the internet it will patch the game then say GBAATM has stopped working

I found a bug in the type 5 code conversion so that was fixed. However it still won't help the lockups you are having...

CODE52000001 0004
01010101 0101
01010000 0000

That is a bad code. It writes to the beginning of the RAM and causes a crash. It is probably due to an improperly formatted .CHT code. What is the original code so I can see if it is a problem with conversion or a problem with the code itself? The other codes work fine. I played a bit and all was well.

GBAATM was updated to support a new hooking method for Advance Wars (and possibly other games) and the type 5 code conversion was fixed as well.

 

[dodol]

just curious if anyone tried GBAATM with metroid fusion/zero mission.
I experience a lot of crackle sound during games. Cheat works just fine though.

 

[cracker]

just curious if anyone tried GBAATM with metroid fusion/zero mission.
I experience a lot of crackle sound during games. Cheat works just fine though.

Try changing the execution cycles to a higher value. Also make sure you are using the latest GBAATM (currently 1.9.8.2).

 

[dodol]

just curious if anyone tried GBAATM with metroid fusion/zero mission.
I experience a lot of crackle sound during games. Cheat works just fine though.

Try changing the execution cycles to a higher value. Also make sure you are using the latest GBAATM (currently 1.9.8.2).

well I played around
execution cycles :
2 = semi perfect,
3 = almost perfect, * I use this one;
4= perfect sound, but if I get mobbed = dead

Thank you for the tips.

 

[metron]

Can this code work with GBAATM?

MOTHER 3 DEBUG MENU
CA1D8DB3 689FDAFA
9CC263F2 68DE0537
1DCAC2C5 4FCA9184

because alot of people say gameshark but some say action replay. And can I use this code on Mother 3 with GBAATM? This is the only code I want for Mother 3.

 

[cracker]

Can this code work with GBAATM?

MOTHER 3 DEBUG MENU
CA1D8DB3 689FDAFA
9CC263F2 68DE0537
1DCAC2C5 4FCA9184

because alot of people say gameshark but some say action replay. And can I use this code on Mother 3 with GBAATM? This is the only code I want for Mother 3.

There might seem to be conflicting info (and there sometimes is) about Gameshark and AR.

The truth:
ARv1/2 is the same as GSv1/2
ARv3/4 uses an updated version of the previous AR software
GSSP (sometimes called GSv3) is actually the same thing as a Codebreaker but with slightly different graphics

GBAATM uses Codebreaker and GSSP codes. You can tell if codes are usable by GBAATM if the lines are 12 characters in length: XXXXXXXX YYYY or XXXXXXXXYYYY. And you will need the master code (the code that starts with a 9) if they are encrypted.

AR codes will have either 8 characters per line or 16 characters seperated with a space.

This is the code converted to the CB format:

CODEMother 3 Debug Menu
72018CCB 0002
8200B578 037D
8200B57C 00F8
8200B57E 00A8

 

[metron]

Can this code work with GBAATM?

MOTHER 3 DEBUG MENU
CA1D8DB3 689FDAFA
9CC263F2 68DE0537
1DCAC2C5 4FCA9184

because alot of people say gameshark but some say action replay. And can I use this code on Mother 3 with GBAATM? This is the only code I want for Mother 3.

There might seem to be conflicting info (and there sometimes is) about Gameshark and AR.

The truth:
ARv1/2 is the same as GSv1/2
ARv3/4 uses an updated version of the previous AR software
GSSP (sometimes called GSv3) is actually the same thing as a Codebreaker but with slightly different graphics

GBAATM uses Codebreaker and GSSP codes. You can tell if codes are usable by GBAATM if the lines are 12 characters in length: XXXXXXXX YYYY or XXXXXXXXYYYY. And you will need the master code (the code that starts with a 9) if they are encrypted.

AR codes will have either 8 characters per line or 16 characters seperated with a space.

This is the code converted to the CB format:

CODEMother 3 Debug Menu
72018CCB 0002
8200B578 037D
8200B57C 00F8
8200B57E 00A8

Thanks for replying. but that code thats converted to CB format screws the game up. It doesnt let me go to the debug menu. and when u enter another map it warps you to a diff spot. and when I put that code into my game with GBAATM it just freezes the game at a white screen as soon as it starts up. I figured out it did all that stuff by taking an unpatched game and just putting the code into VBA. Any way to fix the code? if not then thanks for trying atleast!


EDIT: I got it to startup with a diff rom. mine wouldnt work apperently. but even when it startsup the code wont work. and when i try turning on the trainer menu it freezes. I tried all 4 RAM locations or whatever. any advice? thanks again

 

[Whipon]

Hi Cracker:
I really feel like an idiot, but I can't get the app to work with any game. I have tried in both a Windows Vista X64 SP1 pc and a WinXP SP3 one.
The emulators used to test the games were VBA 1.7.2 and 1.8.0 beta 3.
I'm using the latest version of GBATM, avalaible on the first post of this topic (1.9.8.2).

For example 0452 - Bomberman Max 2 - Blue Advance (U):
I tried with these CB codes from CodeTwink Network:

Enable Code (Must Be On)
0000F38C 000A
10001D70 0007
Stop Time
830055A8 315B

I tried with just the trainer patch and nothing.
Then adding the enable disable one, pressing the keys does nothing.
If I enable the Trainer Menu, it appears after the BIOS screen. But its futile, because the cheats doesn't work.
Also I tried all the cycles and all the RAM offsets.
I have experience doing asm hacks for various systems, and this app can save me a lot of work. It also can help me with some cases where asm hacks are very difficult. But I can't make it work, no matter what I try.

Here's an screenshot of my latest attempt:


Can you help me, please?. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

.

Whipon.

 

[cracker]

Not sure when it occurred but there was a problem with how the code checked for a VBlank that made the cheats never execute.

I fixed it (and another bug I found at the same time). Update at the top of the thread.

Also you don't need to use Enable/(M)aster/Must Be On codes if they aren't encrypted (first line starts with a 9).

 

[Whipon]

Thank you very much, Cracker.
Much appreciated

.
Whipon.

 

[Whipon]

Sorry for the double post, but it still doesn't work u_u.
I tried it with the following games:
Naruto Ninja Council,
Invincibility
32000B2E 0015
Nothing happens.

Doom with the codes on this topic, allways freezes the game before it starts.

DBZ Legacy of Goku, nothing happens.

Incredible Hulk,
Full Rage Meter
32000EFF 0063
Infinite Health
32000EC0 00FF
All Fists
3300043C 000D

If you set the cycles to 1 the games freezes when you press start at the main menu.
If you set it to 3 nothing happens.

Thanks again for your help.

Whipon.

 

[metron]

So that means I need the activation code for the debug menu code to work? any clue what that is? or if this could be converted?

MASTER CODE
F9E6C9D9 ED9656A4
C3780B8A 9A157D18

 

[cracker]

Sorry for the double post, but it still doesn't work u_u.
I tried it with the following games:
Naruto Ninja Council,
Invincibility
32000B2E 0015
Nothing happens.

Doom with the codes on this topic, allways freezes the game before it starts.

DBZ Legacy of Goku, nothing happens.

Incredible Hulk,
Full Rage Meter
32000EFF 0063
Infinite Health
32000EC0 00FF
All Fists
3300043C 000D

If you set the cycles to 1 the games freezes when you press start at the main menu.
If you set it to 3 nothing happens.

Thanks again for your help.

Whipon.

I'll check those out as soon as I get the time to.

QUOTE(metron @ Feb 4 2009, 04:13 AM) So that means I need the activation code for the debug menu code to work? any clue what that is? or if this could be converted?

MASTER CODE
F9E6C9D9 ED9656A4
C3780B8A 9A157D18

The master code isn't needed since it just provides info to the AR cheat engine about how to hook into the code (which is a different method than what GBAATM uses). I'll check out the debug code when I get time.

 

[cracker]

@Whipon:
I found out what the problem was and Hulk and Naruto work fine with those codes. Try DBZ too and it should work fine.

@metron:
Use this code instead... I tested it a bit and it worked fine.

CODEMother 3 Debug Menu
C4000130 01FF
8200B578 037D
8200B57C 00F8
8200B57E 00A8


Edit: Accidentally made the joker so it would work with L and/or R. It wouldn't have affected gameplay but this is the 'proper' code.

 

[Whipon]

Thank you very much. It works perfect now

.
Congratulations for your excellent work

.
Whipon.