Kirby's Return to Dreamland (NTSC-U) Freezing

Buy the game

 

It is a solution though, and a real answer.

 

Sounds like you need to install a later version of cios d2x. It fixed my issues for this game when i did. There's a sticky on the front page but i'll be nice and post the link here.

http://code.google.com/p/d2x-cios/

 

what if he brought the game and wanted to rip the disc to the hard drive?

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Kirby: return to dreamland is a pretty standard game as far as cIOS goes. Which'll means that it should play fine with the cIOS with base IOS 56 (going by your signature, that'll be slot 249).

One note, though. Like you say, you use the latest d2x beta cIOS. I know the d2x team gives pretty stable releases, but it's still called a beta for a reason. If the error doesn't go away, you may want to try with d2x-v8-final (can be downloaded through modmii).

 

Yes.

As a general rule of thumb, you shouldn't be messing with beta versions unless you're prepared that things may not work or aren't tested properly.

 

I have almost the same setup as you. The differences are that I use wiiflow, I dumped the game myself, and I live in the US so I use NTSC not PAL. The game works perfectly fine for my kids.

 

Does it freeze using cfg, usb loader gx or both?

 

Here - maybe this will work:

http://gbatemp.net/topic/312666-kirby-with-classic-controller-support/

Crediar wrote a patch to disable the AP in kirby. I haven't tested it, but if you apply this patch it will probably work.

 

I didn't even think about it until you said something. It's the video mode patching thats causing it to lock up. So either use a PAL version of the game or use crediars patch.

 

I'm not sure bc I've never had to use the patch, but if you google it then I'm sure you'll find instructions. Or just get the PAL version of the game and you wont have to worry about anything.

I hate to say it, but this is where "buy the game" would have solved the problem, even when ripping it to your hard drive, because you would have bought the PAL version and then your issues would have been solved.