I don't suppose doing patches on the files inside the ISO (with a recursive script) would be better than the ISO itself? If feasible.

 

Yeah, thanks for the suggestions guys
I was thinking about the main.dol ppf, but now I will have to look into writing a batch file that would do that. As simple as batch files seem, it is something that I have not done before, apart from a simple list of things to do via command line, no actual logic.

EDIT: wow shit, computer just finishined generating a ppf, and it came out to be bigger than the iso itself, screw that! Even uploading the ISO itself on teh interwebs would be easier than that... (but not legal)

Looks like main.dol + file replacement and recompilation will have to be the way.

 

Hey Wiimm,

Well yeah, that is what I did the very first time, however now I have actually modified the Loader.bin to move it away from 0x80001800 in memory. The other method would still work, but then it would become incompatible with Ocarina and Gecko Debugging (the Loader.bin would normally overwrite anything related to Gecko and Ocarina).

And yeah, that makes sense, I use K the same way too

And yeah, I was looking into it, but looks like you beat me to it Thanks for posting a base batch file though

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And now, I have a small package containing wit, a ppf patcher, and a .bat batch script to tie it all together. All you need is a NSMBW ISO and the Newer riivolution pack.

Currently only for EURv1 of NSMBW at the time though, however, if I somehow had a way to look at the .dol files for ther versions of NSMBW, I could add support to them too...........

You download this pack, extract it, put in a EURv1 ISO of NSMBW along with the "NewerSMBW" folder from the Newer pack into thesame directory you extracted this to, then run the .bat file, and it will build the ISO for you

Code:

Unnofficial Automatic ISO Patcher Pack v1.00 for Newer SMBW
Pack built by damysteryman/TeamDARK
 
Thanks to Treeki for info on NSMBW dol patching and ISO building
Thanks to Wiimm for Batch file info and assistance
Credits also to Wiimm for WIT, included in this pack
Credits to Icarus of Paradox for ApplyPPF3, included in this pack
 
This will combine an ISO copy of New Super Mario Bros.
Wii PAL/EUR v1.01 and NewerTeam's Riivolution-style Newer
package to build an ISO version of Newer.
 
Currently only works with EURv1 ISO of NSMBW at this time.
 
HOWTO:
1. Extract contents of this .zip file to a new working directory.
Get your ISO of NSMBW EURv1, and copy it to the same directory as
this README file.
2. Rename your ISO to NSMBW_EURv1.iso.
3. Copy the "NewerSMBW" folder from the NewerSMBW.zip package to the same
directory as this README (you can download Newer from
http://newerteam.com if you have not done so already already)
4. Run Build_Newer_EURv1.bat and wait for it to build the Newer ISO.
5. Use/run the newly built ISO however way you would :P
6. Enjoy!
 
Generated Newer ISO has Header GameID of SMNP02, and tmd/ticket ID of KMNP
to keep savegame seperate from original game's one.

Download the pack here:
NewerISOPatcherPack_v1.00_dmm.zip

Enjoy!
And enjoy Newer too, NewerTeam did a great job!

 

Much appreciated dude !!! Thanks !!! Also thanks to the Newer Team for making this great custom remake !!!

 

thanks for doing all the work!

 

No problem.

Haha, maybe. Not right now though, maybe over the next few days or week perhaps?
If I were provided with the riivolution .xml files, along with any extra needed mod code from the pack (such as anything similar to Loader.bin), I should be able to do it. This way saves me from eating up heaps of my internet just to get a few files.

However, I only have one version of the game, and that is EUR version 1.01 (EURv1). (...well.... I have Taiwan version 1.00 too, but none of these hacks support it )
So, for any other version (like USA, JPN, or EURv2), I would somehow have to acquire the main.dol files from these versions to make patches for them, and that is the hard part.

 

Just registered to confirm that this works and to show my gratitude to you and the Newerteam. Used my original (Dutch) disc to compile it. As I softmodded my wii a long time ago, I wasn't looking forward to updating/installing Riivolution and risking problems.

Can't wait to play, thanks!

 

@damysteryman
Good job, but I can't test it in the moment. Instead of testing I have some notes for you and all others:

• wit itself needs only 1 dll: cygwin1.dll
  The others are needed for the environment and for setup.
  .
  
• wit knows the option -o / --overwrite, so "del ..." is not necessary.
  .
  
• If you use: wit extract -1 -n SMNP01 . nsmb.d --psel=DATA -vv
  wit search all images with the given ID (-n SMNP01), but use only the first image found (-1).
  With this you have a simple source image support with any filename and any format (wbfs, iso, ciso, wdf, ...)
  .
  
• @all: If you have a wbfs file for example, rename it to "NSMBW_EURv1.iso". wit ignores file extensions here and will detect the file format automatically. Conversion is not needed.
  .
  
• @all: If you want a wbfs as result, edit "Build_Newer_EURv1.bat" and replace
  
  Code:

  :: clean up old image if it exists for some reason
  del NewerSMBW_EURv1.iso
  >>>>>>>>>>          ^^^
  
  :: create new image
  wit\wit copy nsmb.d ../NewerSMBW_EURv1.iso -vv --disc-id=KMNP02 --ticket-id=K --tmd-id=K --name "Newer SMBW"
  >>>>>>>>>>                            ^^^
  

  by
  
  Code:

  :: clean up old image if it exists for some reason
  del NewerSMBW_EURv1.wbfs
  
  :: create new image
  wit\wit copy nsmb.d ../NewerSMBW_EURv1.wbfs -vv --disc-id=KMNP02 --ticket-id=K --tmd-id=K --name "Newer SMBW"
  

 

OK, looks like I have gotten USAv1 (I think) dol and USA v2 dol, so I should be able to convert those within the next few days too.
And thanks again @Wiimm, for all those tips and info about WIT, I really appreciate it I will definitely be able to refine my batch file better now, using your suggestions.

EDIT: @S95Sedan:
Actually, I did not modify any of the files themselves, apart from the main.dol. The Newer files are unaltered and most of them are actually new files that NSMBW did not have before, only a few are actually replacements for existing files.

EDIT2: Ok, I am off for now, tis middle of night/early morning where I am atm, really need sleep
Will be back later, night all.

 

lol rydian you replied a hour after joostin and treeki with vitually the same info in regards to sickpuppy's post . Christ Read. Just sayin