Hacking Nintendont

[FIX94]

https://github.com/sammyboyb/nintendon-t/issues/188 << here people reported it, at least the first one described the very same behavior
anyways if developer shows up and care to explain how to read debug output with usb gecko i could try it

theres geckoreader, though it probably wont help you much, resident evil 4 has to be in a "ARStartDMA" exception list for it to work at all, I remember having it to move once already to make it more stable but it never got fully stable and I have no clue as to why, all I can suggest is maybe try a different storage device to load it from and hope the timings change enough that it will not crash anymore.

 

[owieri]

theres geckoreader, though it probably wont help you much, resident evil 4 has to be in a "ARStartDMA" exception list for it to work at all, I remember having it to move once already to make it more stable but it never got fully stable and I have no clue as to why, all I can suggest is maybe try a different storage device to load it from and hope the timings change enough that it will not crash anymore.

what is "arstartdma"? should it be edited in sources?
what is "log" option in settings? should i enable it or not? so far i see no difference in output, it ends with "jumping to 0x80003100"
not crashed so far
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could it crash due to spindown?
maybe i will try again tomorrow to see if it spits something out when it crashes

 

[pedro702]

what is "arstartdma"? should it be edited in sources?
what is "log" option in settings? should i enable it or not? so far i see no difference in output, it ends with "jumping to 0x80003100"
not crashed so far
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could it crash due to spindown?

arstartdma is a function that is handled by nintendont so no there isnt a settings thing.

like i said you have an sd card right? try putting the iso on the sd card and try to play it from there, like fix94 said its due to timings, your hdd probably misses the timings due to something being off.

 

[owieri]

what is "log" setting anyway?
i don't know how nintendont works but i know that i don't have such problems with other games with this hdd with wii and gc games with nintendont
i think i never had wii version of re4 crashed
i have an sd card and maybe it won't crash from sd card but it's not the point
i thought it could be resolved with hdd since i have usb gecko
but if there's no will to dig it, then it's ok with me, i have other means to play it and even with nintendont it seems does not crash often, at least during second half of a day

 

[GreyWolf]

what is "log" setting anyway?
i don't know how nintendont works but i know that i don't have such problems with other games with this hdd with wii and gc games with nintendont
i think i never had wii version of re4 crashed
i have an sd card and maybe it won't crash from sd card but it's not the point
i thought it could be resolved with hdd since i have usb gecko
but if there's no will to dig it, then it's ok with me, i have other means to play it and even with nintendont it seems does not crash often, at least during second half of a day

You could actually try what FIX94 said. He mentioned nothing about not _wanting_ to fix it. :/

 

[owieri]

You could actually try what FIX94 said. He mentioned nothing about not _wanting_ to fix it. :/

he suggested to try a different storage but everything else (everything i tried which is not that many) does seem to work fine with this particular hdd
btw, it's wd my passport essential wd3200mew and i don't have anything else worth to try apart from sd card which would be a pain in the ass to use since i boot from 2gb card and bigger card does not work with boot2 so i would have to swap it (re4 is bigger than 2gb, not to mention that i have other stuff on it)
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the guy said there were always a stability issue with re4, everyone else seems to tend to blame me and my gear

 

[GreyWolf]

he suggested to try a different storage but everything else (everything i tried which is not that many) does seem to work fine with this particular hdd
btw, it's wd my passport essential wd3200mew and i don't have anything else worth to try apart from sd card which would be a pain in the ass to use since i boot from 2gb card and bigger card does not work with boot2 so i would have to swap it (re4 is bigger than 2gb, not to mention that i have other stuff on it)
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the guy said there were always a stability issue with re4, everyone else seems to tend to blame me and my gear

I don't think anyone was blaming you for anything. We don't have access to your Wii so we have to ask in order to help.

You mentioned the possibility of the drive spinning down and that can definitely cause it to freeze. I'm not sure how that drive is powered or what features it has but some enclosures include software that lets you disable any encryption or power saving. Also, if it's bus-powered rather than having a wall adapter it might need a Y cable to provide power from both ports.

 

[owieri]

I don't think anyone was blaming you for anything. We don't have access to your Wii so we have to ask in order to help.

You mentioned the possibility of the drive spinning down and that can definitely cause it to freeze. I'm not sure how that drive is powered or what features it has but some enclosures include software that lets you disable any encryption or power saving. Also, if it's bus-powered rather than having a wall adapter it might need a Y cable to provide power from both ports.

maybe, but again, everything else is seem to work fine
hdd spins down when i play wii games from usbloadergx and it does not cause any problems
for example when wii reads dvd it can encounter read errors and it should not crash the game
anyways, if you or someone else is willing to forge a special dubug version or something that can use usb gecko to troubleshoot it i can do it
i'm definitely not diving into the source code myself, i'm not a system programmer or hardware engineer
at the moment i can only can hook usb gecko with geckoreader but what fix94 said gave me impression that it won't send anything upon the crash or information will be useless

 

[pedro702]

maybe, but again, everything else is seem to work fine
hdd spins down when i play wii games from usbloadergx and it does not cause any problems
for example when wii reads dvd it can encounter read errors and it should not crash the game
anyways, if you or someone else is willing to forge a special dubug version or something that can use usb gecko to troubleshoot it i can do it
i'm definitely not diving into the source code myself, i'm not a system programmer or hardware engineer
at the moment i can only can hook usb gecko with geckoreader but what fix94 said gave me impression that it won't send anything upon the crash or information will be useless

wii games and homebrew in general are totaly diferent from nintendont, nintendont has unique usb code due to memory limitations so its has a custom usb code same way it has custom bt code due to limitations again thats why most fakee controller work on menu but not ingame.

so usbloader working with wii games does do anything for nintendont really really same way for any homebrew since nintendont codding is totaly diferent.

all people asked you was to try another device wich you seems to be keen on not even trying, if you have an sd card even 2gb one you can put the first disc in and try, you dont need both discs in to play the first half of the agme, it would be good for trying porposes.

 

[owieri]

wii games and homebrew in general are totaly diferent from nintendont, nintendont has unique usb code due to memory limitations so its has a custom usb code same way it has custom bt code due to limitations again thats why most fakee controller work on menu but not ingame.

so usbloader working with wii games does do anything for nintendont really really same way for any homebrew since nintendont codding is totaly diferent.

all people asked you was to try another device wich you seems to be keen on not even trying, if you have an sd card even 2gb one you can put the first disc in and try, you dont need both discs in to play the first half of the agme, it would be good for trying porposes.

dude, what's the point of trying a different device? i was trying serveral hours with this very same device today with ciso and it does not crash
it seems YOU do not want to hear ME
to my understanding fix94 acknowledged that there is INDEED an issue with re4 which he couldn't solve so far
and it's not clear to me if he is even up to solve it
and AGAIN i only could get debug output but if it's not needed then it's fine with me, like i ALREADY mentioned I DO HAVE other means of playing gc version of re4
and thanks for help but honestly i'm quite annoyed with you at this point, you only look for problems on my end and completely ignore any other possibilities like buggy nintendont and a chance to improve it with my help

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and again, only re4 was crashing on me, and bio4 taikenban (japanese demo where you can play only up to village prologue)

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and it was crashing not only yesterday and in different places like first el gigante and others

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also i left the game for some time on the bridge before that cutscene and it doesn't seem to spin down hdd, so i assume it's something else that causing crashes

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here is the debug output (not crashed here):

Spoiler: debug

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BootMii v1.4
Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Team Twiizers.
All rights reserved.  Redistribution or sale is prohibited.
ARMBOOT header (@0x28700):
 Header size: 00000010
 Loader size: 00003cd0
 ELF size: 00027674
 Argument: 00000001
 ELF at 0x2c3e0
Trying to mount SD...
sdhc_bus_power(1)
sdhc_bus_clock(25000)
CID: mid=02 name='TMSD02G' prv=56.10 psn=05fe1d8c mdt=12/2008
csd: 00 00 2e 00 32 5b 5a 83 a9 ff ff ff 80 16 80 00
taac=46 nsac=0 read_bl_len=10 c_size=3751 c_size_mult=7 card size=1967128576 bytes
calculated timeout =  2000000ns
sdmmc_select: resp=700
Trying to open SD:/bootmii/armboot.bin
Trying to read ARMBOOT header to 0x10407c00
ARMBOOT header (@0x10407c00):
 Header size: 00000010
 Loader size: 000004d0
 ELF size: 0000bcd7
 Argument: 00000000
 ELF at 0x104080e0
Total ARMBOOT size: 0xc1b7
Trying to read ARMBOOT to 0x10407c00
ARMBOOT read
Launching ARMBOOT @ 0x10407c10
mini 0.4 loading
Initializing exceptions...
Configuring caches and MMU...
MEM: cleaning up
MEM: unprotecting memory
MEM: mapping sections
MEM: enabling caches
MEM: enabling MMU
MEM: init done
IOSflags: 0000ff02 00000000 00000000
          00000000 00000000 cafebabe
Interrupts initialized
crypto support initialized
NAND initialized.
found valid boot2 blockmap at page 0xbf, submap 0, generation 14
found valid boot2 blockmap at page 0x13f, submap 0, generation 11
found valid boot2 blockmap at page 0x1bf, submap 0, generation 12
boot2 blocks: 01 02 05 06 07
boot2 title key: 180d129b36dbc2b9094f77a34e7000f6
boot2 content size: 0x2b354 (padded: 0x2b360)
boot2 copy 0 loaded to 0x13f01e80
Initializing IPC...
Initializing SDHC...
sdhc_bus_power(1)
sdhc_bus_clock(25000)
CID: mid=02 name='TMSD02G' prv=56.10 psn=05fe1d8c mdt=12/2008
csd: 00 00 2e 00 32 5b 5a 83 a9 ff ff ff 80 16 80 00
taac=46 nsac=0 read_bl_len=10 c_size=3751 c_size_mult=7 card size=1967128576 bytes
calculated timeout =  2000000ns
sdmmc_select: resp=700
Mounting SD...
Trying to boot:/bootmii/ppcboot.elf
LOAD 0x80 @0x00003400 [0x140]
LOAD 0x1c0 @0x00004000 [0x4d700]
ELF load done, booting PPC...
disabling EXI now...
PPC booted!
Going into IPC mainloop...
sdhc_bus_power(1)
sdhc_bus_clock(25000)
CID: mid=02 name='TMSD02G' prv=56.10 psn=05fe1d8c mdt=12/2008
csd: 00 00 2e 00 32 5b 5a 83 a9 ff ff ff 80 16 80 00
taac=46 nsac=0 read_bl_len=10 c_size=3751 c_size_mult=7 card size=1967128576 bytes
calculated timeout =  2000000ns
sdmmc_select: resp=700
cache init ok
cache init ok
cleared 1 pending power IRQs and 1 pending eject IRQs
Mini version: 1.3
booting boot2 with title 00010001-af1bf516
patched data @110174e0
boot2 is at 0x11000010
IPC mainloop done!
Shutting down IPC...
Shutting down interrupts...
Shutting down caches and MMU...
Vectoring to 0x11000010...
BootMii v1.4
Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Team Twiizers.
All rights reserved.  Redistribution or sale is prohibited.
ARMBOOT header (@0x11000000):
 Header size: 00000010
 Loader size: 00003cd0
 ELF size: 00027674
 Argument: 00000042
 ELF at 0x11003ce0
In bypass mode, loading boot2
Loading ELF...
PHDRS at 0x11003d14
 Skipping PHDR of type 6
 Skipping PHDR of type 4
 LOAD 0x11003d14 -> 138f0000 [0x23c]
 LOAD 0x11003f50 -> 13a70000 [0xb134]
 LOAD 0x1100f084 -> 13a10000 [0x710c]
 LOAD 0x11016190 -> 13a18000 [0x2ac]
 LOAD 0x1101643c -> 13a19000 [0x0]
 LOAD 0x1101643c -> 139f0000 [0xb148]
 LOAD 0x11021584 -> 139fc000 [0x160]
 LOAD 0x110216e4 -> 139fd000 [0x0]
 LOAD 0x110216e4 -> fffe0000 [0x0]
 LOAD 0x110216e4 -> ffff0000 [0x85ac]
 LOAD 0x11029c90 -> ffff85ac [0xc00]
 LOAD 0x1102a890 -> ffff91b0 [0xac4]
 LOAD 0x1102b354 -> ffff9c80 [0x0]
Starting boot2...
NTSC
GRRLIB_Init = 0
Decompressed font.ttf with 318392 bytes
Initialize Finished
TMDSize:1168
BootIndex:18
IOS Version: 0x003A1820
Kernel:"/shared1/0000007f.app"
KernelSize:168920
LoaderSize:00000594
Found Unused SWI at 000126F4
Found ES Ioctl 0x1F at 0001357C
Found ES Ioctl 0x1F Function at 0001C9CC
Found Unused SWI at 0001E280
Found SWI at 0001F554
Found Unused SWI at 000270FC
Found HWAccess_ES at 000291A8
Updated DDR set tings in lomem  for current map
 load segment @  [20000000, 2000 7354] (29524 by tes)
 load segment @  [20008000, 2000 82ac] (684 byte s)
 load segment @  [20009000, 2004 f9ec] (289260 b ytes)
 load segment @  [20100000, 2010 c120] (49440 by tes)
 load segment @  [2010d000, 2010 d180] (384 byte s)
 load segment @  [2010e000, 2011 26ac] (18092 by tes)
 priority = 88,  stackSize = 204 8, stackPtr = 2 004f1ec
 starting thread  entry: 0x20000 000
 priority = 121,  stackSize = 16 384, stackPtr =  2010e620
 starting thread  entry: 0x20100 000
 $IOSVersion: IO SP: 03/03/10 10 :43:18 64M $
 $IOSVersion:  F FSP: 11/24/08 1 5:36:10 64M $
 $IOSVersion:  E S: 03/03/10 10: 40:14 64M $
 $IOSVersion: EH CI : 09/09/09 0 3:42:24 64M $
 $IOSVersion: DI P: 06/03/09 07: 49:09 64M $
 ###! Starting D I driver (built  Jun  3 2009 07 :49:09)
 $IOSVersion: OH 1: 07/11/08 14: 34:40 64M $
 $IOSVersion: OH CI0 : 09/09/09  03:42:33 64M $
 $IOSVersion: SD I: 03/03/10 10: 43:23 64M $
 OH1: configured USB  device at port  0, vid: 0x057e  pid: 0x0305
 $IOSVersion:  S O: 01/09/09 15: 45:00 64M Relea se/builder/HEAD  $
 $IOSVersion:  K D: 12/15/08 15: 27:39 64M Relea se/builder/HEAD  $
 $IOSVersion:  W D: 09/29/09 14: 24:40 64M Relea se/oryzae/HEAD  $
 $IOSVersion: NC D: 06/28/07 02: 37:17 64M Relea se/apricot-win/ HEAD $
 $IOSVersion: ST M: 07/27/09 10: 06:00 64M Relea se/builder/HEAD  $
 $IOSVersion: WL : 07/26/10 11:1 6:54 64M Ver.4. 30.47.3/Release  $
 Set IPC access  rights: salt=ff ff0000, n=0
 $IOSVersion: US B : 09/09/09 03 :42:41 64M $
 $IOSVersion: US B_HID : 09/09/0 9 03:42:47 64M  $
 $IOSVersion: US B_HUB : 09/09/0 9 03:42:54 64M  $
 $IOSVersion: US B_VEN : 09/09/0 9 03:43:06 64M  $
 $IOSVersion: ET H: 04/13/10 07: 48:54 64M $
 $IOSVersion: SS L: 02/27/08 19: 26:09 64M Relea se/builder/HEAD  $
 Decompressed kernel.bin with 438096 bytes
Sending signal to loader
 Kernel sent signal
Nintendont at your service!
$$Version:5.483
Mounted SD!
Mounted USB!
launch_dir = sd:/apps/Nintendont/
Using usb:/saves/ninmem.raw as Memory Card.
USB:Drive size: 305245MB SectorSize:512
 CFGInit()
 Game path: /games/U Resident Evil 4/game.ciso
 EXIInit Start
 EXI: Trying to open /saves/ninmem.raw
 EXI: Trying to open /saves/ninmemb.raw
 EXI: Slot B has been disabled.
 GameRegion:Kernel Start
 Game Start
Patch:Offset:0x01300000 EOffset:0x01600000 Length:00300000
 Patch:Game ID = 47344245
 Patch:[SI] applied 13 times
 Patch:[AI] applied 20 times
 Patch:[DI] applied 39 times
 Patch:[OSExceptionInit] skipped (0x01332AF0)
 Patch:[EXIImm B] applied (0x01334D4C)
 Patch:[EXIDMA B] applied (0x01335048)
 Patch:[EXIDMA] ChanLen:00000038
 Patch:[EXISync IPL] applied (0x01335134)
 Patch:[__EXIProbe C] applied (0x01335404)
 Patch:[EXISelect B] applied (0x0133570C)
 Patch:[EXIDeselect IPL] applied (0x01335838)
 Patch:[EXIntrruptHandler A] applied (0x01335950)
 Patch:[TCIntrruptHandler A] applied (0x013359D0)
 Patch:[EXILock B] applied (0x01335D6C)
 Patch:[EXIUnlock B] applied (0x01335EC0)
 Patch:[SetInterruptMask] applied (0x013362A0)
 Patch:[__OSDispatchInterrupt] applied (0x01336660)
 Patch:[__OSReadROM] applied (0x013377C0)
 Patch:[__DVDInterruptHandler]: 0x0133A778 (0x0133A778)
 Patch:[__DVDInterruptHandler]: 0x0133A778 (0x0133A77C)
 Patch:[PADRead] skipped (0x0134067C)
 Patch:[ARStartDMA] applied (0x013419C0)
 Patch:[ARQPostRequest] skipped (0x01341BB4)
 Patch:[__ARHandler] skipped (0x013421DC)
 Patch:[__CARDReadStatus] applied (0x01342750)
 Patch:[__CARDClearStatus] applied (0x01342840)
 Patch:[__CARDUnlock IPL A] applied (0x01343860)
 Patch:[GXInit] stw r5,-0x77F0(r13) (0x0134813A)
 Patch:[PI_FIFO_WP] rlwinm r6,r6,0,3,1 (0x01349298)
 Patch:[PI_FIFO_WP] rlwinm r0,r0,0,3,1 (0x01349314)
 Patch:[__GXSetVAT A] applied (0x0134A844)
 Patch:[GXInitTlutObj A] applied (0x0134C978)
 Patch:[GXLoadTlut] skipped (0x0134C9C0)
 Patch:[patch_fwrite_Log] skipped (0x0135AC7C)
 Patch:[DSP v14] patched (0x013A7940)
 Patch:[ARInit] not found
 Patch:[__ARChecksize] not found
 Patch:[C_MTXLightPerspective] not found
 Patch:[__OSResetSWInterruptHandler] not found
 Patch:[OSGetResetButtonState] not found
 Patch:[__OSInitAudioSystem] not found
 Patch:[__DSPHandler] not found
 Patch:[PADControlAllMotors] not found
 Patch:[PADControlMotor] not found
 Patch:[PADIsBarrel] not found
 Patch:[__PADSetSamplingRate] not found
 Patch:[__CARDStat] not found
 Patch:[ReadROM] not found
 Patch:Patched Gamecube NTSC IPL v1.0
 Patch:Using a EXI Timing of 0
 Jumping to 0x81300000
 DIP:Apploader, preparing to patch
 DIP:DOL Size:2168516 MinOff:0x00003100 MaxOff:0x002B4280
 DIP:DOL EntryPoint::0x80002F8C, GameEntry::0x80003100
 Patch:Offset:0x00003100 EOffset:0x002B4280 Length:002B1180
 Patch:Game ID = 47344245
 Patch:[SI] applied 19 times
 Patch:[AI] applied 17 times
 Patch:[DI] applied 56 times
 Patch:[OSExceptionInit] skipped (0x00068868)
 Patch:[SetInterruptMask] applied (0x0006B5D8)
 Patch:[__OSDispatchInterrupt] applied (0x0006B9C0)
 Patch:[__OSResetSWInterruptHandler] skipped (0x0006CF2C)
 Patch:[OSGetResetButtonState] skipped (0x0006D020)
 Patch:[__OSReadROM] applied (0x0006D9B8)
 Patch:[EXIImm A] applied (0x0006FADC)
 Patch:[EXIDMA A] applied (0x0006FDD8)
 Patch:[EXIDMA] ChanLen:00000040
 Patch:[EXISync B] applied (0x0006FEC4)
 Patch:[__EXIProbe A] applied (0x000701D4)
 Patch:[EXISelect A] applied (0x00070644)
 Patch:[EXIDeselect A] applied (0x00070770)
 Patch:[EXIntrruptHandler B] applied (0x00070884)
 Patch:[TCIntrruptHandler B] applied (0x0007094C)
 Patch:[EXILock A] applied (0x00070E04)
 Patch:[EXIUnlock A] applied (0x00070F50)
 Patch:[patch_fwrite_Log] skipped (0x0007177C)
 Patch:[__DVDInterruptHandler]: 0x0007820C (0x0007820C)
 Patch:[PADRead] skipped (0x0007B9B8)
 Patch:[PADControlMotor] skipped (0x0007BCB8)
 Patch:[ARStartDMA] applied (0x0007D0EC)
 Patch:[ARInit] skipped (0x0007D288)
 Patch:[__ARHandler] applied (0x0007D398)
 Patch:[__ARChecksize B] applied (0x0007D73C)
 Patch:[ARQPostRequest] skipped (0x0007EE00)
 Patch:[__DSPHandler] applied (0x000882EC)
 Patch:[__CARDReadStatus] applied (0x00088F50)
 Patch:[__CARDClearStatus] applied (0x00089130)
 Patch:[__CARDStat C] applied (0x00089630)
 Patch:[__CARDUnlock A] applied (0x0008E314)
 Patch:[__GXSetVAT B] applied (0x000902BC)
 Patch:[GXInitTlutObj B] applied (0x00091AE0)
 Patch:[GXLoadTlut] skipped (0x00091B18)
 Patch:[GXInit] stw r5,-0x67F0(r13) (0x0009417E)
 Patch:[DSP v6] patched (0x001F99E0)
 Patch:[__OSInitAudioSystem] not found
 Patch:[PADControlAllMotors] not found
 Patch:[PADIsBarrel] not found
 Patch:[__PADSetSamplingRate] not found
 Patch:[ReadROM] not found
 Patch:Using a EXI Timing of 1900
 319C:Changed 0x48057BB1 to 0x48057D59
 Jumping to 0x80003100
 Got Shutdown button call
 EXI: Saving memory card(s)... Done!

maybe you can spot some oddities that could lead to crashing or whatever

 

[owieri]

ok, i tried a different (omg) device
it's iodd, i bet you have no idea what it is, it is optical drive emulator
i mounted virutal removable hdd with re4 on it and plugged into wii
tried the cabin fight a few times, it didn't crash
any other suggestions? did we solve it?

 

[CheatFreak47]

dude, what's the point of trying a different device? i was trying serveral hours with this very same device today with ciso and it does not crash

Based on what FIX94 said, it has to do with timings. If you are getting a crash, trying a different storage device may change the timings enough that the crash won't happen anymore, and if so, good, it's probably your storage device being lazy about outputting data or whatever. Could be anything related to your specific device responsible for the issue.

As crazy as this sounds if it's an external hard drive sometimes something as menial as defragmenting it can actually cause the issue to disappear. I used to have random problems with a hard-drive I'd been using for my Wii for many years and eventually I backed everything on it up, wiped it, and cleanly restored everything to it, and all my problems went away.

The fact is, this sort of issue is difficult to reproduce, and most people don't have this problem. Take me for example, I have a 1TB USB 2.0 external drive I've been using for years and I went ahead and booted up RE4 on it and have been playing flawlessly for about 40 minutes now.

This is why something like this is treated as a user-side issue.

 

[owieri]

it crashed just now when i attempted to open invertory in the area with merchant before the bridge to the cabin (chapter 2-2)
i was running it from iodd (a different device)

 Jumping to 0x80003100
***crashed here***
 Got Shutdown button call
 EXI: Saving memory card(s)... Done!

i turned off wii with single power button press
any ideas?

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Based on what FIX94 said, it has to do with timings. If you are getting a crash, trying a different storage device may change the timings enough that the crash won't happen anymore, and if so, good, it's probably your storage device being lazy about outputting data or whatever. Could be anything related to your specific device responsible for the issue.

As crazy as this sounds if it's an external hard drive sometimes something as menial as defragmenting it can actually cause the issue to disappear. I used to have random problems with a hard-drive I'd been using for my Wii for many years and eventually I backed everything on it up, wiped it, and cleanly restored everything to it, and all my problems went away.

The fact is, this sort of issue is difficult to reproduce, and most people don't have this problem. Take me for example, I have a 1TB USB 2.0 external drive I've been using for years and I went ahead and booted up RE4 on it and have been playing flawlessly for about 40 minutes now.

This is why something like this is treated as a user-side issue.

but why the problems only arise with re4?

 

[CheatFreak47]

but why the problems only arise with re4?

Some games are more sensitive to timings than others. RE4 just so happens to fall into the "if timings are off, game dies" catagory

 

[owieri]

wild guess: could it be that on some occasions game tries to allocate more memory than usual and fails due to nintendont presence?
i will try to play it usual way to see will it crash or not, maybe my wii is faulty which i highly doubt, but who knows

 

[owieri]

checked both wd and iodd in windows 7, it says fragmented %0

 

[pedro702]

not sure what to tell you i played the entire game without a single crash and you can see people here even using wiiu injects can too, sometimes some issues only happen to some people an not others, i guess my hdd and sd card do all the correct timings, it could also be your wii usb reading that might have causes, i remenber a wierd case where somone here had crashes on certain agmes and everything was correct and we couldnt reproduce it, and then he used the same usb on a friends wii and he never got the crash and to this day no one knows why.

sometimes hardware is the fault or some wierd stuff that can be installed or wii memory starts failing, there are millions of small causes really.

 

[GreyWolf]

wild guess: could it be that on some occasions game tries to allocate more memory than usual and fails due to nintendont presence?
i will try to play it usual way to see will it crash or not, maybe my wii is faulty which i highly doubt, but who knows

The Gamecube had 24MB of SRAM. The Wii has the 24MB of SRAM plus an extra 64MB of SDRAM, which iis where the Nintendont code lives. The SRAM is dedicated completely to the game, AFAIK.

Are you talking about this? https://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=Wii_Optical_Drive_Emulator

That is not a different storage device. That's a mod chip.

 

[owieri]

The Gamecube had 24MB of SRAM. The Wii has the 24MB of SRAM plus an extra 64MB of SDRAM, which iis where the Nintendont code lives. The SRAM is dedicated completely to the game, AFAIK.

Are you talking about this? https://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=Wii_Optical_Drive_Emulator

That is not a different storage device. That's a mod chip.

no, this -> http://iodd.kr/wordpress/
although mine is very old, i think mine is the very first model they had

it seems i have found a pretty consistent crash spot
save #3, you appear at chicken farm at night, go straight to cabin and enter big gate where you suppose to piggyback ashley, i start tapping Y while game is loading to open invertory as soon as possible
it will either show invertory or crash
IT WON'T CRASH ALL THE TIME, but it crashes there often for me, like 4 out of 5
if it didn't crash, open menu and RESET the game, don't load, but reset and then load #3 again and repeat
i tested it from sd card and from usb hdd, crashes from both

please someone test it, re4 north american version disc1

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[owieri]

59 blocks separate re4 save (nintendont save image file G4BE.raw)
if it won't crash on invertory open then it is worth to try to run to the cabin, it can crash on cutscene
if not, then reset the game through game menu (start button) and load from title screen