Hacking Nintendont

[pedrobarca]

That makes alot of sense actually, check this out:
https://code.google.com/p/nintendon-t/source/browse/trunk/loader/source/global.c#199

OK. I guess, if I change the vWii video mode to interlaced CONF_GetProgressiveScan() returns false. That's the reason, why changing the vWii video mode fixes the blackscreen. I played a little around with setting the variable "progressive" constantly to true or constantly to false, however both resulted in a blackscreen, if my vWii video mode is to 480p. It seems changing the vWii video mode with Joostin's tool is the only way right now to boot these games.

I'm not sure what VIDEO_HaveComponentCable() returns. My bet would be "true", even though a HDMI is no component cable afaik (I'm not very good in this cable stuff, I might be wrong here). I tried to put some gprintf there to figure out what exactly happens, but nloader.log contained no useful information (it should be in the nloader.log, since global.c is part of loader, not part of the kernel, right?).

 

[ShadowOne333]

FIX94

So I found a workaround for this problem: Joostin's app http://www.hacksden.com/showthread.php/3142-Settings-Editor-GUI
My default video settings in vWii mode are 480p. If I set this to any of the others (480i or 576i) the games mentioned above boot with nintendont video mode set to "Auto". Well, changing the vWii's video mode on every bootup is certainly a pain in the ass, so I hope I can come with something better.

What's irritating is that afaik we have

576i = 50Hz
480i = 60Hz

So if those vWii settings work with nintendont, why doesn't "force PAL50" and "force PAL60" work? Normally I would think it is

force PAL50=576i
force PAL60=480i

But there is definitively a difference between original vwii video modes and those video modes which are forced by nintendont. Maybe a bug in the force-PAL-code. Dunno...

Does the image change too much from 480p to 480i on vWii using HDMI?
Isn't 480i the one for composite and 480p the one for HDMI?
That is my only concern. XD

 

[zecoxao]

i'm sorry for the offtopicness, but when i see this thread showing up on the most recent threads this song comes to my head

 

[pedrobarca]

Does the image change too much from 480p to 480i on vWii using HDMI?

Well 480p is noticeable better than 480i. But it's not that important for me, I can live with 480i.

Isn't 480i the one for composite and 480p the one for HDMI?

No idea.

 

[Larsenv]

Isn't PSO an abbreviation for "Phantasy Star Online?"

Sorry, I'm kind of confused here.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Well 480p is noticeable better than 480i. But it's not that important for me, I can live with 480i.

If you run Force Progressive, do the games boot?
Guess I'll have to give it a shot once I arrive home after work.

 

[pedrobarca]

If you run Force Progressive, do the games boot?
Guess I'll have to give it a shot once I arrive home after work.

No, they don't. If I have some time this week, I might try to disassemble the main.dol of "The Return of the King" take a look at the part in which this error message occurs.

Displ_InitRenderMode: Invalid TV format
in "LLDisp_Gc.c" on line 335.

I already took a look at the main.dol with a HexEditor, the String "Invalid TV format" is definitively included. I hope IDA can point me to the right spot. The problem is that I'm most likely not skilled enough to interprete my findings the right way...

 

[pedrobarca]

So, here we go:

I guess this funtion sets the video mode for return of the king. On the bottom right there is the the part which has the error message "Invalid TV format". You can see that it is decisive what the register r3 holds. If the value in r3 is bigger than 3 it jumps to the error message. But I have no idea how to figure out, what the register holds in my case (too bad I don't have a stack dump) and I have no idea where value in r3 comes from. It is obviously already set before this function is called.

 

[FIX94]

Just finished up something crazy, I'm pretty sure I missed alot and my code is dirty but this is big:
-heavly changed the way games will get patched, this file will dynamically replace the game entry point to a custom loader instead of patching the game while reading it, this way games like the 007 series will no longer crash because of changing file locations
-wait for PADInit to be called before reporting data in PADRead, fixes games like ghost recon

 

[pedro702]

well guys this is a big one ready to hear what games fully work now?

Agent under fire
nightfire
from russia with love
midway arcade treaasures 2
namco museum
medal of honnor rising sun
ghost recon now works perfectly too

this ones im sure it got fixed not sure if it fixed anymore games.

 

[duffmmann]

Just finished up something crazy, I'm pretty sure I missed alot and my code is dirty but this is big:
-heavly changed the way games will get patched, this file will dynamically replace the game entry point to a custom loader instead of patching the game while reading it, this way games like the 007 series will no longer crash because of changing file locations
-wait for PADInit to be called before reporting data in PADRead, fixes games like ghost recon

That is awesome! Does this mean anything different for the 3 non-working Triforce games?

 

[VinsCool]

Just finished up something crazy, I'm pretty sure I missed alot and my code is dirty but this is big:
-heavly changed the way games will get patched, this file will dynamically replace the game entry point to a custom loader instead of patching the game while reading it, this way games like the 007 series will no longer crash because of changing file locations
-wait for PADInit to be called before reporting data in PADRead, fixes games like ghost recon

Damn FIX94! You are a machine ! Didn't you said you were about to take a break ? Thank you very much for the new version

 

[fledge68]

Damn FIX94! You are a machine ! Didn't you said you were about to take a break ? Thank you very much for the new version

totally agree. i dont understand why you dont have a job with these skills making big bucks Fix94.

 

[Ewpb]

Can the Wiimote be programmed to power down after a certain amount of time? I feel bad burning through batteries in both the Wavebird and Wiimote on my mirror mode run through the Twilight Princess. :-D

Also, can the same SD card installation be used on both a Wii and Wii U? So I can boot on it the machine upstairs and continue my game using the memory card emulation?

Thanks for such an amazing piece of 'emulation' magic.

 

[pedro702]

Can the Wiimote be programmed to power down after a certain amount of time? I feel bad burning through batteries in both the Wavebird and Wiimote on my mirror mode run through the Twilight Princess. :-D

Also, can the same SD card installation be used on both a Wii and Wii U? So I can boot on it the machine upstairs and continue my game using the memory card emulation?

Thanks for such an amazing piece of 'emulation' magic.

you can shutdown the wiimote manualy by continuasly pressing the power button when a gc game is runing, it wont shutdown the console in a gc game.

 

[VinsCool]

Can the Wiimote be programmed to power down after a certain amount of time? I feel bad burning through batteries in both the Wavebird and Wiimote on my mirror mode run through the Twilight Princess. :-D

Also, can the same SD card installation be used on both a Wii and Wii U? So I can boot on it the machine upstairs and continue my game using the memory card emulation?

Thanks for such an amazing piece of 'emulation' magic.

The wiimote shutting down idea is a good one actually, but hasn't been done yet.
You can use the same nintendont installation on both wii and wii U no problem

 

[sonictopfan]

Fix94 I can't test now but according to pedro702 Namco Musuem and Midway Treasures 2 got fixed, I just wanna know when will you take that break you deserve?

 

[Virus_1]

Before we know it, the compatibility list for nintendont will be all green! Thanks Fix94!

 

[Larsenv]

Just finished up something crazy, I'm pretty sure I missed alot and my code is dirty but this is big:
-heavly changed the way games will get patched, this file will dynamically replace the game entry point to a custom loader instead of patching the game while reading it, this way games like the 007 series will no longer crash because of changing file locations
-wait for PADInit to be called before reporting data in PADRead, fixes games like ghost recon

Thanks for all of the work FIX94!! Amazing work!!

By the way, does anyone know if HIDTest is still useful, and if I can use a Wii U Pro Controller on the Wii version of Nintendont, just like the Wii U version lets me use it??

Plus, I made a couple of edits to the compatibility list recently to fix grammar errors to make it look better.

 

[pedro702]

Thanks for all of the work FIX94!! Amazing work!!

By the way, does anyone know if HIDTest is still useful, and if I can use a Wii U Pro Controller on the Wii version of Nintendont, just like the Wii U version lets me use it??

no need for hid test wiiu pro has bt support of its own do this go to your wii menu press the wii sync button and the wiiupro sinc button , wiiu pro will flash afew times and shutdown when it shutdowns menas it registred.

then use your wiimote or whatver to run nintendont on on nintendont menu or if a gc game is running in nintendont just press any button to activate the controller.