ROM Hack Pokemon HG/SS fix discussion

[Ryufushichou]

Try the ARM7 of sim city(J)

But there's nothing wrong with the ARM7, its the ARM9 we are having issues with.

 

[Hero_Of_Fate]

Whitney seems like a random ass place to kick the AP code in the pants to get it going...but Nintendo's done ridiculous crap before. Such as the AP in EarthBound having the game run normally until you get to Giygas, then kill the process and you lose all your saved data.

 

[jtenma]

when the game freezes, the ARM9 stops dead over while the ARM7 continues. (Viewing Disassembly in Desmume x64)

In english please.

He looked in an emulator, one of the files completely stops loading while one continues. Causing a freeze.

So would this explain why the music still plays sometimes when the game freezes...just at a lower volume?

 

[Hecatia]

my game froze every 24 events on M3izero with latest sakura firmware Game patch 4.7h
and every 15 in download play mode.

 

[rvd42387]

when the game freezes, the ARM9 stops dead over while the ARM7 continues. (Viewing Disassembly in Desmume x64)

In english please.

Trying US everything with the JP arm9 again cuz i may have screwed up last time before anyone asks

EDIT: White screen of shame

 

[Mechachu]

Whitney seems like a random ass place to kick the AP code in the pants to get it going...but Nintendo's done ridiculous crap before. Such as the AP in EarthBound having the game run normally until you get to Giygas, then kill the process and you lose all your saved data.

Exactly. It's actually smart when you think about it. It's kind of a "Screw you". In this case, putting it in at Whitney let's you play a little bit... and then BAM just when you thought all was well (or tolerable) it kicks in to full gear.

 

[jtenma]

DURP I R NOOBLET.

I need to stop posting while on flu pills.

Wait so you are sick too? Man I had it bad but I'm a little better now. Hope you get better though.

 

[smashbro]

For Dstt, if you turn the DMA thing off the freezing doesn't happen as much but i am only 11 minutes in.

 

[link_991]

Whitney seems like a random ass place to kick the AP code in the pants to get it going...but Nintendo's done ridiculous crap before. Such as the AP in EarthBound having the game run normally until you get to Giygas, then kill the process and you lose all your saved data.

It's actually not AP, they just bumped up the difficulty on getting past Whitney and her Miltank

 

[Squall Leonhart]

when the game freezes, the ARM9 stops dead over while the ARM7 continues. (Viewing Disassembly in Desmume x64)

In english please.

I'm viewing the OP Execution as they occur in the Disassembler.

ARM7 runs the touchscreen, WiFi, and sound while ARM9 handles everything else.

The ARM7 continues to update and process ops while the ARM9 stops entirely, however it doesn't always stop on the same operation.

 

[suicidaltaco]

Sorry AKAIO 1.6RC, not even you are completely immune it seems

Black screens exiting a building after 3 hours of play.

 

[rvd42387]

For Dstt, if you turn the DMA thing off the freezing doesn't happen as much but i am only 11 minutes in.

The DMA thing does not matter at all Smash at the point I am at so maybe at the begining it does matter

 

[smashbro]

Okay, So 3rd gym is where everything gets owned?

 

[ambitous21]

Does pokesav have the ability to give you or take away your gym badges?
I wanted to see what would happen if I take away the 3rd badge, but I opened up my save and there doesn't seem to be an option of touching the badges..

 

[Squall Leonhart]

when the game freezes, the ARM9 stops dead over while the ARM7 continues. (Viewing Disassembly in Desmume x64)

In english please.

He looked in an emulator, one of the files completely stops loading while one continues. Causing a freeze.

I'm not talking about the arm file, im talking about the actual arm core, which is inside the DS, (or in an emulators case, a bunch of complex math)

I also made note of the memory updates going through arm9 bus gradually decreasing the longer you play.... could be related.

 

[Hecatia]

Sorry AKAIO 1.6RC, not even you are completely immune it seems

Black screens exiting a building after 3 hours of play.

the firmware still dramatically reduces the chance of freezing so they're still on to something.

 

[baldymcbald]

look around 021110B0 offset theres something there on a freeze memory dump

 

[Squall Leonhart]

look around 021110B0 offset theres something there on a freeze memory dump

Assertion failed?

nvm that, such debug messages appear in most compiled code.

having a cleanly dumped firmware also appears to effect the games memory as you'll find your player name and custom message pop up now n then.

 

[Hecatia]

Does pokesav have the ability to give you or take away your gym badges?
I wanted to see what would happen if I take away the 3rd badge, but I opened up my save and there doesn't seem to be an option of touching the badges..

what if we use a jap save that is past the 3rd gym (jap saves work fine)
i wish i still had my save.

Also Pokesav cant edit HGSS badges yet.

 

[Azoth2090]

Random question, what's the chances of XPA making a patch for this? I know they've been known to do it on major releases.