Hacking Preloader Hacks for 4.2

[infinete]

Just out of interest. The hacks for region free sd card games was not ported. Does that mean that hack does not work any more?

 

[Perfect Slayer]

With regards to the 4.2E hacks, I ported most of these myself and I'm aware of a few issues. The problem is not with the porting of the hacks, they ported fine, it's just that most of these hacks no longer seem to work on the EU firmware. I'm currently looking into finding new entry points for the non-working hacks and digging a little deeper into the more advanced ones, such as forcing the disc as the wii region etc...

I agree with you, hacks such as "Auto-Press A at Health Screen" or "Remove NoCopy Save File Protection" doesn't work for me. (4.2E from Waninkoko's Firmware Updater).

 

[ashexx]

I'm curious. Disabling the RZDx check lets the TP Hack work again, right?
yea but theres no really no point in my opinion, just another way to launch homebrew.

could save you tho just to have the save installed.

edit: i think some themes have to be ported to 4.2 still no?


Got 3 versions of Darkwii here for 4.2U. Both CSM & MYM packages:
CODE

http://rapidshare.com/files/288722801/DarkWii_4.2U_ver1-3_csm.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/288728021/DarkWii_4.2U_ver1-3_mym.rar

 

[xzxero]

I'm curious. Disabling the RZDx check lets the TP Hack work again, right?
yea but theres no really no point in my opinion, just another way to launch homebrew.

could save you tho just to have the save installed.

edit: i think some themes have to be ported to 4.2 still no?


Got 3 versions of Darkwii here for 4.2U. Both CSM & MYM packages:
CODE

http://rapidshare.com/files/288722801/DarkWii_4.2U_ver1-3_csm.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/288728021/DarkWii_4.2U_ver1-3_mym.rar

what base app did you use for 4.2u?

 

[ashexx]

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Got 3 versions of Darkwii here for 4.2U. Both CSM & MYM packages:

http://rapidshare.com/files/288722801/DarkWii_4.2U_ver1-3_csm.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/288728021/DarkWii_4.2U_ver1-3_mym.rar

[/quote]
what base app did you use for 4.2u?
[/quote]


00000087.app. This is for 4.2U only

 

[mariomaniac33]

With regards to the 4.2E hacks, I ported most of these myself and I'm aware of a few issues. The problem is not with the porting of the hacks, they ported fine, it's just that most of these hacks no longer seem to work on the EU firmware. I'm currently looking into finding new entry points for the non-working hacks...
Yeah, they may need to fixed, like what I had to do with 4.2U.

...and digging a little deeper into the more advanced ones, such as forcing the disc as the wii region etc...
Kewl

. Hopefully all goes well for ya.

QUOTE(infinete @ Oct 4 2009, 02:07 PM)

Just out of interest. The hacks for region free sd card games was not ported. Does that mean that hack does not work any more?

This was incorporated into the "Region Free Channels" code back on 4.1.

 

[damysteryman]

Beaten to it again... (just like the preloader JODI hack). I've been trying to port the "Region Free Wii Games" all weekend, but couldn't get it working, so I didn't release my hacks.ini.

@phpgeek
The first time I ported the "Auto-Press A at Health Screen" from 4.1E to 4.2E, it didn't work. I re-ported it, and it just... worked. And for some reason, the last hack in the list for 4.2E doesn't work, no matter what it is. If it's last in the list, it won't work. Have you experienced that in your hacks.ini?

 

[hoem1]

I want 4.2K hacks.ini

4.1K hacks.ini : http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=175022

 

[damysteryman]

I'll try to port them for you, hoem1.

But I doubt the "Region Free Wii games" hack will work.

And thanks for giving me a link to the 4.1K hacks.ini!

EDIT: oops, misread your post. You said you're going to make them yourself? I'll try porting them anyway.

 

[Bloodlust]

Since preloader doesn't work for 4.2 properly. I wonder what's the point of having these hacks at the moment...

 

[xzxero]

Since preloader doesn't work for 4.2 properly. I wonder what's the point of having these hacks at the moment...

it does work properly with IOS 70 having ES_Identify enabled

read up man, keep with the scene!

 

[urherenow]

Beaten to it again... (just like the preloader JODI hack). I've been trying to port the "Region Free Wii Games" all weekend, but couldn't get it working, so I didn't release my hacks.ini.

@phpgeek
The first time I ported the "Auto-Press A at Health Screen" from 4.1E to 4.2E, it didn't work. I re-ported it, and it just... worked. And for some reason, the last hack in the list for 4.2E doesn't work, no matter what it is. If it's last in the list, it won't work. Have you experienced that in your hacks.ini?

Won't work no matter what it is? Even if it is a dupe of a known working one?

Sounds like a silly carriage return problem. Could be the difference betwen hitting enter after the last line or not AND having that return in DOS or nix format...

 

[Bloodlust]

Since preloader doesn't work for 4.2 properly. I wonder what's the point of having these hacks at the moment...

it does work properly with IOS 70 having ES_Identify enabled

read up man, keep with the scene!

Thanks, so do I need 0.29 or 0.30 + IOS70 ES_identify..

 

[infinete]

I have searched but with no luck, could someone please send me a link to Enable IOS70 ES_identify please?

 

[payas]

there is a patched version of preloader 0.29 by jodi thats works with 4.2. iv got it on and it works fine as well as the 4.2 hac.ini

 

[Bloodlust]

there is a patched version of preloader 0.29 by jodi thats works with 4.2. iv got it on and it works fine as well as the 4.2 hac.ini

But does this modded version supports IOS70 under 4.2?

 

[urherenow]

Patched version BY jodi???

The ticket (channel ID)of the new Homebrew Channel translated from hex to ascii is JODI. There is a version of preloader .29 that was edited to run the new JODI channel ID when you tell it to load HBC.
Preloader .30 does not exist.
If you are using system menu 4.2, you are running it off of IOS70. If you can't figure out how to patch IOS70 yourself (download it with NUS, then use the freethebug part of wwpacker) then a quick e-mail to [email protected] will get you a very useful link

 

[TiMeBoMb4u2]

I know that I'll probably get "flamed" for this, but... Since the author of StartPatch has been unresponsive to several requests for a SM v4.2 update, I'm attempting to do it myself, using the StartPatch v4.0.61 source code.

In the StartPatch code, it appears that the original System Menu offset values are hard-coded (See Below). So to update StartPatch, I will need the System Menu v4.2 original offset values.

Does anyone have the original offset values for System Menu v4.2?


Preloader's System Menu v4.0 Offset

[Remove diag disc check]
version=417
offset=0x813793A4
value=0x60000000

StartPatch's System Menu v4.0 Offset/Values

{
ÂÂÂÂ{"Remove diag disc check"},
ÂÂÂÂ0x498C4,ÂÂ//(0x813793A4 - 0x8132FAE0 = 0x498C4)
ÂÂÂÂ{
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ0x41, 0x82, 0x00, 0x08
ÂÂÂÂ},
ÂÂÂÂ{
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ0x60, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 //nop
ÂÂÂÂ},
ÂÂÂÂ4
},

How StartPatch v4.0 Interprets The Code

{
ÂÂÂÂchar desc[DESC_LEN]; //Description.
ÂÂÂÂu32 offset;
ÂÂÂÂu8 old_tab[TAB_LEN];
ÂÂÂÂu8 new_tab[TAB_LEN];
ÂÂÂÂu32 size;
} patch_t;

 

[s3phir0th115]

If any of you wouldn't mind doing me a favor, I can't install bootmii as boot2 so I need a bit of reassurance before I get preloader to install.

My IOS70 wad that I patched with trucha and ES_Identify with wwpacker's Freethebug script has the checksums as follows:

3E24BD5FD116A2BCA82DE9D4597D82E76E9600BE - SHA1
D3221D52 - CRC32
9A169717C9B82959F6B997042B08806A - MD5

If anyone can verify that their working IOS70 wad matches any of the checksums above, I'd really appreciate it.

 

[phpgeek]

Preloader Hacks 4.2E Update!

See: http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=183839


OP (mariomaniac33): Please feel free to update your first post in your thread with the updated hacks. I only started a thread of my own purely so it can't be missed as I know a lot of people were waiting for the updates.

You are also missing the Replace Health Screen with Back Menu hack for 4.2U and 4.2J (this is also known as the skip health screen hack). I have done a quick calculation and the codes are as follows:

4.2U

[Replace Health Screen with Back Menu]
version=481
offset=0x81656FF4
value=0x81409C9C

4.2J

[Replace Health Screen with Back Menu]
version=480
offset=0x816878D4
value=0x81408F88

I have not tested them, so you may want to double check my calculations, but they should work fine!

Cheers!


/phpgeek