Hacking Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands

[nikola987]

I can't hear ingame music

Anyone else having same problem?

 

[DSPanther]

Okay the game works without any freezes but I'm missing some sound. No voices during cut-scenes etc. Any ideas!?

I'm playing the NTSC version on a japanese Wii with CFGloader.

 

[WiiPower]

Okay the game works without any freezes but I'm missing some sound. No voices during cut-scenes etc. Any ideas!?

I'm playing the NTSC version on a japanese Wii with CFGloader.

The game only uses the language set in the wii settings. You can try this Ocarina code:
http://geckocodes.org/?c=RPWZ41
and then try to force english language.

 

[DSPanther]

Okay the game works without any freezes but I'm missing some sound. No voices during cut-scenes etc. Any ideas!?

I'm playing the NTSC version on a japanese Wii with CFGloader.

The game only uses the language set in the wii settings. You can try this Ocarina code:
http://geckocodes.org/?c=RPWZ41
and then try to force english language.

Ok, tried that, got a black screen. Game won't start at all!

 

[Dr. Clipper]

Okay the game works without any freezes but I'm missing some sound. No voices during cut-scenes etc. Any ideas!?

I'm playing the NTSC version on a japanese Wii with CFGloader.

The game only uses the language set in the wii settings. You can try this Ocarina code:
http://geckocodes.org/?c=RPWZ41
and then try to force english language.

WiiPower, giantpune was saying that the Ocarina code can only work if you have a USB Gecko. Is that correct in your experience?

@DS Panther: Try forcing English for language in the game settings.

 

[WiiPower]

Okay the game works without any freezes but I'm missing some sound. No voices during cut-scenes etc. Any ideas!?

I'm playing the NTSC version on a japanese Wii with CFGloader.

The game only uses the language set in the wii settings. You can try this Ocarina code:
http://geckocodes.org/?c=RPWZ41
and then try to force english language.

WiiPower, giantpune was saying that the Ocarina code can only work if you have a USB Gecko. Is that correct in your experience?

@DS Panther: Try forcing English for language in the game settings.

I don't have the game, if he says that, i think it's true. Then forcing english language will not work, because the protection against .dol manipulation will freeze the game. Is there some priiloader hack to change the language to one that the system menu does not support?

 

[DSPanther]

Okay the game works without any freezes but I'm missing some sound. No voices during cut-scenes etc. Any ideas!?

I'm playing the NTSC version on a japanese Wii with CFGloader.

The game only uses the language set in the wii settings. You can try this Ocarina code:
http://geckocodes.org/?c=RPWZ41
and then try to force english language.

WiiPower, giantpune was saying that the Ocarina code can only work if you have a USB Gecko. Is that correct in your experience?

@DS Panther: Try forcing English for language in the game settings.

Unfortunately, just like WiiPower already wrote, it didn't work.

 

[Dr. Clipper]

Incidentally, the USB Gecko patch works by blocking out a checksum function. That function appears to run during the game launch sequence after the logos (where the black screen occurs). When you try to patch that function with Ocarina or manually in the loader, the game immediately black screens instead. This means they likely have another function which tries to verify that the checksum function is still valid. USB Geckos allow it all to work as they patch the game after that first verification is performed.

If somebody could find that function which verifies the checksum code is intact, then we would could patch that and have a solution. Unfortunately, I don't have a USB Gecko so it won't be me trying to find it.

Another alternative is to find a buffer overflow exploit, as the game never checks the data segment, but that's easier said than done.

 

[sm98]

adding a delay before executing the code works here as a work around atm too

 

[Dr. Clipper]

adding a delay before executing the code works here as a work around atm too

Can you do that without a USB Gecko?

 

[sm98]

adding a delay before executing the code works here as a work around atm too

Can you do that without a USB Gecko?

yep, it's a hack job but it works so far

i'll just c&p it...the a8 line works ok, loading from gct rather than sending the code

Hookable sm98
A8000000 00000100
044CDECC 4800005C

 

[Deleted User]

Works for me on Wii 4.2E, cIOS 249 rev19 wiiflow R42 after patching main.dol with wiiscrubber and PPFOmatic. No freezes when pressing Home key nor opening chests
See you
Laguna

 

[kaligula]

adding a delay before executing the code works here as a work around atm too

Can you do that without a USB Gecko?

yep, it's a hack job but it works so far

i'll just c&p it...the a8 line works ok, loading from gct rather than sending the code

Hookable sm98
A8000000 00000100
044CDECC 4800005C

The Code is running with neogamma and WBFS partition with usbgecko.
Neogamma and uloader works fine with wbfs partition and main.dol manipualation. uloader has no wiird support

!!!!!!!!!!!!![Don't lose sand(wish) orbs [sm98]
04081B4C 38030009]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Sand code crashes the games!

 

[sorgelig]

after patching as sm98 suggested, game freezes earlier (before show initial trailer).
So, looks like there are many CRC checks in this game.

 

[Dark-Exsphere]

Does this method above with all the hyperlinks work with 4.2U firmware?

 

[bseos]

Ok, followed all the steps and so far all good, till i reached installing the wad "IOS249v9(IOSslot223)"

Doesnt matter which Wad manager i use, i keep getting ERROR! (ret =-1022)

ANyhelp would be appreicated

 

[WiiPower]

Ok, followed all the steps and so far all good, till i reached installing the wad "IOS249v9(IOSslot223)"

Doesnt matter which Wad manager i use, i keep getting ERROR! (ret =-1022)

ANyhelp would be appreicated

1. There's another(in my eyes) better method now to boot the game:
Use latest configurable usb loader or latest NeoGamma + included .wip file for it

2. -1022 indicates a problem with the wad or the sd card. You may want to try another sd card.

 

[bseos]

Ok, followed all the steps and so far all good, till i reached installing the wad "IOS249v9(IOSslot223)"

Doesnt matter which Wad manager i use, i keep getting ERROR! (ret =-1022)

ANyhelp would be appreicated

1. There's another(in my eyes) better method now to boot the game:
Use latest configurable usb loader or latest NeoGamma + included .wip file for it

2. -1022 indicates a problem with the wad or the sd card. You may want to try another sd card.

tried another sd card, still no go. Use wat settings for latest UsbloaderGX?

 

[WiiPower]

Did they update it for PoP? If not, it won't work, because GX does a patch that allows to play games without a disc in the drive. Any patch other than the one to get the game to work cause the game to crash.

 

[bseos]

Did they update it for PoP? If not, it won't work, because GX does a patch that allows to play games without a disc in the drive. Any patch other than the one to get the game to work cause the game to crash.

SO then, if i patch the game's DOL file directly from the ".ISO" would it work then thru usbloadergx?