Hacking RB2 Customs - Proof of Concept

[thecyanaura]

there were no "new releases" this week. the new release section is only used for songs that are just being debuted on all consoles. the last new release we had was Iron Maiden.

You'll notice (coming soon) whenever there are no new releases.

Any back catalog songs are found in the main page of the store.

Sorry for crowding up your thread guys, but it seems like this is going to be the official rock band thread until you release your much anticipated work.

 

[Maurice10]

More useless questions:

Are seperate tracks for each instrument supported?
If there's only a Guitar midi, will the game be like "yeah you can't play drums on this song idiot"?
Is the preview generated by the game from the full song or is there a seperate file for that?
Is album art included?

 

[tueidj]

More useless questions:

Are seperate tracks for each instrument supported?
If there's only a Guitar midi, will the game be like "yeah you can't play drums on this song idiot"?
Is the preview generated by the game from the full song or is there a seperate file for that?
Is album art included?

They're pretty sensible questions actually.

Separate tracks - You can import multichannel .ogg files for customs and choose which channels are for which instruments, so the correct sounds will be muted when you miss a note on that instrument. Or if you've only got a stereo .mp3 you can import that and it will still work, you just won't get any muting effects.
Restricted instruments - if the .mid file you use to make your custom song doesn't have PART_* tracks for a particular instrument, it will be disabled for that song.
Preview - Automatically generated.
Album Art - Not supported for DLC in the wii version of RB2, so not supported by RawkSD.

 

[nicko68]

Since you guys have an intimate knowledge of how the file structure works regarding RB2 on the Wii, can you tell me what information is kept in the 2 "Rock Band 2 DLC" files stored in internal memory? And is there any type of DLC info stored in the RB2 game save data?

I am curious about the 2 "RB2 DLC" files because one time when my SD card was corrupt and I couldn't access my DLC, I was told (correctly) to delete that file (there was only 1 at that time), reformat my card, and redownload my songs. I was skeptical because I figured it kept track of which songs I bought, but that did work.

 

[fubka]

checking "every hour"

 

[ShakaHeath]

How to de-encrypt / re-encrypt ROCKBND2.DAT?

 

[parannoyed]

How to de-encrypt / re-encrypt ROCKBND2.DAT?

I'd really like to be able to experiment with my un-encrypted dat file too.

 

[parannoyed]

Since you guys have an intimate knowledge of how the file structure works regarding RB2 on the Wii, can you tell me what information is kept in the 2 "Rock Band 2 DLC" files stored in internal memory? And is there any type of DLC info stored in the RB2 game save data?

I am curious about the 2 "RB2 DLC" files because one time when my SD card was corrupt and I couldn't access my DLC, I was told (correctly) to delete that file (there was only 1 at that time), reformat my card, and redownload my songs. I was skeptical because I figured it kept track of which songs I bought, but that did work.

It's where the Wii stores the DLC file (preview/song) on the NAND. There's two because the number of DLC for RB2 has exceeded the limit of files allowed for a single title.

 

[nicko68]

Since you guys have an intimate knowledge of how the file structure works regarding RB2 on the Wii, can you tell me what information is kept in the 2 "Rock Band 2 DLC" files stored in internal memory? And is there any type of DLC info stored in the RB2 game save data?

I am curious about the 2 "RB2 DLC" files because one time when my SD card was corrupt and I couldn't access my DLC, I was told (correctly) to delete that file (there was only 1 at that time), reformat my card, and redownload my songs. I was skeptical because I figured it kept track of which songs I bought, but that did work.

It's where the Wii stores the DLC file (preview/song) on the NAND. There's two because the number of DLC for RB2 has exceeded the limit of files allowed for a single title.

You mean it's the DLC song (or preview) that you are currently playing? I guess I don't really need to worry about backing those files up to SD then.

So where locally, if anywhere, does the game keep track of which songs you own?

 

[Grim666]

My birthday in 12 days, any chance of this being released soon?

Honestly, take as much time as you need, make sure it's all working when you launch it.

 

[Alexrose]

Oh wow, some random guy's birthday, they HAVE to release it in time for that

 

[Grim666]

obviously a joke but whatever...

Pretty sure you'd be pleased if they did release it then though

 

[HisshouBuraiKen]

So how IS testing going, anyways? Are you guys still hunting and squashing bugs or are things running pretty smoothly?

ALSO: I had a good idea earlier today. It seems somewhat feasible in my head, so hear me out.

Would it be possible to mark rawkSD songs on the songlist with a custom icon like the little DLC arrow? That would eliminate the need for all the song-prefixing hulabaloo and would look pretty cool too. Since the songs are loaded from a different save there should be some way to differentiate them from normal DLC. I'm not saying it wouldn't require a gecko os code or something, so it might have to be optional.

Still, it would be killer to see a circle with a blue "C" next to customs and rips instead of the standard "DLC" arrow.

 

[SFenton]

I doubt that the blue arrow idea would work because in order for it to be there, it would have to be on the disc and it would have to be looked for in a path for specific DLC.

 

[AerialX]

Alright people, we're getting really close to a release... I suggest that you all come over to our IRC channel, #RawkSD on EFnet (or use Mibbit), with your dumped RB1/GH3 discs ready

 

[Mrkinator]

Woot! We're so close. Use Tueidjs DuperDumper to dump your discs in 15-30 min

 

[tissemikkel]

Woot! We're so close. Use Tueidjs DuperDumper to dump your discs in 15-30 min

Awesome!

 

[nicko68]

Will ISO extractions made by WBFS Manager (with files originally created by USB Loader) work ok? I noticed Super Dumper said something about 1:1 backups and that USB Loader doesn't do those.

 

[Fat Slaughter Ba]

Haha.. this is gonna be awesome. Dumping RB1 as I type.

 

[Grim666]

I haven't been this excited about something for quite a while

How much longer are we gonna have to wait!!!??