Hacking Riivolution for backups

[DeadlyFoez]

He means actually replacing the files in the extracted disc format that *NEEK uses, and loading them normally with *NEEK. You know how you need to use DiscEx to extract the discs onto the SD card or USB drive? He means just going into those extracted folders and replacing the files. Not using riivolution at all.

Ahh, That makes more sense.

This thread is really going off topic....

 

[damysteryman]

I guess I could use SNEEK/UNEEK and have SSBB as a folder where I can just replace the audio/texture files.

Go ahead and try it. It won't work. Riivolution won't ever get to the point of it launching a game because *neek patches every IOS so riivolution will want to download a new IOS37, but that will be patched also.... so you won't get very far.

I think it will might work depending on the package. It worked for me for fatal frame 4 (loaded using cfg but *neek should work too).
As long as only files are replaced it should work for other packages too.
If it does in memory patching that will have to be converted to a cheat instead. Might be hard to do but should be possible.

Indeed. If it is just file replacement that is needed, then all that you would need to do, chaosdarkneo, is to setup xNEEK+DI (ModMii can help you with this if you have not setup xNEEK+DI before), and then use the DiscEx tool to convert/extract a SMG2 .iso to "DiscEx" format, which is pretty much just a folder with all of the games extracted files in it. AFAIK (I have not actually used "DiscEx" format myself to actually test this), since it is now just a directory with all the extracted files, just copying and pasting to replace the original files with modified ones should work. Copying files over after you modify them every time might not be as convenient as using Riivolution and RiiFS, but it still does the job, at least until you get yourself a new SMG2 disc.

And the same should also be applicable for SSBB, the_randomizer. (AFAIK as long as it is just file replacement)

 

[chaosdarkneo]

I guess I could use SNEEK/UNEEK and have SSBB as a folder where I can just replace the audio/texture files.

Go ahead and try it. It won't work. Riivolution won't ever get to the point of it launching a game because *neek patches every IOS so riivolution will want to download a new IOS37, but that will be patched also.... so you won't get very far.

I think it will might work depending on the package. It worked for me for fatal frame 4 (loaded using cfg but *neek should work too).
As long as only files are replaced it should work for other packages too.
If it does in memory patching that will have to be converted to a cheat instead. Might be hard to do but should be possible.

Indeed. If it is just file replacement that is needed, then all that you would need to do, chaosdarkneo, is to setup xNEEK+DI (ModMii can help you with this if you have not setup xNEEK+DI before), and then use the DiscEx tool to convert/extract a SMG2 .iso to "DiscEx" format, which is pretty much just a folder with all of the games extracted files in it. AFAIK (I have not actually used "DiscEx" format myself to actually test this), since it is now just a directory with all the extracted files, just copying and pasting to replace the original files with modified ones should work. Copying files over after you modify them every time might not be as convenient as using Riivolution and RiiFS, but it still does the job, at least until you get yourself a new SMG2 disc.

And the same should also be applicable for SSBB, the_randomizer. (AFAIK as long as it is just file replacement)

Thanks for this solution! I do infact have SNEEK+DI set up, and I will use that!

Thank you for an alternative, but I'll still use Riivolution for Brawl and Mario Kart (thank god my brother didn't get to them)

EDIT: Unfortunately, I just realized, this is only for REPLACING files... In our game, we're ADDING files to SMG2.

Oh well :/ This will work for some things, but not others.

 

[DeadlyFoez]

Thanks for this solution! I do infact have SNEEK+DI set up, and I will use that!

Thank you for an alternative, but I'll still use Riivolution for Brawl and Mario Kart (thank god my brother didn't get to them)

EDIT: Unfortunately, I just realized, this is only for REPLACING files... In our game, we're ADDING files to SMG2.

Oh well :/ This will work for some things, but not others.

I think with sneek you can still add files to the game, but I think you may have to use pune's FST creator tool.... I could be wrong. It's been a lot time since I fucked around with any of that stuff.

 

[diddy81]

you need to use the fst tool for adding files and replacing them if the files are bigger than the original ones
smaller files are fine but not bigger ones
i did it this way when i first started modding NSMBW

 

[chaosdarkneo]

Thanks for this solution! I do infact have SNEEK+DI set up, and I will use that!

Thank you for an alternative, but I'll still use Riivolution for Brawl and Mario Kart (thank god my brother didn't get to them)

EDIT: Unfortunately, I just realized, this is only for REPLACING files... In our game, we're ADDING files to SMG2.

Oh well :/ This will work for some things, but not others.

I think with sneek you can still add files to the game, but I think you may have to use pune's FST creator tool.... I could be wrong. It's been a lot time since I fucked around with any of that stuff.

Where do I find this tool? And how do I use it? xD

That would be a boon if such a thing existed.

 

[SifJar]

http://gadget4sneek..../fstcreator.zip

(windows version)

EDIT: Source for linux: http://pastie.org/892752

 

[DeadlyFoez]

Fucking google works wonders.

This is how I found it

and then I clicked the second link, read a little bit in the thread and found THIS

EDIT: ninja'd by SifJar by only 3 seconds. But my response is funnier

 

[chaosdarkneo]

Sorry, damn it!

I typed in giantpune fst creator into google, didn't find it, but I didn't think of narrowing it down to gbatemp.net!

*doh*

Oh well, I'll try this now! If it works, I'll thank you forever.

 

[SifJar]

Sorry, damn it!

I typed in giantpune fst creator into google, didn't find it, but I didn't think of narrowing it down to gbatemp.net!

*doh*

Oh well, I'll try this now! If it works, I'll thank you forever.

That's exactly what I typed into google, and I found it with that

I considered a lmgtfy, but it wasn't exceedingly obvious from the search i made.

 

[chaosdarkneo]

How exactly do I use the application?

I have no clue. The download gives me... an application. No idea what to do with it.

I know it has to be use via command prompt, but what do I tell it to do? xD

 

[DeadlyFoez]

I think schools should have a course on how to use Google... and I don't mean on just to teach people wtf google is, but to teach them all of the wonderful functions of google. There is so much ridiculous stuff you can do with google. You can use it to search webpages with flaws in their code so you can hack into them and shit. Google is just fucking amazing.

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[chaosdarkneo]

The instructions are on google...?

I'm searching up "giantpune fstcreator"

"fstcreator gbatemp"

"giantpune fstcreator gbatemp"

and other stuff, but I can't find any specifics on how to USE the tool Dx

FOUND IT! Nevermind. I had to sift through a thread.

Thanks for all the help guys! This is great!

 

[DeadlyFoez]

I edited my above post to give you a little better hint.

 

[SifJar]

C:\Users\{removed}\Downloads\fstcreator>fstcreator
giantpune's fst.bin creatorizer 0.02 (Windows adoption by conanac)
usage:
fstcreator   
boot.bin is optional.  if you give one, this will update the size of the fst.bin
in that file
C:\Users\{removed}\Downloads\fstcreator>

There's your usage instructions.

EDIT: Darn, DeadlyFoez beat me this time

EDIT: Although actually, I already posted a link to the original source, which includes the usage instructions quite clearly near the start, so I sort of got there first...

 

[chaosdarkneo]

I'm such a moron, A MORON.

Guys, sorry for being such a pain in the ass. I figured I was being stupid.

I'm going to go now, with my head hung in shame.

 

[DeadlyFoez]

Google secrets
Do a barrel roll
Google Gravity
Where is Chuck Norris

Theres a bunch of other ones, but I don't think they are as cool as these ones.

 

[Wiimm]

This works too: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=site%3Agbatemp.net+wiimm+fst
Yes my tools are a partition and image builder too.
btw: giant has written a GUI around my tools ...

 

[chaosdarkneo]

Niiice...

Well, I've got everything I needed from this topic.

Mods can close and lock...


And one last thing:

I'm really sorry to the devs of Riivolution for even suggesting decompiling Riivolution, I realize now that was an insult and a stupid idea that should never have been conceived...

I'm so sorry. You don't have to accept my apology, just please, acknowledge it.

 

[SifJar]

Even if you had tried, I believe it's reasonably well obfuscated so you'd most likely have got nothing without extensive work.