Hacking Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE restoration

[naion]

hmmm...guess i'll try some of the others from that list. i've tried wiiubru half a dozen times or so

 

[Cyan]

you can try to clear the cookies
or try to reset the browser settings (you'll reset everything and lose your favorites)

 

[naion]

i got googiehax to work. now im trying to parse the DDD stuff...

what exactly do you mean by "open a command line window IN the title dumper folder..."?

i know how to access the command prompt, but... "in" the folder?

 

[Cyan]

either :
- Open a command prompt, and browse to the folder where you extracted the game dumper (cd foldername, etc.)

or, if you are on windows:
- open your folder in your file explorer, press Shift and right-click on an empty area in the folder. the explorer context menu will have "open a command line window here"

 

[naion]

oooooookay...now ive got it set up on my PC. "waiting for WiiU connection...". and i can get DDD on my wii u. but when i punch in my IP address and press X or A...it just loads the game normally and goes right to the main menu.

edit: okay, hold on...apparently my IP address was wrong...not sure why i had it wrong in the first place. trying again

 

[Cyan]

The server is running on your computer?
You entered the local computer IP?
then I don't know why it launches the game without dumping, maybe the server can't connect to the wiiu (firewall, antivirus blocking the ports?)

 

[naion]

yeeeeeeeah, still trying to figure this out. got the IP address right on the second attempt, and it started...but immediately stopped. the dumper made a new folder in the titledumper folder but its empty. and the command window says

client 0 connected
create path: base_output_pathWiiU_dump_path

and then it just loaded up the #FE main menu again...there shouldnt be a firewall. i'll doublecheck whats going on with anti-virus, etc...

 

[naion]

OKAY, so...latest development: i turned off all my protection and tried running it again with the folder that it already created from last time, and it didnt connect at all. so then i deleted the folder and tried again. it created the folder again, but booted right to main menu and didnt transfer anything...again.

there shouldnt be anything blocking the connection, so the only thing i can think of (and this is maybe the stupidest question on the board so far)...the IP i'd be entering is the "IPv4 address" when i do ipconfig in the command prompt, yes?

unfortunately, its about time to get ready for work, so this'll have to wait until tonight.

 

[Cyan]

yes, that's the IP v4 from ipconfig command, something like 192.168.1.2

that's strange that it display "create path: base_output_pathWiiU_dump_path" this text, it should display the list of files dumped.

 

[naion]

yeah, just to reconfirm...

opening a command prompt in the titledumper folder. entering...

"titledumper.exe WiiU_dump_path base_output_path"

which brings up...

"Title Dumper by Dimok
Waiting for WiiU connection...<press Ctrl+C to stop>"

then i launch DDD on the wii u, punch in my IP, and launch the game either with A or by selecting it on the wiiu menu. as soon as it does, the command prompt gives me...

"Client 0 connected
Create Path: base_output_pathWiiU_dump_path
Client 0 connection closed"

when it does that, it creates the folder named "base_output_pathWiiU_dump_path" in the titledumper folder. and then the wii u boots the game to its main menu.

any glaring errors sticking out at you? did i get a space or underscore wrong, or something? with my limited knowledge it seems like its connecting. its just not getting the command to actually do a transfer. its creating the destination, but without anything to put in it, it thinks the job is done...could there be an issue with DDD?

 

[Cyan]

please, tell me you didn't type "WiiU_dump_path" but the actual path you want to dump from the wiiu, like "/vol"
And you didn't type "base_output_path" but the path where you want to output the dumped game files.

I gave you the command to type :

titledumper.exe /vol "C:/WiiU/ISO/TMS/"

/vol = what you want to dump (typing only "/vol" means it will dump ALL the game)
c:/wiiu/iso/TMS/ = where you want to dump it


this command will dump ALL the game to your c:/wiiU/ISO/TMS folder



If you typed "titledumper.exe WiiU_dump_path", then the WiiU will not find a folder named "wiiu_dump_path" in the game !

Possible (and existing) folders are :
/vol
/vol/code
/vol/content
/vol/meta
/vol/save
/vol/aoc

you can dump one specific folder, only code "/vol/code", or only content "/vol/content", or ALL of them "/vol"

 

[naion]

see, that makes sense....sorry, i wasnt looking at your recent post, i was still working off your post on the actually DDD usage thread. it doesnt mention anything about /vol in the instructions. i was typing it out word for word. i'll uhh...i'll try that thing now

 

[Cyan]

i wasnt looking at your recent post, i was still working off your post on the actually DDD usage thread. it doesnt mention anything about /vol in the instructions.

Yes it did mentioned it.
my first post I created for you had the command you needed to type.
you need to understand what you read, not just type things randomly.


Don't type "C:/wiiU/ISO/TMS" if you don't WANT to dump your game to that folder.
If you want it to "E:/TMS" just type "E:/TMS" instead !
if you want it elsewhere, type the folder where you want it, not what I tell you to type. That's only examples, not exact text to type.


also, knows that it will dump at 1MB/s, and the game is 11GB?
You can stop and resume anytime by doing the same steps and the same command line.

 

[naion]

yeah, i see that now...aaaaand i got it working. i should've been paying more attention, ive just got too many tabs open. *smacks head to the floor* sumimasen!

 

[Sakitoshi]

Hi, I just registered to say thanks and to report a minor spacing issue in version 0.9.4 patched with the latest files 3 days ago.
At the end of chapter 2 where Eleonora is introduced, there seem to be two minor gaps which shouldn't be there:

This is ... She's a Mirage
Master like you all, and also a [gap] young actress
[gap] with Fortuna entertainment

Fixed.
Redownload the message xdelta and patch again using the update option.

 

[Hornet]

For anyone who doesn't want to bother with the command prompt, when I was dumping the game, I found this nifty GUI for DDD that works very well.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/guiddd-graphic-interface-for-ddd.426834/

 

[Sn0wCrack]

You don't need to know what it is.
I already mentioned that the first post is not helpful for newcomers and would need an easier wording.

Thank you for writing something up Cyan. I've been meaning to do something more in-depth but I've been sick lately and haven't gotten around to it.

I'll add this to the OP next to the video tutorial. Thanks again man.

 

[Stein&Recline]

Shit...I don't have the meta data. I didn't know about the home menu step. Do I have to dump the whole game again, or can I cut straight to the meta dump?

 

[LkMsWb]

Shit...I don't have the meta data. I didn't know about the home menu step. Do I have to dump the whole game again, or can I cut straight to the meta dump?

If you point the dump to the same folder as the main game, ddd will skip all the files that already exist (checking their size), so you can easily dump just the meta with the general /vol setting.

 

[Cyan]

Thank you for writing something up Cyan. I've been meaning to do something more in-depth but I've been sick lately and haven't gotten around to it.

I'll add this to the OP next to the video tutorial. Thanks again man.

I edited the first post to re-add the styles (underline, menus, quotes, etc.)

The patching steps-by-steps might need to be rewritten (I never used the patcher, I don't know the steps nor what it does).
Maybe you could update the steps yourself.
I saw there's a guide in the readme, maybe I could use these steps instead.