Hacking Why FW 4.2 breaks region free for modchips?

[Thomas83Lin]

Thanks i'll check it out, have you also tried preloader, or you talking specificity about startpatch

 

[LightyKD]

Thanks i'll check it out, have you also tried preloader, or you talking specificity about startpatch

Im just talking about startpatch. I dont use Preloader because it blocks the blue lights from my wii mail in standby mode.

 

[Thomas83Lin]

Well i can't get it working either, I just tested the Pal version Startpatch which didn't need porting.
can anyone confirm this working with just preloader.

edit:
Just checked in memory using a Usb Gecko its writing to the correct location so it doesn't look like a error on my part

 

[Dan_Aykroyd]

Oh... what a bummer

So what could be going on then?

 

[DeathClown]

If I changed my wii's region from ntsc to pal would this region free hack work with priiloader? Can you even change the region on a 4.2 without bricking? This sucks, looks like I'm going back to 4.1.

 

[Hatsu]

If I changed my wii's region from ntsc to pal would this region free hack work with priiloader? Can you even change the region on a 4.2 without bricking? This sucks, looks like I'm going back to 4.1.

Read this reply: http://gbatemp.net/index.php?s=&showto...t&p=2484539

Add the NTSC-U code for your system menu into the hacks.ini!

 

[Thomas83Lin]

Oh... what a bummer

So what could be going on then?

you tell me? cause i'm not sure this is going to work, if it doesn't already

see anything wrong, its just not working, thats after applying the patch with startpatch 4.2PAL it looks correct to me?

 

[DeathClown]

If I changed my wii's region from ntsc to pal would this region free hack work with priiloader? Can you even change the region on a 4.2 without bricking? This sucks, looks like I'm going back to 4.1.

Read this reply: http://gbatemp.net/index.php?s=&showto...t&p=2484539

Add the NTSC-U code for your system menu into the hacks.ini!

This does not really answer my question. If you had read my earlier post you would see that I tried both the startpatch and the priiloader hack with cioscorp. Of course I added the correct hack for my region to hacks.ini. I was already on 4.1u with the region hack for THAT firmware enabled. I updated just so I could see if this would work. Now as it does not seem to work, I'm going back to 4.1. What I wanted to know was if It were possible to region change my wii to pal and use the region free hack on 4.2e.

 

[Thomas83Lin]

GREAT NEWS I JUST GOT THE NTSC-U verison working it required the old code added on

NTSC-U

[Region Free Wii Games]
version=481
offset=0x8137DBE8,0x8137DBC8,0x8137D904,0x8137FC84,0x8137E43C
value=0x4800001C,0x38000001,0x38000001,0x38600001,0x60000000



this may have been a one time thing though, so please test

 

[DeathClown]

GREAT NEWS I JUST GOT THE NTSC-U verison working it required the old code added on

NTSC-U

Region Free Wii Games]
version=481
offset=0x8137D90C,0x8137DBE8,0x8137DBC8,0x8137D904,0x8137FC84,8137E43C
value=0x60000000,0x4800001C,0x38000001,0x38000001,0x38600001,600000000



this may have been a one time thing though, so please test

I'm going to try this right now!

 

[Thomas83Lin]

i just edited the last line so double check you got the right code

 

[Hells Guardian]

I believe it was possible but don't quote me on that. do you have bootmii as boot2 installed? if you do just give it a shot you can always reflash if you must.

 

[giantpune]

it makes sense that you would need the old version of the code ported to 4.2 as well as the offsets for the TID check that just came about. why not just make it all 1 hack instead of making 2 separate ones, since neither will work by itself.

 

[Thomas83Lin]

it makes sense that you would need the old version of the code ported to 4.2 as well as the offsets for the TID check that just came about. why not just make it all 1 hack instead of making 2 separate ones, since neither will work by itself.

I did combine them, in the code i posted, there was only a one line difference the other line was already there.

I just tested it again on my Pal Wii Music and it seems to be showing up in the disc channel everytime, i haven't tried playing yet cause i only installed cioscorp's system menu ios

 

[LightyKD]

I happily await a new .dol file so I can install this new hack

 

[Thomas83Lin]

Well crap i had to many zero's in the nop code, not sure it that would have caused a problem in preloader but here

NTSC-U

[Region Free Wii Games]
version=481
offset=0x8137DBE8,0x8137DBC8,0x8137D904,0x8137FC84,0x8137E43C
value=0x4800001C,0x38000001,0x38000001,0x38600001,0x60000000

I'll be back online tomorrow hopefully this works good for everyone

 

[LightyKD]

Aww, no dol file tonight? well its cool. I can wait a few hours

 

[DeathClown]

Well crap i had to many zero's in the nop code, not sure it that would have caused a problem in preloader but here

NTSC-U

[Region Free Wii Games]
version=481
offset=0x8137D90C,0x8137DBE8,0x8137DBC8,0x8137D904,0x8137FC84,0x8137E43C
value=0x60000000,0x4800001C,0x38000001,0x38000001,0x38600001,0x60000000

I'll be back online tomorrow hopefully this works good for everyone

Yeah once I enabled that last hack you posted I got a white screen instead of the system menu. I'll try this one now. Even if I can't get it to work, at least somebody's working on this. Much appreciated!

 

[Thomas83Lin]

Aww, no dol file tonight? well its cool. I can wait a few hours

You may be waiting alittle bit cause theres no room on startpatch for a code this long, will have to make room, i can add patches fine but suck at coding, plus lets see how it works for everyone first you dont have to worry about bricking in Preloader but if its wrong in startpatch your bricked

 

[LightyKD]

Aww, no dol file tonight? well its cool. I can wait a few hours

You may be waiting alittle bit cause theres no room on startpatch for a code this long, will have to make room, i can add patches fine but suck at coding, plus lets see how it works for everyone first you dont have to worry about bricking in Preloader but if its wrong in startpatch your bricked

Its all good... now go get some well deserved rest