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Pokemon White (Randomized) Anti Piracy #1346

Closed TotalWeakness closed 2 years ago

TotalWeakness commented 2 years ago

Your console: 3DS xl

Launch Method: SD Card - TWiLight Menu++ v23.4.0

Version used: Release

Game tested/used/applicable: Pokemon White (Vanilla) and (Randomized)

Expected Behavior: Both Versions of the game should have launched as normal, with no Anti-Piracy measures.

Actual Behavior: Vanilla Pokemon White Launched as expected, Pokemon White Randomized launched with AP Measures in place.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Load copy of Pokemon White rom into Universal Pokemon Randomizer
  2. Load randomized .nds file onto SD card
  3. Launch Pokemon White (Randomized) through TWiLight Menu++
  4. Game runs like normal, but pokemon can not earn Exp, and after so many battles the game will freeze.

nds-bootstrap.ini

[NDS-BOOTSTRAP] NDS_PATH = sd:/Pokemon - Black Version (USA, Europe) (NDSi Enhanced).nds SAV_PATH = sd:/saves/Pokemon - Black Version (USA, Europe) (NDSi Enhanced).sav BOOST_CPU = 0 DEBUG = 0 LOCK_ARM9_SCFG_EXT = 0 CACHE_FAT_TABLE = 0 BOOST_VRAM = 0 CARD_READ_DMA = 1 ASYNC_CARD_READ = 0 DSI_MODE = 1 SWI_HALT_HOOK = 1 EXTENDED_MEMORY = 0 DONOR_SDK_VER = 5 PATCH_MPU_REGION = 0 PATCH_MPU_SIZE = 0 CONSOLE_MODEL = 2 LANGUAGE = -1 REGION = -2 AP_FIX_PATH = sd:/_nds/nds-bootstrap/apFix.ips

Logs

Other notes

AP-patched games.txt

As noted in the above text file, Pokemon White AP-Patch should be available for both (Randomized) and (Vanilla) for both the US and Eur versions.

RocketRobz commented 2 years ago

The randomized ROM is made in a way that a single AP-fix .ips patch cannot be used, so one is not included in TWLMenu++, and you'll need to manually AP-patch the clean ROM first, before applying the randomized patch.

TotalWeakness commented 2 years ago

The randomized ROM is made in a way that a single AP-fix .ips patch cannot be used, so one is not included in TWLMenu++, and you'll need to manually AP-patch the clean ROM first, before applying the randomized patch.

Where can I find a reliable patch, and what software do I need to use to patch it?

RocketRobz commented 2 years ago

A patch is included in a software called DS-Scene ROM Tool.

TotalWeakness commented 2 years ago

I tried downloading that, but it always says the patch database is unavailable.

RocketRobz commented 2 years ago

Make sure you have a clean unpatched ROM dump first. If it's already clean, where are you downloading the tool from?

TotalWeakness commented 2 years ago

Pretty it's clean, i'll try a second just in case.

https://gbatemp.net/download/retrogamefan-nds-rom-tool-v1-0_b1215.35735/

Thats the link I downloaded from

RocketRobz commented 2 years ago

Hmm, that's the correct one. Make sure you aren't updating any databases either.

TotalWeakness commented 2 years ago

Ok, I just clean installed the Rom Tool, I'll try it again.

Good luck so far, it seem I may have had a pre patched rom, Looks like I may have a clean one now, but I'll post updates

TotalWeakness commented 2 years ago

I had an issue where it would fail to save the patched rom, but I quickly realized it was because I moved the source rom after I had already opened the rom. Exported Successfully, now only to test a randomizer to see if it will work.

TotalWeakness commented 2 years ago

Further Testing will likely be required, but it seems to be working so far. I only had time to test the first battle, and I was able to gain Exp, so it looks promising.