Hacking Metroid Prime Trilogy

mahern4 · Aug 26, 2009

Anyone able to get this game to load off an USB drive? I'm able to get through the menu but when I try to start a game it resets the system. Is there a fix??

Thanks!!

UPDATE -fixed
Wow, many pages and the answer is in the first few posts.

Just pick 'alt dol from disk' in gx or cfg loader. Below it, there will be four alt dols: one for the menu and three others for the games(in Cfg a menu pops up when you load the game). Not using any alt dol should lead you to the menu.

I believe Configurable USB loader works a little better. GX has issues saving the load settings so if you get a black screen use Cfg loader.

You need to make a save file for one of the games before you play it...do this through the menu.

MP3 will not work if you have Cios14 installed. Use a previous release.

Thats it, no weird extraction or anything like that. The alt dols are within the iso file you put on the USB device.. no disk or additional files are physically/additionally needed.
Also, make sure you have the right ISO file. It needs to be 'unscrubbed' and the final size for me was 7.91 gigs. Even with the files in rar format, the size is still over 7gigs.

Update 2
Loading the game as mentioned above will now be displayed in 480p. To get it to run in 480p do this:

From Rypaul-
If you are using the alt dol method then use Neogamma and set the region
options like this
Force video: 480p
Patch video: All

I can actually notice a pretty big difference in the gameplay. I don't think any other USB loader is able to do this. Also, it's actually 'Force video: NTSC480p'....to be exact.

Neogamma thread is here:
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=158884

Thanks Rypaul for this info and Wiipower for loader.

Issue(s)- The only problem I ran into is when you choose a game it automatically chooses 'veteran' difficulty and not 'normal'. I played about an hour of the first game before I realized this...the game's not really that hard. And shit, it's six years old...challenge yourself.

You can use only one save profile.
On the upside to this, you don't have to go through the menu and all the other BS to get to the game. Once you load the game through USB loader it takes you straight to last save point.

Thanks!!! Jabmaster2 and Skater4599 and Rypaul and Wiipower

jabmaster2 · Aug 26, 2009

Use alt dol from
disk.

Skater4599 · Aug 26, 2009

Yes as previous poster replied use an alt-dol method from disc, however i believe there is a dol for each game MP1, MP2 and MP3. so you have to alt-load that dol based on what game your goin to be loading from the menu. Which will require you to rename each of those dols accordingly based on which game your going to play (This is what i gather from other posts/topics, there doesnt seem to be solid info anywhere atm, but once i get my hands on this i will do some extensive testing and reprt findings asap)

Somone please correct me if i am wrong, for all our sakes ^^

sess · Aug 26, 2009

You're correct.

Just tried MP3:C and it doesn't work :/, even with a disc on. Same goes for Multiplayer (didn't find any dol for it though).

Skater4599 · Aug 26, 2009

I've asked in another thread but this one seems more appropriate for these questions.

Has anyone burned this game to a dual layer disc and got it working, what layer break did you use?

Has anyone tried Hermes IOS 222 37 merge 36 and used the block IOS reload option in USB loader GX?

nIxx · Aug 26, 2009

You just need a valid savegame (start the game from Disc) before alt-dol works

mahern4 · Aug 26, 2009

Anyone know where to get the alt dol's other than from the disk?

Skater4599 · Aug 26, 2009

I don't think there is any other place, unless somone who has pulled them off the disc already is willing to share them, but they are illegal and are nintendo code so don't ask for links here.

welshmatt · Aug 26, 2009

Skater4599 said:
Has anyone burned this game to a dual layer disc and got it working, what layer break did you use?

I would like to know this too.

jabmaster2 · Aug 26, 2009

USB loader loader alt dol from disk dosent actually need the disk. It means it looks through the games dols in the program and u just select which dol to use. So u don't have to use wiiscrubber to get the dol. Also yeah I do think like someone said u need a game save first do that kinda sucks.

AdamBrunt · Aug 26, 2009

that's not too bad. IIRC you had to play WSR at least once of a DVD before USB Loaders would recognise it.

So does the game make 1 save game file for all 3 games or 1 each ? ie do I just need to play any of them once or all of them once before alt dol on Loader GX will work ?

WiiPower · Aug 26, 2009

AdamBrunt said:
that's not too bad. IIRC you had to play WSR at least once of a DVD before USB Loaders would recognise it.

Lol, you did not have to. And i think this game is similar, most likely you only need to run the game once normally and let it create a savegame. But do you expect that this is tried from somebody who wants to download the .dol used for "alternative .dol loading from disc"?

imapterodactyl · Aug 26, 2009

Skater4599 said:
I've asked in another thread but this one seems more appropriate for these questions.

Has anyone burned this game to a dual layer disc and got it working, what layer break did you use?

Has anyone tried Hermes IOS 222 37 merge 36 and used the block IOS reload option in USB loader GX?

Works fine burned on dual layer. Could't tell you what the layer break was, as I didn't set it myself. The .iso came with a .dvd that told Imgburn where to put the break.

Skater4599 · Aug 26, 2009

imapterodactyl said:
Skater4599 said:

I've asked in another thread but this one seems more appropriate for these questions.

Has anyone burned this game to a dual layer disc and got it working, what layer break did you use?

Has anyone tried Hermes IOS 222 37 merge 36 and used the block IOS reload option in USB loader GX?

Click to expand...

Works fine burned on dual layer. Could't tell you what the layer break was, as I didn't set it myself. The .iso came with a .dvd that told Imgburn where to put the break.

Thanks for your reply, Is there any chance you could check in imgburn and check your setting for burning this, would be nice to avoid wasting DL expensive coasters if possible ^^

Edit: DarkCamui has an even better idea, can you upload the .dvd file please, id love to have it also thanks

DarkCamui · Aug 26, 2009

imapterodactyl said:
Skater4599 said:

I've asked in another thread but this one seems more appropriate for these questions.

Has anyone burned this game to a dual layer disc and got it working, what layer break did you use?

Has anyone tried Hermes IOS 222 37 merge 36 and used the block IOS reload option in USB loader GX?

Click to expand...

Works fine burned on dual layer. Could't tell you what the layer break was, as I didn't set it myself. The .iso came with a .dvd that told Imgburn where to put the break.

Think you can PM me the .dvd file for the layerbreak? Since it's a very small file it should be no problems.

Thanks

hundshamer · Aug 26, 2009

DarkCamui said:
imapterodactyl said:

Skater4599 said:

I've asked in another thread but this one seems more appropriate for these questions.

Has anyone burned this game to a dual layer disc and got it working, what layer break did you use?

Has anyone tried Hermes IOS 222 37 merge 36 and used the block IOS reload option in USB loader GX?

Click to expand...

Works fine burned on dual layer. Could't tell you what the layer break was, as I didn't set it myself. The .iso came with a .dvd that told Imgburn where to put the break.

Click to expand...

Think you can PM me the .dvd file for the layerbreak? Since it's a very small file it should be no problems.

Thanks

Or he could open the .DVD file with notepad and post the layer break for everyone.

coolbho3000 · Aug 26, 2009

DarkCamui said:
imapterodactyl said:

Skater4599 said:

I've asked in another thread but this one seems more appropriate for these questions.

Has anyone burned this game to a dual layer disc and got it working, what layer break did you use?

Has anyone tried Hermes IOS 222 37 merge 36 and used the block IOS reload option in USB loader GX?

Click to expand...

Works fine burned on dual layer. Could't tell you what the layer break was, as I didn't set it myself. The .iso came with a .dvd that told Imgburn where to put the break.

Click to expand...

Think you can PM me the .dvd file for the layerbreak? Since it's a very small file it should be no problems.

Thanks

I don't think the .dvd file would be copyrighted. It's completely generated by the imgburn?

Xras · Aug 26, 2009

I think since IMGburn is a free program, that doesn't apply here?

DarkCamui · Aug 26, 2009

Oh okey then well then just post the layer break here.

AdamBrunt · Aug 26, 2009

WiiPower said:
Lol, you did not have to. And i think this game is similar, most likely you only need to run the game once normally and let it create a savegame.

Could have sworn that, when the game first came out, you could only see the 'automatic' Motion+ plus video if you loaded the game off disc ?

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