ROM Hack Pokepatch 3-in1 Platinum?

[blooddrake]

ok my ez plash 3-1 arrived, and i put the emerald version on my plashcard, will my original platinum cart.. detect?

 

[vvedge]

ok my ez plash 3-1 arrived, and i put the emerald version on my plashcard, will my original platinum cart.. detect?

Since you need to patch pokemon platinum in order to allow migration, NO your original platinum won't detect.
Unless you have an AR and use the AR codes given by Cory

 

[blooddrake]

ah, damn, a well thanks for telling that.

well at least i can acess internet from my ds now

 

[cory1492]

thanks vvedge for helping them out

The cheats do not appear to be working on Platinum and Diamond. I'm using SCDS-1, the cheats DO appear when loading the ROMs but wether activated or inactive they appear to do nothing. Tested with both old 3in1 gba-sized and new 3in1(not plus). Patching the ROMs makes it all work though. What are the cheats doing different from the patch?

EDIT: I noticed cory's post to which you put the link is over 3 weeks old. Pokepatch was updated after that post so maybe cory needs to supply newer cheats?
I tested those codes on an R4 and an AK2, they are definitely working but maybe there is something odd with SCDS1's cheat system that I am not aware of. They are using the 'old' patch method which does not allow for larger SRAM bankswitch code, and thus are only going to work with 3in1. Can you send me your resulting CC file? I'll look and see that it's converter-ed properly and passing that try and verify that SCDS1 supports those code types (though it's entirely possible SC is patching something related too, that gets 'lost' when the patch is applied as it can't find the hex to patch.)
QUOTE(stefanvdl @ May 4 2009, 03:24 PM) When I flash a clean Fire Red rom to the 3-in-1 NOR, the patched Platinum game gives the migration option, but then it says something about an altered DS clock...

This is why I wasn't able to test until vvedge gave me his save recently - you cannot migrate if the DS game's save was initially created on a different DS, there appears to be at least one exception as I was able to use vvedge's diamond save - in your case the exception isn't the rule, either you got the save from someone else or you initialized/created it on a different DS.

If I ever come across a real/physical game card for any of these at used/trashbin prices I'll look into making a loader (dsflashcart+3in1->homebrew->swap in, patch, load retail cart.) Until then (probably sometime around the day hell freezes over), you could always look around for tools to dump the save of the retail game and use it on a ROM, then pop it back into the cart when done.

 

[XP105]

Just a note, but there is a pokesav for platinum now (and it works

). I don't know if this had been mentioned or not, but I thought I'd point it out.

 

[Searinox]

I tested those codes on an R4 and an AK2, they are definitely working but maybe there is something odd with SCDS1's cheat system that I am not aware of. They are using the 'old' patch method which does not allow for larger SRAM bankswitch code, and thus are only going to work with 3in1. Can you send me your resulting CC file? I'll look and see that it's converter-ed properly and passing that try and verify that SCDS1 supports those code types (though it's entirely possible SC is patching something related too, that gets 'lost' when the patch is applied as it can't find the hex to patch.)

http://rapidshare.com/files/230994093/3541.scc.html

Here ya go. Do you have a supercard?

 

[cory1492]

Nope, no supercard here - but I was able to check your output against my own and can confirm that it should be OK. And, as far as I can tell I didn't use any unsupported code types either, though I did find plenty of complaints regarding the .scc file format

(looked at it in a hex editor and it definitely looks a lot less complicated than say, figuring out ARDS code types from the ARDS engine.)

I'll revise the cheat format sometime this week and we'll see if that cures it for DSOne, there are a couple things in those codes I didn't like/wasn't entirely sure about in the first place (like trying to set a register that can't even be set from arm7, where most cheat engines apparently run.)

 

[Searinox]

There's a buncha oddities with the SC cheat engine. Like you sometimes disable all cheats and one stubborn cheat continues to be reapplied, like Zelda's full life cheat.

 

[cory1492]

I guess the other option would be to entirely self-contain the patch code (currently the patcher only 'self-contains' the bankswitch code, other code is patched into arm9) and make the process only activate when a shoulder button is held at startup.

 

[Searinox]

That'll do it. Really anything as long as I don't have to swap ROMs everytime I use a 3in1.

 

[asthegreat]

Hi.
i have a question well the migration code or the patching work in a fake game like emerald but its in a gba flashcard got a scammed too many times
Edit : oh well i tried the code but nothing guess i have to buy a Ez soon

 

[Searinox]

No it won't work with it. I have a bootlegged Sapphire too and the 3in1 code doesn't grant compatibility. Albeit I've not tried patching it for OTHER flashcarts. Presumably the bootlegged Emerald you have saves to SRAM and its scheme isn't too different from the flashcarts out there. By the way from personal experience with 4 bootlegged Pokemon carts, the battery will last 6 months at most. You can still use the GBA backup tool to extract the SAV off your bootleg then migrate on the PC with Pokesav.

 

[Tomy Sakazaki]

You can still use the GBA backup tool to extract the SAV off your bootleg then migrate on the PC with Pokesav.

How do I open the SAV of GBA game on Pokesav? There is any tool like it for generation III games?

 

[cory1492]

Well, I think I have the code pretty much ready then, just a couple small adjustments to the patcher to be made and some questions that need answering. What button, and should the button disable or enable the patch when held at bootup (ie: by default should the patched rom work like an unpatched one, or vice versa?)

Note that even with disabled patch this still will be modifying part of the game that cheat code db resolves game hash/ID from, not sure what things like SC's savelist/reboot patches use to do so.

 

[kazumi213]

Hi cory1492.

I'm following this thread and your progress. So far you're offering:

1 A DS ROM patch to allow migration from several GBA flashcarts. This also allows to unlock NDS pokemon which require an inserted GBA cart in order to appear (dongle method).
2 AR codes which do the same when used on selected DS flashcards + EZ 3-in-1 (only?) on GBA slot.
3 WIP: a revamped DS ROM patch which allow to enable/disable (1) when booting the game.

I would like to ask for a simplification? of 2: could you create AR codes which just activate the dongle method *without* any physical device in GBA slot? Here is a full description of how it works and requirements/limitations. Results are different depending on the "inserted" pokemon GBA game (R/S/E/FR/LG).

Thanks in advance.

 

[Tac 21]

wait... does this only work with 3in1? Because i have an EZ-Flash III, and wanting to know what the capability of this is for. I noticed that someone make work in progress going.

 

[vvedge]

@Tac 21 :
if you're talking about the AR code, then yes it only work for 3in1
if you're talking about the patch then it should work with EZF III
From Cory1492's blog :

I just finished working and testing on this a short while ago - new cards are now supported (EZ I/II/III/IV and Flash Advanced/F2Au.) This marks a huge change in the patching method, making it really simple to add other cards as bankswitching and ROM setup code is known.

VVedge

 

[cory1492]

There is a "dongle method only" code along with the full code (they were merged into the recent cheat code lists in the first "game" placeholder section), test it and let me know if it works (should work with any flashcart that you can boot directly to the ROM on a GBA without a menu of any kind.) In fact, the full code should do the same thing that the dongle method only one does (spoof the FLASH ID check.)

Tac 21, the patcher will work with EZ3 for migration, I tested it myself - you just have to have the ROM as 'last loaded' so it's on EZ3's NOR.

I had hoped I'd have time to finish off the new enable/disable method this week, it's looking like it's not gonna happen though (truly, the work that is left is just testing and about 5 lines of C code.)

 

[Searinox]

Cory I think SELECT is the most appropriate button to hold to activate the patch. So this cheat will be applied even if it's not checked in the cheat menu?

Or do I IPS patch the ROM and then the ROM itself knows to activate 3in1 mode at SELECT on its own?

 

[invinciblemo]

Hmm i got a problem in migration of the pokemon from fire red.
Im using a cyclods and a EZflash IV (mini sd).
The fire red gba rom is the only rom loaded in the NOR of my EZflash IV. And my rom is patch through the EZ client and only add save patch was applied to the rom.
On the menu of the pokemon platinum i can see the option migrate from fire red but after i choose the pokemon i want to migrate is always show save error and no migration was done and it would corrupt both of my pokemon save.
Im i the only 1 facing this problem??