[FIX] Fixed Heart Gold (U) (No$)

Klldarkness · Mar 16, 2010

Just to let everyone know, that when it comes to "events" only 48 readable memory changes occur, all in the 09A4**** to 09A8**** memory region. Every other code in the game changes during moving and other things not classified as an event. If it's somewhere, it's in that memory region.

Tencros · Mar 16, 2010

OllyMonster said:

What We Think We Know
last update: 7:03 PM CST March 15

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OMG WHEN WILL THE WORKING PATCH BE OUT?
As soon as the people working on it stop being spammed and can concentrate for long enough to find one.

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RARELY CRASHING DOES NOT MEAN WORKING PERFECTLY.
THOSE "RANDOM" CRASHES TYPICALLY FOLLOW THE 24 EVENT PATTERN.

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CURRENTLY WORKING:
(These do have occassional freezes, but very rare.)

Acekards work most of the time.
CycloDS.
Latest version of Desmume can play the game.
No$GBA has a fix which makes the game playable.

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THE PROBLEM:

- We do not know specifically how this AP works.
- The <8000h thing is currently suspected to be the cause (like in Spirit Tracks).
- May be based on the cards having too much RAM.
- Might be fixed with new flashcard firmware.

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THINGS THAT DO NOT WORK:

- Asking if there is a patch yet.
- Spamming card manufacturers. They know already.
- Buying the game (Nintendo has won if you do).
- Giving up.
- Unpacking the rom, deleting guru2.narc, and epacking
- Trying to patch a different variable into the event counter (at least, I couldn't make it work)
- Using the (J) patch
- Copying English text into the Japanese ROM (games are different)
- Patching with Arm7 from: Sim City(J), Bowser's inside story(U), and Yugio 2010 World Champion(U), N+
- Removing or making a dummy overlay 128 file
- Copying the Japanese patched Arm 7 or Arm 9 to it
- Trying to move US files to JP one, to use that JP fix
- Moving data folder from US to the patched JP rom
- Trying to patch ARM7 with JP HG/SS one, Platinum one, D/P one
- Resetting event counter
- Trying to patch ARM9 with JP HG/SS one, Platinum one, D/P one
- Replacing all the 00 00 00 46 in the rom by 00 00 00 00
- A lot of AR codes
- Unchecking DMA and reset
- Inserting patched JP overlays (increased number of events before freeze, but still failed)
- Deleting overlays
- Gamereviews fix (all of them)
- Bad dump theory
- Chinese patch, this was the first HGSS japanese patch
- Patch.exe (by Rudolph)
- ARM7 fix (any of them)
- ARM9 fix (any of them)
- Deleting walls
- Somehow stealing the Acekard firmware
- Buying an Acekard (a fix might be out by the time you get it)
- Trusting people named ChaOs

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EVENT INFO:

Freezes happen based on events. The more gym badges you have, the less time it takes to freeze.
These are not based on which badges you have, but how many.
For example, 1, 2, and 4 would provide the same event result as 1, 2, and 3.

Badges/Events - 
0 badges: 24 events
1 badge: 21 events
2 badges: 15 events
3 badges: 3 events
4+ badges: Rumored to be unplayable. (Save will not load)
7 badges: Rumored to make allow more events. (Does not work 99% of time)

- This matches with the equation y = -(1/2)*x^3 - (5/2)*x + 24 and with y = 27 - 3*(2^x) and certainly with some other ones.
- With this "events" needed we can think there is a countdown, each event add -1 to a var who doesn't support value below 1, that can explain the countdown crashes and the fact that the game won't start if the value is negative. If it's right, a AR code who lock this var must work.

Events include:
Saving, entering new areas, walking through doors, cutscenes, looking at your party, using cut, using bag items, battles, wild peokemon, using pokegear

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ABOUT ANTIPIRACY:

- Different from Japanese AP
- Different than other games.
- Not solely GFX based.
- May be similar Spirit Tracks.
- It's pissing us all off.
- Might not be completely ROM based.

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POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS:

- Try to know why it works on AKAIO 1.6 RC1, we need some dev of this firware to help us understand
- Try to find where this equation is stored, if it exists
- Try to find where the "countdown" is stored, it appears that they are multiple var
- Try to Hex read the ROM and/or the files in the ROM in order to find new interesting things
- Ask to yourself : why it works with official games, and not on our flashcards?

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TEMPORARY FIXES:

- Using an emulator.
- Using an editor to take off several badges.
- Using an Acekard.
- Waiting patiently and not spamming anybody.

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LIST OF DEVICES:

Working (about 95%):
- Acekard2i w/ AKAIO Firmware
- DeSmuME 0.9.5
- NO$GBA With Fix
- CycloDS

Vaguely working (still have freezing issue, which makes them unplayable after a point):
* You will have to save every 2 minutes at the beginning, and every 15 or so seconds after the third badge
- R4i SDHC (RTS) w/ Firmware 2.6f
- EDGE w/ Firmware 1.8
- M3/G6 DS Real w/ Firmware 4.7h or newest Sakura
- Supercard DSOne Evolution OS
- DeSmuME 0.9.5 x64
- Supercard Lite (Slot 2 card)
- M3 Pro/Lite (Slot 2 card)
- M3i Zero

Confirmed Not Working on the Following Cards (Some might somewhat work):
- M3DS Real [Unreported Firmware]
- DSTT w/ Firmware 1.17a07
- DS One w/ EOS SP1 
- R4 
- All reported R4DS cards and clones, although, there have been some reports that the latest 1.31 firmware works.

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POKESAV FIX:

On the Computer Fix:
1. Download Windows Enabler from http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/speedload/enabler_files/windows_enabler.zip
2. Extract and run.
3. It shows up on the taskbar (by the clock) as several windows.
4. Click it (it will show that it's on)
5. Download the full Pokesav version from ProjectPokemon.org.
6. Extract and run.
7. Select your sav file and open.
8. Click the events button at the bottom left. It will no longer be greyed out. Click again.
10. Click the badges to remove the grey out.
11. Remove badges which you do not need (try to keep only one on at a time, two max).
12. Click ok and Save from the main screen.

On the DS Fix: (does not work for all)
1. Download Pokesav-DS from ProjectPokemon.org
2. Extract. Copy HomebrewMenu and your choice of PokeSav to your card.
3. Open HomebrewMenu on your DS.
4. Find and open your sav file.
5. Edit out your badges.
6. Save.

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NO$GBA FIX (to make the game sort of work):

Fix 1 (You have to do this on each boot up of no$gba.):
1. Open No$gba
2. Hit F2 (for cheats menu)
3. Click Add New and paste in the code (020DD9E4 E1A00000).
4. Check ActionReplay.
5. Click Save.
6. Double click on the box next to the AR logo to activate the code.

Fix 2 (Doesn't work for many, but confirmed for others):
- Required: No$GBA 2.6a + No$Zoomer 2.3.0.2 + the BIOS & Firmware.bin (biosnds7.rom and biosnds9.rom)
1. First, open any game (HG or SS).
2. Go to No$GBA --> Options --> Emulation Setup (or with F11).
3. On the Reset/Startup Entry point choose GBA Bios (Nintendo Logo) and click OK.
4. Now go to No$GBA options again and click SAVE OPTIONS. This way you won't have to do it everytime you start No$GBA.
5. Go to File -> Open on No$Zoomer or simply press F12.
6. Open your game again. RESET function won't work, as you will get a rom image crash.
7. Choose your game just like you would do it on a real DS.

*For no$gba to recognize a save, the save must be in the "BATTERY" folder.

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PEOPLE WORKING ON A FIX:

- M3 Team
- R4 Ultra Team
- Supercard Team
- Xenophobia (Maybe)
- Many Forums
- ...and countless others.

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CREDIT:

From Various Sources.
Most recent editting and organizing by OllyMonster.

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=213557&st=1215&p=2665569&#entry2665569
Another great recap post.

Something wrong? Something new? PM OllyMonster to add it.

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Big thank you! This sums up and tells me everything I wanted to know...

About this AP... It is some kind of weird system that is well hidden and a genius idea with a simple job.
And it gives me creeps like I saw a nightmarish 10 meter tall monster staring at me... :-\

Tanks and good luck to everyone working on this! There's a lot of spammers/trolls/nerds/people starving for these games... ;D

A question about saves: If I play this protected ROM and at some point it becomes unplayable, can I just rename my save file to the new fixed ROM when it comes out and continue to play from where I was with the AP protection afflicted ROM?

gamma789 · Mar 16, 2010

demagog said:

Not sure if this is common knowledge, but when using no$gba, if you save the game, then save the state, when it crashes you won't lose your saved data. Simply load the state you saved, and the game will restart and you'll be able to pick up where you last saved (inside the game) since your last save state.
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I think save state feature in No$gba is not fully worked yet,Try DeSmuME 0.9.5 if you want, it has save state feature worked

mikeac · Mar 17, 2010

Can you make this guide more specific? Eg. title would be "No$GBA Fix: Pokemon HG/SS (U)" since you don't exactly include Soulsilver in the title.

^^^^^^^STICKY. Or add to the HG/SS release thread.

Off topic:
Nice name bickdutt. Sounds like you switched the first letter of two words :

gargantua · Mar 17, 2010

Haha man, I don't understand any of this. So when I get the save error or whatnot, I change it to FLASH 512, and GBA BIOS? Then do i go to file, cartridge select(filename) and click the the HG file? I did this and it said, rom-image crashed

meganova · Mar 17, 2010

gargantua said:

Haha man, I don't understand any of this. So when I get the save error or whatnot, I change it to FLASH 512, and GBA BIOS? Then do i go to file, cartridge select(filename) and click the the HG file? I did this and it said, rom-image crashed
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Just insert the AR codes, no need to change the entrypoint to Bios, and the savetype.

gargantua · Mar 17, 2010

WEll i did insert the AR codes, it still shows a blackscreen after he goes "on to your journey or w/e" and my character shrinks, its all black but i hear sound. Ill try it, so I just put in the AR codes, nothing else?

meganova · Mar 17, 2010

Make sure you're using the right codes.

gargantua · Mar 17, 2010

020DD9E4 E1A00000
020D3820 E1A00000

im correct, right?

jnguyen796 · Mar 17, 2010

DOES THIS WORK FOR R4 ?!

meganova · Mar 17, 2010

If that doesn't work, try using SS AR codes.
Some people says the HG AR codes didn't work on HG, but SS yes.

Make sure you enabled it after putting those codes.

Fix 1 (You have to do this on each boot up of no$gba.):
1. Open No$gba
2. Hit F2 (for cheats menu)
3. Click Add New and paste in the code (020DD9E4 E1A00000).
4. Check ActionReplay.
5. Click Save.
6. Double click on the box next to the AR logo to activate the code.
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gargantua · Mar 17, 2010

So...i activate them before the gamefreak into thing starts right?
Post Merge: [time]1268799011[/time]
ok i got it to work, but it is extremely slow, is that normal?

meganova · Mar 17, 2010

Check whether the EX5 on EXTRA option was activated.

flatoutvincent · Mar 17, 2010

this code 020DD9E4 E1A00000
020D3820 E1A00000
up above is only the black screen right not the crashing?

gargantua · Mar 17, 2010

meganova wheres the EX5??? on extra?

shadshaddo · Mar 17, 2010

am i supposed 2 put in the AR code?

corprlfish · Mar 17, 2010

Could someone do all that fancy unpacking and deleting and repacking or whatever then upload a file with it all done?

I'm not good at this sort of thing =(

jaimyinthahouse · Mar 17, 2010

indeed

meganova · Mar 17, 2010

Just follow what OllyMonster has posted, it is simple and easy to follow.

@ gargantua: right click, and then go to 'Other'

G1 Nitro · Mar 17, 2010

Is there anyway to fix how it crashes after the fourth gym because I saved after I beat the gym leader and now i can't play it anymore.Please help

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