ROM Hack RELEASE Arcade Archives DONKEY KONG - No network patch

[hippy dave]

If you run Donkey Kong and have a network connection but Nintendo's servers blocked, it crashes after choosing the game mode and choosing your profile. If you run it in aeroplane mode, there's a nag message to enable the network, but the game works. This patch fixes the crash so you can play without disabling network, and it also removes the nag if you are in aeroplane mode.

Update: to soothe my perfectionism, the patch has been updated to version 2. Now when you get a new top score, a box no longer pops up asking if you want to upload your score online, and the emulation remains uninterrupted. You can just overwrite the old patch if you've got it.

Unzip and copy the DonkeyKongNoNet folder into /atmosphere/exefs_patches/

e: this is for v0 of the game, the only version afaik.

 

[cucholix]

It’s nice to see more people making exefs patches

 

[hippy dave]

It’s nice to see more people making exefs patches

Thanks! I've played around in disassemblers before (used to do a bit of light cracking back in the day) but ghidra's decompilation of functions is a game changer - hopefully will find more fun patches to make.

The limitation I've since discovered for this patch is that when you get a new top score, it still asks you if you want to share it online. Choosing either yes or no still does nothing and returns you to the game tho. Will have another look when I can to see if I can surpress that popup too.

 

[NANASHI89]

Can you do this for other games? Like Doom 2016, and Tales of Vesperia?

 

[hippy dave]

Can you do this for other games? Like Doom 2016, and Tales of Vesperia?

I mean, I'm most likely to do it for games I'm wanting to play, but if I get the hang of it and have the time, anything is possible.

 

[Impossible_Igntiz]

This is soooo definitely needed for the many Arcade Archive games i have and it was so damn annoying to deal with "software crash" error every time, hopefully there's a way to make this patch universal with all of the games if they use the same function calls.

 

[hippy dave]

This is soooo definitely needed for the many Arcade Archive games i have and it was so damn annoying to deal with "software crash" error every time, hopefully there's a way to make this patch universal with all of the games if they use the same function calls.

Which other ones have the same crash? I don't think they all do, I can start Donkey Kong Jr without a problem. I notice that one has received a game update tho.

 

[JFizDaWiz]

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[masagrator]

Can you do this for other games? Like Doom 2016, and Tales of Vesperia?

Why? Those games don't need network to work properly.

 

[SodaSoba]

This is awesome it could be excellent for future game preservation when servers eventually go offline (as they usually tend to)

 

[NANASHI89]

Why? Those games don't need network to work properly.

Some of us want to run the game without having to use Airplane Mode and Bluetooth Controller.

 

[masagrator]

Some of us want to run the game without having to use Airplane Mode and Bluetooth Controller.

? This doesn't make any sense. And what "without having to use [...] Bluetooth Controller" has anything to do with this mod?

 

[NANASHI89]

? This doesn't make any sense. And what "without having to use [...] Bluetooth Controller" has anything to do with this mod?

In order to play a backup of Vesperia on a hacked console, you need to activate Airplane mode before starting, or it will kick you back to the Switch home menu. And in order to use a pro controller on Airplane mode, you need to activate the "Bluetooth controller" option.

Same with Doom 2016. If you want to play Story Mode, you need to activate Airplane mode before starting, or else, it won't appear on the game's main menu.

A patch similar to to what OP created would negate the need for Airplane mode.

 

[masagrator]

In order to play a backup of Vesperia on a hacked console, you need to activate Airplane mode before starting, or it will kick you back to the Switch home menu. And in order to use a pro controller on Airplane mode, you need to activate the "Bluetooth controller" option.

Same with Doom 2016. If you want to play Story Mode, you need to activate Airplane mode before starting, or else, it won't appear on the game's main menu.

A patch similar to to what OP created would negate the need for Airplane mode.

Well, this is just inconvenience, not something game breaking.
This game literally crashes if Nintendo servers are blocked.

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Wait, i didn't read about Vesperia carefully.
You mean legal copies or you are talking about pirates?

 

[hippy dave]

Version 2 of the patch has been uploaded to the first post, game no longer asks if you want to share a new top score online.

 

[RY0M43CH1Z3N]

Thanks!

 

[hippy dave]

So the Arcade Archives and ACA Neo Geo games all use this same ranking code that I've found the patches for. I'm thinking of gradually working on a collection of patches for at least whichever ones crash without aeroplane mode, but it's a long list to work through, if anyone has specific requests let me know.

 

[M7L7NK7]

I wish there was a work around for Faeria

 

[hippy dave]

I wish there was a work around for Faeria

Apparently "Every action performed by the AI is calculated on our servers, then sent back to you" so there's no way it would be playable offline.

 

[M7L7NK7]

Apparently "Every action performed by the AI is calculated on our servers, then sent back to you" so there's no way it would be playable offline.

Thats why I wished rather than asked haha, it's disappointing