Hacking Fatal Frame IV - Patch TestBuild-A

[Oxa]

Team Zero4, has released a test build patch today.

Patch open for testing!

Google for Zero 4 Translation, check their forums, you will need the original disc and it is recommended you have a NAND backup...

The patch runs off a dol file.

Team Zero4:

http://zero4.higashinoeden.com/

 

[Stigmatic]

Awesomeness indeed!

I thought this project was dead, I'll see if I can get it to work.

 

[Oxa]

I think I will wait to the next patch release. I don't want to chance me bricking something. Guinea pigs, gooooo go go! ^__^

 

[WiiPower]

It uses some weird patching process and does NOT describe how it works or at least what it does, but says it's beta and can brick and stuff...

When these people don't even tell what they do, and with which IOS they mess, i can't recommend anybody to try it. Also it *looks* like it will only work with retail discs and modchips, but i can't say for sure, because there's no info what this patching does. Maybe there's some info in the patch package, but i won't download and break law, just to read the readme.

 

[Kurisuellegarden]

These Patches are Unsupported: If you use them, report what happened here. DO NOT USE WITHOUT A BACKUP. As the uninstaller isn't working yet, you will need to manually delete IOS 202 once complete, it's okay to leave it though as long as you don't use it.

How to test: Run the either the dol or elf from the file, and report what happened. Try to run the game, and report whether it ran or not. Instructions are not provided for how to run dol or elf files - if you don't know you probably do not have protection and may end up destroying your Wii.

USER: Tested boot.dol
It downloaded the tickets and installed them. However, the disc is still not recognized by the disc channel on my pal wii v.4.1E[/quote

I'm guessing it installs tickets and does something with IOS 202, and they said they need someone who can run the game through the "Disc Channel" so maybe this patch might work with people with cIOSCORP installed?

 

[WiiPower]

I'm guessing it installs tickets and does something with IOS 202, and they said they need someone who can run the game through the "Disc Channel" so maybe this patch might work with people with cIOSCORP installed?

Form what i have head, it uses some kind of hybrid dip module that reads the patched files from sd and the other ones from disc. That's why i think it won't work together with any softmod cIOS. But this info is months old now, i don't know how they do it and i can't see any info on that.

 

[G0dLiKe]

Hm, I was waiting long for this to be released...

Gonna wait a little longer until its safe to use....

 

[PNo4]

Form what i have head, it uses some kind of hybrid dip module that reads the patched files from sd and the other ones from disc. That's why i think it won't work together with any softmod cIOS. But this info is months old now, i don't know how they do it and i can't see any info on that.

Emi admin:

Asking if the patch will work with certain mods, freeloader, homebrew, gecko, etc is OK)
Asking how to install or obtain such mods... is not. That's all. Killbill's question was fine.

Tempus:
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Oh, in that case I can say that all the testing is done via homebrew and that is completely possible to apply the patch to an ISO on your computer rather than on-the-fly. ISO's can be treated in any of the conventional manners you may know of.

So when they release the patchfiles you should be able to use them to patch an iso apparently.

 

[jurai]

I guess they want legit importers to be able to play it too, but instead they're making it a total fiasco, bleh

 

[WiiPower]

Tempus:

Oh, in that case I can say that all the testing is done via homebrew and that is completely possible to apply the patch to an ISO on your computer rather than on-the-fly. ISO's can be treated in any of the conventional manners you may know of.

So when they release the patchfiles you should be able to use them to patch an iso apparently.

Thanks. But it still would be better if they would tell what it does. I guess i just have to wait for a final release until i get more answers. (or i could ask direclty, but i'm too lazy)

 

[jurai]

What the patch will do:

Semi-Technical Description:
The patch will boot from an SD card, and run executable which will intercept and modify the DVD calls from the Wii and pass them through a script which will replace data with data from the SD card located in the same relative directory. This essentially allows loading of game resources by replacing the data with your own on the SD card.

Installation:
Will be simple and easy, should everything work as planned. You will need to download the patch (which may be quite large), and place everything inside the patch folder on the root of an empty SD card of sufficient size. Then, simply go to the Menu: Settings » Data Management » Wii Channels and it will load the file. This is still subject to much change, without notice or guarantee!

Will this work with my backups:
Ha ha, that's a good one. No, this patch will not work with your softmod. No, this patch will not work with your ?backup?. This patch will only run with the game placed inside the Wii disk tray, and being able to do that is both the most difficult and most impressive part of this patch.

fyi since the patch says it will load data off the sd card, and the patch doesn't come with any such data, the testpatch isn't at all a translation release, its just testing his dvd call patches probably

 

[WiiPower]

From what this patching does i would say it's "just" a cIOS that can read from disc and sd card at the same time for game data. From what it says "The patch will boot from an SD card[...]", it sounds like a temporary cIOS like the one from cBoot2. A cBoot2 cIOS wouldn't require to have the trucha bug, and it wouldn't do changes to the nand, especially no dangerous ones. Let's see what these guys are up to.

 

[jurai]

the dol appears to have the patchmii core included, fwiw