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Arisotura |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 163 Posts: 297/9020 EXP: 56271255 Next: 216389 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 4 min. ago Last view: 4 min. ago |
There are so many cool things we could do in SMG hacking, like adding planets, zones, galaxies etc... but Wiiscrubber's limitations keep us from doing them.
Wiiscrubber only supports the basic extract/replace file manipulation. It needs to reparse the whole filesystem after a file is replaced, which is annoying. Oh also, it's closed-source, so we can't even try to improve it. Closed-source has no place in the world of ROM hacking. Wiiscrubber must die. Blarg, enough of this already. This thread isn't for bashing someone else's work, but introduce a new Wii archive/ISO manipulation tool. I've called: WiiExplorer. Here's a screenshot of the basic design: As a start, WiiExplorer will support Wii ISOs and RARC files. Support for more archive formats may be added later on. It'll support the following features: * of course, exporting and replacing existing files, but also directories * creating new empty directories * importing existing files/directories * renaming and deleting files/directories Support for advanced filesystem manipulation should open many more possibilities in SMG hacking, and Wii hacking in general. There may also be support for a certain patch system, where the differences between the current filesystem and a reference filesystem are stored to a patch file. The patch file could then either be exported to a Riivolution patch or be patched to a clean ISO. Oh, about ISOs. WiiExplorer won't resign ISOs or anything like that. Dolphin doesn't care about signatures. If you can load ISOs in your Wii, it probably won't care either, but that practice is frowned upon and not widely supported because it is often likened to piracy. ____________________ NSMBHD - Kafuka - Jul melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is zafkflzdasd |
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Normal user Level: 26 Posts: 7/129 EXP: 96179 Next: 6096 Since: 07-08-12 Last post: 3342 days ago Last view: 2314 days ago |
Before you start re-inventing the wheel you might want to see if not Wiimms ISO Tools satisfies your needs. I haven't really used it my self, but as far as I can tell, it can do all the things you mentioned. |
Arisotura |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 163 Posts: 298/9020 EXP: 56271255 Next: 216389 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 4 min. ago Last view: 4 min. ago |
Oh, I forgot mentioning that.
Headache-inducing command-line crap. Bleh. And it doesn't even allow adding one file easily. Perhaps it does, but from what I get, the steps are really too complex for this kind of operation. ____________________ NSMBHD - Kafuka - Jul melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is zafkflzdasd |
Dirbaio |
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Retired staff Level: 30 Posts: 120/184 EXP: 163862 Next: 2007 Since: 07-07-12 From: Spain Last post: 3747 days ago Last view: 2144 days ago |
Posted by blank I checked it out and it seems it can extract files, but it can't add or modify them. And if it can, the documentation does a really terrible job at communicating it And it's a command-line tool ____________________ Cool Stuff: Dirbaio.net (my boring site) - The NSMB Hacking Domain - Kuribo64 - ABXD DevBoard |
Arisotura |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 163 Posts: 299/9020 EXP: 56271255 Next: 216389 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 4 min. ago Last view: 4 min. ago |
Posted by Dirbaio That's basically what I wanted to say. Either that, or the usage of this tool is really overcomplicated. Someone in IRC mentioned an ADD command, but according to the doc, it doesn't exist. So blarg. ____________________ NSMBHD - Kafuka - Jul melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is zafkflzdasd |
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Normal user Level: 26 Posts: 9/129 EXP: 96179 Next: 6096 Since: 07-08-12 Last post: 3342 days ago Last view: 2314 days ago |
I know you can extract an entire ISO, change and add files, and the rebuild the ISO, so adding and changing files are certainly possible. Whether there exists some easy commands to replace or add files to an already exsisting ISO, I don't know.
As for it being a command line tool, I'd say that's a good thing, but I guess that's a matter of opinion . |
Arisotura |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 163 Posts: 300/9020 EXP: 56271255 Next: 216389 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 4 min. ago Last view: 4 min. ago |
Posted by blank This is nice but not fast enough for what I want. Rebuilding a whole ISO sounds like it takes time. I don't want to wait that long every time I experiment something. ____________________ NSMBHD - Kafuka - Jul melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is zafkflzdasd |
Xane123 |
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Member Normal user Level: 14 Posts: 24/33 EXP: 12288 Next: 783 Since: 10-24-12 From: Edinburg, VA Last post: 4186 days ago Last view: 1539 days ago |
:awsum: Arisotura, first post: Well, the screenshot looks promising Also, Rest of discussion: Command line really is annoying compared to normal programs. Some of the programs I run don't even have help in the command line! ____________________ Doom II: The Monster Invasion | Doomworld | YouTube | Twitter |
Arisotura |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 163 Posts: 330/9020 EXP: 56271255 Next: 216389 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 4 min. ago Last view: 4 min. ago |
Xane123 |
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Member Normal user Level: 14 Posts: 25/33 EXP: 12288 Next: 783 Since: 10-24-12 From: Edinburg, VA Last post: 4186 days ago Last view: 1539 days ago |
OK. Still, it's cool you're making another program of your own! ____________________ Doom II: The Monster Invasion | Doomworld | YouTube | Twitter |
Shane2100AD |
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Dupe of AstralShane5000. Banned for security reasons. Level: 11 Posts: 1/20 EXP: 5791 Next: 194 Since: 11-02-12 Last post: 4154 days ago Last view: 4137 days ago |
Will this be compatible with GameCube games? I've been using "GameCube Image Rebuilder" and having to rebuild the the image every time I want to test a edit is a pain.
Thanks, Shane. |
Arisotura |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 163 Posts: 344/9020 EXP: 56271255 Next: 216389 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 4 min. ago Last view: 4 min. ago |
Shane2100AD |
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Dupe of AstralShane5000. Banned for security reasons. Level: 11 Posts: 2/20 EXP: 5791 Next: 194 Since: 11-02-12 Last post: 4154 days ago Last view: 4137 days ago |
Posted by Mega-Mario Thanks; WiiExplorer would become the ultimate hacking tool when it does. Meanwhile, is there any tool that deals with GameCube ISOs in the manner that WiiScrubber does? (Mainly the ability to replace a smaller file with a larger file.) Also, this may sound dumb, but do you use NetBeans to code your Java apps? Thanks, Shane. |
Arisotura |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 163 Posts: 346/9020 EXP: 56271255 Next: 216389 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 4 min. ago Last view: 4 min. ago |
gridatttack |
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Giant Red Paratroopa K64 RPG Overlord Level: 73 Posts: 38/1416 EXP: 3483784 Next: 2084 Since: 08-11-12 From: El Salvador Last post: 1073 days ago Last view: 1066 days ago |
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Shane2100AD |
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Dupe of AstralShane5000. Banned for security reasons. Level: 11 Posts: 3/20 EXP: 5791 Next: 194 Since: 11-02-12 Last post: 4154 days ago Last view: 4137 days ago |
Posted by blank Wiimms ISO Tools (WIT) cannot directly patch an ISO, thus it cannot add / delete files. Confirmation from Wiimm directly from here: http://www.mariokartwii.com/5116333-post6.html "My tools don't support direct patching." |
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