[Help] Cheat to unlock all stars in Super Mario Galaxy

[CosmoCortney]

Hello,
ReyVGM has recently asked me if I would mind trying to get a code to unlock all stars in Super Mario Galaxy.
I was wondering that no one has already made that code.
Well, it seems to be a tricky thing. Searching for the number of stars didn't come up with any result. (maybe because of pointers?)
Later I tried getting all stars of one level in there case each level has its own slot for the amount of collected stars.
Again, no results.

What else could be done to find the address we are looking for?

[lee4]

stars should be flag per stage not by world
something like this
in one world
0 star = 00
1 star = FF
2 stars = FFFF

[CosmoCortney]

Okay, I have made a code to unlock the stars of the Space Junk Galaxy (04F63040 ????????)
But I don't know what value is the right one. The Super Mario Galaxy Wiki says this galaxy has 9 stars. The value FFFFFFFF will only unlock 6 stars.
The address before (80F63040) will modify the number of collected stars. This value is really weird. 0x3E7 (999_dec) does not give me 999 stars. Instead I get 137 stars. 0x1EC6 -> 999 stars.

Don't know if these changes will be saved

[ReyVGM]

Strange, why did you start with Space Junk Galaxy? You need 9 stars to unlock that world I believe.

Anyway, maybe the star addresses spill into the next address? For example, like the first address controls 4 stars of Stage 1, then the next address controls two stars of Stage 1 and two stars of Stage 2.

If you've already unlocked some stars, go outside a world (to the hub, where Rosalina and all the toads are located), if you talk to the black star next to rosalina, he should show you a map. In that map, there's a list of all the stars you've collected per stage. I have a suspicion the addresses will follow the same order as that list.

Some stages have two stars inside. Sometimes because there are two paths that lead to two different stars. Other times due to a special event: a comet appears in that stage and that triggers a minigame event.

Also, after you finish the game, you unlock Luigi and you can collect another set of 120 stars with him (for a total of 240 stars).

[CosmoCortney]

You need 9 stars to unlock that world I believe.

ohh. yea, probably that was ment with that info ^^"

and i've started with that stage because it was one with more than one star to collect and i went through it from the beginning so i could refine the searches better.
However, the 999 stars code unlocks all levels as soon as you have beaten bowser or a boss but can freeze the game when saving. having 121 stars works fine. but the number is not present in the profile select

[ReyVGM]

I tried the "999" stars code, but it crashes the game. I tried enabling the code while on the Hub, and also while starting a new game. Where is the best way to enable the code at?

Also, is this for Europe or USA?

[CosmoCortney]

its for europe. i enabled it when being on the hub

[ReyVGM]

So which is the code that I need to enter? Because it's crashing the game for me, so I must be doing something wrong.

Is it 80F63040 000003E7? On your post you said that's "the one before", but that doesn't look like it comes before "04F63040"?

[CosmoCortney]

04F63040 000003E7 would be the cheat code. I didn't change 80 to the 04-codetype. to prevent any possible crash when saving the game i'd recommend to use something smaller than 000003e7.

[ReyVGM]

Ok I entered 04F63040 000003E7, and also 80F63040 000003E7 and nothing happens. I don't see the number of stars changing to 999. I'm using the pal version, and I'm enabling the codes on the hub world. I even enter some stages to see if that triggers the change, but nothing changes. I also saved the game with the cheat on, and nothing either.

[CosmoCortney]

this is weird..
maybe this code works on profile 1 only

[lee4]

If I'm read this thread correctly

this code 04F63040 FFFFFFFFF Gecko (80F63040 FFFFFFFFF RAW) will unlock all 6 stars for Space Junk Galaxy only

not global count

you need do search samething for each world.

[CosmoCortney]

80F63044 unlocks the stars of space junk galaxy.
80F63040 global count(?)

[lee4]

80F63044 unlocks the stars of space junk galaxy.
80F63040 global count(?)

80F63040 might be total the stars in space junk galaxy

[ReyVGM]

this is weird..
maybe this code works on profile 1 only

Yep, I'm using profile 1 and the codes are not working on my end. Does the list on the map say you have 999 stars or do you see the numbers change in the game? Have you seen if artificially increasing the number of stars allows you to open up any level?

What I want from this code is to be able to get the "luigi unlocked" message which you only get after getting 120 stars and beating the game. The save files available on the net already have him unlocked, so I can't get that message anymore.