Need help porting codes

[ImNew]

Just asking if its possible to port these NTSC codes to PAL.
http://gamehacking.org/vb/threads/67...ed-Cheat-codes
I've read some topics about porting codes but I don't understand it entirely. Thanks

[dlevere]

http://gamehacking.org/wiki/Generic_...#Porting_Codes

[ImNew]

Thanks! I have ported some codes but they are not working. Action Replay accepts them but they are not working in game. Also how do I port this code 001EE682 ? I can't convert it to ARM code with MAXConvert.

[Pyriel]

That's just the Joker/button mask Address. In order to make it into a code, well, you can't. You need to tell it what button mask to look for, and what condition to test, and it's useless unless it's part of a larger code.

Ported codes don't always work. Sometimes the game has changed, and even a skillfully ported code needs tweaking, and sometimes people are following a method like "the difference between code X in PAL and NTSC is -234, so subtract that from all NTSC codes", which doesn't always work.

Also, people occasionally think the PAL, US and Japan region settings in the conversion tools are for porting. They're not. They just set required flags in the AR MAX verifiers that are embedded into the code. The PAL AR MAX will happily accept a Japanese code, if you set the right bits in the verifier, and it will reject PAL codes if those same bits indicate it's a US code.

[47iscool]

I have ported some codes, best way to do this is find the original value in ASM (I look for the same hex pattern) for say PAL, then look for that same ASM pattern on NTSC or vice versa. But like Pyriel said, they sometimes change the values for instance ZTP V2 Wii.

The most annoying code I ever ported was "Link can use almost anything indoors" for Twilight Princess, this code was only ever made for the GameCube version, I ported it to the Wii ZTP V2. I had to go through over 230 addresses just to find it! Using Dolphin to change a code's value & then see if it works, if not try another one and restart until you find it.