[JonahUK]

Apparantly, there are two offsets that need patching. @Asure mentioned something about another offset present in some eboots.

[Asure]

Depending on the game/sdk, there are at least two. The checks are real close to eachother, you can see them if you compare a duplex eboot with an original one. Get the main check, then a few bytes further on, there's the second one.

Now the crap part, newer SDK has the 'nag you to death about updates' check(s) and those are trough the whole eboot. You know the screen that pops up suddenly during gameplay "an update is available, to continue blah blah must install bla bla?"

I don't really know ASM so i can't tell you how to find/patch those checks, but it would require a decent skilled hacker with IDA who works his way trough the whole binary. There's no string of code that you can just 'search & replace' for these newer checks/popups.. They use functions not available in older firmware.

These are the generic checks:

13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 xx yy -> 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34 00
13 BC C5 F6 00 00 00 01 00 xx yy -> 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34 00
13 BC C5 F6 00 00 84 00 00 xx yy -> 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 84 00 00 34 00
13 BC C5 F6 00 00 90 00 00 xx yy -> 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 90 00 00 34 00
1B 43 4C EC 00 00 00 04 00 xx yy -> 1B 43 4C EC 00 00 00 04 00 34 00

The 1B 43 4C EC is the new one. This is usually found along with the popup/nag update thingy, which causes games to 'randomly freeze' during gameplay. (Sleeping Dogs, AC3 and Angry Birds trilogy have this for example. We can't fix those yourself easily.)

[JonahUK]

EDIT:

Already posted as I was writing. lol.

[baargle]

Originally Posted by JonahUK For the eboots, are you patching ALL sys_proc_param checks?

As DEFAULTDNB said...

[Xterminater07]

so should we remove the little big planet karting and wait for a proper patch?

[pthomsdk]

Originally Posted by Asure Depending on the game/sdk, there are at least two. The checks are real close to eachother, you can see them if you compare a duplex eboot with an original one. Get the main check, then a few bytes further on, there's the second one. Now the crap part, newer SDK has the 'nag you to death about updates' check(s) and those are trough the whole eboot. You know the screen that pops up suddenly during gameplay "an update is available, to continue blah blah must install bla bla?" I don't really know ASM so i can't tell you how to find/patch those checks, but it would require a decent skilled hacker with IDA who works his way trough the whole binary. There's no string of code that you can just 'search & replace' for these newer checks/popups.. They use functions not available in older firmware. These are the generic checks: 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 xx yy -> 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34 00 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 00 01 00 xx yy -> 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34 00 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 84 00 00 xx yy -> 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 84 00 00 34 00 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 90 00 00 xx yy -> 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 90 00 00 34 00 1B 43 4C EC 00 00 00 04 00 xx yy -> 1B 43 4C EC 00 00 00 04 00 34 00 The 1B 43 4C EC is the new one. This is usually found along with the popup/nag update thingy, which causes games to 'randomly freeze' during gameplay. (Sleeping Dogs, AC3 and Angry Birds trilogy have this for example. We can't fix those yourself easily.)

@Asure if you manage to find "a decent skilled hacker with IDA" could you ask him nicely to have a look at Ratchet&Clank Trilogy to patch the one time check when the games are started?

[JonahUK]

From what @Asure stated:

FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 36" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 00 01 00 36" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 84 00 00 36" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 90 00 00 36" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "1B 43 4C EC 00 00 00 04 00 00 36" "1B 43 4C EC 00 00 00 04 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 37" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 00 01 00 37" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 84 00 00 37" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 90 00 00 37" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "1B 43 4C EC 00 00 00 04 00 00 37" "1B 43 4C EC 00 00 00 04 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 40" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 00 01 00 40" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 84 00 00 40" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 90 00 00 40" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "1B 43 4C EC 00 00 00 04 00 00 40" "1B 43 4C EC 00 00 00 04 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 41" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 00 01 00 41" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 84 00 00 41" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 90 00 00 41" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "1B 43 4C EC 00 00 00 04 00 00 41" "1B 43 4C EC 00 00 00 04 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 42" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 00 01 00 42" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 84 00 00 42" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 00 90 00 00 42" "24 13 BC C5 F6 00 33 00 00 00 34"
FixELF.exe EBOOT.ELF "1B 43 4C EC 00 00 00 04 00 00 42" "1B 43 4C EC 00 00 00 04 00 00 34"

Replace each section in TAER with the above, however, the "update nag" bit will need more work!

[DEFAULTDNB]

Surely turning off your internet while you play would prevent it from finding an update and thus stop nagging you?

R&C is a single player game isn't it? so why not try that? EDIT: or is it a PSN game?

The game cant demand that you have to be connected to the internet in order to play. Otherwise people with no internet would be screwed.

[Xterminater07]

Originally Posted by DEFAULTDNB Surely turning off your internet while you play would prevent it from finding an update and thus stop nagging you? R&C is a single player game isn't it? so why not try that? The game cant demand that you have to be connected to the internet in order to play. Otherwise people with no internet would be screwed.

defaultdnb, so the patch for little big planet karting on front page doesn't work? Modifying original eboot for 1.0 doesn't work either?

[JonahUK]

Originally Posted by DEFAULTDNB Surely turning off your internet while you play would prevent it from finding an update and thus stop nagging you?

That could be a workaround maybe?

Find the check for "internet enabled" to always return FALSE, no more update nag!

Seriously though, these checks will be used more and more so 3.55 will eventually be useless for games.