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Pontifice · 03-14-2009 01:49 AM

Pnach files are used to:
1.- Store game names
2.- Store game comments
3.- Store Zerogs configuration for that game
4.- Store games patches
4.- Store games cheats
5.- Other things (that "should" not be used)

You could find them in directory /patches/.
They have a name like XXXXXXXX.pnach where XXXXXXXX is the crc.

The pnach file's structure is something like

Code:

gametitle= Game name  [SLXS XXXX] (R) 

comment=

// comment line 

zerogs=00000400

patch=1,EE,003E531E,word,00004370

.....

Patch description:

Code:

patch=1,EE,003E531E,word,00004370

patch    -> it is a patch (:P)

1        -> it is active (1 on - 0 off)

EE       -> affects EE memory ( the other option is IOP don't mess with that)

003E531E -> it is the address affected by the patch

word     -> it is the data's size that will be written starting in the address position (it could be byte,short,word)

00004370 -> it is the data that will be written. NOTE: if the data's size (byte,short,word) is smaller than data written here it will get truncated.

Notes:
all adresses need to start by 0 or 2 (it is the same, 0xxxxxxx and 2xxxxxxx points to the same data)

Raw cheats coul be translated to patches, but only ones starting by 0,1,2. Like this

Code:

003FE82C 00000002    patch=1,EE,003FE82C,byte,00000002

103FE830 00000202    patch=1,EE,003FE82C,short,00000202

203FE834 02020202    patch=1,EE,003FE82C,word,02020202

This codes could be translated because the codes that start by 0,1,2 only writes to memory, the rest do more things and can't be translated directly, if you do, you are doing it wrong, maybe it doesn't broke anything but probably it would do

Not so long ago it was added support to raw cheats in the pnach files.

It was nerver written how to use it, so here it is

Code:

RAW code

D056BADC 0000F7FB

1025C7E8 0000424B

patch=1,EE,D056BADC,extended,0000F7FB

patch=1,EE,1025C7E8,extended,0000424B

NOTES:
Master codes are almost never needed
There is a bug with codes like

Code:

Dxxxxxxx 0010yyyy 

Dxxxxxxx 0020yyyy

Dxxxxxxx 0030yyyy

Exxxxxxx 1yyyyyyy 

Exxxxxxx 2yyyyyyy

Exxxxxxx 3yyyyyyy

At the moment have been implemented almost any code type but ones starting by 8,9,B,F (that don't have sense in pcsx2 or are very hard to program).

Akaruz · 03-14-2009 02:20 AM

its a pity the Exxxxx codes are bugged , since a "few" raw from codebreaker do have the Exxxx ones :/ or you mean just those 6 examples are bugged ?

Pontifice · 03-14-2009 02:23 AM

(03-14-2009 02:20 AM)Akaruz Wrote: its a pity the Exxxxx codes are bugged , since a "few" raw from codebreaker do have the Exxxx ones :/ or you mean just those 6 examples are bugged ?

only that ones

Dxxxxxxx 0000yyyy
Exxxxxxx 0000yyyy
are ok.

the others have been fixed, but for now the fix is not even in SVN

***Bositman*** · 03-14-2009 03:13 AM

Nice post Pontifice, I'll go ahead and add it in the useful links on the FAQ

x86 · 03-14-2009 04:34 AM

This is something I was curious about as well. Thanks.

kevstah2004 · 03-19-2009 11:09 AM

With extended does that mean we can do joker codes like?

//Disable Vsync L3 R3
patch=0,EE,D1CAA102,extended,0000FFFD
patch=0,EE,0023d610,word,03E00008
patch=0,EE,D1CAA102,extended,0000FFFB
patch=0,EE,0023d610,word,27BDFFE0

Pontifice · 03-23-2009 09:26 PM

Yes, it should work, but all with extended, if you uses a extended used it in all the code you translate, like:

//Disable Vsync L3 R3
patch=0,EE,D1CAA102,extended,0000FFFD
patch=0,EE,0023d610,extended,03E00008
patch=0,EE,D1CAA102,extended,0000FFFB
patch=0,EE,0023d610,extended,27BDFFE0

You can mixed normal codes with extended but with different cheats.

kevstah2004 · 03-25-2009 12:00 AM

Do you need to turn analog on? when using L3 or R3 "Use analog mode whenever possible" in LilyPad does pcsx2 automatically start your controller in analog mode or do you have to press the analog button? as I tried the above and it didn't work.

Pontifice · 03-25-2009 08:31 PM

Try this one instead i didn't restore the "2" and the code was wrong
//Disable Vsync L3 R3
patch=0,EE,D1CAA102,extended,0000FFFD
patch=0,EE,2023d610,extended,03E00008
patch=0,EE,D1CAA102,extended,0000FFFB
patch=0,EE,2023d610,extended,27BDFFE0

kevstah2004 · 03-26-2009 03:28 AM

It worked :-) but it slowed the game down to about 2-4fps does this have anything to do with the frame limiter?
I know the code works cos i've used it on my real ps2 with codebreaker and it makes the game run about 4-6 times quicker with scanlines rushing past the screen as well as stopping the videos from playing.

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