Cheats don’t work

[Gaiamoon]

Hi everyone!!

I have a lil issue with the cheats.  I used a bunch of cheats for some games to test them out, and it turns out that the only cheats that work are the cheats what start with “20”, so any cheat that starts with anything other than 20 just won’t work.  I went into a site full of cheats and gathered some that started with numbers different than 20, such as “00” or “04”, but these didn’t work.  So I did some research, and it turns out that you can actually change the “04”/“00” numbers to a “20” and it’s supposed to work, but when I tried it out myself, I got 0 results.  I’m not sure what to do to make my cheats work, I also see a lot of tutorials on YouTube where the person uses cheats that don’t even start with “20” and they still work perfectly fine, so I’m not sure what’s going on.  Can anybody help me please?  Thanks!!!

[BloodRaynare]

Can you post the codes here?

[Gaiamoon]

Can you post the codes here?

Sure!

this code does not work, it doesnt start with a 20:

//Quick Exp Gain by Code Master, PhoenixZero
patch=1,EE,10425D60,extended,0000FFFF

this code does work, and it starts with 20:
//No Random Battles by Codejunkies
patch=1,EE,202CDFF8,extended,00000000

[Rebel521]

The number that codes start with has nothing to do with whether they work or not. Codes that start with 2 are writing the entire value (full word)to the specified address. Codes that start with 1 write half word.

example:

202CDFF8 xxxxxxxx writes all value represented by x
10425D60 0000xxxx writes all value represented by x
00123456 000000xx writes all value represented by x

This code: patch=1,EE,10425D60,extended,0000FFFF which is for Xenosaga 1 is specific to character Ziggy. Are you sure that you are trying to use it for Ziggy?

[Gaiamoon]

The number that codes start with has nothing to do with whether they work or not. Codes that start with 2 are writing the entire value (full word)to the specified address. Codes that start with 1 write half word.

example:

202CDFF8 xxxxxxxx writes all value represented by x
10425D60 0000xxxx writes all value represented by x
00123456 000000xx writes all value represented by x

This code: patch=1,EE,10425D60,extended,0000FFFF which is for Xenosaga 1 is specific to character Ziggy. Are you sure that you are trying to use it for Ziggy?

lol ur right, i didnt read it correctly and thought it applied to all characters, my bad.  But I do have another issue.  Another xenosaga 1 code is the "enemies dont move" code:

patch=1,EE,2A0B2827,extended,0C0B2E84
patch=1,EE,2A8B2820,extended,0C0B2E84

i got this cheat from almar's guides, but it doesnt wortk, any ideas why?

[Rebel521]

The codes were encrypted (codebreaker version 1). Encrypted codes must be decrypted in order to work on PCSX2. I haven't seen that code for Xenosaga 1 before so I am not sure if it will work. Here is the decrypted version of the code.

patch=1,EE,202CDAC0,extended,0C0B2E84
patch=1,EE,202CDB40,extended,0C0B2E84

[Gaiamoon]

The codes were encrypted (codebreaker version 1). Encrypted codes must be decrypted in order to work on PCSX2. I haven't seen that code for Xenosaga 1 before so I am not sure if it will work. Here is the decrypted version of the code.

patch=1,EE,202CDAC0,extended,0C0B2E84
patch=1,EE,202CDB40,extended,0C0B2E84

what can i use to decrypt them?

[Rebel521]

There is a program called Omniconvert. It will allow you to decrypt codes. Make sure you have the CORRECT encryption input (codebreaker, gameshark, ARMax ect) and set output to RAW/unencrypted.

[Gaiamoon]

There is a program called Omniconvert. It will allow you to decrypt codes. Make sure you have the CORRECT encryption input (codebreaker, gameshark, ARMax ect) and set output to RAW/unencrypted.

gotcha, thanks!

one last thing.  For budokai 3, i put in the "unlock everything" code:

//Unlock Everything (Skill Capsules, Characters, Etc) by jose_rican_mix
patch=1,EE,EE01DB0A,extended,60ABD47F
patch=1,EE,EE01DB06,extended,F0CBD466

for some reason this code does not work, im pretty sure its decrypted.  Any ideas why?

[Rebel521]

I'm pretty sure that code is encrypted/incorrect. When having problems with codes, please post the codes before you try to decrypt them as well as the source where you found them. Try this instead.

patch=1,EE,2026A2B0,extended,34020009
patch=1,EE,2026A2B4,extended,A0620000