Yet another help request...

[newuser10]

Hi, I am trying to make cheats (AR Max, CB) work with Soccer Life 2, and its proving more difficult than expected:

- found codes on Gamefaqs and another site
(i.e. ARMAX master: EC9D8530 1456E79B
max.money: 1C3F20C0 17E9C70C)

- used Omniconvert: input AR Max, output unencrypted/raw
(the codes in the example below didnt change, so were already raw?)

- used PCSX2CE: CRC (as found in log, deleting the starting "0x") 18EF8000

Pnach file created and stored in /cheats
"gametitle=Soccer Life 2
patch=1,EE,EC9D8530,extended,1456E79B
patch=1,EE,1C3F20C0,extended,17E9C70C"

- now I reload the game or reboot and I see always in the log:
"No cheats found. Resuming execution without cheats..."

I tried with different codes for CB 7, and then CB 6, converting them (this time they changed) and tried including them together or one by one. Same no result.

If anyone can help suggesting what I am doing wrong, would be greatly appreciated! I had this game on PS2 and dont really want to start over again from 0 (still figuring out a way to port my memory card 2 data to the PC, but that's another story

[DaTankAC]

As Windows for some reason loves to hide extensions, try making sure your pnach file isn't really written as ??????.pnach.txt. That extra txt will make the file not work.

[vsub]

After you check what DaTankAC suggested,fix your code too.
That's not ARMAX...AXMAX encrypted codes don't look like that at all.

The codes are using Action Replay v1 encryption
1C3F20C0 17E9C70C - AR v1
to
20A89F98 05F5E0FF - RAW

[newuser10]

Thank you both. I managed to get the code accepted (source stated wrongly that it was armax) and the game now recognizes it. I added a second and I see the effect in the game too. Next I will play around with artmoney to find new editable stuff.