Chao Hacking - SA2B Advanced Hacking with AR

Remeer · Post by **Remeer** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:32 pm

Alright, everyone know how you can put your chao into Tiny chao garden, hack it, then put it back in DX or 2B? You also probably know that you can't hack it 'as well' using just a AR.
Which what I am about to show you, you can!

Non-Optional Requirements:
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle.
GCNcrypt(I can't hotlink to it without this post being marked as spam :P So just google a download)

First off, here is a very long list of things you can do..

Spoiler:

Yes, that is a VERY long list :P. Now, what you want to do, is choose what you want to do, I will use myself as a example.
I want..

My chao to be super strong:
403AD80C 00491563

Have no feet:
403AD80C 0049BA01

And to be green:
403AD80C 0049BC08

So, the code will look like this:
403AD80C 00491563
403AD80C 0049BA01
403AD80C 0049BC08

Now what you want to do is open up GCNcrypt, and paste the code into the left box.
Also, on the bottom right of GCNcrypt you can add a Game ID, add 043 to it and make sure the Game ID checkbox is clicked.
Now click Encrypt.
On the right is your actual AR code!
Now, there are multiple ways to get the code to work:
1. The easiest, with a real AR on a gamecube. Just put it on, and there you go!
2. A homebrew'd wii, and a Dolphin emulator. This way, you don't even need a real AR.

For the Wii method, what you want to do is find a Memorycard manager for the Wii. Put your Chao save onto the SD card.
Put the save on your PC, and make it work with Dolphin. Put the cheats into Dolphin, load up SA2B, go into Chao Garden, leave (To save the game), then take the save from Dolphin, and put it back in your Wii, then your Memorycard.
I will expand on these steps with links(If I can post any without being flagged), and make it more readable and understandable in a while. Right now I'm feeling lazy.

Now, if something goes wrong (Codes crash the game, something doesn't do what it's supposed to), let me know. I will try to fix the code up for you.
As it is, I found most of the offsets(the raw codes) myself, but did not bother to test all of them. In a little while I will spend more time trying to fix everything though.

Thanks to Artichao for his GBA data document.

Crazo3077 · Post by **Crazo3077** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:04 pm

Other than some of the names being terms that differ from the actual file names, this does cover basically all the things that can be done with PC Editing, so it is a good counter. Now if only I had an AR to play around with instead of just a Gameshark SP.

Remeer · Post by **Remeer** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:46 pm

Crazo3077 wrote:Other than some of the names being terms that differ from the actual file names

How so? I can fix any typos or anything I made, but I don't see any. Unless I'm blind, which is possible :P

Tails812 · Post by **Tails812** » Thu May 10, 2012 11:20 pm

Alright, so I've been using a lot of these..and I'l perhaps do some confirmations and corrections....

The body type I am pretty sure is incorrect. I've used this code, and I at least know that:

00 - No special body
01 - Full Egg Chao (from challenge race #7)
02 - Omochao (from challenge race #3)
03 - Penguin
-----
Somewhere from 16+ (I don't exactly remember which number) - No body at all

You're right that that particular code gives small animal bodies...but...there are still the egg-chao and omochao...You might want to look into that particular code to see what they actually are.

And I'm going to try some of these...I've used a lot of this before (and it's really useful information), but I never got to see chao age edits as well as chao grade changes (the ones I originally saw didn't change the grades; it was coded in the wrong place...

cork · Post by **cork** » Sat May 19, 2012 4:01 pm

I think you need to clarify what's needed for this method. Are these GBA or GCN codes? I'm guessing the latter but your initial blurb and Crazo's post doesn't necessarily reflect that. Do we need to buy action replay for the GBA or the GCN? I know it's obvious to some of us but to others who don't know anything about hacking this would probably be confusing.

Remeer · Post by **Remeer** » Sat May 19, 2012 9:05 pm

cork wrote:I think you need to clarify what's needed for this method. Are these GBA or GCN codes? I'm guessing the latter but your initial blurb and Crazo's post doesn't necessarily reflect that. Do we need to buy action replay for the GBA or the GCN? I know it's obvious to some of us but to others who don't know anything about hacking this would probably be confusing.

If you continue reading a little, it says:
Now, there are multiple ways to get the code to work:
1. The easiest, with a real AR on a gamecube. Just put it on, and there you go!
2. A homebrew'd wii, and a Dolphin emulator. This way, you don't even need a real AR.

So, like 1. says, obvious a gamecube AR. :P so they are GCN codes.

Tails812 wrote:Alright, so I've been using a lot of these..and I'l perhaps do some confirmations and corrections....

The body type I am pretty sure is incorrect. I've used this code, and I at least know that:

00 - No special body
01 - Full Egg Chao (from challenge race #7)
02 - Omochao (from challenge race #3)
03 - Penguin
-----
Somewhere from 16+ (I don't exactly remember which number) - No body at all

You're right that that particular code gives small animal bodies...but...there are still the egg-chao and omochao...You might want to look into that particular code to see what they actually are.

And I'm going to try some of these...I've used a lot of this before (and it's really useful information), but I never got to see chao age edits as well as chao grade changes (the ones I originally saw didn't change the grades; it was coded in the wrong place...

Well, I kinda stole the number type things from another place and edited them to work with the GCN instead of the GBA :P. So these are GBA values, but most of them are correct anyway, so I kept them.
If you have any more currections let me know though, I'll start working on the body types and edit the OP accordingly. Thanks :P

Tails812 · Post by **Tails812** » Mon May 21, 2012 11:30 am

Stat Level Edits:
Anything between 00(0) and 63(99) works.
403AD80C 004912xx - Swim
403AD80C 004913xx - Fly
403AD80C 004914xx - Run
403AD80C 004915xx - Power
403AD80C 004916xx - Stamina
403AD80C 004917xx - Luck?
403AD80C 004918xx - Intelligence?

Another thing I noticed (after using a ton of codes using stats that the swim is 14 and it moves up from there...so

403AD80C 004914xx - Swim
403AD80C 004915xx - Fly
403AD80C 004916xx - Run
403AD80C 004917xx - Power
403AD80C 004918xx - Stamina
403AD80C 004919xx - Luck
403AD80C 00491Axx - Intelligence

And yes, the stat codes work for Luck and Intelligence

And later I'll be posting a few more which I think are omitted

cork · Post by **cork** » Mon May 21, 2012 6:57 pm

My apologies, I accidentally skimmed over that too fast. Even still, you might want to put that up at the top of the post underneath requirements? Just a suggestion. Otherwise, this is a neat method of hacking chao (:

Crazo3077 · Post by **Crazo3077** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:33 pm

Remeer wrote:
Crazo3077 wrote:Other than some of the names being terms that differ from the actual file names
How so? I can fix any typos or anything I made, but I don't see any. Unless I'm blind, which is possible :P

I would have responded to this sooner but my information is so poorly organized it took me a while to find what I was looking for. Most of the name issues were based around what I found when doing edits on SADX for PC and was able to look at some of the files directly.

The differences come in with your section of Metal Skins which most of us refer to as Textures when editing because of what options come beyond the Jewel Chao options. My list goes as follows:

Spoiler:

Some names were kept the same as the file and others were translated into their actual object. Any repeats of Headgear were different parts. Pearl, Metal (0), Metal (1), Glass, and Golf (Moon) did seem to be intended for Jewel Coats, though Rare (chao_rare00) I'm not as sure about. The rest were just textures of the game that serve some kind of purpose.

Again, the differences are just in name. I've even nicknamed Metal (0), Metal (1), and Glass as Chrome, Chrome Pearl, and Twilight, receptively. They seemed appropriate at the time but like most nicknames, are just unofficial means of defining something.

It also occurred to me that you don't have the variables figured out for DNA. While most people overlook it, I emphasized this fact often when I was playing around with data editing and Fusion was starting to develop his editor. If possible, I would recommend trying to find those features too. Editing a Chao visually is nice, but it would be disappointing to be unable to test breeding unique combinations of Chao, or Chao you don't have.

hannesvind · Post by **hannesvind** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:56 pm

SADX memory editing is all figured out and stuff, but there is hardly any sa2b memory editing, so great to see this.
PS. when scanning for memory and stuff, is the chao stats like 4-bit? since they can have like 9999 stats.
or is it like binaryish, xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx, is that 16 bit or 4 bit. the x's are either 0 or 1.
like im confused about finding values. Im pretty smart so learning shouldnt be a problem, and I know very basic programming.
But programming isnt gonna help here obviously.

hannesvind · Post by **hannesvind** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:23 am

Chao Main Colors:
00 Normal
01 Yellow
02 White
03 Brown
04 Sky Blue
05 Pink
06 Blue
07 Grey
08 Green
09 Red
0A Light Green
0B Purple
0C Orange
0D Black
0E Invisible
403AD80C 0049BCx

I found a new color
0F Transparent Purple

You might want to add it to the list.

but 10+ just crashes dolphin :/ so guess those are non-existant

//Edit//
It's not transparent purple, just transparent as far as I know

Jeffery Mewtamer · Post by **Jeffery Mewtamer** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:30 pm

hannesvind wrote:Since they can have like 9999 stats.

To my knowledge, the Visible Stats max-out at 4000 with hacking(3266 through legit means), which would require at least a 12-bit unsigned integer(range 0-4096). Then again, 4000 might just be the display's limit and there is no code preventing the actual value from going higher. A good related question is how would the game react to the actual data values exceeding 4000?

hannesvind · Post by **hannesvind** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 1:48 pm

Jeffery Mewtamer wrote:
hannesvind wrote:Since they can have like 9999 stats.
To my knowledge, the Visible Stats max-out at 4000 with hacking(3266 through legit means), which would require at least a 12-bit unsigned integer(range 0-4096). Then again, 4000 might just be the display's limit and there is no code preventing the actual value from going higher. A good related question is how would the game react to the actual data values exceeding 4000?

An easy way to see what it is, would be to find an ar code that changes stats and decrypt it. but then again, I would have found the code for changing stats from someone else, and not by myself.

hannesvind · Post by **hannesvind** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 1:49 pm

Jeffery Mewtamer wrote:
hannesvind wrote:Since they can have like 9999 stats.
To my knowledge, the Visible Stats max-out at 4000 with hacking(3266 through legit means), which would require at least a 12-bit unsigned integer(range 0-4096). Then again, 4000 might just be the display's limit and there is no code preventing the actual value from going higher. A good related question is how would the game react to the actual data values exceeding 4000?

An easy way to see what it is, would be to find an ar code that changes stats and decrypt it. but then again, I would have found the code for changing stats from someone else, and not by myself.

AriArk · Post by **AriArk** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:52 pm

If I use the code, which of my chao will turn to the hacked one?

Tails812 · Post by **Tails812** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:26 pm

AriArk wrote:If I use the code, which of my chao will turn to the hacked one?

Come to think of it, these codes modify stats and appearance and what-not, but there is no code to actually modify a chao.

These particular codes modify the first chao in your garden:

081CC189 00000001 (appearance)
481CC189 00000001 (stats; modifying one stat)
881CC189 00000001 (stats; modifying multiple stats)
00000000 40000000 (stats; modifying multiple stats; place at end)

You need these codes placed at the beginning of each code on GCNcrypt (otherwise, the AR won't know which chao to modify; also the one exception is the last code, which is placed at the end).

You may need to test codes to find out which chao is actually the first chao. From there, you need to use the "move" function on the transporter to have the chao you want to modify to switch with the first chao in a garden, so it takes the place of that chao.

If you're going to use AR a lot, I recommend keeping track of which chao in a garden is the "first chao"

Blob55 · Post by **Blob55** » Fri Nov 09, 2012 3:06 am

Is this for NTSC, or PAL version? I want codes that let you get the Debug Chao Fruit in the PAL version.

Tails812 · Post by **Tails812** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 5:15 pm

I have the NTSC version, and the codes I tried worked, so these codes are likely the NTSC codes.

Mizumi · Post by **Mizumi** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 7:13 pm

This is probably a dumb question, but does it matter what order the codes are in?

The Shadic Chao · Post by **The Shadic Chao** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:29 pm

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