Patching Help Thread

[RageBurner]

This space is dedicated to help people that have problems patching their games so they work properly. Please be patient if you don't get a reply immediately, and try to be as descriptive as possible when submitting questions.

Post on the following format:

System:
Game Name:
Patch Used:
Problem Description:

 

[DunkeyKong]

Would love to help. Btw, to everyone that wanted to try and patch their games on their own, you can try it here https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/

 

[RageBurner]

Would love to help. Btw, to everyone that wanted to try and patch their games on their own, you can try it here https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/

That's an excellent tool and it should be the go to for pretty much almost all use cases, thank you.

 

[DunkeyKong]

That's an excellent tool and it should be the go to for pretty much almost all use cases, thank you.

 

[RageBurner]

Disc based patching tends to require more specialized tools, sometimes even a patcher unique to the game in question, but we'll cross that bridge when we have to.

 

[RageBurner]

Hm... so many eyes here. Is it because the thread is new? LOL

 

[DunkeyKong]

Disc based patching tends to require more specialized tools, sometimes even a patcher unique to the game in question, but we'll cross that bridge when we have to.

Indeed. Thankfully though, it can be done, but it'll probably take a pretty long time

 

[AstralRain]

Hello everyone, I had a question regarding the PS1 Resident Evil: True Director's Cut, included within the downloaded file is a README that say's to patch the track 1 of the game. The downloaded file also includes a playable version of the game that appears to be pre-patched, but I'm not 100% certain it is without playing the game all the way through. I thought someone might know some information about this and can enlighten me. The xdelta patch also doesn't work and gives me an error, which makes me think maybe it's already patched, thank for your help. The error is XD3 invalid input, but the source file is the correct one.

 

[RageBurner]

It all seems to indicate it is already patched. I can check the patch readme to see if the author has supplied CRC numbers and the like. Those are a pretty good way to tell if the file has been patched or not.

 

[AstralRain]

Okay, thank you very much, I really appreciate it. I'm new to all this, still trying to learn.

 

[RageBurner]

Okay, thank you very much, I really appreciate it. I'm new to all this, still trying to learn.

I understand it can be a bit of headache at first, don't feel discouraged.

 

[RageBurner]

Please specify if you are using the one with the original OST or otherwise.

 

[AstralRain]

I ended up trying both the original and the dualshock version.

Post automatically merged: Mar 11, 2025

The same issues were replicated on both versions.

 

[RageBurner]

The untouched disc image has these parameters:

• CRC-32: b01860ce
• MD5: 547d112ed2d5624fc23e765485f061bc
• SHA-1: 08fbc01ae9c3d47aa93d2a99d69fa67a54e4982b
  
  So if yours is differing, it means the patch has been applied.

 

[AstralRain]

how do I find those values?

Post automatically merged: Mar 11, 2025

I noticed there is a track verification on duckstation and it said my tracks haven't been verified, then when I verify on redump, it says cant be found. serial mismatch it says

 

[RageBurner]

If you compress the files with something like 7zip, it should show you the CRC

 

[AstralRain]

Okay, I compressed them but not seeing any CRC numbers.

Post automatically merged: Mar 11, 2025

Okay, I believe I have figured it out, the version I have is pre-patched. Sorry for all the trouble, duckstation shows some parameters and I finally found that the numbers are different. Cheers

Post automatically merged: Mar 11, 2025

They should really make a note in the readme about this. It doesn't make sense to me to provide a pre-patched game in the same file as patch instructions. They cancel each other out, but really appreciate the effort and work put into the project.

 

[RageBurner]

I agree that pre patched needs to be specified. It's not a good method of distribution because you have to re-download something big instead of small. Glad you figured it out anyway.

 

[AstralRain]

Thank you, I can confirm that the game is pre-patched, I finished it last night, was very fun, first time seeing all the uncensored dialogue and cut scenes. Having the original USA version memorized, it was really cool to see all the new stuff, Barry has some interesting dialogue were he speaks fast and raises his voice quickly, it adds to the voice acting humor. Thanks for your time and help again, I really appreciate it.

 

[DunkeyKong]

Thank you, I can confirm that the game is pre-patched, I finished it last night, was very fun, first time seeing all the uncensored dialogue and cut scenes. Having the original USA version memorized, it was really cool to see all the new stuff, Barry has some interesting dialogue were he speaks fast and raises his voice quickly, it adds to the voice acting humor. Thanks for your time and help again, I really appreciate it.

Wow, that's good to know. Huge respect to you @RageBurner

 

[Patches]

Just going to drop a pro tip more often than not the issues that I have come across involve using an application for the patch that offers different features in different version releases and when you are linked to the application it is the most recent build instead of a build that was used by who ever provided patch or explaning how to. The other issue I have come across when patching myself is actually applying the patch and nothing changes. These aren't game specific just my experiences when I do hit a wall when patching myself. Thank you Spike for allowing me to be lazy.