USBAdvance wide open

[Zer0-X]

A command line tool (USBAStrip) in the attachment to decrypt/unpack & skin the cracked version of USBAdvance.

Unpack USBADVN.ELF with ps2-unpacker first (if you haven't done so already) and then use this tool.

Current features:

- Remove splash image for quicker startup.
- Extract images.
- Change font, button, frame, splash, main, etc. images (BMP/TGA/RAW, depending of the purpose).

No readme. The force is strong with the Command Prompt.

Just another useless tool for the almost useless tool but maybe someone wants to skin that too.

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Another command line tool (UI_Install) works like the original UL_Install but installs from ISO & BIN/CUE images (either .ISO or .BIN file). Splits DVD-imagefiles and adds the correct info to the config file.

Example: UI_Install imagefile.bin g "KillKenny" DVD

A note for these utils: Should be working now. Report unnatural behaviour.

[thereal_zap]

Just another useless tool for the almost useless tool...

hehe, you got that about right

but still, nice work

rofl:

Phase 1... Collect underpants.
Phase 2... ???
Phase 3... Profits, err, elf.elf converted into USBAdvance.ELF.

also, regarding skins.
as i posted in another post these are not as simple to insert as with hdl.
the images are split into 2 pieces

the splash screen part one (512 x 512) is from at 0008A5B0-0018A5AF
the second part (128 x 512) is at offset 0018A5D0-001CAFCF

the main screen (or menu screen) part one (256 x 256) is at offset 001CA5F0-0020A5EF
the second part (64 x 256) us at offset 0020A610-0021A60F

you can always simply create a standard (640 x 512) and (320 x 256) image in photoshop as a cmyk raw image and then slice up the necessary pieces. (this probably won't work cuz it's rgba as zero-x states below. anyone know how to open up a raw image as rgba in photoshop or any other image handling tool?)

or

you can create the images, save them as a bmp, convert to IIF with a bmp2iif tool, remove the IIF header and split it up using a hex editor and copying the necessary bytes into the locations i listed above.

happy skin making

[Zer0-X]

There are the fonts, some buttonlike image, frame corners, some arrow image, scrollbar etc. image, splash and main which all seem to be RAW RGBA.

Haven't even tested to load anything with it yet (lazy me).

[thereal_zap]

yeah i saw those too. but i never really got into the button font hacking into the hdl, so i figure why start now

also! good to know that it's RGBA and not CMYK. ps just has a habit of defaulting to CMYK if it's a 4 channel raw.

[InfinaRacer]

Quick Q, I haven't seen any discussion about this yet but, does an external hdd work with older ps2s? Just curious.

[detroit]

does an external hdd work with older ps2s? Just curious.

yes.

[Ruddicz]

external HDD should work with any PS2 that has a working USB port

[thc013]

HI all

when i used this tool on usbadvan an put ps2unpacker in the same folder did the bat file got the same text as thereal_zap but when i tried this it wasn't working anymore and the original usbadvan works so i ran them in pcsx2 emu and there the original started and the unpacked one did also not work and in the debug message its says cdvdreadkey and missing system.cnf at the point usbadvance hangs

tried it unpacked en packed on my ps2 but usbadvance isn't working anymore when i unpack it with your tool

[Zer0-X]

The messages you get in PCSX2 are normal.

The resulting file works just fine on my V4. Recognises USB-media ok.

[thc013]

got a v11

did it al over again

working now

my mistake but it is odd that that message come biy the unpacked version