PS2 Widescreen Hack (Hex ISO Codes Only)

[nemesis2000]

This topic was split from this other thread:
http://psx-scene.com/forums/f293/ps2...s-only-103096/

We thought it would be best to separate the two types of hacks, so people can follow each one on their own.

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Hex ISO Method

Alternate way to do wide screen is ISO hacks and master that has done most of them is
nemesis2000
you can find the games that have hax widescreen hex codes for ps2 or widescreen hex codes for ps2

I will be providing my codes on this thread and also providing support.

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480p Hex Codes?
You can also use HEX ISO to render games to 480p. Check out this post: http://psx-scene.com/forums/f293/ps2...ml#post1042266 (PS2 Widescreen Hack (Hex ISO Codes Only))

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For Codebreaker or ps2rd Codes go here:
http://psx-scene.com/forums/f293/ps2...s-only-103096/

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Tutorial: How to FIND/REPLACE HEX ISO CODES with HxD Editor:

You will need HxD edtor (free version): HxD - Freeware Hex Editor and Disk Editor | mh-nexus

Part 1: Disable the BACKUP feature in HxD Editor:
It's recommended to disable the backup feature in HxD Editor for these projects, because it will take a long time to finish your work. I recommend that if you need to make a backup of your ISO, just do it in Windows instead with this program. I necessarily don't do backups of my ISOs, because I have confidence that I can always go back and reverse the changes of the HEX ISO CODES. So it's up to you.

Follow the screenshots below to learn how to do PART 1. (Steps: A and B).

click here to open this

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Part 2: Find/Replace HEX ISO CODES and SAVE your ISO:
NOTE: Please do PART 1 above, before proceeding to PART 2 below.

Follow the screenshots below to learn how to do PART 2. (Steps: 1 thru 11).

click here to open this

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INCOMPLETE HEX ISO CODES

(SEE NEMESIS2000 LINKS FOR MOST CODES)

GAME_TITLE	____________SEARCH_______________	______________REPLACE___________	NOTES
Altered Beast SLES_530.24	60038046 AA3F033C 233D023C ABAA6434 003F033C 5A00013C	60038046 E33F033C 233D023C 388E6434 203F033C 5A00013C	(fmv's has correct proportion, but not stretched to full screen)
Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy SLES_535.39 SLUS_211.96	AA3F013C ABAA2134 00008144 A0006334	E33F013C 388E2134 00008144 A0006334	(fmv's has correct proportion, but not stretched to full screen)
Kuon SLUS_210.07	4C3F023C CDCC4334 C842053C	193F023C 9A994334 C842053C
Shining Force EXA SLUS_215.67	B63F033C A80004AE 6EDB6334	F33F033C A80004AE 35CF6334
Shining Force Neo SLUS_212.06	B63F033C B00000AE 6EDB6334	F33F033C B00000AE 35CF6334

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[RandQalan]

Sorry to sound like this but FFXII already has it's own 16:9 built in but nice find on the others

But I do have? how did you get 480p with FFXII using xploader or what

[nemesis2000]

Sorry to sound like this but FFXII already has it's own 16:9 built in but nice find on the others

Yes it has, but i replied on post about changing real in game resolution

how did you get 480p with FFXII using xploader or what

xploder, but if you noticed there is no black borders, because real game resolution changed from 512x448 to 640x448

and if resolution can be changed by editing hex code in elf file, then and aspect ration can be changed

[reprep]

@nemesis2000:

Congratulations on your findings. What program did you use to directly change game elf files? I do not know the exact process to change hex values in iso files. I think that is the way to go for the hacks, as it will let us get rid of ps2rd or codebreaker. We can directly release iso patches.

As you have said, your approach of course can be applied for aspect ratios too, we already have the needed addresses and values for 16:9 hacks and we should change game elf files according to those.

please continue to do your research. I believe most of the games' original resolution can be changed, if we search enough. Unfortunately there won't be a universal method.

[nemesis2000]

The other good thing is that you can trigger a (native) progressive scan too with the same way, though I'm not quite sure how to do that.

hex replace used in ps2force480p

initial value
038C0500 03940600 01000224 31008210 039C0700

changed to
00001124 50001224 01000224 31008210 01001324

tested and work in motorstorm, the warriors, katamari damacy

but in gta sa, bully it freeze on movies

in xploder gta sa and bully work well

[VIRGIN KLM]

hex replace used in ps2force480p

initial value
038C0500 03940600 01000224 31008210 039C0700

changed to
00001124 50001224 01000224 31008210 01001324

tested and work in motorstorm, the warriors, katamari damacy

but in gta sa, bully it freeze on movies

in xploder gta sa and bully work well

Isn't this value a line doubler?
I think it's the same of what GSM does and it will technically look inferior to 480/576i because it will practically just double the even lines to fill the screen and discard the rest ones resulting nto half visible resolution.
(No offence intended to GSM devs, I love GSM)

[mrjared123]

So I would need a HEX editor and find the value in the header? How big is the header?

[VIRGIN KLM]

There is a value at the header but I think it gets ignored because it must be just the reference resolution of the region, the responsible values and what we need are stored on a place depending on the section that they are used (Ingame-Menus-CG Cutscenes etc).
Don't worry I'll find the KH2FM one.
Ah also, to mention it here too, you can pretty like forget the possibility of a widescreen hack on Kingdom Hearts (1).
To give a sort answer to why so (because it's complicated), the game's Error Handling architecture does not allow such modifications to be done without forcing the game to freeze or recover at its previous state (meaning before the value editing).
If we someday be able to edit the values inside the ELF file then this would work flawlessly but it won't work by live-editing the RAM values.

[nemesis2000]

Isn't this value a line doubler?

no

values very similar to

sceGsResetGraph parameters

short mode, Reset mode
0: General reset
1: Drawing reset

short inter, Interlace/non-interlace settings (valid only when
mode==0)
0: Non-interlace
1: Interlace

short omode, Video signal format setting (valid only when mode==0)
0x02: NTSC
0x03: PAL
0x50: DTV480P

short ffmode) FRAME/FIELD mode setting (valid only in interlace mode)
0: Read every other line beginning with start of FIELD
(+0,+2,+4,... / +1,+3,+5,...)
1: Read each line beginning with start of FRAME
(+0,+1,+2,+3,...)


but i can't say where is each one

[reprep]

@nemesis2000:

Did you notice frame drop on final fantasy XII with 640 x 448 mode? and how could you find the addresses in the first place? I want to try other 512 x 448 games too.

@All:

Does anyone know a way to apply the widescreeen cheats to game elfs , and tell the exact process. This will be needed sooner or later if we don't want to choose between progressive mode and widescreen mode.

again @All:

Does anyone know a way to hex edit elfs for progressive mode except ps2force480p.exe? It is hit-and-miss. I am talking about a manual way.

with the addresses i gave before, it is possible to choose a horizontal resolution between 2 and 1024 in gt4. Can you believe such versatility? When i chose 1024, the fps i got in pcsx2 halved, so it won't be very useful for ps2 i guess, but for pcsx2, it might be useful.

If someone wants to try to find resolution values for games a starting point (which i used myself too) might be No. 47's post about games which change resolutions when progressive mode is choosed. http://psx-scene.com/forums/f19/gs-m...tml#post960505

try these games with pcsx2 and with cheat engine search the resolution values before and after the new vmode is chosen. For gran turismo 4, i chose 2 bytes, but every game might store it different. At least we are sure these games change resolution and they must be stored somewhere.

Also some games have different resolutions in-game and in-menu. They are good candidates too.