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Slade · **Posted:** Fri Nov 18, 2005 4:25 am

Hi all,

If you're like me, you spend a fair amount of time playing a game inside of Visualboy Advance (VBA) before copying it to your flashcart of choice. If you're also like me, you're a "cheating bastard", and spend just as much time finding cheats in said game using VBA.

Have you ever then decided "Yep! I'm going put that game on my cart" ? And realised that now you either have to find the cheats in a compatible format, or type them out again by hand simply because VBA won't save cheats in a plain text format.

Well fret no longer my friend (yes it sounds like an infomercial), I present for the grand sum of FREE :

Cheat2Cheat

Cheat2Cheat takes one input file (a VBA clt cheat file) and turns it into an EZFlash compatible cht file. No mess, no fuss.

I tested the program a fair bit, but did not test any of the resulting output files

Here's how I tested the program :

Code:

Start with a cht file premade by the EZTeam or someone else, known to work.
Load the game / rom into VBA and add the cheats manually to VBA.
Test the cheats in VBA to ensure they work.
Save the clt file.
Convert the clt file using Cheat2Cheat.
Compare the original cht file to the converted one.  If they look close (ie cheat data matches and file structure matches), then it's a pass.
If the files fail, go back and rewrite a routine or two and retest.

Feedback can be left here or via any of my email addresses, etc. Any issues please let me know.

Edit: New upload, very minor changes. No code change, just added an icon and © info

hankchill · **Joined:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 5:40 pm **Posts:** 53

Man, you've got too much time on your hands

When I get some time I'll have to play with this ^_^

And just out of curiousity, does your program modify the codes in the 030xxxxx region to read as 4xxxx, because 99% of the games require that for 03 region of the ram. Only one I've seen that doesn't, is Donkey Kong Country, and the code must be put in as 300xxxx, yy in the cheat database.

--Hank

Slade · **Posted:** Fri Nov 18, 2005 3:24 pm

I've had some time off work, so aside from building a retaining wall in the backyard, I knocked that up in a few hours.

No, it doesn't modify anything at all. The clt files can hold a maximum of 100 cheats, I'm not too sure if my prog will handle all of those, infact I've not tested a file with more than 6 cheats in it. I didn't have any clt files to test it with, I had to make some up.

Essentially the addresses and values in the clt files are stored at specific offsets, I just look for the number of cheats in the file at a known location, then loop through that many times, grabbing the data and splitting it apart as it goes. It's then written into a text file with the exact same details.

The [Gameinfo] data is taken from the input filename and just printed at the end before closing the file.

cracker · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2005 1:03 am **Posts:** 1855

I'll havta check this out.

BTW I think you mean 'knocked that out' not 'knocked that up'. In the US that means you got it pregnant. Dunno if it is different in Australia.

Slade · **Posted:** Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:41 pm

Yeah Knocked up has that meaning here, but I guess in a different context we have different meanings. Aaah, the wonders of the English language. For example talking about building a cubby house "We knocked it up", given that it's made of wood, and hammers make a knocking sound.

As for the app, lets hope it works as it should. I only tested it up to a 6 cheat clt file. Lets hope it survives up to a 100 cheat file. I personally don't feel like making one up.

Back to playing Harry Potter in VBA, looking for cheats.

If anyone is interested it's a good game, if somewhat repetative after the first 4 levels.

Slade · **Posted:** Fri Nov 25, 2005 6:30 pm

Updated the app to V1.1

Changes include :

Slade · **Posted:** Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:41 pm

Updated to V1.2

Minor change to handle cheats where the poke value is an odd number.
This will work for codes upto 63 characters in length. That should be enough for most people.

Neko Hibiki · **Posted:** Sun Jan 14, 2007 2:46 pm

Slade wrote:

Hi all,

If you're like me, you spend a fair amount of time playing a game inside of Visualboy Advance (VBA) before copying it to your flashcart of choice. If you're also like me, you're a "cheating bastard", and spend just as much time finding cheats in said game using VBA.

Have you ever then decided "Yep! I'm going put that game on my cart" ? And realised that now you either have to find the cheats in a compatible format, or type them out again by hand simply because VBA won't save cheats in a plain text format.

Well fret no longer my friend (yes it sounds like an infomercial), I present for the grand sum of FREE :

Cheat2Cheat

Cheat2Cheat takes one input file (a VBA clt cheat file) and turns it into an EZFlash compatible cht file. No mess, no fuss.

I tested the program a fair bit, but did not test any of the resulting output files

Here's how I tested the program :

Code:

Start with a cht file premade by the EZTeam or someone else, known to work.
Load the game / rom into VBA and add the cheats manually to VBA.
Test the cheats in VBA to ensure they work.
Save the clt file.
Convert the clt file using Cheat2Cheat.
Compare the original cht file to the converted one.  If they look close (ie cheat data matches and file structure matches), then it's a pass.
If the files fail, go back and rewrite a routine or two and retest.

Feedback can be left here or via any of my email addresses, etc. Any issues please let me know.

Edit: New upload, very minor changes. No code change, just added an icon and © info

Will this convert a .clt file to .txt? That way I can copy/paste right from the cmgssc.com site. Then will it convert the .txt back to .clt?

Slade · **Posted:** Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:38 am

It won't convert back to a CLT.

It's a messy hack to read the file, I don't do a proper file dissect, I just find the first part of the data, and then read specific offsets to gather the rest of the data.

pas · **Joined:** Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:48 am **Posts:** 7

Ok, nice App slade,

I just got one problem: I can't use those Driv3r cheats
http://xs.gameshark.com/xploder/xploderui.asp?PID=94&SID=2665870&gameid=18628&tab=gc
:

[M]MustBeOn
948821227AE4
72364130365C
2B0F03AA0A88

MuscleCar#2
868393EF0A93
81A3E8C87CD9
D6507BD04444

SportsCar
E2A79BE2428D
1D72C2EF34C7
5E51E9D07455

MuscleCar#1
763793EA02C5
0962C2FB3C5B
4C4453F03444

Bagman16/16
7258D9E74FDB

Calita16/16
121D5BE64FD8

Checkpoint4/4
9FC870CD0086

Destruction4/4
9BC8F8C5408F

Gator16/16
197668D0754C

Jericho16/16
1937EAD0754D

Slalom4/4
EFFC50E80890

Trailblazer4/4
EBFCD8E04899

AmmoPack
1956A0D43C59

DreamBike
F2F221C3368E

DreamCar
105680F63C59

HealthPack
191722D43C58

NoThrowback
0468E0DA0455
70574AA444CC

SlowBaddie
80C2C5F68E09

StopTimer
84B38F1B93B0

TurboXLR8
F4D2709E3414
FD9382FC0415

AccessAllMaps
F0B992F3040F

FastEscapeVan
6968B0903C49

FastPartner
6D62ECD84C41

FastTextSpeed
82EC99A2428D

HaveAllWeapons+Ammo
E4871A7E0405
745742AC04C4
70330273344E

HaveBoat[PressSelect+B+R]
E608055D8F72
FDD810FC3414
E608055D8F72
F993CAF4441D

HaveMotorcycle[PressSelect+B+L]
E608057D8F73
FDD810FC3414
E608057D8F73
694208F4405C

InfiniteHealth
F299BF06F3BD

InfiniteHealth(Partner)
9DDCBC1DF137

InfiniteHealth(Van)
9F9D972DB3B7

using your method: put cheats in game, save as cheatlist, then use your program to convert.

May this be cause your program only works with selfmade cheats ?

If I open the cht file with notepad/Textpad/VBA it comes out all strange... (the filenames are all garbled up and the cheats won't let them enable)

Hope you can help me, because you are really my last hope to get those cheats to work :cry:

NFTOP · **Joined:** Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:08 am **Posts:** 4

how do i convert??

it says "Componenet 'comdlg32.ocx or on eof its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing for invalid"

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