WIN IPS: ROM Patching Tool

joe_devore · Post by **joe_devore** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 6:37 am

Hey.
I found this Really Great Windows GUI based,
ROM Patching Tool.
Called IPSWin (International Patching System).
It is really easy to use.
Here is a pic from the site.

All you do is select the file to patch and the patch itself,
and click Patch and you are done.
It even has Options to creat a log and a back up file just in case the Patch
Fails.

There is also a Java based one for thoses that do not have windows.
Here is a pic of the Java IPS from the Site:

Here are some links to the site:
ZeroSoft
IPSWin2.0 (246KB)
JIPS 3.0 (13.6KB)
There are a few other programs there as well.
Take a look.
I will use the this Topic to post any updates that I find on this subject and
Sites Here.

If the MOD's think there is a better place for this topic let me know and go
ahead and move it.

Edit: Please do to some type of Web Loading problem I Copied the pics
above into my On-Line File storage so they would display right.

EDIT2:
I will post here any and all GUI IPS programs that are worthy of use.
Lunar IPS (LIPS) - IPS Creation/Application Tool (97KB)

Kagerato · Post by **Kagerato** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 6:39 am

I prefer Lunar IPS, in the rare case I need to hard-patch.

http://fusoya.cg-games.net/

Post by **Agozer** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:39 am

IPSWIN is the devil in disguise.

joe_devore · Post by **joe_devore** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 3:42 pm

Agozer wrote:IPSWIN is the devil in disguise.

Why do you say that??

It hasn't caused me any problems yet..
Seems to work just fine.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 3:45 pm

joe_devore wrote:
Agozer wrote:IPSWIN is the devil in disguise.
Why do you say that??

I can't speak from experience, but I think IPSWIN has a history of screwing patches and/or roms. That's what I have heard anyway.

joe_devore · Post by **joe_devore** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 3:59 pm

Joe Camacho wrote:I can't speak from experience, but I think IPSWIN has a history of screwing patches and/or roms. That's what I have heard anyway.

Are you sure you are talking about the right IPS program.
Like I said for the few Hard Patches I have done I have not seen any
Faliure at all, PLUS it has a backup feature anyway, which I do not use.
I use a copy of the ROM to patch to anyway, I would never take the
chance of losing a only copy of that ROM.
Being on Dial-Up It would take foever to download a new copy.

Well if it matters so much I will add those Lunar links to the main piece of this post and any other GUI based IPS program you know of that is worthy.

Post by **Agozer** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 4:56 pm

Joe Camacho wrote:
joe_devore wrote:
Agozer wrote:IPSWIN is the devil in disguise.
Why do you say that??
I can't speak from experience, but I think IPSWIN has a history of screwing patches and/or roms. That's what I have heard anyway.

You are correct sir.

Post by **grinvader** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 5:08 pm

Agozer wrote:
Joe Camacho wrote:
joe_devore wrote:
Agozer wrote:IPSWIN is the devil in disguise.
Why do you say that??
I can't speak from experience, but I think IPSWIN has a history of screwing patches and/or roms. That's what I have heard anyway.
You are correct sir.

Double-correct.

SNESTool for lyfe.

Post by **Agozer** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 5:11 pm

grinvader wrote:
Agozer wrote:
Joe Camacho wrote:
joe_devore wrote:
Agozer wrote:IPSWIN is the devil in disguise.
Why do you say that??
I can't speak from experience, but I think IPSWIN has a history of screwing patches and/or roms. That's what I have heard anyway.
You are correct sir.
Double-correct.

SNESTool for lyfe.

Damn straight. I <3 teh SNESTool.

PKFAIRY · Post by **PKFAIRY** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 5:35 pm

likewise, though UIPS comes in a close second : )

joe_devore · Post by **joe_devore** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 5:53 pm

Are you all finished dising it yet.
I HAVE not seen any prolems YET.
Have any of you tried the last version released?

SnesTools=DOS=Iwillmostlikely never use.

Oh by the way UIPS= dos was the first I used.
I HATED IT.
I was so glad when I found WinIPS2.0.

Esturk · Post by **Esturk** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 6:20 pm

I have to agree that IPSwin DOES screw perfectly good roms sometimes. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

Post by **Agozer** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 6:44 pm

joe_devore wrote:SnesTools=DOS=Iwillmostlikely never use.

Yet, SNESTool has a GUI... and it's not just for patching rom images.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 6:51 pm

Agozer wrote:
joe_devore wrote:SnesTools=DOS=Iwillmostlikely never use.
Yet, SNESTool has a GUI... and it's not just for patching rom images.

I remembered in my "old days" a friend of mine gave me a short movie (.avi or something) in diskettes, I don't remember what was about, but he had split it with Snestool. When we arrived to my home, I asked which program should I use to open it, he told me that Snestool, I was puzzled, but tried anyway, I join the archive but had to explore and open it with the player.

Post by **Agozer** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 7:17 pm

The Split/Join is a useful feature, but sometimes gives ill results (very rarely though).

Zuzma · Post by **Zuzma** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:34 pm

I used to use ucon by chicken and chp back in the day. Then when ucon64 came around I just switched to that. Though I guess for you gui junkies lunar ips would probably be one of the better choices.

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:45 pm

I use GBA Tool Advance for hard-patching my GBA roms to fix them up. This thing is very useful for fixing overdumps, trimming roms, viewing info, removing intros and all sorts. It also has a fantastic GUI.

Otherwise soft-patching all the way.

Kagerato · Post by **Kagerato** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:46 am

SNESTool has its own bugs in the IPS patcher which I've read about but never encountered in actual use (they're rare-occuring).

Regardless of that, SNESTool is meant to be more than just an IPS patcher and therefore I see no reason to use it as such.

And yes, SNESTool is a real 16-bit DOS program (the lack of the 'This program must be run under Win32' string and of the 'PE' ascii tag anywhere in the file as easy signals to that). It still runs, albeit more slowly/with display lag, under WinXP's DOS emulator, though.

xamenus · Post by **xamenus** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 1:29 am

I'd prefer any IPS patching tool that is small, does the job, and does not use the Windows Registry. IPSWin fits that description, but if it really is that bad...

Post by **grinvader** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 6:46 am

Just remember to backup your roms and nothing serious will happen.

Warrax · Post by **Warrax** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:03 am

grinvader wrote:
Agozer wrote:
Joe Camacho wrote:
joe_devore wrote:
Agozer wrote:IPSWIN is the devil in disguise.
Why do you say that??
I can't speak from experience, but I think IPSWIN has a history of screwing patches and/or roms. That's what I have heard anyway.
You are correct sir.
Double-correct.

SNESTool for lyfe.

Trible-correct.

I dont trust any IPS Patcher (because it really corrupt roms)

Use SNESTool instead, it's not hard to use. WinSNESTool (by the same maker of SNEStool) would be nice tho

rage46 · Post by **rage46** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:09 am

Are any of those for linux?

ThunderClaw · Post by **ThunderClaw** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:20 am

God damn, I love it how Joe-dumbass somehow comes to the conclusion that people who have been emulating games for the better part of a decade don't know what the fuck they're talking about because he hasn't suffered the backlash of Satan's IPS patcher yet.

IPSWin has a VERY long history of mangling ROM images beyond repair or even recognition. I speak not just from personal experience, but from what I've discussed with others, and, between Agozer, Grinvader, and myself, I'm pretty confident that our combined years emulating games dwarfs Joe-dumbass's age. Yet somehow, we're the ones who don't know what we're talking about. Fucking priceless.

It's not like you even need a hard-patcher most of the time with ZSNES's well-coded soft-patcher. Even when you do, SNESTool is a time-tested rock, and even if you're using Linux, you can still enjoy it's awesomeness by using DOSBox.

PHoNyMiKe · Post by **PHoNyMiKe** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:32 am

I'm sorry but I've been using ipswin for a while and not had one problem. it would be cool if you could give a rom and a patch that definately gets 'mangled beyond repair or even recognition' because I haven't had any problems. all I hear about ipswin is exagerated he said she said crap.

lunar ips is cool by the way, but snestool you're fucking kidding me. its gui doesn't work right in xp. snestool is just archaic.

xamenus · Post by **xamenus** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:46 am

phonymike wrote:I'm sorry but I've been using ipswin for a while and not had one problem. it would be cool if you could give a rom and a patch that definately gets 'mangled beyond repair or even recognition' because I haven't had any problems. all I hear about ipswin is exagerated he said she said crap.

lunar ips is cool by the way, but snestool you're fucking kidding me. its gui doesn't work right in xp. snestool is just archaic.

I agree.

IPSWin has worked just fine for me. It has even successfully patched a Nintendo 64 rom I have (a bad Zelda Master Quest dump into a good dump). And as I said in my above post, it's small, gets the job done, and doesn't use the registry.

/edit: For those of you who say IPSWin is bad, I'm not saying that you're wrong. It's just that I don't use patches often anyway, and so far IPSWin has worked fine.