You should only bypass the validation if you are sure that applying the patch is safe. Now we’ll take a look at creating a patch with NUPS. This works the same as any other patches that creates patches. Just select the original ROM and the modified ROM and hit the ‘Create Patch’ button. Now lets take a look at that third option, checking patch data.

This is more of a tool for hackers than normal people looking to play a game. What this option does is tell you the information about the patch. I will demonstrate this tool with my FE4 Advance hack.Īs you can see, that’s a lot of information that the everyday hack player would never need. Heck, I don’t even need to know that, it is a tool for the use of hardcore hackers. IPS FormatĪn IPS Patch is essentially a checklist that notes everything in the file, it can be applied to another file and everything that the patch’s checklist has different is changed so that everything is the same. Basically it applies the changes you made with Nightmare/WindHex/whatever you use onto another ROM. Soft patching is when you use an IPS file with the ROM without altering the data in the ROM itself. This is a feature of the Visual Boy Advance emulator. The ROM and the patch must have the same name (EX: Fire Emblem Fuuin no Tsurugi.gba and, Fire Emblem Fuuin no Tsurugi.ips), soft patching is great for people who don’t have the memory to make back up copies of the original game.įirst off your going to need a program to patch the file, some common ones are: In VBA go to Options -> Emulator and make sure there is a check mark next to Automatic IPS Patching. I will be demonstrating with LunarIPS, the most popular of the programs I listed. You start out at the main menu of the program.

You are confronted with two options, applying a patch to a ROM or creating a patch from a ROM. Select the option you want and a file selection screen will appear.

When applying a patch you will be first asked to identify the IPS patch to use. Then you will be asked to select the ROM to patch. Once that’s done your ROM will be patches and ready to play. When creating a patch you will select the original, unmodified ROM first then you will select the hacked ROM. Once that is done enjoy the waiting and you will soon have your very own IPS patch to use.

Get nups patcher.