Making UPS from IPS? tsukuyomi

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:26 am

What do I put in the "Original File" and "Modified File" fields? I am trying to convert the Parralel Worlds IPS to a UPS so I can play it on BSNES.

EDIT: Do I need a copy of the Original ROM + A copy of the ROM with the IPS applied and put them there? the "tsukuyomi" file does not help since I can't read it in either notepad or wordpad...

blargg · Post by **blargg** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:41 am

IPS and UPS are a way to efficiently store the differences between a modified and original file. Starting with the original and modified files, you can create a patch. Once you have the patch, you can take the original file and recreate the modified file. As long as you have the IPS patch and the original file, you can recreate the modified file, then create a UPS patch.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:55 am

Ok, so my edit above, is correct in what I must do?

tetsuo55 · Post by **tetsuo55** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:11 am

franpa wrote:Ok, so my edit above, is correct in what I must do?

Here is the correct method for creating a UPS from ips

Step 1
-Get the correct rom for the IPS
-Patch the rom with the IPS
-Remove header if the rom had/needed a header

Step 2
-Make sure the unpatched rom is headerless too.
-Input the headerless-unpatched rom into "Original File"
-Input the headerless-patched rom into "Modified File"
-Give the patch a meaninfull name and click "Create Patch"

PS:
For best results try to use verfied roms, check your rom with No-intro to see if its correct.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:34 am

Ok, thanks for the very informative and easy to follow instructions.

dfreer · Post by **dfreer** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:30 pm

Sorry to bump old topic, but since this is about the only relevant result on google for "IPS UPS convert", thought I would post a link to the actual goddamn tool used here:
EDIT: http://byuu.org/programming/
http://byuu.org/files/tsukuyomi_v01.zip

Lunar IPS works well for the first step of applying the .ips patch to the original ROM:
http://fusoya.eludevisibility.org/lips/

byuu · Post by **byuu** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:38 pm

Why get it off a third party site? http://byuu.org/programming/

Given how often I post new builds of it, you'd want to check there to make sure you have the latest version.

dfreer · Post by **dfreer** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:27 pm

ahhh lololol

Because I went straight for your site first, not knowing what the program was called at first and I couldn't find it (overlooked the description somehow). Then I spent 15 minutes looking elsewhere on the interweb *facepalm*

Edited my original post and thanks

Looks like I still needed a program to apply the .ips patch to the original ROM, Lunar IPS seems to work well.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:41 am

I updated my first post so you can click the image and also be taken to the correct part of Byuus website.