info.pac refuses to cooperate

[Laraso]

After searching for almost 2 hours, following multiple guides written by different people, watching videos, and even downloading programs that are intended to automate the entire process of putting an info.pac together, I can't get it to work. I've deleted and recreated it almost 4 times now, and no matter what I do to it, it will always cause my Wii to freeze after the strap loader. I have tried a trick that I found by reading random YouTube comments on related videos, telling me to take out the SD card on the strap loader and reinserting it once Brawl is loaded, and this let me bypass the freeze and after starting a game and then exiting back to the menu, everything was loaded and working; except for info.pac.

My only other option is to use the Gecko OS loaded song title changer codes that I have found hidden in the depths of the internet (http://wiird.l0nk.org/forum/index.php?topic=257.325;wap2), but I really do not want to have to do this, as there is not enough of these codes available to use for every song. Not only this, but I already have a fully functioning, non-wii-crashing mu_menumain.pac, and I wouldn't be able to match the song titles together because of the length.

Now, I just want to say that in my searches to find an answer to my problem, I have seen numerous other threads with people that have the same exact problem as I do, and none of them got their questions answered. Before any of you ask, YES, my info.pac is under 390kb, YES it is placed in pf/info2/info.pac, and YES I made it using a fresh, unedited version of info.pac.

Please, if anyone has any advice on how to get this working, it would be much appreciated.
(Also sorry for creating 2 different threads in such a short amount of time)

EDIT:
If it helps, I'm using Gecko OS and not Riivolution, the card I'm using is not SDHC, and my current info.pac (which doesn't work) is available to anyone who wants to take a look at it here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?267hrd0f8jb2987

 

[Cygnet]

First off, are you 100% sure that the problem is info.pac? (It sounds like you're very sure, so just.... making sure.) Did you try it with your entire SD card in but without the info.pac?

And if you put in your SD card after the strap loader and info.pac was the problem, then loading a stage wouldn't work either because info.pac holds the song names that load in the gray bars, right?

But anyways, have you tried just exporting the MiscData with the song titles from your functioning mu_menumain.pac and importing it into your info.pac's MiscData?

Sorry, I really don't know what else could be the problem. :/

 

[Laraso]

Yes, I am very sure, the freezes didn't happen before info.pac was added and they stopped after I removed info.pac.

I don't exactly know how the removal and reinsertion of the SD card thing works, but it appears that if it is removed after starting with it, the Wii reverts to default settings (default songs, default menus, default textures, ect.) and when reinserted the Wii attempts to switch back at the next most convenient time for it.

I created the info.pac from an exported MiscData from the mu_menumain.pac, so that has already been done.

I'm thinking about trying Riivolution with the Ocarina patch to see if that might, for whatever reason, fix the problem, but... The info.pac isn't of such a high importance to make me switch right now until I've rule out all further alternatives, as I'm not sure if that would even fix it and I really enjoy the convenience of loading through Gecko.

I just got to thinking, is it possible for other things (psa, texture hacks, brstm, ect) to interfere with other files? Could something else be preventing the info.pac from working? I doubt it, but it could be possible.

 

[Ecks]

I opened your file with Bbox. Everything seems fine. BTW, you didn't have to put all of those question marks there, just shortening some of the messages is fine.

Tried it with Dolphin and then tried it with my wii to make sure. Had no freezes on either.

Try loading the game with only your info.pac and see if it really doesn't work.

And removing the sd card wouldn't do anything, since if the game doesn't find a file to replace it'll just look for it in the disk.

 

[Laraso]

I tested it with only the info.pac. Nothing else. I froze after the strap loader.

EDIT:

I'm using the File Patch Code v3.5.1, is there a newer version or something that I might possibly need?

Here are the other codes I'm using if it makes any difference, although I already tested it using nothing but the File Patch Code v3.5.1 and it still froze:

[COLLAPSE="Codes"]
Unrestricted Control Editing [spunit262]
211973CC 7CC6F82E
051973CC 38C20060
05197468 38620060
05197574 38820060
05197680 38E20060
051976B4 38620060
051978CC 38E20060
065A9380 0000000A
00010203 04050A0B
0C0D0000 00000000
E0000000 80008000

Decay in Training [spunit262]
048E00A8 4800000C

Allow More Than 1000 Replays/Stages/Snapshots [brkirch]
040C464C 48000184

Allow Replays Longer Than Three Minutes [brkirch]
040E5DE8 60000000
04953184 60000000
04953224 60000000

Stage Editor has no limits. [WiiMaster]
4A000000 81000000
10521D58 00000001
4A000000 80000000
4A000000 81000000
14529E5E 00000000
4A000000 80000000

1 player matches [spunit262]
0468D420 2C060001

1 team matches [spunit262]
0468D534 38600000

Copy Submit Data [spunit262]
2119E99C 4182001C
0519E99C 60000000
21196C99 40800244
05196C98 40800008
E0000000 80008000

Unrestricted Pause Camera
040A7D60 4E800020
04109D88 38800001

Unrestricted Replay Camera (ported):
0409E934 60000000
0409E93C 60000000
0409E9AC FC201890
0409E9B8 FC600090
0409E9BC FC000890
0409E9C8 FC001890

Save & Load Replays with Name tags [Y.S.]
80000000 90181200
4A000000 90180FC4
3000025C 3F800000
1200025A 00000000
E2000001 00000000
60000003 00000000
30000000 00000000
9A000A0F 00000000
E2000001 00000000
9C000AF0 00000000
86000000 0000000A
5A010000 0000005C
62000000 00000000
E0000000 80008000

File Patch Code v3.5.1: [Phantom Wings]
E0000000 80008000
225664EC 00000000
0401BFE0 4858BE20
065A7E00 00000070
38A00067 38810020
3CE0805A 60E37C18
4BE52531 38A0007F
3883FFE8 38610020
4BE52521 38A00068
60E47C18 38610020
9421FF80 BC410008
38610088 4BA74DB9
7C7C1B78 2C030000
4082000C 38210080
4800001C B8410008
38210080 4BE524E5
38610008 4BA742E1
7C7C1B78 4BA741E8
040223E0 48585BC0
065A7FA0 00000020
77239000 2C030000
4182000C 7FDDC850
3BDEFFE0 93DB0008
4BA7A42C 00000000
0401CD0C 4858B1F4
065A7F00 00000038
2C030000 4182000C
4BA7DD51 4BA74E04
80780008 2C030000
41820014 8118000C
7C634214 7C7B1850
48000008 8078000C
4BA74DE0 00000000
043EE9D8 48000014
043EEBD4 48000014
043D8B9C 48000018
043E9B4C 38600000
043E9D38 38600000
043D8C80 60000000
80000000 80406920
80000001 805A7C00
8A001001 00000000
045A7C10 2F525342
045A7C14 452F7066
80000001 805A7B00
8A001001 00000000
065A7B10 0000000F
2F525342 452F7066
2F736F75 6E642F00
041C6CE0 483E0D20
065A7A00 00000028
9421FF80 BC410008
3C60805A 60637B1F
4BE52931 B8410008
38210080 4BE52995
4BC1F2C4 00000000
065A7900 00000078
9421FF80 7C0802A6
9001000C BC810010
9421FF00 7C872378
54B2BA7E 7CD33378
38800000 9081000C
90810010 90610014
90810018 3880FFFF
9081001C 38610020
90610008 7CE43B78
38A00080 4BE529F5
38610008 4BA752A1
60000000 80210000
B8810010 8001000C
7C0803A6 80210000
4E800020 00000000
043E399C 481C3F04
065A78A0 00000010
80BC0020 7CA59214
3A400000 4BE3C0F4
043DBAEC 481CBDE4
065A78D0 00000018
800302A4 2C130000
41820008 7E609B78
3A600000 4BE3420C
041CDF7C 483D9884
065A7800 00000098
818C0014 9421FF80
BC410008 3D009034
61089D94 7C034000
4082003C 7C882378
3C60804D 60630000
3C80805A 60847B00
7CC53378 38C04200
80E40080 2C070000
40820014 60000000
480000B9 2C030000
41820010 B8410008
80210000 4BC26724
70A501FF 3868FFFF
3C80804C 6084FFFF
7C842A14 38A04001
38A5FFFF 8C040001
9C030001 2C050000
4082FFF0 B8410008
80210000 4BC2670C
141CCF90 483DA770
065A7700 00000048
9421FF80 BC410008
7FE3FB78 3C80805A
60847B00 38A00000
38C04000 480001E5
90640080 807F0008
907A0014 907A005C
907A0074 B8410008
80210000 807F0000
4BC25854 00000000
E0000000 80008000

.brstm File Volume [Deathwolf]
4A000000 D0000000
143494D8 43000000
E0000000 80008000
07305800 00000118
7CE94214 EC200132
FC001040 EC030032
7FDCF378 818DA704
2C030000 48000018
3B9C0004 4E800421
83A10014 93E1001C
4BFB51DD 901F01B8
7C030378 2C030000
4BF1E749 38A00000
88050004 5404043E
38E00000 2C070000
41810014 54C6402E
4CC63182 93A10014
38600002 54000FFF
88990000 6884000E
5400063E 7C001B78
4180FFCC 3BC30034
FC400890 C0428068
EC422028 EC802028
EC632028 38610010
1C040014 4E800020
5463063E 93C10008
93E1000C 7CA40214
80010014 38A00000
93FE00AC 7FC3F378
2C030000 483D0D9D
90810008 38C001E0
98030350 7C7E1B78
7C7B1B78 38800001
900DBC3C EC20082A
FC000A10 EC001028
A0030000 E0650000
7CA50214 B0010008
D0010090 D001008C
60000000 00000000

Custom CSS (All Playable Characters)
0668310C 00000030
387E006C 3B600000
3C808068 38840DE0
7CBB20AE 7CA50775
41800014 94A30004
3B7B0001 2C1B0032
4180FFE8 48000038
04690338 48000068
066900d8 00000008
2c170028 41820168
02680DE0 0022FFFF
06680DE0 00000032
0002240B 0701171B
204E090E 0619131A
185C0840 0D0F1603
25110A5D 23460C14
1F041021 225E054A
15122627 50624C55
00290000 00000000

Regular Zelda Icon (CSS) [spunit262]
046900E8 60000000

CSS fixes for Samus/ZSS and Zelda/Shiek V2 [spunit262]
80693D50 38800004
06693D6C 00000008
38000000 3880000F
046900E8 60000000
04697F58 60000000
04697EEC 60000000

Independent Pokemon Engine +no wreck My Music V2 [spunit262]
06407BD0 0000000E
04030F0D 1E1B1F1B
201B211B 221B0000
C2684964 00000007
881400B8 2C00003F
41A00028 2C03001D
40A20008 3860001E
2C03001F 40A20008
38600020 2C030021
40A20008 38600022
987400B8 00000000

CSS fixes for Giga and Company V2 [spunit262]
C2684940 00000002
9BB400B8 57BD06BE
2C1D001B 00000000
040AF8D4 546025B6
040AF964 546025B6
040AF830 546025B6
040AF528 546025B6
040AF810 546025B6
040AF880 546025B6
040AF848 546025B6

Giga and Company Engine V2 [spunit262]
C2684964 00000013
881400B8 2C00003F
41A00088 2C030010
40A20008 38600011
2C030026 40A20008
38600012 2C03001D
40A20008 3860001E
2C03001F 40A20008
38600020 2C030021
40A20008 38600022
2C03000C 40A20008
3860002C 2C030017
40A20008 3860002D
2C03000A 40A20008
3860002E 2C03000E
40A20008 3860002F
2C030000 40A20008
38600030 2C030006
40A20008 38600031
987400B8 00000000

Alloys don't crash and Others don't wreck My Music V2 [spunit262]
06407BD0 0000000E
04030F0D 1E1B1F1B
201B211B 221B0000
C2815524 0000000D
7C641B78 2C030011
4182000C 2C030012
40A20008 38600010
2C03002C 40A20008
3860000C 2C03002D
40A20008 38600017
2C03002E 40A20008
3860000A 2C03002F
40A20008 3860000E
2C030030 40A20008
38600000 2C030031
40A20008 38600006
4E800020 00000000
C29472D8 00000003
2C04002E 4180000C
90810058 38000000
9801005D 00000000
[/COLLAPSE]

 

[Laraso]

Now I have made a Common5.pac and it freezes after the CSS.

Also, I tested using an info_training.pac and not an info.pac, and it works flawlessly. Seriously, WTF.

Could I possibly have a corrupt save or something? Because I have also noticed that the game freezes whenever I try to go to the random stage toggle. I really hope not...

I have noticed that there is another file called info_mg.pac, and it is identical to info.pac. Could I use this instead? I'm reluctant to do this because I'm afraid it might damage something, seeing as how my random stage toggle has stopped functioning.

EDIT: Nope, my save isn't corrupt. I don't have any problems when I start the game without hacks.

 

[rorycosgrove]

Any progress made here since the last post? I'm having the exact same problem. I'm running a heavily personalized version of the KTAR 8 hack pack and I wanted to add miraj's Smash 4 HUD to my pack. It's an info.pac and the same thing happens. I wanted to try editing the RSBE01.GCT but none of the programs I've tried can recognize more than the first few codes