After changing a TICKET and/or TMD they are fake signed. To avoid unnecessary signing the old value and the new value are compared and only real changes forces a fake sign. If a TICKET is signed, the decrypted title key is stable and there is no need to encrypt the whole partition again. The TMD must be signed if the partition data is changed.
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| --modify | list | This patching option defines the impact of the options --name and --id. It expects a comma separated list of the following keywords (case ignored) as parameter: NONE, DISC, BOOT, TICKET, TMD, WBFS, TT, ALL and
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| --name | name | This patching option changes the name (disc title) of the disc to the given parameter. Up to 63 characters are expected. The disc header and boot.bin are objects to modify. The option --modify selects the objects. | |
| --id | id | This patching option changes the ID of the disc to the given parameter. 1 to 6 characters are expected. Only defined characters not equal '.' are modified. The plus sign '+' is a wildcard for multiple '.' to fill the complete entered ID to 6 characters. The disc header, boot.bin, ticket.bin and tmd.bin are objects to modify. The option --modify selects the objects. | |
| --disc-id | id | This patching option changes the ID of the disc header to the given parameter. 1 to 6 characters are expected. Only defined characters not equal '.' are modified. The plus sign '+' is a wildcard for multiple '.' to fill the complete entered ID to 6 characters. Option --disc-id overrides the definition of option --id. | |
| --boot-id | id | This patching option changes the ID of boot.bin to the given parameter. 1 to 6 characters are expected. Only defined characters not equal '.' are modified. The plus sign '+' is a wildcard for multiple '.' to fill the complete entered ID to 6 characters. Option --boot-id overrides the definition of option --id. | |
| --ticket-id | id | This patching option changes the ID of ticket.bin to the given parameter. 1 to 4 characters are expected. Only defined characters not equal '.' are modified. The plus sign '+' is a wildcard for multiple '.' to fill the complete entered ID to 4 characters. Option --ticket-id overrides the definition of option --id. | |
| --tmd-id | id | This patching option changes the ID of tmd.bin to the given parameter. 1 to 4 characters are expected. Only defined characters not equal '.' are modified. The plus sign '+' is a wildcard for multiple '.' to fill the complete entered ID to 4 characters. Option --tmd-id overrides the definition of option --id. | |
| --tt-id | id | This is a short cut for »--ticket id --tmd id«. If TICKET and TMD differ, the game will freeze after loading. So it makes only sense to change TICKET and TMD IDs together. | |
| --wbfs-id | id | This patching option changes the ID of the WBFS header to the given parameter if adding a file to a WBFS or if creating a WBFS file. 1 to 6 characters are expected. The already patched disc ID of the source is used as base and only defined characters not equal '.' are modified. The plus sign '+' is a wildcard for multiple '.' to fill the complete entered ID to 6 characters. Option --wbfs-id overrides the definition of option --id. | |
| --region | region | This patching option defines the region of the disc. The region is one of |
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| --common-key | index | This patching option defines the common key index as part of the TICKET. Keywords |
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| --ios | ios | This patching option defines the system version (IOS to load) within TMD. The format is |
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| --rm-files | ruleset | This patching option defines filter rules to remove real files and directories from the FST of the DATA partition. Fake signing of the TMD is necessary. The processing order of file options is: »--rm-files --zero-files --ignore-files«. | |
| --zero-files | ruleset | This patching option defines filter rules to zero (set size to zero) real files of the FST of the DATA partition. Fake signing of the TMD is necessary. The processing order of file options is: »--rm-files --zero-files --ignore-files«. | |
| --ignore-files | ruleset | This option defines filter rules to ignore real files of the FST of the DATA partition. Fake signing is not necessary, but the partition becomes invalid, because the content of some files is not copied. If such file is accessed the Wii will halt immediately, because the verification of the checksum calculation fails. The processing order of file options is: »--rm-files --zero-files --ignore-files«. | |
| --enc | encoding | Define the encoding mode. The mode is one of NONE, HASHONLY, DECRYPT, ENCRYPT, SIGN or AUTO. The case of the keywords is ignored. The default mode is 'AUTO'. | |
The option --psel is also a patching option, but has its own article: Scrubbing of Wii ISO images.
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| Parameters of option --region | |
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| Set the region code to |
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| Set the region code to |
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| Set the region code to |
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| Set the region code to |
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| Try to read file |
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| Examine the fourth character of the new disc ID.
If the region is mandatory, use it.
If not, try to load This is the default setting. |
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| Set the region code to the entered decimal number.
The number can be prefixed by |
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It is standard to set a value between 1 and 255 to select a standard IOS. All other values are for experimental usage only.
Each real file and directory of the FST (
Each real file of the FST (
Option
When copying in scrubbing mode the system checks which sectors are used by
a file. Each system and real file of the FST (
This means that the partition becomes invalid, because the content of some files is not copied. If such file is accessed the Wii will halt immediately, because the verification of the checksum calculation fails.
The advantage is to reduce the size of the image without a need to fake sign the partition. When using »wit MIX ... ignore« to create tricky combinations of partitions it may help to reduce the size of the output image dramatically.
If you zero a file, it is still in the FST, but its size is set to 0 bytes. The storage of the content is ignored for copying (like scrubbing). Because changing the FST fake signing is necessary. If you list the FST you see the zeroed files.
If you ignore a file it is still in the FST, but the storage of the content is ignored for copying. If you list the FST you see the ignored files and they can be accessed, but the content of the files is invalid. It's tricky, but there is no need to fake sign.
All three variants can be mixed. Conclusion:
| Parameters of option --enc | |
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| Do not calculate hash value neither encrypt nor sign the disc.
This make the operation fast, but the Image can't be run a Wii.
Listing commands and wit DUMP use this value in |
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| Calculate the hash values but do not encrypt nor sign the disc. | |
| Decrypt the partitions.
While composing this is the same as |
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| Calculate hash value and encrypt the partitions. | |
| Calculate hash value, encrypt and sign the partitions.
This is the default |
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| Let the command the choice which method is the best. This is the default setting. | |