Spirit Tracks DPAD - need help applying patch

[BlackMod]

https://www.romhacking.net/reviews/4493
I'm trying to patch this to my rip of Spirit Tracks, but the instructions included with the patch are unclear to me.

Apply Patch using the xdelta command line:

xdelta.exe -d -s (old_file) (delta_file) (decoded_new_file)

old_file should be a copy of Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks US
delta_file is the patch (zelda_spirit_tracks_dpad.xdelta)
decoded_new_file is the filename after patching

The patch comes with "xdelta.exe" which I opened and typed in what I assumed was the command I was intended to use (including variations), but nothing happens when I press Enter. Not sure what I'm expected to do.

[mziab]

Try Delta Patcher. It applies patches in that format and should be much easier to use.

[Jorpho]

The patch comes with "xdelta.exe" which I opened and typed in what I assumed was the command I was intended to use (including variations)

Perhaps you should elaborate on what you are typing and where you are typing it.

[BlackMod]

Try Delta Patcher.

Thank you very much! This worked, though I had to turn off checksum validation for it to work. Don't know if that matters at all.

Perhaps you should elaborate on what you are typing and where you are typing it.

Picture link.

[KingMike]

It's probably not detecting it because it looks like you're using a "trimmed" ROM.
An unmodified ROM is 128MB.

[Jorpho]

Picture link.

Is that Windows 10? Hold down Shift on your keyboard and right-click the folder in the sidebar; then select "Open Powershell window here". Then type cmd (and press enter). Then enter the command. Don't use parentheses.

[mziab]

Is that Windows 10? Hold down Shift on your keyboard and right-click the folder in the sidebar; then select "Open Powershell window here". Then type cmd (and press enter). Then enter the command. Don't use parentheses.

A quicker way is to just type cmd into the address bar. Loved it ever since I discovered it.

Thank you very much! This worked, though I had to turn off checksum validation for it to work. Don't know if that matters at all.

That depends on the actual differences between the expected ROM and yours. If the only difference is that your ROM is trimmed, it should just work.

[BlackMod]

An unmodified ROM is 128MB.

Strange. I ripped it myself using GodMode9. I guess it trims ROMs automatically?

Is that Windows 10? Hold down Shift on your keyboard and right-click the folder in the sidebar; then select "Open Powershell window here". Then type cmd (and press enter). Then enter the command. Don't use parentheses.

Yes, I am using Windows 10. Powershell gave me an error message, so I used a utility to verify the hashes.
File hashes.
I'm having trouble finding hashes to match these to, however...

That depends on the actual differences between the expected ROM and yours.

It turns out the ROM the hacker used was a bad dump. Could that be the problem here?

type cmd into the address bar

That's useful, but it opens command prompt, not PowerShell. Though it doesn't make a difference in this case.

[mziab]

I'm having trouble finding hashes to match these to, however...It turns out the ROM the hacker used was a bad dump.

Yes, that's what this all boils down to. Have you checked if it works after applying the patch using DeltaPatcher with checksum validation disabled?

That's useful, but it opens command prompt, not PowerShell. Though it doesn't make a difference in this case.

The command prompt is exactly what you need. Jorpho's advice was a very roundabout way of launching that. You don't need that extra step of launching PowerShell to run the commands specified in the readme. Not that it matters in this instance, since DeltaPatcher accomplished the exact same thing.

[Jorpho]

Jorpho's advice was a very roundabout way of launching that.

There aren't really many less "roundabout" ways. (Though I can't deny typing "cmd" in the address bar is definitely one of them.)

You don't need that extra step of launching PowerShell to run the commands specified in the readme.

What's the alternative? If you don't run it from a command prompt, isn't the window going to close right away before any message can be seen?

[mziab]

What's the alternative? If you don't run it from a command prompt, isn't the window going to close right away before any message can be seen?

You don't need to open PowerShell to start cmd (the command prompt). That's all I'm saying. You can open a command prompt in the current folder using the aforementioned "type cmd into the address bar" trick.