Swap Magic and Action Replay (New Problem)

Alright. This is an issue that I have spent an entire day searching for on these forums and the internet in general. I am having a little problem getting Action Replay to work with my Swap Magic 3.6 discs.

I am following these steps, and do have the required stuff, such as Swap Magic 3.6 DVD and CD discs with fliptop, and AR Max EVO edition.

It is here that it messes up. Everything above works well, but once that final step is produced the screen changes black and... That's it. The backup game is still spinning, but nothing is loading. I have tried this with multiple backup games and left the black screen up and running for hours at a time. No go.

Sadly, I am unable to release the model number of my PS2, as it was scraped off. However, it is a slim PS2.

 

Ok so to follow you correctly.. Everything works as it should up to Step #9
In step 6 did you make sure just to scroll down and hit x, don't change the IOP again.

 

Correct, that is where the error begins.No, I do not mess with that setting the second time. I let that screen stay the same.

I have currently tried it again, and the disc has been spinning for about 20 minutes, haha. I get sidetracked. However, it's not loading. Just black screen all the way through.

Also, as you personally already know, I have FMCB now, if that provides an alternate path around this problem.

 

Problem solved. Double posting for separation of information.

Turns out, my ARMAX EVO was defaulted to PAL mode, so once I pressed right once at BOTH screens to change it to default, it decided to load. Has it loaded with the cheats? I'm not sure yet. It's still on the menu screen. Will edit with that info soon.

EDIT:

Cheats work and everything.

 

I got SM 3.8 that has the Action replay. Does anybody know where I can get codes for Japanese games ? I have some Japanese scrolling shooters that are quite hard. thanks

 

I'd do a Google search for that one, as it seems very likely you'd pull something up. I'm almost positive they have them.

 

Check through the posts of this page.. I saw a site with japan codes

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/352686

 

I am having the same problem and I followed the same steps as above. The game freezes at the start. THe game backup will play fine without the cheats.I even tried removing the memory cards with booting with the swap magic 3.6 discs. I also have a slim pS2 V12 Series

 

So you can follow the steps ok, it is just the game freezes when you start it?

How many cheats do you have selected. It is fussy with that sometimes.
Try selecting only 4-6 cheats and see it works then and make sure you have "Master Code" enabled

 

Whats the mastercode? I only had 4 cheats selected. and it appears to happen with any game backup I try to load. The games normally load fine without the cheats.

 

It is usually right at the top of all the codes.

Are you using the "Swap Magic Armax-evo"

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/6/216060#2779020

Its easy to use the AR Max evo for swap magic with the slim ps2.
DVD BACKUPS:

1) Boot your PS2 with SWAP MAGIC DVD Disc

2) Using SWAP METHOD insert AR MAX EVO DVD and hit X

3) Make sure you scroll down on the Black and White screen to the
option entitled RESET IOP. Change this to always. Hit X to run
DVDLOADER

4) At the DVDLOADER screen hit X and you will have a menu. Select
AR MAX and hit X to load AR MAX EVO

5) Enter Expert Mode to find your desired codes and hit START

6) At this point AR MAX EVO Will prompt you to eject and insert game
Disc - DO NOT EJECT, just hit start game with codes then X and wait for
the Black and White screen to load. Dont worry about the IOP option just
hit X and let DVDLOADER load up.

6) To Stop your disc from spinning in the disc tray you will need to hit
the Triangle button.

7) The Screen will lose a few words and and this is when you will need to insert the SWAP MAGIC DVD Disc

8) Now hit Triangle once again and the disc will start to spin and the
screen will reload. Now hit the X Button.

9) a red screen should come up prompting you to swap dvd with EA method,
Don't worry as all you need to do is insert the
DVD game backup you want to run with codes. HIT X

VOILA!!

 

Yes I tried all these steps the game freezes when starting up at the intro. Not sure about the master code but I'll look online and compare the cheats with the AR MAX website.

This happens with all backups I've tried so far. They all just freeze.
CAn't understand why. Its a brand new laser so that shouldn't be the reason. By the way, Thank You soooo Much for helping me.

 

No problem, yeah thats a good idea to check their site and see.

Like in this one, at the top and it has an (M), that is the mastercode

 

Well I checked and I didn't see a master code, the top one started with Health Codes. I compared them to the ARmax site and they were all the same codes and I tried to type in the master code and it would not take it. It says can't take master code everytime I tried. I have also tried using just one cheat at a time but that didn't work either. I am totaly fresh out of ideas.

Like I said before the game works fine without cheats but, the freezing happens with any backup I try.

 

Here's an update
Well, I played around with it some more. And tried this:

1.loaded swap magic
2.loaded armax
3.selected start game without cheats
4.loaded swap magic
5.loaded silent hill

It didn't freeze. So, it didn't have anything to do with the amount of swapping. Its got to be the codes. Ive tried gameshark v4 as well and had no luck at all with it.

 

I don't have my SM 3.8 DVD anymore, jsut the CD, so I might have to try and figure a way to load my armax again to see if the codes work.

I just use Codebreaker 10.elf anymore to cheat with backups.

Oh and I checked my Silent Hill 2, but I didn't play very far, but it played fine.
If I have more time, I will try to play it some more and see.

 

Ok I realized that my Silent Hill 2 is Pal.
So I found another Armax Evo for Swap Magic, updated to Feb that will let you load PAL codes or Armax right at the start.

It is in this link if you want to try it, instructions are included.

I made a mistake and loaded NTSC codes first, but the game started fine.
I don't have time tonight to try the PAL codes on my backup, but will tomorrow.

This version also let me use my SM CD as I don't have the DVD, then you just use a HIGH TOC Original PS2 DVD game to refresh, then swap for the backup.

 

Well my copy of Silent Hill2 is NTSC The version of Ar max is the evo edition.

 

I going to look around at some games stores today to find a original copy of Armax evo edition. In case that might be the problem because Im using a backup copy.

I have the orginal copy of swap magic dvd
use it to load armax evo, select cheats
and use swapmagic to load the game with the cheats.

I have no problems at all loading backup games with my swapmagic dvd.
I just cn't get it to load with cheats using my backup of armax.
Do you think its becuase I'm using a backup instead of the orignal?

AR Max EVO is extremly hard to find here in MS

 

You can't use an Original Armax Evo with backups unless you have a modchip.

There is a difference of the codes it seems working on Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 2 Greatist hits.

And if you downloaed the ISO, it is probably hard to know the difference.
http://www.codemasters-project.net/vb/showthread.php?t=1933&highlight=Silent+Hill