btimofeev / lazy_ips

IPS patcher for Linux

lazy-ips

IPS patcher for Linux. Gtk3 and CLI user interfaces.

https://github.com/btimofeev/lazy_ips

Dependencies: Python3 and PyGObject

lazy-ips-cli

Command-line interface for IPS patching. Does not require PyGObject. Works on Linux, Windows, macOS and Android (via Termux).

Usage: lazy-ips-cli image_file patch_file

Installation

This step requires the setuptools installed on the system.

python3 setup.py install

This command will automatically create the necessary scripts in /usr/bin

Authors

Original author: Boris Timofeev https://github.com/btimofeev
Port to Python 3: Hubert Figuière https://github.com/hfiguiere
Various fixes: https://github.com/hadess
Cleanup and CLI: https://github.com/rekentuig

lazy_ips's Issues

Doesn't work on SNES roms

I was excited to use this because of how much I love python but it simply doesn't work. I get a byte offset error when trying to patch a snes rom, wheras other IPS patchers like flips work just fine.

I noticed that in the readme a genesis rom was patched. Please fix this or state that it doesn't work for other roms.

Error message

Received the message:
error reading offset

What does this mean and how to fix it?

invalid syntax

Just built and installed the current HEAD and I get this error running the CLI version:

$ lazy-ips-cli
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/lazy-ips-cli", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('lazy-ips==20191208', 'console_scripts', 'lazy-ips-cli')()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 480, in load_entry_point
    return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2693, in load_entry_point
    return ep.load()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2324, in load
    return self.resolve()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2330, in resolve
    module = __import__(self.module_name, fromlist=['__name__'], level=0)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 969, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 954, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 896, in _find_spec
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1139, in find_spec
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1115, in _get_spec
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1096, in _legacy_get_spec
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 444, in spec_from_loader
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 533, in spec_from_file_location
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/lazy_ips-20191208-py3.5.egg/lazy_ips/cli.py", line 17
    print(f"Error opening {args.image_file}: {err}")
                                                  ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Any ideas?

Error message: file not found.

No matter what rom I try to patch, it gives me this error message, when I push the execute button:

File not found.

Do not understand, since in the selection dialog, the rom file is there.

Cut official releases

As a packager, it would be helpful to have releases as tarballs. I see that you have version numbers in a text file but that makes it rather awkward to package. Would you be open to using Github's releases functionality instead?

Thanks!