Tool: Python IPS Patcher

[esperance]

Python IPS Patcher

Hello, all! I recently purchased an Apple computer, and I needed an easy way to apply IPS patches without using an app. So, to solve that problem I wrote up a little python script complete with a GUI to help out, keeping Mac users in mind.

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Spoiler:

The patcher running on Mac.

The patcher running on Windows. Thanks Shufflejoy!

The patcher running on Linux. Thanks Shiny Quagsire!

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Version 1.0: Click
Note: To get it to run on Linux, change the first line to "#!/usr/bin/python2". Thanks to Shiny Quagsire. :)

I've only tested this on Mac, so if you use it on anything else let me know how it goes! :)
Also, should I improve it? Add a way to make a patch?

 

[Shufflejoy]

It appears to work perfectly well on Windows! I have Python 2.7.6 installed.

It looks like it should work fine on Linux, but on my Arch install I don't have Tk configured and don't feel like setting it up to test. I do think you should add support for creating patches! I also think it would be cool if you added a way to use it from the command line. Something like:

./ips.py patch [IPS] [ROM]
./ips.py create [OLD] [NEW] [IPS]

 

[esperance]

It appears to work perfectly well on Windows! I have Python 2.7.6 installed.

It looks like it should work fine on Linux, but on my Arch install I don't have Tk configured and don't feel like setting it up to test. I do think you should add support for creating patches! I also think it would be cool if you added a way to use it from the command line. Something like:

./ips.py patch [IPS] [ROM]
./ips.py create [OLD] [NEW] [IPS]

Thanks for trying it out for me! :)
It would be a simple matter to either add the command line format, or create a second script with that feature, so I'll probably do it.

 

[Shufflejoy]

Awesome. Looking forward to it! ^_^

 

[Shiny Quagsire]

It looks like it should work fine on Linux, but on my Arch install I don't have Tk configured and don't feel like setting it up to test.

Just tested on my personal Arch install, from the original .py I had to change the first line to this for it to work just executing it in bash:

#!/usr/bin/python2

But that's only because it seemed to refuse to work with python 3, so launching it using python 2.7 is working so far:

(The lack of border is due to my tiling window manager, since I only use keyboard shortcuts to close and resize windows).

 

[esperance]

Just tested on my personal Arch install, from the original .py I had to change the first line to this for it to work just executing it in bash:

#!/usr/bin/python2

But that's only because it seemed to refuse to work with python 3, so launching it using python 2.7 is working so far:

(The lack of border is due to my tiling window manager, since I only use keyboard shortcuts to close and resize windows).

Thanks for trying it out!
I don't have Linux on any of my computers, so I appreciate you testing this for me.

 

[Shufflejoy]

Just tested on my personal Arch install, from the original .py I had to change the first line to this for it to work just executing it in bash:

#!/usr/bin/python2

But that's only because it seemed to refuse to work with python 3, so launching it using python 2.7 is working so far:

(The lack of border is due to my tiling window manager, since I only use keyboard shortcuts to close and resize windows).

Yeah, I had to change that line as well since my only Python install exists in /opt/android-build/python :p

 

[AluminiumOxide]

NEW IPS PATHCER !!!!!!!!! Yes i was thinking to find something like this. Hope this will be lot easier then Lunar ips.

 

[sky_queen3]

Why is it not working for me, I have Windows 7 and Python 3.4.1. I click the program, a black window with text appears and closes before I can read the text. :|

Ok, after 100 screenshots of the window flashing I thin it reads:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\HP\Downloads\Python IPS Patcher\ips.py", line 10 in <module>
from Tkinter import *
ImportError: No module named 'Tkinter'

 

[Touched]

Why is it not working for me, I have Windows 7 and Python 3.4.1. I click the program, a black window with text appears and closes before I can read the text. :|

Ok, after 100 screenshots of the window flashing I thin it reads:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\HP\Downloads\Python IPS Patcher\ips.py", line 10 in <module>
from Tkinter import *
ImportError: No module named 'Tkinter'

This won't work with Python 3. It's written for Python 2. Python 3 is not backwards compatible, with one of the many changes being the renaming of several modules (Tkinter -> tkinter, for example). Either attempt to run this through a Python 2to3 tool (should have been bundled with your Python installation) or download Python 2.7 and use that. You'll probably want to keep both versions installed, for situations like this.

 

[sky_queen3]

Ok, I got 2.7, it works fine now, thank you. :)

 

[cblackprime]

Still works on Ubuntu 20.10

Steps for the lazy:

Change the first line like it says in the original post
#!/usr/bin/python2
Also make sure you have
apt install python2
apt install python2.7-tk