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I have a slimline PS2, I use Swap Magic 3.3. Codebreaker V7.0 was actually the very first CD that I burned and loaded with the SM CD.
I actually use V7 all the time, successfully.
The reason most people are having problems with Codebreaker and swap magic is because of the TOC size. You see, for most SM CDs, the TOC limit is about 640MB. Any more on a CD, and it generally won't load.
Also, it's probably due to the fact that most people are DOWNLOADING Codebreaker.
Let me give a few scenarios -
1.) You can't load codebreaker with Swap Magic CD : the TOC is too big, or the rip you got of it is bad.
2.) You can load codebreaker with SM, you can put in cheats, but then you can't load a game to use the cheats on for a copied game : when you hit the "start game" menu item, and it asks you to load a game and press X, you need to load in Swap Magic again!
A LOT of people are forgetting to do this important step. Regardless of whether or not you have an authentic codebreaker, to play a copied game, you must load in swap magic, and use THAT to boot your games!
3.) You're doing everything right, but sometimes, when you try to load SM after putting it cheats, SM doesn't load, it just hangs : Because codebreaker FORCES some addresses to be constant in the game, it can also cause SM to crash. Though this is rare, it happens.
Anyways, if people are having troubles with a downloaded codebreaker (usually between 2 and 9MB downloads) then there is a VERY simple solution : just BUY codebreaker.
Let me explain why this is actually worth it. For one, codebreaker gets better with each version. Currently 9.1 has an assload of cheats, and has awesome support for USB drives (pen drives) With version 8 and up, you don't EVER have to input a single cheat ever again. Just download the cheats to your pen drive, stick it in your PS2, load up codebreaker, and BAM, instant cheats. Also, they have gamesaves for the games, which are also downloadable.
All of this support is FREE, and there's plenty of it.
Finally, getting Codebreaker to work with Swap Magic is quite a bitch, since there's always a chance that cheats will crash SM, it's not very reliable. Finally...... the price and availability : The latest codebreaker retails for $20 and can be found at all major stores, and for whatever weird reason, every single Radio Shack I've ever been to carries them.
I normally have the spirit of "don't give up, keep on trying" but with this one, I really do think it's somewhat of a waste of time for something like this.
Alternatively, you guys should realize that the SM download is usually less than 10MB but usually expands to under 700MB. This means that there's probably a HUGE dummy file.
Basically, replace the dummy file with a 0MB or reduced size dummy file, CDVDGen (rebuild) the sucker, getting it under 640MB and you should have a fully working version of the thing.
I'm actually going to try this out, see if it works.
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