Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Practice Mod

This project can produce a release & patch an Echoes iso to be the practice mod

How to install (Windows)

• Get an Echoes .iso (i.e. using a hacked wii and cleanrip)
• Run patcher.exe
• Drag-and-drop or select your .iso

How to install (MacOS)

• Get an Echoes .iso (i.e. using a hacked wii and cleanrip)
• Run patcher.app
• Drag-and-drop or select your .iso

How to install (linux)

• Get an Echoes .iso (i.e. using a hacked wii and cleanrip)
• Run 'patcher' or 'patcher.app' (depending on your OS)
• Drag-and-drop or select your .iso

Usage

• Launch the iso in Dolphin
• Copy to your wii, and launch using Nintendont
  • If your Nintendont is really old, update Nintendont
  • Note this mod is not currently compatible with some settings, at the very least:
    • Cheats
    • Force progressive
    • Force Widescreen
  • There may be others, not a lot of testing has been done yet

Controls

• D-pad Up on the room map - Warp to the highlighted room
• Z on pause screen - Open menu
• left analog/dpad - Navigate menu
• c-stick - Scroll
• a - Select item in menu
• b - Go back a menu
• dpad-up x3 - Load saved position
• dpad-down x3 - Save current position

Known Issues

• Rare crashes (so far, inconsistent)
• Warps to a couple rooms will put you out of bounds

Menus

• Player
  • Save game
  • Save/load position
  • Edit position
  • Light Show/IS toggling
• Inventory
  • Edit your item inventory
• Settings
  • On screen display settings
  • Save/reload settings on the Slot A memory card
  • RAM Dump to screen (no decoder yet)
• Warps
  • Warp to any room
• Version number
  • QR code links to releases and the discord

OSD

• Current IGT
• Input Display
• Player Information
  • Current position (x, y, z)
  • Current speed (x, y, z, horizontal total)
  • Currrent rotational speed (x, y, z, total)
• Room timers
  • Current room IGT, in seconds
  • Current room IGT, in frames
  • Previous room IGT, in seconds
  • Previous room IGT, in frames
• Frame time graph, as measured by the game

Changelog

1.3.0

• Save Anywhere
• Persistent settings
• Build improvements ported from mp1
• Display the practice mod version in place of the main menu's Multiplayer label.
• A bunch of minor address fixes from decomp
• Update the community QR link
• Map warp (dpad-up)
• All maps visible by default
• Memory usage reduced:
  • Remove the image gallery
  • Disable multiplayer

1.2.5

• New GUI-based patcher
• Fix any% preset keys

1.2.4

• Fix 100% to have 10 pbs
• Fix for cannonball in inventory editor
• Patcher now works on more discs (notably, ones repacked with NOD)

1.2.3

• Windows patch script will now prompt for iso location
• Attempt more improvements at compatibility
• Improve patching to better match echoes linking
• Update the any% preset to match current route

1.2.1/1.2.2

• Possibly improve nintendont compatibility?
• Improve handling of exponential-sized speeds/rotations

1.2.0

• Add support for jump state in monitor window
• Add ability to move windows around (hold "X" and use c-stick to move)
• Hold L/R to increase/decrease how quickly numbers change in the edit position menu

1.1.3

• Fix nintendont? Seems to work more consistently now

1.1.2

• Fix warps with player menu open
• Re-order keys to be cleaner

1.1.1

• Fix warp to Dark Torvus
• Fix X/Y to be correct in the display

1.1.0

• Fix some missing items
• Fix item presets
• Split warp menu into dark/light world
• Automatically show the crash screen on crash

1.0.0

• Initial Release