This was a really interesting read. One thing I didn't get, maybe someone can explain, is how do they get the function names and comments into IDA? I would assume that sort of thing is compiled...
This was a really interesting read. One thing I didn't get, maybe someone can explain, is how do they get the function names and comments into IDA? I would assume that sort of thing is compiled out. That seems like it makes everything much easier.
It looks like some gamecube games (accidentally?) have had debug symbols shipped on their discs: https://www.retroreversing.com/gamecube-debug-symbols At the bottom of that page it says that the...
At the bottom of that page it says that the Australian version of Animal Crossing had "link maps" shipped in foresta.map and static.map, and the author's previous post specifically mentions working with foresta.map.
This was a really interesting read. One thing I didn't get, maybe someone can explain, is how do they get the function names and comments into IDA? I would assume that sort of thing is compiled out. That seems like it makes everything much easier.
It looks like some gamecube games (accidentally?) have had debug symbols shipped on their discs: https://www.retroreversing.com/gamecube-debug-symbols
At the bottom of that page it says that the Australian version of Animal Crossing had "link maps" shipped in
foresta.mapandstatic.map, and the author's previous post specifically mentions working withforesta.map.Well, maybe the debugging symbols somehow weren't removed? I don't think that would be unheard of.
Very fun read, thanks.