#Super smash bros melee iso not working movie

At DB Level 3, developer controls are enabled, and they are available throughout the game (even before the opening movie starts).ĭB Level 4 is also only accessible through the options in the Debug Menu, meaning it can’t be accessed during boot with develop.ini. Holding X will also boot the game to DB Level 3, but it will also unlock all of the hidden characters and stages without displaying the usual in-game special messages. Melee to DB Level 3, otherwise known as DEBUG-ROM.

With develop.ini in the game data, holding Y as the game boots will set Super Smash Bros.

This is curious as there seems to be no apparent differences between DB Levels 1 and 2. It’s possible DB Level 1 is referred to as NO-DEBUG-ROM to indicate the game is in debug state despite enabling no developer controls (which theoretically could be useful for ensuring a certain build of the game is being used during testing).ĭB Level 2, referred to in the Debug Menu as DEBUG-DEVELOP can only be accessed through the DBLEVEL option in the Debug Menu, meaning it can’t be accessed during boot with develop.ini. While DB Level 1 does not actually enable any developer controls, it does display the game’s Apploader Date, or the revision compile date, on the title screen. Melee boots at DB Level 1, which is labeled by the Debug Menu as NO-DEBUG-ROM. Since this is the default DB Level used by the retail game, there are of course no developer controls enabled at this DB Level. The Debug Menu refers to DB Level 0 as MASTER, which may indicate that this DB Level is intended for retail versions of the game. This usually does not work with demo versions of the game. The develop.ini file can be inserted into the game data regardless of revision or region and also often works with modded versions of the game. The develop.ini file can be completely empty, similar to the usa.ini file found in the North American version of the game. This can be done by creating an empty file called develop.ini and adding it to the game's root directory with a ISO rebuilding tool such as DAT Texture Wizard or GC Rebuilder.

This file essentially unlocks all of the developer functions and can be easily added back into the game. At boot-time, as the game starts up and before the HAL Laboratory logo appears (and also before the Progressive Scan/60Hz Mode menus), the function at 0x8015fda4 calls DVDConvertPathToEntrynum in an attempt to find develop.ini in the root directory. Melee is actually missing a file on the disc, and it appears to be intentional.