If you have tried another ROM / SMC file and it still has not worked we can verify if it is the correct file. It is possible the one you have is not the correct one. If you have patched a game with the Lunar IPS tool and it is not working I have a few things you can try.

If all went well you will be able to play the hacked game via an emulator now.īelow is a video I created on youtube which shows you the process to apply a patch using the Lunar IPS Tool. We now need to open the ROM / SMC file as it will now be patched and will play the Hacked game. If all went ok you should see the message “The file was successfully patched!” ips file we downloaded and click open, then select the ROM file and click on open. Now go back to the folder where the “Lunar IPS.exe” file was and double click this file to launch the tool. WARNING it is very important you locate the correct ROM file or it will not patch correctly. Once you have found the correct ROM copy it in to the same folder as the. You can see from below I need to locate the Super Mario World (U). If you look at the page where you downloaded the game you can see exactly which ROM file you need. Next we need to copy the original games ROM to the same folder as the. ips file contains only the changes the developer has made to the game. Once downloaded unzip the file and it should contain a. Head over to and locate your game and download it. In this guide I will use the ROM Hack “Super Mario World: Return to Dinosaur Land” as an example.

How to Use Lundar IPS Patcher Toolįirst thing we need to do is find a SNES ROM hack to download, you can find one by checking out this page or this one. This utility is also available in Dutch and Swedish.

logging feature for applying IPS patches (ROMFileName.log).

the IPS encoder avoids the rare “0x454F46 (EOF) offset bug” that SNESTool’s IPS encoder has.

the IPS encoder creates files that are the same size or smaller than files created with SNESTool.

IPS patch creation/application support.

Listed below are the features of this utility. Download the file to your machine and unzip the file. In this article I will show you step by step how to use the Lundar IPS Patcher Tool Lunar IPS Patcher Tool Downloadįirst thing we need to do is download the Lunar IPS Patcher utility, You can download it by clicking here the latest version of the utility is 1.02. ips patches (Super Nintendo ROM Hacks) to SNES Rom files which enables users to play hacked SNES games. This tool can be used to create and apply patches but is commonly used to apply. This application is lightweight and easy to use as the gui replaces the old hard to use DOS program. Lunar IPS Patcher Tool can be used to easily apply patches to your favourite Super Nintendo games.

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