Windows CE/CDDA: Need some testers

The project I posted on GitHub can be considered as a template program, as the iathook static library is an external project. The gddahook project is the project using all the static libraries but this will show you how to deal with the iathook library to do advanced hooking under Windows CE.

But you're right maybe I should create just a template project on the GitHub.

 

Super_Robot_Taisen_α_for_Dreamcast
HGL.DLL

I found the original game decompression program, I want to add a custom decompression method, but I can't find the insertion method and space. Wince game is different from KATANA game.

 

It looks more troublesome

 

a template will be appreciate.
Create .cdi with cdda we games will be great; i'm thinking about sega rally 2 and it's particular format for cdda tracks.

Your work is amazing like always.

 

Yes you are right. Katana executable are just raw binaries file where Windows CE binaries are executed through a complete/complex kernel.
So if I understand well, for Super Robot Taisen α for Dreamcast, you want to hijack a function in the HGL.DLL file? If yes, I think the method I gave here should work. You'll need to patch the HGL.DLL reference in the game's EXE binary, by using a proxy DLL. In clear:

Before:
GAME.EXE --> HGL.DLL

After:
GAME.EXE --> PROXY.DLL (your DLL) --> HGL.DLL

By the way, I was using the same method in my wcegdda project, but more complex because I was hijacking API from differents DLL.

Before:
PB4.EXE
|--> MAPLEDEV.DLL (MapleCreateDevice/MapleEnumerateDevices)
|--> COREDLL.DLL(DeviceIoControl)
|--> DSOUND.DLL (DirectSoundCreate)

After:
PB4.EXE
|--> GDDAHOOK.DLL (MapleCreateDevice/MapleEnumerateDevices)
|------> MAPLEDEV.DLL (MapleCreateDevice/MapleEnumerateDevices)
|------> Custom DeviceIoControl for IOCTL_SEGACD_CD_PLAYTRACK/IOCTL_CDROM_PAUSE_AUDIO/... [COREDLL.DLL for other dwIoControlCodes]
|------> DSOUND.DLL (DirectSoundCreate)
Note: DirectSoundCreate and DeviceIoControl hijacked with "iathook" library at runtime, where MapleCreateDevice/MapleEnumerateDevices were physically hijacked by replacing MAPLEDEV.DLL in PB4.EXE with GDDAHOOK.DLL.

My wcegdda project will be generic, but for now, I must debug it and I will be unavailable for 15 days at least. Plus my Set 5 is currently out-of-order for changing that battery.

 

Yes
But I just want to insert a JMP or JSR into my unzip program in an unzipping program in the HGL.DLL file

 

Hi Sizious, have you been able to debug the problem with Winceos?