TTYD Randomizer Seed crash on real Gamecube hardware

[SuperXANA]

Hi everyone,

Seeds generated from the TTYD randomizer website crash on real Gamecube hardware when loading the game after save file creation. It seems that, on Gamecube hardware proper, it fails to load a critical file at game start and hangs forever at the red curtain screen as a result.

I am using GC Loader HW1 v2.0.1 to load the patched ISO files on my Gamecube, the initial base ROM coming from my verified dump of my game disc.
The game disc ISO I use as the randomizer base works fine, as do other Paper Mario TTYD hacks and randomizers using the same initial file.

The same seed ISO files that crash on my Gamecube successfully load into the Rougeport level with the expected randomized items, etc. in Dolphin emulation on my computer.
Is the randomizer working for real console hardware? Is there anything that I can do as a game player to determine the reason for the crash and eventually solve this issue?

[SuperXANA]

settings-string-for-ttyd-randomizer.txt

Example of crashing seed number: 1121642102670690

[jamesbrq]

Do you have any other rel mods loaded or codes active

[SuperXANA]

This is definitely a curious issue for sure.

I don't play with cheat codes or REL mods on my Gamecube, I'm still working to complete the original Paper Mario TTYD game blind and without help except from a player's guide.

The other rom hacks of TTYD are stored in their own individual ISO files and I don't use the memory card system for loading in cheats or hacked game saves.

I have a GC Memory Card Pro where I set up the randomizer seed ISO file to use a dedicated channel so that it would see a fresh memory card space and not interfere with my normal game save. As far as I know it should be entirely isolated and configuring a fresh experience without codes from GCI files or cheats.

[SuperXANA]

Ok so the ISO files are working fine.
I set the Swiss app for Gamecube to do a "clean boot" without the Swiss video patches and the game was able to load into Rougeport from the file save menu perfectly, just like in Dolphin.
So it appears that the randomizer ISOs are incompatible with the Swiss 480p video patches, if I an understanding what Swiss does in its patching process.

[jamesbrq]

No one has run into an issue like that before, but yeah it is safe to say that any other patch applied to the game can impact the mod.

[SuperXANA]

Since this was isolated to the Swiss video patches, unless there is some way to move the mod code to a section that isn't impacted by Swiss video patches, I think we could either close this out or if you prefer keep it open.

It seems unlikely I would think, to move mod code if it has to hook into TTYD to make the mod work, unless the Swiss app dev can come up with a solution. I will ask on his GitHub but I am not certain this can be fixed without some restructuring.

I would be happy to live with the lack of the 480p patches, if it means I can play this awesome randomizer, though it does mean the game will be less sharp from my RetroTINK 4K on my Sharp TV.