Quoted from Jason_Jehosaphat:SPIKE firmware editors: Please help!
I'm struggling to open SPIKE firmware with Pinball Browser. I'm hoping to connect with SPIKE-system Pinball Browser users. I have a fair bit of experience with the software but only with SAM games. I'm reading the program's author's instructions on opening SPIKE firmware and I'm not getting very far.
From Olivier's post:
How do I open a Spike firmware?
1 - The prefered method : Open an image (.img) of the game SD card :
* For Pinball Browser v6 :
Say what?
Just insert the game SD-card into your PC and use the "Read image from X:"; Pinball Browser will make an image of your SD card and save it on your hard disk.
Tried this but can't find the "Read image from X" command in Pinball Browser.
Modify what you want in this image. Once it's done, the modified image must be written to a SD-card, not a thumbdrive.
Do not use the original SD-card (keep it as a backup); use a new SD-card; no need to format it.
Use the "Write to SD" function in the SmartDmd tab.
I'm embarrassed to say that, despite doing some reading online about SD cards and creating images, I'm pretty well lost. I also looked for tutorials on YouTube but found only McSirTuna's clip where he tackles a SAM game.
I would ask Olivier directly, but he's quite busy and my hope was to connect with a Pinsider on the subject if I could.
Download HDD Raw Copy Tool and use it to make an image of your original SD card. https://hddguru.com/software/HDD-Raw-Copy-Tool/HDDRawCopy1.10Setup.exe
Make a backup copy of the image file for safe keeping. You should now have 2 image files - a backup of the original and the one you're going to edit.
Open the image file you're editing with Pinball Browser and make your changes.
When you're done, use HDD Raw Copy Tool to copy the image file to a new SD card that's the same size or larger than your original.
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