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I've been able to bumble my way through most of the setup using old tutorials, but I get confused when IDA starts asking questions that aren't asked in older versions. So I think the usage instructions should be kept up-to-date in the README.
So far, I've figured out the following:
Step-by-step
You must use IDA Professional because IDA Free does not come with support for PowerPC architecture.
You should first dump your game, application, or library file from your console. That will not be covered.
Setup
- Install a supported version of IDA Professional (I'm using IDA 9.0.240925)
- Download the corresponding release from this repository (So I download idaxex 0.41)
- Extract the
loadersandtilfolders from the idaxex zip file to the IDA installation directory
- By default, on Windows it goes in
C:\Program Files\IDA Professional 9.0 - These files should be present afterwards:
C:\Program Files\IDA Professional 9.0\loaders\idaxex.dllC:\Program Files\IDA Professional 9.0\til\ppc\x360.til
For Xbox 360:
I'm working with Xbox 360 files so the rest will be about that.
- Launch IDA Professional, click "New" in the Quickstart menu
- Change the file type in the selection dialog to "All Files (*)" and select the XEX file you want to decompile
- Press OK to close the memory mapping info window
- Confirm load settings and press OK to load the file
- Under "Load file ... as" ensure that "Xbox 360 XEX2 File [idaxex.dll]" is selected.
- Under "Processor type" ensure that "PowerPC -> PowerPC big endian" is selected.
- Select "Load resources" if desired
- When prompted to "Load PDB file" choose "No" in most cases.
- ???
- Profit
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