but writing a hotkey script is very different from making rom-loaders.
Hence, why I'm suggesting that someone more knowledgeable than me (that hasn't been brainwashed by the MAFIAA) should try to make a real CFW. Enabling homebrew to do more sounds nice. But realistically, all homebrew means anymore is a media player, a game launcher, FTP server, file manager, some emulator/open engine (PRBoom) ports, and a bunch of relatively simple games that can't even compete graphically with a good C64 title. Oh and, since it's the 3DS, the obligatory 3D "Hello World".
Then again, maybe not. The thing is, even to get all of the standard fanfare and substandard crap mentioned above, you have to have people to code them. This is turning out to be a real problem on the 3DS. I had high hopes for the SNES emulator, but it's no match for CatSFC at it's current stage, and hasn't been updated in months. The 3DS also presents the opportunity to emulate the Virtualboy in true stereoscopic 3D (the way it was meant to be played), but there appears to be nothing going on there either (except for some source code that apparently barely even got started, which no one's even bothered to compile). Getting it made is just half of the problem though. Usually the best version (often only version) of a homebrew app is the CIA file, because it is capable of having sound on both the 3DS and N3DS, and can be exited via the home menu. This is certainly true of BlargSNES. In fact, the only case where the Ninjhax version is better is PRBoom, because for some unknown reason, the CIA is missing sound. Without supporting CIAs, how exactly is most of the homebrew out there supposed to run?
So, you'll forgive me if I don't sound enthusiastic, but this isn't my first rodeo. I know who's the bull rider and who's the clown even out of costume by now. So far the only semi-useful thing I've run across is KARL planning to enable sound for PRBoom on the N3DS. They don't say it by name, but there's only one app that has sound in Ninjhax and doesn't have it in CIA form. But if someone knowledgeable would just help the author add sound to the CIA version, we could kill two birds with one stone -- Doom with sound on the N3DS, and eliminating the only use for Ninjhax that currently exists (I could drop the number of copies of Cubic Ninja on my Sky3DS "exploit card" from 3 to 2, and make switching between EUR and USA GW exploits a single button press).
Trying to make a CFW for the N3DS in such a way as to prevent fair use is an exercise in futility anyway. Cubic Ninja is an obscure title of low pressing. And good luck finding an OoT that actually works. I should sell mine while the demand is high. Someone's going to be pissed though, because mine's one of the ones that doesn't work. And no, it's not the memory corrupt message. I managed to get around that using SDF in Palantine to export the working Sky save and import it into the physical cart. The save looks correct, loads fine, and even crashes the game properly when you hit A, but the GW menu never shows up. Apparently the bug's been fixed in this one (but at least it came with the Master Quest unlocked). The only way most people are going to be able to run unsigned code on their N3DS at all is by purchasing a Sky3DS. It's pointless for you to even try to keep the cat in the bag with your CFW given that its de-facto prerequisite has already let it out, but if you want to try, have fun. Still, would you smash the copying machine at work just to prevent your co-workers from copying books? If you built PCs, would you insist on not allowing your customers to have DVD-R drives, just because they can be used to copy movies? Backups devices have a legitimate use. Just like box cutters, which were never intended to be used for hijacking airplanes and flying them into skyscrapers.
Sure, I know nothing about coding on the 3DS. But having read three threads about goody-two-shoes coders writing AP CFW, I'm about ready to jump in head first out of sheer spite, just so I can announce that I'm working on the first CFW for 9.X that hasn't been thoroughly castrated.
Noob question, but what is PBT? Palantine CFW?
PBT stands for "Perfect Brick Tool". It is a modified Palantine that doesn't redirect to RedNAND and actually uses SysNAND (hence the name). It's unlikely to actually brick your system as long as you don't try to install any system firmware CIAs to SysNAND, and don't install Big Red Menu (that has no safety precautions like BBM and the official DevMenus, delete the wrong file and you've got a shiny brick that needs a hard mod). It was originally created for the purpose of installing legit CIAs in SysNAND without a GW card. However, it has since been discovered that it can also play DSiWare, so now everyone's using it to play "Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition" on their old 3DS.
The popular method is to use a second card with no EmuNAND on it, and have two Launcher.dat files on it that you rename back and forth (Launcher_GW.dat or Launcher_PBT.dat for example, depending on which is not being used atm). You use Gateway Mode to install the files and BBM, so that you only have to switch to the considerably less reliable Palantine launcher to actually run the games.
Since I don't have a bunch of extra SD cards laying around, what I do is edit the first character on my internal card using Hex Workshop to keep the GW launcher from finding EmuNAND when I want it to boot into SysNAND with it to install DSiWare. Also, instead of using the GW-based launcher included in the distributed "root.rar" in the popular tutorial, I have renamed the non-GW launcher from the original Palantine to MSetForBoss.dat, and added "rop_multiloader.nds" to the Gateway folder on my DSTwo's microSD card (you can use the blue card for this, they're both DS cards, the DSTwo's just a much nicer one). So, when I want the DS profile exploit to boot GW mode, I load up "rop_multiloader.nds" on the DSTwo and select the first option -- "Gateway Launcher.dat 4x". And when I want to have it boot PBT, I select the third option -- "Homebrew MSetForBoss.dat 4x". This makes it easy to swap payloads without renaming launchers.
Neither way is necessarily wrong, though, so, pick whatever method is easier for you if you decide to try it. Remember though, DSiWare is DS software. Running one is going to kill your DS exploit. So it's a good idea to keep your DSTwo/blue with you, though the DS exploit can be installed via the web exploit, but it's not an option on the "Go Gateway" app, so you'd have to set up a web server manually on your tablet/phone if you wanted to run that one locally (not that that's extremely complicated or anything, especially with the web site only using a single HTML file).
Blizzard doesn't need to support it because there main gaming fans are on a pc base system, not the console.
Quake shareware, googled and done. Infamous cracked cd my ass, there was nothing a team couldn't crack back in the day because things weren't as hard is it is now, or haven't you notice how hard it is to get certain features working on the 3ds. ....missed the KopyKatz days.
Your quote on "Metallica even acknowledges that we made them what they are" can only mean one thing, and no they did not get famous because there album got leaked.....
you're obviously compiling a wall with jumble information to prove something, or you're just bored.
LOL. "It doesn't need good control because it's a PC game" is a lousy argument if you ask me. As for most of Blizzard's fans being on PC, well, if they needlessly client/server the PC version of just one more game, that's probably not going to be the case anymore. Do we even need to have this argument? The PS3 version's superior controls speak for themselves (arguably, the PSX version of the original Diablo's superior controls do as well).
Now I will grant you keyboard+mouse nuts one thing. The mouse is a decent precision pointing device for sniping. Though a good trackball is a better one since you never have to reposition it. However, the keyboard was never even a halfway decent gaming controller. The keys move too much and there's no analog control. You'd be better off holding the left half of an Xbox 360 or PS3 controller in your left hand. Thanks to Xpadder and X-Mouse Button Control, I can actually make that combination work with practically every game out there (I can get 20 functions onto the left side of the controller, and about 30 more onto the mouse buttons and scroll ring).
And yes, the Quake shareware CD is infamous for being the death of shareware. Oh yeah, all that cracking that happened before your time was just child's play. That's about the most ignorant comment I've read all week.
Everyone's album gets leaked. Of course "Death Magnetic" getting leaked didn't make Metallica famous. Though it certainly did increase sales. I never even implied it made them famous. The message was that they were OK with it. Were you drunk when you read my reply? For the record, what made Metallica famous was the underground music scene spreading their "No Life 'Till Leather" demo tape around until it practically encircled the globe (that might be a slight exaggeration, but that's how it is). Metallica has given so-called piracy credit for making them famous. Several times they've admitted it. Again, you reply without even bothering to check your facts.
I type fast. I've been doing it for about 3 decades now. Expect a lengthy reply simply because I can type a lot of words onto the page quickly when I have much to say.
The Quake Shareware CD announced a new method of marketing software from id Software. A bad one for the consumer. You called them, got a one time use code, and it decrypted the game. Once. They didn't send you a CD, they didn't keep a record, your hard drive crashes, you need to spend another $40. Just bad marketing. They also severely underestimated the capacity of the cracking scene. You see, it wasn't just the full version of Quake that was encrypted on that CD, it was their entire software catalog! They should have known better. The crack was swift in coming, and morally justified in light of the consumer's need to protect their purchase. Not that I ripped off their entire catalog. I couldn't. Prior to that, I had purchased almost everything they made. I still have my original Doom, Doom 2, Heretic, and Hexen CDs right here. In fact, I've got original CDs here of Quake II and all of the expansions. id Software just pissed me off with their screw-the-customer attitude on the first one, so I never bought it.
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