Homebrew DS(i) Mode hacking progress thread

[PRAGMA]

Point is, the game would have to load first to get to that point

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Never used an emulator with the wrong save type enabled?

It does, Thats why it stays as a whitescreen/black screen - Some games try loading saves before it passes on UI data, some do it on a black screen.

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Point is, the game would have to load first to get to that point

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Never used an emulator with the wrong save type enabled?

Thats completely different doe.

 

[hacksn5s4]

It does, Thats why it stays as a whitescreen/black screen - Some games try loading saves before it passes on UI data, some do it on a black screen.

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Thats completely different doe.

bomberman boots even though it uses saves

 

[WeedZ]

It does, Thats why it stays as a whitescreen/black screen - Some games try loading saves before it passes on UI data, some do it on a black screen.

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Thats completely different doe.

Dude, name a ds game that doesn't run a splash screen, load a menu, have you select load/continue then tries to load a save. Pokémon Is deffinetly not one if there is any.

Also, no its not.

 

[hacksn5s4]

if you save with no save redirection it will say it saved but when you turn it on it will have no saves unless the game has a save error handler and i think the pokemon games do

 

[PRAGMA]

if you save with no save redirection it will say it saved but when you turn it on it will have no saves unless the game has a save error handler and i think the pokemon games do

Hmm kk

 

[hacksn5s4]

thing is this breaks compatibility with homebrew

 

[Izzy17]

I have tried to use Mario kart DS kiosk demo but I get a white screen after health warning

 

[JimmyZ]

I prefer playing DS games on a real DS instead of either blur-ed or shrunk on 3DS, but this is amazing progress.

 

[DeslotlCL]

I have tried to use Mario kart DS kiosk demo but I get a white screen after health warning

Did you decompress it?

 

[Izzy17]

Did you decompress it?

As in unzip the file yes

 

[Derverd]

I prefer playing DS games on a real DS instead of either blur-ed or shrunk on 3DS, but this is amazing progress.

Eventually the screen should be stretched I believe but that will take more progress than pre-alpha xD

 

[hacksn5s4]

i think its best to get all the good ds games working first and not the crappy ones il be happy as long as it plays pokemon and mario games

 

[Bedel]

i think its best to get all the good ds games working first and not the crappy ones il be happy as long as it plays pokemon and mario games

This is not "wow make Pokémon run it's more important than others". Some games will be able to run better and in first releases because diferent reasons, not because "they are better".

 

[DeslotlCL]

As in unzip the file yes

You need to decompress the rom with every file explorer, then repack it with the new arm9 generated from efe.

 

[SeanStar555]

i think its best to get all the good ds games working first and not the crappy ones il be happy as long as it plays pokemon and mario games

That's not how this works, that's not how any of this works.

 

[JimmyZ]

Eventually the screen should be stretched I believe but that will take more progress than pre-alpha xD

stretched = blurry

 

[sniper_x002]

Edit: Doesn't work as far as I can tell. If this method works for you, PLEASE tell me because that means this method works and I'm just doing something else wrong.
As for unpacking & repacking a game, I think this is how you do it.

Not sure though, so please correct me.

1. Open an nds rom with Every File Explorer.

2. In ROM window, open the "Code" tab on the right.

3. Select "Export Decompressed" under ARM9 & save it somewhere

4. Open a rom with DSLazy (find it online), and select "nds unpack"

5. In the same directory as DSLazy, check "NDS_UNPACK" and replace the arm9.bin with the one you extracted earlier.

6. In DSLazy, select "nds packer" and save the final .nds

I have yet to try this, not sure if it'll work but I did get an nds out of it.
Edit 1: Tried New Super Mario Bros. & Phantom Hourglass, white screen. Looks like maybe I'm wrong, but I'll try a ROM that someone else has proven works.

Edit 2: Bomberman doesn't work for me, if someone could tell me what I'm doing wrong that'd be great.

 

[Derverd]

stretched = blurry

What do you think happens with a normal ds cartridge? It's not big enough to make a difference.

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

As for unpacking & repacking a game, I think this is how you do it.

Not sure though, so please correct me.

1. Open an nds rom with Every File Explorer.

2. In ROM window, open the "Code" tab on the right.

3. Select "Export Decompressed" under ARM9 & save it somewhere

4. Open a rom with DSLazy (find it online), and select "nds unpack"

5. In the same directory as DSLazy, check "NDS_UNPACK" and replace the arm9.bin with the one you extracted earlier.

6. In DSLazy, select "nds packer" and save the final .nds

I have yet to try this, not sure if it'll work but I did get an nds out of it.

EFE can replace arm9.bin tho

 

[FlappyFalco]

What do you think happens with a normal ds cartridge? It's not big enough to make a difference.

Will start+select for 1:1 not work with this?