Homebrew [NDS] Forwarder CIAs for your HOME Menu

Helix Fossil · May 23, 2016

So I've re-done everything and still get the original issue. Only a few games work and the rest give white screens.

All that's left that I can think of is that maybe, somehow, the ROMs themselves are bad? I don't understand how I could have so many "dirty" ROMs, but I can't think of any other reason why some games work perfectly fine and others don't.

RocketRobz · May 23, 2016

JasonPK92 said:
So I've re-done everything and still get the original issue. Only a few games work and the rest give white screens.

All that's left that I can think of is that maybe, somehow, the ROMs themselves are bad? I don't understand how I could have so many "dirty" ROMs, but I can't think of any other reason why some games work perfectly fine and others don't.

The .DAT files being corrupted is the only thing I can think of.

Helix Fossil · May 23, 2016

Bobesh8 said:
The .DAT files being corrupted is the only thing I can think of.

I don't understand why, though, especially since I've remade them all at least twice. And it's always the same games that work/don't work, and for all the titles with red TIDs I've made sure to shuffle them so I'm using ones from the whitelist.

However, I am using the windows version. Should I maybe try using the java executable instead?

RocketRobz · May 23, 2016

JasonPK92 said:
I don't understand why, though, especially since I've remade them all at least twice. And it's always the same games that work/don't work, and for all the titles with red TIDs I've made sure to shuffle them so I'm using ones from the whitelist.

However, I am using the windows version. Should I maybe try using the java executable instead?

Yes.

axemurderer · May 23, 2016

Bobesh8 said:
Do they work in NO$GBA? My saves work in both DSTWO and R4i-SDHC 3DS.

I tested with no$gba and it turns out that my saves work fine! it's a really dumb mistake but the two games I tried had empty saves and I didn't realize I'd copied the wrong ones - I tried again with correct saves and they worked perfectly.

Helix Fossil · May 24, 2016

So I re-did everything using the java executable and also re-formatted the microSD card again just to be safe. Still the same problems.

Deleted member 381889 · May 24, 2016

Not sure if I'm doing this wrong, but whenever I used 3DSForwarder I get nds files instead of cia files o_o
EDIT: I was doing it wrong. I wasn't setting the directory for it. This is going to take a while xD I have about 100 games to go through.

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So. When I'm launching my CIAs I'm getting a white screen with a red box on the top screen. In the box it has a question mark then it says MENU underneath it

RocketRobz · May 24, 2016

JasonPK92 said:
So I re-did everything using the java executable and also re-formatted the microSD card again just to be safe. Still the same problems.

What happens if the .DAT files aren't in your card?

Zelock said:
Not sure if I'm doing this wrong, but whenever I used 3DSForwarder I get nds files instead of cia files o_o
EDIT: I was doing it wrong. I wasn't setting the directory for it. This is going to take a while xD I have about 100 games to go through.

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So. When I'm launching my CIAs I'm getting a white screen with a red box on the top screen. In the box it has a question mark then it says MENU underneath it

So you know, the DSiWare limit is 40 games.
And the MENU screen means that the .DAT files aren't in your card.

Deleted member 381889 · May 24, 2016

Bobesh8 said:
So you know, the DSiWare limit is 40 games.
And the MENU screen means that the .DAT files aren't in your card.

Oh, okay, I don't play them all anyway.

RocketRobz · May 24, 2016

Zelock said:
Oh, okay, I don't play them all anyway. Also which card are the .dat files supposed to be on. (FYI I'm using R4i SDHC)

DS-Mode DSiWare cannot read the SD Card, so they go on the flashcard's microSD.

Deleted member 381889 · May 24, 2016

Bobesh8 said:
DS-Mode DSiWare cannot read the SD Card, so they go on the flashcard's microSD.

Okay, well by putting the .DATs on the sd it all worked. I thought it was only for the DSTT cards

Shadowhand · May 24, 2016

Bobesh8 said:
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Is there a way to make DAT files edit the last four lines of existing YSMenu.ini file (so we can have proper theming/correct strings)?

Deleted member 381889 · May 24, 2016

It didn't work :/ I tried loading new super mario brothers and it got past the NINTENDO logo screen and then gave me a black screen.

RocketRobz · May 24, 2016

Zelock said:
It didn't work :/ I tried loading new super mario brothers and it got past the NINTENDO logo screen and then gave me a black screen.

You're using YSMenu from the pack, right? It should work, unless your ROM is corrupted.

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Shadowhand said:
Is there a way to make DAT files edit the last four lines of existing YSMenu.ini file (so we can have proper theming/correct strings)?

You mean showing proper text, like "Create SAV file?"?

Shadowhand · May 24, 2016

Bobesh8 said:
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Yes. I did some experiment and you can use the actual YSmenu.ini and simply add AUTO_BOOT to the end of the file, and it'll work.

EDIT: The full ysmenu.ini is about 17kb, so the dat files won't be too bloated even if you re-write the whole thing.

Deleted member 381889 · May 24, 2016

Bobesh8 said:
You're using YSMenu from the pack, right? It should work, unless your ROM is corrupted.

My roms work when booting from my flashcard, so I'm assuming they're not corrupt. I'm using an R4i SDHC, should I be using the R4i SDHC pack? Because that's what I'm using.

RocketRobz · May 24, 2016

Zelock said:
My roms work when booting from my flashcard, so I'm assuming they're not corrupt. I'm using an R4i SDHC, should I be using the R4i SDHC pack? Because that's what I'm using.

Is it an RTS version? If not, then use the DSTT pack.

Deleted member 381889 · May 24, 2016

Bobesh8 said:
Is it an RTS version? If not, then use the DSTT pack.

It's not rts, but both other versions give me a blank screen. Is it a problem that it's not actually a 3DS compatible flashcard? (Yes, I can still launch it and play games on it normally.)

RocketRobz · May 24, 2016

Zelock said:
It's not rts, but both other versions give me a blank screen. Is it a problem that it's not actually a 3DS compatible flashcard?

How are the other games working?

Deleted member 381889 · May 24, 2016

Bobesh8 said:
How are the other games working?

All games I installed onto the home menu I can launch with the rts version, but they all get me as far as the NINTENDO or CAPCOM logo (or whoever made the game) and no further. Launching games from my r4 works fine however.

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