Homebrew [HELP] EasyRPG Player not working on o3DS !

[Nikokaro]

...there's no such thing as playing games from a .3dsx extension..

But if until yesterday I played with eDuke32 only in the .3dsx format, with very good results !
Could it be that I was dreaming?

 

[CrashMidnick]

That's not correct at all. If a homebrew application comes in both formats then they should function just the same, the main difference as @Kwyjor has already explained, is that the .3dsx files can be launched from the Homebrew Launcher without the need of installing them, while the .cia files have to be installed in order to be used.
Now, since OP is trying to play a game, its .cia should be installed to be played, as there's no such thing as playing games from a .3dsx extension..

Sorry I cannot let you tell that, many devs have problems with CIA's and are not providing them due to bugs. So try to install EsayRPG via 3dsx and launch it. Do the same with the CIA and report back.

 

[CoolMe]

But if until yesterday I played with eDuke32 only in the .3dsx format, with very good results !

The homebrew game is running solely from a .3dsx file with no other files/folders required for it to run? Ok, maybe if it's a small, less than 1mb kind of game, and not anything above it.

Sorry I cannot let you tell that, many devs have problems with CIA's and are not providing them due to bugs.

Now that's a generic claim to make.. What devs that had/have problems with cia versions of their games or homebrew? And the game or software itself being buggy has nothing to do with the cia format.

So try to install EsayRPG via 3dsx and launch it.

Again, you don't install the .3dsx file you just put it in the 3ds folder.

 

[CrashMidnick]

The homebrew game is running solely from a .3dsx file with no other files/folders required for it to run? Ok, maybe if it's a small, less than 1mb kind of game, and not anything above it.

Now that's a generic claim to make.. What devs that had/have problems with cia versions of their games or homebrew? And the game or software itself being buggy has nothing to do with the cia format.

Again, you don't install the .3dsx file you just put it in the 3ds folder.

Please read :

https://gbatemp.net/threads/3dsx-vs-cia.427542/post-6369925

When you say : "If a homebrew application comes in both formats then they should function just the same", this is not true.

 

[Nikokaro]

The homebrew game is running solely from a .3dsx file with no other files/folders required for it to run?

Absolutely not! The .3dsx file needs the main game next to it (duke3d.grp: 40mb) plus other folders with respective .GRP files to play the addon episodes (each from 2 to 40mb size).

How can you not know Duke Nukem 3d? This is heresy!!!
"Who wants some?" ....

 

[CoolMe]

Absolutely not! The .3dsx file needs the main game next to it (duke3d.grp: 40mb) plus other folders with respective .GRP files to play the addon episodes (each from 2 to 40mb size).

That's what i was saying, the .3DSX file acts as a way to load/launch the game. You should have EasyRPG's files set up just like they're supposed to, if you wish to load the game with the .3dsx file..

 

[Nikokaro]

That's what i was saying, the .3DSX file acts as a way to load/launch the game.

But EasyRPG Player does the same thing!!! It loads various user-made role-playing games.

 

[CoolMe]

But EasyRPG Player does the same thing!!! It loads various user-made role-playing games.

A-and?
This

You should have EasyRPG's files set up just like they're supposed to, if you wish to load the game with the .3dsx file..

So you got figured out now? You have all files needed to play the game in place etc.?
I can't tell you where the game files should be placed because i have never used this homebrew app, but there should be instructions on how to set it up on the creator's Github page or wherever it was posted..

 

[CoolMe]

How can you not know Duke Nukem 3d? This is heresy!!!
"Who wants some?" ....

Where have i said i don't know Duke Nukem?

 

[CoolMe]

Please read :

https://gbatemp.net/threads/3dsx-vs-cia.427542/post-6369925

When you say : "If a homebrew application comes in both formats then they should function just the same", this is not true.

..And that's your argument?

 

[Nikokaro]

Where have i said i don't know Duke Nukem?

Here:

The homebrew game is running solely from a .3dsx file with no other files/folders required for it to run?

If you knew dn3d, you already knew that other files were needed, .GRP files especially.

 

[Nikokaro]

..And that's your argument

Don't fight, children...

 

[CrashMidnick]

..And that's your argument?

This is not mine actualy... but if you do not understand that .3dsx is using an environment and .cia another that lead to differences... and if one of this environment is changed/updated at some point that lead to even more differences... then I cannot say anything more.

 

[CoolMe]

Here:

No.

If you knew dn3d, you already knew that other files were needed, .GRP files especially.

I was asking you about how were you trying to play the game just from the .3dsx file.. regardless of me knowing that there should be other files or not.

 

[Nikokaro]

Ladies and gentlemen, the cia version worked perfectly, without the need to install godmode9 or what the hell else. To load the rpg I'm interested in (Saint Seiya Densetsu: almost 2gb, an unbelievable size to be done with RPG Maker 2000 !) it took 5 minutes (sure, it consists of more than 10000 tiny files ). Now everything is fine. Thank you all, although some of the answers were misleading me and complicating unnecessarily my life.

 

[Kwyjor]

without the need to install godmode9 or what the hell else

It's nice that you got it working, but @KleinesSinchen really does have a point. You should get godmode9 installed and do the necessary backups, because it's going to save you a lot more trouble if things go wrong. It can't possibly be as difficult as you think it is.

 

[Nikokaro]

Guys, I should uninstall the latest version of EasyRPG Player (slow and unstable) to install the previous one, which apparently is considerably better. I know that FBI has to be used, but what exactly should I do?
Otherwise can I overwrite (without uninstalling) the one already installed with this older one?

 

[CrashMidnick]

You can uninstall via your system menu like you would do for a Nintendo app, via FBI or install it over the previous one.

 

[Nikokaro]

Unfortunately, the older version, while much faster in loading files, cannot reproduce images of a certain size:

So I went back to the previous one.

 

[Nikokaro]

I got the answer from one of the developers who explained two things:

1) The .3dsx version does not work because the .xml file had to be deleted from the folder (not the other way around, as was suggested to me );
2) The error that occurred in the oldest version I installed was due to the large number of files to load at once and the lack of available RAM. So it is already good that the recent version works, although it has flaws and is slow in several places.