Homebrew [WIP] PHBank - Pokémon Homebrew Bank

[driverdis]

Yes, you need the /pk/ folder at root.

I have that on root, the 2.0.1 one I compiled read the folder fine and works

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I have that on root, the 2.0.1 one I compiled read the folder fine and works

it could be my setup, could you upload your compiled build so i can see if it works for me?

 

[Razorzeto]

I have that on root, the 2.0.1 one I compiled read the folder fine and works

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it could be my setup, could you upload your compiled build so i can see if it works for me?

I think v2.0.1 use an older version of /pk/ folder, get the latest on PKBrew repository.

 

[driverdis]

I think v2.0.1 use an older version of /pk/ folder, get the latest on PKBrew repository.

it works now.
also, does the the border around the boxes appear green for some reason?

 

[Razorzeto]

No

it works now.
also, does the the border around the boxes appear green for some reason?

I have no idea, I'm using custom romfs files :/

 

[driverdis]

No


I have no idea, I'm using custom romfs files :/

it was the romfs images, I edited them to be darker grey and it looks a lot nicer than lime green.

 

[Alejandrojohanson]

If I could request any one single addition to this, it'd be support for DPP / HGSS. I absolutely abhor playing the transfer game to go from DPP / HGSS to BW / B2W2, so the ability to jump straight from Gen 4 to Gen 6 would make my life that much sweeter.

When I brought this idea up, I hadn't thought about the fact that BW / B2W2 might not have support in PHBank. Do they?

 

[driverdis]

When I brought this idea up, I hadn't thought about the fact that BW / B2W2 might not have support in PHBank. Do they?

Nintendo's PokeTransporter can do it,so if someone can reverse engineer how Poketransporter handles the conversion between gens, a Homebrew version could be made that could dump into PHBank.

 

[DSoryu]

Nintendo's PokeTransporter can do it,so if someone can reverse engineer how Poketransporter handles the conversion between gens, a Homebrew version could be made that could dump into PHBank.

It uses TWLFiler, no one has reversed that sadly .

 

[driverdis]

It uses TWLFiler, no one has reversed that sadly .

TWLFiler is not used to convert the pokemon between gens, TWLFiler is not needed to get a save off of a DS game. the method TWLSaveTool uses could be used instead of TWLFiler.
A big step to doing this would be to figure out what changes PokeTransporter does to convert the pokemon from older gens into a format ready for Pokemon Bank then implement that in a homebrew version of PokeTransporter.

 

[Xenosaiga]

Long story short, no. There is no backwards compatibility with any of the NDS game carts. There could potentially be a separate app released that will transport Pokemon from older gens... But there is not one currently.

 

[driverdis]

Long story short, no. There is no backwards compatibility with any of the NDS game carts. There could potentially be a separate app released that will transport Pokemon from older gens... But there is not one currently.

isn't that what PokeTransporter is? , why can't the functionality that it has be replicated via homebrew.

 

[Slashcash]

isn't that what PokeTransporter is? , why can't the functionality that it has be replicated via homebrew.

As i've already said... it can be done. It's just that someone has to do it. A poketransporter is a somewhat big project and the combination of skill and motivation is not common. Right now i suspect that our only hope is to attract a new poke-developer into the scene

 

[driverdis]

As i've already said... it can be done. It's just that someone has to do it. A poketransporter is a somewhat big project and the combination of skill and motivation is not common. Right now i suspect that our only hope is to attract a new poke-developer into the scene

I figured it could be done. It really bothers me as I know I have the motivation but not the skill (I am not even ok at using text based languages, I program stuff in Ladder Logic since that is what my skill set is for programming and it's uses are very limited outside of PLCs)

 

[TheDuckMan64]

nevermind

 

[night_hawk]

Is the .xml file (in the 3ds/phbank) also needed somewhere for the cia version? I really can't understand why it doesn't works

 

[Gocario]

Is the .xml file (in the 3ds/phbank) also needed somewhere for the cia version? I really can't understand why it doesn't works

The .xml is only needed with the .3dsx, it is used by the homebrew launcher to "set some arguments" when starting a homebrew.
In that case it's the selected pokémon game.

 

[TheDuckMan64]

Actually, now that we can access twl saves, would a <Gen 6 phbank be possible/planned?

 

[Gocario]

Actually, now that we can access twl saves, would a <Gen 6 phbank be possible/planned?

Is it possible? > Yes
Is it planned? > No

But a PokéTransporter is planned.

 

[night_hawk]

The .xml is only needed with the .3dsx, it is used by the homebrew launcher to "set some arguments" when starting a homebrew.
In that case it's the selected pokémon game.

Ok so i tried to install it into sysnand and it works. Maybe something in my emu is screwed? What could if be?
Anyway now my bank is empty lol. I moved the bank file into pk/bank. The file is around 700kb so there should be something inside

 

[Slashcash]

Is it possible? > Yes
Is it planned? > No

But a PokéTransporter is planned.

True story: a PokèTransporter WOULD be planned but neither me or Gocario own a BW cartridge,