Homebrew [NDS] Forwarder CIAs for your HOME Menu

[Swiftloke]

A new version of Forwarder3-DS is now up in the OP. This once again, should fix support for the original R4. M3 Simply users, use the original R4 option for your forwarders.
Ignore the update prompt, because it hasn't been pushed to the update channel yet. If it's pushed to the update channel, @Olmectron should release a .EXE version, and I'll add that to the OP as well.

Yayyyyy, thanks!

 

[1vanchom]

woaaaa great... I will give it a try... thanks a lot

 

[divekicked]

When i click refresh when the TID is red nothing happens, am i missing part of the setup or something?

 

[Saix9]

It's awesome that the original R4 is supported. I have one question though. When I click the save button, do I need to put the forwarder ROM on my R4? Or does it use the normal ROM already on my R4?

 

[RocketRobz]

It's awesome that the original R4 is supported. I have one question though. When I click the save button, do I need to put the forwarder ROM on my R4? Or does it use the normal ROM already on my R4?

Just install the forwarder CIA. It'll load the ROM on your R4.

 

[Saix9]

Just install the forwarder CIA. It'll load the ROM on your R4.

Thanks so much, now I have all my NDS games on my home screen. This is amazing.

 

[KazoWAR]

TID is red, clicking the blue circle arrow does nothing.

 

[Olmectron]

TID is red, clicking the blue circle arrow does nothing.

Then change it manually to something else, randomly, until it turns to blue instead of red, in the upper TID field (the one exactly below the file name).

 

[divekicked]

Then change it manually to something else, randomly, until it turns to blue instead of red, in the upper TID field (the one exactly below the file name).

What about the DAT name, all the pokemon games use the same name, should i edit them so that they are unique from each other?

 

[Olmectron]

What about the DAT name, all the pokemon games use the same name, should i edit them so that they are unique from each other?

Well, yes. The DAT name should be unique per name, since each of them stores the path the NDS file will be loaded from.

 

[KazoWAR]

looks liked a new update just rolled out a few minutes ago. it fixed the changing the TID problem i had but now it doesn't make CIA, not even for the 2 games i had working on the older version.

 

[RocketRobz]

Forwarder3-DS v1.8.1 now released. Fixes the TID shuffle bug, and game banners are now shown.

EDIT: The version has a bug where the forwarder .NDS/.CIA isn't generated, so please use v1.6.8.
EDIT2: Bug has been fixed in v1.8.2.

 

[RocketRobz]

looks liked a new update just rolled out a few minutes ago. it fixed the changing the TID problem i had but now it doesn't make CIA, not even for the 2 games i had working on the older version.

The bug is now fixed in v1.8.2.

 

[Olmectron]

In the v1.8.3 from the update channel, japanese names are parsed correctly.

 

[retrowallpaper]

In the v1.8.3 from the update channel, japanese names are parsed correctly.

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The app isn't generating .DAT files for me. Using original R4 and Forwarder3-ds v1.8.6.

Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks

 

[Olmectron]

The app isn't generating .DAT files for me. Using original R4 and Forwarder3-ds v1.8.6.

Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks

You don't need DAT files when using Original R4. So, they aren't generated.

From the OP:

• Step 5: (DSTT only) Name the .DAT to what you like. If you want the .DAT to be in a folder named I, put in I/ at the beginning.

 

[retrowallpaper]

You don't need DAT files when using Original R4. So, they aren't generated.

Okay, thanks for the quick response. I'm following the tutorial, generating the forwarder .cia, installing the .cia on my 3ds etc.
But when I launch the forwarder it is going to the r4 menu, giving a 'loading' message, then just white-screening.

The games on my R4 are in a folder titled games and not on the root of the sd, could this be the issue?

 

[Olmectron]

Okay, thanks for the quick response. I'm following the tutorial, generating the forwarder .cia, installing the .cia on my 3ds etc.
But when I launch the forwarder it is going to the r4 menu, giving a 'loading' message, then just white-screening.

The games on my R4 are in a folder titled games and not on the root of the sd, could this be the issue?

Before generating the files, check every item by clicking on them, so you can see the fields, and edit them if needed. Check what the "Game Path" field says, as your NDS games files should be where that fields says.

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I'm talking about this. When you click on each item, you will see this. You can edit the path to whatever you want:

 

[retrowallpaper]

Before generating the files, check every item by clicking on them, so you can see the fields, and edit them if needed. Check what the "Game Path" field says, as your NDS games files should be where that fields says.

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I'm talking about this. When you click on each item, you will see this. You can edit the path to whatever you want:

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Thanks again, I've got it working now for the majority of games. Seems the only ones that don't work are Pokemon Black 1 and 2. As these are my only Dsi enhanced games maybe this is an issue with original R4 (I can run them from apache thunder's launcher without issue).

 

[Olmectron]

Thanks again, I've got it working now for the majority of games. Seems the only ones that don't work are Pokemon Black 1 and 2. As these are my only Dsi enhanced games maybe this is an issue with original R4 (I can run them from apache thunder's launcher without issue).

It could be an issue with the launcher that is used, but only @Robz8 could tell more about it, since I know nothing, sorry.