Homebrew Saturn emulation using Cotton/Guardian Force testing and debug

[xYuunax]

I'm using the standalone versions of each game. All 3 games work but i just can't get those game images to change the ones i want.

the titleIDs you need to use/add is:

010077001526E002 -> Cotton Boomerang
0100A18015268002 -> Cotton 2
0100C67015270002 -> Guardian Force

 

[helvetinperkeles]

the titleIDs you need to use/add is:

010077001526E002 -> Cotton Boomerang
0100A18015268002 -> Cotton 2
0100C67015270002 -> Guardian Force

Yes and i have those

 

[xYuunax]

@ZER-O I just realized Guardian Force doesn't save the ini in the savedata like Cotton 2. Changing the ini directly works without having to dump/edit/restore save.

This makes testing the settings alot easier, wish I had discovered this earlier

 

[ZER-O]

@ZER-O I just realized Guardian Force doesn't save the ini in the savedata like Cotton 2. Changing the ini directly works without having to dump/edit/restore save.

This makes testing the settings alot easier, wish I had discovered this earlier

then we should adapt that Game as our Main Template for experiments
this will ease the pain of testing some games with long forced Tutorials

OP should add this important insight to the main info Post

a Public shared NSP editor to make separate TID & BID is still needed before i conduct more experiments
for now i have got what i needed from private help, ill be making Game Title Icon Covers and wallpapers for the time being

 

[shadow256]

I don't think it will work, I tried the following SaturnBIOS="/switch/bios.bin", got error 2002-0001, then the controller layout screen appears, and game boots up. So I think it tried to load the bios but failed.

I've tested also what you say but for me the app close after the error. And I don't think that the path logic is so simple, for homebrew it possible but for Nintendo application I don't think you could access the SD like that, the path must be something like "romfs:/bios.bin" (tested and doesn't work) or "/something/romfs/bios.bin" or "/something/bios.bin".

 

[ZER-O]

I've tested also what you say but for me the app close after the error. And I don't think that the path logic is so simple, for homebrew it possible but for Nintendo application I don't think you could access the SD like that, the path must be something like "romfs:/bios.bin" (tested and doesn't work) or "/something/romfs/bios.bin" or "/something/bios.bin".

well i hope its possible to extract the emulator and port it to a HomeBrew app, this has a lot of potential unless the SSF emulator was completly re written into Nintendo SDK or unless there was a way to decrept the surce code, then its not possible

 

[xYuunax]

then we should adapt that Game as our Main Template for experiments
this will ease the pain of testing some games with long forced Tutorials

OP should add this important insight to the main info Post

a Public shared NSP editor to make separate TID & BID is still needed before i conduct more experiments
for now i have got what i needed from private help, ill be making Game Title Icon Covers and wallpapers for the time being

I may have spoken too soon, was testing a game that didn't create a Save. -_-

EDIT/UPDATE: 'SaveData00088000.bin' is where the settings gets saved, I created a folder with the same name and replaced it.. now gives an error code on initial boot, but the emulator continues to load and uses the ini everytime now, even after saving.

Hopefully someone can figure out a proper workaround.

 

[cucholix]

@helvetinperkeles try this, it's my own setup, I'm on 13.0.0 | ams 1.0.1
If it doesn't work, then there's an issue with the Title ID of your games.

I already told you check the title ID through EdiZon overlay, nxdumptool or whatever tool to check the correct ID, it seems the IDs you are using correspond to the 3 in 1 version. Standalone titles never ends in a number different than "000", "002" correspond to DLC stuff, or games bundled.

 

[helvetinperkeles]

@helvetinperkeles try this, it's my own setup, I'm on 13.0.0 | ams 1.0.1
If it doesn't work, then there's an issue with the Title ID of your games.

I already told you check the title ID through EdiZon overlay, nxdumptool or whatever tool to check the correct ID, it seems the IDs you are using correspond to the 3 in 1 version. Standalone titles never ends in a number different than "000", "002" correspond to DLC stuff, or games bundled.

Will check this out Thank you all for patience. This all is new stuff for me so i'm here to learn things.

 

[ZER-O]

@helvetinperkeles try this, it's my own setup, I'm on 13.0.0 | ams 1.0.1
If it doesn't work, then there's an issue with the Title ID of your games.

I already told you check the title ID through EdiZon overlay, nxdumptool or whatever tool to check the correct ID, it seems the IDs you are using correspond to the 3 in 1 version. Standalone titles never ends in a number different than "000", "002" correspond to DLC stuff, or games bundled.

he is not Helping anyone by typing not helping, just tell him to delete all his 3 cotton games, he is confusing himself with 3 TID folders, make him delete all 3 games and start over

worst case scenario his AMS CFW is setup bad and cant forward and read from RomFS

i give up on helping him

 

[dj5927]

I made an overlay.

Can be used for Guardian Force

When using it for cotton, it can be used only by changing the file name.

 

[helvetinperkeles]

@helvetinperkeles try this, it's my own setup, I'm on 13.0.0 | ams 1.0.1
If it doesn't work, then there's an issue with the Title ID of your games.

I already told you check the title ID through EdiZon overlay, nxdumptool or whatever tool to check the correct ID, it seems the IDs you are using correspond to the 3 in 1 version. Standalone titles never ends in a number different than "000", "002" correspond to DLC stuff, or games bundled.

This is wierd. I checked the IDs and they all ens with 00. So why my folders that i got after dumb have not those zeros?

 

[cucholix]

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I made an overlay.

Can be used for Guardian Force

When using it for cotton, it can be used only by changing the file name.

Those are fantastic, thanks for sharing :3

 

[cucholix]

This is wierd. I checked the IDs and they all ens with 00. So why my folders that i got after dumb have not those zeros?

Just place the icon.jpg and config.ini in the folders with those "00"

 

[cucholix]

If someone wants to go extra mile with customization, I did a full assets swap for Panzer Dragoon, playing guide, and credits lol

 

[helvetinperkeles]

Just place the icon.jpg and config.ini in the folders with those "00"

Ok now this goes wierd. I renamed the id folders to 00 again and boom now the custom images work! BUT now every game boots as it original. Like now that i boot worldwide soccer t boots to cotton2. What the f?

 

[cucholix]

Ok now this goes wierd. I renamed the id folders to 00 again and boom now the custom images work! BUT now every game boots as it original. Like now that i boot worldwide soccer t boots to cotton2. What the f?

Place the bin/cue and assets in those 00 ending folders too

 

[helvetinperkeles]

Place the bin/cue and assets in those 00 ending folders too

I deletet all and reinstalling all files now. Lets see..

 

[helvetinperkeles]

Ok this is wierd. I even deleted all files from my id folders and reistalled all and still all games boots to there original games. Just my luck. Now that i got the gamecovers correct now i cant play the games anymore And yes i deletet savefiles and rebootet switch but same results. Strainge.

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Place the bin/cue and assets in those 00 ending folders too

That won't work. I couldn't get these ROMs to work myself when I had it ending in 0 You need them in a folder ending in 6 for collection. 2 for standalone.

Maybe he can have two title folders? Ending in 0 for icons and stuff and 2 for holding his .bins. dunno if that would work.