ROM Hack [Release] PS1 Forwarder Creator

SirFluff · Mar 22, 2023

Hello, people! Sorry for going completely silent. I've been dealing with real life stuff, and haven't really had the time to work on it. I did however manage to finish a more primitive version of the tool before I took a break. I still probably won't be able to work on it very much, but it serves the purpose for now. From what I can tell the previous performance issues are gone, and it seems to run at full speed. I can't guarantee the performance for every game however.

Before I disappeared, I underwent an operating system change. As a result, the current tool is made for Ubuntu Linux. I'll upload it to GitHub now, but if you need a Windows version let me know and I'll get to work on that.

Again, sorry for leaving you all in the dark.

Post automatically merged: Mar 22, 2023

New version is up: https://github.com/SirFluffDev/ps1-3ds-forwarder
If you're on Linux, just download the source and run it from there. Instructions are in the README.
If you're on Windows, I'll try scrap together a Windows version sooner or later.

solidgui3 · Mar 23, 2023

A windows version would be Mutch appreciated ,but for now I guess i can do with a virtual machine, thank you for your cool work

BitingChaos · Apr 1, 2023

What's the best way to report issues? The "Long Name" field should take TWO lines.

3DS software can have 1-2 lines for names, and long names get wrapped weird if you don't put them on 2 lines.

Several official 3DS games/apps have a 2-line Long Name, and the NSUI application allows 2-line long names, but pressing Enter in the PS1 Forwarder Creator doesn't insert a line break.

SirFluff · Apr 1, 2023

BitingChaos said:
The "Long Name" field should take TWO lines.

3DS software can have 1-2 lines for names, and long names get wrapped weird if you don't put them on 2 lines.

Really? I had no idea. I don't know how I'd make that work, but I'll look at it sometime today. Thank you for letting me know!

BitingChaos said:
What's the best way to report issues?

For future reference, just submit an issue to the issues tab on the github repo.

Velvis70 · May 19, 2023

Does this create cia's that perform better than the ones created by NSUI 29?

ROMANREIGNS599 · May 21, 2023

Guys, why does everyone recommend turning vsync off? I have experimented with a lot of settings and turning vsync off makes my gameplay sluggish/slowish (probably screen tearing) in CVania Symphony of the Night but with vsync on, it is always smooth

GaroK · Jun 8, 2023

I would very much apreciate if someone checked out Metal Slug X. It seems to work at near perfect speed, but for some reason it's mostly mute with very few sounds playing out of sync. Can this be fixed?

samaret · Jun 9, 2023

Yo, any update on the Windows version, boss?

Mr_Start · Jul 7, 2023

Someone knows which bios is the exact for the ps1 intro? I've marked that option to show the PS1 bios bootlogo, tried using PSP but no luck.

2mono7 · Aug 18, 2023

How is the windows version going?

leapbtw · Sep 26, 2023

Hello, just signed up. Just wanted to share with you guys that I just opened a pull request on SirFluff's github project to fix an issue i had (and from the Issues tab I see other people had too) with his tool. I also asked in a new issue if the source code for part of the software he shared is available: if so, I MIGHT consider creating a GUI version of the tool, maybe compatible with Windows too. If anything will go through I'll probably mention it here.

Meanwhile I guess that you windows folks can use his software either by install WSL, or just booting a Live USB of Ubuntu or some other distro (I'd suggest Lubuntu but you can pick whichever you want)

2mono7 · Oct 13, 2023

leapbtw said:
Hello, just signed up. Just wanted to share with you guys that I just opened a pull request on SirFluff's github project to fix an issue i had (and from the Issues tab I see other people had too) with his tool. I also asked in a new issue if the source code for part of the software he shared is available: if so, I MIGHT consider creating a GUI version of the tool, maybe compatible with Windows too. If anything will go through I'll probably mention it here.

Meanwhile I guess that you windows folks can use his software either by install WSL, or just booting a Live USB of Ubuntu or some other distro (I'd suggest Lubuntu but you can pick whichever you want)

I'm sure a lot of us would appreciate a GUI and a windows version! :grog:

haddad · Apr 29, 2024

This still works till today! I am amazed! Just tried Vanguard Bandits and with audio it's fully playable

Question, what if I have a Multi-Disc PS1 game? Like FF7 or Legend of Dragoon? I would have multiple .bin or .chd's, how do I put into 1 CIA?

Post automatically merged: Apr 29, 2024

I think I figured it out, I put in the pbp version of the game (Legend of Dragoon) for example in the ps1 forwarded creator, the i installed the CIA on my new 2ds xl, but on launch seems to crash?

I either did something wrong or legend of dragoon is not compatible with PCSX ReARMed / retroarch

FanNintendo · Apr 29, 2024

haddad said:
This still works till today! I am amazed! Just tried Vanguard Bandits and with audio it's fully playable

Question, what if I have a Multi-Disc PS1 game? Like FF7 or Legend of Dragoon? I would have multiple .bin or .chd's, how do I put into 1 CIA?

Post automatically merged: Apr 29, 2024

I think I figured it out, I put in the pbp version of the game (Legend of Dragoon) for example in the ps1 forwarded creator, the i installed the CIA on my new 2ds xl, but on launch seems to crash?

I either did something wrong or legend of dragoon is not compatible with PCSX ReARMed / retroarch

use ps2psp program for multiply disc

haddad · Apr 30, 2024

FanNintendo said:
use ps2psp program for multiply disc

Yes thats what I did, I put it into .pbp (all 3 dics), then I put it inside the ps1 forwarder, created the cia, installed successfully on my 3ds, launched it and it crashes on launch.

FanNintendo · Apr 30, 2024

haddad said:
Yes thats what I did, I put it into .pbp (all 3 dics), then I put it inside the ps1 forwarder, created the cia, installed successfully on my 3ds, launched it and it crashes on launch.

what do you own old 3DS or New 3DS ? some games not work right and try check for game compatible?

list of game compatible->

look like 2 of games you asking it should be working. I havent use this program for long time age ago.

haddad · Apr 30, 2024

FanNintendo said:
what do you own old 3DS or New 3DS ? some games not work right and try check for game compatible?

list of game compatible->

look like 2 of games you asking it should be working. I havent use this program for long time age ago.

i have the new 2ds xl (check my signature)

I was able to fix he issue myself, it seems like if I use a pre-created .pbp from the internet for PSP's and convert that to CIA's, the new 2ds will crash on bootup

What I did is manualy found all the disc images (the 3 .bin/.cue files), then I used PSX2PSP v1.4.2 to create my own .pbp file, then put that .pbp file into ps1 forwarder created to make my .cia, then my new 2ds works perfectly.

I noticed, the pre-created .pbp EBOOT psp images for ps1 games was smaller then my own personally created .pbp, i dont think the new 2ds xl likes compressed images. Cuz the pre-downloaded one was like 1.1GB, I made my own and that was 1.5GB, and that worked

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