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Project Help with My Pokemon Ranch Project

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superbest64 said:
@Larsenv I've been also trying to get a rom of diamond onto the wiimart version of ranch to the dsi xl (Mario 25 or smth edition.) I managed to get past the Pokemon ranch notice thing on the ds butt it then did not connect. no error. It told me it would then power down my ds.
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try twilight menu
 
I have to apologise for my bad English and/or punctuation/grammar problems as It Isn't my first language.
The platinum saves (at least between the USA ver and JP ver) are interchangable. After frankensteining a USA save to work on the JP version, It reads and picks up the platinum notification; however due to the fact that I only have the japanese version on TwilightMenu++, I can get as far as to the distribution stage before the wii kicks me out due to inactivity (this isn't present In the USA ver of MPR, the DS cart kicks out the player due to inactivity.. I'm guessing that this Is one of the differences present In MPR and MPRPT .narc files, anywho, weird...).
So, I tried modifying the actual save of the channel. PKHeX actually supports MPR to my surprise (alongside each pokemon wii game i think). You can import the ENG pokemons or JP pokemons from there to be readable In MPR.
Here's the pokemon In PKHeX (used the event pokemon as they contain the most unique data):
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And here's how they look In MPR:
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In-game pokemon events (not distribution ones, no clue how those work in this game) do get normally triggered :
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All the pokemon which you move this way are treated as "Hayley's" pokemons.
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I'm guessing this has to do with the fact that MPR registers the cartridges that send their pokemons, and since It finds a bunch of random pokemon In the save without the ID that corresponds to the game, It just gives them the default one. Thanks Ambrella for inputting this failsafe!
Funnily enough, they retain the data that they had prior to moving. No hayley In sight aside from some of her pokemon's. And, they still remain "clean" per-say In PKHeX. Somebody would have to drop the MPR pokemons to Home to see If they're still actually legit. But, at this point, this app's just a novelty when PKSM exists... I guess the event pokemon do exist there though, some people hunt for the exclusive pokemon from those games.
Only thing I'm wondering Is why do the MPR pokemon have the TID clear? I'm gonna assume that It just gets added during the pokemon transfer between MPR and DPPT. Still, It's not like adding the additional data Is really hard, not sure of the "From MPR" notiffication though.
 

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Also interested in knowing if this project is still being worked on! Always happy to see projects for this era of Pokemon games especially following the recent Battle Revolution Hack
 
very interested in progress on this! is there a dedicated server or something that we can collaborate in?
 
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This mod is still being worked on, we have figured out why the transferring wouldn't work. It's because the game needed files replaced and it was crashing because of missing message IDs which aren't on the English version
 
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Chibuga said:
Can the translation be released so it can be played? You can easily move the save from an English Platinum to a Japanese Platinum. I have the Japanese Platinum cartridge and My English save transferred to it with no issues, and vice versa. I then use my Japanese Platinum to connect to Japanese Ranch. So if the English translation could be released that would be good enough for now to play on.
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heya, I want to transfer some pokemon from my box on platinum to pokemon ranch, do you have a guide you followed or could you give a short explanation on how to transfer my save file from the english version of the game to the japanese one so I can connect them?
 
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heya, I want to transfer some pokemon from my box on platinum to pokemon ranch, do you have a guide you followed or could you give a short explanation on how to transfer my save file from the english version of the game to the japanese one so I can connect them?
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this guide works for diamond and pearl with wii mart version of ranch but idk if it will work with platinum and the Japan version

btw I used dsi Mario anniversary edition.
(also u don't need flash cart, u just need twilight menu++ installed on the sd card)

(this guide was made during this summer. things might have changed.)

1. get the

v2.3.0: TWL Christmas Release 🎄​


2. download it and get the wii mart version of the ranch

3. open the ranch and get to the ds connection screen

4. open up the game and see if there is option for ds

5. click said option

6. preform actions u need to do



troubleshooting:
make sure that ur using this verision and supported version of twl
make sure ur wii has same wifi as ds


what changed since then:
v2.6.2 (hotfix)
 
i just put in a ton of work digging my Wii out of storage, lugging a massive CRT into my room and hacking the Wii only to find out that MPA doesn't work with platinum. just know that your effort to make this happen means at least that much to me, and i'm still physically sore. what i mean to say is it would mean a lot to me and i believe in you to make it happen and i wish you luck so i can see my dumb little critters on the big screen. :3

and if you ever need any guinea pigs or help with arduous work i'm sure many would volunteer.
 
I don't know if anyone is still reading this thread, but if you are - I have good news!

In the past week we have worked out a solution that has fully enabled connectivity to non-Japanese versions of Platinum! We have a plan worked out to use a custom homebrew app, and users can use either a physical cartridge or a flashcard.

This is what put the whole project in development hell for 3 and a half years, and now we can finally finish the mod and get it released with due time. THANK YOU ASSAMOW!!!
 
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That's great news! I only heard about this project a couple days ago so it was a surprise to see a big breakthrough for it
 

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