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How to play (some) retail nds games off of sd card using twloader

So this is a toturial for all the people who want to be able to play some ds games off of your sd card! So lets jump in!None of these applications belong to me!
What you need:

1)A 3ds with emunand or a9lh

2)fbi installed onto it

3)A computer with WinRAR found here http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm or some other thing like it


Steps:

1)Download the zip of the latest version found here
https://github.com/Robz8/TWLoader/releases and take the sd root folder and place everything in it on the root of your sd and then place the cia also on your sd

2)Find a nds game somewhere (It should be in .nds format) and place the .nds file into the nds folder (Make sure the game is supported here is the list! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M7MxYQzVhb4604esdvo57a7crSvbGzFIdotLW0bm0Co/edit#gid=0 or it may not work)

3)Then put your sd back into your 3ds

4)Open fbi and install twloader cia (it should be on the root of your sd unless you moved it!) then install twloader -twlnand side.cia it is in sdmc/_nds/twloader/cia

5)Go back to your homenu there should now be a present unwrap it and launch twloader cia

6)There should now be your ds game hurray!Remember the following! First of all there is no save support(Currently).If you have a actual cart of a game of the game you can save but it would save to the cart.

Credits:
The developers and testers who developed the applications and tested games
Most credit goes to @shutterbug2000 (For enabaleing sd) and @Robz8 (for developing Twloader)
 
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So this is a toturial for all the people who want to be able to play some ds games off of your sd card! So lets jump in!None of these applications belong to me!
What you need:

1)A 3ds with emunand or a9lh

2)fbi installed onto it

3)A computer with WinRAR found here http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm or some other thing like it


Steps:

1)Download thezip of 1.6B(Not 2.0 it is not built yet) found here
https://github.com/Robz8/TWLoader/releases and take the sd root folder and place everything in it on the root of your sd and then place the cia also on your sd

2)Find a nds game somewhere (It should ne in .nds format) and place the .nds file into the nds folder (Make sure the game is supported here is the list! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M7MxYQzVhb4604esdvo57a7crSvbGzFIdotLW0bm0Co/edit#gid=0 or it may not work)

3)Then put your sd back into your 3ds

4)Open fbi and install twloader cia (it should be on the root of your sd unless you moved it!) then install twloader -twlnand side.cia it is in sdmc/_nds/twloader/cia

5)Go back to your homenu there should now be a present unwrap it and launch twloader cia

6)There should now be your ds game hurray!Remember the following! First of all there is no save support(Currently).If you have a actual cart of a game of the game you can save but it would save to the cart.

Credits:
The developers and testers who developed the applications and tested games
Most credit goes to @shutterbug2000 (For enabaleing sd) and @Robz8 (for developing Twloader)
You left out the part that if the twloader-twlnand side.cia has to be installed to the Sysnand as well as the Emunand, if you use one.
 

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I've tried this several times already but when I tried to play the game it just gave me black screen and nothing is happening. followed the instruction but still, nothing. any advise?

btw, i am using the current version of TWLoader which is 2.1


Thanks
 
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I've tried this several times already but when I tried to play the game it just gave me black screen and nothing is happening. followed the instruction but still, nothing. any advise?

btw, i am using the current version of TWLoader which is 2.1


Thanks
Make sure that the game you are using is supported or try a different supported game.
 

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Mu only problem with this is the saving. If you need the cart to save, then.. why.. why not just play the cartridge??
 

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Mu only problem with this is the saving. If you need the cart to save, then.. why.. why not just play the cartridge??
You can save to cards of the same type though
Lets say I have Pokemon Diamond as a cart and I want to save my Super Mario 64 progress. I can do that, but it will use the save space on the cart. TWLSaveManager (or similarly named) though essentially lets you get more than one game out of the cart though, thanks to TWLoader :P
 

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