nds-bootstrap loader: Run commercial NDS backups from an SD Card

TimX24968B · Jan 4, 2017

Robz8 said:
I believe they'll release the next version when save redirection is implemented.

got it. any projected date or estimated date or no?

dubbz82 · Jan 4, 2017

TimX24968B said:
got it. any projected date or estimated date or no?

When its done.

TLNiles · Jan 4, 2017

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood EU stuck on white screen. Tested on both NTR\TWL arm9 cpu speed, on both Official and Unofficial release of bootstrap, via TWLoader 2.1.1. 2DS running on latest stable Luma3DS which is 6.6 via arm9loaderhax, SysNAND 11.2.0-35E.
Also, @Robz8 , how did you managed to run Sonic Rush? I'm still trying very hard to play it, but I can't enter Special Stage for Sonic, and the game also pretty much freezes on first pre-boss dialogue/cutscene, making only first 2 stages playable.

TimX24968B · Jan 5, 2017

dubbz82 said:
When its done.

take that as a no. thanks.

DogParty · Jan 5, 2017

I have a question or two.

Do these "keep a card in there and it works better" situations only deal with original DS games? If not, I remember Gateway allowed for "virtual mounting" of .3ds files. Has anyone tried virtually mounting a game and seeing if that works? I wish there was more info on how Gateway was able to get that set up; I imagine it would either make this easier or obviate the need for nds-bootstrap in the first place :/

Edit: though, now that I think about it, I wonder if the actual red card functioned as a Sky3ds-esque card that was told which game to load based on the in-OS menu.

dubbz82 · Jan 5, 2017

DogParty said:
I have a question or two.

Do these "keep a card in there and it works better" situations only deal with original DS games? If not, I remember Gateway allowed for "virtual mounting" of .3ds files. Has anyone tried virtually mounting a game and seeing if that works? I wish there was more info on how Gateway was able to get that set up; I imagine it would either make this easier or obviate the need for nds-bootstrap in the first place :/

Edit: though, now that I think about it, I wonder if the actual red card functioned as a Sky3ds-esque card that was told which game to load based on the in-OS menu.

If it were that simple, it would've been done a LONG time ago.

Damin72 · Jan 5, 2017

TLNiles said:
Also, @Robz8 , how did you managed to run Sonic Rush? I'm still trying very hard to play it, but I can't enter Special Stage for Sonic, and the game also pretty much freezes on first pre-boss dialogue/cutscene, making only first 2 stages playable.

It's not freeezes. Wait and you cant get to others levels.

eyeliner · Jan 5, 2017

Slasher115 said:
No because the system has to reboot to load a different part of the firmware (ds/dsi mode) to play the games

Ah... Makes perfect sense. Thank you.

TLNiles · Jan 5, 2017

Damin72 said:
It's not freeezes. Wait and you cant get to others levels.

Well, if I can wait for 10 minutes to no avail - I guess I can count it as a freeze after all? And that's exactly what happens whenever I try to enter Special Stage or getting to pre-boss dialogue.
It doesn't crashes or anything, there's no errors or any other data to explain what's wrong on my side or what I am doing wrong, so I'm just trying to figure out what might be wrong if it works for anyone else beside me.

Damin72 · Jan 5, 2017

TLNiles said:
Well, if I can wait for 10 minutes to no avail - I guess I can count it as a freeze after all? And that's exactly what happens whenever I try to enter Special Stage or getting to pre-boss dialogue.
It doesn't crashes or anything, there's no errors or any other data to explain what's wrong on my side or what I am doing wrong, so I'm just trying to figure out what might be wrong if it works for anyone else beside me.

With cartridge Dragon Quest 4, i can access to World Map, but it loadings very slow.

TLNiles · Jan 5, 2017

Damin72 said:
With cartridge Dragon Quest 4, i can access to World Map, but it loadings very slow.

That's pretty much as far as I can get with Sonic Chronicles cart in Slot-1. At that point еру game becomes unresponsive, and cutscene music plays normally in cycles. Happens right after Sonic says about not knowing what Eggman's plan is.

LinkBlaBla · Jan 5, 2017

did someone tried Suikoden Tierkreis for the ds?

StarTrekVoyager · Jan 5, 2017

Stupid question: since the 3DS has a TWL_FIRM, is nds-bootstrap supposed to be/become able to launch DS games in DSi mode or to launch DSi games? That would be awesome since ther's no current way to do so with or without a flashcart (I'll shot whoever says "CycloDS iEvo"

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TLNiles · Jan 5, 2017

StarTrekVoyager said:
Stupid question: since the 3DS has a TWL_FIRM, is nds-bootstrap supposed to be/become able to launch DS games in DSi mode or to launch DSi games? That would be awesome since ther's no current way to do so with or without a flashcart (I'll shot whoever says "CycloDS iEvo" )

TWLoader allows you to choose arm9 CPU speed to one of DS(NTR) or DSi(TWL). This also can be done via customising bootstrap ini-file, just read through readme on github.

StarTrekVoyager · Jan 5, 2017

@TLNiles If you've read my post correctly, I didn't talk about running DS games at TWL clockspeed, I already know that's possible

I'm speaking of running DS games in DSi-enhanced mode and DSi-exclusive games.

TLNiles · Jan 5, 2017

StarTrekVoyager said:
@TLNiles If you've read my post correctly, I didn't talk about running DS games at TWL clockspeed, I already know that's possible I'm speaking of running DS games in DSi-enhanced mode and DSi-exclusive games.

Ah, well. Sorry, guess I got the meaning of your post wrong

All the refines to my language knowledge.
Guess only the devs behind bootstrap can answer that question then.

solitonmedic · Jan 6, 2017

Last Window: The Secret of Cape West will not load at all, black screen.
Tested on the latest TWLoader (2.1.2) and both release and unofficial builds of bootstrap, also tested on NTR/TWL speeds. Using latest stable Luma3DS (6.6) on a New Nintendo 3DS with SysNAND 11.2.0-35U.

c4p0 · Jan 6, 2017

This is great cant wait for it to be stable.

jailminer · Jan 6, 2017

Hm.. I created a redirect for a possible save fix, but it crashes the app, but it does create temp files in the rom's location.

EDIT: I am going to work a little more on it.

EDIT 2: I seem to have gotten to the point to where this will corrupt the rom, and start glitching out, but after a restart the rom won't load. Okay then..?

RocketRobz · Jan 7, 2017

Can anyone test this build? https://www.dropbox.com/s/m3jmxhr4b5tn1yi/bootstrap-card.nds?dl=1
Roms aren't running for me, not even a white screen is appearing. Make sure Console output is set to "On (Debug)" in TWLoader.
Also, make a copy of the .nds file, and call it "bootstrap-dldi.nds".

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