Homebrew [NDS] Forwarder CIAs for your HOME Menu

ItsTheWolf · Jan 15, 2017

Hi.

So after I've followed your tutorial, I launched a NDS game and it booted into ROM selection screen.

I checked the path and it was correct.
ROM path: flashcard root/roms/KSS.nds (I put flashcard root in to make it a bit clearer)
3DS Forwarder ROM path: roms/KSS.nds (Automatically set ROM path was checked)

So I read some more and did the following:
- Deleted YSMenu.ini in TTMenu and _dsttfwd folders
- Checked the YSMenu.ini: YSMenu.ini in TTMenu is completely blank, while the _dsttfwd one (attached, changed to .txt) has:

[YSMENU]
AUTO_BOOT=/roms/KSS.nds (followed by a bunch of blank space in Notepad or (NUL) in Notepad++)
DEFAULT_DMA=true
DEFAULT_RESET=false (with a (NUL) in Notepad++ at the end)

Still booted to ROM selection screen.

My flashcard is a R4i-SDHC 3DS RTS and I used the "for Slot-1 microSD (R4i-SDHC RTS)"
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Please help.
Thank you.

FTRBND · Jan 15, 2017

I have the R4I Gold 3DS form r4ids.cn.
When I use the R4i Gold RTS pack, everything works but DSi Enhanced games.
When I use the R4i Gold pack, nothing works. Everything is blank.
Edit: Merged the latest R4i Gold (non-rts) Wood firmware from r4ids.cn with your R4i Gold RTS pack and everything works perfectly

(Except PKMN B/W2 which still hangs at read Loading text even with AP patch)

Navi64 · Jan 17, 2017

Is the make_cia only for 64-bit OS?

Naked_Snake · Jan 18, 2017

Everytime I make a forwarder for Mario 64 when I launch it it tells me no bootrom found I have set it to load off of 3ds sd card and the location of the rom am I doing anything wrong!

Darukeru · Jan 18, 2017

FTRBND said:
I have the R4I Gold 3DS form r4ids.cn.
When I use the R4i Gold RTS pack, everything works but DSi Enhanced games.
When I use the R4i Gold pack, nothing works. Everything is blank.
Edit: Merged the latest R4i Gold (non-rts) Wood firmware from r4ids.cn with your R4i Gold RTS pack and everything works perfectly (Except PKMN B/W2 which still hangs at read Loading text even with AP patch)

Reformat your MicroSD using Panasonic SD Formatter

BlackSpark · Jan 18, 2017

I have a DSTT card with roms I dumped from Decrypt9. I'm on Luma3DS CFW with A9LH. No matter what I try, I get a white screen upon launching the forwarder (I can launch using the DSTT forwarder from ApacheThunder just fine).

DSTT Root

sd:/ds

Forwarder3-DS Settings:

and

I install the generated .cias with FBI. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance!

runetoonxx2 · Jan 18, 2017

is gateway 3ds for this fixed yet?

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By that I mean the saving function

noctis90210 · Jan 18, 2017

Still no suport for pokemon games.

EmblemCrossing · Jan 18, 2017

Alright so I'm using a r4i-sdhc rts (the one under the compatible cards) and the games run through the flashcart, and I have forwarders set up, but they all crash when launching right after the white DS loading screen. Any ideas?

Dylan the Tactician · Jan 18, 2017

I finally decided to try this out after, and I had some issues doing so. First attempt, I whitescreened on all 5 games I tried to make a forwarder to. Second attempt, I tried to update the template on 3dsForwarder, and one of the games ran, but they lagged even though they were running on TWL (DSi Mode). Yes, I shuffled the TID's. On the second run's failures, the bottom screen would flash black when opening, then proceed to Whitescreen.
Games
Pokémon B2: Whitescreen
Pokémon Platinum: Whitescreen
PMD2 EoS: Ran, lagged on the opening sequence. (Bottom screen flashed black when opening, then proceeded to opening cutscene)
Fossil Fighters: Whitescreen
Bakugan BB: Whitescreen (it's childhood nostalgia, don't judge me)

When running Explorers of Sky, it would lag when loading a new part of the cutscene, but once it was loaded, the cutscene part would play flawlessly, as if I were running off of my cart. I also noticed it took longer than usual to load new screens (ie. main menus, char creation menus, ect.), but again, once they were loaded, they worked just fine. I was able to play the game without any problems, other than the loading lag!
Since one of the games worked, I know I at least did something right, but I'm not sure what I did wrong with the other games. I searched the thread for "whitescreen" and "white screen", and I didn't find anything related to this specific type of issue. Thanks so much for making these though, I honestly never thought running DS games from SD would be accomplished within the 3ds's life!

Edit - Also, I just found out that leaving it in sleep for extended periods of time kills the game. rip my phanpy starter

bl4ckout · Jan 18, 2017

Hi, I tried to run Super Mario 64 from a DSTT flashcard but I ended up with two white screens after DS boot animation (tried both automatic and manual Path).
Also, is it normal that I got an error when trying to launch the flashcard directly (the 3DS can't launch it) ?

FloofFluff · Jan 18, 2017

It's working with my R4i Gold RTS, but my old save files on the flashcard aren't recognised. Is there anything I need to do to use them?

GwenMyNation · Jan 19, 2017

Forwarder doesn't launch... Win7 Professional 32-bit, J1.8.0_121

cyandied · Jan 19, 2017

Hi, I've got a n3ds on luma with a DSTT flashcart i just bought. I followed all the steps and used the .jar to create CIAs using the roms on my flashcart, but launching a game will show me the dsi splash screen and stay on white screens for awhile after. How do I fix this? do I have to use the generated .nds files as well?

Defaultio · Jan 19, 2017

I have a question, when I have more than one ds forwarder, I can only launch one. It's always the first one I install too, I checked the nds-bootstrap and saw that there was only one path for one of three ds games. I have PKMN B&W2, M&L:IBS, and the first game I installed, AW-DS. Is it a compatibility issue?
Why is there only one game that can load? Can anyone ever answer my questions? Will my questioning stop? No one will ever know.

Dylan the Tactician · Jan 20, 2017

crismartin994@gmail said:
I have a question, when I have more than one ds forwarder, I can only launch one. It's always the first one I install too, I checked the nds-bootstrap and saw that there was only one path for one of three ds games. I have PKMN B&W2, M&L:IBS, and the first game I installed, AW-DS. Is it a compatibility issue?
Why is there only one game that can load? Can anyone ever answer my questions? Will my questioning stop? No one will ever know.

wait, do the other ones whitescreen like as described in my post? (That post is on this page, scroll up a little) This might be the same issue I'm having

Defaultio · Jan 20, 2017

Dylan the Tactician said:
wait, do the other ones whitescreen like as described in my post? (That post is on this page, scroll up a little) This might be the same issue I'm having

I think I may know the reason for it "whitescreening."

It's probably because it only uses ONE Nds path on the bootstrap.ini ... that may be the problem and its just manually changing the file path and then putting the .nds files in the _nds folder or whatever folder the bootstrap has set it too.

It only worked with advance wars, but I'll keep testing...

EDIT 1 : Make sure to check the .nds path in the bootstrap.ini in the _nds folder.

If it isn't routed to your sd/flashcard, then fix that. I use an sd card, and all I had to change was where the forwarder got the Double Sequence : The Virus .nds rom.

NDS_PATH : fat:/_nds/(insert game name here).

It would look something like that on an sd card.

I still don't understand why it only uses one nds rom though...

EDIT 2 WHILE EDITING 1 : I just realized something, it probably changes that NDS PATH depending on the forwarder you're using! So its just the file paths that PC Forwarder-3ds application makes! Wow. So its the forwarders fault all this time for whitescreening, it's not a compatability issue, its a systematic error!

OfficialBrony · Jan 20, 2017

So the CIA file is supposed to be like extremely smaller then the .NDS file?
Because it installed fine I guess, but Pokemon Diamond .NDS is like 64MB and the CIA is 1.25MB???
I am confused with the HUGE size difference, but like I said it installed fine. Well as I thougt it did. Nothing shows up in my home screen.
System: N3DSXL 11.2.0-35U Luma3ds (latest) + A9LH (latest)

Defaultio · Jan 20, 2017

OfficialBrony said:
So the CIA file is supposed to be like extremely smaller then the .NDS file?
Because it installed fine I guess, but Pokemon Diamond .NDS is like 64MB and the CIA is 1.25MB???
I am confused with the HUGE size difference, but like I said it installed fine. Well as I thougt it did. Nothing shows up in my home screen.
System: N3DSXL 11.2.0-35U Luma3ds (latest) + A9LH (latest)

It's fine if the .CIA is smaller or less than 2 MB. Did you try turning it on and off again? Did you try reinstalling the CIA? What game is it?

ClericLaw · Jan 20, 2017

Anyone know how to make this work with the R4i sdhc snoopy? I've followed the guide but I keep getting two white screen when trying to boot the forwarder...

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