Homebrew A question about homebrew

[FluffyLunamoth]

For the homebrew programs that need to be on the root of the MicroSD card, is it possible to sort of "trick" them into being able to work while in a folder? It gets irritating when I have to have all that stuff on the main folder of the card...

 

[tj_cool]

can you give examples of such apps?

edit: haven't seen a way to do it

 

[Primenay13]

For the homebrew programs that need to be on the root of the MicroSD card, is it possible to sort of "trick" them into being able to work while in a folder? It gets irritating when I have to have all that stuff on the main folder of the card...

No not unless the app or game has the option to do so.

 

[FluffyLunamoth]

My best example is Moonshell2's .nds startup file. It never works unless it's on the root of the MicroSD. And my OCD just don't like that. (I'm a major folder whore)(

 

[spinal_cord]

the .nds file can usually load from anywhere on the card. However any dependencies it has, such as a folder full of resources must go in a specific place (usually the root).

 

[setya5785]

My best example is Moonshell2's .nds startup file. It never works unless it's on the root of the MicroSD. And my OCD just don't like that. (I'm a major folder whore)(

 

[Burnedmagix]

My best example is Moonshell2's .nds startup file. It never works unless it's on the root of the MicroSD. And my OCD just don't like that. (I'm a major folder whore)(

 

[DanTheManMS]

Unfortunately, this must be done when compiling the program. There's no way to modify the .nds file after the fact to allow it to look elsewhere for the data files it expects.

A while back, some homebrew used to implement the "DATA" folder convention for exactly this reason. For instance, with DSOrganize, the "DSOrganize" folder can either be located on the root of your card or in "(root)\DATA\DSOrganize". Other homebrew supports this as well, such as DSFTP, AmplituDS, ReadMore, DS DOOM, etc. The "Colors!" application will treat whichever folder "colors.nds" is in as the root folder, so you just have to make sure that both the .nds file and the folder are paired together anywhere on your card. SNEmulDS allows you to modify the "snemul.cfg" file to specify where roms should go, rather than the default SNES folder on the root.

Most applications don't bother supporting alternative paths like that, but it's nice for the ones that do.