Hacking ANNOUNCING: GATEWAY 2.0 “OMEGA” PRIVATE BETA

[mattrunks]

Where is your god now eh?

lol I was wondering when you'd show up in this thread F417H

the second coming will arrive eventually, no one knows the day or time but it'll happen.

 

[linkfx]

That seems complicated. So you're saying to get a working emuNAND copy of 7.1 before updating the Gateway card?

Yes. I kept the original SD with the emuNAND I had with 2.0b2 and used a new SD for Omega, setting up emuNAND and updating to 7.1 again in an attempt to avoid any incompatibilities, whereupon I realized the Omega emuNAND had faulty elements (e.g. e-shop not working).

I've purchased an e-shop game (Dual Destinies) with an emuNAND, but not the latest version though (I think I currently have Firmware 6.XX). How would I go about updating the emuNAND to the latest version with a different card while still being able to play e-shop games I've purchased while running emuNAND?

You *should* be fine just updating with Omega, but I recommend you to first make an image of your SD with Win32DiskImager prior to updating, in order to revert back to 6.1 if any issues arise. You can also restore that image to a different SD card if you wish, provided they have the same cluster size, else you'll need to adjust the partition table as I did.

Lastly, can someone clarify what this means:
After updating the FGPA with the OMEGA Firmware, you cannot downgrade back to 1.2 (Games do not work.) or 2.0 beta 1&2.

Specifically, "Games do not work."

Omega updates the internal firmware of the Gateway card, there seems to be no way of using the original 1.2/2.0 beta Launchers once you upgrade, so there's no downgrading.

 

[Jojse]

I'm going to update my emuNAND, I did the one I have now with 2.0b2, so I want to update to the latest....
Just wondering what to do with the old one on my SDcard? Should I delete my old emunand-partition or will it update itself when I do systemupdate from wifi?
Please give me some tips witch is the best way to do it......Thanks!

 

[blunt420force]

Well, I'm able to back up my pokeY save and restore it to my game file. Pretty Cool.
Even works when the rom is played on another system but unfortunately, didn't work when transferred to the physical cartridge. The Powersave upload service refused to patch it as well.

But at least we can now back up our poke saves and possibly even trade them.
Just run the script in the same directory as the rom (named EK2A.3DS) and follow the directions. I've only tested this on PokeY USA, so not sure if it works with other regions/versions as the save offset could be different. DON'T use trimmed roms. Have fun.

Spoiler: A little python script inside.

save_offset=0x77280000
#for pokemon Y USA, no guarantees for any other version
#use at your own risk, make backups
enter=input("Please enter:\n\n 1 to backup save        (EK2A.3DS -> EK2A.SAV)\n 2 to write save to game (EK2A.SAV -> EK2A.3DS)\n>>>")
f=open("EK2A.3DS","r+b")
 
if enter==1:
    c=open("EK2A.SAV","wb")
    f.seek(save_offset)
    save=f.read(0x100000)
    c.write(save)
elif enter==2:
    c=open("EK2A.SAV","rb")
    save=c.read()
    f.seek(save_offset)
    f.write(save)
else:
    print("Invalid Input")
    f.close()
    exit(1)
 
f.close()
c.close()
print("Done.")
raw_input("Hit enter to close.")

im a little confused here, so i dumped a physical copy of poke y that worked, i tried playing that rom and it worked but my save was corrupted (had to press up + x + b to delete saves), so i went back and dumped poke y again and used your script and got the .sav file, now my question is do i just inject this .sav back into my dumped rom with the script? i tried that but it still said the save was corrupted, am i missing something?

 

[Reecey]

Anyone know how you use multirom cause it mentions drag and drop to your micro sd? or do you just still use Win32 and load your roms from that?

 

[Enigma Hall]

Whoa, nice work Slowteway Team. If it dont brick my console i will really be very happy even with this beta. All is working fine i dont have trimmed roms, then no issues so far.

 

[skarthebloodchild]

I have trimmed roms and all played fine.
One fragmentation error with yoshi but I trimmed again and copy pasted again and voila it worked!

 

[Reecey]

Anyone can please let me know how do you load multi roms onto your card?

 

[digitalforums]

i don't want to read through all the previous post, so one quick question,
can i backup my saves from my original games yet?

thanks in advance

 

[cearp]

i don't want to read through all the previous post, so one quick question,
can i backup my saves from my original games yet?

thanks in advance

no, but with 'nand saving' (pokemon, animal crossing, ... etc) games kind of yes, since the save is in the 'rom'.

 

[sergio_prado]

http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/...-3ds-nintendo-3ds-e-3ds-xl-pronta-entrega-_JM

not a official resseler for sure........at least i can shit his feedback

I bought mine with this seller. Product 100% original. (already tested with the 2.0 update omega)

 

[hundshamer]

Anyone can please let me know how do you load multi roms onto your card?

Format your SD card to ExFAT and copy your roms to it.

i don't want to read through all the previous post, so one quick question,
can i backup my saves from my original games yet?

thanks in advance

No.

 

[Sparticus515]

Anyone know how you use multirom cause it mentions drag and drop to your micro sd? or do you just still use Win32 and load your roms from that?

There's your answer, just drag and drop them onto the micro SD

 

[Reecey]

There's your answer, just drag and drop them onto the micro SD

Sorry I know this sounds stupid could you please explain to me in a little detail on how? I have an 8GB MSDC. I am really not sure what I am doing apart from updating the card itself. How do you format your card to exfat?

 

[RowanDDR]

Changelog in OP currently doesn't mention fat32/exfat support or drag/drop support, or multirom...

 

[Sparticus515]

Sorry I know this sounds stupid could you please explain to me in a little detail on how? I have an 8GB MSDC. I am really not sure what I am doing apart from updating the card itself.

It's ok man, we all had to learn at some point
Just plug connect your micro SD card to your computer via whatever reader you have, it'll either let you just open the card and drag and drop roms in or it will say it needs formatting. If it needs formatting just go through with it a select to format it to exFAT. Now you'll be able to drag and drop roms onto the formatted card

 

[Reecey]

It's ok man, we all had to learn at some point
Just plug connect your micro SD card to your computer via whatever reader you have, it'll either let you just open the card and drag and drop roms in or it will say it needs formatting. If it needs formatting just go through with it a select to format it to exFAT. Now you'll be able to drag and drop roms onto the formatted card

Thanks m8 what do I use to format it to exfat, what program?. I have done the card update fine but don't know the rest I feel rather silly as I am supposed to be a tester. Sorry my bad just use Windows itself, got it cool thanks buddy Much better way of doing it all now then the old way!

 

[CraddaPoosta]

So, save files from 2.0b2 won't work on OMEGA?

I was successfully able to update and am now updating my emuNAND firmware. But, if this means that I have to start Bravely Default over again for the third time, that will make me not so happeh.

 

[Reecey]

So, save files from 2.0b2 won't work on OMEGA?

I was successfully able to update and am now updating my emuNAND firmware. But, if this means that I have to start Bravely Default over again for the third time, that will make me not so happeh.

They should do bud your only changing the launcher file on your sd card none of your other files are changed or touched.

 

[y03usw6e]

Media Type: Card1
Save Crypto: KeyY Method - Remove Update Data
Save Crypto: Repeating CTR Fail - Trim CCI

Media Type: Card2 - No Trimming Possible

This is what I've realized from testing. If a "Repeating CTR Fail" game has update data removed, it'll freeze up after it's selected from the multirom menu.