Homebrew CiaGenerate: Homebrew, DSiWare and retail CIA builder

[XorTroll]

CiaGenerate: create retail, homebrew or DSiWare CIAs easily!

Hello everybody!
I'm XorTroll, and I'm currently under the development of this quite useful tool.
It is able to generate the CIA (CTR Importable Archive) of a ROM you open with.
The ROMs can be:
- NDS or SRL (DSi ROMs, but looks that the new building method can load also DS ROMs)
- 3DSX (homebrew ROMs)
- 3DS or CCI (retail cartridge ROMs)

Actual version: v0.4 (beta 4)

Change Log:
- [Main change] The DSiWare building has been completely remade. For the moment, only 64bit Windows support it.
- Some design changes, and other minor bugs.

I must remember you that this is a beta release, so it's features are still not officially stable, and might not work in several times.

Release page: https://github.com/XorTroll/CiaGenerate/releases
Repository: https://github.com/XorTroll/CiaGenerate

Useful, yeah?

 

[Deleted member 411764]

cool, I'll try it out.

 

[TyDye]

cool, its all ways nice to have new homebrews

 

[Jacklack3]

I assume by NDS roms you don't mean a retail NDS rom that doesn't use nds-bootstrap?

Anyways this is really cool!

 

[RandomMan25XX]

I tried to use the tool but it complains about required executables not being found, any reason why?

 

[XorTroll]

I tried to use the tool but it complains about required executables not being found, any reason why?

IMPORTANT BUG!

I just deleted ctrtool from the required executables, but the program still requires it, so it gives that error. I'm fixing it right now.
Sorry for it!

 

[RandomMan25XX]

IMPORTANT BUG!

I just deleted ctrtool from the required executables, but the program still requires it, so it gives that error. I'm fixing it right now.
Sorty for it!

It's fine, it's still in beta so it's to be expected to find a bug here and there

 

[XorTroll]

Alright, I've been making some tests with a friend of mine, and it seems to work correctly now.
Go and download it into releases page!
Sorry for making you wait

 

[XorTroll]

Hi guys!
The new version [v0.2] of CiaGenerate is ready, it will be released on a few minutes! Enjoy it!
Release link: https://github.com/XorTroll/CiaGenerate/releases/tag/0.2

 

[Xyphoseos]

I can convert a .nds to .cia ?

 

[XorTroll]

I can convert a .nds to .cia ?

Only if it's made wirh devkitPro, or if it's a DSi ROM. Original NDS ROMs (which are not DSi) like MKDS or Mario 64 DS cannot be converted (it's a pity, I know...)

 

[Xyphoseos]

Only if it's made wirh devkitPro, or if it's a DSi ROM. Original NDS ROMs (which are not DSi) like MKDS or Mario 64 DS cannot be converted (it's a pity, I know...)

When you say DSi rom, what would you say ?
Rom like pokémon black2/white2 ?

 

[XorTroll]

I mean those ROMs which only work with DSi, which cannot be loaded on some emulators and on old DS devices. I've tried encrypting DS ROMs, but they cannot be converted. I've also tried doing it with ROMs I made using devkitPro and, surprisingly, they worked (I don't know why)

 

[Xyphoseos]

I mean those ROMs which only work with DSi, which cannot be loaded on some emulators and on old DS devices. I've tried encrypting DS ROMs, but they cannot be converted. I've also tried doing it with ROMs I made using devkitPro and, surprisingly, they worked (I don't know why)

Do you have an example of those rom ?

 

[XorTroll]

Actually I have just tested it with dkPro ROMs.
Wait, I think I do have a DSi exclusive ROM...

 

[XorTroll]

I have updated the program to 0.3 beta version.
It's been remade using Haxe, and looks pretty good.
You can download its Windows version from GitHub. Check this thread's first message.
Also, a Linux version is coming!

 

[XorTroll]

Beta 4 is now released. For the moment CiaGenerate is only available for 64bit Windows, but I'm working to make 32bit also available.
Now, it seems that you can also load NDS ROMs into a CIA. It's still experimental, but it seems to work.
Enjoy it!

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Beta 4 is now released. For the moment CiaGenerate is only available for 64bit Windows, but I'm working to make 32bit also available.
Now, it seems that you can also load NDS ROMs into a CIA. It's still experimental, but it seems to work.
Enjoy it!

How does the NDS support work? Is it using nds-bootstrap?

 

[Rioluwott]

Beta 4 is now released. For the moment CiaGenerate is only available for 64bit Windows, but I'm working to make 32bit also available.
Now, it seems that you can also load NDS ROMs into a CIA. It's still experimental, but it seems to work.
Enjoy it!

Do you mean retail roms from nds cartidges or dsiware?

 

[XorTroll]

I mean that not only DSiWare exclusive ROMs work, because I found a patcher command-line program which creates a "DSi" version of the ROM. So, basically, I've tested it with NDS ROMs like MKDS and they seem to work. But I must remember you that it's still experimental.