Gaming Digital Manuals?

[defunct32]

Is it normal for a .cia game to not have a digital manual on HOME screen? As far as I know all of my physical games have an in-game manual.

I was playing Culdcept Revolt and there is an option for a manual in the game, not on the HOME screen, HOME screen only shows Open. When I selected Manual the 3DS exited the game, goes to HOME screen then re-enters the game again. It doesn't break the game and the internet is a treasure trove of information anyways, however, is it possible for digital manual to be removed for .cia files in an attempt to save space?

 

[godreborn]

afaik, digital manuals are extra xorpad files with the game itself. I don't know if cia games work that way though, but it does use xorpads. I guess it's possible to be left out to make the game smaller.

 

[Deleted User]

A CIA with a manual contains an extra APP file for the manual. If this file isn't included in the creation of the CIA (as in the case of mounting a CIA file that contains a manual and building a CIA file from the APP file), then the manual won't exist. This most likely means that you either pirated the game or you did what was described above when dumping a game from a gamecard.

 

[defunct32]

Ah, thanks all! I enjoyed Culdcept and actually bought a copy, still a physical game collector at heart.