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Homebrew [Discontinued] TWLoader - CTR-mode NDS app
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Check the FAQs in the OP on why you're getting a black screen when launching a game.
@Robz8 @GerbilSoft @umbjolt
Significantly improved workflow for the main selfcheck
This includes the ini creation, migration and twloader.cia update.
it creates these folders /_nds/twloader/cias/
EDIT: i forgot to add timestamp writing and checking within steps 14-16, it should check for a timestamp if updating is allowed. Create it when it doesn't exist. And abort further checks if its not older than the set timewindow.
EDIT2: i added timestamp checking to the workflow, but it could be neater
EDIT3: looking at it after a while i realize there is a lot of missing error handling
Significantly improved workflow for the main selfcheck
This includes the ini creation, migration and twloader.cia update.
it creates these folders /_nds/twloader/cias/
Code:
1: check if /_nds/twloader/twloader.ini file exists
no go-to 2
yes go-to 8
2: check if /_nds/twloader/ path exists
no go-to 3
yes go-to 6
3: check if /_nds/ path exists
no go-to 5
yes go-to 4
4: mkdir /_nds/twloader/ (non-recursive)
5: mkdir /_nds/twloader/ (recursive)
6: check if there is enough space free for the file
no go-to 27
yes go-to 7
7: create versioned ini file using defaults and go-to 1
8: read ini file (don't use any of the values yet)
9: check ini file version
old/no-version go-to 10
current go-to 14
10: parse the ini file using legacy parser
11: perform sanity check on old values
12: fill new or broken values with defaults
13: write updated ini to disk, go-back-to 1
14: is auto updating of twloader allowed?
yes go-to 15
no go-to 29
15: has there been an update check recently
no/old value go-to 16
yes go-to 29
16: is there an internet connection?
yes go-to 17
no go-to 28
17: download version number, size and hash from server and store in memory
sucess go-to 18
fail
are there retries left in the loop? (don't loop forever)
no go-to 28
yes go-to 17
18: compare remote and local version numbers and write timestap for next update check
old go-to 19
current go-to 29
19: check if /_nds/twloader/cias/twloader.cia exists
no go-to 20
yes go-to 21
20: check if /_nds/twloader/cias/ path exists
no go-to 22
yes go-to 23
21: delete /_nds/twloader/cias/twloader.cia --> go-to 23
22: mkdir /_nds/twloader/cias/ (non-recursive)
23: check if there is enough space free for the file
no go-to 28
yes go-to 24
24: download twloader.cia to /_nds/twloader/cias/
sucess go-to 25
fail
are there retries left in the loop? (don't loop forever)
no go-to 28
yes go-to 23
25: hash check on twloader.cia
sucess go-to 26
fail
are there retries left in the loop? (don't loop forever)
no go-to 28
yes go-to 24
26: update ini with new version, hash
27: install cia and restart twloader --end
28: print error message
29: continue starting upEDIT: i forgot to add timestamp writing and checking within steps 14-16, it should check for a timestamp if updating is allowed. Create it when it doesn't exist. And abort further checks if its not older than the set timewindow.
EDIT2: i added timestamp checking to the workflow, but it could be neater
EDIT3: looking at it after a while i realize there is a lot of missing error handling
Last edited by bakawun,
The FS service doesn't seem to have a way to check file timestamps. That having been said, we could save the current time in an INI file when downloading a boxart and use that as a reference.
Also, recursive mkdir() can be done even if some of the directories exist. No need to manually check first.
Also, recursive mkdir() can be done even if some of the directories exist. No need to manually check first.
Ok we could do recursive and save some time there.
When i talk about timestamps i do mean manually generated ones that we store in ini files.
Can we check for free space on the disk though?
FBI uses the following code:
Code:
char* currBuffer = ui_free_space_buffer;
FS_ArchiveResource resource = {0};
if(R_SUCCEEDED(FSUSER_GetArchiveResource(&resource, SYSTEM_MEDIATYPE_SD)) && currBuffer < ui_free_space_buffer + sizeof(ui_free_space_buffer)) {
if(currBuffer != ui_free_space_buffer) {
snprintf(currBuffer, sizeof(ui_free_space_buffer) - (currBuffer - ui_free_space_buffer), ", ");
currBuffer += strlen(currBuffer);
}
u64 size = (u64) resource.freeClusters * (u64) resource.clusterSize;
snprintf(currBuffer, sizeof(ui_free_space_buffer) - (currBuffer - ui_free_space_buffer), "SD: %.1f %s", util_get_display_size(size), util_get_display_size_units(size));
currBuffer += strlen(currBuffer);
}- SYSTEM_MEDIATYPE_SD: The SD card.
- SYSTEM_MEDIATYPE_CTR_NAND: The CTR NAND partition.
- SYSTEM_MEDIATYPE_TWL_NAND: The TWL NAND partition.
- SYSTEM_MEDIATYPE_TWL_PHOTO: The TWL PHOTO partition.
reboot was fixed for me by clean install on 3ds sd and flashcard sd
Disclaimer i also reinstalled ds mode as explained on 3ds guide faq for broken ds mode
Last edited by bakawun,
I thought this was intentional. I can select a game and it creates the bin and ini files just fine but directly reboots (or crashes?) after that. The last thing I see is "ini. file created", then the "Software closed." screen appears. I have to press "home", wait for the home launcher to appear, start twl again and repeat...
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I already did that when installing the latest twl
try https://3ds.guide/troubleshooting edit @Robz8 can you confirm if those files are actually the latest or not?
Last edited by bakawun,
allright well you fixed it for me somehow with the last version of the galaxy eagle pack
(ps you can change the name and compatibility there.
i infact have a r4i, with r4i.ndsi.in on the sticker but this card is identical to the galaxy eagle and r4ultra from a kernel point of view
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