Hacking Does DS Download Play work with roms?

[Zoskiethewiz]

I've been trying this for a while and I haven't got it to work. I was wondering if I had to do something to make it work?

 

[JuanMena]

Yes it works!
You need 2 DS.
One with the Roms and the other with *a working Wireless antena.

I used to play Meteos with my sisters all the time using 2 DS.

 

[legoinventeor]

DS download play works perfectly fine on most DS flashcarts. I've had a couple, and IIRC, some need enabling the feature first.
Does the second DS detect the game? If so, does it get stuck on the Nintendo logo after downloading the game? That's what happened with some old carts I had before.

 

[Zoskiethewiz]

By a working wireless antenna do you mean some external thing?
Also I don't use a flashcard. I use HiyaCFW and TwilightMenu.
It detects the game but it gets stuck on the logo.

 

[JuanMena]

No. I mean that the Nintendo DS has a Wifi/Bluetooth anthena inside it's shell.
If the antena of your DS doesn't work anymore, you wont be able to play DS Download Game.

 

[Zoskiethewiz]

Yes, antennas on both systems work but...the game doesn't go through the logo.

 

[legoinventeor]

That's exactly what happened to me too. Sadly there's no fix for that on TwilightMenu for now.
Some select games (for example sonic colors, I think) do work. And multi card play works too if you have TwilightMenu on your other system too.

 

[Zoskiethewiz]

I hope someone makes a patch or something to make this work. Really wanted to play The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords anniversary version one last time with my big bro.

 

[JuanMena]

You cant play GAMEBOY ADVANCE or DSi games with OLD DS's!

 

[Alexander1970]

Tetris DS works with TWiLight.
@Robz8 ´s Explanation why not all Games will work:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/ds-i-3d...menu-replacement.472200/page-524#post-9005346
So unfortunately a Patch will not be possible for TWiLight (at the Moment)

Thank you.

 

[Zoskiethewiz]

If cloneboot is the reason dp isn't possible I have 3 questions.
1. Do we need cloneboot to use roms?
2. If it's the reason you can't do dp is it possible to remove it from a rom?
3. What is cloneboot?

 

[Alexander1970]

It is a bootstrap "Thing" but I am sure @ahezard ,@Robz8 and Freinds had done their best.
Some "Tries"
https://github.com/ahezard/nds-bootstrap/issues/553
https://github.com/ahezard/nds-bootstrap/issues/319

Maybe you could talk to them and you will find together a Solution.That would be great !

 

[FAST6191]

1. No. Should work find on normal flash carts as long as you have not messed with the download play component.
2. Sure. It will tend to be a file called utility.bin, possibly located in a folder called dwc, or maybe something with nef files. Either way it will be a DS binary within the DS ROM (have its own icon and everything). There is seldom much point removing them as they usually all of about 4 megabytes, if not less (they have to fit in one go, run and have memory and guess how much memory the DS has?). Removing it as an option from the menu or something is a bigger ask as you will have to either fiddle with the menu to either loop it back around, put in a dummy file that exits or outright remove the option from the menu + any attendant graphics mods you care to do.
3. I don't follow, though if it is about cloneboot specifics you will have to wait for someone else.

 

[Zoskiethewiz]

I'll try to get in contact with them to see how their progress is.