Homebrew DS(i) Mode hacking progress thread

[CeeDee]

DS Homebrew as CIA: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2_1xHkEp2_6UHpIeTU4OXNYeWM&usp=sharing#list

DSi4DS looks and feels just like the DSi firmware, but it will run straight from a flash cart on your current DS or DSLite. You can load homebrew games and applications from it.

Does DSi4DS work in this way at all? I doubt it would, but... does it?

 

[RocketRobz]

Does DSi4DS work in this way at all? I doubt it would, but... does it?

Well, without a working DLDI, it can't load homebrew games and applications from it.
(The app only works with <2GB SD/microSD cards.)

 

[shaneod]

@Apache Thunder, I'm guessing you may know the answer to this:
A few years ago, I bought a fake copy of New Super Mario Bros. DS on ebay. It worked perfectly on the DS and DS Lite, but didn't work at all on the DSi for me, or at least it doesn't on the newest firmware anyway.
I tried it with TWL_FIRM v2 patch and the TWL Slot1 loader, and neither worked. It just gives the generic 'An error has occured' error.
From homemenu, the error occurs practically instantly, if that tells you anything.

Any ideas as to what specifically causes this?

 

[CeeDee]

Well, without a working DLDI, it can't load homebrew games and applications from it.
(The app only works with <2GB SD/microSD cards.)

Alright. I'll look for some more homebrew you could port.

- SyobonActionDS
- Pokemon Ghost Black Retold
- Nyan Cat DS

 

[Apache Thunder]

Do you have a rom dump of it? I could try and fix it. As for other homebrew. I want to try and get a version of hbmenu that uses NitroFS to access files (so I can store NDS files directly in the hbmenu SRL). But I don't know how to do that. Perhaps someone can edit the source code so that it does? I would like to see how useful hbmenu could be as a result.

 

[CeeDee]

Do you have a rom dump of it? I could try and fix it. As for other homebrew. I want to try and get a version of hbmenu that uses NitroFS to access files (so I can store NDS files directly in the hbmenu SRL). But I don't know how to do that. Perhaps someone can edit the source code so that it does? I would like to see how useful hbmenu could be as a result.

Is NitroFS able to be used in DSiWare injects?

 

[shaneod]

Do you have a rom dump of it? I could try and fix it. As for other homebrew. I want to try and get a version of hbmenu that uses NitroFS to access files (so I can store NDS files directly in the hbmenu SRL). But I don't know how to do that. Perhaps someone can edit the source code so that it does? I would like to see how useful hbmenu could be as a result.

I dumped it just now, using wood dumper on ds lite. It's absolutely tiny, weirdly!
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/30754641/ShareX/2016/02/NSMB.zip

 

[dubbz82]

You might want to not link it directly in the thread...

 

[CeeDee]

I dumped it just now, using wood dumper on ds lite. It's absolutely tiny, weirdly!
http://itsnotafullrom.com/download.php?corruptrom.zip

Probably corrupt.

 

[shaneod]

You might want to not link it directly in the thread...

I'd agree with you, except it's quite clearly not a loadable NSMB rom if it's only 256KB in size.

Also, @Sonic_Cee_Dee, I don't think so. The header actually makes sense, because I googled YJLOADER and it gave me this:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/fake-pokemon-platinum.159940/

 

[MsMidnight]

Orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr we can just play games lower than 64MB. Which is pretty much 90% of DS games. And all the ones that are 64MB are trimmable. The only games I know of that is too big that people want to play, is Pokémon generation 5. They're fairly cheap on Nintendo's refurbished site and flashcarts are even cheaper.

Would DPPT/HGSS be playable at least ?

 

[RocketRobz]

Would DPPT/HGSS be playable at least ?

Diamond and Pearl, yes.
Plantinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver, no.

 

[MsMidnight]

Diamond and Pearl, yes.
Plantinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver, no.

Any ideas why ?

 

[CeeDee]

Any ideas why ?

They're 128MB.

DS Homebrew as CIA: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2_1xHkEp2_6UHpIeTU4OXNYeWM&usp=sharing#list

Testing 4 of them - Ghost Black Retold, Mario Craft, Nyan Cat, Syobon Action.

Only 2 showed on home menu - Ghost Black Retold and Mario Craft.

Booted Nyan Cat from BigBlueMenu, error.
Booted Syobon Action from BigBlueMenu, error.
Booted Ghost Black Retold from BigBlueMenu, black screen. (How fitting.)
Booted Mario Craft from Home Menu, instant-error.
Booted Mario Craft from BigBlueMenu, worked! (Yay!)
Oddly enough, touch screen functions didn't seem to work. (Darn!)

And if I had a nickel for every time ReiNand failed to load... I'd be a billionaire by now.

 

[Billy Acuña]

Man, I had been out of this for a time while setting up my A9LH.
Did you get run retail backups alreally?

 

[CeeDee]

Man, I had been out of this for a time while setting up my A9LH.
Did you get run retail backups alreally?

Nope. We got homebrew working though.

 

[Billy Acuña]

Nope. We got homebrew working though.

Well thats nice enough.

 

[DeslotlCL]

Man, I had been out of this for a time while setting up my A9LH.
Did you get run retail backups alreally?

nope, but wii nintendo channel ds demos yes.

 

[CeeDee]

Well thats nice enough.

Yeah, if any of them actually worked. Some boot, most don't though.

 

[RocketRobz]

Testing 4 of them - Ghost Black Retold, Mario Craft, Nyan Cat, Syobon Action.

Only 2 showed on home menu - Ghost Black Retold and Mario Craft.

Changed IDs for Nyan Cat, and Syobon Action. They should show up on Home Menu now.