Homebrew Heretic DS

[OrphanPete]

can anyone help me to get this working? i have downloaded it and i'm using an edge card. Are there extra files i need or do i need to place specific files in certain places? any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Another World]

you should read the readme...

To install:
Unzip entire contents into a directory.

Place YOUR Heretic Wad in that directory and make sure it is called Heretic.wad
NOTE: The shareware wad is named Heretic1.wad. You must rename it (or edit the "make_hereticfs.bat" file).

Unzip gbfs into the directory

Execute "make_dsHeretic.bat"
This will create dsHeretic.ds.gba

Flash dsHeretic.ds.gba onto your gba cart

Run it using PassMe/Wifime/FlashMe

Enjoy!

to add music you need the raw files which are hosted on the homepage. http://heretic.drunkencoders.com/Heretic%20music.zip

For music:
Download the Heretic music from http://heretic.drunkencoders.com.

Unzip the .raw music files into your dsHeretic directory.

Execute "make_dsHeretic_with_music.bat"
This will create dsHeretic.ds.gba

you need a retail wad or shareware wad, as one is not included with the download.

i was sucessful with renaming the file to .nds and running on my m3 lite. other wise if that fails you need a slot2 flash kit. just so you know the compiled file is too large for a 3-in-1, its 33.8mb. also the game is older using old fat code, so sram dumps can be troublesome for some kits. saves on my m3 lite only work until i overwrite the sram. dumping it doesn't do anything. finally its a dead project, updates aren't planned or to be expected.

cheers,
-another world

 

[Slyde1052]

I'm curious, does the shareware wad limit the DS version to shareware content only? Or will you get the full game anyway?

EDIT I can run it in the DS emulator, but not on my DSTT. It just loads halfway then stalls.

 

[Another World]

shareware wads are not complete, there is no way to unlock them. you would have to physically try to merge the missing content from a retail wad using a wad editor. i can't help debug a dstt i don't own one.

-another world

 

[Slyde1052]

shareware wads are not complete, there is no way to unlock them. you would have to physically try to merge the missing content from a retail wad using a wad editor. i can't help debug a dstt i don't own one.

-another world

Well, the wad is no longer an issue (hurrrrrrrr), but I was wondering, when you run Heretic DS, do you have a slot 2 device in your DS?

I have no Slot 2 device and I think the emu is emulating a slot 2.

Could this be the problem? As the developer of the game seemed to have a hard-on for peeps running this off of a GBA cart.

 

[Another World]

i run it renamed to .nds on my slot2 in ds mode using my r4 as a passme device. it isn't an emulator but a port of the game engine itself to run on the nds on a slot2 card in ds mode. its an older project that hasn't been updated to include slot1 kits or dldi, for example. afaik it can't *require* a slot2 for anything because it should be on a slot2. what i mean is there won't be code that when its on the slot1 its looking for a slot2 kit or ram or something.

-another world

 

[Vague Rant]

Well, the wad is no longer an issue (hurrrrrrrr), but I was wondering, when you run Heretic DS, do you have a slot 2 device in your DS?

I have no Slot 2 device and I think the emu is emulating a slot 2.

Could this be the problem? As the developer of the game seemed to have a hard-on for peeps running this off of a GBA cart.

If you knew anything about the history of homebrew on the DS, you'd know that before SLOT-1 cards existed, all homebrew had to be run from SLOT-2 using a PassMe device in SLOT-1 (or FlashMe) to trick the DS into thinking it was running from SLOT-1. They don't "have a hard-on" for running stuff from SLOT-2, it's just an older project which uses the only method of running homebrew which existed at the time of its release.

 

[Slyde1052]

If you knew anything about the history of homebrew on the DS, you'd know that before SLOT-1 cards existed, all homebrew had to be run from SLOT-2 using a PassMe device in SLOT-1 (or FlashMe) to trick the DS into thinking it was running from SLOT-1. They don't "have a hard-on" for running stuff from SLOT-2, it's just an older project which uses the only method of running homebrew which existed at the time of its release.

LOL I see!

Yeah I'm new to the whole scene. (Started earlier this summer)

Wow, I had no idea. Interesting though.