Hacking How do I convert DSiWare .cia to decrypted .nds?

[ReyVGM]

Anyone know how to convert those DSiWare .cia files to regular decrypted .nds?

I'm not interested in playing on a real console, instead, I want to test the games on No$gba, but it only loads .nds files. So far I've been unable to find a tutorial to convert from .cia to .nds.

I downloaded a tool called dsi_srl_extract, but it didn't do anything, or maybe I don't know how it works.

Can anyone provide a step by step guide as to how to do it?

 

[Sychophantom]

Isn't there already a thread asking this?

 

[ReyVGM]

No, the thread is about converting .bin/.nds to .cia (the opposite of what I'm asking).

 

[Sychophantom]

But you asked in that thread too.

 

[Kippykip]

But you asked in that thread too.

So what? He's asking a legitimate question.

 

[pdensco]

But you asked in that thread too.

if you don,t know the answer then close this page

 

[ReyVGM]

Yes I asked there too, but since it's the opposite of what that thread is about, I decided to make a new thread about it and possibly help other people looking for the same information.

And in case you are following me around, I also posted the same question over at 3dsiso. See? I saved you the trip

 

[cearp]

No, the thread is about converting .bin/.nds to .cia (the opposite of what I'm asking).

i think i saw it before but i cannot find it now.
to convert the decryptred dsiware to cia, we use makerom, and the -srl command?
how do we do it exactly?
just -srl, the input file and the output file name?

 

[coolfuze]

Why not just download the nds game from the multiple sites that are hosting it?

 

[ReyVGM]

1) I probably don't know what sites are hosting it.

2) There are more .cia's being distributed than .nds

 

[Cartmanuk]

What .nds do you need?

 

[d0k3]

Anyone know how to convert those DSiWare .cia files to regular decrypted .nds?

I'm not interested in playing on a real console, instead, I want to test the games on No$gba, but it only loads .nds files. So far I've been unable to find a tutorial to convert from .cia to .nds.

I downloaded a tool called dsi_srl_extract, but it didn't do anything, or maybe I don't know how it works.

Can anyone provide a step by step guide as to how to do it?

Here's what you're searching for. And I already said, that should be in the guides subsection .

 

[GhostLatte]

There is a DSiWare Dump option in MsetForBoss.dat, but I'm not sure how to get it working.

Edit: Just follow this guide

 

[zoogie]

From looking at these cia's, it's just a matter of chopping off the first 0x3900 to get back to the original srl. Hex editor level work.

 

[Hammyface]

Wait does converting them to .nds mean we can play DSiWare on a DSi console?

 

[GhostLatte]

Wait does converting them to .nds mean we can play DSiWare on a DSi console?

If you inject them into DSiWare games or convert them into CIA's, they would work on a 3DS. I'm not sure about playing them on a DSi though, but I don't think that there is a way.

 

[Hammyface]

If you inject them into DSiWare games or convert them into CIA's, they would work on a 3DS. I'm not sure about playing them on a DSi though, but I don't think that there is a way.

Ah ok, thanks. I thought maybe there was a way to convert them to be a DS ROM file or something.

 

[GhostLatte]

Ah ok, thanks. I thought maybe there was a way to convert them to be a DS ROM file or something.

It wouldn't load because most flashcards don't support DSi Mode.

 

[Hammyface]

It wouldn't load because most flashcards don't support DSi Mode.

What if one does, though

And does something like Four Sword Anniversary Edition really use any of the DSi's extra power?

 

[GhostLatte]

What if one does, though

And does something like Four Sword Anniversary Edition really use any of the DSi's extra power?

The CycloDS iEvolution supported DSi Mode, but I'm not sure if it loaded DSiWare NDS ROMs.