Homebrew How to make CTR SDK work on your very own computer - [VM EDITION]

[AtlanticBit]

YoshiInAVoid you wanted it, you got it.

• Set up a VirtualBox VM with Windows 7.
• Download CTR SDK(just google CTR_SDK_4_2_8 ) MODS: IF I SHOULDN'T HAVE TOLD THIS FEEL FREE TO GET RID OF THIS
• Go into the CTR_DevEnvironment folder and ONLY install omake.
• Go here and install this thing WITH Eclipse.
• -Now comes the part which explains why we are using a VM-
• Open up Eclipse for DS-5
• Click on Help -> ARM License Manager... -> Add license -> Generate a 30day evalution(see, that's why!) -> Do what it asks you to do. -> Set Select the toolkit you intend to use: to ARM DS-5 blah blah -> Now select diagnostics and find your license folder. -> write it down, you will need it later.
• Now create a environmental variable called CTRSDK_ROOT which will be in my case C:\Users\Atlantic\nintendosux\ctrsdk\CTR_SDK
• Now add the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\DS-5\sw\ARMCompiler5.05u1\bin or if you're on a 32bit system C:\Program Files\DS-5\sw\ARMCompiler5.05u1\bin to your PATH.
• Restart CMD if you have it open.
• Now the weird part:
• Go to C:\Program Files\arm\licenses or create any of those folders if they don't exist(folders regardless of OS) and copy all .lic files from your ARM DS-5 License folder to the folders created earlier and rename one of them(hopefully you have only one) to license.dat (extension HAS TO BE .dat)
• Now type in armcc in cmd to check if everything works. If you get a (license)error than try setting up from Click on help... part. Also to be sure try using omake command.
• Now make a folder on your desktop, documents, somewhere where you will find it called compilebins(or something, doesn't matter) and COPY not MOVE, but COPY all stuff from C:\Program Files\DS-5\sw\ARMCompiler5.05u1\bin there.
• Why? You will find out.
• Now COPY to your clipboard all your .exe files from compilebins folder.
• PASTE those .exe files here CTR_SDK-4_2_7-SampleDemos-20130806-en\SampleDemos\news\news_test
• Why? You have to do this for all examples there(some are broken, watch out!) When you get en error: system doesn't know how to build armasm.exe (or something) just copy those .exe files to the place where omake doesn't find them. Now open CMD and type in

  cd yoursdkdirectory\CTR_SDK-4_2_7-SampleDemos-20130806-en\SampleDemos\news

  and when it finishes type

  omake

• If it manages without errors(hopefully) you should get a CCI file(that's what we are interested in!) in yoursdkfolder\CTR_SDK\images\news_test
• Now download 3DS to CIA converter from Maxconsole.(Only that one will work)
• Extract it.
• Don't forget to install Python 2.7!
• Drag our CCI there and rename it to yourfile.csu
• Run the converter and select CSU to CIA option.
• Type in the name, in my case news_test.csu
• Answer all the questions NO
• Once it says check RSF make sure the RSF generated is correct in terms of services etc.
• After a second you should get a CIA file.
• Copy it over to the SD Card of your Gateway or CFW-compatible 3DS and enjoy the app you have written or just compiled.
• Install the CIA using *Menu
• Try to run it from the Home Menu.
• If it runs than have fun. If it doesn't PM me. I will fix the guide if more people fail at this.

 

[YoshiInAVoid]

Well, this goes against all of the principles of homebrew... but how can you resist just trying it?

 

[minexew]

Well, this goes against all of the principles of homebrew... but how can you resist just trying it?

Doesn't the SDK only contain binary libraries? Making it pretty much useless for any serious homobrew dev?

 

[JustPingo]

Doesn't the SDK only contain binary libraries? Making it pretty much useless for any serious homobrew dev?

No. It contains library you can compile to make your homebrew work. It's like ctrulib in better (of course since it's the official Nintendo thing).

 

[minexew]

No. It contains library you can compile to make your homebrew work. It's like ctrulib in better (of course since it's the official Nintendo thing).

That's what I call useless, unless I'm mistaken and it comes with the source code.

 

[Nollog]

Doesn't the SDK only contain binary libraries? Making it pretty much useless for any serious homobrew dev?

No. It contains library you can compile to make your homebrew work. It's like ctrulib in better (of course since it's the official Nintendo thing).

That's what I call useless, unless I'm mistaken and it comes with the source code.

cute.

It's an SDK, it's exactly what you need to write software for the 3ds(ctr).
Otherwise it wouldn't be called an sdk.
I think you might be thinking of getting nintendo's source code and using it to write your own sdk from it. That's dumb.

 

[ChrisX930]

okay, it works
while trying to start news_test on 3ds stucks on 3ds-Boot Logo. Is it that what it should do?

EDIT:
Works
It created new Notifications like this:

 

[Connador]

What does a VM have to do with the 30 day evaluation? Is it just so that you can start up a new VM after 30 days and redo all the steps?

 

[ChrisX930]

What does a VM have to do with the 30 day evaluation? Is it just so that you can start up a new VM after 30 days and redo all the steps?

I don't use a VM yet. But i think that's the reason, yes

 

[Rinnegatamante]

okay, it works
while trying to start news_test on 3ds stucks on 3ds-Boot Logo. Is it that what it should do?

EDIT:
Works
It created new Notifications like this:

It can be easily achieved with libctru...
http://3dbrew.org/wiki/News_Services

 

[ChrisX930]

It can be easily achieved with libctru...
http://3dbrew.org/wiki/News_Services

didn't know. Used the news_test example from the 3DS-SDK_SampleDemos

 

[AtlanticBit]

What does a VM have to do with the 30 day evaluation? Is it just so that you can start up a new VM after 30 days and redo all the steps?

yeah

 

[AtlanticBit]

That's what I call useless, unless I'm mistaken and it comes with the source code.

No, the libraries ARE NOT compiled

 

[ghjfdtg]

Seriously stop this shit before people start using the official SDK. It defeats every point of homebrew.

 

[mid-kid]

Seriously stop this shit before people start using the official SDK. It defeats every point of homebrew.

It is illegal to redistribute homebrew made with this. This is just for personal stuff, public homebrew will always be released with ctrulib.

 

[WeedZ]

Seriously stop this shit before people start using the official SDK. It defeats every point of homebrew.

Can you enlighten me on what the point of homebrew is? cause I thought it was for the purpose of expanding the usefulness of a device beyond its intended means.

 

[cearp]

Can you enlighten me on what the point of homebrew is? cause I thought it was for the purpose of expanding the usefulness of a device beyond its intended means.

no, not at all! the point of homebrew is to struggle with free open source tools (joking)

- "it's not homebrew if you use code completion" "it's not homebrew if you don't use vim" "it's not homebrew if you didn't use asm" etc...

 

[piratesephiroth]

Again you can just use makerom to convert your CCI to CIA.

 

[piratesephiroth]

Actually, you can build a CIA straight away if you specify CTR_APPTYPE = SD in the OMakefile

 

[cearp]

Actually, you can build a CIA straight away if you specify CTR_APPTYPE = SD in the OMakefile

very useful! thanks