Homebrew [NDS] Forwarder CIAs for your HOME Menu

[Nyap]

And soon you'll also have a bricked 3DS!

except I don't want to use the 3DS feature I already have a9lh

 

[RocketRobz]

And soon you'll also have a bricked 3DS!

Because the DSTWO+ is a Gateway clone, for the 3DS part, acutally.

 

[Naendow]

Isn't there something like uncart for DS games? I know that there is a peace of code in uncart to dump twl cardridges, but it is unfinished / unused.

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http://www009.upp.so-net.ne.jp/rudolph/nds/Backup/

Could anyone test it with this dumper? It is more complicated and is only usable on a DS (lite), but maybe that works.

 

[Mazamin]

Is that flashcard working http://www.r4igold.cc/3ds_main.asp ? And what about the gateway blue card?

 

[RocketRobz]

Is that flashcard working http://www.r4igold.cc/3ds_main.asp ? And what about the gateway blue card?

I assume so, but I don't think the Gateway Blue Cards will work.

 

[gudenau]

How does the forwarder work?

Edit:
Is it just a program that edits the ini file on the flashcard? How does it boot the game itself?

 

[RoosterCogburno]

Yeahhhh this is great. Nice work Bobesh8.

Got this working on the 2016 R4 SDHC Revolution Dual-Core. (A9LH SysNAND 11.0)
http://www.r4isdhc.com/wp-content/themes/nds9/images/w/31.jpg

Took a little working getting YSMenu to autoboot. All credit to Sleet here.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/r4sdhc-dual-core-firmware.421665/#post-6229829
Set this up above and get the card to boot into YSMenu by default, then overwrite with the files by Bobesh8.

Now for some questions... any idea how to get cheats to enable?
Since we are just rewriting the YSMenu.ini, I was looking at some flags in the ini file that might enable cheats by default.
But of course... no luck so far. Here's a pastebin with a list of flags I assume. http://pastebin.com/vJhX2f8A
Anyone have more experience with autobooting a game in YSMenu with cheats?

 

[RocketRobz]

How does the forwarder work?

It works by loading a .NDS/.DAT file in the flashcard which erases/creates a new YSMenu.ini file on the root and sets the Auto-Boot ROM path, then launches YSMenu.nds also on the root, and the game auto-boots, unless if it asks to create a .sav file, press A.

 

[gudenau]

It works by loading a .NDS/.DAT file in the flashcard which erases/creates a new YSMenu.ini file on the root and sets the Auto-Boot ROM path, then launches YSMenu.nds also on the root, and the game auto-boots, unless if it asks to create a .sav file, press A.

How do you make the console boot the card? I assume it installs a small program on the 3DS that gets launched, but I'm unsure how you would go from that to the game cart.

 

[RocketRobz]

How do you make the console boot the card? I assume it installs a small program on the 3DS that gets launched, but I'm unsure how you would go from that to the game cart.

The forwarders are DSiWare, and they can read Slot-1. They are based off of Apache Thunder's R4i Gold Launcher.

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Anyone have more experience with autobooting a game in YSMenu with cheats?

Just put ; at the beginning of AUTO_BOOT= then launch the flashcard. Enable cheats like you normally would.

 

[Billy Acuña]

@Bobesh8 Any way to know which games have animated banners?

 

[RoosterCogburno]

Just put ; at the beginning of AUTO_BOOT= then launch the flashcard. Enable cheats like you normally would.

Thanks Bobesh8, but this only allows me to load cheats after accessing the YSMenu directly.
The cheats I enable do not carry over after closing the R4 and loading the game again, this time from the CIA.

So, is there anyway to select cheats from YSMenu, then automatically apply them when loading the game from the CIA?

 

[RocketRobz]

@Bobesh8 Any way to know which games have animated banners?

http://www.rfgeneration.com/blogs/pdrydia/DSi-enhanced-titles-an-incomplete-list-1969.php

Thanks Bobesh8, but this only allows me to load cheats after accessing the YSMenu directly.
The cheats I enable do not carry over after closing the R4 and loading the game again, this time from the CIA.

So, is there anyway to select cheats from YSMenu, then automatically apply them when loading the game from the CIA?

Just looked at the flag list, and not one for enabling cheats by default is found.

 

[gudenau]

The forwarders are DSiWare, and they can read Slot-1. They are based off of Apache Thunder's R4i Gold Launcher.

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Just put ; at the beginning of AUTO_BOOT= then launch the flashcard. Enable cheats like you normally would.

So it's the standard game cart launching code then? I might try to make one for a different device.

 

[Billy Acuña]

@Bobesh8 Sorry again, but... Does this method work on an original R4? What does the flashcart need in order to work with forwarders? A Stage 2 Launcher of that card?

 

[RocketRobz]

@Bobesh8 Sorry again, but... Does this method work on an original R4? What does the flashcart need in order to work with forwarders? A Stage 2 Launcher of that card?

The flashcard list is in the OP. I don't have an original R4, so I can't test. The forwarders are Stage 2 Launchers.

 

[Steve Michael Harris]

Cool I got it work on my r4i sdhc 3ds rts. Its doesn't like that the rom is in a folder but it works fine when its the root.

 

[RocketRobz]

Cool I got it work on my r4i sdhc 3ds rts. Its doesn't like that the rom is in a folder but it works fine when its the root.

Actually, the ROM (not the .dat file) can be in a folder.

 

[Steve Michael Harris]

Yup, you're right I wrote the wrong path in the .dat file

 

[DocKlokMan]

Actually, the ROM (not the .dat file) can be in a folder.

Oh really? So the "G/GAME.DAT" trick isn't going to work? I'll have to edit each of my forwarders in that case.