Homebrew [NDS] Forwarder CIAs for your HOME Menu

[Asdolo]

Can you still exit to the homescreen after stating an NDS game or do you need a full reboot? (I don't have a card yet, can't test atm)

Pressing home menu in ds mode always prompt you to go to home menu, and if you press Yes it actually soft reboot your console

 

[Devrim]

Pressing home menu in ds mode always prompt you to go to home menu, and if you press Yes it actually soft reboot your console

Thanks.

Iirc DS mode has no sleep mode like the 3DS normally has right?

Also do RTS menu's etc. work?

 

[Asdolo]

Thanks.

Iirc DS mode has no sleep mode like the 3DS normally has right?

Also do RTS menu's etc. work?

I think it has an emulated sleep mode, or at least ds Games knows when you close or open the lid (some games uses that).

About RTS menu, idk. I have an dstwo and it works, but without using any forwarder. I'm pretty sure it doesn't work in ysmenu using this forwarders in the supported flashcards

 

[Haider Raza]

hmmm can I use online & trade pokemon with these converted games?

 

[AkGBA]

hmmm can I use online & trade pokemon with these converted games?

Games are not converted. It's just kind of a forwarder to the flashcart's mSD. If you can use online play & trading directly with your flashcart, you'll be able to do so with those forwarders.

 

[Haider Raza]

Games are not converted. It's just kind of a forwarder to the flashcart's mSD. If you can use online play & trading directly with your flashcart, you'll be able to do so with those forwarders.

I have an r4i wifi version how do I do it? I mean how do I make cia of nds files through r4i?

 

[Haider Raza]

Hello?

 

[RocketRobz]

I tried to install some games but I get a white screen when I try to load them on the 3ds. Is there any way to fix that?

What flashcard do you have?

I have an r4i wifi version how do I do it? I mean how do I make cia of nds files through r4i?

What does your flashcard look like?

 

[theinternetnomad]

Then I'll need to debug under a Boot Camp Windows. Sorry, I'll look for a fix. I'll let you know if I have a build for you to test. The Monday I could have something. Thanks for your help.

Guess I'll use the mac version for now haha, didn't realize there was one

 

[Olmectron]

Guess I'll use the mac version for now haha, didn't realize there was one

You mean the JAR?

 

[Haider Raza]

What flashcard do you have?

What does your flashcard look like?

 

[RocketRobz]

Follow the instructions in the OP.

 

[Haider Raza]

Follow the instructions in the OP.

In op it says 9.2 operating system but im on 11.0 luma cfw!?

 

[RocketRobz]

In op it says 9.2 operating system but im on 11.0 luma cfw!?

It also says "(unless A9LH updated sysNAND is used)", meaning it can be over 9.2 if A9LH is installed.

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In op it says 9.2 operating system but im on 11.0 luma cfw!?

Ignore it, I now took that part out. Any SysNAND firmware over 9.2 can be used if A9LH is installed.

 

[Asdolo]

I'm making my custom "forwarders" (those which doesn't actually forward anything), and I did a tool to convert a nds to a CIA, grabbing icon and pallete (at banner.bin), id (at header.bin) and the 6 languages name (at banner.bin), and it worked perfectly. It injects the just mentioned data directly on a flashcard booter dsiware, replacing icon, pallete and the name (I don't replace the ID there, because then the CIA crash when I open it. But I do replace ID after the dsiware launcher is converted to CIA, in two places).

But I have a problem in dsi enhanced games. If I run my tool directly, it creates a CIA, but when installed, the icon is blank and also the game name and 3d banner (It have the 3D DS game frame, but inside the image is blank).

The curious think is when I see my game in FBI installed titles, it actuallly shows icon and name perfectly.

I tested with clean roms (not patched) and still the same.

Is there a problem with CRC or something? I also think it has something to do with the animation icon on dsi enhanced games.

Please, I really need your help @Robz8 , you may know what is happening!

Thanks in advance!

 

[RocketRobz]

I'm making my custom "forwarders" (those which doesn't actually forward anything), and I did a tool to convert a nds to a CIA, grabbing icon and pallete (at banner.bin), id (at header.bin) and the 6 languages name (at banner.bin), and it worked perfectly. It injects the just mentioned data directly on a flashcard booter dsiware, replacing icon, pallete and the name (I don't replace the ID there, because then the CIA crash when I open it. But I do replace ID after the dsiware launcher is converted to CIA, in two places).

But I have a problem in dsi enhanced games. If I run my tool directly, it creates a CIA, but when installed, the icon is blank and also the game name and 3d banner (It have the 3D DS game frame, but inside the image is blank).

The curious think is when I see my game in FBI installed titles, it actuallly shows icon and name perfectly.

I tested with clean roms (not patched) and still the same.

Is there a problem with CRC or something? I also think it has something to do with the animation icon on dsi enhanced games.

Please, I really need your help @Robz8 , you may know what is happening!

Thanks in advance!

Make sure the DSi-Enhanced banner size is 0x23C0, and that the CRCs are not set to correct, because they're already right.

 

[Asdolo]

Make sure the DSi-Enhanced banner size is 0x23C0, and that the CRCs are not set to correct, because they're already right.

If I export the whole banner.bin file using ndstool in a dsi-enhanced, that file is sized 0x840, just as the non-dsi-enhanced titles

But now that you mention it, I opened the raw nds dsi-enhanced title and jumped to where it's supposed to be the icon (above the 6 language name, right?), and it seems to be more bigger than the exported with ndstool. So I have a lot of doubts.

1) Is ndstool broken? I am using it wrong? I use 'ndstool -x dsi-enhanced_rom.nds -t banner.bin -h header.bin', with every nds file, and as I said, the size of those files are always 0x840 for banner.bin and 0x200 for header.bin
2) I can detect which roms are dsi-enhanced in my tool, but i don't really know what to do then with those.
3) If I read the raw dsi-enhanced nds, how can I know the offset of the giant (0x23C0) banner? Is it so big due to it's animated?
4) 0x23C0 is the size of dsi-enhanced banners, do you mean the whole banner, including extra data, such as it's own header and also the 6-lang game names? Or you mean just the raw game icon?
5) Then, assuming I have the raw dsi-enhanced icon (where is the animation data?), how can I inject that in a no-animated dsiware game (my card booter)
6) If the number 5 is impossible, can I split the animation in, for example, the first frame, and then inject that just as always? (assuming one frame is equal sized as the non-dsi enhanced)

Sorry for the inconveniences

 

[RocketRobz]

If I export the whole banner.bin file using ndstool in a dsi-enhanced, that file is sized 0x840, just as the non-dsi-enhanced titles

But now that you mention it, I opened the raw nds dsi-enhanced title and jumped to where it's supposed to be the icon (above the 6 language name, right?), and it seems to be more bigger than the exported with ndstool. So I have a lot of doubts.

1) Is ndstool broken? I am using it wrong? I use 'ndstool -x dsi-enhanced_rom.nds -t banner.bin -h header.bin', with every nds file, and as I said, the size of those files are always 0x840 for banner.bin and 0x200 for header.bin
2) I can detect which roms are dsi-enhanced in my tool, but i don't really know what to do then with those.
3) If I read the raw dsi-enhanced nds, how can I know the offset of the giant (0x23C0) banner? Is it so big due to it's animated?
4) 0x23C0 is the size of dsi-enhanced banners, do you mean the whole banner, including extra data, such as it's own header and also the 6-lang game names? Or you mean just the raw game icon?
5) Then, assuming I have the raw dsi-enhanced icon (where is the animation data?), how can I inject that in a no-animated dsiware game (my card booter)
6) If the number 5 is impossible, can I split the animation in, for example, the first frame, and then inject that just as always? (assuming one frame is equal sized as the non-dsi enhanced)

Sorry for the inconveniences

1. Nope. ndstool isn't for DSi-Enhanced stuff, actually.
3. There's 4 bytes at offset 0x68. Byteswap these 4 bytes, and you'll get where the banner is.
4. The whole banner.
5. The banner does have animation data, just not on all DSi-Enhanced games. Just go to where the banner is in the card booter, and paste-write it there. Also, write C023 (which is 23C0 byteswapped) at 0x208.

 

[SD_DS]

Will this work with R4i SDHC 2016 edition?

 

[RocketRobz]

Will this work with R4i SDHC 2016 edition?

Does it have the SpongeBob icon?