Homebrew [NDS] Forwarder CIAs for your HOME Menu

[RocketRobz]

So wait, what is stopping this from working on the Supercard DSTWO?

No .nds-file-specific Stage2 launcher has been developed yet.

 

[Derverd]

No .nds-file-specific Stage2 launcher has been developed yet.

So what's the difference between stage 1 and stage 2? I'm guessing it isnt possible to just use SuperCard DSONE software on the SuperCard DSTWO...

 

[hippy dave]

This is really slick, thanks. The forwarder is working well on my R4i Gold RTS, only found one incompatible game so far (Ivy the Kiwi).
Just launching the cart as normal from the cart icon didn't work, didn't get to the menu, but worked fine when I replaced the files supplied in the download with the latest official menu - I guess the ones in the download are for the R4iDSN instead.

 

[quantumboy]

This is really slick, thanks. The forwarder is working well on my R4i Gold RTS, only found one incompatible game so far (Ivy the Kiwi).
Just launching the cart as normal from the cart icon didn't work, didn't get to the menu, but worked fine when I replaced the files supplied in the download with the latest official menu - I guess the ones in the download are for the R4iDSN instead.

I hade the same problem and when I grabbed the files from the r4ids.cn site it worked both ways, hope the DSI fix comming won't need to chnage these files.

 

[Finn_]

When checking out the DSTT, i noticed that in the comments someone said that it is only working with ds/ds lite. Does Luma3DS allow the card to work on the 3ds, or will I have to order the TT3ds?

 

[quantumboy]

When checking out the DSTT, i noticed that in the comments someone said that it is only working with ds/ds lite. Does Luma3DS allow the card to work on the 3ds, or will I have to order the TT3ds?

Yes, Luma patches the fw to allow allmost all previously blocked ds flash carts

 

[Apache Thunder]

When checking out the DSTT, i noticed that in the comments someone said that it is only working with ds/ds lite. Does Luma3DS allow the card to work on the 3ds, or will I have to order the TT3ds?

Yes Luma does. These forwarder CIAs act as modified stage2 launchers. SRLs installed to TWL NAND that boot the cart inplace of launching it from Home Menu. This allows booting most older cards + being able to auto boot a specific game based on which forwarder CIA you install.

 

[Finn_]

Yes, Luma patches the fw to allow allmost all previously blocked ds flash carts

Yes Luma does. These forwarder CIAs act as modified stage2 launchers. SRLs installed to TWL NAND that boot the cart inplace of launching it from Home Menu. This allows booting most older cards + being able to auto boot a specific game based on which forwarder CIA you install.

Thank you!

 

[Deleted User]

Tested a few games With R4IDS. It's annoyingthat the games that doesn't work are the ones that I want to play the most.

blank Title ID (Error/Shutdown when opening):
Legend of Zelda - Spirit Tracks

Not Working (White screen):
Radiant Historia
Etrian Odyssey 3
Ketsui - Death Label (J)

Working:
Avalon Code
MMZ Collections
MMZX
MMZX Advent (Undub)
MM Star force
MM Star force 2
MM Star force 3
FF IV
SMT: Strange Journey
Picross 3d
Etrian Odyssey
Etrian Odyssey 2
Coropata
Atelier Anne
Doki Majo Plus
Seven Dragons (Patched english)
suikoden tierkreis (Undub)
Time Hollow (Undub)
Chrono Trigger (J)
Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow
Castlevania - Order of Ecclesia
Castlevania - Portrait of Ruin
Doki doki Majo Shinpan!
Doki Doki Majo Shinpan 2
Doki Majo Plus
Summon Night - Twin Age (Undub)
Rondo of Swords (Undub)
The World Ends With You (Undub)
Legend of Zelda - Phantom Hourglass
Rune Factory - A Fantasy Harvest Moon (Undub)
Soma Bringer (ENGLISH)
Tales of Innocence (ENGLISH)
Knight in the Nightmare

 

[RocketRobz]

Tested a few games With R4IDS. It's annoyingthat the games that doesn't work are the ones that I want to play the most.

blank Title ID (Error/Shutdown when opening):
Legend of Zelda - Spirit Tracks

Not Working (White screen):
Radiant Historia
Etrian Odyssey 3
Ketsui - Death Label (J)

Working:
...

"R4 DS" you mean?

blank Title ID? Do you mean there's a white icon, and you get an error screen when launching it? Try shortening the .nds filename, and make the forwarder again.

The games that get white screens should get fixed soon.

 

[Deleted User]

"R4 DS" you mean?

blank Title ID? Do you mean there's a white icon, and you get an error screen when launching it? Try shortening the .nds filename, and make the forwarder again.

The games that get white screens should get fixed soon.

I meant my R4i 3ds revolution (www.r4ids.cn). Got it to working by doing what you said. Now If only EO3 and Radiant Historia is working.

 

[Swiftloke]

I can confirm this works great with the original R4
I'd dumped games with both Woodumper and Decrypt9.
However, one game doesn't work: Pokemon Black. Is this a known incompatible game?

 

[RocketRobz]

I can confirm this works great with the original R4
I'd dumped games with both Woodumper and Decrypt9.
However, one game doesn't work: Pokemon Black. Is this a known incompatible game?

Any DSi-Enchanced game doesn't work right now. Should be fixed soon. The packs have been updated for a future release of Forwarder3-DS, so you can update it, if you want.

 

[Swiftloke]

Any DSi-Enchanced game doesn't work right now. Should be fixed soon. The packs have been updated for a future release of Forwarder3-DS, so you can update it, if you want.

So, if I update the pack, launching the game from the wood menu would work, just not the forwarder yet?

 

[RocketRobz]

So, if I update the pack, launching the game from the wood menu would work, just not the forwarder yet?

For now, it'll still work the same.

 

[RocketRobz]

@DarkGabbz, is Pokemon B&W 2 working for you? I'm using the R4.dat file you posted, and after loading the save file, the screens stay black.

 

[yubimusubi]

Alright, thanks. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yeah there is, but I still can't open the jar :/

[adam@AdamPC-ArchLinux Forwarder]$ java -jar Forwarder3DS.jar
Error: Could not find or load main class com.olmectron.forwarder.Forwarder3DS
[adam@AdamPC-ArchLinux Forwarder]$ java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_92"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_92-b14)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.92-b14, mixed mode)

That error (however unintuitive) for me meant I didn't have javafx installed. On Arch this was the java-openfx package.

I'd also like to note I couldn't get the latest version running on Linux. I can provide a backtrace if you like. The 1.9 version works (but not perfectly).

To get it to run on Linux you also have to modify build.bat to add a bash (or sh) shebang line, change %1 to "$1" (the double quotes are important) throughout, and make it executable. Also make sure build.bat, make_cia, and ndstool are in your PATH (you'll need Linux builds obviously; both are available on the AUR).

The tool otherwise seems to work as intended (an exception is printed after generating the files but it seems harmless). Thanks Olmectron!

I'm not much of a Java guy, but if source is available I'd be happy to contribute a patch or two to make it more Linux friendly.

 

[DanTheMan827]

Couple questions...

• Do the forwarders install as DSIWare or a 3DS title
• What does "Games are on SD card" actually do? does it store the ROM somewhere else if unchecked?
• Does this still allow the RTS / multi-save features of the Wood kernel?

 

[RocketRobz]

Couple questions...

• Do the forwarders install as DSIWare or a 3DS title
• What does "Games are on SD card" actually do? does it store the ROM somewhere else if unchecked?
• Does this still allow the RTS / multi-save features of the Wood kernel?

• They install as DSiWare titles. You can tell, because no 3DS title has a DSiWare banner.
• If "Games are on SD card" is checked, when you pick your ROM in the flashcard, it sets to where it's at in the flashcard.
• This is unknown.

 

[Olmectron]

That error (however unintuitive) for me meant I didn't have javafx installed. On Arch this was the java-openfx package.

I'd also like to note I couldn't get the latest version running on Linux. I can provide a backtrace if you like. The 1.9 version works (but not perfectly).

To get it to run on Linux you also have to modify build.bat to add a bash (or sh) shebang line, change %1 to "$1" (the double quotes are important) throughout, and make it executable. Also make sure build.bat, make_cia, and ndstool are in your PATH (you'll need Linux builds obviously; both are available on the AUR).

The tool otherwise seems to work as intended (an exception is printed after generating the files but it seems harmless). Thanks Olmectron!

I'm not much of a Java guy, but if source is available I'd be happy to contribute a patch or two to make it more Linux friendly.

Thanks for your suggestions!

I can add compatibility for the CIA generation in Linux by doing what you said, so thanks a lot.

Although, what Ketchup901 was saying is that he can't even boot the app at all. He is using ArchLinux. And while, I've been able to test it in Ubuntu and Mint, I haven't been able to test on an Arch Linux distro, yet. From the logs he shared, it seems the ArchLinux JVM (be it with Open JDK or with the official Oracle release) doesn't understand some of the internal paths in my code as internal paths (for files inside the JAR), and actually try to find those files outside the JAR executable. Why this happens is a mystery to me, and I'll need to test it properly installing an ArchLinux distro myself.

Thanks for commenting and I'll give it a look!