Homebrew [NDS] Forwarder CIAs for your HOME Menu

[RocketRobz]

Is there any way to edit that loader in order to remove the "press b to continue"?

SuperCard themselves will need to be contacted to bypass/remove the message from dstwo_load_NDSL.nds.

 

[tatundria]

SuperCard themselves will need to be contacted to bypass/remove the message from dstwo_load_NDSL.nds.

Thank you!!

 

[perkel]

Does the white screen happen after it's black for a few seconds?

Hi sorry to waste your time but i have an issue. I have card from www.r4isdhc.com r4 sdhc gold pro. It is based on DSTT aka it has r4.dat and r4imenu folder as software and not ysmenu.
I followed your amazing tutorial and this is the part that doesn'twork for me:

Q: Launching the CIA just takes me to the ROM selection menu. How do I fix that?
A: While leaving YSMenu.ini on the root alone, delete or rename any existing YSMenu.ini file in the YSMenu and TTMenu folders.

first off going by help of some other poster frompackage DSTT/R4i Gold/R4i-SDHC/SC DSONE i installed DSTT one as apperently r4i-sdhs and r4i gold are different than mine (nor from r4i-sdhc.com but from r4isdhc.com site


Simply put there is no YSmenu.ini other than created by cia. and autoboot in that ysmenu.ini points to my nds game.

This is the content of ysmenu.ini:

[YSMENU]

AUTO_BOOT=/Images/DS/Phoenix Wright 1 - Ace Attorney.nds
DEFAULT_DMA=true
DEFAULT_RESET=false

So imo somehow ysmenu doesn't read that .ini.

Flashcard first uses it's owm software to read ysmenu.nds but then it doesn't read .ini for some reason...

What problem it might be ?

1) wrong package used (should choose something other than DSTT ?
2) wrong flashcard/bad flashcard
3) problem with name of .nds game file ?

this is the flashcard:

this is my folder structure:

 

[thisisallowed]

Since I'm not getting any reports of AP freezes on DSTT, I guess so.

_DSMENU.dat
The folder name is __rpg

 

[angelhp]

is possible acess to plugin menu in dstwo with forwader ??
Because i cant it...
For example for entry in Gba emu or Snes Emu in dstwo mode......

 

[Asdolo]

SuperCard themselves will need to be contacted to bypass/remove the message from dstwo_load_NDSL.nds.

Where is that file in the pack you provide?

 

[jackb994]

@Robz8
I'm trying to run Pokemon B/W 2, but I cant get either to work (on R4i Gold RTS)

Edit:the loading screen turns red, while loading it can anyone also recreate this problem?

Edit 2: Fixed Problem, Formatted R4 SD card

 

[One Eye Doll]

When i boot the dsiwarei get a redirect on YSMenu.I've the ysmenu.ini of the pack.

 

[perkel]

When i boot the dsiwarei get a redirect on YSMenu.I've the ysmenu.ini of the pack.

I have the same issue. Did you do this ?

Q: Launching the CIA just takes me to the ROM selection menu. How do I fix that?
A: While leaving YSMenu.ini on the root alone, delete or rename any existing YSMenu.ini file in the YSMenu and TTMenu folders.

 

[One Eye Doll]

i've do that.

 

[DanTheMan827]

So... just a thought...

On my R4i Gold RTS the RTS feature doesn't work and I was thinking...

Since that card already runs the same version of wood that the second stage uses, would it be possible to have a forwarder that just modifies the autoboot ini for the official loader and just boots slot 1?

I'm not entirely sure why the RTS feature doesn't work but I'm guessing that the cart itself sets some value in memory when it boots

I'll try to make a launcher that modifies the ini and boots the cart directly.

 

[duffmmann]

Wow! Not sure when R4i Gold RTS got support, as i'm pretty sure that did not used to be in that first post. But I saw it was there yesterday, I went ahead and made the forwarder channels, and they worked like a charm. Now my 3DS home menu is all the more aesthetically pleasing, I'm so happy about that!

 

[angelus kun]

hello everyone here is my little compatibility list of super card dstwo without arm9 speed file


SUPER MARIO 64 (E): black screen after nintendo banner
POKEMON BLACK 2 (U) DSI enchanced: works
POKEMON HEART GOLD (E): black screen after continue my save file
PLANTS VS ZOMBIES (E): works
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN SHINOBI RETSUDEN 3 (J) ENGLISH PATCHED: works
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN SHINOBI RUMBLE (U): works
NARUTO PATH OF NINJA (U): works
NARUTO PATH OF NINJA 2 (U): works
NARUTO NINJA DESTINY (U): works
NARUTO NINJA DESTINY 2 (E): works
MARIO PARTY DS (E): works
MARIO KART DS (E): works
POKEMON PLATINUM (U): works
POKEMON PLATINUM (E): black screen after press start
POKEMON BLACK (S) DSI ENCHANCED: works
POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON BLUE RESCUE TEAM (E): error screen about ds card
POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON EXPLORERS OF SKY: same error like blue rescue team
POKEMON HEART GOLD (U): just takes me to the dstwo menu
POKEMON CONQUEST (U) DSI ENCHANCED: black screen
NINTENDOGS CHIHUAHUA'S AND FRIENDS (E): works
NEW SUPER MARIO BROS (E): works
DRAGON BALL Z SUPER SONIC WARRIORS 2 (E): crash before start a battle
MARIO&LUIGI BOWSER'S INSIDE THE STORY (E): just takes me to the dstwo menu

 

[tatundria]

hello everyone here is my little compatibility list of super card dstwo without arm9 speed file


SUPER MARIO 64 (E): black screen after nintendo banner
POKEMON BLACK 2 (U) DSI enchanced: works
POKEMON HEART GOLD (E): black screen after continue my save file
PLANTS VS ZOMBIES (E): works
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN SHINOBI RETSUDEN 3 (J) ENGLISH PATCHED: works
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN SHINOBI RUMBLE (U): works
NARUTO PATH OF NINJA (U): works
NARUTO PATH OF NINJA 2 (U): works
NARUTO NINJA DESTINY (U): works
NARUTO NINJA DESTINY 2 (E): works
MARIO PARTY DS (E): works
MARIO KART DS (E): works
POKEMON PLATINUM (U): works
POKEMON PLATINUM (E): black screen after press start
POKEMON BLACK (S) DSI ENCHANCED: works
POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON BLUE RESCUE TEAM (E): error screen about ds card
POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON EXPLORERS OF SKY: same error like blue rescue team
POKEMON HEART GOLD (U): just takes me to the dstwo menu
POKEMON CONQUEST (U) DSI ENCHANCED: black screen
NINTENDOGS CHIHUAHUA'S AND FRIENDS (E): works
NEW SUPER MARIO BROS (E): works
DRAGON BALL Z SUPER SONIC WARRIORS 2 (E): crash before start a battle
MARIO&LUIGI BOWSER'S INSIDE THE STORY (E): just takes me to the dstwo menu

Were you able to run Dragon Quest VI? Mine freezes at "creating adventure log" even when I run it natively from the DsTwo without forwarders. It happens the same with the Gateway Blue Card (and I have tried both usa and eur roms). Please, can you test that one and let me know?

 

[angelus kun]

Were you able to run Dragon Quest VI? Mine freezes at "creating adventure log" even when I run it natively from the DsTwo without forwarders. It happens the same with the Gateway Blue Card (and I have tried both usa and eur roms). Please, can you test that one and let me know?

DRAGON QUEST VI (E): don't work it freezes at the same part as you sorry

 

[tatundria]

DRAGON QUEST VI (E): don't work it freezes at the same part as you sorry

so sad...

Thanks anyway!

 

[RocketRobz]

Where is that file in the pack you provide?

sd:/_dstwofwd/dstwofwd.nds

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

MARIO&LUIGI BOWSER'S INSIDE THE STORY (E): just takes me to the dstwo menu

That means the ROM path isn't set correctly.

 

[Leooogamer]

does this support pokemon black & white? for some reason it gets really slow on the intro scene sometimes even crashing, using a r4i-sdhc, actually it doesn't crash, it just freezes, and it's not sometimes it's everytime... i can't get past the "tell me your name part"

 

[DanTheMan827]

@Robz8 I made a new forwarder based on NTR Launcher that modifies the .ini for both Wood and YSMenu and it has a hex value to modify in the compiled .nds to enable per game ARM9 double speed

In theory this should work on any cartridge that uses Wood or YSMenu as the kernel and has a DLDI available to patch the .nds with

This boots the cartridge directly after modifying the ini so things like RTS on the R4i Gold RTS do still work... it's also faster than the wood forwarder since there's no UI to init...

https://github.com/DanTheMan827/NTR_Forwarder

I can't seem to make it work right with your app though...

I've noticed that the banner size in your forwarder nds files is 0x23C0 and mine is only 0x840... no matter what options I give ndstool it will not create a 0x23C0 size banner...

But if I manually hex edit the forwarder .nds file (didn't try editing the banner) they do in fact edit the .ini file and boot slot 1

Another thing... there doesn't seem to be any need for manually specifying the banner location... Correct me if I'm wrong...

the four bytes starting at 0x68 contains the hex address of the start of the banner

Heck, if you put certain strings in the code before compiling you could just search for the start hex address and the length needed to replace.

By doing that along with the banner address detection you wouldn't need any user input...

Just open the forwarder .nds file, detect the variables, and off you go—no manual configuration needed!

It'd make testing loader modifications much easier... especially if a person were developing one specifically for your app...

Here are the strings of interest in my forwarder

<<<Start NDS Path and End NDS Path>>>
These are pretty explanatory... these strings and everything in between should be the .nds path relative to the SD root without the leading slash (I think this is how you did it, right?)

Double ARM9 Speed = 0
Change the 0 to 1 to enable

Another thing @Robz8, is your app open source? I'd like to take a peek and see if I can learn a thing or two

 

[Leooogamer]

I tried downloading the pack again, but for some reason I can't extract it