Homebrew [NDS] Forwarder CIAs for your HOME Menu

[DarkRioru]

weird, I just downloaded the latest update and, its not allowing me to save my files as cia files...

tried saving it as a cia with pokemon mystery dungeon explorers of sky on the latest update and its not working....

 

[musashi076]

so does this need a flash card? because it said "optional".

 

[DarkRioru]

so does this need a flash card? because it said "optional".

no it doesn't but, it requires ds roms of the games you want to play... but when xmas day comes around, we'll have a way to play our ds games off the cias themselves hopefully

 

[RocketRobz]

weird, I just downloaded the latest update and, its not allowing me to save my files as cia files...

Where's the Forwarder3-DS folder?
Try shortening the .nds filename.

no it doesn't but, it requires ds roms of the games you want to play... but when xmas day comes around, we'll have a way to play our ds games off the cias themselves hopefully

The SD forwarders will run bootstrap for loading the ROMs from SD.

 

[hab]

Will this work for O3DS?

 

[ThisIsDaAccount]

Will this work for O3DS?

Yes, this doesn't work differently for the two consoles.

 

[musashi076]

same goes for me, i already renamed The World Ends With You.nds to TWEWY.nds and still not making cia for me. My path is C:\3DS.


Edit: I see, 64-bit exe. -_-

 

[DarkRioru]

Where's the Forwarder3-DS folder?
Try shortening the .nds filename.

didn't work... do I have to shorten it to 3 letters or something like "LLL.nds"?? or, will something like this be fixed in the future??

 

[musashi076]

didn't work... do I have to shorten it to 3 letters or something like "LLL.nds"?? or, will something like this be fixed in the future??

most likely you're using the generated make_cia.exe from the forwarder app is 64bit and you're using 32 bit? i solved mine by using 32bit version of it. I found it here
https://github.com/d0k3/3DS-Tools-Collection/tree/master/Commandline Tools

 

[Olmectron]

most likely you're using the generated make_cia.exe from the forwarder app is 64bit and you're using 32 bit? i solved mine by using 32bit version of it. I found it here
https://github.com/d0k3/3DS-Tools-Collection/tree/master/Commandline Tools

Actually, the make_cia generated by Forwarder3DS is 32-bit.

However, it has proven to have some issues with large paths or paths with UTF-8 characters. I could try putting the version you linked within Forwarder3DS and see if it helps getting less issues.

 

[DarkRioru]

most likely you're using the generated make_cia.exe from the forwarder app is 64bit and you're using 32 bit? i solved mine by using 32bit version of it. I found it here
https://github.com/d0k3/3DS-Tools-Collection/tree/master/Commandline Tools

nope, I'm using 64bit like most people who game on pc..

 

[musashi076]

i don't know, i'm currently using 32-bit W7 Enterprise here at work and it said here when I run make_cia.exe on command line.

This version of C:\3DS\make_cia.exe is not compatible with the version of Window
s you're running. Check your computer's system information to see whether you ne
ed a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the s
oftware publisher.

 

[musashi076]

BTW Whats with Xmas Day on running retails? No idea about this.

 

[hacksn5s4]

says it can't find bootstrap and rom im using a rom off sd card that works with the bootstrap

 

[Category]

So, I've tried this out, and I cannot get anything to launch.

I'm on A9LH+Luma, booting to an 11.2 EMUNAND
Card I'm using is a Gateway Blue card, I downloaded the appropriate pack and copied the files from the correct folder for this cart.

Forwarder3DS is setup (on Linux), and generating CIA & NDS forwarder files.
I install the forwarder CIAs, but all I get is a system error (Hold Power Button to reboot)

Do I need to copy the generator forwarder_$GAME.nds file somewhere?
I've tried copy & paste and select through menu for loading NDS files into Forwarder3DS - it changes the game path in each case. Is there something I need to edit to specify loading these NDS files from the flashcart, as opposed to the 3DS SD card?
I've tried generating CIAs with the "Automatically set ROM path" option both checked and unchecked, but neither made a difference. With automatic rom paths I saw it said Games/$GAME.nds on the files - I tried rearranging my flashcart SD card so they are in a folder called "Games" on the root, but it didn't help.

I'd love to use this, but I just can't get it working! Is there something obvious I'm missing?

Any help appreciated!


EDIT:- I've just noticed it says to install the CIA to both Sysnand & Emunand - is that what is ruining things?

 

[chrissayshi]

This made life so much better

 

[Matisse]

Alright I've tried using this with a R4i Gold RTS and the card borked, and it can only be launched with the TWL Launcher. (Updating with a DS Lite still gives me the error)

Is this compatible with the launcher, did I do something wrong with the update, or am I SOL and forced to use the menu for the rest of this cards days?

 

[lasercut]

Can someone post a mega mirror to the 3ds forwarder and 3ds sd card pack please. I can't access dropbox right now. Thanks a lot

 

[TheArcadeStriker]

I'm also having problems with Fowarder3-DS. I keep trying to make a CIA of a homebrew game (NDS_TGM), and even with renaming the file it keeps refusing to make a CIA (It's for the SD Card BTW). If it does require a certain 64bit version of a executable or something (I have a W7 64bit), then IDK where to find it.

EDIT: Tried with a MKDS demo, and it doesn't work either (The only time when it says Success is when I leave the TID untouched, but of course because the TID is incorrect, it's ignored). Also I have downloaded a 64bit build of make_cia and STILL refuses to make CIA fowarders. Any help?

 

[Fsm51]

Can someone post a mega mirror to the 3ds forwarder and 3ds sd card pack please. I can't access dropbox right now. Thanks a lot

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