Homebrew [NDS] Forwarder CIAs for your HOME Menu

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Make the .bat file with this line inside it:
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make_cia --srl=%1

Gives me this error:

"This version of C:\Forwarder3-DS\make_cia.exe is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information and then contact the software publisher"
 

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Gives me this error:

"This version of C:\Forwarder3-DS\make_cia.exe is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information and then contact the software publisher"
What windows version are you running?
 

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DSOrganize gives me an error, i says that I need a card compatible wuth Chishm's FAT library.

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DSOrganize gives me an error, i says that I need a card compatible wuth Chishm's FAT library.
Hold on, I'll update the template to make it compatible with both retail and homebrew ROMs.

EDIT: and... done! The template and pack are now updated.
So wait, I've been gone for a while. The OP doesn't explicitly state this, but I'm taking we finally got Retail ROM booting from the 3ds SD card?
Yep!
 
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I have an R4 SDHC Gold Pro 2016 from www.r4isdhc.com. I had the forwarders working in the past but had to format the console and now I have no idea which settings to use since then. Does anyone have this flashcard and if so, which settings are you using?
 

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Sorry for sounding like a scrub but does this mean we are able to play NDS games as a cia off our sd card on the 3ds?
 

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Sorry for sounding like a scrub but does this mean we are able to play NDS games as a cia off our sd card on the 3ds?
Yes.

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The 3DS SD Card forwarder pack has been updated with the latest bootstrap (card.v2) release.
 

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No it just says failed to install cia file
Level: Status (25)
Module: AM (32)
Summary: Invalid State (5)
Desc: <unknown> (53)
I got 7 mb left on twl. Could it be the problem?

EDIT: https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-fbi-open-source-cia-installer.386433/page-137#post-6402392

It seems to be the same error

EDIT 2: Solved it. I had to empty some space in twl nand ^^

EDIT 3: So far my tests :

- Star Wars Episode 3 - Revenge of the siths (E) : Black Screen - Not working
- Puzzle League DS (E) : White Screen - Not working
- Bomberman (E) : Working
- Mario Party DS (E) : White Screen - Not working
- Mario & Luigi - Partners in time (E) : Freeze on alphadream corporation logo - Not working
- Super Mario 64 DS (E) : Working
- Burnout Legends (E) : Strange graphic issues, all letters are written in one place like whole word is written in one letter space and some graphic corruption on logos + writing errors on .sav I guess - Not working
- 42 All-Time Classics (E) : White Screen - Not working
- Mario Kart DS (E) : White Screen - Not working
- Sonic Rush (E) : Working
- Tetris DS (E) : "Data reading is impossible. Please shutdown your console and reinsert the ds cart." message appear preventing playing the game - Not working
 
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After a lot of effort, I've got everything working, but when I boot the forwarder, I get this white screen with a microSD-shaped red mark with "? menu" inside. It seems to suggest that the files in the forwarder could not be found, but I am still concerned that the forwarder cias I created do not lead to the files on my r4... Advice?
 
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