NDS Rom Patcher Released!

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News: NDS ROM Patcher Released!

Someone has finally released a patching tool for commercial NDS games:




readme said:
NDS Patcher v0.1 by ]{ain

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This program will patch a normal (ie. not a GST release) rom to allow it to load
from a GBA flash cart instead of the usual NDS card. It also attempts to patch
the saving functions so that it can save on the flash cart's SRAM instead of
using the NDS card's SRAM.



Usage :

ndspatch.exe [options]



If the programs doesn't fail (sometimes it can't find the code to patch on some
older releases), you will have a new file with .gba appended to it. Just flash
this file on a GBA flash cart and you're all set. Looking through the text on the
console will also tell you if it patched the saving code. If it did not patch it,
be warned that if you save your game, it will overwrite any game that you currently
have in your NDS card slot.



Currently the only option available is -nosave, which will skip the save function
patching. This is only present because some games do not work properly with it.



Note 1 : If you don't have a NDS card in your DS when you close the lid, it will
start to rapidly go in and out of sleep mode. I believe it has todo with the card
removal interrupt but haven't had time to fix it yet.



Note 2 : Some of the first generation of GBA flash cart are not fast enough and
will result in your gaming crashing at random.



Castlevania note : This is the main reason I made this patcher. The game works
flawlessy, I've played it completely without any glitches. For 32 megs card
owners, it is possible to cut the file to exactly 32 megs. This will only cut
part of the intro, so simply do not allow it to play wholly or the game will
crash.



I have tested the patcher and it seems to work just fine! You'll need a GBA flash cart, passme or flashme and an original DS game. Remember to use clean dumps and not GST roms. Patch the games via the command prompt (start, run, cmd, ndspatch.exe , hit enter). The patcher also automatically truncates (trims) the game! Have fun!



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Those looking for a download link for the tool, please go elsewhere for the time being. Also, please do not request the tool at GBAtemp. Thanks for your co-operation!
 
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The Original game is needed for what?

To bypass the security measures that are in some games (Episode III for example) and too bypass the initial check when using PassME/WifiME.


Man, is this some cool software or what? Even though i have a Supercard, it´s much neater to use my EZ-Flash II Powerstar. Hopefully it can patch Advance Wars DS so i don´t have to sacrifice my Nintendogs Save.

EDIT: Wow, it even works with games that are incompatible with Supercard. Lunar works flawless for instance.
 

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It does not work with my F2A 256M.
Getting white screens of death. I'm using FlashMe.

What am I doing wrong? I tried Polarium (white screens), Bomberman (copyright message then freeze) and Pokémon Dash (white screens).
 

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Can anyone tell me how i can use it on my XP? I'ts a DOS program...


Click Start
Click Run
Type: cmd
Press Enter
Move the ndspatch.exe and the rom you want to patch into the directory specified in the command prompt (eg. Documents and settings/user/).
Type: ndspatch.exe
Press Enter

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It does not work with my F2A 256M.
Getting white screens of death. I'm using FlashMe.

What am I doing wrong?

Hmm... Some games you'll need an original DS cart in the slot for it to work as Bi99uy said in an earlier post.

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No, for some games it simply does not work.

Nintendogs EUR for example gives a white screen. Even with an NDS cart in place. Or a passme.
 

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Can anyone tell me how i can use it on my XP? I'ts a DOS program...


Click Start
Click Run
Type: cmd
Press Enter
Move the ndspatch.exe and the rom you want to patch into the directory specified in the command prompt (eg. Documents and settings/user/).
Type: ndspatch.exe
Press Enter

smile.gif

Or if you are lazy you can always use the "Drag and Drop" method. Easy as pie.

Also, has anyone tried Jump Superstars yet? I won´t fit on my 256 cart and when using Supercard it lock´s up when you select which island you want to fight on.
 

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Only game I've tried so far is Pac-Pix, which worked great. I'm giving Nintendogs Chiuha (spelling..whatever) a try right now.
 

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