ROM Hack Nintedo ARChive Format

[Heran Bago]

No.

Take games apart with NDStool yourself.

 

[Deleted User]

I am always perplexed by this kind of question, on the one hand the guy seems to be completly clueless with the most easy hacking, and on the other hand he seems to do some homebrew deving.

Would be the same if I'd tell you that I'm a good painter and I ask you to give me a some sketch for me to start working with. You'd say : come on guy ! stop pretending, get your fingers out of your ass and start making something...

 

[Lick]

Thanks for the warm welcome, much appreciated.

 

[Deleted User]

I didn't wanted to be so harsh, but if you just read up a bit, know how to get roms, and know how to use ndstool, you'll have the files you ask for in no time.

 

[Lick]

Perhaps the very reason I asked was to avoid those steps. Primarily "to get roms".

 

[Deleted User]

Yes but redistributing narc contained inside roms is the same as redistributing roms. And this is forbidden by the board rules.

 

[Deleted User]

NARC-O-MATIC preview here http://deufeufeu.free.fr/wiki/index.php?ti...C_%28Preview%29

Beware there's not much... Feedback will be appreciated.

 

[iamwhoiam]

Just a few things:

a) don't name the tool narcotic no matter what... why would you want to name an NDS homebrew tool to something which is related to drugs? doesn't make sense. Also narc-o-matic sounds too childish.
b) is this a mac only tool?
c) is this specific to narc archives only? because you said "ultimate viewer/inserter for all kind of data"

 

[Deleted User]

a) name is accessory at the time, so narc-o-matic right now was better than unnamed

b) no of course. everything will work on mac,linux,windows. The technology is the same I used for the phoenix wright tools.

c) the point is that it is able to tinker with all kind of files. Think of data types as some plugins, and the NARC support is just one of them. In the end I'd like to be able to edit/insert phoenix wright scripts, edit some sjis text or inject graphics. All withing the same framework.

 

[iamwhoiam]

Ok I understand, so narc extraction is just one of the many jobs this tool will eventually be able to do. So it sounds like this could be the ultimate universal ROM hacking tool?... if so, wow.

 

[Deleted User]

Yes the ultimate rom hacking tool tailored for DS games... doesn't sounds so ultimate for me...
But if it works well, adding some more formats to make generic rom hacking wouldn't be so hard.

 

[neochaos]

Doesn't Tahaxan attempt to do this as well? Seems a little unnecessary for me to have 2 competing apps that are trying to do the same thing. Maybe everyone would profit from working together. Just an idea, no offense

 

[iamwhoiam]

Tahaxan screenshots look promising

 

[Deleted User]

I'm an open-source multi-platform dork, and this tool seems to be for windows.
I'm writing it because I need for my ongoing projects. So it'd to be tailored to my use. My tool is not only for the matter of viewing/extracting data, but also insert and provide a way to distribute modifications in the kind of way it is done in PWSE.
All in all I don't think it will be possible to merge the two tools, and people will benefit of the two.
Long life to Tahaxan...

 

[Neko]

You sir , are godlike !

First phoenix wright and now this .

Just an Question , do you think you could make this tool import and export 3d files ?
This would be so awesome.

@edit:
Btw , you said something about an alpha test, do you have ideas when you will do it ? xD

 

[Deleted User]

The alpha will be made soon. I want to release as soon as it is in a usable state.
About 3D files, viewer will be made firstly, then export, then at last import. I know it is easier to export than to import.

 

[Neko]

Just having another question :

Do you have any idea about .dat files ?

Pokemon Ranger is using them and i want one sprite from the game. :\
Also just looked trough my roms , sim city DS is also using narc files.

 

[ksonic1055]

Is this thread dead?

 

[Zidapi]

Is this thread dead?

It was until you posted in it!

I'm not usually one to raise the dead, but I too am curious about the progress of the project.
I signed up at the wiki when it was first posted so i could help out if needed but I'm yet to see an update since the PKMN HRTH post

 

[ksonic1055]

lol.

yeah i have a .narc i am dying to get into and i narctool wont extract it to a directory tree...