Hacking Tomadachi Life won't load???

[Edster]

Is there a trick to load this game on Gateway. I have the latest 2.3b launcher file. I updated my 3DS and all previous games work fine but this title just sits at the 3DS logo and never loads. I tried another rip and it does the exact same thing. I have a Class 4 SD card in my 3DS. I read that some cards should be Class 10 but then why do all the other games work?

 

[Jamesst20]

Keed in mind this game is a CARD2 type which means the savegame is saved in the rom itself so if you trimmed it, it wont work.

 

[Deleted User]

Don't trim the file.

 

[luney]

It took what seemed like forever for it to load the first time, for me at least.

 

[Edster]

I don't think it is trimmed. Maybe I need to wait for it. I left it for 5 min and thought it was dead but the lights to blink. Thought it was stuck in a loop. I'll try again and post result.
Thanks

 

[Abcdfv]

Try a different rom? it might be a bad dump.

 

[Iwata]

I had this problem too -- the thing is you have to backup everything from your internal 3DS SD card (make sure you have a backup of your NAND too), use the Gateway menu to format Emunand, boot into Gateway mode, make sure that there is a "GW3D" before the firmware version in your settings, and then use an internet connection to update your emunand to the latest firmware.

I had never used emunand, so I had the exact same problem as you, but it's apparently necessary now to play games with the new copy protection.

 

[gamesquest1]

yeah any 7.x encrypted games NEED emunand installed and updated to run

 

[Clydefrosch]

Maybe the universe was trying to tell you to stay away from what essentially is a glorified fishbowl

 

[Edster]

Oh that kinda sucks. I didn't wan tot bother with emunand but I guess now i have to. I'll do a tons of reading before I proceed. Thanks for the tip.

I had this problem too -- the thing is you have to backup everything from your internal 3DS SD card (make sure you have a backup of your NAND too), use the Gateway menu to format Emunand, boot into Gateway mode, make sure that there is a "GW3D" before the firmware version in your settings, and then use an internet connection to update your emunand to the latest firmware.

I had never used emunand, so I had the exact same problem as you, but it's apparently necessary now to play games with the new copy protection.

 

[Reecey]

Tom. Life is a fantastic game when you get stuck into it and worth updating your emunand just to play it in my opinion, I'm enjoying it immensely at the moment and I had no time for it when I read what sort of game it was at first.

 

[Edster]

Great success. I updated my Emunand and it works great.

Question. I don't have launcher.dat on my SD card. Do I need it? I am assuming yes for the older games? Also, can I just copy back my old save games onto the SD?

Thanks for your help!

I had this problem too -- the thing is you have to backup everything from your internal 3DS SD card (make sure you have a backup of your NAND too), use the Gateway menu to format Emunand, boot into Gateway mode, make sure that there is a "GW3D" before the firmware version in your settings, and then use an internet connection to update your emunand to the latest firmware.

I had never used emunand, so I had the exact same problem as you, but it's apparently necessary now to play games with the new copy protection.

 

[sweis12]

Great success. I updated my Emunand and it works great.

Question. I don't have launcher.dat on my SD card. Do I need it? I am assuming yes for the older games? Also, can I just copy back my old save games onto the SD?

Thanks for your help!

I would recommend having launcher.dat, I didn't even know gateway worked without it.

 

[Rinth]

Not having launcher.dat sounds extremely fishy. Are you sure you didn't accidentally just update your system NAND?

 

[gamesquest1]

he probably just overlooked it as gateway copies itself back on when you format emunand....so maybe he just though "oooh i didn't have to copy it on"

gateway would not work without a launcher file