Fair enough. The DS rom differences I am speaking of were in the header as well, so I was thinking it wouldn't have been unprecedented, that's all. As long as it is in padding areas that are usually all 00/FF, it should be easy enough to remove.
All e-shop games period*All eshop platformers should be dumped too
PUSHMO 3D and Sakura Samurai which are 2 eshop games should be dumped too
But luckily it's possible, as people are playing Phoenix Wright and Harmo Knight (whatever that is). Hopefully a public tool (or at least a more active scene group) comes about.Dumping them aren't as easy as dumping gamecards.
if there adding Data to the header is does mean that they arnt scene dumps and all these ones appearing today done by it should be nuked LOL
i read retail region free was working ok, haven't tested myself thoughLet's hope the novelty of dumping games will wear off quickly. Otherwise it could be a huge mess to clean up, with large quantities of inaccurate dumps spreading quickly. While I do appreciate the option of dumping my own games, I wouldn't go nuts with it, releasing everything I own, creating duplicates, and so on.
By the way, did someone check if playing imported originals works? Gateway did promise import support for legit games, but they haven't mentioned whether or not they've implemented it. Can anyone confirm or deny?
Let's hope the novelty of dumping games will wear off quickly. Otherwise it could be a huge mess to clean up, with large quantities of inaccurate dumps spreading quickly. While I do appreciate the option of dumping my own games, I wouldn't go nuts with it, releasing everything I own, creating duplicates, and so on.
By the way, did someone check if playing imported originals works? Gateway did promise import support for legit games, but they haven't mentioned whether or not they've implemented it. Can anyone confirm or deny?
Already on 2.0's changelog.
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lol it is a lie as mentioned above
the games are signed, so if any data was missing or wrong, they just wouldnt play (hence why we cannot edit or patch anything)
they added data to the header in the non checked padding area just to make it look different
meaning all the games dumped with it are not clean rips
It's not a lie. They dump some datas that aren't in the same rom. Those datas are what is commonly called a "header" by most people who use 3DS roms and it's required to play online (on the gateway, you need the header and the extension renamed to .3dz).
"Dairantou Smash Bros" (Japanese dump) have the "header" so it should have been nuked if you nuke such things (but you can't really nuke it if those datas are really on the cart, that would mean it's one of the few proper dumps and that you should nuke all the other ones...).
I tried to dump my retail european "Smash Bros" cart. When you remove the "header" (gateway rom patcher), the dump is then the same as the official scene release (same md5).
So yeah, you can use the gateway to make proper dumps (same as scene ones), just remember to remove the "header" with the gateway rom patcher (you shouldn't share your personal header anyway, if it's a game that have online functions).
Without this "header", you can't use the online functions with the gateway. And if you use a "header", the save is then tied to it so be sure to keep your rom/header.
About people requesting dumps, and why some games aren't dumped, we can't know (except eshop games that are more difficult to dump, as those games are tied to your 3DS), but you can always buy the game then dump it/share it on the internet if you want it so badly, as the gateway produce the same dumps as the scene (I dumped all my games, like 30, to get the headers and all the ones I compared have the same MD5 once the header is removed).
As I was personally waiting for "Haikyu" and it finally got released, but I was ready to buy it/dump it myself if it wouldn't have been released in the following 15days after the game release (I'm also waiting for the next gateway update to access the eshop again, and if they sale the preorder bonus, Haikyu Quest, I'm ready to buy it, as no one released it yet).
If it's not locked, you can answer to it, right? If you can't, the thread need to be locked.
And the fact that it's was said before the online function don't change anything (and I had noticed it), it wasn't a lie and as no one take the time to say it, it has to be said for me, gateway dump are good dumps.
In my opinion, what is useless is your two posts because it bring nothing to the discussion (answer to make useless comments, seems far worse than a late answer).
End of the discussion for me.