That's what they're trying to doExecuting stuff from the SD card won't magically solve the problem, though. You'd still have to redirect all cart operations to the SD.
I think it was Normatt who said it would be very diffcult if even possible and if it worked it would be slow.That's what they're trying to do
Well, it's a start! Normatt actually helped them!I think it was Normatt who said it would be very diffcult if even possible and if it worked it would be slow.
Let's hope the DSi mode's faster CPU clock compensates for that.
@Apache Thunder @ahezard
Thank you so much for your contributions and for being AWESOME!! *Dances the off-topic happy dance!
does this mean we may be able to launch ds games without a card?
(possibly, yes)Booting NTR games from SD is close at hand I think.
Thanks to @ahezard, our professional and silent developer(0 posts lol) , wish you best luck!Big news to report:
https://github.com/ahezard/twl_firm_patcher
Booting NTR games from SD is close at hand I think. (ahezard might not be the one that does it though, he seems interested in using this for other things)
Bit31 lockout patched out of dev launcher. Normmatt helped ahezard find it this morning. I confirmed SD access in NTR mode via modified WoodR4! I can copy files to and from R4 in NTR mode and still boot retail games off R4. This isn't all. All of SCFG appears to have been unlocked as a result, so other TWL hardware can be enabled in NTR mode. Like faster cpu clock speeds. I guess you could enable camera, but does anything even use that...
Not sure about ram though. May not be able to break out of the 4MB limit initially set by dev launcher for NTR mode with this.
Nothing launches from SD as of yet. But things look good. At least now we have a good starting point. Getting SD booting working in NTR mode will make things much easier as things are much more challenging if you were to try and boot an NTR game in TWL mode.
EDIT: Oops posted wrong link. Fixed that.
The patcher actually makes Metroid Prime Hunters prone to crashing. It makes 4 beeps, and then the screens go blank.Big news to report:
https://github.com/ahezard/twl_firm_patcher
Booting NTR games from SD is close at hand I think. (ahezard might not be the one that does it though, he seems interested in using this for other things)
Bit31 lockout patched out of dev launcher. Normmatt helped ahezard find it this morning. I confirmed SD access in NTR mode via modified WoodR4! I can copy files to and from R4 in NTR mode and still boot retail games off R4. This isn't all. All of SCFG appears to have been unlocked as a result, so other TWL hardware can be enabled in NTR mode. Like faster cpu clock speeds. I guess you could enable camera, but does anything even use that...
Not sure about ram though. May not be able to break out of the 4MB limit initially set by dev launcher for NTR mode with this.
Nothing launches from SD as of yet. But things look good. At least now we have a good starting point. Getting SD booting working in NTR mode will make things much easier as things are much more challenging if you were to try and boot an NTR game in TWL mode.
EDIT: Oops posted wrong link. Fixed that.
Perhaps you can create the option of booting faster or notThat's probably from the arm9 speed boost clock. I'd suspect that could cause problems with certain games. Maybe arm9 shouldn't be boosted unconditionally. Some games won't like it. Unless you booted the game vanilla? Not sure how it would cause it to break then...
Big news to report:
https://github.com/ahezard/twl_firm_patcher
Booting NTR games from SD is close at hand I think. (ahezard might not be the one that does it though, he seems interested in using this for other things)
Bit31 lockout patched out of dev launcher. Normmatt helped ahezard find it this morning. I confirmed SD access in NTR mode via modified WoodR4! I can copy files to and from R4 in NTR mode and still boot retail games off R4. This isn't all. All of SCFG appears to have been unlocked as a result, so other TWL hardware can be enabled in NTR mode. Like faster cpu clock speeds. I guess you could enable camera, but does anything even use that...
Not sure about ram though. May not be able to break out of the 4MB limit initially set by dev launcher for NTR mode with this.
Nothing launches from SD as of yet. But things look good. At least now we have a good starting point. Getting SD booting working in NTR mode will make things much easier as things are much more challenging if you were to try and boot an NTR game in TWL mode.
EDIT: Oops posted wrong link. Fixed that.
Well, it's likely to crash in the USA version. Chances of crashing are very low in the EUR version.That's probably from the arm9 speed boost clock. I'd suspect that could cause problems with certain games. Maybe arm9 shouldn't be boosted unconditionally. Some games won't like it. Unless you booted the game vanilla? Not sure how it would cause it to break then...
That's actually an option in mine and ahezard's forwarder templates.Perhaps you can create the option of booting faster or not