Thanks, again. It works now, but the shortcuts -- .3dsx & .cia -- say "Bad firmware location" if I try to use them and kicks me back to the home menu. Only works by holding start and booting from Luma.
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Well, I don't believe you said you wanted a GBA emulator. open_agb_launcher is indeed the only other option with the same level as compatibility as VC injects.
You can't possibly be making regular use of all 300 apps that you have installed.
Anyway, if you look up the official site for Checkpoint, you will find that it does indeed have a 3dsx version.
https://github.com/FlagBrew/Checkpoint/releases
You may recall I already said no.
The Open AGB Launcher is unofficial. If you Google for "Open AGB Launcher", you will be led to https://gbatemp.net/download/open-agb-launcher.36828/ , which tells you what you need to do.
In any case, the Open AGB Launcher still effectively resets your 3DS, so you might as well just launch it from Luma.
Well it is a .firm so u do load it as a firm like another .firm
Have I offended you in some way? You're coming across as a little condescending here.
Just because I didn't specifically mention GBA in my OP doesn't mean I don't enjoy emulating GBA games on my 3DS at all. I have many GBA titles installed on my 3DS as VC injects. Same for GB & GBC. Though there are more compatibility issues present with Nintendo's native GB/GBC Virtual Console emulators, especially for certain ROMhacks and IPS patches. For such occasions, I would primarily use Gameyob via TWiLight Menu. But, as I pointed out, the screen resolution wasn't so hot, which is why I originally came here seeking another solution.
mGBA indeed proved to be a far superior solution for Super GB/GB/GBC ROMs, and their respective ROMhacks, in more ways than one. But then I decided to test some GBA games with it that I wasn't able to fit as injects on my Home Menu, since I now had the ability to play them off the SD card in a nice resolution with this. I figured since it did the last job so nicely, and since it was primarily a GBA emulator, that it would perform equally as nice. Alas, that was only the case half the time, and I encountered quite a few issues with certain games. Namely, certain games that pushed the hardware. And Sonic Advance 2. Same goes for certain GB/GBC games that used voice samples.
So, I came back in search of a superior solution for the GBA itself.
No, certainly not. But it is pretty much set-up and formatted as the personalized Time Capsule I want it to be, with a bunch of 3DS stuff I paid for, and a bunch of other stuff that came pre-installed that I want to leave as-is. And there are very few concessions I'm willing to make with it. I'm sorry if you find that silly and ridiculous, but that is why you are you, and I am me. And there's no accounting for OCD. The more homebrew applications that I can simply relegate to the Homebrew Menu in order to make room for a couple other things I may like to add, however, the better. So, thanks for pointing me in the direction of a Checkpoint .3dsx - couldn't find it on the Unistore at all. Appreciate it.
I recall you saying there was no way I could "magically" convert it by changing the file name, yes. However, that doesn't necessarily mean someone hadn't developed some software to automatically convert or compile it.
Yes, I believe Shadow#1 already pointed me in that direction, and I have done that. However, I downloaded a .3dsx file as well as a .cia of "Open AGB Launcher" off the Unistore last night. Now that I have put the firmware in the appropriate location, I would find a shortcut to be a more user-friendly way to access it, and perhaps have more bells & whistles and whatnot. But, while it no longer crashes my 3DS upon boot, now it just says the firmware is in a bad location and kicks me back out to the Home Menu. Oh well. But yes, it does function by launching from Luma.
I would like all the emulators, please. Of all the consoles. Thank you.
Just because I didn't specifically mention GBA in my OP doesn't mean I don't enjoy emulating GBA games on my 3DS at all. I have many GBA titles installed on my 3DS as VC injects. Same for GB & GBC. Though there are more compatibility issues present with Nintendo's native GB/GBC Virtual Console emulators, especially for certain ROMhacks and IPS patches. For such occasions, I would primarily use Gameyob via TWiLight Menu. But, as I pointed out, the screen resolution wasn't so hot, which is why I originally came here seeking another solution.
mGBA indeed proved to be a far superior solution for Super GB/GB/GBC ROMs, and their respective ROMhacks, in more ways than one. But then I decided to test some GBA games with it that I wasn't able to fit as injects on my Home Menu, since I now had the ability to play them off the SD card in a nice resolution with this. I figured since it did the last job so nicely, and since it was primarily a GBA emulator, that it would perform equally as nice. Alas, that was only the case half the time, and I encountered quite a few issues with certain games. Namely, certain games that pushed the hardware. And Sonic Advance 2. Same goes for certain GB/GBC games that used voice samples.
So, I came back in search of a superior solution for the GBA itself.
No, certainly not. But it is pretty much set-up and formatted as the personalized Time Capsule I want it to be, with a bunch of 3DS stuff I paid for, and a bunch of other stuff that came pre-installed that I want to leave as-is. And there are very few concessions I'm willing to make with it. I'm sorry if you find that silly and ridiculous, but that is why you are you, and I am me. And there's no accounting for OCD. The more homebrew applications that I can simply relegate to the Homebrew Menu in order to make room for a couple other things I may like to add, however, the better. So, thanks for pointing me in the direction of a Checkpoint .3dsx - couldn't find it on the Unistore at all. Appreciate it.
I recall you saying there was no way I could "magically" convert it by changing the file name, yes. However, that doesn't necessarily mean someone hadn't developed some software to automatically convert or compile it.
Yes, I believe Shadow#1 already pointed me in that direction, and I have done that. However, I downloaded a .3dsx file as well as a .cia of "Open AGB Launcher" off the Unistore last night. Now that I have put the firmware in the appropriate location, I would find a shortcut to be a more user-friendly way to access it, and perhaps have more bells & whistles and whatnot. But, while it no longer crashes my 3DS upon boot, now it just says the firmware is in a bad location and kicks me back out to the Home Menu. Oh well. But yes, it does function by launching from Luma.
If I made a post saying "I can't do this" when the solution can be attained by a 30-second Google search, I would not be surprised to receive condescension in response.
Except you've run out of room for installed titles, so I guess it can't be everything you want it to be..?
Did you click the link and read what it says? Particularly the part about renaming the .firm file?
Also, it's not at all user-friendly and it is very much lacking in bells & whistles. It is only marginally more convenient than rebooting your 3DS. That is also documented in the link.
Use 3dsbank for more than 300 titles, install fastboot to map open agb firm to a button. I have it mapped to L upon bootup.
Ah, I see. The questions were stupid enough to warrant a condescending response. I should have expected that going in, since I could not do my due diligence on my Google machine, and you are justified.
I'm not really sure which specific problem or question I had that you're referring to, but I did attempt to dig into a few things on my own on my computer box. However, I really don't care to sift through all kinds of forum pages and posts when I have the option to simply ask my pertinent questions here, and simply cut to the chase. I did Google up 3dsx files for some of these things, and could not find them. Sorry I didn't Google hard enough.
And I'm sorry that my stupid questions bother you. But they're just questions. You ain't gotta answer 'em. And if you're taking the time to answer them, while I appreciate it, you don't gotta be a jerk about it.
C'est la vie. But I'm trying to get there. If I can just get 3dsx files for TWiLight Menu & RetroArch, it pretty much will be just what I want it to be.
YES. I did. And I renamed the firmware, like the documentation in the link said. It did not work. I'm sure I did something wrong. Wasn't sure if I had Fastboot or not, or if it was even necessarily required as I have godmode9, but was strapped for time.
maybe if you compile the stuff, but I know that twilight meanu comes out as those loader files (compiled it before).
Little wary about installing godmode9 as Firm0, as I'm not 100% I'm doing it correctly, and have received a warning. These are the steps I've taken after booting godmode9 from the chainloader:
SDCARD - luma - payloads - GodMode9.firm - FIRM image options - Install FIRM - Install to FIRM0 -
"!WARNING!
Proceeding will install the provided FIRM to the SysNAND and inject sighax.
Installing an unsupported FIRM will BRICK your console!
To proceed, enter this
*button sequence*"
The only firms I have in luma payloads are GodMode9 and the GBA.firm. However, I know there's something to do with bootstrap 9 somewhere on my SD Card. Any advice? Thanks.
SDCARD - luma - payloads - GodMode9.firm - FIRM image options - Install FIRM - Install to FIRM0 -
"!WARNING!
Proceeding will install the provided FIRM to the SysNAND and inject sighax.
Installing an unsupported FIRM will BRICK your console!
To proceed, enter this
*button sequence*"
The only firms I have in luma payloads are GodMode9 and the GBA.firm. However, I know there's something to do with bootstrap 9 somewhere on my SD Card. Any advice? Thanks.
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It says in https://gbatemp.net/download/open-agb-launcher.36828/ that you have to "Set FastBoot3DS or GodMode9 as your Firm0, B9S won't do."
It also says in https://github.com/d0k3/GodMode9 that "Installing GodMode9 to a FIRM partition is only recommended for developers and will overwrite boot9strap or any other bootloader you have installed in there."
Basically trying to enable a shortcut/app/.cia for a GBA emulator, and it requires I do this. This particular emulator uses 3DS' native GBA hardware, which effectively turns your 3DS into a GBA, and locks you out of the 3DS OS when it's running due to how it's set-up.
I don't care about overwriting bootstrap9, but really wouldn't care to brick my console. I would assume godmode9 is supported FIRM, but also suspect bootstrap9 is indeed my currently installed bootloader, and I don't know if installing godmode9 to FIRM0 will effectively murder my 3DS or not.
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@salazarcosplay, I used apollo save tool to activate my ps3 offline so i could play a game that wasnt working
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