Homebrew [NDS] Yet Another nds-bootstrap Forwarder: more than 40 forwarders are now possible

[Pk11]

`Widescreen support` - how to make it work? I've regenerated the Pokemon Platinum with 1.2.0, updated sd card forwarders, etc. But no effect

Did you reinstall bootstrap.cia? The changes were in the SD forwarder pack and bootstrap.cia so those should be all you need to update. Then once those are updated iirc you need to hold Y while booting the forwarder and enable widescreen from the per-game settings.

 

[lifehackerhansol]

SD forwarder packs do not include apfix nor widescreen patches. Working on PRs for all related repos to make it available on Universal-Updater.

I'll also update instructions on how to do it manually in a bit.

Update: instructions in OP is updated to reflect this change. Universal-DB has also been updated.

@solomonk give it another 10 minutes, then re-open Universal Updater and the required files will be downloaded automatically, or you can follow the manual instructions in OP.

 

[solomonk]

@solomonk give it another 10 minutes, then re-open Universal Updater and the required files will be downloaded automatically, or you can follow the manual instructions in OP.

fantastic, will give it a go, cheers

 

[solomonk]

Update: instructions in OP is updated to reflect this change. Universal-DB has also been updated.

No luck so far, I followed both manual and universal updater paths. Reinstalled bootstrap.cia, set the widescreen to on in the pre-game settings.

 

[Pk11]

No luck so far, I followed both manual and universal updater paths. Reinstalled bootstrap.cia, set the widescreen to on in the pre-game settings.

Do you actually have widescreen set up? You need to have a Widescreen.cxi file from TWPatch for it to work, see the wiki page for how. (that page is for TWiLight, but it'll work fine for forwarders too. You can also put it at sd:/_nds/ntr-forwarder/Widescreen.cxi if you prefer)

 

[cherryduck]

I can't even get the per game settings to pop up, what am I doing wrong? I launch the game from the forwarder icon and immediately hold Y and keep it held. I get the nds-boostrap screen and then the game launches, with no per game settings screen.

 

[lifehackerhansol]

I can't even get the per game settings to pop up, what am I doing wrong? I launch the game from the forwarder icon and immediately hold Y and keep it held. I get the nds-boostrap screen and then the game launches, with no per game settings screen.

Not an issue on my end. I do hold the Y button as soon as the Homebrew splash shows up, though. Maybe you can do that as well.

 

[cherryduck]

Not an issue on my end. I do hold the Y button as soon as the Homebrew splash shows up, though. Maybe you can do that as well.

I'm holding it the moment I hit A to launch the title, and keeping it held until the game boots, never get per game settings.

 

[Pk11]

I'm holding it the moment I hit A to launch the title, and keeping it held until the game boots, never get per game settings.

Did you update the forwarder pack? Per-game settings were only added the update before the latest iirc. Install DS Forwarder Packs in Universal-Updater.

 

[andot]

I tried the new version yesterday, it's no problem, everything works well, include per-game settings and widescreen support. Perfect!

 

[solomonk]

Still no luck with the widescreen. I followed the Pk11's guide and put `sd:/_nds/ntr-forwarder/Widescreen.cxi`. Tried a few other games from the compat list, but alas. I wonder what am I missing..

 

[lifehackerhansol]

YANBF v1.3.0

https://github.com/lifehackerhansol/YANBF/releases/tag/v1.3.0

What's new?

• UniqueID randomizing is here.
  • Not present in the GUI yet. You will need to do it via CLI.
  • Pass -r as an argument to randomize.
• Launch splash has been changed from Homebrew to Nintendo 3DS.

Improvements

• UniqueID collision checking is now implemented.
  • This will require your `Nintendo 3DS` folder to be "clean". This means one ID0 folder and one ID1 folder only. If you have multiple, please clean them up.
  • This works by checking all TIDLOW values that are present on the SD card. If the UniqueID calculated by YANBF already exists on the SD card, it will simply increment the UniqueID by 1 until it no longer collides.
    • This may still collide with any titles that have not yet been installed. So this has a chance of potentially being replaced in the future by a retail game or some others homebrew app. There isn't a public database of this stuff or anything so unfortunately I cannot guarantee this for you.

Bug fix

• Fixed an issue where the 3DS-side app may display "Failed to launch CIA" error for a brief moment before actually launching.

Fixes are mostly generator side, so no need to update from Universal-Updater for this release.

 

[Deleted member 585915]

Still no luck with the widescreen. I followed the Pk11's guide and put `sd:/_nds/ntr-forwarder/Widescreen.cxi`. Tried a few other games from the compat list, but alas. I wonder what am I missing..

Keep me updated. I can't get it working either, the only way any game goes widescreen is when the .cxi is in /luma/sysmodules but then I can't use per game settings.

 

[Pk11]

Keep me updated. I can't get it working either, the only way any game goes widescreen is when the .cxi is in /luma/sysmodules but then I can't use per game settings.

Are you sure you put the CXI at either sd:/_nds/ntr-forwarder/Widescreen.cxi or sd:/_nds/TWiLightMenu/TwlBg/Widescreen.cxi? Make sure there weren't any typos or such. Also, not every game supports widescreen so make sure it's on this list.

 

[Deleted member 585915]

Are you sure you put the CXI at either sd:/_nds/ntr-forwarder/Widescreen.cxi or sd:/_nds/TWiLightMenu/TwlBg/Widescreen.cxi? Make sure there weren't any typos or such. Also, not every game supports widescreen so make sure it's on this list.

yeah its setup like sd:/_nds/ntr-forwarder/Widescreen.cxi but still no luck, i also made sure the game is compatible. has anyone got it working correctly?

edit: enabling the nightly bootstrap made it work now

 

[wynnwave]

Is it possible to install multiple forwarders for the same game from different regions? I tried installing forwarders for both Elite Beat Agents and Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!, but one overwrote the other b/c I guess they're officially considered regional variants of the same game.

 

[lifehackerhansol]

Is it possible to install multiple forwarders for the same game from different regions? I tried installing forwarders for both Elite Beat Agents and Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!, but one overwrote the other b/c I guess they're officially considered regional variants of the same game.

1.3.0 should already have this, but only after you install one forwarder. I don't have a way to check multiple at this time.

Basically what you do, is create one forwarder, install it with FBI (if you want to do it all on PC, consider custom-install by ihaveamac), then insert SD back in PC and make the next forwarder, which will now detect that the Title ID is already present and create a new one to work around it.

 

[wynnwave]

1.3.0 should already have this, but only after you install one forwarder. I don't have a way to check multiple at this time.

Basically what you do, is create one forwarder, install it with FBI (if you want to do it all on PC, consider custom-install by ihaveamac), then insert SD back in PC and make the next forwarder, which will now detect that the Title ID is already present and create a new one to work around it.

I just tried this, and generating the second forwarder failed. The log file says:

Sun Feb 27 2022 16:28:05 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time): uniqueid = str(int(uniqueid) + 1) ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '14f53'

It looks like it's failing to create a new unique id because the existing one isn't an integer?

 

[lifehackerhansol]

I just tried this, and generating the second forwarder failed. The log file says:

Sun Feb 27 2022 16:28:05 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time): uniqueid = str(int(uniqueid) + 1) ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '14f53'

It looks like it's failing to create a new unique id because the existing one isn't an integer?

I think I fixed the bug. I attached `core.py` here, replace this one with the current one in your generator folder and see if it works.

 

[Lufvave]

Is it / will it be possible to make custom logos for the forwarders, like with NSUI and VC injection?