#38560 - darkfader - Tue Mar 29, 2005 3:17 am
Costis made a menu to start NDS files, so we could use that fileformat for homebrew stuff. ndstool can create NDS files, but I've yet to add filesystem creation.
#38561 - josath - Tue Mar 29, 2005 3:19 am
would there be any patent/copyright/trade secret issues with using the nintendo-created file format?
#38565 - killfire - Tue Mar 29, 2005 3:47 am
| josath wrote: |
| would there be any patent/copyright/trade secret issues with using the nintendo-created file format? |
i think if you reverse engineered it than no, they cant hold you responsible... i think.
#38569 - Darkain - Tue Mar 29, 2005 4:44 am
GBFS. enough said. :)
no, really, i think it would be worth a look into. have a custom bootloader that used the filesystem, along with the demos using it to load binary data on the fly (images, maps, sprites, etc)
i would really be happy with a filesystem like this. since the storage media are flashcarts, it would be nice to implement some form of read/write into it as well, but this isnt as needed.
but i would like to have the filesystem tho, so i can start working on more dynamic effects for the up and coming RPG engine (once my 2D gfx lib is more complete)
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#38574 - tepples - Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:00 am
GBFS or PogoFS or ROMFS or TarFS or ISOFS... there are a lot of choices, and you don't have to take Nintendo's.
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#38597 - darkfader - Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:52 pm
We could implement two :)
A local (Nintendo style) and global FS (GBFS or something) type. The global one could be used for developing/multimedia files.
#38604 - tepples - Tue Mar 29, 2005 3:13 pm
It'd probably be better to make the global FS in PogoShell format so that GBA and Nintendo DS games could share a card.
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