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DS development > How to make a .ds.gba (!!) from a .nds... /EDIT

#45526 - taichi - Sat Jun 11, 2005 4:42 pm

...file, with a .bat file or else, but not with c++ ? Can someone give me some tut?

I just dont want to use c++ oder basic, some devkit or darkstar.

!! I mean .ds.gba and not nds.gba !!

Last edited by taichi on Sun Jun 12, 2005 5:30 pm; edited 1 time in total

#45532 - josath - Sat Jun 11, 2005 6:18 pm

download http://darkfader.net/ds/files/ndsmall.bin
then in a cmd prompt change dir to the dir that holds ndsmall.bin and your game.nds and then type:
Code:
copy /b ndsmall.bin + game.nds game.nds.gba

#45533 - WhereMyArm - Sat Jun 11, 2005 6:51 pm

Does it work the other way around too? I mean .ds.gba -> .nds .

#45549 - josath - Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:13 pm

you can use my PME2NDS tool from here to convert .nds.gba into .nds
http://ds.rorexrobots.com/ (near the bottom of the page)
but it only works on a very sepcific type of .nds.gba
1. It has to actually have a .nds file embedded in it, with the AXXE game code (default from ndslib)
2. The loader has to be a multiple of 16 bytes

It wont work on:
commercial roms, .ds.gba that have a custom loader, or anything else that doesn't fit the above

#45587 - taichi - Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:08 am

josath wrote:
download http://darkfader.net/ds/files/ndsmall.bin
then in a cmd prompt change dir to the dir that holds ndsmall.bin and your game.nds and then type:
Code:
copy /b ndsmall.bin + game.nds game.nds.gba


sry for this nooblike question, but whats "cmd" ?

EDIT: k, the MS Dos thing ^^

EDIT?: hmm... i have burn the file on my ds. when i star my ds the screen is white.
problem1: file won?t boot
problem2: whatever i do, the ds boot from my gba flashcard first (without prssing a+b+y+x+)

AND: I want to create a ds.gba file, not a nds.gba file!!

#45636 - Abscissa - Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:56 am

taichi wrote:
AND: I want to create a ds.gba file, not a nds.gba file!!

rename *.nds.gba -> *.ds.gba

#45637 - josath - Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:49 am

.nds.gba and .ds.gba are the same things

#45742 - taichi - Tue Jun 14, 2005 3:34 pm

josath wrote:
.nds.gba and .ds.gba are the same things

ok. sorry ^^ but why does my ds boot automatically from gba card?? whatever i do, ever from the gba cardridge.

#45744 - strager - Tue Jun 14, 2005 3:40 pm

taichi wrote:
but why does my ds boot automatically from gba card?? whatever i do, ever from the gba cardridge.


So you don't have to boot via wifime. Just remove the game to not play it. That simple.