#67001 - pepsiman - Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:24 pm
As the M3 and G6 firmwares turn off the power to the 2D cores before running a program, homebrew which does not remember to turn the power on does not run on these flash carts.
Homebrew authors can ensure M3/G6 compatibility by adding "powerON(POWER_ALL_2D|POWER_SWAP_LCDS);".
As a workaround for existing homebrew that does not turn the power on, I'm releasing an nds loader that will turn the power on before running the program.
Download from http://pepsiman.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/m3powerloader.bin
Windows usage: copy /b m3powerloader.bin + file.nds file.ds.gba
Unix usage: cat m3powerloader.bin file.nds > file.ds.gba
Put the .ds.gba file on your CF card or on your G6 and run from the menu as normal.
#67047 - The 9th Sage - Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:22 am
| pepsiman wrote: |
As a workaround for existing homebrew that does not turn the power on, I'm releasing an nds loader that will turn the power on before running the program.
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Ah, thanks for that. :) I have something I want to try it on, I've noticed the current version of PocketSPC doesn't work with the M3 (it looks like because of the power issue).
*edit*
Indeed, works perfectly. :) For anyone who wants to easily strip the first 512 bytes from a ds.gba file (to get rid of the old loader and append this M3 one) search for file trimmer on Google...there's a free program that works excellently for this purpose in one of the first results.
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#67111 - badname - Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:34 pm
Thanks alot pepsiman now i can play wolf3d again :)
#67113 - snkenjoi - Sun Jan 15, 2006 5:02 pm
Thanks. Now tetris works without me having to nudge the screen everytime.
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#69328 - tuLL - Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:08 am
Great find pepsiman!
I have a GBAMP and an M3, but now I can save with the homebrew that use SRAM.
Thanks!
#69523 - Xtreme - Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:14 am
I used Google...
Download:
File Trimmer v1.0
File trimmer homepage:
http://mynikko.com/trimmer/
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#101934 - tuLL - Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:24 am
Yo
I have made this little BATCH for easy applying the loader.
Get it here.
Just run the .bat file and it will tell you what to do.
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#101970 - HtheB - Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:02 am
but the pepsiman allready includes a batch file :S
just rename the filenames that you can find in the batch file... ?? :S
#102102 - tuLL - Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:46 pm
| HtheB wrote: |
but the pepsiman allready includes a batch file :S
just rename the filenames that you can find in the batch file... ?? :S |
Sorry I didn't understand you. Where does pepsiman include a batch file?
I didn't understand the last sentence.
Cheers:)
#102149 - Link_of_Hyrule - Mon Sep 11, 2006 7:53 am
what exactly does this do? i have a G6 how can this help me?
#102153 - HtheB - Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:10 am
| tuLL wrote: |
Sorry I didn't understand you. Where does pepsiman include a batch file?
I didn't understand the last sentence.
Cheers:) |
well.. euh.. i downloaded the pepsimanloader.. and uh.. it contained the batch file O_o
(or am I going nuts???.... it could be that I done it myself... automatically, (i do many batch files so i dont have to typ everything over and over again)... xD )
I think i need a vacation :blush: :$
#102157 - Sektor - Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:54 am
The M3 and G6 can add their own temporary loader to .nds files. They may have even fixed the power issue in a firmware update. I haven't needed to use the power loader for any homebrew. On M3 you just start the .nds file with the Start button instead of the A button. Alternatively you can launch files with dsorganize.
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#102256 - HtheB - Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:39 am
| Sektor wrote: |
| On M3 you just start the .nds file with the Start button instead of the A button. Alternatively you can launch files with dsorganize. |
this was always so...
but its annoying to press start with some homebrew..
'couz I always use the A button :D
#102287 - tepples - Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:32 pm
For the record, what exactly does the A button do? Is it like sc.nds?
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#103382 - pepsiman - Thu Sep 21, 2006 2:17 pm
| tepples wrote: |
| For the record, what exactly does the A button do? Is it like sc.nds? |
A copies the selected file to 0x08000000, sets up the arm9 passme loop and jumps to 0x080000c0.
Start writes a loader to 0x08000000, copied the selected file after it, sets up the arm9 passme loop and jumps to 0x080000c0.
So Start must be used for .nds files without a built in loader.
A must be used for .ds.gba files.
Either can be used for .nds files with a built in loader.
Neither button leaves the power on for the screens, hence this modified loader.