Wednesday, September 21, 2005

A patching tutorial !!

So some guys are finding it difficult to work with the roms so here it is a tutorial complete with a link to the file.

No 1- Download the software that you need to patch DS games to run on every GBA Flashcart, from HERE or click Here and download the file ndspatch.rar .

No 2- Extract the files into an empty folder (preferably), and copy the CLEAN rom dumps/backups/demos there.

No 3- Drag the roms you want to convert on the .exe file ndspatch.exe .

No 4- You will see that new .nds.gba files have been created. These are trimmed and patched nds games, so if you have a normal gba flashcart use the files as is in .nds.gba format. If you own a supercard or M3 or something that is able to play it's own patched roms in DS mode you need to rename the file into .nds instead of .nds.gba format.

No 5- Now copy the roms onto your flashcart, and run them. BUT you need to have either PASSME/FLASHME/WIFIME/SUPERPASS available in order to run these games, so if you only have a flashcart but none of the above you cannot run the games, and will result in white screen.

No 6- To be able to save you need to copy a .sav file from a converted gba game(in the case of the supercard users) or a normal .sav file. Now rename the save file exactly as the converted ds rom you want to associate/assign it to.

No 7- If you succeeded in loading the ds rom play it as usual, but then the saves will be redirected to the SRAM, so you have to quickly turn ON and OFF the DS, boot in DS mode, and save the SRAM to the gba.sav file. (In the case of supercard users you have to go to the saver menu and select the .sav file then select yes and it's done)

No 8- I am not able to tell if other flashcards then Supercard automatically load the save files, but it should be enabled in order to load the save file in the DS rom.( For Supercard users just check the AUTO LOAD SAVER option from the OPTIONS menu when in DS mode)

NOTE: Not all roms patched with the ndspatcher work, save/save correctly. For example, WARIO WARE = 2 white screens, NEED FOR SPEED UNDERGROUND 2 + PGA TOUR= NOT saving, and NINTENDOGS CHIUAUA (US) = SAVING BUT NOT ALL DATA (because of some limitations in the saving)

13 comments:

  1. Some cleans copys os WARIOWARE need to apli a IPS PATCH to wotk... like ANOTHER CODE ( AKA TRACE MEMORY )

    Nice work F@nAt|( Thanks for this amazing blog/site for supercard fans!!!

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  2. You can use Etool 2.1 to create a backup of the EEPROM to a .sav file (only 64k and 4k ones), rename the sav file to whateveryounamedyourgame.sav and it loads it instead (so long as the game is loaded from the same directory with the save, and wasnt patched with -nosave)

    Thought that was kind of neat, had copied my bomberman save to a .sav file before I wrote over it testing Etool and just did the above and it worked great!

    :)

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  3. Cory the ETOOL is a nice tool to backup filen on original cart to put on internet!!!

    i wish my site dont have a low bandwidht, so i can make a server for people trade save files..

    i want a mario save file with all stars.. i lost to play castlevania ... in that time Brian tools wont work to me.. =[

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  4. I knew about the Ips patch for Wario Ware, but it seems that when I convert it with the Supercard software works well, but with the ndspatch.exe does not work.

    But on the other hand I am having fun playing Another Code, now I will try Advance Wars.

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  5. where can I get this ips for wario touched?

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  6. Dudu.exe: some superstared Mario 64 save for ya...
    prepackaged for your enjoyment, a save file with all minigames unlocked and 1st save has 150 stars (thanks codejunkies for the community downloads site! and I didnt even buy a ARDuo)
    http://nds.cmamod.com/files/marioEtool.rar
    just copy the 2 files to your SC, run the .nds and hit copy SRAM to EEPROM and have some phun :)

    after looking at a few saves in hex, it appears that many codejunkie/ARDuo users are submitting games that use NDS Save and a GBA cart for the rom (ie: one mario had MrDriller in the 1st slot, and Mario in the 2nd... but the ID was MRDRILLER... go figure)

    Anonymous: for the IPS patch go here: http://retrocovers.com/advanscene/
    -pick NDS release list
    -use the drop down menu to get to earlier games (pre 100)
    -find the game you need the patch for and click on it
    -look towards the bottom for something like "ips-wwteur.zip - Redump patch by Ips"

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  7. many thanks for this.

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  8. Cory1492... i cant stop talkin.. YOU´RE MY HERO !!! THANKS MAN!!!

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  9. i dun get it !

    this isn´t rommans patcher .

    ARE WE STILL GETTING THE CF/SD SUPERCARD PATCHER FROM ROMMAN ?

    still waiting on this ...

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  10. Sure but Romman has yet to release the patcher and the firmware. For now you can use this patcher that works with some of the ds roms, but you cannot save a 2Mb file on the CF because of the SRAM 64k restriction.

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  11. Does anyone know how to Convert .EXE into .GBA?

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  12. I know this will be a dumb question but I just got the nds lite and I have no idea how everything works. How do I use the ips patch after downloading it?

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  13. THiS iS GONNA SOUND REALLY STUPiD .. BUT i DONT GET HOW TO DO THiS .. i DOWNLOADED THE PATCH .. WHAT DO i DO FROM THERE .. ??

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