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Ninji

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Posted on 10-01-10 08:24:27 PM, in changing formats (age old question) .srl to .nds Link
Actually, now that I think about it -- I've got a few SRL files (Animal Crossing: City Folk contains two, for the DS connectivity) but I can't test any of them out at the moment because I don't have my DS right now.

That weird data seems to be related to the DSi (Twilight) SDK -- I just checked Pokemon Black (which is a DSi game) and it also has that data in the header. Some of the values are the same as yours, but not all.



Also, check this -- you should see something like this in the output:
0x6C Secure area CRC 0x29D4 (OK, decrypted)


If it doesn't say that it's decrypted, then try running: ndstool -sd file.nds to decrypt it. I don't know if it matters or not, but it's worth a try.


One thing I should probably mention, though: as far as I know, SRL and NDS files are the same thing. I'm suspecting that the available ROM dumper tools decrypt the secure area upon dumping, which might be the reason why it works for retail games but not for yours (if my theory is correct).

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Posted on 10-01-10 09:49:12 PM, in changing formats (age old question) .srl to .nds Link
Originally posted by davemon
Just tried messing with secure area encryption. (And realized I've been using an older version of ndstool, thanks for the updated link!) ndstool returns that the file does not appear to have a secure area to encrypt/decrypt. I also ran the "header fix" which changed absolutely nothing in the new header. Process of elimination progress, though.

That's strange... although it's also possible that Nintendo applies the encryption themselves once you send the final game off to them. :\

I just checked the untouched .srl files I have (from City Folk), and they have a secure area -- but it's marked as "OK, multiboot" by ndstool. Using ndstool -se or ndstool -sd returns "File doesn't appear to have a secure area!".

Also, reading through the ndstool source code, it seems that the "multiboot" ROM type is defined by the game not having a secure area -- at all. That may be why it's refusing to boot.


The No$GBA tech specs back that up -- check out the "avoiding encryption" section here: http://nocash.emubase.de/gbatek.htm#dscartridgesecurearea
I'm suspecting that the software on whatever flashcart you're using doesn't actually deal with these properly ... which makes sense, seeing as their main goals are not accuracy, but ability to run pirated commercial games.

I wonder if there's a way to get around that...

Of course it has to be possible (since Nintendo can do it) but I can't see any easy way :/

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Posted on 10-01-10 11:02:18 PM, in changing formats (age old question) .srl to .nds Link
The issue with patching the .srl to include a secure area is that the ARM9 binary needs to be modified to include it, and I'm not sure if it's possible to do this without recompiling the entire game from source code.

I'm curious -- have you tried booting the game with YSMenu and/or Wood R4 (alternative firmwares for the R4)? I haven't used them so I'm not sure how they work, but if they use different ROM loading code, then it might work...




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Posted on 10-03-10 11:41:41 AM, in Anything-Goes Pokedex Link
Wow, I'm huge:






This one is REALLY inaccurate:



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Posted on 10-10-10 11:27:30 AM, in Happy birthday, Treeki! ^_^ Link
おかげで、テラ！ (That means "Thanks, Terra" ... in JAPANESE!!)

Thanks to everyone else, too I just woke up and I'm pretty tired at the moment.

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Posted on 10-10-10 06:52:34 PM, in Happy birthday, Treeki! ^_^ Link
Originally posted by Bloodstar
Happy Birthday Trekki. . .

(yes I did just post this)

Thankz 4 Da Beer Bro.


fun fact: I can now legally buy/drink alcohol, and buy/use tobacco. I'm not interested in either.

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Posted on 10-10-10 07:43:47 PM, in Happy birthday, Treeki! ^_^ Link
Originally posted by Reimu
Originally posted by Treeki
fun fact: I can now legally buy/drink alcohol, and buy/use tobacco. I'm not interested in either.

Isn't it 18? Unless I am horribly wrong about where you live...
In Gibraltar, it's 16.

Originally posted by Reimu
Anyways, happy birthday Treeki. Go get some speakers to celebrate!
But if I did that, I'd be following MM's advice, and I don't want to do that

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Posted on 10-10-10 11:50:08 PM, in Happy birthday, Treeki! ^_^ Link
Originally posted by Colin
16 and you're considered legal? Can you vote?

Happy birthday!
I don't think so.. but even then, there won't be elections here until next year. I actually don't know, maybe I can But thanks!

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Posted on 10-11-10 11:45:39 AM, in Happy birthday, Sanky Link
Happy birthday, Sanky Hope today goes well for you!

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