BiS crashing on save load

[spitzeqc]

Your console: Console A: DSi (USA) v1.4.5U (does not work) Console B: DSi (USA) v1.4.5U (works) Console C: DSi (JPN) v1.4.5J (works)

Launch Method: SD card (all consoles)

Version used: Release v0.73.1 (TwilightMenu v26.0.1)

Game tested/used/applicable: Mario & Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story (USA) (2926a9cfa86fed8dd6ae60cfe61af39b)

Save file: Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story.sav.zip

Expected Behavior: Game loads successfully

Actual Behavior: Game is unable to finish loading (soft reset and relaunch loads game fully)

Steps to reproduce

1. Open rom
2. Attempt to load save slot 2
3. Crash

nds-bootstrap.ini

nds-bootstrap (Console A).txt nds-bootstrap (Console B).txt nds-bootstrap (Console C).txt

Logs

Console A.LOG Console B.LOG Console C.LOG Console A Card B.LOG Console A Card C.LOG

Other notes

• The back of Console A has the system labeled as "C/TWL-USA"
• The back of Console B has the system labeled as "C/TWL-USA-1"
• The back of Console C has the system labeled as "C/TWL-JPN"
• Same rom file and save file is used on all cards/consoles
• Swapping around SD cards between systems does not produce different outcomes, so it is likely caused by a hardware revision

Will you be available for future issues and/or replies?

Yes

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UPDATES (tested on TM++ 26.6.0)

Serial No.

Console A: TW43550XXXX Console B: TW45013XXXX Console C: TJF12160XXXX

• Launching TM++ through HiyaCFW (v1.5.0) on all 3 consoles avoids the crash.
• Additionally on Console A (and presumably on Consoles B/C), the following procedure allows for BiS to boot without crashing:
  1. Launch stock system through an unlaunch override
  2. Open settings
  3. Boot into TM++ through a soft reset (either by pressing the power button or by exiting to the dsi menu)
  4. Launch game
• Console C exhibits weird behavior
  • Using the previously linked save file allows all versions of BiS to launch without issue (all regions, both encrypted and decrypted)
  • Using a different save causes all versions of the game to crash
  • Generating new saves from Console A/B that save at the first save point do not induce crashes on Console C, but exhibit "standard" behavior on the other consoles

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Update 2: Console A and C both contain an NEC 46128512AF1 ram chip, while Console B contains a 82DBS08164D-70L chip. Additionally, A/C both use a kmapf0000m-S998 nand chip, while B uses a klm5617efw-b301. Console A Console B Console C

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Using a 4th console (another TWL-USA-1, however this time running version 1.4.3U) tested on TM v27.0.0 (nds-bootstrap 1.4.3) and TM v27.3.3 (nds-bootstrap 1.5.2) both results in a crash (tested using the sd card from Console B). After a quick check, it looks like Console B and D share identical chips, with the exception of the processor which is labeled 1034 7m for Console B and 1032 5m for Console D.

Console D Serial No.: TW72420XXXX

Console D

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I have done some basic tests with a DS Lite (with flashme) and flashcart running TM (I believe a bootleg aliexpress Ace3DS+) which is also resulting in a crash. More interestingly though, when inserting the flashcart into Console B (the one that Just Works) and attempting to run BiS will also result in a crash.

Attempting to preemptivly reset the game before launching will not fix the issue, but crashing and resetting fixes the issue

Additionally, if you attempt to quit the game from withing the bootstrap menu (either from the crash opening it or through the button combo) will crash the console DSLite quit crash (crash)

DSLite quit crash (button combo)

Console B quit crash (button combo)

Another possibly related issue is when opening the bootstrap menu and then closing it will corrupt the top screen (selecting start game looks like it fixes it) DSLite corruption