Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs - Black screen after Celebi cutscene on slow SD cards

[Someguy1519]

Your console

Tell us which console you are using:

• [ ] DS Phat/Lite
• [ ] DSi (XL)
• [ ] Old 3DS/2DS (XL)
• [x] New 3DS/2DS (XL)

CFW and configuration

Tell us which CFW do you have:

DSi:

• [ ] (No CFW) DSiWarehax (such as Flipnote Lenny, Sudokuhax, etc.)
• [ ] (No CFW) Unlaunch only [please specify version]
• [ ] Unlaunch+HiyaCFW [please specify versions of both]

3DS/2DS:

• [x] Luma3DS
• [ ] Rei-Six
• [ ] Other/Older CFW [specify]

nds-bootstrap version

Tell us which versions you are using:

• [x] Release [26.0]
• [ ] Nightly [insert here commit hash]

Your device

Tell us which card you are using:

• [x] SD Card
• [ ] (Slot-1) Flashcard

If this issue only affects a certain game, which game is it?

Pokémon Ranger Guardian Signs US Version AP Patched rom

Expected behaviour

The Game plays a cutscene of Celebi taking the player back in time

Actual behaviour

Black Screen after leaving old Mansion upon defeating Meganium when Celebi takes the player back in time

Steps to reproduce

1. Load Game
2. Load the save file
3. From the point where I saved leave the Mansion by going south until you reach a hallway then go to the Eastern exit as shown on the top screen map then the southern exit after that the cutscene where I get a black screen will start.

Other notes

https://drive.google.com/file/d/111dSZNUSHwcvLPmxNUTSSbYYed2KoRE_/view?usp=drivesdk

Link to save file

[RocketRobz]

Try a clean ROM instead of an AP-patched ROM. Also, try the latest nds-bootstrap nightly.

[Someguy1519]

Tried the latest nightly and it works now. Thank you for your help.

[Spider-bomb]

I'm having the exact same problem, and neither of the fixes mentioned are working for me. The game does not load past file select on a rom that has not been AP-Patched, and the latest nightly as of February 1st, 2020. (I don't know where to find the commit hash, updated using Twilight Menu++ Updater)

[RocketRobz]

@Spider-bomb Do you get an AP message, when launching a non-AP-patched ROM?

[Spider-bomb]

@RocketRobz I do not.

[RocketRobz]

Is the original ROM modified in any way?

[Spider-bomb]

As far as I'm aware, it is not.

[YousufSSyed]

I'm having the same issue, I used TWILight Menu Update to update nds-boostrap to nightly and I had the exact same problem after leaving the mansion. I used what is to believed to be a clean ROM. Anyone have any other ideas or something?

[RocketRobz]

Welp, that fix lasted a short while. :P

[RocketRobz]

Hmm, so on a364d25, it seems the crashes are random.

[Oneechan69]

I found a workaround for this issue: I put the ROM onto and imported the save file onto Desmume and went through the part after the mansion there, then saved after I got past the part, then moved the sav back onto my 3DS.

[RocketRobz]

Re-opened yet again, because this game doesn't work with heap shrink on, which for some reason, worked before.

[Bezerker7234]

I seem to have the same problem as spider bomb but it's not exactly clear what I'm supposed to do. can someone help me please

[RocketRobz]

Change Cache block size to 32KB in TWLMenu++ Settings.

[Bezerker7234]

Can’t find cache block size in settings

[RocketRobz]

It's in the Games/Apps settings page.

[Bezerker7234]

Is it the VRAM boost?

[RocketRobz]

No, I said Cache block size. What version of TWLMenu++ are you using?

[Bezerker7234]

8.0.0

[RocketRobz]

Please update by following this page.

[Bezerker7234]

Tried downloading most resent on but it wasn’t working with my computer so I had to use another version

[Bezerker7234]

I’ll try

[Bezerker7234]

just updating it worked didn't know twilight updater app existed thanks

[RocketRobz]

Let's move this here.

[RocketRobz]

Re-opened, because this is still an issue on certain slow SD cards.

[RocketRobz]

Fixed as of recent versions.