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d0k3 / Decrypt9WIP

Multipurpose content dumper and decryptor for the Nintendo 3DS
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[SUGGESTION] Dumping NTR/TWL cartridges to .cia #158

Closed ghost closed 7 years ago

ghost commented 7 years ago

I have many DS cartridges (TWL) that I want to dump to a .cia file so that I can install the backup on my system. However when I try to select (Dump Cart to CIA) it fails saying (NTR/TWL cartridges cannot be dumped to CIA.) I know this is normal, but I want some functionality that will at least give me a dump, even if it is not perfect. Could you please incorporate this?

GerbilSoft commented 7 years ago

What would be the point? Even if an option was added to embed an SRL in a CIA (i.e. DSiWare), it wouldn't run. You'd end up with either a white screen or an error message.

d0k3 commented 7 years ago

What @GerbilSoft just said. DSiWare (SRL) is not the same as a NDS rom dump. There really is no reasoning in dumping such a cart to a CIA. So... Anything you could add to this?

d0k3 commented 7 years ago

Alright, closing this now. Feel free to reopen if you can add anything to this.

As said before, such a CIA dump would not be imperfect, it would be just wrong and never work. If it would, we wouldn't have efforts such as nds-bootstrap and TWLoader.

ghost commented 7 years ago

I used TWLoader and it worked for me. I just never knew about these applications before so I couldn't use them ;)

d0k3 commented 7 years ago

Adding to this, even if it is closed - if nds-bootstrap ever reaches a decent state, yes, NDS rom CIAs may become a reality. But then in the style of VC CIAs, meaning that they wouldn't be ran directly but instead handed over to nds-bootstrap.