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Hey guys! How's everyone? I know I haven't exactly been active on here, but I thought I might let everyone know that I'm back at work on the project, and there will be a lot more updates coming out, so please look forward to that! Check it out here: gbatemp.net/threads/anot...

This is the closest I could get to santa in this game, as there is no santa hat

Hey guys! I just wanted to wish any who celebrate Christmas a happy holiday! I also wanted to tell y'all that as I finished finals, I am back to work at full force. I also just uploaded a new patch for the translation over on gbatemp on this link(gbatemp.net/threads/anot...) Enjoy!

A SHOUTOUT BY MARC ROBLEDO HIMSELF???!!! This is such an honor lol. I use your rom patcher to make all my patches, so major props to your part in creating this patch with me lol! Hope you're looking forward to more updates in the future!

WHY DON'T THE DOTS CONNECT????!!!!

Glad you're enjoying it! Look forward for more to come!

What about it? You can play nds games on the 3ds as far as I know. So you can certainly try it out on the 3ds. I am not sure how it's done however, but it should still be through twilightmenu++ if I'm not mistaken. Enjoy!

Well, I was specifically talking about nds hacking, as that is what you asked about. But yes, you're right. Each console does it differently. For example, the nds uses a file system (meaning there are files and folders), while the gba doesn't have that, it just puts it all in one place!

Not only that, but not all games are made in the same way. Some use conventional files that are common in many other games, while others opt to create their own file format for many stuff, which makes it harder to hack it.

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Sorry for the long thread, but I can't exactly be too brief with this, as there is a lot of explaining. Hope that helps you, even a little! If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Good night!

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a video series that documents my journey with this game, from how I started out to what I was able to eventually figure out once I actually finish translating it all, dividing each episode into a specific subject or file in the game. Tell if you might be interested in something like that! -

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this game actually, where he helped me figure out the format in which graphics (or images) are compressed. This video is a great way for programmers and beginners alike to get into rom hacking, or at least get introduced to the basic concepts on a surface level. I'm actually thinking of making-

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headstart. Other than that, you can always try to refer to manuals of how the ds works internally (which I believe can be found on a website called gbatek). If you want to try and get started on the basics, there is a great starter tutorial by @jonkode.su on his youtube channel, which is about-

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most of which are on this platform. He really helped me figure out a lot of stuff regarding compression algorithms, how to try to decode the game, he helped me also know how to further analyze files, and so on. If you can find a community to help you out with such stuff, it'd give a great -

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a community of experienced people to help me out. I found this person called @jonkode.su by coincidence in my youtube recommended, in which he had a panel that explained rom hacking to translate a video game on a surface level, and he introduced me to a community of very talented people -

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automate some processes that would've otherwise taken too much effort to do manually. That, and if you keep digging long enough, you might find relevant information online that will help you, or is specific to your questions. However, what helped me really understand how the ds works is having-

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to look for exactly. It also gave me knowledge on a lot of things you will need to consider when taking a look at a file, like pointers and endianness. It also gave me the ability to program (though you don't really need university for that) in order to create custom utilities that helped me-

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Me personally, being a computer engineering student helped me out a lot, as I already knew a lot of how cpus work and the internal mechanics of a computer, and I also learned about arm9 code through a course I took, which really made it easier to get into it and to know what I'm doing, or what-

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specifically, or they mostly explain how to use a tool on a surface level, something like crystal tile 2. For the most part, you won't find something that works on all ds games. To be able to actually get into rom hacking, you're going to have to do a lot of research, and I mean A LOT of it. -

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Good morning to you! That's a very good question, which doesn't really have a straightforward answer. There really isn't a "guide" to tranlsate nds games. You may find some tutorials online on how to use some tools that are used in rom hacking, but most of them're either tools made for pokemon-

Throwback to when I was less experienced and had to put text that didn't already fit between the original bound of the Japanese text at the bottom of the text files and manually repoint all pointers to their new locations. Really shows how far the development of this translation has come!

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on them, I think. I hope to be able to mod it someday too! I have already dabbled with changing models, and it's not that hard honestly, but without actually understanding how they work, it'll be hard to do it consistently right. So yeah!

Well figuring out the dse files is part of the plan, but as of right now, I have no idea where to begin with them, so I'm just waiting till I finish translating everything I know how to translate, which all is left is the dialogue, and then going back to the dse files, as the title screen depends1/2

Nothing like playing this game on the original hardware😎
Honestly I didn't expect it to look this good. Like the imperfections (graphics wise) that I was able to detect on an emulator seem to be unnoticeable on the actual console! Pretty cool stuff!

Thank you! You don't know how much your kind words mean to me, truly. I hope you look forward to more updates!

Well I initially thought of it because that is what I use, and because all rom hackers use it, whether for dumping or loading, and a quick internet search lead to the guide. So yeah! Glad it worked! Tell me what you think about it once you play it!

Hello again! After some digging, I found this, and it says that it seems that ysmenu is usually unreliable when working with rom hacks. So try launching twilightmenu++ from ysmenu using the following guide: sanrax.github.io/flashcart-gu.... I personally use twilightmenu++. Tell me if it works!

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something wrong with the arm9 in the rom, which is something I'll have to fix from my side probably. Anyways, if you don't want to risk it it's fine, I'll try it on my own console and get back to you when I do! Keep me posted!

YouTube video by sage sends How to Fix Error Code 4 on DSTT/TTDS

Hey man. So I thought of trying to check it out real quick before going to sleep, and I found this video on YouTube.
youtu.be/KfSvBojyTHo?...
Can you try what he did? Idk if you're using the same software, but it looked similar so I thought it could work. If it didn't, this code might point to - 1/2

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you can ask questions on certain channels and people will generally help you out on your issues. If all else fails, try searching it up on Google, there has to be someone who's faced something similar before. Be sure to mention that it is a patched rom. Tell me what ends up happening!

So even after patching it with rom patcher js by Marc robledo, it worked with melonds, but not with the actual ds? If that is true, good to know, but I don't currently have my ds with me to test out what's wrong with it. I'm truly sorry. If you want, you can try checking the nds hacking discord, 1/2