From c180a72b4c43e6512c1ae623f897ca5d54a9de9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lifehackerhansol Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2022 11:08:13 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md Add a crap ton of what I did to this thing because people need to learn:tm: --- README.md | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ba69fce..f9e8692 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,9 +1,23 @@ Yet Another nds-bootstrap Forwarder ======= -nds-bootstrap forwarder template that is installed as a 3DS homebrew, to allow for more than 40 forwarders. - -How to use: +YANBF (Yet Another nds-bootstrap Forwarder) is a forwarder structure for nds-bootstrap. + +## Features: +- "forwarders" are referred to placeholder icons that will shortcut to a particular application (in this case, [nds-bootstrap](https://github.com/DS-Homebrew/nds-bootstrap)) + - Skip the [second menu](https://github.com/DS-Homebrew/TWiLightMenu) and just directly launch +- Launches from 3DS-mode. + - The other implementation by @RocketRobz and @Olmectron, https://gbatemp.net/threads/nds-forwarder-cias-for-your-home-menu.426174/, is DSiWare, which means you are limited to only 40 titles. This works great on the DSi, it does not work great on the 3DS. + - This means you can now install as many icons as you want until you max out the HOME menu icon space! + +## How it works: +- A pre-existing forwarder template exists: https://gbatemp.net/threads/nds-forwarder-cias-for-your-home-menu.426174/ + - This uses a DSiWare template, copies the icon and title and the ROM path, and then installed as a CIA. The CIA, when launched, will boot `sdcard.nds` which will do all the nds-bootstrap setup. + - I instead opted to create an `sdcard.nds` bootloader, and then a 3DS-mode app that launches said bootloader + - you can't launch `.nds` files from 3DS-mode. So a bootloader is required. + - the bootloader does the same thing as the DSiWare template, in actuality + +## How to use: 1. Install Python 3 for your PC: http://python.org/downloads 1. Go to https://github.com/lifehackerhansol/YANBF/releases, and download the appropriate zip file for your PC OS 1. Go to https://github.com/RocketRobz/NTR_Forwarder/releases, and download the zip file that is not the source code @@ -18,23 +32,23 @@ How to use: 1. An output.cia will be generated. Copy this to your SD card 1. Boot your 3DS and install both CIAs using FBI -To build: +## To build: 1. edit `romFS:/path.txt` to any file path in `sd:/`. Do NOT end with newline, this kills it. 1. run `make dist` 1. install both CIAs 1. voila -Current issues: +## Current issues: - no idea. report if you see one -Credits: +## Credits: - [devkitPro](https://devkitpro.org) for their toolchain - [RocketRobz](https://github.com/RocketRobz/NTR_Forwarder) for the TWLNAND bootstrap code - [Epicpkmn11](https://github.com/Epicpkmn11) for bannergif.py and testing -License: +## License: -Bootstrap: +### Bootstrap: ``` Copyright (C) 2010 Dave "WinterMute" Murphy @@ -53,7 +67,7 @@ Bootstrap: Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. ``` -The rest: +### The rest: ``` MIT License