| Page 13 of 31 |
|
|
 Posted: Tue, 3rd Dec 2013 14:55 Post subject: |
|
 |
PUBLIC BETA RELEASE OF GW 2.0B1
01/12/2013
We thought posting yet another teaser video would anger rather than amaze our patient and loyal customers. So in the spirit of Thanksgiving, we would like to show you all our sincere gratitude for your patience and support, by releasing a public beta early!
GW 2.0b1 enables up to date compatibility, barring only the 2 known NAND based titles (for which support is coming very soon), as well as the long awaited emuNAND feature. Complementing these great advancements is our new GUI menu system accessible by simply holding down the L button when tapping on the DS Profile button on the touchscreen. For this release we have tried to make the plethora of options as automated and intuitive as possible, and we welcome more feedback from our users regarding the menu, settings and other options for in the coming revisions.
So we left a few things out you say ? Well if it was so easy then others would have it already, or might falsely make videos of such claims .. anyway we digress .. Both nand saving, which will officially make us 100% compatible with all known roms, and FAT32 (drag and drop) based multirom support are now close to completion and entering into our internal beta testing. As you can imagine, both these features required a major revamp of our hardware's internal firmware, something we had known and planned for from day one so rest assured, unlike others, GW3DS is a fully featured and FULLY updatable hardware design. Our policy has and will always be to stick by our customers and ensure they get value for their money. We will be calling on our beta testers shortly to help us stress test our next big step !
Release notes:
Booting into Gateway mode will now automatically check for the emuNAND partition and emulate the system NAND using this partition. We have also included an option to boot into Classic mode that enables genuine retail gamecards and the emuNAND functionality, allowing it to run like a regular 3DS on latest firmware.
If the emuNAND partition is not found, we fall back to the system NAND and boot into Gateway mode as in 1.x
WARNING NEVER ATTEMPT TO UPDATE YOUR SYSTEM NAND, MAKE SURE YOU ONLY UPDATE EMUNAND - PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW CAREFULLY !
We have gone to great lengths to ensure the stability and reliability of emuNAND, even though emuNAND is not currently required to allow full game compatibility. For those wishing to have the latest system firmware running concurrently with our device, please follow these instructions carefully:
Safety preparation: Please ensure you are either fully charged or plugged in to the charger before beginning. It is also advisable to turn off WiFi, and remove any stored WiFi access settings before proceeding.
1) Launch the Gateway menu and select the "BACKUP SYSTEM NAND" option. Follow on screen instructions to start the backup operation. This requires a minimum of 1GB free space on the Nintendo 3DS SD card, and will take approximately 10 minutes. Every console has a unique NAND image and if you accidentally update the onboard system NAND then there is currently no known way to restore back to 4.5 through software means. The only recovery option is to restore via hardware using the backed up NAND image as a last resort. So please make sure you physically copy the file created by our tool from the SD card to your computers hard drive.
2) Make sure you have backed up any other files you may need from your Nintendo 3DS SD card or use a fresh new SD card to run the Format emuNAND step in the Gateway menu. Once this is done (approximately 5 minutes) and for as long as you use the specific SD card, GW will boot from the specially partitioned SD card and show the "GW3D" label in the system version number in the System Settings application.
Once you have entered into the System Settings application and clearly seeing the "GW3D" version number, enter into WiFi settings and set up a connection.
3) Update your emuNAND partition. Boot into Gateway mode, and enter into the System Settings application. CHECK to make sure you see the letters GW3D before the system version located in the bottom right hand corner of the top screen. If you only see a version number "Ver." please exit and perform step 2 again. With the "GW3D" X.XX.X version number verified proceed to update the console by going to Other Settings and scroll right to the last page and press the System Update button.
IMPORTANT !! .. ONLY ever update through System Settings and ONLY when you have double checked the "GW3D" lettering in front of the system version number !!
---------
Had been playing the new Zelda rom, works perfectly, thanks gateway 3DS. I find their support amazing, even more amazing you can update to the latest firmware kinda like a CFW.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
locke89
Posts: 2812
Location: Poland
|
| Posted: Wed, 4th Dec 2013 18:11 Post subject: |
|
|
Fucking nintendo and their fucking region lock....
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Mon, 9th Dec 2013 09:11 Post subject: |
|
|
Last edited by Interinactive on Tue, 5th Oct 2021 02:44; edited 1 time in total
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Guyver
Posts: 2221
Location: Bunga-Bun... err Italy.
|
| Posted: Mon, 9th Dec 2013 10:27 Post subject: |
|
|
| locke89 wrote: | | Fucking nintendo and their fucking region lock.... |
* |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
sTo0z
[Moderator] Babysitter
Posts: 7449
Location: USA
|
| Posted: Mon, 9th Dec 2013 14:09 Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
mace999
Posts: 426
Location: Bangkok
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Fri, 13th Dec 2013 02:28 Post subject: |
|
|
Last edited by Interinactive on Tue, 5th Oct 2021 02:42; edited 1 time in total
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Horrordee
Soderator
Posts: 8867
Location: England
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Horrordee
Soderator
Posts: 8867
Location: England
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Sat, 21st Dec 2013 15:33 Post subject: |
|
|
As far as I knew Zelda and Pokeman didn't work with any flashcarts as it was, or if they did they had limited functionality.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
gospel
Posts: 289
Location: Italy
|
| Posted: Sat, 21st Dec 2013 21:09 Post subject: |
|
|
| Mchart wrote: | | As far as I knew Zelda and Pokeman didn't work with any flashcarts as it was, or if they did they had limited functionality. |
zelda work very well with 2.0b of gateway..i finish the game some days ago without no problem..
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Mon, 23rd Dec 2013 16:09 Post subject: |
|
|
well, seems like buying an ntsc console is pointless. Cheap console, fucking expensive games.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Mon, 23rd Dec 2013 18:36 Post subject: |
|
|
(C) 2012 3DS XL isn't a 100% <4.5.0 but there is a serial number to check that and be sure --> google.
With gateway 3DS, your 3DS can then play any region rom (it's still not region free though and cannot play retail carts from other regions). It's only region free for pirated games, not retail games.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
locke89
Posts: 2812
Location: Poland
|
| Posted: Tue, 24th Dec 2013 22:00 Post subject: |
|
|
I wonder if card makers will finally overcome that firmaware restrictions. I was thinking for a while about buying 3DS but then I saw prices of games - hahahaha...
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Tue, 24th Dec 2013 22:36 Post subject: |
|
|
Most drop to $30. $30 for a game providing 100+ hours of gameplay doesn't seem that bad to me.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
locke89
Posts: 2812
Location: Poland
|
| Posted: Tue, 24th Dec 2013 22:46 Post subject: |
|
|
Maybe in US. In my shitty country 3DS is a dead console, almost none used games, new one costs 50-60$....
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Tue, 24th Dec 2013 22:48 Post subject: |
|
|
Buy a US 3DS and then you can just buy from the US eShop.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
locke89
Posts: 2812
Location: Poland
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Wed, 25th Dec 2013 01:46 Post subject: |
|
|
It's not that impossible to find an hackable model and just use a cart....
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Wed, 25th Dec 2013 02:08 Post subject: |
|
|
Well, got myself a 4.2 3ds. Gonna plug in a game when i receive my gateway which has the 4.5 update and install. I bet there is noting to lose, and something to gain in using 4.5 over 4.2
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Wed, 25th Dec 2013 03:20 Post subject: |
|
|
Finally at least one fellow pirate that isn't in a hurry to play the latest game and finally waits for his gateway instead of updating his 3DS to >4.5.0....
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| Page 13 of 31 |
All times are GMT + 1 Hour |
writing on retarded phone, so sorry for the typing 
Upgrade and pay for games, or wait and get them for free. I only hope the "insider" scoop some guy claimed to have on some forum is untrue though. He said that the gateway hardware is incompatible with multi boot, and we'd need to buy another when they get it working in the future.
