smitty

This is such a great device, but does anyone else get the "No online content available" message too?

That means one of two things usually.

Either the game that you are trying to use has no Powersaves edits available. or the software is unable to interface with the Datel servers.

Try a higher trafficked trading forum like GameFaqs or one of the Reddit forums. There isn't much trading that goes on here.

The Servers responsible for the GTS have been taken down. The GTS exploit actually required those servers momentarily. When you started up the GTS, it would check to see if they were active, after it booted the GTS section up, then the DNS rerouting could be done. Now that the servers have been taken down, the game cannot verify that the servers are up and therefore will not let the GTS be started.

Pokegen can still be used, but you have to use one over various means to download your save and edited it. After you do that, you can rewrite the save to your cart.

Edit: check this post for options for downloading your save so that it can be edited.

http://projectpokemon.org/forums/showthread.php?16601-NDS-How-to-Backup-Restore-your-retail-cartridge-save-file-for-DS-games

There are random trade threads here, but this is definitely not a high volume trade forum. I wouldn't really expect much in the way of Dex completion help or random trades here. You are better off going to forums that have dedicated trading forums like the GameFaqs Pokemon trade forum or one of the various Reddit forums for example.

As for requesting Pokegen assistance, asking for hacking assistance is against the forum ToU and is generally frowned upon by many users here. Again, your best bet for assistance with that would be one off the higher volume trade boards.

You can't inject hacked pokemon back into a save using either tool. Doing so requires control of the AES MAC of the 3DS to correctly "sign" the save. Without that, the save is detected as being corrupt. There is no public method available to do this and only a handful of people have accomplished it outside of Datel. For more information, you can read up on save encryption for the 3DS on various forums, including here and on GBATemp (especially in the Powersaves threads on GBATemp which have page after page on the entire process.)

There is also no exploit like the GTS injection method from previous generations of games to inject individual files either.

Region locked: Internet, Serial Code

Region free: Wireless, Infrared

It is still possible to region lock wirless events. They have shown that they can do that in past generations. I can personally confirm that when it came to some local events in my area (the TRU Arceus for example.)

With that being said though, I don't recall hearing of any wireless local events being region locked this gen.

Hi everyone, thank you for answering my question.

My understanding from your replies is that I will not be able to get Darkrai without a Japanese 3DS and game, and that I won't be able to get Diance unless a) the event is not region-locked, or b) I purchase a Japanese 3DS and a Japanese cart. As such, the best course of action is probably to wait until the promotion starts, and then check back here once someone else in Japan reports on the regional status of the event.

Although it is not my fault, I am sorry that my inquiry seems to have sparked a bit of an argument regarding "legitimacy" and "legality".

It isn't your fault at all. You asked some good questions that deserved honest answers and not everything else that transpired.

If I were you, I would take my 3DS and cart with me to Japan if the answer doesn't show up here. As long as it isn't distributed via serial code, there is a decent chance that it may not be region locked. Of course, we will not know for sure until the event is out.

I will be in Japan during the time when the movie promotion for Diance is occurring. Is it possible for me to use my American version of Pokemon Y to get the Diance from the movie event (or the Darkrai from preordering a ticket, for that matter)? If not, could I purchase a Japanese cartridge and use it on my American 3DSXL?

However, the original question was above. It had nothing to do with asking about legitimacy or your view on it. It had nothing to do with your view on legality. It asked some simple questions that we were trying to answer.

Your constant prattling on about your opinions about "legality" and "legitimacy" of any possible retrieved event has not been helpful to this user. The only thing that it has done is to bury all of the answers that we have given to try and help answer this guys question and actually didn't add anything to try to help answer them.

If @psychic_esper or somebody else is trying to find the answer to this questions, we summarized the answers in this post.

http://projectpokemon.org/forums/showthread.php?36206-XY-Event-Movie-Ticket-Darkrai-(Japan)&p=187801&viewfull=1#post187801

Defeating any sort of region-locking for 6th gen events doesn't even yield a legal Pokémon, let alone a legitimate one. Anyone can dump the Pokémon as a file and see that some sort of unofficial third-party hardware (ie. a hacking device) was used to get something that can't be obtained by normal use of the hardware/software. Most people would assume Wondercard injection via Powersave; defeating the region-locking in the manner you described would yield the same region data.

In summary, defeating the region-locking to obtain this Darkrai event, or any other region-locked event would yield a Wondercard and Pokémon that isn't even legal, let alone legitimate. As such, neither should be added to the Event database.

Again, the original question had nothing to do with legitimacy. He was asking on possible methods that he could obtain Diancie and maybe Darkrai. He never asked for an opinion if it would be "legit" or "legal." If you want to get down to brass tacks about the whole thing, technically dumping any Wonder Card and adding it to the Event Database requires the use of unofficial third party software in one way, shape, or form to find and then subsequently rip it from a save with the data. Therefore, by using your own logic, every single Event Database Wonder Card on the main board are "illegal and illegitimate."

The guy simply asked a question if he could get the Diancie/Darkrai events using his American 3DS/game and, if not, could he run a Japanese cart on his 3DS. Again, he never asked your opinion on legitimacy. He didn't ask how to hack a Pokemon to make it seem legit. He never even said that he had plans on donating the Wonder Card to the site. Why you are persisting to try to insert your personal opinion and philosophy on gameplay into a situation that really has nothing to do with that is beyond me. The only thing that droning on about these things is accomplishing is that it is making it that much harder for people to get the answers to honest and legit questions that they came to the forum to get answers to.

First of all, I played my import of B/W on a DS thereby passing the region lock on the DSi for that software (remember the pseudo region lock I mentioned?)

Secondly, how do you know that the Diancie will be region locked? It's not even out dude. We already know that a vast majority of oversees events this gen have not been region locked. If you don't believe it, dump some .pk6 files of some legit ones and look. I've got multiple examples just in the newest PCBC event line that are not Powersaved and have a region other than Japan.

I know that you seem to take your self appointed role as the great determinator of all that is "legit" very seriously on every single forum that you show up on, but this guy asked legit questions that have nothing to do with whether a Pokemon is/was/will be legit.

To review:

1. Darkrai (as well as all serial coded events) - region locked and cannot be bypassed as far as we know.

2. Is is possible to use a cart from another region on your American 3DS - yes, but only under very specific conditions

3. Diancie - We don't know if it will be region locked. You will have to wait for the event to launch. If it isn't, then no extra work is needed. If it is, still not certain if a Japanese cart running on an exploited 3DS will work. Just have to wait and see.

Before making sweeping conclusions about the Diancie event, shouldn't we wait for the event to actually launch?

I'd hardly call using a pirate cart to get access to an event for another region when a real game can't a legitimate way to get the event.

You can run the physical cart from another region as long as the software exploit is installed and therefore are not using a "pirate cart" or ROM.

I also used to import Pokemon from Japan on the DS (even after they pulled off the pseudo-region lock on the DSi) to play the game early and to get the exclusive Wi-Fi events that used to come out stateside months later. Does that make my Pokemon or events any less legit?

I know that, in this instance, the Pokemon Wi-Fi server that the game connected to for Mystery Gifts was tied to the cart region and not the DS region. Since I did not import X/Y, I'm not certain if that is still the case. My gut says that it is dictated by the 3DS region now, but I have no proof. In the end though, if the Diancie give away isn't region locked and is accessible to all regions, it really becomes a moot point.

You will not be able to receive Darkrai on your American game.

You will not be able to use a Japanese game with an American 3DS.

It is actually possible to use a Japanese carts on an American 3DS, but only if you have one running firmware 4.x and have the appropriate software mod installed. With that being said, you are still bound by the region of the 3DS as to which eShop it connects to. The Pokemon patches have been confirmed to be universal, so you are OK there. However, I do not know if the Pokemon game servers follow that same restriction (I have not tried it with a Japanese cart.) I would think that the region lock still applies and the game will be essentially treated as an American region game due to the 3DS region.

With all of that being said, as long as the Diancie is not distributed as a code based event like Darkrai, you will probably be able to download it no matter what region 3DS and cart that you use. Events distributed through the Pokemon Centers (like the new Battle Championship) are not region locked (I can personally confirm this as I have traded for many of them that are not Powersaved and dumped them via PKHeX which shows the region as NA in origin.) There have been other past events that occur outside the PC's that have followed a no region lock pattern as well. In the end, you will not know until the event actually launches.

Why can't we edit Wondercards?

The question is, why do you want a way to edit Wonder Cards when there is currently no way to inject them into the game. Powersaves will not allow it and only a handful of people have the hacking set-ups to do it right now. If injection methods are ever made possible so that everybody can do it, then I'm sure that somebody will release a Wonder Card editor. It's obviously not that hard to edit one as Datel has already proven.

This is the first time I've ever heard of someone using such a solution - it's not needed, and opens up your computer to potentially dangerous things. I HIGHLY recommend NOT doing that for any reason.

Actually, it is a common event depending on the types of devices that you are using, especially among users of Windows 8 (it started in Windows 7 and has been tightened apparently in 8.) Unless the drivers have been vetted by Microsoft, you cannot install them unless you disable the driver signature requirement. It isn't much of an issue until you have to install drivers for things such as flash carts. For example, I couldn't use my original Game Boy flash cart until I disabled the driver signature requirement so that I could install the driver necessary to run the cart.

You are correct in that it can leave you open for malicious software, but the types of devices that usually require disabling the driver signature requirement are ones that kind of straddle the legality line already (such as flash carts.) It is a chance that you take. With that being said, I'm really uncertain if disabling this for Powersaves is necessary. Windows is not my primary OS (I use a Mac) and I am the only one who uses my computer, so my enforcement has been disabled full time by my own choice. However, I have not heard of anybody having to do this for Powersaves.

For those who are reading this to find a potential solution to your problems, most of the issues of constant cycling of the Powersaves software with Pokemon seem to be internet related (even with those who swear that it is not.) I have helped several people troubleshoot this problem on GBATemp. Sometimes it has taken just changing a firewall setting. Other times, people have just tried a different computer. However, if your cart is cycling when it comes to Pokemon X/Y and fails to bring up codes for other games, this indicates that it is an internet issue that needs to be resolved.

How about a non-edit/injection question or two...

Does PKHeX read BIN files from PowerSaves?

If not, can the SID be calculated from knowing the TID and SV? If so, how?

Thanks!!

It can read .bin files from Powersaves. You have to follow the procedure listed in the link that is found in first post to partially decrypt the files. That will allow you to read the save in PKHeX. You can do further decryption that can be found a few pages after the decryption link, but doing so will not get you much more at this time.

So, this program will never be usefull?

Depends on your definition of "useful."

I personally find it useful now to check IV's, etc. If your definition of "useful" involves injection, then you are going to have to wait for others to find a work around for the signing process.

It's the IV spread that's hanging me up. It's saying that it doesn't match the PID through pokecheck.

Did you look at the link that I posted? It's possible to do it.

Not sure what you are doing, but you are doing something wrong.

Well, I'm assuming that you are trying to get them past the hack checks of Bank, which means that you are putting something illegal on them (a move, etc.) I'm not going to go into a tutorial on how to do that as there are plenty of places to teach how to do it if you search google.

However, if you are trying to gen it to go into a gen 4 game, that's possible. For example: https://www.pokecheck.org/?pk=10160137

If you are having difficulty making them from scratch, just use a pokecheck pkm as a base and alter it to your liking. Just pay attention to moves as that has been causing many hang ups for transferring.

Yes, it's possible. I've done it several times.

Yes. You can use a slot 2 (GBA) flash cart along with your slot 1 cart (R4 card.) This will only work on non-DSi models since the DSi eliminated slot 2 entirely.

For more info: http://projectpokemon.org/forums/showthread.php?16601-NDS-How-to-Backup-Restore-your-retail-cartridge-save-file-for-DS-games

Edit: ninja'ed :biggrin:

Glad that I could help.

Okay, thanks a bunch for all the help! And sorry for all of my late responses too, I'm trying to figure out how to Set a Pokemon in PokeGen.

No problem. You set a Pokemon by right clicking on a box slot and then set.

Flash carts are basically blank DS cartridges that you can use for a host of different things. If you have the original run DS, you can use a DS flash cart in tandem with a GBA flash cart as well.

Here is a overview on which ones are capable of what.

http://gbatemp.net/threads/which-flash-cart-should-i-get.290097/

I have a DSTwo myself and like it.

It's a device that you can plug your cart into and connect it to your computer. Think of it like a specialized SD card reader.

For example: http://www.amazon.com/NDS-Adapter-Plus-Nintendo-Windows-PC/dp/B007QVG3LG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400700776&sr=8-1&keywords=ds+save+dongle

I'm not endorsing the product though. I use flash carts myself because they have many more uses in the long run than just save backups.

Hello, I'm new here and not very advanced in hacking--I was wondering if you could clarify some things for me? (Yes, I know this is an old thread but it appears to still be active and I'm hoping to get some advice without clogging the forums with yet another topic)

1. What is homebrew? I looked up the definition and all that came up was stuff about homemade alcohol--I'm pretty sure you were not referring to that.

2. What do you mean by backing up a file? Do you mean restoring an old save file, or (an obvious meaning but, like I said, I don't know much about "hacking") saving said file as a back-up so that if yours is lost you can restore it, or...?

3. Is there a guide for Black 2 and White 2, or does this guide work for those as well?

Sorry if I sound stupid, asking all of these questions, but I would like to know at least a little of what I'm doing before I jump right in and ruin everything.

Those are not stupid questions at all. I hope that these answers will help.

1. Homebrew is just a program made by somebody other than Nintendo or an authorized developer (i.e. you made it home) that is capable of being ran on the DS.

2. Well, you are actually right here, but you can do more. By backing up a save, you can back it up and then restore it at will. Say for instance that you would like to start a new game but don't want to lose your Pokemon from this play through. Just back up your save and erase the file on the cart. You can then restore it later if you want to. It also means that you can alter the save backup as well using a save editor such as Pokegen. Once you are done, you can then rewrite the save to your cart at will.

3. This guide will work for Black 2 and White 2. This is a great guide for the beginner on what you need for the basic setup. Pokegen has it's own guides elsewhere on the forum to guide you on how to use it.

http://projectpokemon.org/forums/showthread.php?6424-Download-link-and-information

Hope that these answers help you out.