Multicart support

[jtothebell]

load and reload with a cart file name are not yet supported. These are needed for multi cart games

[eisnerguy1]

Would love support for this so I can run the POOM standalone version on my N3DS.

[eisnerguy1]

I was wondering if there's any updates on Multicart support? Thanks!

[jtothebell]

Basic "bring-your-own-cart"* multicart support is in the app now (maybe I need to close this issue?). Last I tried POOM the title screen loaded, and I was able to choose a level, but then once the level loaded there were graphical issues (I think unrelated to multicart) that made it unplayable.

*there is no automatic cart downloading as Pico-8 proper has, so for any multicart games, all carts have to be downloaded and placed in the cart directory ahead of time.

[eisnerguy1]

Oh dang :D It's been awhile since i've actually tried fake-08 on my N3DS. I'll give the most recent release a go and try POOM & Virtua Racing Demake. Thanks!!

[jtothebell]

Actually I just went and checked, and neither of those games load into actual gameplay anymore 😬 It looks like there must have been some regression I will have to hunt down.

[eisnerguy1]

Oh dang :( Ah well, I've got plenty on my N3DS to keep me busy for now :)

[jtothebell]

So it turns out multicart was never actually workign on 3ds even though it was on other platforms 🤦 I have a fix for it now, but its not released. I tested briefly with Virtua Racing and Poom. Virtua racing seems to play OK. Poom loads into the level but has graphical problems, and the character has 0 health, so its not playable.

Nintendo 3DS-MulticartFix.zip

[jtothebell]

Latest release should address this, and Poom and Virtua racing should both work. Still no auto downloading carts, but multi cart standalone games should be fine.