Edit Infobox DS Homebrews: Nintendog Trainer for Windows

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This is a save editor for Nintendogs Trainer (Windows only). There is also a [http://www.aibohack.com/nds/trainer.htm homebrew program] that runs on the NDS. '''Note:''' Please use at your own risk. ==Features== * Easily add money or trainer points (become a stinking rich "Dog Master" in seconds). * Quicky switch the room style (for free, no waiting for the interior designer). * Reports number of items you've found, and how many you are missing. * Easily add all the missing items: ** All the objects (toys, sports items, care items, music, etc). 100 total. ** All the accessories. 60 total (including all the strange hats and collars). ** All the room styles (9 of them) and clocks (8 of them). Room styles come pre-paid. ** All the puppy breeds (20 regular ones). Some breeds don't work with the Japanese version. * Tweek the attributes of any of your dogs: ** Breed - change the breed to any of the 20 available breeds (and two incomplete breeds - Papillon and Maltese - which look like beagles). ** Gender - quick sex-change. ** Color - change color (depends on breed). ** Size - make dogs larger or smaller (or invisible or outrageously big). ** Note: you can edit any of your dogs (active or in hotel, max of 8). ==User guide== ===Hardware Requirements=== * Any current version of Nintendogs (any of the three main versions, English or Japanese, or the Best Friends edition). * Any DS cart that can save and restore 256KB (2Mb) game saves to/from your PC, including: ** Action Replay (open the .dss file). ** SuperCard CF/SD (open the .sav file). ** ETool. ** Compressed Game Save from my Homebrew Nintendogs Trainer. ** Perhaps other cards (if they save all 256KB). * A Windows PC to run the program. ===Prerequisite=== * Before using it, please make sure you how to backup/restore game saves. * Save the full backup of your Nintendogs game save somewhere permanent (and keep a backup of it). The file should be 256KB uncompressed or slightly larger. * Convert note: if using a homebrew setup and the Windows trainer gives you a load error, please use [[Shunyweb_Savegames_Converter|Shuny's converter]]. Converting it to an Action Replay file before editing it. Convert it back to the format used by your homebrew card after editing. ===How to use=== * Run the executable on your Windows PC. * Open the game save file (common extensions are .sav, .bin or .dss). ** If using the newer Action Replay, uncompress the gamesave first, then type in "*.DUC" and select the uncompressed .DUC gamesave. ** If it fails to load see Convert note above. * Change the settings as you see fit. * When done, press the SAVE button and it will update the game save file. * Install that updated game save in your NDS (steps depend on your hardware) and run the Nintendogs game. ===General User Interface=== * In the upper left are owner attributes you can change (add money, trainer points, or switch the room style). * In the middle is the list of available dogs. ** Select one and you can view and edit the Dog Properties on the right hand side. ** If you change the breed/color, the trainer will report if the combination may cause problems). * At the bottom left is a summary of the items found. If you press the Add Missing it will add all known items. * Be sure to press SAVE to save the changes to the game save file (and copy it to your NDS before playing). ==Screenshots== https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew/dogtrainerpc3.png ==External links== * Author's website - http://www.aibohack.com/nds/trainer_pc.htm