[DS] Universal DS Homebrew thread. Fucking cheapskates.

...or make sure you get a Kingston that's made in Japan. NOT made in Taiwan.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I'm using R4 and the overall compatibility is:

Sandisk Ultra II > Sandisk/Kingston-Japan > Kingston-Taiwan/everything else.

Even with Kingston Taiwan (which I have) the only kind of game that has some chance of freezing is game like Castlevania.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Krelian

I ordered a Samsung 1GB card. Am I necessarily screwed, or can firmware take care of whatever problems might occur?

That card would be under "everything else" and (beside Castlevania) most likey you won't have any problem when using it on R4 DS or M3 DS Simply.

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I hope you can cancel your order and order from meritline.com instead for $10.95 with free shipping (if you feel like it).

Last time I check meritline.com they were selling Kingston 1GB for $15.95. @_@ I might order another one for the heck of it.

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Yeah... people only buy microSD card for their "DS flash card" and not for their cell phone (aka Kingston Taiwan card doesn't work on any cell phone I use).

I was speaking idiomatically.

BTW there's a "phat" GBA size of 3in1 EZflash expansion pack now. Of course you still need a slot-1 cart to "write" in GBA game (from EZflash V itself or R4/M3 Simply/DSLink) via Rudolph's 3in1 Expansion Pack tool 1.9. If you write the game in NOR, you can just use that expansion pack and play it on your regular/SP/microGBA or on the GCN's GameBoy Player.

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I think the GBA Expansion Pack allow GBA game to be play (in GBA mode of course).

Also, the M3 DS Real have different Expansion Pack bundle like the rumble and RAM expansion.

You can read a review here at gbatemp.net.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Buffet Overflow

I saw somewhere that the people who make the R4 aren't doing any more updates for it... is that just a rumor, or fact?

I ask because Daigasso Band Brothers DX apparently uses a larger than normal save file that'll require ALL of the flash cart makers to patch to make it work. I don't want to have gotten the cart that is going to remain partially broken forever

The R4 team is just being quiet right now because of Nintendo busting their factory. They now usually release update/fixes to popular games. Since DBBDX seems popular enough, hopefully we'll see and update for it soon...

...or else I'm going to buy the game! I want to play the game SO bad!

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Yeah, Band Brothers DX is out and Nintendo has sneaked something "extra" to combat pirates (or make it DRM-ish).

DX use a new save type, or rather, a larger save than the typical 512KB. At first people thought it was using 1MB which no flashcart supports it but TeamCyclops has discovered that the game actually use 8MB!
I'm not surprise because 100 downloadable songs + 100 user creation song wouldn't fit on a 512KB save file nor on 1MB.

Then people ran into another problem: they couldn't connect to the server to download songs. Why? Nintendo actually put some sort of ID to each cart so when people are using the same rom connecting to the server, they ban that ID.

Looks like I'm going to import a copy!

Buffet Overflow, if you want a quick fix to make the game run on the R4 (of course you cannot download any songs as mention above), make sure you're using the later version, 1.18. Then download this patched _DS_MENU.DAT and the 8MB save and you'll be all set.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I visit GBAtemp.net for news and updates. That R4 patch isn't "official" so you should check out the site for any user patch/updates. This is the topic about the game itself if you want to read through 35+ pages.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I bought the R4 when it first release because during that time it did everything that other flashcard couldn't do and one of the reason why it's "popular" (other includes being n00bish friendly where ANYBODY can buy one and use it with no problem). It does everything that I wanted to do except for DS to Wii connectivity (ie Pokemon) and the Band Brothers DX situation (which most likely get an official fix soon; save file only).

BTW, another "tidbit" about DX save: downloadable songs are encrypted! So it's going to be harder for homebrewer to developed an app that allow extracting and importing songs from one save to another like they did for the first Band Brothers.

EDIT: Looks like TeamCyclops did it again! With the latest beta firmware it now allow people to connect Wi-Fi AND download songs. They have something to say about it though...

Quote:

From Evolution:

Well this is interesting With v1.41B2, if creating a fresh save for Daigasso DX, CycloDS will set the "unique identifier" to a random value. During our previous testing, with the ID set to a random value everything would work EXCEPT for downloading songs, so its quite strange that its working now. It should be trivial for the servers to check if the ID being provided is legitimate or not, so I wonder if Gh0st is right and Nintendo are collecting IP addresses? Be careful guys

Anyway, its good to see that people are happy with the BETA!

But it doesn't stop there! The save file is also compatible with other flashcart (as long you can some way disable the flashcard firmware from checking the save file when loading the rom)! I tried it on my R4 and it works. You can download the save file here. Hurry and download your songs before Nintendo block this save file ID.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

You can't download songs via Wi-Fi in Band Brother DX period. Each cart have a unique ID and Nintendo flagged the ID of the rom that's been dumped from downloading song.

How ya doing, buddy?

But for now you can always download the Wi-Fi packs that people are nice enough to download and dumped (can be found at gbatemp.net). About 300+ songs dumped... out of 3000+ songs on Nintendo server. @_@

100 Download Slot isn't enough. lol

I was speaking idiomatically.

On a side note, if you are planning to import DSi (for using flashcart)... don't. The NEW firmware only support Japanese language AND no flashcart works on it, yes that's including CycloDS too.

DSi incompatible with existing flash carts? - GBAtemp.net

I guess for now we'll play the waiting game.

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Originally Posted by Luxray

According to what I've read, none of them.

I guess you need to read more places because there's cards that works since it was release in Japan. XP

Cards out there that have an "i" on their name works... for now (ie. Acekard2i). But with the DSi "new features" future firmware upgrade can render the flashcard unusable.

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Originally Posted by Dhsu

Apparently they only work for Japanese DSis though, as they're incompatible with European ones (I think RYU is in Germany). So there's no guarantee they'll work with US units either.

Apparently it works now (including Europe too!). I'm sure other flashcard will follow.

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