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Posted 22 July 2007 - 04:22 AM

For the formatting options in the control panel I have FAT formatting and FAT32 I am thinking that FAT might be FAT16, but I am not sure, and I see where I have the option for 64k clusters.I am pretty sure my MicroSD card is the Japanese Kingston, it came in a mostly Japanese box, and it says Japanese on the bottom right of the card so I am quite positive it is the Japanese one.

Yes, FAT is the same thing as FAT16. It's considered the "base" FAT filesystem, so they don't usually include the bit width in the name. Strange that a JP Kingston would give you any trouble, though.
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Posted 22 July 2007 - 11:33 PM

Yes, FAT is the same thing as FAT16. It's considered the "base" FAT filesystem, so they don't usually include the bit width in the name. Strange that a JP Kingston would give you any trouble, though.

Like somebody said before me, it might have been a problem with the R4, apparently people have them sometimes. I don't think the manufacturers will do anything if you have a faulty R4 though, so I am somewhat screwed.Hopefully it works better now that I have messed with the MicroSD, but like you said, people have had very few issues with the Japanese Kingston. Anyway, I have a Pokemon Diamond ROM from DGEmu, and all the stuff with the MicroSD, so if the game still freezes I guess I will try cleaning the contacts...if that doesn't work...something is definitely wrong with my R4.Yeah, I have tried just about everything...I think it might just be a bad MicroSD card. I am going to head to best buy today, I think I will buy another SD card, and if I have the same problems then I know it is the card.I looked around the interwebs and noticed several other people with problems freezing with an R4 on pokemon diamond...so maybe it's just a problem there.Oh well, I will stop playing diamond for a while, cause it's the only one with chronically bad freezing problems. Other games freeze once every couple hours, but that isn't such a big deal.
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Posted 25 July 2007 - 01:07 AM

could someone tell where I could find a list of game compatibility for R4?
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Posted 25 July 2007 - 01:31 AM

Right there in my pretty sig. That is a list made by Scorpei(if you dont wanna look in my sig)http://wiki.scorpei....patibility_list
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Posted 25 July 2007 - 08:30 PM

Thanks for the guide, it's helped a lot.
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Posted 26 July 2007 - 03:40 AM

Very thanks... It's too easy
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Posted 27 July 2007 - 07:19 AM

EDIT: NVM sorry about that =P i figured it out

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Posted 27 July 2007 - 07:53 AM

OK WTF i thought i needed to flash firmware and all that nonsense to play a snes emulator on the ds but i just loaded this snesds.nds on to my r4 card and ran it and it workswtf is all this stuff about needing a gba cart to run emulators, is that BS? what is the deal here

i use snesmulds to play snes roms, but R4 cant play gba/gbc etc.. roms, that what people meant if you get a slot 2 flash card it can play gba etc.. roms that the R4 cannot, the R4 can play Snes,genesis,nes, sega master system roms fine with the right emulator.
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Posted 27 July 2007 - 08:02 AM

i use snesmulds to play snes roms, but R4 cant play gba/gbc etc.. roms, that what people meant if you get a slot 2 flash card it can play gba etc.. roms that the R4 cannot, the R4 can play Snes,genesis,nes, sega master system roms fine with the right emulator.

Actually the R4 can play GBC roms, theres an GBC emulator called lameboy DS,The emulator works quite well.
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Posted 27 July 2007 - 05:50 PM

yes, and i figured it out like 2 minutes after i posted that :laugh:snes emu doesn't run so well (if it's not perfect, not worth using) but everything else i tried was great so far

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Posted 27 July 2007 - 09:08 PM

thnx mate it's very usefull.
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Posted 28 July 2007 - 06:28 PM

I have created a thread on my problem (link below), the problem I am having is I can't get the themes I downloaded to my R4 to work, all I get is the beta theme or whatever it is called, and the select button dosen't do anything as if i have no themes, the files and directories are named correctly and are in the correct places (check the image links in my thread), I have firmware v1.10 which I think is the current firmware for the R4, the thread I started will give more informationhttp://www.dgemu.com...howtopic=300206And another problem I am having is with cheats, either the cheat.dat and usrcheat.dat files I downloaded don't work, or the files I have downloaded do not include cheats for the games I have, I can't make my own cheat.bat or usrcheat.bat file becasue I use an iBook with Mac OS X (Version 10.3.9 to be exact), and as of right now, there are no apple compatible cheat file creator programs, as far as I know, so I need an already created cheat.dat or usrcheat.dat file with cheats for Super Mario 64 DS (the Japanese version if possible), Mario Kart DS (American version), and New Super Mario Bros. (American version), does anybody have a cheat file with those games?

Edited by gamegeek2, 28 July 2007 - 06:29 PM.

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Posted 28 July 2007 - 07:17 PM

try copying over my system files, and about the games you requested they are already on the R4, copy overthing.http://rapidshare.co...45590844/R4.rar
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Posted 28 July 2007 - 08:19 PM

ATTENTION!If your spring breaks and u cant do the slow input thing, and you do not want to return your r4dsjust get some tape and stick it down ive been working with it like that for 3 days no problems (except when tape runs out of stickyness)
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Posted 28 July 2007 - 10:07 PM

try copying over my system files, and about the games you requested they are already on the R4, copy overthing.http://rapidshare.co...45590844/R4.rar

I think my system files are fine, noot to mention, I tried downloading, but I had a problem in the download, when I tried to redownload, it said I have reached my limit for downloading for free (i'm not going to pay for the download), I don't want to replace all my system files, but what is in yours that would be different?EDIT: I used your system files and it said the files were damaged

Edited by gamegeek2, 28 July 2007 - 10:49 PM.

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Posted 29 July 2007 - 09:15 AM

my action replay cheat y button on the bottom screen does not show help plsi got got every thing in the right folder but no y button and its on the list of action replayplease someone help i got everything done evrything it just doesnt pop up
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Posted 29 July 2007 - 12:34 PM

Make sure its named correctly and in the right folder. What game are you trying to use cheats on?Posted Image

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Posted 29 July 2007 - 10:24 PM

Make sure its named correctly and in the right folder. What game are you trying to use cheats on?Posted Image

never mind i just changed skins and it started working :D
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 02:44 AM

I have created a thread on my problem (link below), the problem I am having is I can't get the themes I downloaded to my R4 to work, all I get is the beta theme or whatever it is called, and the select button dosen't do anything as if i have no themes, the files and directories are named correctly and are in the correct places (check the image links in my thread), I have firmware v1.10 which I think is the current firmware for the R4, the thread I started will give more informationhttp://www.dgemu.com...howtopic=300206And another problem I am having is with cheats, either the cheat.dat and usrcheat.dat files I downloaded don't work, or the files I have downloaded do not include cheats for the games I have, I can't make my own cheat.bat or usrcheat.bat file becasue I use an iBook with Mac OS X (Version 10.3.9 to be exact), and as of right now, there are no apple compatible cheat file creator programs, as far as I know, so I need an already created cheat.dat or usrcheat.dat file with cheats for Super Mario 64 DS (the Japanese version if possible), Mario Kart DS (American version), and New Super Mario Bros. (American version), does anybody have a cheat file with those games?

I just wanted to say that the post I made earlier about not being able to use themes has been solved (quoted above), the cheat part hasn't yet, but I solved my problem with the themes (capitalizing problem, all files and directories were in lower case, all needed to be in caps, like they couldn't make it all in caps to begin with :D), anyway, if somebody could find a good cheat file please?
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 03:17 AM

im having trouble with playing media with moonshell, i think ive copied everything right but its still not playing.
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 05:31 PM

im having trouble with playing media with moonshell, i think ive copied everything right but its still not playing.

Check to see if the moonshell ROM works by trying to access it from the games list, if it works there, make sure the ROM is all in capsSo instead of _ds_moonshl.nds, it should be _DS_MOONSHL.NDS, the R4 can't read system files and directories in lower caseIf you are having a problem with the moonshell ROM, try updating your moonshell from the R4 website, when moonshell launches and the files load, the bottom screen will say you have an error, but disregaurd that, moonshell will still load correctly and your files should play, the more you use it and the more you get used to it, the more you will be able to get passed the glitches and understand how to use moonshell
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 06:35 PM

download the new firmware R4 1.11 http://r4ds.com/soft/17-en.htm and see if the cheats work now, gamegeek.this is a major update and is suppose to give R4 100% download play, and a cheat code system upgrade.1)Solved the soft reset of some games, for example: 1158 Zelda2)Solved the white screen issue of game 12093)Adding the on/off option for real-time cheats switch4)Updated moonshell to v1.71 and supporting soft reset5)Full download play supportalso download my urcheat.datMy New Urcheat.http://rapidshare.co...04/usrcheat.datGames and codes.The Legend of Zelda - Mugen No SunadokeiInfinite HealthInfinite BombsInfinite Health - ShipShip Has Double SpeedHourglass Timer Don't DecreaseInfinite Ruppesinfinite arrowsDouble Walking SpeedMoon JumpInfinite mice bombinfinite ship crane healthShip PartsSteel Horizon (U)Infinite ResourcesPress SELECT for Extra Moves (1st 7 Ships)Brother in Arms (E)Infinite Ammo MachineGunInfinite Rocket LauncherInfinite Sniper RifleInfinite GrenadesInfinite HealthInfinite Cannon [Tank] healthAnno 1701 (E)infinite goldhoshigami Ruining blue (U)quick dev up first 5 charactersinfihtie goldSim city (U)infinite fundsTransformers Autobots/Decepticonsinfinite health/weapon energystop timerAI goes crazyPress R for 1 XP to lvl upHave all forms after scaningTime Ace (U)infinite MisslesInfinite after burnerNaruto Shippuuden - Saikyou Ninja Daikesshuu 5 (J)infinite heatlhinfinite specialinfinite support 1infinite support 2infinite double jumpSD Gundam G generation (J)Have 99 of all partsinfinite goldmax exp every attackSuper Robot Taisen W (J)Infinite Fundsinfinite SPall 95 of all itemsDynasty Warriors DS - Fighter's Battleinfihite hpinfihite musoumax gold coins (infihite special weapon)999 killedpress select to lower boss hp to 1your generals have infinite health (enemy cant conquer any of your bases).
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 07:15 PM

@dbgtdob-The cheats work fine, but I think I may take that other usrcheat.dat file you sent, the one I have is lacking on a LOT of games, (like only 3 out of all the games on my R4 are in my usrcheat)Is there a program to make cheat files that is compatible with Mac?
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 09:49 PM

@dbgtdob-The cheats work fine, but I think I may take that other usrcheat.dat file you sent, the one I have is lacking on a LOT of games, (like only 3 out of all the games on my R4 are in my usrcheat)Is there a program to make cheat files that is compatible with Mac?

nope, the cheat code editor is windows only you are out of luck.
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Posted 31 July 2007 - 01:19 AM

nope, the cheat code editor is windows only you are out of luck.

Ok, well, if I were to post a list of ROMS that I have, could you make a custon one for me? (I see a new thread idea coming, one worth pinning)

Edited by gamegeek2, 31 July 2007 - 01:20 AM.

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