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Blackiris Post #1 Posted 18 April 2009 - 08:38 PM

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Commercial ROM Loading Guide with MoonShell 2 & YSMenu by rtnario/Blackiris/XX256


Last Updated: March 25, 2010 - 1:43 PM PH Time, GMT +8
-Guide updated for MoonShell 2.10 Stable!
-Old guide moved because it's...old!
-CannonFoddr's new AK2i guide added!

As I have not been updated for some time, multiple ways to bypass the restriction of loading commercial ROMs have been created for many MoonShell 2 versions. It would help keep this guide up-to-date greatly if you would post here about them. wink.gif



R4 Original Guide - MoonShell 2.10
Warning! Spoiler inside. 


Acekard2i Guide - MoonShell 2.09
Warning! Spoiler inside. 


Old Guide (R4, DSTT, DSTTi, AK2, AK2 + AKAIO) - MoonShell 2.06 & Below
Warning! Spoiler inside. 




Tips & Tricks

1) If your original firmware file can come in the form of a seperate NDS file, you can always rename that to anything and place it anywhere on your card; this is for people who want to be able to access the original firmware from MoonShell 2.

2) MoonShell 2's "Exit To Firmware" function runs whatever NDS file is named after your card (EDGE.nds, TTIO.nds...) and is located in the moonshl2/resetmse directory. Therefore, you can replace the file with your card's original firmware or any other application you'd like to be able to access through "Exit To Firmware" by simply renaming it.

3) krnxmatt7: For those who have an R4 (Or, if you experience this problem on other flashcarts), have you even went into YSmenu to select cheats (or just YSmenu in general), but all of the font was disfigured? As in most of the text was unnecessarily capitalized, and when you selected cheats, the touch screen only said, "HELP_CHEAT"? Look, here is a fix to that problem.

Warning! Spoiler inside. 




MoonShell 2 Extlink Plugins

These are extlink plugins for loading specific file types in MoonShell 2 with NDS applications. It would help to post download links here if you find/have any not on the list.
Put these in the extlink folder of your card's MoonShell 2 directory.

NesDS by = http://gbatemp.net/index.php?download=5803
-NES Emulator.

NeoDS by = http://gbatemp.net/index.php?download=5804
-NEO-GEO Arcade Emulator.

Tuna-viDS = http://gbatemp.net/index.php?download=5805
-Xvid/AVI Player.

GBA ExpLoader = http://gbatemp.net/index.php?download=5806
-Slot-2 loader for use with expansion packs.

SNEmulDS = http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=188297
-SNEmulDS 0.5 loader made by Ben_j.



Special Thanks

Original Contributers - linoul, Moonlight, Yasu, Densetsu3000, Chishm, yee, spinal_cord

Guide/Tool Contributers - sprogurt, HoTsHoT89, Airth, unneon, Montevieau, Vampirex, ILIKEFLOOD, justtrying, CannonFoddr, krnxmatt7, Keeley, sscho97, helpwithr4, Xenon++, The Owner Of This Site, kirokun, MasterTime

Testers - Noitora, abilaunken, jester13, helpme, Chris_Skylock, mainframe004, counteralchemist

External Contributers - Normmatt, Maikel Steneker, Spec2K, Another World, Antoligy, Ben_j

And of course, all of GBAtemp for allowing this guide to exist.

Edited by Blackiris, 25 March 2010 - 06:48 AM.


PurplePox Post #2 Posted 21 April 2009 - 12:50 AM

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I cant get it to work on R4DS. If I rename FileTrip Download Link moonshell to _DS_MENU.DAT the R4 gets stuck on the loading screen, and If I try to boot a game from FileTrip Download Link moonshell, it says fatInintError, and when I turn my DS on after that It loads whatever game I tried to boot.

fgghjjkll Post #3 Posted 21 April 2009 - 02:25 AM

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yeah same

junker_man32 Post #4 Posted 21 April 2009 - 02:41 AM

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so...does it boot straight exactly or does it load ysmenu, then you choose the game? cuz there is no point of this if it just boots to ysmenu. could this work for m3sakura hack???? cuz it does have the cheats function and shit....................................i have a REAL r4, i bought it a long time before the fake ones came out. damn NCARD..........

sprogurt Post #5 Posted 21 April 2009 - 04:05 AM

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found a way for r4 and clones...here it goes:

1.create a folder ysmenu (case sensitive).

2.find ysmenu from the 1st post (latest).

3.rename the downloaded ysmenu to YSMenu0810211800.zip

4.download R4ysauto from here http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=103...t=0&start=0

5. unzip r4ysauto and place the ZIPPED YSMenu0810211800.zip into the root of r4ysauto folder.

6. click on r4 config, choose your language, then your cart, then if the yes or no option is available type yes, then you can choose this one, then your language, then type 4 then enter, then, enter, and finally 1 more enter.

7. right hand click on R4_custom_English.zip and extract.

8. find where you extracted it and drag and drop default.nds to the ysmenu folder we created earlier.

9. Rename default.nds to ysmenu.nds (case sensitive).

10. go back to where you extracted R4_custom_English.zip and open the ttmenu folder, now drag and drop YSMenu.ini (case sensitive earlier) to the ysmenu folder we created earlier.

11.Downgrade your firmware to the latest official (safest) one and drag and drop the .dat file to in the same folder as the ysmenu folder (the one we created earlier again)

12. Now rename moonshell2.nds to default.nds and drag that file and the moonshl2 with the added extensionfrom the first post.

13. Now drag and drop all files to the root.

These should be the files in the root of your sd card:



Got a problem? pm me and i'll sort it out 2moz.....4:00 am and i've got to go school by 8 >.<

Edited by sprogurt, 11 May 2009 - 05:46 PM.

linoul Post #6 Posted 21 April 2009 - 08:01 AM

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DLDI-patch the "YSmenu.nds" and NOT DLDI-patch the "nds.YSloaderForMS2.nds"

Blackiris Post #7 Posted 21 April 2009 - 09:28 AM

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QUOTE(PurplePox @ Apr 21 2009, 07:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I cant get it to work on R4DS. If I rename moonshell to _DS_MENU.DAT the R4 gets stuck on the loading screen, and If I try to boot a game from moonshell, it says fatInintError, and when I turn my DS on after that It loads whatever game I tried to boot.

QUOTE(fgghjjkll @ Apr 21 2009, 09:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
yeah same


A fellow user has posted a working method for R4 & Clones. I already updated the first post to have it. wink2.gif

QUOTE(junker_man32 @ Apr 21 2009, 09:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
so...does it boot straight exactly or does it load ysmenu, then you choose the game? cuz there is no point of this if it just boots to ysmenu. could this work for m3sakura hack???? cuz it does have the cheats function and shit....................................i have a REAL r4, i bought it a long time before the fake ones came out. damn NCARD..........


Like I said, method for R4 is already in the first post. Yes, taking DSision 2 as an example, it directly loads from MoonShell 2.
Unfortunately, I do not have M3 Sakura so I cannot test this myself. Also, I think you wouldn't need this if you had an M3 Sakura o_o;

QUOTE(sprogurt @ Apr 21 2009, 11:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
found a way for r4 and clones...here it goes:

*guide*


sprogurt, thanks very much for providing us that info! I updated the first post to have your method. smile.gif

QUOTE(linoul @ Apr 21 2009, 03:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
DLDI-patch the "YSmenu.nds" and NOT DLDI-patch the "nds.YSloaderForMS2.nds"


Thanks for correcting my error there ^^; Updated.

HoTsHoT89 Post #8 Posted 21 April 2009 - 11:29 AM

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Something to add for the R4 and clones guide:

Make sure to DLDI-patch the moonshl2.nds file, then encrypt it with chishm's r4crypt. Rename it to _DS_MENU.DAT and replace the one located at the root of your card, and it now autoboots.

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I'm getting a black screen when booting a rom with my AK2 D:
I'll stick to FileTrip Download Link AKAIO for now.

Blackiris Post #10 Posted 21 April 2009 - 11:43 AM

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QUOTE(HoTsHoT89 @ Apr 21 2009, 06:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Something to add for the R4 and clones guide:

Make sure to DLDI-patch the moonshl2.nds file, then encrypt it with chishm's r4crypt. Rename it to _DS_MENU.DAT and replace the one located at the root of your card, and it now autoboots.


Added, thanks for your input. =)

QUOTE(Noitora @ Apr 21 2009, 06:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'm getting a black screen when booting a rom with my AK2 D:
I'll stick to AKAIO for now.


Damn, so it doesn't work on AK2, too bad...anyhow, this is still relevant information, so thanks for testing it out on AK2. happy.gif

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QUOTE(Blackiris @ Apr 21 2009, 01:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Damn, so it doesn't work on AK2, too bad...anyhow, this is still relevant information, so thanks for testing it out on AK2. happy.gif

I might have done something wrong so wait for more input tongue.gif

Blackiris Post #12 Posted 21 April 2009 - 11:52 AM

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QUOTE(Noitora @ Apr 21 2009, 06:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE(Blackiris @ Apr 21 2009, 01:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Damn, so it doesn't work on AK2, too bad...anyhow, this is still relevant information, so thanks for testing it out on AK2. happy.gif

I might have done something wrong so wait for more input tongue.gif


Argh, fine, I just really want to update this as much as possible you see cool.gif *edits first post again*

linoul Post #13 Posted 21 April 2009 - 02:50 PM

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I get it work on AK2.

and AKAIO can try AKAIO Moonshell2 Loader Public Beta

Edited by linoul, 21 April 2009 - 02:51 PM.

Blackiris Post #14 Posted 21 April 2009 - 03:11 PM

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QUOTE(linoul @ Apr 21 2009, 09:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I get it work on AK2.

and AKAIO can try AKAIO Moonshell2 Loader Public Beta


Wait. Did you get it to work on AK2 using the above method? With the official firmware?
Or did you follow the method but used the AKAIO MoonShell 2 Loader from your link instead of your YSloader?

I need confirm that before I add anything to the guide. unsure.gif

renes2 Post #15 Posted 21 April 2009 - 05:53 PM

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It doesn´t work with my N5. The Touch screen gets gray, after i have choose a game..

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