[Blackiris]

Oh good Lord, I leave my supervising of this thread to go to sleep, and when I come back...whoa XDD
I'm not gonna try directly replying to all the posts for now, since that would make this one really huge post ^^;

@Unneon
Oh, okay. But still, the autoboot thing still happens whether ysmenu.nds is in a folder or at the root (I tested it myself). Using your loader would really require the deletion of YSMENU.ini, although it's not as if it'll affect anything since this is a different loader from linoul's. And yes, please post here with an upload of the splash screen-less alternate loader, to replace the alternate loader link

@HotsHot89 & sprogurt
I would've answered those, but Unneon handled it perfectly XD Thanks to Unneon.

@junker_man32
Not very useful to make a post making fun of someone else's flashcart in a place that's not EoF =/

@linoul
I see, so the AK method works perfectly, and people using  AKAIO can use that same method but instead using Normmatt's AKAIO loader. Got it. \o/

@Airth
o_o *blink* o_o
I don't know just what happened with your problem; seems I missed out on a lot...^^; But since you're another one to fully confirm this working on an R4 (Original I assume), what method did you follow? Did sprogurt's method work, or did you follow linoul's link? Or was the only problem the  r4crypt program and the non-English names that would've made sprogurt's method work perfectly?

@Montevieau
So there's a problem with r4crypt running. Then I guess your post will definitely serve useful to others who might have problems in the future. This one will be added. Thanks!


On to normal everyday replies, I'll comment on what Airth said...you can't have 'em all >_> Sorry if I'm compiling all the information in a seemingly haphazard way, plus I have to ask so many questions to anyone who says it doesn't work or to those who got it to work but might've used alternate methods from the ones in the main post. Just trying my best here to make this guide, quoted from the first post, "as effective as possible".

Updating now.

[HoTsHoT89]

For some strange reason to anyone who got this working on their R4 (also for other flashcarts):

Can Moonshell 2 view the TTMenu(contains the firmware files) and YSMenu(contains the ysmenu.ini and ysmenu.nds files) folders? Mine doesn't show up as if it wasn't there at all, but DSOrganise is able to view it just fine. It's definitely not hidden as well.

Is anyone having the same problem as I do?

see this file: moonshl2\hidepath.ini
replace this lines :

; Hide DSTT and DSTT Advance.
/TTMenu

; Hide DSTT YSMenu.
/YSMenu

to

; Hide DSTT and DSTT Advance.
;/TTMenu

; Hide DSTT YSMenu.
;/YSMenu

Nice job, able to view the folders now.

As for r4crypt, I had the crashing problem too, I should have informed the others in the first place. As Montevieau mentioned, running the program from command line should do the trick.

Now to get softreset working...

[Blackiris]

Soft-reset? I thought that if the firmware file was replaced by  MoonShell 2.00 (as in, it's what automatically boots instead of the original firmware menu), YSMenu would automatically soft-reset to there. Well, at least it works on DSTT that way...what about R4? If it doesn't, then I'm gonna go change something in the first post...

[WoobiE]

Can someone please make another tutorial for the Real R4 and clones? Or maybe just add on extra steps to the current tutorial and put down specific file types, names and whatever else is needed. Someone who has already got it to work on those cards. The tutorial for AK, DSTT and the rest are fine. Just the R4 one is confusing.
I really appriciate the one that is currently posted up on the first page but the steps seem to be missing alot of detail which makes it more confusing.

Edited by WoobiE, 22 April 2009 - 12:26 PM.

[Airth]

Here is how I got this working on my original R4.

The root of my card is as follows:

moonshl2 folder containing nds.YSloaderForMS2.nds and its config file in the extlink folder. There should be no need to make any changes to the contents of the config file.

TTMenu folder, which contains the skins for YSMenu, r4dldi dat file, and all kinds of other, probably unnecessary, bits and pieces.

ysmenu folder containing ysmenu.nds and YSMENU configuration file (there's no need for the dat firmware file mentioned in step 11 of sprogurt's instructions). I don't know if this makes any difference, but when making YSMenu, I selected option 2 (in r4config) - an automatically loading nds file, not option 4 as indicated in sprogurt's instructions. Also even though this is probably obvious it wasn't previously mentioned, so I'll point out that you need to run the R4 batch file to actually create the R4_custom_English folder.

_DS_MENU dat file - this is the moonshell2 nds file that I encrypted using r4denc ( http://gbatemp.net/index.php?download=1081 ) and the BAT file from point 11 here: http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=97615.

_DS_MENU system file - this seems to have appeared automatically at some point in the process, so I just tried deleting it and everything still works fine. In other words, forget this.

TTMENU system file. As the previous file wasn't required, I tried deleting this one too. All that happens is that it will be automatically generated when you load a game the first time.

That's it! It's easy when you know how. If anyone wants me to go into more detail, just ask.

[Blackiris]

@WoobiE
Please follow Airth's instructions below.

@Airth
Airth, thanks for the specific details, I'm pretty sure it'd help the R4 & Clones users out there.


Because of the replies we've been getting, I decided that the first post is gonna be completely re-organized with assured working methods for each flashcart that currently works. This is gonna take some time, compiling all information present thanks to the others who have been making this guide more useful. In short, the first post will undergo a massive change for the better, and it will take some time

[HoTsHoT89]

Soft-reset? I thought that if the firmware file was replaced by MoonShell 2.00 (as in, it's what automatically boots instead of the original firmware menu), YSMenu would automatically soft-reset to there. Well, at least it works on DSTT that way...what about R4? If it doesn't, then I'm gonna go change something in the first post...

The soft-reset was entirely disabled inside the YSMenu.ini for reasons that it might not work on other flashcarts other than the DSTT itself. Enabling it, like I did causes the DS to hang with the MicroSD smiley on the top screen upon pressing the combination buttons. The reasons, I suppose would be probably due to the R4's incompatibility with the DSTT's TTRESET.DAT.

[Blackiris]

He-llo, GBAtemp, Blackiris here to say that the first post has undergone the said massive change for the better! All the new information (HoTsHoT89's compatibility note, Airth's links, etc.) discovered by others plus the old methods and such are now all compiled neatly into spoiler tags. Many thanks to the new contributer, Airth.

...it's now so organized it shines

Edited by Blackiris, 22 April 2009 - 05:54 PM.

[irchief]

not to be rude or anything but, what te hell is the point? if you got a flashcart just load it from there

[a2h]

not to be rude or anything but, what te hell is the point? if you got a flashcart just load it from there

Go to Moonshell through firmware then play media then reset back to menu and find a game to play in firmware again

Versus

Play media then stop it and find a game to play

[Montevieau]

I LOVE YOU Blackiris ;O;

I started all over with your guide for R4, and now it's working! However, I'd like to point this:

(...)

4) Rename moonshl2.nds.DAT into "_DS_MENU.DAT".

(...)

When I renamed it to "_DS_MENU.DAT", my R4 popped the following: "_DS_MENU.DAT could not be found" (or something like it). I guess that point should be rewritten to:

"4) Rename moonshl2.nds.DAT into "_DS_MENU"

Just my two cents. I know it's kind of obvious, but that's just what guides are. That and the fact I almost faint with that could not be found stuff.

[HoTsHoT89]

I LOVE YOU Blackiris ;O;

I started all over with your guide for R4, and now it's working! However, I'd like to point this:

(...)

4) Rename moonshl2.nds.DAT into "_DS_MENU.DAT".

(...)

When I renamed it to "_DS_MENU.DAT", my R4 popped the following: "_DS_MENU.DAT could not be found" (or something like it). I guess that point should be rewritten to:

"4) Rename moonshl2.nds.DAT into "_DS_MENU"

Just my two cents. I know it's kind of obvious, but that's just what guides are. That and the fact I almost faint with that could not be found stuff.

This is because Windows (I assume you're on XP) automatically hides file extension names, so what you are actually doing during the fourth step is renaming the file to _DS_MENU.DAT.DAT, since the .DAT extension is not shown.

Sometimes we just slip up over the simplest things

[Blackiris]

@irchief & a2h
Point taken. Also,  MoonShell 2 combined with YSMenu loading is like having an almost-fully-functioning M3Sakura on carts like DSTT, R4 and AK2. Plus it's a shiny default GUI.

@Montevieau
Lol, thanks I guess ^^; It did take me a lot of my own time to guarantee my new method working, but it would've taken longer if not for the team currently supporting this guide (specifically people from the "Guide/Tool Contributers" Special Thanks section). Thank them too XD

@HoTsHoT89
Oh yeah, I forgot I did that step too; thanks for the reminder, I'mma go add it in the guide.

[WoobiE]

Thanks everyone. It now works on my R4. Just a question though. I just want to clear up some things.
Which flashcards firmware is  Moonshell 2 currently running on?
How would I run cheats?
Is there a way to boot up YSmenu itself through  Moonshell 2?

Edited by WoobiE, 23 April 2009 - 10:30 AM.

[Blackiris]

Thanks everyone. It now works on my R4. Just a question though. I just want to clear up some things.
Which flashcards firmware is Moonshell 2 currently running on?
How would I run cheats?
Is there a way to boot up YSmenu itself through Moonshell 2?

1) Flashcart's firmware? I don't think it matters which flashcart you're using, since if you get MoonShell 2 to run as your default "firmware" then it's already good on its own. This answer is a hunch.

2) Cheats is another problem; I've never tried running cheats with YSMenu. I think it's possible, but you're gonna have to run it from YSMenu itself...this answer is also a hunch. XD

3) Yes, you can. First off, the YSMenu directory is hidden because there's a certain configuration file in the moonshl2 folder that hides it. There's a post Unneon made here that shows how to un-hide the folder from MoonShell 2. Simply run YSMenu after allowing the YSMenu directory to be shown.

Edited by Blackiris, 23 April 2009 - 11:27 AM.