Hacking R4Menu

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flamingo24 said:
These were taken from the pdf included with the source code.

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Thanks, first post edited
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bekar said:
The Unofficial Official R4Menu thread

Links/Where to download?

Created by Fairy Wings (Not me)
Well, here's the original download link:
Original Link

And my edited version (I just added the .nds file and a quick readme
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R4Menu
Code:
What's been changed in my version?
-The option is set to English instead of Japanese
-I've made the cheats in english (used to be japanese as well)
-I've slapped together a quick (and sort of lousy) readme
-I've added the .nds file so you don't have to have this as a firmware replacement but instead a homebrew



What is R4Menu?
It's like a hacked version of Moonshell 2, YSMenu and the original R4 firmware combined.
It plays .NDS games but cheats are only in Japanese. It DOES NOT play music or videos (for that use Moonshell 2).
Moonshell2 skins are apparently working, though I think you'll have to unpack and edit the .INI file... Or something like that. In other words, you'll have to edit the .skn file. Don't bother unless you actually know what you're doing
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Screenshots

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Taken from the PDF included with the source code.

Installation Guide

It's suggested you download my modified version, because it's in English and some other small things.
Unpack the .rar file (If you don't know how to, search winRAR on Google)
Place the R4Menu on the root of your card. If you want it as a firmware replacement, place _DS_MENU.DAT on the root of your card as well.
If you want it as a homebrew, put R4Menu.nds in your apps folder and launch it with your firmware.
I suggest using Wood R4 as your firmware, trust me it's much better than this. But I still keep this on my card as a .NDS file, it's worth keeping
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twiztidsinz's Skin Editor:
Skin Maker

Bugs/notes

-It loads Ds games, but the English cheats aren't working properly. The Japanese USRCHEAT.DAT from the original link works but it's Japanese. My modified English version cheats don't seem to work
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-It uses extinfo and savlib, so you can update those for Anti-Piracy (it doesn't use infolib)
-Moonshell2 skins need to be altered for them to work. I'm not really sure how to do this, don't ask me
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-The first button brings up your file browser, the second opend Moonshell2 if installed and the thrid button brings up a list of options qhich you can change to your liking.
-The .nds file has the Moonshell icon, perhaps Fairy Wings didn't realise this
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-It's loading games pretty fast
-I suggest not to use this as your firmware, use Wood R4. But still keep this as a homebrew


Beta Testers

-diando (tested the general uses of this firmware. Thanks a lot!)
-Sabregod (tested it on AK2i didn't work though)
-flamingo24 (found out that the 2nd button brings up Moonshell if installed)

Since this is a new firmware, any beta testers would be great!
cool! develop this so its better than WOOD R4
 

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twiztidsinz said:
The skin used is a modified Moonshell2 type3 skin.
You can unpack it, but since it is missing some images that are useless in "R4Menu", I can't get it to repack and still function.
I think I got it... I'll upload a tool in a bit if it works.


Got it working... Here ya go:
http://www.mediafire.com/?2wzdydn0z21

Scratch that 'scratch that', lol... it works.
The problem was with the colortbl.ini file... You can't use a Moonshell2 version.
So Fairy Wings kernel is based on moonshell 2.0beta5 sources ?
Interesting ...

Modified makeskin.exe made by Carpfish that you can find in Ez skin forger tool can unpack and pack those skin. The ez5 kernel use Moonshell2 type3 skin.
But you seems to already knows that twiztidsinz as i can see in "your" tool.
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When i use exe from other coder i mainly credit them.

So, i fixed that for you twiztidsinz.
 

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Can I get some help here on the compatibility updates.

I downloaded the latest usrcheat, savlib and extinfo dat files (v6.2) from filetrip. I extracted them directly to my micro sd card (J:/R4Menu) where the old files are located, but when I rebooted my DS and tried to load any of my nds roms, it just showed "WAITING..." on the screen and never went anywhere else.

What's going on here? Have I done something wrong?
 

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I stumbled on this again and know it uses the DSTT files for games, but every time I update the files, it only stays on waiting. Anyone know how to fix that?
Yes I have Wood R4, I just want to use this because I can use it.
 

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Unfortunately, I probably don't know enough about it...but I ended up getting strange results with what I attempted to do...The closest I got to it almost working was manually edit the entry into the extinfo.dat (attempted to use Solatorobo)...Unfortunately, it ended with some "Error code F" or something...possibly someone could try one of the older RGF updates from before the modified r4patch.dat was needed (yay my lack of knowledge, I don't even know what the file does)...and this is where i got lazy
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It has a very nice layout and everything but there's really no point if the cheats have to be Japanese and you have to use moonshell for music and videos. Though I've downloaded it and will test it and see if Pokemon Black works regardless of the fact that I won't have YSMenu on at the time.
 

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