Hacking AKAIO 1.1r2 Released

[Bri]

I'm using "USERCHEAT.DAT". If I go to start->more->cheats, it hangs after accessing the file system for a moment.

Also, all of my ROMs seem to be defaulting to a save file type of "2M" under ROM info. Is that normal, or should they be on "Unknown/Auto"?

-Bri

 

[dib]

On my RPG, it appears that only the newer releases were type unknown, I had that with Arkanoid, Space Invaders, FFIV, FFTA2, Soul Bubbles, and a few others. Meanwhile, all my older ones that I store on an SD card like Elite Beat Agents and Advance Wars were correct.

Accessing the ones that were unknown, then soft resetting out or rebooting the DS would change them to the correct size afterward.

 

[Bri]

This is an AK2, but it looks like all my games including my old games like Animal Crossing are saying "2M" for the save file size. I haven't actually looked to see what the actual size of the files it's writing are though. I'll do that next.

ETA: It appears that the actual save file is 512K. Even after saving the game, it's still 512K, so it doesn't appear to actually change the size of the file as long as it already exists. I don't know what it would do if I deleted the save so that it would create one (would it create it at 512K which is the proper size, or would it create it as 2M which is what it says the size is in the menu?)

-Bri

 

[Smiths]

Norm handles the save issues mainly, don't ya Norm?

As far as cheats locking up... I find it happens sometimes if I've just updated the DB and haven't rebooted (force reboot will be in the next version), or if an existing cheat file exists but the DB was updated.. can't explain that one. I'll check the cheat routine and confirm it's loading the .cc file before doing any DB reading.

 

[Skydancer]

If you update the cheat DB...will the line above the word "WFC" just run down with no message at the end?

If you can't connect to your router... yep.
10 seconds to attempt connection.
There should be a "connect failed" thing, but prolly was commented out.
Oh well.

Then it seems my router sucks

 

[ste_sto_pv]

Hello

i tested now more loaders for acekard 2 with 1gb Kingston, 2gb Kingston, and 4 GB Transcend SDHC.

loaders in test:

AK 407 15a works with all SD

AK 408 Bt4 works with all SD

AK Bliss k10a works with all SD

AK AIO 1.0 works with all SD

AK AIO 1.1 works not with 4 GB Transcend

mayby a bug ?

every one an idee ?

MfG ste sto

sorry for my bad english

 

[[M]artin]

Added some pics to the first page by request, if anyone wants a glimpse of the new update...

 

[ROM Troll]

artin]Added some pics to the first page by request, if anyone wants a glimpse of the new update...

Thanks for the pics, great quality.



QUOTE(ste_sto_pv @ Jul 27 2008, 09:02 AM) i tested now more loaders for acekard 2 with 1gb Kingston, 2gb Kingston, and 4 GB Transcend SDHC.

Looks like you tested on the AK2 so I don't think modifying the sdlist.ini file would help. What happens when using the transcend? I have eight of them but won't have access to a AK2 until later this week. And your english is good enough to understand. Thanks for the testing!

 

[ste_sto_pv]

i tested now more loaders for acekard 2 with 1gb Kingston, 2gb Kingston, and 4 GB Transcend SDHC.

Looks like you tested on the AK2 so I don't think modifying the sdlist.ini file would help. What happens when using the transcend? I have eight of them but won't have access to a AK2 until later this week. And your english is good enough to understand. Thanks for the testing!

Hi Rom Troll

The Transcend ist new formatet and at start i can see top blue and bottom black background with 3 icons ( nand, SD Card, Slot2 Card )
the icons are animatet by klick, and when i push Start the system freeze.

Its look like the loader can´t find the __aio Folder.

MfG ste_sto

 

[Raki]

nah, my router is a Speedport W700v (IIRC this was the except type), which is configured to WEP...
the FritzBox would just be used as a Repeater (and is set to WEP as default...it's just a old FritzBox SL Wlan)

 

[ROM Troll]

The Transcend ist new formatet and at start i can see top green and bottom black background with 3 icons ( nand, SD Card, Slot2 Card )
the icons are animatet by klick, and when i push Start the system freeze.

Its look like the loader can´t find the __aio Folder.

MfG ste_sto

I am not ready to point the finger at the transcend card itself as you have been able to boot into the AKAIO1.1 OS. And a couple of AKAIO 1.1 users have commented on freezing at other areas. Did you format the card with windows quick format option? There has been reports from multiple sources that AKAIO does not like cards formatted with the quick formation option. Also try SDFormatter v2; my cards get lower speed ratings (which is good) on my AKRPG when I format with the Panasonic tool than with the Windows tool. I'm prepping two of my cards today for my testers to use with their AK2s later in the week. First card I'm leaving with the Transcend OEM format condition and the other card will be formatted differently.

 

[Lametta]

Does it corrupts the previous save game files? (saved with latest Bliss OS)

I heard one that corrupted his Final Fantasy IV file while trying AKAIO

please someone that tried it, tell me if it's true

 

[Smiths]

Back up all saves beforehand anyway, especially if you're an RPG user.
AK2? Back it up but really i've been playing FFIV since it came out and been putting every build of AKAIO on my AK2 and testing it, and still have loaded up FFiV just fine.

Always back up (I usually do it from within the GUI, just select the .sav file and it'll back it up to .bak extension).

 

[Raki]

Always back up (I usually do it from within the GUI, just select the .sav file and it'll back it up to .bak extension).

thanks for that information...btw If i do a backup it freezes if I set display type to "NDS/SAV/Bak" at around 70 games on my microSD...if I just display NDS + SAV then everything is fine

 

[Bri]

How hard would it be to make an option to automatically save n number of backup saves each time you launch a game?

-Bri

 

[Raki]

Always back up (I usually do it from within the GUI, just select the .sav file and it'll back it up to .bak extension).

thanks for that information...btw If i do a backup it freezes if I set display type to "NDS/SAV/Bak" at around 70 games on my microSD...if I just display NDS + SAV then everything is fine

If I recreate the .sav file from a .bak it freezes aswell...the "NDS/SAV/BAK" Option seems to have some bug because even while having just 2 games in a directory on the NAND of my RPG (so speed issue of the SDcard doesn't count) it freezes.

haven't tested with my AK2 for now...

 

[Sweater Fish Del]

Can you add the external loader for the rpg too as AKRPG menu 410 is out in your next release.

The only thing new in AKRPG 410 (DQ5 fix) is already part of AKAIO

But could you add this feature to the RPG version anyway?

Also, I haven't followed the development of AKAIO, so excuse me if this has already been answered (and maybe it was related to some of the arguments that were going on prior to release that I read about), but is the AKAIO source available? Or can it not be released because of the AK2 loader? If that's a problem, maybe a forked RPG-only version could be released?


...word is bondage...

 

[Raki]

Can you add the external loader for the rpg too as AKRPG menu 410 is out in your next release.

The only thing new in AKRPG 410 (DQ5 fix) is already part of AKAIO

But could you add this feature to the RPG version anyway?

Also, I haven't followed the development of AKAIO, so excuse me if this has already been answered (and maybe it was related to some of the arguments that were going on prior to release that I read about), but is the AKAIO source available? Or can it not be released because of the AK2 loader? If that's a problem, maybe a forked RPG-only version could be released?


...word is bondage...

They can't release it because of the AK2 part as you already thought.

 

[dib]

How hard would it be to make an option to automatically save n number of backup saves each time you launch a game?

-Bri

I could get behind that idea. Add a \backup directory to the __aio directory, and before overwriting a sav each time copy+overwrite it to that directory first. Backing up is always a good idea, but face it there are very few people whom live life under the expectation of the worst. And doing it by hand is great and all, but that's why Jesus invented computers in the first place--so we wouldn't _have_ to think any more.

 

[raptor5001]

Hello

i tested now more loaders for acekard 2 with 1gb Kingston, 2gb Kingston, and 4 GB Transcend SDHC.

loaders in test:

AK 407 15a works with all SD

AK 408 Bt4 works with all SD

AK Bliss k10a works with all SD

AK AIO 1.0 works with all SD

AK AIO 1.1 works not with 4 GB Transcend

mayby a bug ?

every one an idee ?

MfG ste sto

sorry for my bad english

I think I am experiencing the same problem. I formatted my 4gb SDHC A-Data card with the SD Formatter and extracted the new firmware onto it. But I just get a blue screen on the top screen and the bottom screen shows Flash Memory, MicroSD Card, Slot2 Card, and START. Clicking anything shows a box that says "text" with an A - OK image.

My 2gb card, prepared the same way, works perfectly.

Do SDHC cards work with this firmware?

P.S. It's not a skin issue; I've checked globalsettings.ini and the skin specified (Adv.Evo) exists on the card.