AKAIO 1.6 RC2

[CannonFoddr]

A quote from me in another thread.

why do people get so worked up about and put so much effort into stopping a pirated piracy device?

'Cause people don't like it when other people sell their work, and clone flash carts are selling AKAIO.

In the game dev's case, they get paid either way because they made the product and somebody pays them...
But in this case free work is being done (AKAIO is not the official firmware) and somebody else (the clone makers) are making money off it, while the programmers of AKAIO aren't.

And this is one of the reasons I started this thread - but later I found this reply on the AKAIO forums
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AndrewsAwesome :For all the hard work the Maker/Updater does he really deserves to get some credit " $$ " . So is there anyway we can send him funds ? .........
FawkYew RTFM: no, and we look at it like this. donations mean people expect things.

Which IMHO is a shame - as I'm willing to pay them for all the hard work they've done in the past

 

[Gh0sti]

so this is what i am doing, backed up my files, now i put the 1.6 rc2 and the new menu file onto my card, and ill run the update loaders, but what i am wondering is has anyone had any problem with save files doing the update this way?

 

[Gunmaster51]

so this is what i am doing, backed up my files, now i put the 1.6 rc2 and the new menu file onto my card, and ill run the update loaders, but what i am wondering is has anyone had any problem with save files doing the update this way?

I had some problems with my chrono trigger save but it works after i copied and pasted it a second time.

 

[TheChosenBanana]

I'd like to recommend something to the new akAIO ver. From what I know,in the official firmware you can choose the sav file,like really browse it. And on akAIO you can't do it.I had some bad experience with the saves. So if this would be added to the next version akAIO it would be great.
Cheers.

 

[Kiekoes]

Nice, I can finally play Alice in Wonderland

A thank you to the creator

 

[Chris_Skylock]

it shows an error at boot but when I re-copy the firmware, it's fine. It's kinda annoying if it shows errors at start up when your card is genuine. Not a big deal if the update is not frequently as this only happens eveytime you plug it into the USB

 

[linkinworm]

if people moan so much, go buy the f-ing game if you care so much that something dont work. instead of bugging the devs that make it work eventualy, how can people expect any progess if the devs just go yea this game dont work, so were just gona add this and hope for the best, then were gona get 1000 complaints and have to quick fix it again.

the downfall to kids that pirate everything

 

[Diosoth]

A quote from me in another thread.

why do people get so worked up about and put so much effort into stopping a pirated piracy device?

'Cause people don't like it when other people sell their work, and clone flash carts are selling AKAIO.

In the game dev's case, they get paid either way because they made the product and somebody pays them...
But in this case free work is being done (AKAIO is not the official firmware) and somebody else (the clone makers) are making money off it, while the programmers of AKAIO aren't.

I don't see how this applies, unless the clone cards come with a Micro SD stick pre-loaded with the firmware. The Acekard lacks any such software on it as do bootleg cards. They're making money off the Acekard name in that case and nothing else.


I like how this release switches menu text back to upper/lower case. The all caps of 1.5 was annoying, especially cycling through skin folders.

 

[Rydian]

They're making money off the AKAIO firmware because the updated firmware is what allows new games with AP to run. Programming firmware that can bypass AP takes a lot of work, and a lot of "knowing what you're doing".

If you can't program the firmware and bypass the AP then you don't have a flash cart that can play games with AP. Most new games have AP.

Clones, instead, sell a cart that works with another company's firmware, so whoever's selling the cart can sell a working system to the user without having to do any of the programming work themselves, they just tell the user to use AKAIO.

1 - A professional gaming programmer gets paid by the company for making the game, before it ever goes to stores, so piracy does not directly affect their profit from a game they made, they could care less. The AKAIO programmers do not get paid at all, there's no compensation for their work other than recognition.

2 - When a game is pirated it's obvious the pirate did not make it. When a clone uses official firmware, they're taking the results of all the hard work and the credit for themselves. The AKAIO team loses the recognition.

3 - In a general sense, if an official cart has clones using their firmware, and the official cart's support does, the clone's does as well since the clone makers weren't actually doing any of the programming/updates themselves. Then instead of just one dead cart, you have at least 2.

 

[Cybermage]

so i don't know if this has been reported yet but when i try to play soma bringer after it the "loading" screen it justs goes black and locks up my ds i have a 2i /w latest loaders on a ndsl

 

[rockstar99]

so i don't know if this has been reported yet but when i try to play soma bringer after it the "loading" screen it justs goes black and locks up my ds i have a 2i /w latest loaders on a ndsl

I have a dsi xl, ak2i(1.4), akAIO 1.6 RC2 and I never updated my loaders im using the translation and the games works perfect for me

 

[retKHAAAN]

so i don't know if this has been reported yet but when i try to play soma bringer after it the "loading" screen it justs goes black and locks up my ds i have a 2i /w latest loaders on a ndsl

working fine for me

 

[GolenSun550]

many thanks. AKAIO team

 

[pjmorie]

Hi all, just wondering has anyone got 'Star Wars The Clone Wars Jedi Alliance' working on AKAIO 1.6RC2
During loading the 'loading' text turns red - do you have to change some settings to get it working?

 

[CannonFoddr]

Hi all, just wondering has anyone got 'Star Wars The Clone Wars Jedi Alliance' working on AKAIO 1.6RC2
During loading the 'loading' text turns red - do you have to change some settings to get it working?

Have you tried turning off the cheats/softreset options in AKAIO 1.6RC2 ?? (they're switched on by default) - I've known some games have trouble with these switched on

 

[pjmorie]

Hi all, just wondering has anyone got 'Star Wars The Clone Wars Jedi Alliance' working on AKAIO 1.6RC2
During loading the 'loading' text turns red - do you have to change some settings to get it working?

Have you tried turning off the cheats/softreset options in AKAIO 1.6RC2 ?? (they're switched on by default) - I've known some games have trouble with these switched on

Tried that and the same result. Game loads and when I select 'Start' from the main menu screens just go black. Seems to work on the R4 with the latest release of the Wood 1.05 kernal which is based on the Acekard RPG so taught it might work with the AK2i.

 

[kidi3]

I installed the firmware, but i can't use codes that i have acktivated..

 

[azure0wind]

cheat codes?

 

[kidi3]

yes

 

[florian]

akaio is red and dead