Hacking AKAIO v1.0 Officially Released

[Normmatt]

I've noticed it, and it's weird. I think it showed up on my AK2 but not my RPG using the same exact folder on both.
Norm is doing some skin tweaks, so I'm tossing this one to him too. HA! TAKE THAT!

HA, Already fixed the Adv.Evo skin.

 

[seren]

What's the transfer speed via wifi like? Does it cap at around 0.5megs/s or less?

Would it be possible to download other files besides zip, maybe cbds, images, music?

Cool as all this sounds, wouldn't these features sort of lay inside the homebrew category?

 

[Morfeatier]

tsk

My AK2 is dead now, so I can't test as of yet. I've been reading though and 1.1 sounds terrific.

There's one big problem with AK2, its dldi. Normatt, do you know how to improve it? So DSOrganize can be used without corrupting everything?

Is there anyone in the community working or that knows how to implement RTS?

As soon as the new unit arrives gonna join u all

 

[dib]

But what the DS _really_ needs is a bittorrent client. And Photoshop.

Anyway, is there an ETA on the 1.1 release? I understand the principle of 'when it's ready', but just wondering if you have anything in mind without us holding you to it--by the end of this month? Next month? No clue?

 

[Smiths]

Is there anyone in the community working or that knows how to implement RTS?

One would hope it's the goddamn AK team themselves. Seriously. They should know the hardware and have the damn initiative to put it in. Screw us "in our spare time" coders.

Any AK2 people have a 3in1 and can confirm that my battery is screwed? I always freeze when I launch a GBA game after previously launching one, hanging at the "Loading GBA Save" progress window.

I even ported over gelu's 3in1 code (previously was using bliss' [which is based on gelu's], but hadn't updated it in a lonnnnnnnnng time (I think BNS1.1), but it still messes up for me.

On the plus side, at least the latest 3in1 code is my source. Just gotta add another option or two to the 3in1 menu. (probably not gonna be in 1.1 if people aren't having problems)

re: Downloading:

Download speed is perty crappy, but it's not a huge file it's currently getting. 7.5Kb/s. But setting a buffer any larger crashes it.
Currently the HTTP downloader is tailored to the headers of the one site it's hitting, but I do plan on fixing it up for a "global catch all" of URL downloading.
Header trimming routines are typically based on the \r\n\r\n that follows a header. The problem is a ZIP file's header contains \r\n\r\n after about 2 bytes, so a typical header stripper sees that as part of the page headers and skips those bytes.

It'll be worked on. I really am excited about 1.1. I say it's ETA is as soon as Norm doesn't screw up all my changes

 

[golden]

Maybe I am missing something Smiths but I am confused how you can be downloading something on the web through the AKRPG when it doesn't have a DS Web Browser built in. I'm kind of confused. What are you downloading and how?

 

[Bri]

Smiths, have you tried GBA ExpLoader? If that doesn't work, you can probably assume your 3-in-1 has a problem of some sort.

-Bri

 

[seren]

Maybe I am missing something Smiths but I am confused how you can be downloading something on the web through the AKRPG when it doesn't have a DS Web Browser built in. I'm kind of confused. What are you downloading and how?

I'm thinking he's going to code a web updater for the cheat DB found here. I could be wrong.

 

[Bri]

Or maybe an automatic updater for the menu and/or loader? Or the ability to send a file from one Acekard to another? Or maybe the ability to send a file from a PC to an Acekard (or vice versa)?

Smiths, are any of these being implemented, or are you just adding the code to AIO to support such features in the future?

-Bri

 

[seren]

I don't think those option are easily viable. You would want to download the file from a static location to avoid entering a location.

1.The loader would need to be hosted by Smiths or Normatt and not really worth the trouble with few updates (maybe?)
2.Ak2 to Ak2, I'm not sure why he would need the ZIP library for just this.
3.PC to Acekard is more trouble for most people. You would need to run a webserver which you can assign in the globalsettings.ini but then would require some sort of file browser on the DS.

The last 2 options would be best suited for a separate homebrew app really. The first option could be doable later down the track i would assume, but the only real practical use of it would be the cheat DB because it's updated quite regularly. You don't want to over bloat the firmware with unnecessary extra features.

Just my 2cents

 

[Raki]

Maybe I am missing something Smiths but I am confused how you can be downloading something on the web through the AKRPG when it doesn't have a DS Web Browser built in. I'm kind of confused. What are you downloading and how?

I'm thinking he's going to code a web updater for the cheat DB found here. I could be wrong.

This would be a nice feature!

 

[priv8dan]

Smith,

Any chance that we can have most of the files in the OS zipped later on to save some space on the memory card? Any chance of zipped games running of the Slot-1? I have no clue if it is possible, although thinking about it, it might take alot of time for everything to load....

 

[golden]

Smith,

Any chance that we can have most of the files in the OS zipped later on to save some space on the memory card? Any chance of zipped games running of the Slot-1? I have no clue if it is possible, although thinking about it, it might take alot of time for everything to load....

I think it might be possible because there is a homebrew that can only read its skin files if they are zipped meaning the DS can read and use zipped things. The program I am thinking of is Licks Media Player. Of course, when it comes to the bigger sized files such as ROMs there could be a whole difference story.

 

[logical thinker]

AKAIO Team, why not use the latest bliss' "savelist.bin"? Or, if you want, I can upload my "savelist.bin" and "savelistex.bin", that have some updates and corrections.

Smiths, have you tried GBA ExpLoader? If that doesn't work, you can probably assume your 3-in-1 has a problem of some sort.

-Bri

Tip: if GBA ExpLoader asks "Is this your expansion?" (something like that) everytime you start it, then it is likely that the battery is the problem.

 

[sfunk]

I just realized that I never thanked you guys for carrying on with this firmware despite the annoyances you've faced developing it. So thank you, and keep up the good work! I'm looking forward to seeing 1.1 in action.

 

[Smiths]

Tip: if GBA ExpLoader asks "Is this your expansion?" (something like that) everytime you start it, then it is likely that the battery is the problem.

Yep.. each time it asks to set up the card. then freezes.

Too bad I procured this card from kickgaming so long ago. Gonna have to request another one from somewhere.

Oh and I just bricked my RPG too

Requesting that from AK team as well so I can continue development.

So I think 1.1 will come sooner than later since I really can't add much to it now because I can't "dual format" test it.

yay Final Fantasy IV time!

 

[golden]

Oh and I just bricked my RPG too

How did your brick you RPG? If it is really bricked and unbrickable can I have it? I like dissecting electronics and harvesting their innards. That 1G NAND chip might be handy for me. If you don't want your brick RPG that is.

 

[Slan85]

Hello,

I was wondering if your source code is available on the net.

In fact, I think your OS is very good, and bring new fonctionality, but I want to use a firmware open source, to allow me to see how it works, and may be add some features.
If this is not possible I think I will try another one, but it will be a shame, because I think AKAIO is the best one at the moment, especially for some new features in the 1.1 version, which seems to be very interesting

 

[Devante]

Hey guys, thanks for the OS. THE best, naturally!

I have a bug/problem.

On my AceKard2, AIO works flawlessly.
On my girlfriend's, it will show a menu that has flash memory, microsd, and slot 2, I assume as if it were an RPG.

If I select either one of those, it will show a box with the word "text" in the box and freeze.
I don't believe anything is shown on the upper screen, either.
If I press start, it will freeze.

I've tried a completely fresh install. Same issue.

The only specs/details I can give are these:

Working card:
Kingston 2GB (Japan) FAT16 64k clusters.

Non-working card:
Kingston 1GB (Japan) FAT32 auto-cluster.

As for defective AceKard2s... I've tried her microSD and put it in my AceKard2 and still has the same problem. Also tried in two differen DS Lites.


Any idea on what the problem could be?

 

[Mikeypr]

If I select either one of those, it will show a box with the word "text" in the box and freeze.
I don't believe anything is shown on the upper screen, either.
If I press start, it will freeze.

I've tried a completely fresh install. Same issue.

Try reformatting your memory card "USING THE FORMATTER BUILT INTO WINDOWS" It worked for me.

Had the exact same problem, found out it fas the way I was formatting the card (Panasonic Formatter)

This may be the same in your case.

Mikey