AKAIO v1.6 RC1

[Wabsta]

Freeze on loading screen here !

Tryng AKAIO 1.6RC1 on Ak2i Chip ID : 0fc2 HW : 8080, on DSiXL.

1.5.1 booted fine.
Reformating now but with few hope...

Lot's of people seem to have this problems with AK2(i/.1) these days..
I think I'm just gonna boycot it and buy an M3 again..

 

[xshinox]

ahh nice update. now i dont have to worry about patching/holding X/etc when starting a game.

 

[CannonFoddr]

There's a new folder named frame, for future plans probably so what for?

Custom GBA frames are available since 1.5.

I admit I nrever noticed that before - however while looking in the _aio folder I've discoverd in /'loaders/' there's 2 *.rar file that contain loaders
Is there anything 'special' about those - or are they just copies of the existing loaders (the only difference I can see it the 'modified' date)

Different filesizes as well, at least for mine.

Yep you're right - didn't really notice before

 

[1Up]

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[RupeeClock]

I found a funky shortcut error.

On my card are Picross 3D.nds, and Picross DS.nds.
I created a shortcut to Picross 3D.nds, and launch it from AKAIO's top menu.
It boots Picross DS, with Picross 3D's save data!

Huh what?

 

[CannonFoddr]

ahh nice update. now i dont have to worry about patching/holding X/etc when starting a game.

Yep - but now I've gotta decide

Do I stick with 1.6RC & wait until a Moonshell 2.08/2.09/2.10 'Commercial ROM running' Fix appears (due to new encryption the old nds.akaio.nds loader doesn't work)
or
Go back to 1.5.1 & stick with remembering to press A/X etc to start certain games

Spoiler: Yes this is a REAL Spoiler - I'm not sure if I'm allowed to actually mention this but.....

Apparently when the 1.6 'retail' is released there'll be a 'present' included that MAY have something to do with Moonshell

 

[Another World]

Yay, well, let's hope this one works on my AK2.1.
Last version + latest official version didn't work..

Nope, still stuck on loading...

Have you tried re-formatting? Try taking everything off the card and putting them on AKAIO first. It's what I had to do after formatting it.

Believe me, I have tried everything..

its not you its the card. a recent batch of the 2.1 has some serious issues. team acekard mentioned to us that they are not clones and they do not know what the problem is. it has already been reported that 1.6 is not working correctly on these cards. again someone should offer to mail norm one of these kits so he can figure out what the problem is. if you don't want it you could offer it to norm via PM, or i suggest you return it for a 2i which appear not not have any of these issues. yet the 2i still suffers from connection issues and the crappy msd slot. too bad everyone can't just dig up the old 2.0. i

 

[hackotedelaplaqu]

its not you its the card. a recent batch of the 2.1 has some serious issues. team acekard mentioned to us that they are not clones and they do not know what the problem is. it has already been reported that 1.6 is not working correctly on these cards. again someone should offer to mail norm one of these kits so he can figure out what the problem is. if you don't want it you could offer it to norm via PM, or i suggest you return it for a 2i which appear not not have any of these issues. yet the 2i still suffers from connection issues and the crappy msd slot. too bad everyone can't just dig up the old 2.0. i

 

[Sumea]

Freeze on loading screen here !

Tryng AKAIO 1.6RC1 on Ak2i Chip ID : 0fc2 HW : 8080, on DSiXL.

1.5.1 booted fine.
Reformating now but with few hope...

Lot's of people seem to have this problems with AK2(i/.1) these days..
I think I'm just gonna boycot it and buy an M3 again..

Actually, he has a clone, no wonder...

HWID 8080 - and it is AK2i

so... We are sorry for Wabsta, boycott the clones if anything...

 

[Another World]

At first I though this was a bug but it was just my stupidity.

You know how MoonShell 2.10 has its own softreset that you have to set up for AKAIO by copying the akmenu4.nds, renaming it to RPGS.nds, and copying to SD:/moonshl2/resemse? Well if you're like me you just copy over the system files whenever there's a new firmware. I completely forgot that RPGS.nds was from the previous release, AKAIO 1.5.1. I ran Moonshell 2.10 and softreseted; when I got back to AKAIO main menu and went under System Options, the Homebrew Softreset option disappeared because it never existed in AKAIO 1.5.1.

Basically what I'm saying is take the new akmenu4.nds, rename it, and overwrite the old RPGS.nds in the appropriate location to avoid this problem.

Awesome release AKAIO Team, love the homebrew softreset works wonders.

thats the old method for if you have an akrpg. with moonshell you can just navigate to the akmenu4.nds and run it, it will boot the firmware and thus "soft-reset" back to akaio.

-another world.

 

[Another World]

There's a new folder named frame, for future plans probably so what for?

Custom GBA frames are available since 1.5.

I admit I nrever noticed that before - however while looking in the _aio folder I've discoverd in /'loaders/' there's 2 *.rar file that contain loaders
Is there anything 'special' about those - or are they just copies of the existing loaders (the only difference I can see it the 'modified' date)

nope, just a packing glitch on norms part when he got the release ready at 1am. those won't be there in rc2.

-another world

 

[afro193]

So I bought a DSi bundled with an AK2i and 4gb MicroSD card (for pretty cheap!)... it's coming in the mail by Friday and I'm going to pass the time by setting up a folder of files to copy to the MicroSD card.

I came here to get AKAIO and now I'm conflicted on whether to get 1.6 RC or 1.5.1...

Advice?

 

[Donald Serrot]

I have to say I love what I'm seeing. I've had no issues with .sav files and everything I tried ran like a dream.
One thing I noticed and want to ask about from the compatibility fixes.

February 25th
--------------
Fixed Japanese Pokemon wii connectivity.

Does this mean that I'd be able to connect to My Pokemon Ranch with my AceKard Pokemon games?
*wants to send clones from AceKard Platinum to Wii without trading to real Diamond first to get legit Mew for HeartGold team*
And if that was already in 1.5.1 I'll feel stupid since I held off upgrading until this from 1.5 because I didn't know there was a way to fix my Spirit Tracks .sav size without losing my data.
(Would you believe I couldn't find the topic for how to with the on site search but found it with a regular Google search with the same search? And it was on this site after all?)

This release is still fantastic in every way! Great big thank you to everyone involved! Your hard work is really appreciated!

So I bought a DSi bundled with an AK2i and 4gb MicroSD card (for pretty cheap!)... it's coming in the mail by Friday and I'm going to pass the time by setting up a folder of files to copy to the MicroSD card.

I came here to get AKAIO and now I'm conflicted on whether to get 1.6 RC or 1.5.1...

Advice?

Go with 1.6 RC for sure. If it's one of the cards that doesn't play nice with it I'd roll back to 1.5.1.

 

[hackotedelaplaqu]

Actually, he has a clone, no wonder...

HWID 8080 - and it is AK2i

so... We are sorry for Wabsta, boycott the clones if anything...

So HWID 8080 is definitively a clone, not a recent ak2i one like claimed by the shop ?

 

[Another World]

fyi for everyone. booting should be a second or so slower because akaio is "doing more" to the rom at this point. with that said, i still can't understand how people bitch about it taking 4-5 seconds to boot a rom. like the time it takes to boot something you didn't pay for, that works perfectly after it boots, should ever be an issue!

-another world

 

[SanktyRG]

Thank you normmatt, smiths, another world and thanks to all the beta testers.

I was hoping for a soft reset for homebrew and finally happened, again thank you.

 

[RupeeClock]

fyi for everyone. booting should be a second or so slower because akaio is "doing more" to the rom at this point. with that said, i still can't understand how people bitch about it taking 4-5 seconds to boot a rom. like the time it takes to boot something you didn't pay for, that works perfectly after it boots, should ever be an issue!

-another world

Agreed, although I pay for my games and dump the roms myself, I don't think you should bitch about marginally longer loads for perfect gameplay.

 

[Another World]

Actually, he has a clone, no wonder...

HWID 8080 - and it is AK2i

so... We are sorry for Wabsta, boycott the clones if anything...

So HWID 8080 is definitively a clone, not a recent ak2i one like claimed by the shop ?

i sort of recall some 2i cards spitting back 8080 as the hwid. try akaio older than 1.5.1 and see if it works. did 1.5.1 work correctly? if yes, you were running the real version and not the hacked version that rudolph (spit here) made?

if you want you can join #acekard and talk to norm about it. he is usually at the keys in about 7 more hours.

-another world

 

[Wabsta]

its not you its the card. a recent batch of the 2.1 has some serious issues. team acekard mentioned to us that they are not clones and they do not know what the problem is. it has already been reported that 1.6 is not working correctly on these cards. again someone should offer to mail norm one of these kits so he can figure out what the problem is. if you don't want it you could offer it to norm via PM, or i suggest you return it for a 2i which appear not not have any of these issues. yet the 2i still suffers from connection issues and the crappy msd slot. too bad everyone can't just dig up the old 2.0. i

 

[hackotedelaplaqu]

i sort of recall some 2i cards spitting back 8080 as the hwid. try akaio older than 1.5.1 and see if it works. did 1.5.1 work correctly? if yes, you were running the real version and not the hacked version that rudolph (spit here) made?

if you want you can join #acekard and talk to norm about it. he is usually at the keys in about 7 more hours.

-another world

1.5.1. worked like a charm.
But firmware updater did not, just like AKAIO 1.6.
Although this card came DSI FW1.4 ready.

I wish to help, but it's time to sleep here so I won't be able to join IRC within 7 hours.