AKAIO v1.6 RC1

[Taik]

Just to say this works fine with Pokémon Heart Gold FR for me so far, awesome job giuys ^^

 

[RupeeClock]

I tried 42 All time Classics earlier.
At first I thought it was freezing when I tried to load it, but in actuality, it was just taking a pretty long time.

No biggy.

 

[Another World]

I tried 42 All time Classics earlier.
At first I thought it was freezing when I tried to load it, but in actuality, it was just taking a pretty long time.

No biggy.

i said this already in this thread... loading time may be increased for some users with some roms due to the fact that the loaders are doing more now then they were before. you are looking at maybe a 1-3 second increase. again, thats maybe. many people have not reported any increase and others reported it as "i feel like" or "it seems like."

-another world

 

[Pliskron]

BIG NEWS !
I tested on my old DSPhat and it works ! So it's not a card fault (maybe not a clone after all), but DSIXLL fault ! What could be wrong with it ? Il already tried to disable wifi but it still stucks after loading screen.

[Quick edit] Maybe because Slot2 is missing on Dsi ?

That's not big news, AKAIO 1.6 being released was big news.

We know it's a clone, just because it works on your phat doesn't mean it's not. These are clones of the Acekard 2.1 fudged to work on the DSi. I believe on the DSL they are displayed as being Acekard 2/2.1 in the home menu. Because they have HW ID of 8080 like genuine Acekard 2.1's, it may be difficult for AKAIO to determine that are clones; but if it's running on a DSi, piece of cake!

Send it back to your retailer for a genuine card. If you try hacking AKAIO 1.6 oaders to work with 1.5.1 to get it to work, then that makes you no better than Rudolph in my book.

no better than Rudolph in my book? You're a lame ass.

 

[Rydian]

Basically, when it comes to HW numbers of acekards - the general opinion in the posts I've read is

Acekard 2i with Actel chip = HW:80 = Possible Fake (although it seems AKAIO 1.5.1 still works with this version)

.....Or can we use Akaio 1.5.1 with akaio 1.6 loader so we can benefit of tne increased game compatibility ?

Apparently this can't be done easily - I've got a reply about 1.5.1 and 1.6 loaders to a query I asked about & it seems that loaders now have 'new encryption'

That's the entire reason 1.6 was delayed, new encryption to make sure you could only use the loaders with 1.6 so that clones and other carts can't steal the hard work of the AKAIO team instead of providing support themselves.

EDIT: Added the quote in since I posted late.

 

[tk_saturn]

BIG NEWS !
I tested on my old DSPhat and it works ! So it's not a card fault (maybe not a clone after all), but DSIXLL fault ! What could be wrong with it ? Il already tried to disable wifi but it still stucks after loading screen.

[Quick edit] Maybe because Slot2 is missing on Dsi ?

That's not big news, AKAIO 1.6 being released was big news.

We know it's a clone, just because it works on your phat doesn't mean it's not. These are clones of the Acekard 2.1 fudged to work on the DSi. I believe on the DSL they are displayed as being Acekard 2/2.1 in the home menu. Because they have HW ID of 8080 like genuine Acekard 2.1's, it may be difficult for AKAIO to determine that are clones; but if it's running on a DSi, piece of cake!

Send it back to your retailer for a genuine card. If you try hacking AKAIO 1.6 oaders to work with 1.5.1 to get it to work, then that makes you no better than Rudolph in my book.

no better than Rudolph in my book? You're a lame ass.

All he has to do is send it back to the retailer for a replacement, not a big deal.

All these R4 and clones users whining about getting AKAIO to work on their carts annoy me.

If it weren't for people running AKAIO on clones and R4's, then 1.6 wouldn't need to be encrypted and 1.6 wouldn't have been delayed. On my class 2 card, there's a big slowdown loading AKAIO 1.6 and loading roms, which is presumably down to the encryption.

 

[RupeeClock]

I tried 42 All time Classics earlier.
At first I thought it was freezing when I tried to load it, but in actuality, it was just taking a pretty long time.

No biggy.

i said this already in this thread... loading time may be increased for some users with some roms due to the fact that the loaders are doing more now then they were before. you are looking at maybe a 1-3 second increase. again, thats maybe. many people have not reported any increase and others reported it as "i feel like" or "it seems like."

-another world

8 seconds to boot.
It takes long enough for someone to think it may have frozen, since AKAIO doesn't display a progress meter during LOADING.

Just sayin'

 

[Rydian]

If you're not seeing a progress bar, change your skin to one that has one.

 

[CannonFoddr]

If you're not seeing a progress bar, change your skin to one that has one.

Erm - bit of a misunderstanding here i think
You get a Progress bar while in AKAIO GUI then you get the word 'Loading..' which changes colour depending on how the game is getting loaded (Red/Green/Blue) - there isn't a graphic used @ this point or even a bar - so all you see is 'Loading...' until the game actually starts & you should see the 'Nintendo' logo

 

[tk_saturn]

If you're not seeing a progress bar, change your skin to one that has one.

As he says it takes 8 seconds to boot, I imagine he's refering to the "Loading" displayed when you boot AKAIO rather than when you load a game.

On mine the delay is during the black screen after "Loading" when booting AKAIO, it's on a slow card though so may be far less of an issue with faster ones. I'll have to order another high speed card.

 

[MUDjoe2]

On mine the delay is during the black screen after "Loading" when booting AKAIO, it's on a slow card though so may be far less of an issue with faster ones.

I have noticed this as well, but as long as everything boots fine I could care less, to be honest. As a side note, the amount of people complaining over a 1-3 second increase in load time for something they're not even paying for is astounding.

Regardless, great release AKAIO team (and of course thanks to the beta testers and all those who made this possible).

 

[Atashi]

As he says it takes 8 seconds to boot, I imagine he's refering to the "Loading" displayed when you boot AKAIO rather than when you load a game.

On mine the delay is during the black screen after "Loading" when booting AKAIO, it's on a slow card though so may be far less of an issue with faster ones. I'll have to order another high speed card.

I've got a class 6 4GB card in mine, and it does take longer than before to load, though not 8 seconds. I tested with a couple games of different ROM sizes (though this doesn't seem to matter.)

Club House Games (16MB) = 6 or 7 seconds
Mario Kart (32MB) = 6 seconds
Star Trek: Tactical Assault (16MB) = 4 seconds
Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games (128MB) = 3 seconds

Club House Games is the one where I notice the delay most, it seemed to load rather faster under the 1.5.1 drivers. Still, the delay is not intolerable and probably won't take long to get used to.

All this was on an Acekard 2i & DSL.

-Atashi

p.s. it might have to do with what other things are going on - I have soft reset enabled, DS Download & Play disabled, Cheats are enabled but none of the games I tried have any cheats enabled on them.

 

[Vania]

What a great month, I ordered my AK 2i before 15 days from 0SZ and it will come at any time from now on, and soon I'm going to buy the new DSi XL, and now a new version of AKAIO is out, big thanks to the developers (Normatt, Smith, .....etc).

 

[Another World]

8 seconds to boot.
It takes long enough for someone to think it may have frozen, since AKAIO doesn't display a progress meter during LOADING.

Just sayin'

akaio boots instantly for me. roms boot instantly for me. i tested in on my rpg (both sd and nand), ak2, ak2.1. i'm using 1gb japanese kingston, 2x2gb japanese kingstons, 3x8gb class6 transcend cards all formatted with the panasonic formatter. no idea what your problem is, but with that said is 8 seconds really *that* big of a deal?

what you should do is point the finger at the person responsible.... [email protected].

-another world

 

[Rydian]

If you're not seeing a progress bar, change your skin to one that has one.

Erm - bit of a misunderstanding here i think
You get a Progress bar while in AKAIO GUI then you get the word 'Loading..' which changes colour depending on how the game is getting loaded (Red/Green/Blue) - there isn't a graphic used @ this point or even a bar - so all you see is 'Loading...' until the game actually starts & you should see the 'Nintendo' logo

You're right. ^^; Tried it with a big/AP'd rom and noticed the loading text stayed on for two seconds or so more.

Yay class 6. >_>;

 

[RupeeClock]

akaio boots instantly for me. roms boot instantly for me. i tested in on my rpg (both sd and nand), ak2, ak2.1. i'm using 1gb japanese kingston, 2x2gb japanese kingstons, 3x8gb class6 transcend cards all formatted with the panasonic formatter. no idea what your problem is, but with that said is 8 seconds really *that* big of a deal?

what you should do is point the finger at the person responsible.... [email protected].

-another world

I'm using an 8GB Sandisk Mobile Ultra, Class 6, formatted with Panasonic Formatter.
8 seconds is kind of a big deal if we're talking a whole audience of users, it's not negligible, but I can tolerate it.

Maybe it's the Acekard 2i itself. It's a legit one for sure.
Or maybe it's simply the amount of data on the microSD, I estimate there was about 2000+ files on it.
I tried deleting a few hundred files I never use any more, and AKAIO seemed to run smoother. (I couldn't get it to freeze up by navigating through folders)

 

[BlackHoleSlam199]

my pokemon explorers of sky is not working i have no cheats on it when i try to load it up with the new update i get 2 white screens any help

 

[Vania]

It looks a noobish question but seriously what RC stands for?
I searched everywhere but I couldn't find an answer. (lol)

 

[Minox]

It looks a noobish question but seriously what RC stands for?
I searched everywhere but I couldn't find an answer. (lol)

Release Candidate

 

[CannonFoddr]

It looks a noobish question but seriously what RC stands for?
I searched everywhere but I couldn't find an answer. (lol)

Release Candidate

Couldn't of searched very well could you - it's already been answered here in this very thread & you'll see I even found a WIKIpedia entry as well