AKAIO -- want better 3-in-1 support?

norm mentioned to me that neither him or smiths have a 3-in-1. during the same conversation in #acekard someone offered to donate a bit of money, and kindly did so. i would like to purchase a 3-in-1 for both of them so that they can work to improve the 3-in-1 support in AKAIO. right now the saving support is limited with the way it works, and 3-in-1 support is way behind the fixes gelu has added for the rpg.

if you would like to help out i am asking for a minimum donation of $2 USD (due to the 1.9% - 2.9% paypal takes). however, please give what you can. if you are interested drop me a PM for the paypal information.

want to discuss this or anything related drop by #acekard on the gbatemp irc server.

edit #1
thank you so much to those that gave what they could. it was so very kind of all of you, especially with the current state of the world economy. norm and smiths will be very happy. as soon as they PM me their addresses i'll get the kits ordered up!

next project might be for sdhc as support is hit or miss -- neither of them has one to test with =P

edit #2
norm's kit was just ordered and so was smiths. i'm waiting now for DX to do the change of address request on both. they are 12hrs ahead of me making it 2am for them. i'll post back when i hear more.

edit #3
both shipping addresses have been updated and the status reports the items are in stock.

edit #4
both are being packaged...
norms kit shipped 11/6/2008 1:02:45 AM
smiths kit shipped 11/6/2008 4:36:55 AM

edit #5
11/11/08 09:18 pm • got my 3in1 today

thanks,
-another world


list of donators: $me, diablo1123. jaywilson, someusr, scubersteve, Vague Rant, kai445, mysticwaterfall, MrHicks
current balance (after paypal takes a cut): $39.86/$39.52

 

didn't know you wanted to be mentioned by name!!

i'll keep a running tab at the top of how much we have and who has donated so far. i'm not trying to rip anyone off here. also if it cost more to ship to norms country i'll pay that. this is just to pay for the cost of the kits.

-another world

 

i am using paypal (only), i don't want to announce it in the public forum. if you would like to donate please PM me. thanks!

when you want to back up a save you are forced to load another rom. loading a save will load by name not by choice (as with gba exp loader). you can only back up/load 1 save at a time with no slots. also read the recent changelog for gelu's rpg firmware (see below). none of this is added to akaio because they don't have the kits to test on.

Spoiler: changelog

3in1 support:
- new item in start menu "3in1". this item opens dialog where you can open
ram, set rumble strength or make sram backup.
- auto open ram when launching "nintendo browser" europe/japan release.
- you can load gba games directly from shell in same manner as common nds game.
there is autopatcher for most savetypes:
NOSAVE
SRAM_V*
SRAM_F_V*
EEPROM_V111
EEPROM_V120
EEPROM_V121
EEPROM_V122
EEPROM_V124
EEPROM_V126
FLASH_V120
FLASH_V121
FLASH_V123
FLASH_V124
FLASH_V125
FLASH_V126
FLASH1M_V102
FLASH1M_V103
FLASH512_V130
FLASH512_V131
FLASH512_V133
- NOR flash support. if rom size greater then 16 mb it will be written into NOR
flash on 3in1 expansion. this take long time - be patient. in future this
game may be played as through akmenu as through ds original menu.
- gbaframe support.
frame must be placed at fat0:/__rpg/ui//gbaframe.bmp.
gbaframe.bmp must be 256x192x16bit image.
- in-game sleep support in some gba games. actual list of supported games you
can see here:
http://acekard-3in1.googlecode.com/svn/tru...4/gba_sleep.txt
- universal in-game sleep support through Dwedit routine:
http://www.dwedit.org/dwedit_board/viewtopic.php?id=306
now you can in any gba game without internal sleep support switch device to
sleep mode. to go sleep press l+r+start. to resume press select+start.
- autopatching classic nes games.
- forced nor-flashing for any game.
- automatic rumble support in lameboy.
- autopatching dragon ball z - the legacy of goku.
- pokemon linkage supported.

-another world

 

thanks jay!

and thanks to someusr who popped into #acekard and gave a donation!

thanks scuber! =)

-another world

 

i'm sober
we are just trying to help out and give back
i won't forget: https://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15778

=)

-another world

 

thanks!

its so close now, if a few more people step up... norm and smiths both sounded excited in #acekard tonight.

-another world

 

thank you kai445 for your donation, it is so greatly appreciated.
thank you also to mysticwaterfall for your donation!

a few more small donations and we are there!!

cheers,
-another world