I didn't have any issues with v2.00 either (apart from the game progress that I killed myself with my own stupidity, grrrr....). Also, there's an easier / faster way to 'fix' the SKY3DS in case of no games showing up or the LED blinking continuously. See my earlier post here.
Yup, that works for when the game doesn't show up. But in this case 2.00b8 was having formatting issues. It wouldn't even blink. And even if you switch around ROM sequence I couldn't get the cycle reset to work.
Reformatted and used 2.02b1 and now it works.
Worst case scenario is to go back to stable 1.06 and start all over again.
Oh, alright. So, if I am now on v2.00b, would you suggest I do the backup / restore routine again for 2.02b?
I would go ahead and load it up in 2.02b1. If you get any JIT errors or crash prompts. Close and backup again. Until you know you have a good backup of both GAMES and your SAVEDATA, then I would reformat using 2.02b1.
You shouldn't have too many issues if 2.00b8 was working for you. Otherwise, get rid of 2.00b8 and just use 2.02b1.
Hands down. Easiest answer. Move on with life...
But I do have concerns over how 2.00 was formatting. So to be safe, BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP, then follow reformatting instructions.
Be very careful that your mSD doesn't read as (FLOPPY DISK) in your partition software where it -SHOULD- say (MBR). That's a corrupt format. So go back to OP and be careful.
You shouldn't have too many issues if 2.00b8 was working for you. Otherwise, get rid of 2.00b8 and just use 2.02b1.
Hands down. Easiest answer. Move on with life...
But I do have concerns over how 2.00 was formatting. So to be safe, BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP, then follow reformatting instructions.
Be very careful that your mSD doesn't read as (FLOPPY DISK) in your partition software where it -SHOULD- say (MBR). That's a corrupt format. So go back to OP and be careful.
Did you use 2.00b8 at any point? If so, then your format of mSD is corrupt. This happened to me as well. Just because it works and is opening up in DW2.02 doesn't mean the mSD is formatted properly.
BACKUP GAMES
BACKUP SAVEDATA
Follow formatting instructions.
Use 2.02b1 to FORMAT with instead of 1.06.
Then restore all of the backups.
Aw, man... I had the same problem problem with the image names turning up instead of the game names. Now, I'm just writing back my backup in v2.02b (still running as write), and still, only image names show up. Any way to remedy this or is it the guessing game for me?
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Okay, I fixed it by replacing the setting.ini with the one from SKY3DS provided for the most recent template. Judging from the contents of the (new) setting.ini I also know what went wrong here.
Anyways, is there any way to check if the MSD is good now? There are no JIT errors or other problems now.
Also, somewhat unrelated, but is there any way to make a better setting.ini? The naming now is somewhat inconsistent. And, there's also a bug in v2.02b. You can't restore saves to games in reserve, error message is 'Save is for a different game'. It works when you first put the game in the upper list, though.
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I just found out that the EU version is better in literally every way, better sound quality, better lighting, and there's even a patch someone made to make the text look nicer
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Do I restart now using what i've learned on the EU version since it's a better overall experience? or do I continue with the US version since that is what ive been using, and if someone decides to play my hack, it would most likely be that version?
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@TwoSpikedHands, I'll preface this with the fact that I know nothing about the game, but, I think it depends on what your goals are. Are you trying to make a definitive version of the game? You may want to refocus your efforts on the EU version then. Or, are you trying to make a better US version? In which case, the only way to make a better US version is to keep on plugging away at that one
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I'm not familiar with the technicalities of the differences between the two versions, but I'm wondering if at least some of those differences are things that you could port over to the US version in your patch without having to include copyrighted assets from the EU version
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@Sicklyboy I am wanting to fully change the game and bend it to my will lol. I would like to eventually have the ability to add more characters, enemies, even have a completely different story if i wanted. I already have the ability to change the tilemaps in the US version, so I can basically make my own map and warp to it in game - so I'm pretty far into it!
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I really would like to make a hack that I would enjoy playing, and maybe other people would too. swapping to the EU version would also mean my US friends could not legally play it
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