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id never flash a ds if it didnt have a slot 2 cart. Too risky incase u mess up n slip halfway thru.
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FlashMe was used when slot-2 cards were the only method of playing NDS backups. You installed a program onto your DS that let you play these NDS backups without a PassMe or NoPass.
Nowadays with slot-1 cards being more popular it's not used as much any more and the only real benefit of installing it is to get rid of the health and safety screen at the beginning.
To flash your DS you need to stick something metal down a hole in it. Get it wrong before 5% and you're DS is a brick. Get it wrong after 5% and you need a slot-2 card to save your DS.
My advice is not to install it unless the health and safety screen REALLY gets on your nerves.
- Sam
I have an R4 and a Supercard SD, would I flash the DS phat and act as if the R4 is just a reg passme device or is there any special technique I would need to follow? I have an R4 which I use non stop and a slot 2 that my younger sister uses with her DS Phat and she would like to play DS games on the Supercard while i am using the R4.
So you two have 2 separate DS', and she would like to use the Supercard while you have the R4, so that she does not need to use your R4 to boot it?
To do the above, flash your sisters DS with any of the ones from here: link (except noflashme, of course)
Normal removes the health and safety screen (some people find it irritating, personally I don't)
Stealth leaves the health and safety screen intact.
You can either choose either autoboot or no autoboot, depending on which you like. If you are solely using the Supercard, you should go with autoboot as it saves the hassle of holding select to boot it up.
I have a DS and bought a DS lite a few days ago. I plan to flash my DS phat while my DSL stays factory fresh till the warrenty dies. (the hinge crack issue)
Update, I cleared everything but the main moonshell and R4 files and put the flashme software on it. worked like a charm.
Update, I cleared everything but the main moonshell and R4 files and put the flashme software on it. worked like a charm.
Just Flashed my DS Lite (it has no warranty 
) today using an R4, it was a success!
my heart was beating faster than usual during the process though, lol >_
) today using an R4, it was a success!
my heart was beating faster than usual during the process though, lol >_
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TwoSpikedHands:
yall im torn... ive been hacking away at tales of phantasia GBA (the USA version) and have so many documents of reverse engineering i've done -
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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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TwoSpikedHands:
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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Sicklyboy:
@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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Sicklyboy:
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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TwoSpikedHands:
@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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TwoSpikedHands:
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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TwoSpikedHands:
I am definitely considering porting over some of the EU features without using the actual ROM itself, tbh that would probably be the best way to go about it... but i'm sad that the voice acting is so.... not good on the US version. May not be a way around that though
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The Real Jdbye:
@TwoSpikedHands just switch, all the knowledge you learned still applies and most of the code and assets should be the same anyway -
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