Hacking GRR!!!

[bekar]

DAMN! I've got Moonshell 2.06 and ysloader working and everything.
It's just when I run a .NDS file (off Moonshell) It boots to ysmenu. It doesn't seem to like the idea of autobooting the game itself.

I understand this is because of my config.ini. This is EXACTLY what it says: (copy and pasted)

-----------------------------------------
[Config]
;YSMenu.nds path
YSMenu=/TTMenu/YSMenu.nds

;YSMenu.ini path
YSini=/ysmenu.ini

;How boot YSMenu
;1-Autoboot game
-----------------------------------------

(obviously it doesn't have the dashes

)
The first two slots are correct, because it does seem to load ysmenu. I have a feeling it's the last two lines that lack something.
Someone help please??

 

[twiztidsinz]

remove the ";" from autoboot.

It should look like this:

[Config]
;YSMenu.nds path
YSMenu=/ttmenu/ysmenu.nds

;YSMenu.ini path
YSini=/ttmenu/ysmenu.ini

;Autoboot
autoboot=1

 

[bekar]

MAJOR PROBLEM!!!

Yes Games load perfectly now, but when I try to return to YSMenu (for cheats etc.) it attempts to load it, theres a pause, then it starts to load it again, a pause etc etc...
In other words, whether I 'Return to Firmware' (R4TF.NDS) or just run the YSMenu.nds, it just won't load it.
Oh, and I have my DS set so as soon as I turn it on it loads Moonshell straight. I want to keep it like this.

So now Im trapped with no cheats

Please... help...

 

[twiztidsinz]

It's working, thanks!!
But my screen flashes white/black and stuff like that when I run DS Games. Looks ugly... can I fix this?

Yes and no...

No you can't fix it... But you can use Xeon++'s loader.
Keep your config.ini but delete nds.YSloaderForMS2.nds and replace it with nds.yslaunch.nds. It's in the YSlaunch folder.
No flashing screen -AND- it seems a second or two faster.

 

[bekar]

It's working, thanks!!
But my screen flashes white/black and stuff like that when I run DS Games. Looks ugly... can I fix this?

Yes and no...

No you can't fix it... But you can use Xeon++'s loader.
Keep your config.ini but delete nds.YSloaderForMS2.nds and replace it with nds.yslaunch.nds. It's in the YSlaunch folder.
No flashing screen -AND- it seems a second or two faster.

Thanks!

I've been a real idiot... I just press down B when loading a game and VOILA!! It boots to ysmenu! Sorry... that was pure stupidity from my side.

Yes this loader is much better AND quicker!! By the way... what on earth is ysboot and mshl2wrap? they both comes in the package. Do you know what they are both used for??)

 

[twiztidsinz]

lol... ok, here's whats going on.

You ran YSMenu's .nds through Moonshell.
When you run a NDS through Moonshell (via launcher), it puts the title into the autoboot line.
When you run YSMenu, it will put YSmenu in the autoboot line causing an infinite boot loop.

Go into your YSMenu.ini, usually TTMenu\YSMenu.ini or YSMenu\YSMenu.ini, and find the Autoboot line and delete everything after the = sign.


Damn ninja, you fast!!
Anyway, YSBoot is a 'safe' way to boot YSMenu... it will clear the YSMenu.ini's Autoboot line, then launch YSMenu.nds
I tried it once earlier today and couldn't get it working. I'll try again and update if i figure it out.
Setting up the ini file properly might help..... duh

mshl2wrap is a hack/exploit for loading Commercial NDS games on Moonshell 2.07+. How it works is, it creates a bunch of homebrew launchers. These launchers will load the game specified.
You end up with two folders (examples): ..\ROMs\ and ..\NDS\
The "ROMs" folder has all your actual ROMs while the "NDS" folder has the loaders.
Since the loaders are homebrew, they bypass the restriction of Moonshell to not launch large, commercial NDS files.

 

[bekar]

Okay... but so I have my ysmenu set so it autoboots to a folder called 'Games' with all my ROMs in it.
So with Moonshell, your saying, I can't really autoboot to the folder, is that correct?
Or should I just delete my ysmenu.INI file (not the one with the skin colors and stuff, but the one on the root which autoboots)?
Im not even sure if I should have two ysmenu.INI's... but somehow I do. one in TTMenu (with colors and settings) and one on the root (with autoboot line).

Oh, and Im running Moonshell version 2.06, so do you reckon the ysloader will work?
-- And, should I just delete my whole ysmenu.INI (the one with just two lines)??

PS. The YSLaunch is much better than the previous one I was using... thanks both to twiztidsinz and the author of yslaunch!

 

[bekar]

Lol I just deleted the autoboot ysmenu.ini and it worked perfect

no problem!
It even went to my /Games/ folder (I set it like that)
Okay, thanks thats about it. I don't need help with anything anymore.. Thanks!!

 

[twiztidsinz]

You should only have one YSMenu.ini file.
YSMenu will check a few folders, /YSMenu/, /TTMenu/, /_system_/, etc and will use the first one found.
If you have multiple YSMenu.ini files, you should delete the ones you don't want and just keep one that you will use in a common folder like TTMenu.

When you launch an NDS file, the loader should load that game automatically, that's the point of it

.
Otherwise just run the YSMenu.nds file.

 

[bekar]

Yeah I just deleted my autoboot ysmenu.ini... and I set the 'autoboot' function in ysboot.INI. It worked! Thanx!