New Review - R4 DS

[Killermech]

just create a folder for each rom, that way each rom and its save is in a seperate folder and tidy

Yeah, you mentioned that earlier and that's exactly what I'm doing right now. Pretty neat and organized I'd say.

ROOT
>Games
>>XXXX - TEH GAEMZ
>>>XXXX - TEH GAEMZ.nds
>>>XXXX - TEH GAEMZ.sav
>>XXXX - ROFLMAOWTFBBQ
>>>XXXX - ROFLMAOWTFBBQ.nds
>>>XXXX - ROFLMAOWTFBBQ.sav

Definitely works for me.

Do you have the 'Shell' folder?

Can we delete it?

BTW i tried to make it a hidden folder, but not wrking

The shell folder is used by moonshell, so keep it. In the newer versions of moonshell, its named /moonshl.
Update to the latest ver 1.05, the folders / .sav etc files will be hidden by default. Press 'select' to show them or to hide them again.

 

[Katalyst]

Do you have the 'Shell' folder?

Can we delete it?

BTW i tried to make it a hidden folder, but not wrking

Setting the folder to the hidden attribute doesn't do a thing in the R4 menu

In moonshell (assuming you've got it set up in the options, which I think it is by default) it won't show any hidden folders. Although, with the 1.05 firmware, the shell folder (or moonshl) as well as the system files (moonshell nds, menu.dat) are all hidden with select as KM said.

 

[kohkindachi]

Oh thx Killermech & Katalyst

And also iF i'M Not using moonshell, can i delete the 'shell' folder?

 

[Katalyst]

Oh thx Killermech & Katalyst

And also iF i'M Not using moonshell, can i delete the 'shell' folder?

Sure, but that renders your multimedia button useless. Unless of course you put in another .nds and name it "_DS_MSHL.NDS" Then it'll boot whatever that nds is.

 

[tehcamel]

u can delete the shell folder and _ds_mshl.nds

if u try to load it from the main menu it will give u an error. if u rename one of ur favorite homebrew apps to _ds_mshl.nds and throw it on your microsd, that app will load from the multimedia icon on the main menu.

 

[BlueStar]

Well, I assumed from the "Saves are saved to the microSD card" and the "saves are created the first time you load the rom" it could be deducted.

Both of those things could apply to a solution where you have to soft reboot tho

 

[Katalyst]

Both of those things could apply to a solution where you have to soft reboot thoÂ

...What are we talking about again? I'm confused

Tell those kids to get the hell off my front lawn!

 

[kiscyn]

i've read someone's comment on your review and came to register an account. about to read that superb review before buying that card

 

[Killermech]

Great review as usual. I only have one question which I think wasn't answered in the review: How are saves handled? Are they temporarily put into a SRAM/EEPROM and then transferred to MicroSD on next boot? Or are saves directly written to MicroSD?

It writes to the card directly.
I saved in the game, turned it off and replaced the sav file with another one (same game, different time). In theory, now when I would boot up, the save from the SRAM/EEPROM should overwrite this file, making it the new sav file. But it didn't, instead the save from the point I saved in the replaced save file loaded.

 

[SpaceJump]

Thanks Killermech. I wonder how they make it directly save to MicroSD without patching

Anyway, this is good news.

 

[bwfc0907]

Hi guys I'm new to all this so sorry for the poor questions. Have read through the thread but need these answering in simple mans terms

Fantastic Site and Great Review.

1) Both me and my daughter have a DS Lite. If we both had an R4 and installed a copy of Mario Kart would we be able to play against each other. I understand the download feature where only 1 of us has the original, i.e. Super Mario doesn't work, but can we actually play against each other R4 vs R4. (Sorry don't know a better way of asking the question).

2) Do you have to buy a seperate SD card to use the R4 or does it come with one?

Hope you guys can help and please be patient whilst I get up to speed with all this.

 

[shaunj66]

Hi guys I'm new to all this so sorry for the poor questions. Have read through the thread but need these answering in simple mans terms

Fantastic Site and Great Review.

1) Both me and my daughter have a DS Lite. If we both had an R4 and installed a copy of Mario Kart would we be able to play against each other. I understand the download feature where only 1 of us has the original, i.e. Super Mario doesn't work, but can we actually play against each other R4 vs R4. (Sorry don't know a better way of asking the question).

2) Do you have to buy a seperate SD card to use the R4 or does it come with one?

Hope you guys can help and please be patient whilst I get up to speed with all this.

Welcome to GBAtemp

Thanks for the compliments!

1) Yes local multiplayer will work just fine. It does on any flash kit and not just the R4 DS. As you said, it's only download play that ever causes problems.

2) The R4 isn't supplied with an SD card. You need to pickup a Micro SD card. Check this site out for cheap micro SD cards.

 

[bwfc0907]

1) Yes local multiplayer will work just fine. It does on any flash kit and not just the R4 DS. As you said, it's only download play that ever causes problems.

Will wifi multiplayer over the net work or is there no such thing. Am thinking mario kart in infrastructure mode against people I don't know?

Thanks for the response.

 

[shaunj66]

Wi-Fi play in games that support it works just fine too.

 

[bwfc0907]

Wi-Fi play in games that support it works just fine too.

Thanks Shaun.

One last one, what type of SD card would you recommend, so many different types, ultra,etc and how many backups fit on a 1gb card?

 

[darkzagi]

Dear R4 gurus,
I just got my R4, I do have a couple of questions though...

1 ) Do I have to create a GAME folder at the root for ALL my .nds files? Or just drag and drop them in the root?

Hope to hear from you soon.

Many thanks!

 

[Killermech]

Dear R4 gurus,
I just got my R4, I do have a couple of questions though...

1 ) Do I have to create a GAME folder at the root for ALL my .nds files? Or just drag and drop them in the root?

Hope to hear from you soon.

Many thanks!

Drag 'em over wherever you want to. If you want to keep it in the root, or organized in a 'GAME' folder is up to you.
Either way, it will work.

 

[eilegz]

very intesresting after reading this i want more this, supercard ds one screw it up this time and its more expensive than m3 simply the choice its obvious.

i wonder what other good reliable place i can get the m3 simply or r4 at us.

i usually ask my friend to get stuff from www.realhotstuff.com

 

[darkzagi]

OOoooOOOOoo!

COOL dude! Much appreciated!

 

[rtype88]

I can't decide! This or the SC DSone?

Decisions decisions.