Hmm could have a go with converting the '????????'
but i'm 100% it wouldn't be the official name but it would be near it.
I could just boot up the game with the code working and see what happens in the game. Eg:
Boot up a JPN game with one cheat, i find out it affects my heath. Edit the cheat name with something like 'infinity Heath'
I could only do this with:
Quenden 2
Quenden 1
Taiko No Tatsujin DS touch de Dokodon
Since i only own those JPN games, well i own other JPN games but the code names are in english already.
Just post back if you would like me to try that.
Sure, if you know what a couple of them are, fixing them would be preferable to dumping them. Don't forget to add the game ID so I can find it in the list.
In reply to smallkidd....
I'll tell ya, I really, really, REALLY wish we could alphabetize the list. It would make redundant codes easier to spot.
As it is, when/if I add someone's new usrcheat.dat codes, I add them to the editor first, open up the very bottom title's code so I know where the list ended, then I load the master USRCHEAT.DAT and it will pile in under the new codes. I then use the "find next same game" option in the Tools menu on all the newly added games at the top of the list. If I find a second file for that game, I compare the codes between the two and attempt to add any and all new ones to the already existing codebase, then delete the one that had the new codes. If a game is a new addition, I just add the backlight codes to it, if necessary. (Those backlight codes are nice. Kudos to whoever it was that came up with them)
When I add new codes from someplace like Codejunkies, I load the master dat first and add the new games to it, because of that they come up at the bottom of the list. I have to manually look up and down the list to see if any are redundant. I wouldn't doubt that there may be a few redundant codes here and there. The trick is fishing them out. But I think they compound if there are redundancies....you will see all the codes from both files any way, so it's not as important to avoid redundancies as it is ????? codes and missing/bad codes/games.
So essentially, the newest games are at the very top and/or very bottom of the list, depending on how they were added.
If some one posts a usrcheat.dat that has too many redundant codes that are already in mine and don't specify which codes need to be added to the master USRCHEAT.DAT, I tend not to bother with the list in general.....it's just too time consuming to search through all of them like that. Some of these games have a ridiculous amount of codes to them and it's hard to spot ALL the new codes in every one.
Another thing I'm finding very important is tagging each title with their country codes ((U) (E) (J)...for example) as well as reporting the Game ID. That would also make life easier.
But alphabetizing would be the simplest solution. Anyone know of a program that would alphabetize the usrcheat.dat for us?
The best way to get codes added to this master dat is to either post the codes in this thread, or a link to the codes to be added. Don't forget the GameID. I don't make (or even really use) the codes in this dat, they are all from around the web and just compiled in in one big-ass usrcheat.dat. I have no clue how to actually create codes....never even tried. I just copy what I find and add them. I feel that since I don't use these codes (except for the backlight one
) I can go at the codes in a very unbiased manner.
Asking for various games to be added without a link to some codes for those games is pointless. If I can't find the codes, I can't add them. And I don't/can't make them myself. I would love some codes for Operation Vietnam and Worms2 and others.....but I can't find any.
Posting a usrcheat.dat to be added to the master dat is not the best way to go about updating the list if it isn't ONLY the new games or it was never made clear exactly what was new and needed to be added to the master list.
If anyone has codes to games that are not in my dat, link to/post them for us, they will get added as long as I don't have to hunt for new codes in some huge list that is mostly redundant.