Hacking r4 castlevania por problem need help

[lyte]

i tried PoR on my r4, right after that first big blue triceratops my game just halts. bottom screen is pitch black and top is the map. nothing happens.

 

[Killermech]

Release number doesn't matter. It could have been patched when you got it. From a site etc.
I think im using that release, not sure as im not capable to check atm.

 

[mr_blonde_88]

I would buy the game but my gripe with buying the game is that I cannot extract my sav and put it on my computer. Anyway, the compatibility lists on the r4 compatibility chart say that this game works perfect. Anyone know what the problem could be?

you can take saves from a real ds cart, or put saves onto a real ds cart with the G6

 

[ajjav924]

after testing two microsd cards. I ordered another one from newegg. this time it is a kingston 1gb microsd (made in japan). I hope when i get it, castlevania por doesn't freeze anymore. wish me luck.

 

[KingEdgar0]

I have a 1GB Kingston (made in japan) that I got from newegg and I played PoR for 2 1/2 hours or so today without any freezing, so if the problem was the cards then that one should work fine.

 

[phienomenal]

my castlevania freezes too, i'm using a sandisk 512 on my R4.

 

[leetdude_007]

FIRMWARE 1.05 just came out. Test that out before going on!

M3 is having similar problems with CoR. One specific error was warping between tombstones. The game would freeze up during the visual spectacle.

I actually own an M3 simply, but I don't have any problems with this game. I've been playing for the past 6 hours+ (lots of fun), and nothing bad has happened. Well, I did die a couple times, but that's my fault.

Set-up: M3 Simply, Kingston 1GB, FAT32, lot's of time, lack of socialization...

 

[madxxcow]

Hello,

Just to let you know, I tested Castlevania : POR (clean dump) on R4 with 2 different MicroSD cards, and also on the Supercard SD i used before with 2 different SD cards. Here is the result :
R4 w/ KINGSTON 1G : no freeze!
R4 w/ ADATA 1G : almost never freezing, but...
SC SD w/ LEXAR 1G : freezing randomly, annoying
SC SD w/ NONAME 128M : freeze every time entering a menu and even playing...

The quality of the memory card seem to be important even for the R4.

 

[stefanc]

it seems my m3 cf still rules all the other cards

never had any problems

 

[aristo]

R4 + 1GB Kingston Japan.
Firmware 1.02 -> 1.04 -> 1.05
Played Castlevania: PoR about 10 hours in total.
No freezing whatsoever...

 

[Kryptonic]

still waiting for my r4 to arrive. should i play dawn of sorrow first or just go straight to PoR. there many differences between the two?

 

[Killermech]

still waiting for my r4 to arrive. should i play dawn of sorrow first or just go straight to PoR. there many differences between the two?

It's two independent titles, not connected storywise (except the usual, dracula, bad guys, castlevania etc stuff ;P).

However, they share alot of common stuff such as enemies and same background tiles...

So play them in whatever order you want.

 

[SpaceJump]

still waiting for my r4 to arrive. should i play dawn of sorrow first or just go straight to PoR. there many differences between the two?

The only thing you should do is play Aria of Sorrow before Dawn of Sorrow because Dawn is a sequel to Aria.

 

[ajjav924]

i tested out my new 1gb kingston microsd from newegg. it crashed once so far at a tombstone teleport after a couple hours of play. anyone have similar problems?

 

[BlueStar]

Just tried with a 1 gig sandisk, could spam the start button etc while changing characters no prob. Got to Wind and as Jason said "A mon-" it froze.

 

[joedodgy]

I've been playing it a fair bit using the R4 with a sandisk ultra2 1gb (taiwan).

It works perfect (no freezing) so far - and I've put a fair amount of time into it

 

[BlueStar]

Trying formatting my TF card in FAT rather than FAT32 and I'll give it another shot. My card is an... Um, well it's a sandisc 1 gig. Says made in Taiwan. Doesn't really have any other type of model number, but says "mobile" on the front of the packet and has chinese letters letters on and some guy who looks like Dustin Hoffman ROCKING THE FUCK OUT cos he's listening to some AWESOME SHIT on his TF card in his mobile.

 

[mr_blonde_88]

these problems withs SanDisk 1GB cards, and other cards
Can they be fixed by the firmware?

 

[BlueStar]

I see according to the R4 Wiki the Sandisk 1gb is listed as working fine with POR. Maybe it was just a one-off. I'll keep trying. It certainly plays it better than my supercard.

 

[Killermech]

Just tried with a 1 gig sandisk, could spam the start button etc while changing characters no prob. Got to Wind and as Jason said "A mon-" it froze.

Since im using the same card, im gonna check that out and see if I got the same thing. The only way i've tried it is by using my old G6 save which pretty much had everything unlocked and I was just running around to see if it froze.