Hacking R4 Commander V2.0

[TrolleyDave]

R4 Commander V2.17
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Main Features
- Drag and drop
- Automatically organize your games in the folder of your choice.
- Use the Classic R4 Commander file browser or the new library features.
- Optional renaming of your files automatically
- Trim your backups as they're copied to your card (Safe-trim method always used)
- Create build lists to copy games, movies, music, emulators, firmwares and more to your card easily.
- Automatic save retrieval or drop them in the window to have them automatically copied to the library.
- Automatic save archiving/backup and restore
- .ZIP, .RAR and .7z support.
- Use different modes to just copy stuff direct to your card or rename your files.
- Modes for DS-X, SCDS1, DSTT and CycloDS Evo as well.
- Easily save and load your favourite builds.
- SkinR4 and CycloNeDS skinning utilities built-in!
- Automatic downloading of the latest release database
- View news downloaded direct from the internet.
- See screenshots for each game in the release list.
- Automattic SRAM patching for GBA games.

Libraries
- Game libraries for NDS and GBA using a release database.
- Sort your games by game name, archive name or .NDS name.
- Show only games from various regions.
- Show only games of certain languages.
- Show only games of a certain size when browsing the game library.
- Automatically rename the files in your library.
- Mark games as favourites and filter the others out.
- Show only WiFi games when browsing the game library.
- Store friend code for WiFi games.
- See screenshots for games in your library.
- Give games in your collection a rating from Bleh! to ***** or set your own.

- Homebrew library using .EZC packs.
- Organize homebrew software easily.

- Save library for easy browsing of saves.
- Archive your saves by the current date with the click of a button.

- R4DS/CycloNeDS Skin browser.
- Easily preview your skin archives.
- Easily preview the skins already on your MicroSD card.
- Easily apply your chosen skin to your card.

- DS Release List for easy browsing of all releases
- Show only missing games
- Show only missing games from various regions.
- See boxart screenshots for each game in the release list.

Installation file
V2.17 Install program
V2.16beta2 Install program in ZIP file
V2.16beta2 Install program in RAR file
V2.16beta2 Binary in ZIP file
V2.16beta2 Binary in RAR file

Homebrew/Firmware packs available on my blog here

 

[TrolleyDave]

Fixed some bugs in the program and also fixed the exe inside the archive files. I'd dropped the actual app exe instead of the installation file exe into them. Sorry about that!

 

[Evilkoko]

Looking great, thanks a lot!

 

[iwakura]

it looks beautiful, thanks dave!

 

[flanker22]

you read my mind i hated manually renaming my files.

 

[laurenz]

Usefull program, but there's one problem.
When I seem to browse my rom collection using the classic browser and i click on a rom, it starts to unzip and stuff and then it shows information in the main window about the game and stuff.
But if i sellected a game like that, how do i actually add it to my MicroSD? I can't seem to find any button or command for it. Or does it automaticly add the game, because under process it says "Added".

 

[TrolleyDave]

Usefull program, but there's one problem.
When I seem to browse my rom collection using the classic browser and i click on a rom, it starts to unzip and stuff and then it shows information in the main window about the game and stuff.
But if i sellected a game like that, how do i actually add it to my MicroSD? I can't seem to find any button or command for it. Or does it automaticly add the game, because under process it says "Added".

You need to select the files you want (to multi-select hold control while clicking on an item), then when you've selected all the files you want click the Add To Build button.

 

[TrolleyDave]

Looking great, thanks a lot!

No probs!

 

[TrolleyDave]

it looks beautiful, thanks dave!

Not a problem! Thanks! I wasn't sure if I went the right route with the look or not.

 

[shaunj66]

Could you upload this to our download centre? I'll make a portal post then.

 

[TrolleyDave]

you read my mind i hated manually renaming my files.

You've still got to rename them manually if the info isn't in the release list but the guy who updates the release database for me get's the stuff pretty quick and so far I've been able to have it updated within a couple of hours of release.

If anyone else wants to do any editing of the release for me (I haven't got a clue when it comes to genres etc. and I haven't got the time to try 1100+ games! lol) it's just a simple text based ini file with pretty readable values. Just remember to save it somewhere other than the DATA folder or it'll be overwritten the next time you start the program. Let me know you've done it so I can give you my email address to send it to me and I can put it up on the server.

 

[yukine]

Nice job!

 

[TrolleyDave]

Thanks!

 

[ahtin]

Good Tools for us

 

[TrolleyDave]

Good Tools for usÂ

It doesn't do a full CRC check of each NDS file yet.

 

[xen]

Dave - this manager rocks :-)

Thanks for all your time on it, I haven't found anything else out there that will do as much as RC does.

I've had a couple of errors, when RC was processing something (like cataloging a file), and I've moved my selection. It's never crashed, just given an error popup (I/O Error, I believe). Not a problem at all, just thought you might like to know.

I particularly like the skin browser, really nice way to sort these out ;-)

Cheers!
John

 

[TrolleyDave]

Do you mean you moved the selector in the file box in the Classic Browser as it was processing a file already? If it is then it's an error message I've put in there myself.

I haven't put in a queue system for the files yet (still figuring that one out, I think I've got it but it doesn't work 100%.) so once a list has started processing I've got to put all other processing requests on hold.

If that's not what you mean can you give me some more details and I'll see what's up.

And thanks for the compliments on the app, they're most appreciated!

 

[TrolleyDave]

Loads of new features added recently
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- Give games in your collection a rating from Bleh! to ***** or set your own.
- Game Library show's if a game is WiFi compatible and let's you set a friend code of it is.
- See screenshots for games in your library.
- Show only games of a certain size when browsing the game library.
- Show only WiFi games when browsing the game library.
- Refresh boxart and screenshots.
- See screenshots for each game in the release list.

And more!

 

[xen]

Yep, that's exactly what I meant - sounds like you already know about it ;-)

 

[TrolleyDave]

Yep! Nice one for letting us know though, can't stamp problems out without knowing about them!