Hacking R4 DS & Apple Mac Users

[lurkspur]

Any Mac users here? Can anyone answer my queries? Thanks in advance.

1. Why is there a need for Mac users to change certain file names to upper caps, in order for the filmware, themes, etc. to work? I remember some kind souls on the defuncted r4ds.net forum, programmed a script that auto-change these files to upper caps. Anyone still have it?

2. Why is it that every time I copied a file to my micro SD, there is always this annoying file .DS_Store that accompanies it? Anyway I can disable it for good?

3. The latest updated v1.71 Moonshell, supposingly supports soft reset, but doesnt work on mine. Do I have to change certain file names to upper caps too? Else, what is the problem here?

 

[outphase]

1. it's because FAT32 doesn't distinguish between lower and upper case chars, but HFS (and EXT3) have that distinction.

2. .DS_Store is created by OSX and placed in every folder that you access with OSX. They also show up in a USB flash drive if you look at it from a different OS. It isn't DS related. A quick search says you can disable on networked access, but I didn't find anything about local drives.

3. Can't help you there.

 

[lurkspur]

outphase, thanks for your prompt reply, appreciates it = )

1. Sorry, I lost you there. Why do I not need to change those files into upper caps, when I copied the firmware files from a PC then, and yet it works?

2. Duly noted, will do some research on disabling it in network acess.

3. Guess I am pretty much struck with it.

 

[grifter]

well, I'm using a mac and haven't done anything different???

 

[ediblebird]

3. The latest updated v1.71 Moonshell, supposingly supports soft reset, but doesnt work on mine. Do I have to change certain file names to upper caps too? Else, what is the problem here?

just press the start button

 

[lurkspur]

grifter, no problems with your Moonshell soft reset or installing your themes thus far?

 

[lurkspur]

just press the start button

Does not work, the bottom screen stays the same, and the upper screen goes blue with text as follows:-

Set Scroll bars.
Drawup Window 0/13
Drawup Window 1/13
Drawup Window 2/13
Drawup Window 3/13
Drawup Window 4/13
Drawup Window 5/13
etc. etc. etc.

 

[.::5pYd3r::.]

3. always make sure when updating that you delete the _DS_MENU.dat file a new one will be made on the first boot of the r4 if you didn't delete it delete it now and it should work

 

[ediblebird]

In moonshell, go to System menu (the box in the top left hand corner) --->Customize -->System 2
then change When press START button to Soft Reset (boot RESET.MSE)

 

[lurkspur]

3. always make sure when updating that you delete the _DS_MENU.dat file a new one will be made on the first boot of the r4 if you didn't delete it delete it now and it should work

You meant _DS.MENU.SYS right? =D
Done, doesnt work.

 

[lurkspur]

In moonshell, go to System menu (the box in the top left hand corner) --->Customize -->System 2
then change When press START button to Soft Reset (boot RESET.MSE)

ediblebird, it works~ Thanks so much. Albeit there isnt any option 'When press START button' or 'Soft Reset (boot RESET.MSE)', but rather 'StartButtonExec' which I changed from 0 to 1.

P.S. Is it normal for the screens to flicker when soft reset kicks in?

 

[ediblebird]

ediblebird, it works~ Thanks so much. Albeit there isnt any option 'When press START button' or 'Soft Reset (boot RESET.MSE)', but rather 'StartButtonExec' which I changed from 0 to 1.

P.S. Is it normal for the screens to flicker when soft reset kicks in?

this is what i see when enabling soft reset:

I don't know why yours would be any different?

and a quick colour change or flicker is normal.