R4DS loader v1.11 released

[iq_132]

Updated patch tool here.
Enjoy.

Thanks, it's working fine on the English firmware.
Any change you update the info.dat to make it work with the French and other languages too, they now freeze when loading a game.

Open up the info.dat with notepad or any other text editor, find this line:

503e5bd9,002D,1110,4, //

create a new line and past these there

503e5bd9,002D,1110,4, // r4 1.11 French (English hardware)
2f551d72,004D,1110,4, // r4 1.11 Korean (English hardware)

 

[Jools]

I have always used R4DS ROM Trimmer.exe (cant remember where I got it), but I've found that all the trimmed roms work with download play (mario kart, clubhouse games etc.).

But WHY OH WHY doesn't Moonshell work for me?!?!?!?

 

[perkele]

Open up the info.dat with notepad or any other text editor, find this line:

503e5bd9,002D,1110,4, //

create a new line and past these there

503e5bd9,002D,1110,4, // r4 1.11Â French (English hardware)
2f551d72,004D,1110,4, // r4 1.11Â Korean (English hardware)

Thanks, I just pasted the 2 last lines you suggested and it works fine.
FYI, the first line I had to search for (which is the same as the 1st line I had to paste) isn't originally in the info.dat

Edit: you probably meant to search for "2E866286,000D,1110,4, // r4 1.10 English" (which is wrongly commented as v1.10, just like the other 2 lines below it)

 

[iq_132]

Yeah, I've fixed that in the latest (unreleased) build.

 

[OSW]

Yay. Too bad I sold my R4 this morning

(Got a G6DSR). Still have my sisters to test though

not bad

, I am using 2.3 for G6DS now......

2.3? I thought the current version was 2.2...

he's a tester i believe

 

[Diffusion]

I have always used R4DS ROM Trimmer.exe (cant remember where I got it), but I've found that all the trimmed roms work with download play (mario kart, clubhouse games etc.).

But WHY OH WHY doesn't Moonshell work for me?!?!?!?

Had the same error.

Deleted the _DS_MENU System File, and that fixed it.

 

[hevyhomie]

Sweet, one question though.
How do I soft reset while using moonshell?
What do I press?
I tried pressing all buttons (X,Y,A,B + L+R)
nothing worked.
It works in games but I don't know how on Moonshell.
thanks.

Click on the menu button in the upper left hand corner, then select RESET.MSE. It should return you to the R4 menu!

press start

 

[AiMsHiT]

R4DS-ROM-Trimmer-2.0
here it is http://r4ds.com/soft/other/R4DS-ROM-Trimmer-2.0.rar

 

[asgatlat]

here is the firmware 1.07 for m3simply

http://www.m3-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=9756

same changelog ^^

 

[iq_132]

Just in case anyone's interested, here's the latest build. A few small fixes/additions.
Patch 310707

 

[coolmos]

Just in case anyone's interested, here's the latest build. A few small fixes/additions.
Patch 310707

As if nobody would be interested......

Do you count the downloads?

Thanks for such a fast job on the new patcher!

 

[MissKailaYu]

Is it just me or does the the R4 Rom Trimmer 2.0 have a memory leak problem? Everytime I trim several roms it sucks up more and more RAM and never releases it.

 

[kaktus.ds]

I've performed some tests with a couple of trimmers to see what they've changed/removed in the original files.
I did this with Total Commanders "compare files" command, so anyone who uses TC can test it themselfs.
Just remember to click the "binary" checkbox before you start comparing.

Remember I only tested it with 3 clean roms, and 4 different trimmers, so don't sue me if Download Play doesn't work for you. Thanks.


ROMS:
0080 - Nanostray (U) (Lube).nds
0434 - New Super Mario Bros (U) (pSyDS).nds
0595 - Clubhouse Games (U) (WRG).nds


TRIMMERS:
R4DS ROM Trimmer 1.0 (sorry found no link)
R4DS ROM Trimmer 2.0 (link)
SkinnyRom v1.2 (link)
NDS Tokyo Trim v0.42 (link)


CONCLUSION:
R4DS ROM Trimmer v1.0 doesn't work. It removes a lot though, and the ROM's sizes becomes the smallest. (Probably because it removes TOO MUCH! So don't use it.)

R4DS ROM Trimmer v2.0 works fine. It removes the crap from the ROMS without destroying them. But no batch trimming can be a pain, so I wouldn't recommend it unless you were just going to trim a single ROM.

SkinnyRom v1.2 also works fine. The batch trimming is nice and the fact that it leaves a few bytes for safety seems good to me at least.

NDS Tokyo Trim v0.42 also works just fine. The batch trimming seems a bit faster than SkinnyROM's, but that might just be me. No safe trimming is used, which probably isn't a big deal... unless you're paranoid about your ROMS not working because of it.



LONG STORY (post) SHORT: (read if you're in a hurry!)
The stuff that gets removed with R4DS ROM Trimmer 2.0, SkinnyROM v1.2, and NDS Tokyo Trim v0.42 are exactly the same.
The only thing that is different is the amount of "safe trimming" left at the end. With R4DS ROM Trimmer v2.0 leaving the most, followed by SkinnyRom v1.2, and last NDS Tokyo Trim v0.42 which leaves none.



So, I hope that clears up a few answers about which rom trimmers work and not.
I can test a few more if you like... just give me a link, AND have some patience.

EDIT:
The settings I used for SkinnyRom v1.2 was:
Safe Trim On and Off. Byte jump size 128.


UPDATE:
M3 ROM Trimmer v2.0 trims EXACTLY the same as R4DS ROM Trimmer v2.0. (Produces identical files.) No surprise there.

 

[bobrules]

wow great post kaktus.ds

 

[bobrules]

oops my fault

 

[kaktus.ds]

wow great post kaktus.ds

Thanks!

 

[CSD]

kaktus,

I was reading this thread and contemplating starting another thread asking about the best trimmer. I use NDSTokyoTrim myself, but your analysis has me a bit worried about the results. I use it mostly because it detects wifi data. Has there been any complaints that it ever did chop off more than what was needed? Has it ever actually messed up a rom?

Anyway, thanks a lot for the in depth review.

 

[kaktus.ds]

kaktus,

I was reading this thread and contemplating starting another thread asking about the best trimmer. I use NDSTokyoTrim myself, but your analysis has me a bit worried about the results. I use it mostly because it detects wifi data. Has there been any complaints that it ever did chop off more than what was needed? Has it ever actually messed up a rom?

Anyway, thanks a lot for the in depth review.

Well, I primarily use SkinnyRom so I really wouldn't know about the messed up roms ratio.
Probably none. Because it seems to stop trimming at the exact right place in the files so as far as I know, no, it doesn't mess up the roms.
However if you're worried, just use one of the other trimmers, or keep the clean untrimmed roms as a backup somewhere.

Sorry I couldn't be of anymore help.

 

[CSD]

No, you answered my question, thanks.

And I keep all roms backed up in their original zipped state, just in case.

 

[Emu]

Does it add any new cheats? I'm still waiting for there to be cheats for Etrian Odyssey and Puzzle Quest..Oh please let there be cheats, or atleast someone who has some cheats for those 2?