Hacking Rominator for NDS

[bobrules]

Is this better than OfflineList?

 

[hankchill]

This runs in linux under wine, but when i press settings i get this error.

I'm releasing a fix tonight. Just hang tight.

Regards.

 

[mflo]

Will this thing overtrim?

 

[phoood]

edit
wrong thread

but after using it, it still needs some work.

i'd like to see the support of watching directories not inside rominator.

 

[hankchill]

edit
wrong thread

but after using it, it still needs some work.

i'd like to see the support of watching directories not inside rominator.

Your wish is my command

I've just upped a new version (1.0.2) that has plenty of fixes as well as support for your own directories!

Get it at the start of this thread.

Regards.

 

[hankchill]

Will this thing overtrim?

No, it will not overtrim.

It trims the roms to the exact length of the whole game, so you don't need to worry about trimming

Regards,
--Henry

 

[mflo]

I love you Hank Hill

 

[hankchill]

I love you Hank Hill

It's Hank CHILL.

Hank Hill is just a lowly rip-off of Hank Chill, minus the letter 'C'

Enjoy!

Regards.

EDIT: Just to let the current users know, I found a bug in the program when importing specific games (well, only 2 of them actually), so that will be fixed shortly.

Also, the next update will contain program update checking so whenever I release an update, you'll be notified when you run the program.

 

[XeroRestraint]

So...it would be much more useful if my saves still worked after I trimmed the files without having to manually rename them. Personally I feel it would be much nicer to have a preference that would allow you to *not* rename the ROMs, or to rename the corresponding .SAV files accordingly. Some people like to use the 'official' names from the (advanscene.com DATs), with ROM #'s and all, while I'm sure others appreciated the shorter filenames your program generates. Let's have a choice!

 

[hankchill]

So...it would be much more useful if my saves still worked after I trimmed the files without having to manually rename them. Personally I feel it would be much nicer to have a preference that would allow you to *not* rename the ROMs, or to rename the corresponding .SAV files accordingly. Some people like to use the 'official' names from the (advanscene.com DATs), with ROM #'s and all, while I'm sure others appreciated the shorter filenames your program generates. Let's have a choice!

No worries

In my next release shortly, there will be an option to rename, or not rename, the files.

Regards.

 

[XeroRestraint]

No worries

In my next release shortly, there will be an option to rename, or not rename, the files.

Regards.

You da man.

By the way, Hank - what are your thoughts on what this guys says regarding "safe" & "un-safe" trimming methods? Do you use similar safeguards to preserve the 4 + 184 bytes for WFC data that supposedly is written *past* the header specified rom size?

 

[hankchill]

No worries

In my next release shortly, there will be an option to rename, or not rename, the files.

Regards.

You da man.

By the way, Hank - what are your thoughts on what this guys says regarding "safe" & "un-safe" trimming methods? Do you use similar safeguards to preserve the 4 + 184 bytes for WFC data that supposedly is written *past* the header specified rom size?

I was unaware of the extra 188 bytes of data that could be vital to download play.

I'll add an option to 'Safe Trim' for the release.

Regards.

 

[hankchill]

To the people who use this:
I've updated to 1.0.3.

Several drastic changes include:
• Redesign of the layout
• Details now shown in the main window
• "Safe Trimming" Option
• Option to rename the game upon importing
• Bug fixes here and there

Feedback is always appreciated

Regards,
--Henry

 

[XeroRestraint]

To the people who use this:
I've updated to 1.0.3.

Several drastic changes include:
• Redesign of the layout
• Details now shown in the main window
• "Safe Trimming" Option
• Option to rename the game upon importing
• Bug fixes here and there

Feedback is always appreciated

Regards,
--Henry

Appreciate the added func! Love the UI changes.

Time for an OS X (Intel) error report:

Get "There was an error initializing the program. Make sure that Rominator us not on a write protected volume."

Then, after clicking OK and starting the program and clicking on Settings button generates "An exception of class NilObjectException was not handled. The application must be shut down."

 

[Azimuth]

This runs in linux under wine, but when i press settings i get this error.

yup same error even with the new version. Nice improvement on the GUI though

"There was an error initializing the program. Make sure that Rominator us not on a write protected volume.", this can be resolved by changing the permission of the folder. Make it read write to all.

 

[XeroRestraint]

this can be resolved by changing the permission of the folder. Make it read write to all.

I don't think that's the problem here

The Rominator application folder (and all subfolders) have full read & write permissions on my system. Are there any "outside" folders that it could be trying to access?

 

[Azimuth]

nope they arent, whenever i extract under linux the folder has only read access, for both the windows and mac version, or is something wrong here???

Edit: i tested this by changing the permissions back and i got the same error mentioned above, ill post a screenshot if needed

 

[Tribis]

I get an error when I open up the program, then when I click settings I get another error that says the program has to close.

 

[hankchill]

It's really strange how you guys keep getting errors. I've tested on multiple machines and have never had these issues.

I'll look into it again, and it just may be a permissions issue, as it only needs to access from within the Data folder (Unless Specified). I might just either make an installer to create the folders, or I might have it store the data inside the Preferences Folder.

What's happening is that when you first run the program, it creates the settings files within the Data folder. It's obviously having a hard time doing so with some of you guys.

I'll see what I can do.

-Regards

 

[Azimuth]

i was wondering why the windows folders also have permissions?
An installer would solve everything thanks.