Hello, I'm new here obviously (as you can see by my post count; yes it's zero), and to start off I'd like to express a problem that has been plaguing me for an extended amount of time. CrystalTile2 is apparently suppose to be a great program that can extract files from ROMS and, most importantly, .SDATs of DS games. Notice: I'm not trying to promote piracy in any way nor do I condone it. I'm trying to hack Pokémon Black, a game I legally own and enjoy.
Now I know there are alternatives to extracting DS roms themselves, some of them superior to CT2 in that function, but there's one thing that CT2 seems to have over other programs: it extracts .SDAT files with proper names. If I try extracting a .sdat with kiwi.ds editor, the names get screwed up, so when I try to compile a .sdat, the sounds are jambled to no return. Reshiram's cry becomes Groudon's, most of the music is lost, and sound effects are swapped for some odd reason.
Now for the problem. CrystalTile2 can only export files from a .sdat one at a time. Wait, it can export more than one at a time, you say? This, at least for me and a few of my friends, would be false. When you select two or more files to export, it DOES ask you to select a file folder to extract to, but when you do this, the program ultimately breaks down with an error message that will be forever embedded in my mind in pure rage:
"The system cannot find the path specified."
Okay, so it can extract single files, but when it asks what folder to extract multiple files to, the program decides to not work at all. Considering that there's over 300 or so files to extract, this is a serious problem for my wrists and for time (I get RSI if I click too much; then again, I'm sure that's not healthy to begin with). Now I know CrystalTile2 isn't the only program to extract files from .SDATs, but the problem is that it seems to be the only program I can find that does the job right. Every other program I know extracts the files in an incorrect naming order (CT2 adds numbers to the front which actually compiles correctly in kiwi.ds). So, if some kind, blessed soul would like to lend me a hand in some way, telling me how to get Crystal Tile 2 to work or whatever, I will be greatly pleased. Thank you.
-ChimeraReiax.
EDIT: PS, if it helps, my version is 2010.09.06
Now I know there are alternatives to extracting DS roms themselves, some of them superior to CT2 in that function, but there's one thing that CT2 seems to have over other programs: it extracts .SDAT files with proper names. If I try extracting a .sdat with kiwi.ds editor, the names get screwed up, so when I try to compile a .sdat, the sounds are jambled to no return. Reshiram's cry becomes Groudon's, most of the music is lost, and sound effects are swapped for some odd reason.
Now for the problem. CrystalTile2 can only export files from a .sdat one at a time. Wait, it can export more than one at a time, you say? This, at least for me and a few of my friends, would be false. When you select two or more files to export, it DOES ask you to select a file folder to extract to, but when you do this, the program ultimately breaks down with an error message that will be forever embedded in my mind in pure rage:
"The system cannot find the path specified."
Okay, so it can extract single files, but when it asks what folder to extract multiple files to, the program decides to not work at all. Considering that there's over 300 or so files to extract, this is a serious problem for my wrists and for time (I get RSI if I click too much; then again, I'm sure that's not healthy to begin with). Now I know CrystalTile2 isn't the only program to extract files from .SDATs, but the problem is that it seems to be the only program I can find that does the job right. Every other program I know extracts the files in an incorrect naming order (CT2 adds numbers to the front which actually compiles correctly in kiwi.ds). So, if some kind, blessed soul would like to lend me a hand in some way, telling me how to get Crystal Tile 2 to work or whatever, I will be greatly pleased. Thank you.
-ChimeraReiax.
EDIT: PS, if it helps, my version is 2010.09.06
