Hacking Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing Help save please.

[ACWWFAN]

Ok it creates a save and all when I turn it on but it says: the save data could not be accessed. please turn the power off and reinsert the ds card. is anyone else having these issues? is there a save i could download somewhere that already works? I am on akaio 4.5.

 

[tk_saturn]

I am on akaio 4.5.

Are you from the future? welcome to our planet.

it works

just do an arm7 swap.

 

[oscgee]

I have the same problem... I have the latest akaio too

edit: oops I just saw the last part of the last post, I'll try the arm7 thing

 

[tk_saturn]

I have the same problem... I have the latest akaio too

edit: oops I just saw the last part of the last post, I'll try the arm7 thing

Once you've arm7 patched it, you also need to load it in one of the alternative DMA modes which you can do by keeping A or X pressed down while launching the game. It's the same as you have to with bookworm etc.

 

[girugamarc]

after doing the arm7 switch, whenever you load the rom, hold X so that the word "loading" is red. If you don't you will get a corrupted save message

 

[Hakoda]

Everyone here is correct, you have to do an ARM7 swap. But the specifics on doing that are a bit shaky for new comers so here's how:

1) Download & extract Sim City DS (J). (Don't ask where to download please....)

2) Download & extract Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing (U). (Rule doesn't change even if its a new ROM, don't ask where to download)

3) Download DSLazy here. Extract it and run the program labled "dslazy".

4) In the top left there will be a button that says, "...". Click it to browse for the Sim City DS ROM.

5) Once its finished loading the ROM, click "nds unpack". Once its done, find your way back to the original DSLazy folder (where your ran DSLazy). Rename the new "NDS_UNPACK" folder to "SIM CITY".

6) Go back to the DSLazy program and now open the Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing ROM. Do the same, click "nds unpack". Don't close the program. Find your way back to the original DSLazy folder again and open the "SIM CITY" folder. Copy the ARM7.bin file to the "NDS_UNPACK" folder. Overwrite the existing file.

7) Go back to DSLazy and click the "nds pack" button. Choose a destination and name for the new ROM and save it. During this procedure the program may look like its frozen but its not so just let it work.

8) Copy the ROM to your MicroSD and play. Hold X while booting the game.

 

[ACWWFAN]

Thanks very much!

Hehehe asking how was my next question XP.

 

[tk_saturn]

jonjon95 There's an easier method for the n00bs.

Use arm7fixa which you can download from here and is from this thread

Create a directory and extract arm7fixa to this directory. Also place in this directory your [donor rom] and [your rom which needs patching]. Rename the [donor rom] to donor.nds. Click on [your rom which needs patching] and drag it onto arm7fixa.exe. That's it, it will create a file called [your rom which needs patching]-arm7fixed.nds. Next time you have another game to patch, you just have to place it in that same directory and again just drag it onto arm7fixa.exe, it's a lot faster than the older methods.

I used Summon Night - Twin Age (U)(XenoPhobia) as the donor, but there are plenty of others to use.

While Holding X and Holding A both work, X's old DMA mode definately runs the game faster than A's non DMA mode. I forgot about that until I tried it.

 

[Hakoda]

jonjon95 There's an easier method for the n00bs.

Use arm7fixa which you can download from here and is from this thread

Create a directory and extract arm7fixa to this directory. Also place in this directory your [donor rom] and [your rom which needs patching]. Rename the [donor rom] to donor.nds. Click on [your rom which needs patching] and drag it onto arm7fixa.exe. That's it, it will create a file called [your rom which needs patching]-arm7fixed.nds. Next time you have another game to patch, you just have to place it in that same directory and again just drag it onto arm7fixa.exe, it's a lot faster than the older methods.

I used Summon Night - Twin Age (U)(XenoPhobia) as the donor, but there are plenty of others to use.

While Holding X and Holding A both work, X's old DMA mode definately runs the game faster than A's non DMA mode. I forgot about that until I tried it.

Oh wow, I didn't know that. That IS a lot easier! ahhaha Thank you.

 

[ACWWFAN]

jonjon95 There's an easier method for the n00bs.

Use arm7fixa which you can download from here and is from this thread

Create a directory and extract arm7fixa to this directory. Also place in this directory your [donor rom] and [your rom which needs patching]. Rename the [donor rom] to donor.nds. Click on [your rom which needs patching] and drag it onto arm7fixa.exe. That's it, it will create a file called [your rom which needs patching]-arm7fixed.nds. Next time you have another game to patch, you just have to place it in that same directory and again just drag it onto arm7fixa.exe, it's a lot faster than the older methods.

I used Summon Night - Twin Age (U)(XenoPhobia) as the donor, but there are plenty of others to use.

While Holding X and Holding A both work, X's old DMA mode definately runs the game faster than A's non DMA mode. I forgot about that until I tried it.

Does it matter which rom I chose to be a donor rom?

 

[ACWWFAN]

Awesome, got this done, used the long method instead, the other one didn't work

. It's a lot of fun!

 

[penthaler]

Tested both method and both working... THANKS GUYS...

The easiest way by tk_saturn works in WINDOWS explorer with "drag and drop" style... I tried it via Total Commander and doesnt work

 

[ACWWFAN]

Lol as long as it's working, is there a permanent patch out yet?

 

[Hakoda]

Lol as long as it's working, is there a permanent patch out yet?

No not really. The flashcard teams are mainly taking care of it. Cyclo devs I believe released an update (beta 4 if I'm not mistaken). As for us Acekard users, I'm sure a fix has been integrated into AKAIO 1.6 but we'll just have to wait. The AKAIO developers are working hard so don't nag on them. We'll have to stick with this ARM7 fix for now

 

[Yuan]

Lol as long as it's working, is there a permanent patch out yet?

No not really. The flashcard teams are mainly taking care of it. Cyclo devs I believe released an update (beta 4 if I'm not mistaken). As for us Acekard users, I'm sure a fix has been integrated into AKAIO 1.6 but we'll just have to wait. The AKAIO developers are working hard so don't nag on them. We'll have to stick with this ARM7 fix for now

About AKAIO 1.6, will it be public released?

 

[Hakoda]

Lol as long as it's working, is there a permanent patch out yet?

No not really. The flashcard teams are mainly taking care of it. Cyclo devs I believe released an update (beta 4 if I'm not mistaken). As for us Acekard users, I'm sure a fix has been integrated into AKAIO 1.6 but we'll just have to wait. The AKAIO developers are working hard so don't nag on them. We'll have to stick with this ARM7 fix for now

About AKAIO 1.6, will it be public released?

I'm sure the devs have their release but are still working some things out. It probably will be publicly released. Its not like the devs to leave it for themseleves. Just wait, good things come to those who wait

 

[cozy]

I`ve modded the arm injector here the links, just pop your copy of the nds game in the game folder and run the .exe it will give you the new nds game fixed!

http://rapidshare.com/files/359848961/NDS_Game_fixer.rar