Hacking Supercard DSTWO: General Discussion & Questions

[Hyro-Sama]

have you tried it on other online games (not pokemon)?

I have tried my Supercard DStwo, Yugioh 2011, Super Mario Kart DS.
They all give me the same error.

This is what Nintendo say about that error.

Sorry, tried out everything on that page, to no avail.

My patience is slowly coming to an end after spending another 2 hours on this NDS crap and still making 0 progress.
Sigh...

How is it possible... that when I set up the nintendo ds connections, from my 3DS settings, it works just fine. It says, connection successful.

Then I go to my home menu, start up my ds game, go to wifi settings in game, Nintendo wi-fi connection settings, connection one (ready), test connection.
ERROR CODE 51300!

WHAT, THE, HELL!
Why does it work when I am not in-game, while it doesn't while I am in-game!
It boggles my mind!
...

Though I have to thank you for the effort you are putting into this people, thank you.

What router do you have? Try using a different router. (Different Brand)

 

[sasukebowser]

Marksman17v, do you have a laptop? Could it be that you accidentally disabled WiFi via a button that you didn't know existed? (it's happened to me before)

if it's actually the router's problem, you probably need to change it's firewall settings (pretty easy to do)

 

[Marksman17v]

The router is a Sitecom WL-303.
I don't have any other routers, I'm afraid.
Yes, I have a laptop, wifi is perfectly fine though.
Wireless firewall is off.

I am thinking of just buying one of those USB connector thingies... would that solve the problem?

 

[Hyro-Sama]

If buying the Nintendo USB Wi-Fi adapter is the option you can afford right now, then go for it. Or buy another brand of router and make sure it if 300 kb or more. Or save your money and reset your router's settings.

 

[Korbra]

So if I am working on dumping savs from my retail carts, and I don't have a slot 2 device, is using wifi my only option?
edit: Woah, forgot to mention that I'm talking about dumping GBA savs. I mean, does the DSTwo even do that? I'm obviously really new to all of this.

 

[silverbullet1080]

A few questions:

I'm buying myself a 3DS in 2 weeks, so do I need a DSLite/DSi/DS to upgrade the card?

Can I play GBA ROMs on the 3DS with the Supercard DSTwo?

Does the Supercard DSTwo plays videos? If so, what formats does it support?

 

[Sendoh]

Where can I download 3DS firmware for SupercardDSTWO, and are there any problems with bricking my 3DS if I do?

 

[CannonFoddr]

I'm buying myself a 3DS in 2 weeks, so do I need a DSLite/DSi/DS to upgrade the card?If you're lucky then it'll already be updated to work on the 3DS - however USUALLY you will need a DSLite to upgrade the DSTwo if a Nintendo Firmware comes out to block it - UNLESS you upgrade the DSTwo BEFORE you update your 3DS

Can I play GBA ROMs on the 3DS with the Supercard DSTwo?Yes -through the GBA emulator

Does the Supercard DSTwo plays videos? If so, what formats does it support?

Yes it does through it's iPlayer program.
According to the DSTwo FAQ thread
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Q: Which formats do iPlayer support?
A: The official site says:
For video: .rmvb/.rm/.flv/.wmv/.asf/.avi and etc. (.mkv also works, but not .mp4, xvid video is supported)
For audio: .mp3/.wma/.ape/.flac and etc.

 

[silverbullet1080]

I'm buying myself a 3DS in 2 weeks, so do I need a DSLite/DSi/DS to upgrade the card?

If you're lucky then it'll already be updated to work on the 3DS - however USUALLY you will need a DSLite to upgrade the DSTwo if a Nintendo Firmware comes out to block it - UNLESS you upgrade the DSTwo BEFORE you update your 3DS

Thanks for the answers! Though would it have to be a Lite for it to update or would a fat DS suffice?

 

[CannonFoddr]

I'm buying myself a 3DS in 2 weeks, so do I need a DSLite/DSi/DS to upgrade the card?

If you're lucky then it'll already be updated to work on the 3DS - however USUALLY you will need a DSLite to upgrade the DSTwo if a Nintendo Firmware comes out to block it - UNLESS you upgrade the DSTwo BEFORE you update your 3DS

Thanks for the answers! Though would it have to be a Lite for it to update or would a fat DS suffice?

any of those will do - a DSPhat is basically the same as a DSLite - both don't get updated by any type of firmware update, so there's no chance of those blocking any type of flashcard

 

[silverbullet1080]

I'm buying myself a 3DS in 2 weeks, so do I need a DSLite/DSi/DS to upgrade the card?

If you're lucky then it'll already be updated to work on the 3DS - however USUALLY you will need a DSLite to upgrade the DSTwo if a Nintendo Firmware comes out to block it - UNLESS you upgrade the DSTwo BEFORE you update your 3DS

Thanks for the answers! Though would it have to be a Lite for it to update or would a fat DS suffice?

any of those will do - a DSPhat is basically the same as a DSLite - both don't get updated by any type of firmware update, so there's no chance of those blocking any type of flashcard

Figures, the differences are only cosmetic. Thanks!

 

[Terminator02]

just FYI any DSi (XL) would work as well as long as you have the latest EOS on your microSD card

 

[Cyan]

I received my DStwo but I couldn't make it work.
I updated it successfully for 3DS to firmware 1.12, and I'm using the latest EOS from 2011-07-23.

I placed the _dstwo folder and the ds2boot.dat on the my SDHC card.
Then when I boot the DS it's detected and launched correctly, I have the plugin list with "ds_rom" icon.

But when I run ds_rom, it loads and then I have the SD card blinking in the EOS and no folder or file listed.


I tried to reformat the SD card with Panasonic formater, but it didn't help.
The card is working fine with all my other flashcards.
Could it be a problem with the SD card nonetheless, or a flashcard problem?

It detects the SDcard correctly as it can boot the EOS just fine, load all the icons and background.
Why can't it load the SD content?
Are there any folder length or name limitation?

I can try with another SD (non HC), but my homebrew card is the other (bigger) one.

 

[Terminator02]

1. did you follow the setup guide?

2. did you format with the panasonic formatter with format type FULL (Erase) and size adjustment ON?

3. there is some arbitrarily high limit somewhere over a hundred that should not be a problem for the root of your SD card (unless you just slapped everything on the root of course), the limit applies to all the folders too i'm pretty sure, so try not to go above 100 i guess (i've never gotten close)

4. do u have a /_dstwoplug folder?

5. if it still isn't working list out all the files/folders in your root

Edit: did you download the latest EOS as well as the latest patch? (7-23 is a patch, not a full EOS version)

 

[Cyan]

yes, I followed your guide and formated it with Full erase ON and size adjustment ON.
Though at the end it said "Flash Format unsupported by the device". (I don't know what it should do at this step).
Formated in FAT32, 32k cluster size.

I also checked The review by Another World.

3) the file limit shouldn't be a problem. (my bigger folder contains less than 200 files, I'll try to split them in two folders).

4) yes, I created the (empty) /_dstwoplug/ folder, Though it seems the latest EOS is using /_dstwo/plug/ instead, no ?
If /_dstwoplug is needed, the team should at least provide it. On their instruction manual they are talking only about the /_dstwo/ folder to copy to the SD card, not even the ds2boot.dat ¬_¬

I don't have NDSGBA folder. (I don't have the files which should go in that folder, shown by the folder structure in AW review).

5)

Spoiler

6) yes, I downloaded the latest EOS (it contains the latest patches too) directly from DStwo website.

Maybe my SDHC card is not compatible.
SanDisk Class2
8GB MicroSDHC
Made in China

 

[Terminator02]

yes, I followed your guide and formated it with Full erase ON and size adjustment ON.
Though at the end it said "Flash Format unsupported by the device". (I don't know what it should do at this step).
Formated in FAT32, 32k cluster size.

I also checked The review by Another World.

3) the file limit shouldn't be a problem. (my bigger folder contains less than 200 files, I'll try to split them in two folders).

4) yes, I created the (empty) /_dstwoplug/ folder, Though it seems the latest EOS is using /_dstwo/plug/ instead, no ?
If /_dstwoplug is needed, the team should at least provide it. On their instruction manual they are talking only about the /_dstwo/ folder to copy to the SD card, not even the ds2boot.dat ¬_¬

I don't have NDSGBA folder. (I don't have the files which should go in that folder, shown by the folder structure in AW review).

5)

Spoiler

6) yes, I downloaded the latest EOS (it contains the latest patches too) directly from DStwo website.

Maybe my SDHC card is not compatible.
SanDisk Class2
8GB MicroSDHC
Made in China

no the /_dstwo/plug folder is for the skin of the official plugin menu, all of the actual plugins go in the /_dstwoplug folder

the NDSGBA folder shouldn't be a problem for DS_GAME

try removing the ! from your roms folder, i know DS_GAME has problems with a few characters

 

[Cyan]

I removed the !, but it's still not working.

I tried a SD (non HC) and it's working.
I guess it's my SD card which is bad

It's strange that it's working fine with all other devices and DS flashcards.

I just wanted to test new features from DStwo.
Maybe I'll buy a new SD to use the same one on all flashcards.

I may retry it with only the _dstwo folder and a .nds file. (before putting back all my other content).

Edit:
It's working with only _dstwo and 1 game.
I guess there is something which conflict with DStwo.
I'll refill the card slowlly up to find the problem and tell it here, it may help other users

Edit:2
It's the file "PuZZleManiak.ids" which conflict with the DStwo file listing.
The file is created by Puzzle Maniak homebrew

I renamed it to PuZZleManiak.test and it's working.
I rename it back to .ids and bam!, Super card DS Two can't list the current folder if it contains a *.ids

Thanks for your help.

 

[Terminator02]

that's strange, never heard of this problem before, thanks for sharing though

 

[Qtis]

Is it possible to use an alternative save location (ie. a Saves-folder) with the DSTwo? Been using the CycloDS Evo/iEvo for years now and I'd like the same functionality to be available for the DSTwo..


-Qtis

 

[Terminator02]

Nope, has to be in the same folder as the rom