Hacking supercard software 2.57 out !!!

[Monk]

Yeah, you should re-patch them all, and then think why you did that if they worked fine.

 

[bollocks]

Starfox roms patched with the old patcher version don't run anymore, you'll need to re-patch that at least. Don't think it affects any other games, though.

 

[xlinkinpakx]

what does DMA do?

 

[legendofphil]

DMA should make reading the memory card a bit faster, so games that suffer from slow down on a SC could have that slow down reduced with this option.
I found that it made a big difference on the castlevania intro FMV, I will have to try it on other games I suspect suffer from it as well.

 

[id242]

GBA play still has plenty of slow-downs - not sure if the DMA updates were intended to resolve GBA lagging though. (on both SC & SC.Lite)

It would be nice to see FAT32 support or just simply support for cart saves in GBA programs without having to use button combos.

Im not too thrilled about the reverse file ordering - a A-Z sort-by-name would be a welcomed addition.

Either way, I've purchased several SuperCards in the past year for both myself, friends and family members - if I really thought these mentioned issues were _THAT MUCH_ of a problem, I would have switched a long time ago. I like the SuperCard.

 

[Hanafuda]

I gotta echo what dafatkid27 said ... at least with a SCLite, what reason is there to do this update>? I read on scdev that some saves from games patched with the old patcher aren't being recognized now (ACWW) - seems unlikely, but I believe the poster. Also making fatsort unusable was major stupid.

If I was still running the minisd I might do it, but the SCLite's already got better speed, so I'm not sure if any additional tweak from this will be worth it. Guess I'll wait a few days and see how the problems are resolved.

 

[ptn22]

I have a write error when I try to change the SD firmware. Has it already happened to somebody else ?

i have the same problem, anyone know why?

 

[Tri-Z]

with the new firmware the program alite won't let you go back to the SC menu it just freezes, which makes alite worthless for now.

 

[falcon64z8]

GBA play still has plenty of slow-downs - not sure if the DMA updates were intended to resolve GBA lagging though. (on both SC & SC.Lite)

It would be nice to see FAT32 support or just simply support for cart saves in GBA programs without having to use button combos.

Im not too thrilled about the reverse file ordering - a A-Z sort-by-name would be a welcomed addition.

Either way, I've purchased several SuperCards in the past year for both myself, friends and family members - if I really thought these mentioned issues were _THAT MUCH_ of a problem, I would have switched a long time ago. I like the SuperCard.

I think the SC team gave up on gba a long time ago, hence the new rumble series.
BTW, I like the new interface tho!

 

[skidds]

ok, im really sorry to have to ask such an easy question but ive been trying this for hours, went to the web page looked at the faq, read the help page and everything and it may be because im very stoned but for the love of me i cant figure this out, im very noobish at this.

i just got me a ds lite, a microsd supercard lite(rumble), a passcard, and a 1gb micro sd. I downloaded the patch and firmware from the web page and have it on my computer, i also have a coule of .nds games on my hdd, how do i go about this whole process so i can upload these games and the new firmware to my microsd and play all these glorious games (that of course, are all backups of the originals i have at home). (i got totally lost in the help file).


sorry for such a noob question but i really need help.

 

[Edirol]

Can someone post a screenshot of the new menu?

So since the file ordering has changed, what happens when you use FATSort and choose to have all files allocated Z-A? (instead of A-Z) Will it still ignore the FAT?

 

[id242]

Can someone post a screenshot of the new menu?

So since the file ordering has changed, what happens when you use FATSort and choose to have all files allocated Z-A? (instead of A-Z)Â Will it still ignore the FAT?


This was posted earlier in this very same thread:

thats how the new menu looks like

And as for "FATSort", there isn't an option for reverse alphabetical order (Z - A). The only options available are, Leav, Alphabetical and Shuffle.

 

[Deleted User]

Games with the rumble option in them still don't recognize the SCSD Rumble as a rumble pack.

Bugga!!!

 

[Hanafuda]

if you go to eng/supercard.cn and download it now (it's 3:10am EST) the included firmware file has a more recent "last modified" date. Perhaps they tweaked it?

 

[bionicspider]

And as for "FATSort", there isn't an option for reverse alphabetical order (Z - A). The only options available are, Leav, Alphabetical and Shuffle.

With the the new updated firmware, try using FolderSort for alpha sorting. FolderSort is a bit slower than FATSort, but FolderSort sports the option of sorting in reversed order, thereby fooling the SC's new firmware into displaying your files in the proper--A-Z--order.

FolderSort

 

[id242]

bionicspider, thanks for the link - This solved two little issues.
1 being the alphabetical sorting, and 2 being that FATSort doesnt seem to get along too well with Vista 5744 (or 5840)

 

[Deleted User]

if you go to eng/supercard.cn and download it now (it's 3:10am EST) the included firmware file has a more recent "last modified" date. Perhaps they tweaked it?

Tired it but still no banana. Maybe next time.

 

[Jon eBegood]

Can someone post a screenshot of the new menu?

So since the file ordering has changed, what happens when you use FATSort and choose to have all files allocated Z-A? (instead of A-Z)Â Will it still ignore the FAT?

They have juste reverse the fat way of sorting.
Fat sorting isn't by alphabetical order, it's by date & time, oldest file came on top of the list.
Fatsort change the date & time of your file so file beginnig by A are older than the file beginning by Z.
If you use fatsorting in reverse order you file will be in alphabetical order on your supercard.

 

[supermecleboss]

new mirror link ( Zshare ) are added because the version of yesterday is bug .

Update(2006.11.05):SOFTWARE: SuperCard V2.57 & Firmware V1.7(2006.11.05)

Firmware v1.7:
# Game list changed, the newest game will be displayed at the first position.
# The main menu of CF, SD, Mini SD, Micro SD versions have been changed as SuperCard Rumble series.

Software V2.57:
# The I/O system of NDS games has been redesigned, it's fast than before, increase the NDS games compatibility.
# Added NEW DMA(fast reading option), increase the speed of reading flash memory card, increase the NDS games compatibility.
# Fixed the Rumble Series can not run IQUE games, Fix NDS games 0472, 0286 balck screen bug.
# NDS game 0252 need high speed flash memory card, so SD, MiniSD version sometimes will halt in the game, but CF, MicroSD, Rumble Series seldem halt in this game.

Important: To who download the v2.57 and V1.7 yesterday
We updated the v2.57 and Firmware V1.7 yesterday, but there are some bugs,
# GBA can not list the files, or NDS can not list the files at GBA mode.
# The save file is not compatible with old save file.
If you are the user update the v2.57 & V1.7 yesterday, please download it again, we fix the two bugs today. If you are a GBA user, and there is no file in the list when update, please delete the "scfont.fon" at the root of flash memory card.

 

[Monk]

Damn no THDJ support & now that.. and previous version looks better. I had some problems with saves from yesterday, it delated my Touch Detective save, and made some "save is corrupted" messages in new NFS & Fifa.. Life sucks. OMG, OMG..