Hacking The Definitive R4DS/M3simply FAQ thread

[Martin8me]

You have a faulty card reader >.<

Ahhhhh man >.< do you know a b&m store that sells them for cheap?

 

[iamwhoiam]

b&m?

Well i think newegg has some for you american guys... other than that I'm not sure

Best buy?

 

[PGGBoy]

Thats the card reader I got in an r4 last week.  Works fine.

My little plastic cart case was blue rather than turquoise though - and had a strap rather than a keychain.


I got the exact same package as you. The blue case with a strap, and the same MicroSD reader. I got mine JUST when the new batch came through. This was about 2 weeks ago.

I got my r4 from gameyeeeah.com, but in the package just include only the white color shell. They said "Due to the material shortage, Current retail packaging will just include only the white color shell, the dark grey replacement shell will not include in contents." I just though i should order it early, :'(

 

[Modrak]

Can I just say, I got this email from Vincent (R4 sales team)

Dear Sam,
    Thank you so much, I am really appreciated.

BTW, We just changed a supplier of the USB card reader, so this new batch of R4 has a more reliable Card reader along. You can tell your guys about this. I send you a picture of the new USB card reader.
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I've got that reader and it really works...even after 3 weeks throwing it on the floor and picking back up (it's really small, and you can attach the strap to it

 

[brpn]

i am thinking about getting an r4 and have a question. Am i correct in thinking this device does not need the save file lists like the ez flash v and ninja pass? From what i understand on those units everytime a new game is out the save list needs to be update to tell the device what type of save it uses. If the r4 does not need this file then does it automatically detect the save type when you load up a game? Thanks

 

[dice]

I just got my R4 today, and put the 1.06 loader from r4ds.com on it.
Everything seems to work fine, except skins. I tried several skins, always putting the four bmp files in the _system_ folder, yet I always get the default one. Has anyone else experienced this problem and maybe managed to fix it?


is the folder in lowercase (_system_ rather than _SYSTEM_)? I've just got a new microsd card, and if I used uppercase characters on 1.06beta (I'm not using final again, it spunked my last card up :~ ) it won't display the skin I choose. took me a few mins to figure out it needed lowercase..

hey please check out my topic, I'm having the exact same problem.

^ as you can see the folder's under the right name/case but I'm still having problems.

 

[BryanBayard]

i am thinking about getting an r4 and have a question. Am i correct in thinking this device does not need the save file lists like the ez flash v and ninja pass? From what i understand on those units everytime a new game is out the save list needs to be update to tell the device what type of save it uses. If the r4 does not need this file then does it automatically detect the save type when you load up a game? Thanks

Correct, it doesn't need to be told anything about the save file. It always uses 512K for every game, and names the file similar to the rom name. All automatic. It also includes a tool for transferring saves from other devices, should that be needed.

See, the R4 really is very simple to use. I guess that's why M3 chose to call their version of it the "Simply"

 

[rest0re]

it seems many people have problem understanding these things:

1) it doesnt play gba games.. it never will
2) ebook feature means only .txt files no PDF READ THIS!
3) YES YOU CAN CHANGE MIDDLE BUTTON TO ANY PROGRAM YOU WANT just rename it _DS_MNSHELL.dat or whatever file
4) moonshell gives error everytime
5) you can mod first version but not batch 2 or 3
6) yes spring can break, or if it break already then you can send it back .. or something
7) no you cannot save beup settings in nofat version
8) in newest firmware you can change skins by replacing .bmp files in root directory
9) you need to put firmware installation to ROOT OF YOUR CARD LOL .. how hard is that
10) IT WILL ONLY PLAY NDS FILES LOL NO ZIP FILES

11) you can softreset with version 1.06
12) you can get back from moonshell if you have modified version
13) dldi patching is not very hard.. just type dlditool r4tf.dldi appname.nds .. hard?
14) after you have installed firmware, directory structure is whatever you wanna it be.. it doesnt care if you install your mario64.ds to LOL/LER/SKATES directory
15) batchdpg makes you dpg files from your movies
16) use search before starting new thread
17) emulators need to be patched with dldi patcher first and roms only in SMC format in ROOT of your card into SNES directory
18) always read program readme.txt it will help you lot before you start new topic

 

[amptor]

lol u can still convert R4 to M3. Looks like u could easily ruin it trying to do so though. If there was an easy way to remove the epoxy, that could help a bit but I guess you need to use a lot of heat to take it off and that could damage the cheap ass microchip they put inside it. This reminds me of the bump chips they put in the doctor v64 units, those things cannot be repaired once they go bad. This is SHODDY ELECTRONICS. Looks like crap imo! good luck to whoever tries to modify this turd.

 

[darksavior]

There is no reason to convert to an M3 Simply anyways. Unless you like delayed firmware updates. Though you M3S ppl are screwed heh.

btw #8 needs some explanation. In 1.07 the skin bmps needs to be in _system_\Theme01 through Theme12

 

[iamwhoiam]

Yeah the FAQ hasn't been updated since 1.07 - i'll do that after the weekend

 

[GatorDeb]

I've looked and haven't found the answers to this:


How do you use cheat files with the R4?


Also, am I correct in that in order to use the savefile all I have to do is copy it over?


I know GBA will never happen, but zip files is just a matter of time isn't it?

Thanks!

 

[iamwhoiam]

Regarding save file - yes, you just replace the save file with a downloaded savefile, making sure it has a .sav extension

GBA has already happened, check the thread:
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=46742

zip file won't happen because there would be no need for the cart to unzip backup roms in zip format as it would
a) waste code
b) slow the cart down
c) cost the cart more due to needing a dump space for the unzipped clean rom

 

[GatorDeb]

I meant the R4DS by itself will never do GBA. I ended up getting an MP Perfect Slim in order to get GBA.

How about using cheat codes?

 

[4saken]

You can use dipstar via GBA IIRC

 

[iamwhoiam]

Yeah, but you need a slot2 device

 

[GatorDeb]

I got both. I have an R4 and an M3 Perfect Lite coming my way. I have a 1 gig card for each.

The Dipstar thing looks complicated, I'm going to have to fudge with it once I get the stuff in the mail

 

[screwed]

is there any connectivity issues with R4 as there is with the DS-X.
Where you have to put cards or pieces of paper down with the cart to make it even connect to the DS?

 

[iamwhoiam]

nope, it's a standard cart dimension so it should work like a commercial cart

 

[Nugs]

Regarding save file - yes, you just replace the save file with a downloaded savefile, making sure it has a .sav extension

So if download a save file from gamefaqs which has a .dss extension that will work on the R4 by simply renaming to .sav?