Hacking The M3 Sakura FAQ

[AXYPB]

That's supposed to be a power-saving feature. Ordinarily, the DS will shut off if the cover is closed while a movie is paused for a certain amount of time. The movie will resume where it left off when Sakura starts up again. That it still shuts down even when the movie is resumed while the cover is still closed is probably just an oversight. You should probably let g6team know about this.

 

[Cheater388]

Hopefully I did the right thing by sending them a PM...

Edit: I just got the response. They said they'll look into it.

 

[AXYPB]

If their support is as good as everyone says it is, you should get a response before too long.

 

[PowderSnowManiac]

Hi all...

I'm new to this, and I think I might have been fooled...

I bought a M3 DS Real and it turned out to be a clone...

It has de "M3 Sakura" logo, but the manufacturer's site for downloading the software is "http://www.m3adaptes.com/SLOT-1_Series_M3DS-R.htm"

It doesn't run the M3 DS Real firmware (I've tried versions 4.1, 4.0 and 3.9)

I was wondering if anyone else has bought one of these clones, and it can run the Sakura or iTouch software...

Thank you

 

[thedicemaster]

it can't run itouch or m3real firmware.
but it can run an outdated version of m3sakura without rom support(dldi version of m3sakura)

 

[Sumea]

it can't run itouch or m3real firmware.
but it can run an outdated version of m3sakura without rom support(dldi version of m3sakura)

By the way, if someone would find the tool rudolph first gave, that basicly just compiled a NDS from the sakura firmware files, shouldn't there be a way make 1.12+1 DLDI version?

 

[Annaaaaa]

you dont need a 12.1 rudolph released the dldi version as a demo so other people could try m3sakura if you want to run m3sakura fully get m3real!

 

[AXYPB]

I don't think this has been mentioned in the FAQ, but not only does enabling Download Play disable cheats, it also prevents Soft Reset from working.

 

[Sumea]

I don't think this has been mentioned in the FAQ, but not only does enabling Download Play disable cheats, it also prevents Soft Reset from working.

weird, still i can see the logic, thanks for note.

This may be something that flashcart must get a degree more "like the real game" so it needs to disable some extra stuff from memory so Download play will not be compromised.

Intellectual analysis is fun, even more when you really don't know nothing

 

[Densetsu]

I don't think this has been mentioned in the FAQ, but not only does enabling Download Play disable cheats, it also prevents Soft Reset from working.

It's in the FAQ now, in two places (in the Download Play and the Cons sections). Thanks!

 

[AXYPB]

Intellectual analysis is fun, even more when you really don't know nothing

This is why I watch boxing or MMA matches with other people once in a while.

 

[Dark^'^Knigh]

I don't think this has been mentioned in the FAQ, but not only does enabling Download Play disable cheats, it also prevents Soft Reset from working.

Aha, thank you. I asked last week why I can't get soft reset to work, without any luck. This f/w suffers terribly with the lack of "global anyhing"

 

[Maikel Steneker]

I don't think this has been mentioned in the FAQ, but not only does enabling Download Play disable cheats, it also prevents Soft Reset from working.

Yes, it was the same with the normal M3 Real software.

 

[Toni Plutonij]

It's because it's well known that "Download Play" eliminates all extra stuff, and tries to run ROM with minimal additions and patching, so it would be more similar to the original game..

This is not the "bug" or anything, that's the way that Download Play works..

 

[Densetsu]

There's a HUGE update on the M3 Sakura official website. I'm going to translate it (the CORRECT way), and I'll have it up as soon as I can.

 

[joshwill80]

You mean an update on Sakura info or a firmware update? I'm hoping to see a Chrono Trigger fix sometime soon from the M3 team. I also just noticed that the Sakura site you linked has extra skins for download. Looks like the default skin, just different colors, which is what I would like to have. I take it these skins would have to be translated before they can be included in the English download here on this site?

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Nevermind about the skins, I see you linked them in the FAQ. Do you have any plans to translate them eventually?

 

[thedicemaster]

those skins can't just be translated.
you need the source to edit them.

and the update is a website update(they now use a multi-page website)
however there was a compatibility update very recently.

 

[Toni Plutonij]

I just checked Sakura webpage, and it's really refreshed and remade!
Looks nice, I'm looking forward to your translation on those news articles Desnetsu!!

 

[Densetsu]

You mean an update on Sakura info or a firmware update? I'm hoping to see a Chrono Trigger fix sometime soon from the M3 team. I also just noticed that the Sakura site you linked has extra skins for download. Looks like the default skin, just different colors, which is what I would like to have. I take it these skins would have to be translated before they can be included in the English download here on this site?
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Nevermind about the skins, I see you linked them in the FAQ. Do you have any plans to translate them eventually?Yeah, just a website update, like thedicemaster said. As for the compatibility update with 1.12+a that just came out yesterday, I sent a PM to iamanobody about hacking it, but he hasn't gotten back to me yet. I tested it on my Japanese M3 flashcart and Chrono Trigger hasn't been fixed yet

But the cheat Narin, et al came up with works fine for me in Sakura.

The skins don't need to be translated in order for you to use them, you can just copy them to your cart and apply them like any other skin. I e-mailed M3 Sakura, M3Flash.jp and M3Adapter.com quite a while back asking for the source files for the Japanese skins and none of them ever got back to me about it. Otherwise they would've been translated a long time ago.

QUOTE(Toni Plutonij @ Nov 21 2008, 10:01 AM) I just checked Sakura webpage, and it's really refreshed and remade!
Looks nice, I'm looking forward to your translation on those news articles Desnetsu!!

Most of it is stuff that we already know, but the Q&A section has some things geared towards ultra-n00bs. Since there isn't a whole lot of new information, there's not really much to look forward to, but I'll eventually have the translations up.

Still, it's nice to see that they're doing something, even though it's just the website

 

[Toni Plutonij]

I just checked Sakura webpage, and it's really refreshed and remade!
Looks nice, I'm looking forward to your translation on those news articles Desnetsu!!

Most of it is stuff that we already know, but the Q&A section has some things geared towards ultra-n00bs. Since there isn't a whole lot of new information, there's not really much to look forward to, but I'll eventually have the translations up.

Still, it's nice to see that they're doing something, even though it's just the website

Well, it is good to see that they do at least something, but it's their fault that they killed all the hype around the Sakura..They could really use it to make their position on the market stronger and better, but they did some bad moves (as not releasing the official English release, and bad updating, and decision to not add RTS to the Sakura, but only M3 Reals firmware)..

But yeah, they are alive, and they did a good job on the website!