Wood R4 v1.04

[Dark Blade]

The first thread says that it works on r4 SD cards? Does that include the notorious R4 SDHC?

Just try it out there are lots of different clones so it might work on yours

Oh...But after that Dragon Quest 9 AP...I'm kinda worried more about bricking.

 

[rockstar99]

The first thread says that it works on r4 SD cards? Does that include the notorious R4 SDHC?

Just try it out there are lots of different clones so it might work on yours

Oh...But after that Dragon Quest 9 AP...I'm kinda worried more about bricking.

April Fools that was a fake rom lol
this wont brick I have it running on my R4

 

[Akothegreat]

Oh well, sold my R4 but will inform him about it

 

[Jamstruth]

Nice to see somebody developing for the dead cart. I've messaged this to a friend who owns an M3 Simply (a rebadged R4 by the original team, R4 team became M3 didn't it?) so he can enjoy the newer releases without tedious patch finding.

 

[Toastbrot]

the EUR version of sonic classic collection isnt working. screen stays white.

 

[goncalodoom]

Nice to see somebody developing for the dead cart. I've messaged this to a friend who owns an M3 Simply (a rebadged R4 by the original team, R4 team became M3 didn't it?) so he can enjoy the newer releases without tedious patch finding.

use the (u) version

 

[Marc1994]

Fine, I've bought A Acekard a couple weeks ago...

 

[Mantis41]

Also can someone recommend a 2GB SD card which works well with the R4? I have always had a 1GB and constantly have to swap roms round.

Doesn't really matter. I havn't had a card the R4 has objected to yet and I have had some pretty horrible SD cards in it.

Just remember when using cheap and nasty SD cards. You need to copy everything off and back on to keep all the ROM files contiguous. A fragmented ROM will nearly always fuck out on a slow class card.

 

[raiderscrusade]

Anyone willing to put together a compatibility list of such, so that we all know what games work/do not work.

(Soz if there is one, I haven't come across it)

It would be great if there were to be a list of compatibility, though.

 

[Djay187]

It still uses Nor, it's just that it writes to Nor automatically for you, not like with GBA Exploader where you have to choose Nor mode. This is definitely one of the best systems for using the 3 in 1 that I've tried, it just so easy almost the same as running the DS roms.

Is it possible to choose whether to run as NOR or PSRAM?

Is it compatible with EXP Loader's .SAV files?

Can I backup/restore SRAM SAV?

Also can someone recommend a 2GB SD card which works well with the R4? I have always had a 1GB and constantly have to swap roms round.

Ok, you don't have to choose between NOR or PSRAM, it detects what the rom is automatically and loads the game correctly for you.
I was using YSMenu before to run my 3 in 1 so I couldn't tell you if it's compatible with Exploaders saves but I can tell that it's not with my old YSMenu's, it seems to save the game as .gba.sav so I don't think it will be.
Right last thing, you don't back up or restore the SRAM - SAV when you load the GBA rom again you're last save is loaded up with the game like DS roms, so you just carry on where you last saved in the game.
The thing is that it's quick to load, even NOR's, it just feels like your loading up DS roms, it just really neat and tidy, excellent bit of firmware.
Hope this helps.

 

[Sanderino]

Yellow Wood Goblin is a hero.
Thanks to him, my R4 ain't useless and I can play games untill I obtain my DSTWO. Thanks.

 

[Hotzdevil]

I'm just downloading it now but after reading the posts its seems awesome..can't wait to try it.. R4 is reborn once again yeah!

 

[pichon64]

I'm glad for all R4 users. I'm still an AK2i / M3i Zero user. Well, I have a DSi. And someone asked for a compatibility list. So far reading this thread I collected this one:

Picross 3D (U)
7 Wonders II (E)
Bejeweled Twist (U)
Bookworm (U)
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (U)
Sonic Classic Collection (U)
Sonic and Sega All Star Racing (E)
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (U)
Pokemon Platinum (U)
GTA: Chinatown Wars (U)
Pokemon HeartGold / SoulSilver (U)
WarioWare DIY (U)
C.O.P. The Recruit (U)

 

[rockstar99]

Spoiler: Compatibility Fixes

• 'pen 1 grand prix - penguin no mondai special (japan)' fixed.
• 'mini yonku ds (japan)' fixed.
• 'lina no atelier - strahl no renkinjutsushi (japan)' fixed.
• 'style savvy (usa)' fixed.
• 'naruto shippuuden - dairansen! kagebunshin emaki (korea)' fixed.
• 'zelda no densetsu - daichi no kiteki (japan)' fixed.
• 'princess angel (korea)' fixed.
• 'post pet ds - yume miru momo to fushigi no pen (japan)' fixed.
• 'dear girl - stories hibiki - hibiki tokkun daisakusen! (japan)' fixed.
• softreset fixed in 'bolt (japan)'.
• 'deca sporta ds de sports 10 shumoku (japan)' fixed.
• softreset fixed in 'bolt (europe)' game.
• 'might & magic - clash of heroes (europe)' fixed.
• softreset fixed in 'bookworm' game.
• 'last window - mayonaka no yakusoku (japan)' fixed.
• softreset fixed in 'legend of zelda, the - phantom hourglass (usa) (demo) (kiosk)' game.
• 'element hunters (korea)' & 'jeoldaepiryo yeongsugeo 1000 ds (korea)' & 'jeoldaeuwi yeongdaneo 1900 ds (korea)' fixed.
• download play fixed in 'might & magic' games.
• 'dq6 (japan)' fixed.
• 'shin sengoku tenkatouitsu - gunyuu tachi no souran (japan)' fixed.
• 'pokemon gold/silver (korea/usa/europe/france/germany/spain/italy)' fixed.
• 'rune factory - sinmokjangiyagi (korea)' fixed.
• 'minna no conveni (japan)' fixed.
• 'lupin sansei - shijou saidai no zunousen (japan)' fixed.
• 'quiz magic academy ds - futatsu no jikuuseki (japan)' fixed.
• 'phantasy star 0 (europe)' fixed.
• 'dragon ball ds 2 (japan)' fixed.
• 'nodame cantabile - tanoshii ongaku no jikan desu (japan)' fixed.
• 'yu-gi-oh! 5d's world championship 2010 - reverse of arcadia (japan)' fixed.
• 'iron master (korea)' fixed.
• 'sangokushi ds 3 (japan)' fixed.
• 'fushigi no dungeon - fuurai no shiren 4 (japan)' fixed.
• 'estpolis - the lands cursed by the gods (japan)' & 'mugen no frontier super robot taisen og saga exceed (japan)' fixed.
• 'wizmans world (japan)' fixed.
• 'utacchi (japan)' fixed.
• softreset fixed in 'sonic & sega all stars racing'.
• 'gendai daisenryaku ds - isshoku sokuhatsu, gunji balance houkai (japan)' fixed.
• 'cooking idol - i! my! mine! - game de hirameki! kirameki! cooking (japan)' fixed.
• 'nazotte oboeru otona no kanji renshuu kaiteiban (japan)' fixed.
• 'toeic test super coach @ds (japan)' fixed.
• 'kira kira rhythm collection (japan)' fixed.
• 'tennis no ouji-sama - motto gakuensai no ouji-sama - more sweet edition (japan)' fixed.
• 'otona no renai shousetsu - ds harlequin selection (japan)' fixed.
• 'imasugu tsukaeru mame chishiki - quiz zatsugaku-ou ds (japan)' fixed.
• 'alice in wonderland (usa)' fixed.
• 'keroro rpg - kishi to musha to densetsu no kaizoku (japan)' fixed.
• 'pokemon ranger - hikari no kiseki (japan)' fixed.
• 'bibliothek der klassischen buecher (germany)' fixed.
• 'yu-gi-oh! 5d's - world championship 2010 - reverse of arcadia (usa)' fixed.
• '100 livres classiques (france)' fixed.
• dma mode in 'jacqueline wilson's tracy beaker - the game (europe)' fixed.
• 'rpg tkool ds (japan)' fixed.
• 'deca sports ds (usa)' fixed.
• 'combat of giants - mutant insects (europe)' fixed.
• 'alice in wonderland (europe)' fixed.
• 'nettou! powerful koushien (japan)' fixed.
• 'kawaii koinu ds 3 (japan)' fixed.
• 'crayon shin-chan - obaka daininden - susume! kasukabe ninja tai! (japan)' fixed.
• pokemon gba linkage fixed in 'pokemon gold/silver'.
• 'warioware d.i.y. (usa)' fixed.
• 'rooms - the main building (usa)' fixed.
• 'shin megami tensei - strange journey (usa)' fixed.
• 'pro yakyuu famista ds 2010 (japan)' fixed.
• 'minna no suizokukan (japan)' fixed.
• 'seitokai no ichizon - ds-suru seitokai (japan)' fixed.
• 'moe moe 2-ji daisenryaku 2 - yamato nadeshiko (japan)' fixed.

How often does YWG update Wood RPG?

 

[bumjeans]

Ok, you don't have to choose between NOR or PSRAM, it detects what the rom is automatically and loads the game correctly for you.
I was using YSMenu before to run my 3 in 1 so I couldn't tell you if it's compatible with Exploaders saves but I can tell that it's not with my old YSMenu's, it seems to save the game as .gba.sav so I don't think it will be.
Right last thing, you don't back up or restore the SRAM - SAV when you load the GBA rom again you're last save is loaded up with the game like DS roms, so you just carry on where you last saved in the game.
The thing is that it's quick to load, even NOR's, it just feels like your loading up DS roms, it just really neat and tidy, excellent bit of firmware.
Hope this helps.

Thanks for that!

I think .gba.sav is just a naming convention to separate from nds savs. I read that YSmenus gba saves are custom and incompatible to EXPloader/VBA. So hopefully mine will work with Wood.

Exciting times, to bad I dont have access to my DS till after weekend

 

[raiderscrusade]

Thanks for that compatibility list.

As I stated before I found the below 2 games to not work at one point:

NRL Mascot Mania CQKP B91D53AD (E)
AFL Mascot Manor CQQP 670647F1 (E)

Error with these games: When you go to the card shop stall, you just get directed to the main menu instead of the card shop. Some sort of AP I believe, which was only fixed in the original AKAIO as far as I know.

 

[rockstar99]

Thanks for that compatibility list.

As I stated before I found the below 2 games to not work at one point:

NRL Mascot Mania CQKP B91D53AD (E)
AFL Mascot Manor CQQP 670647F1 (E)

Error with these games: When you go to the card shop stall, you just get directed to the main menu instead of the card shop. Some sort of AP I believe, which was only fixed in the original AKAIO as far as I know.

Well seeing as you posted the bug here, YWG should fix it in 1.05 so keep your eyes peeled lol

I want this on R4 SDHC, I cant use a 2gb card thats so old school

Come on somebody decrypt it!

 

[Mantis41]

Another World,

It might be worth opening a new thread for discussing bugs, compatibility and requests and leave this one for general banter.

 

[pjmorie]

This is a fantastic update and a big thanks to all who are responsible for it.
Just one question - is there anyway of locking the start menu so you can't deleate files by mistake.
On the AK2i you can edit the 'LockStartMenu' setting in the globalsettings.ini file to lock out the start menu.
I tried copying the globalsettings file from the AK2i but this didn't work.

 

[rockstar99]

Okay I did some comparison and can tell you that this loads game way faster then my AK2i+akAIO 1.6 RC2

lol R4 is a good cart again, Acekard 3 will crush it though