Hacking Wood R4 vs YSMenu

[moerik]

Wood R4 1.05, why? cause it is sooo shiny and it has easier cheat support, explains instructions (YSmenu can't) and gives me wii connectivety nad properly plaed of some games YSMenu coulnd't.

 

[Kuragari Ryo]

Picked the third option.

Was using YSmenu, had to reinstall it a few times before I could get Strange Journey to work without erroring while loading.
Switched to Wood, playing it as we type our keyboards to shit.

Also, toast.

 

[Another World]

when you use YWG's firmware you don't get attacked for using something he released to the public so that the public could use it, unlike someone else....

better compatiblity in ysmenu? you must be joking. are you sure you know what compatibility means?

on-the-fly ap patching is impossible on the original r4. it is a hardware limitation. if ysmenu does it, it does it using code designed to load pre-existing patches on a per-rom basis, which is the exact same thing as when a game is "fixed" to work on a new version of the woodr4 loaders.

using ysmenu at this point is just holding onto the past. let it go. man up and grab your wood!

Best Save support : YSMenu (Savlib.dat updates, plus it uses .sav instead of .nds.sav)

that is so trivial. do you hate all countries that make you drive on the left side of the road as well?

QUOTEYSMenu needs 3 files to be 'updated'

that is because ysmenu is a hack. it is never optimized, cleaned up, made better, etc. woodr4 is a complete firmware which is constantly being updated and revised to be better. there is more to updating a firmware than releasing new sav info and loader updates. i wish more development teams would remember that.

-another world

 

[jurassicplayer]

Rawr, since AW has openly voiced out that he believes WoodR4 superior, I plan to stick to his good side and support the WoodR4 (with evidence that might have been stated earlier). This is just because I do think Wood is cool and it almost makes me feel like I have an extremely lamed version of AKAIO, but w/e lamed AKAIO is always better than none.

WoodR4 can Delete/Copy/Paste/Cut ------- YSMenu can Delete
WoodR4 has smexy & very versatile skinning ------- YSMenu has two images: top and bottom.
WoodR4 saves as .nds.sav ------ YSMenu can save as .pie for all the user cares
WoodR4 can view images/text/music ------ YSMenu can view text
WoodR4 updates as one ------ YSMenu updates as three when needed
WoodR4's initial setup is simple ------ YSMenu's initial setup is a hassle.
WoodR4 has multiple skins support internally ------ YSMenu same via SkinselecterYS homebrew
WoodR4 initially smaller ------ YSMenu initially larger.
WoodR4 makes messy .cc files ------ YSMenu doesn't make any files
WoodR4 changeable icons (except folder icon) ------ YSMenu doesn't use icons
WoodR4 slightly cumbersome to get to cheat editor ----- YSMenu an idiot can open cheats
WoodR4 has Normmatt's support ------ YSMenu doesn't
WoodR4 has Another World's support ------ YSMenu doesn't
WoodR4 has a funny catchphrase ------- YSMenu doesn't
WoodR4 has favorites (unlimited?) ----- YSMenu has quickmenu with up to 9 addons

 

[fearofshorts]

I love all the people who think that Wood R4 is brand new, thus believing that it must have some problems.
It's a port of Wood RPG. It's (RPG) been in development for many years. It's (RPG) always been updated BY IT'S CREATOR.

What's not to love?

 

[Leo99999]

Wood R4

It's smexier, faster (for me) and has far greater compatibility with the games I want to play. I don't even have YSMenu on my card anymore, I solely use Wood R4.

 

[ForteGospel]

WoodR4 has in game enable/disable cheats --- YSmenu doesnt

 

[rockstar99]

Wood R4:
Cut, copy, delete, paste features
Way better GUI.. WAAAY Better then that piece of shit ugly looking YSmenu
Way better team support, YWG has been updating WOOD RPG for a long time so you guys can trust him way more than people updating YSMenu(No offense to Pong and others)
Faster Menu
You say YSmenu has better compatibility eh?Try playing Alice in Wonderland or Jam Sessions 2

Its obvious that everybody who prefers YSmenu over Wood, has a clone R4 and doesnt want to admit it so they start saying YSMenu is better because thats all they can use

 

[laxman0220]

WoodR4 has in game enable/disable cheats --- YSmenu doesnt

is this true, cuz if it is....awesome

 

[goncalodoom]

Wood R4:
Cut, copy, delete, paste features
Way better GUI.. WAAAY Better then that piece of shit ugly looking YSmenu
Way better team support, YWG has been updating WOOD RPG for a long time so you guys can trust him way more than people updating YSMenu(No offense to Pong and others)
Faster Menu
You say YSmenu has better compatibility eh?Try playing Alice in Wonderland or Jam Sessions 2

Its obvious that everybody who prefers YSmenu over Wood, has a clone R4 and doesnt want to admit it so they start saying YSMenu is better because thats all they can use

if they had wood on theyre clone they would not say that,since its been a long time waiting for a fix to make saves work on clones(wich i think it aint that hard)!if no one gives a damn to help clones,ysmenu will always be the best for the r4 clone owner

 

[Stropdasje]

WoodR4 has in game enable/disable cheats --- YSmenu doesnt

Can you please tell the Wood R4 FAQ maintainer how to use this in-game enable/disable? Then it can be added, which would be helpful since I have no idea how this works and my guess is I'm not the only one. Wood R4 is lacking a manual for some of its features, not all features are obvious and this is surely one of them.

 

[Mantis41]

WoodR4 has in game enable/disable cheats --- YSmenu doesnt

Can you please tell the Wood R4 FAQ maintainer how to use this in-game enable/disable? Then it can be added, which would be helpful since I have no idea how this works and my guess is I'm not the only one. Wood R4 is lacking a manual for some of its features, not all features are obvious and this is surely one of them.

There you go.
If you feel like contributing something strart writing a manual yourself.
Start a new topic, 'R4 wood - Manual'.
Ask to get it stickied.

As long as your contributing something the other tempers will be more than happy to help you fill in the blanks.

 

[gameguy95]

If you're looking for something that looks good, you should probably use Wood R4
If you're looking for something that has better compatibility and Anti-Piracy on Games, YSMenu is the way to go

voted wood for wii-ds connect

 

[bekar]

One of the reasons I say YSMenu is better because I'm just so attached to my skin

Here's the topic: (Skin-Maker needed!)

Acekard 2 Skin

If someone could do this for me... well, they'd be awesome. Full stop.
Gawd, the only reason I don't like the look of Acekard skins is that there's no good ones for my Black DS Lite. I was so attached to my YSMenu skin, and I couldn't find one similar for Wood R4.

 

[rockstar99]

Wood R4:
Cut, copy, delete, paste features
Way better GUI.. WAAAY Better then that piece of shit ugly looking YSmenu
Way better team support, YWG has been updating WOOD RPG for a long time so you guys can trust him way more than people updating YSMenu(No offense to Pong and others)
Faster Menu
You say YSmenu has better compatibility eh?Try playing Alice in Wonderland or Jam Sessions 2

Its obvious that everybody who prefers YSmenu over Wood, has a clone R4 and doesnt want to admit it so they start saying YSMenu is better because thats all they can use

if they had wood on theyre clone they would not say that,since its been a long time waiting for a fix to make saves work on clones(wich i think it aint that hard)!if no one gives a damn to help clones,ysmenu will always be the best for the r4 clone owner

Easy?
Try coding the save fix your self?
The R4 Clones and R4 have an almost same code so its really hard to tell what makes it save on the R4 but not on the real R4 clones?

 

[goncalodoom]

If i knew how to do it i would have done it dont you think?

 

[jurassicplayer]

If i knew how to do it i would have done it dont you think?

Never fear, we can tell you what sort of stuff you need to learn, and then you utilize it in a way that the more experienced people have never thought of and save the R4 clones from being screwed over.

 

[Dark^'^Knigh]

if they had wood on theyre clone they would not say that,since its been a long time waiting for a fix to make saves work on clones(wich i think it aint that hard)!if no one gives a damn to help clones,ysmenu will always be the best for the r4 clone owner

Aww, someone needs a group hug. Wood is good!
I don't feel sorry for clone users...hey, they've been "livin' off the back" of the orginal R4 for way too long! And let's face it, the clones cost a fraction of what I paid for my original way back in '07, so I/we deserve to, in some way, reclaim #1 position in the R4 branded world (despite all of it's other well-documented deficiencies).

 

[Luziphir]

Voting for the Wood R4 firmware. It much nicer user interface, is easier to install (just download and copy to the flash card, no running batch files and other bullshit), much better compatibility (YSMenu has trouble with a lot of games, Wood runs everything I throw at it), and MUCH faster loading (YSMenu takes like 5 seconds on my original R4, Wood takes less than 1). It's really no contest.

 

[bekar]

Voting for the Wood R4 firmware. It much nicer user interface, is easier to install (just download and copy to the flash card, no running batch files and other bullshit), much better compatibility (YSMenu has trouble with a lot of games, Wood runs everything I throw at it), and MUCH faster loading (YSMenu takes like 5 seconds on my original R4, Wood takes less than 1). It's really no contest.

I hate to say this, but you really no nothing about YSMenu.
You can get YSMenu compilers that do it for you.
Better compatibility because it is newer... and plus update extinfo on YSMenu and voila! Better compatibility.
Much faster? You make me laugh. Update your infolib, then see. For example, with updated infolib my YSMenu loads animal crossing in half a second (seriously) while wood take about 2-3 seconds.

Of course it's a contest.