Yeah, I know the problem for R4 freezing while loading is common, but this isn't it. All games have been running perfectly for years now on the R4 firmware that came with the card. And yes, it's the official one. Not that it probably matters here.
I just removed the firmware and replaced it with YSMenu (to play Bowser's Inside Story), and the interface started up fine but it won't load games. It STARTS loading them, it even properly creates the .sav files first if it needs to, but then it gets to around 90% on the progress bar at the bottom and then just hangs. Forever. On every game.
I installed YSMenu using this guide...
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=97615
...and DDTT v1.17. Then I tried it again with the unofficial v1.17a. I was CERTAIN I did it all correctly, I followed the instructions exactly because I had no idea what I was doing without them. But in both versions it's exactly the same problem. Hangs while loading games.
Whyyyyy
For reference, my card root contains the following (besides a buncha roms and their saves):
TTMenu folder (contents unchanged)
YSMenu.ini
_DS_MENU.DAT
r4dldi.dat
r4patch.dat
ttdldi.dat
ttmenu.dat
ttpatch.dat
ttmenu.sys
I just removed the firmware and replaced it with YSMenu (to play Bowser's Inside Story), and the interface started up fine but it won't load games. It STARTS loading them, it even properly creates the .sav files first if it needs to, but then it gets to around 90% on the progress bar at the bottom and then just hangs. Forever. On every game.
I installed YSMenu using this guide...
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=97615
...and DDTT v1.17. Then I tried it again with the unofficial v1.17a. I was CERTAIN I did it all correctly, I followed the instructions exactly because I had no idea what I was doing without them. But in both versions it's exactly the same problem. Hangs while loading games.
Whyyyyy
For reference, my card root contains the following (besides a buncha roms and their saves):
TTMenu folder (contents unchanged)
YSMenu.ini
_DS_MENU.DAT
r4dldi.dat
r4patch.dat
ttdldi.dat
ttmenu.dat
ttpatch.dat
ttmenu.sys