NDSPatch v.1 - Play NDS backups *w/any* normal GBA flashcart

sWampy · September 21, 2005, 09:10:39 AM

Quote from: "Dudu.exe"This QPC method work ... but not with all roms...

Look what i did to test it..

Castlevania.nds
Castlevania.sav

Where is everyone getting this rom? I looked on usenet, searched torrents, and checked release lists, and can't find it anywhere. ;-/

yoshi007 · September 21, 2005, 09:56:50 AM

where can i found this 2mb save please?

magnet · September 21, 2005, 12:32:59 PM

I haven't gotten any roms patched with this to work...kinda disappointing on my end.

sneef · September 21, 2005, 02:06:02 PM

sWampy, we can't guide you to roms.. but it's not called castlevania in japan.. it's "dracula" something.. keep your eyes open for that.. heh.

sWampy · September 21, 2005, 03:13:58 PM

Quote from: "sneef"sWampy, we can't guide you to roms.. but it's not called castlevania in japan.. it's "dracula" something.. keep your eyes open for that.. heh.

ahh, Akumajou_Dracula_Aoitsuki_no_Juujika_JPN_NDS-WRG didn't know that was castlevania. Is this a clean dump, all the others I see are NUKED, still doesn't have a release number.

ratx · September 21, 2005, 03:20:20 PM

Hmm I have been playing around with my backup image of Nintendogs and am slightly puzzled... why when I save in game power off then select to save to SD does the SC think its only a 64k save? I created a dummy 2m file to see if it worked it out via file size but that seems to make no difference... it states its saving 64k fine but the file is still 2m... The save itself is fine so its definately doing something "good"

To the guy who wanted a gui to the patcher I'll see if I get time tonight, should be as trival as dslazy

I would be gutted by this generic patcher since I just got my SC and put my old visoly 256mb card on Ebay but I think it only has 1m SRAM so no good for nintendo dogs anyway

Its great news for the DS scene though cheers Kain!

Dudu.exe · September 21, 2005, 04:17:01 PM

WE CANT POST ROM LINKS IN THIS FORUM... SO PLEASE DONT ASK!!!

here you can find a list of tested roms with file names and save size...
but look for then by yourself!

there is no 2mb .sav file... we are sing a gba 64k for saving thsi file you can find inside Supercard patcher folder

Supercard ( and others FLASHCARDS ) has only 64kb of SRAM for saving... so 2m save games dont save properly yet ( wait for romman release for this games)

ratx · September 21, 2005, 04:22:06 PM

I understood GBA carts had varying amounts of SRAM ie I'm pretty sure my old Visoly had 1m partitioned into 4x256k and that was pretty old, but allowed you to use up all of the space with one save if you wished....

sneef · September 21, 2005, 04:50:33 PM

wow *rubs ears* that was loud dudu.exe.. hehe.. were you talking to sWampy? I think he wasn't really asking for us to give him a link.. that's why i just pointed him in the right direction (the correct name of the game)..

Dudu.exe · September 21, 2005, 05:14:52 PM

Quote from: "sneef"wow *rubs ears* that was loud dudu.exe.. hehe.. were you talking to sWampy? I think he wasn't really asking for us to give him a link.. that's why i just pointed him in the right direction (the correct name of the game)..

ehh :oops: sorry ...

its better to warning before people getting banned, there is allways someone who dont know "DA RULES" =]

do you agree?

:oops:

sneef · September 21, 2005, 06:32:53 PM

i agree! hehe.. i just thought it was funny (your bright red caps) hehe...

look · September 28, 2005, 06:29:40 PM

Been away a bit

I like this thing tho

but....is there still no way of saving on the flash card yet other than QPC?

Dudu.exe · September 28, 2005, 07:19:56 PM

Quote from: "look"Been away a bit

I like this thing tho

but....is there still no way of saving on the flash card yet other than QPC?

not yet...

wait for romman firmware =]

lord_kthulu · September 29, 2005, 08:21:51 PM

Quote from: "Dudu.exe"Ive tested With Advanced DS.. works amazing... ( booting with metroid demo ) !!!!!!!!!

Nintendogs Crashes sometimes... when save is too big to fit in sram...

Tested with SUPERCARD!!! saved with QPC in a GBA .sav file

Hey Dudu,

How long have you been playing Advance Wars for?
Does it continue to work later in the game?

I cant seem to get the method to work correctly, is this what you mean?

1. Patch the Rom with NDSPatch Tool
2. Copy and Rename a GBA.Sav file to be Game Name.Sav
3. Power Cycle and use Saver Menu to save file?

I do this, but I cant seem to retain my save?

Any Ideas? Under the Options menu it is set to "Auto Load Saver"

Intoxicated with the Madness,

K

neko3c · September 30, 2005, 09:25:27 AM

Quote from: "Dudu.exe"This QPC method work ... but not with all roms...

Look what i did to test it..

Castlevania.nds
Castlevania.sav

Played a little to reach the 1st save point, saved...

made the QPC ... saved on .sav file.

turn off DS for a couple of minuts ... Load another rom ( Zookeeper ) to make sure Castlevania is not more in SC RAM...

then i Load Castlevania and the save was there =]

I do all what you explain but doesn't work The game save have gone. I try to load my friend save game and it went well I can play game from his save point but when I use QPC to save the game ... The save have gone again, I have the new profile when I start game next time.

Everyone have any Idea to solve my problem? Please..

I use ndspatch.exe to patch the game rom. I use SuperCard sd version. I boot my NDS with Flashme or Passme and I got result as explain.