Pokemon diamond extreme slowdown

masterX · April 30, 2007, 11:26:26 AM

pokemon diamond is extremelly slow. it when i move around the screen vertically it does not look smooth at all.

can anyone help please.

kenfrenzy · April 30, 2007, 01:00:53 PM

Which flashcart? What memory brand? What version firmware?

masterX · April 30, 2007, 03:23:28 PM

supercard Slot-1

sandisk micro sd 1GB

Latest OS

754boy · April 30, 2007, 04:17:37 PM

Sounds like the Sandisk might be the problem.

masterX · April 30, 2007, 07:44:15 PM

so what microsd card do you reccomend i get then?

kenfrenzy · April 30, 2007, 08:06:56 PM

Did you update using the 2.0 firmware from today?

Sandisk microsd cards have been found to be kinda slow, your best bet would be a japanese made microsd (toshiba, kingston made in japan, pqi i think)

Jdbye · May 01, 2007, 02:11:53 AM

Quote from: "kenfrenzy"Did you update using the 2.0 firmware from today?

Sandisk microsd cards have been found to be kinda slow, your best bet would be a japanese made microsd (toshiba, kingston made in japan, pqi i think)

All cards that are marked SD-C01G JAPAN.

masterX · May 02, 2007, 08:46:43 AM

Im still getting the same problem even after i brought this new toshiba 1GB.

It is a SD-C01G JAPAN. Please help i want diamond to run perfectly. because when i move around it looks like the terrain is being rendered very slowly it looks weird.

jmr · May 02, 2007, 09:02:42 AM

try formating FAT with 64k clusters it helped me when i had my crappy Transcend card
http://scdev.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8338

masterX · May 02, 2007, 11:50:34 AM

I just tried formatting it didnt change much.

I have a new toshiba (SD-CO1G) and all that fixed is castlevania is now playable. However diamond is still the same.

I think theres something wrong with my DS Lite because it blurs a little when i run around in games. Even GBA games. I thought maybe this was because of the refined pixels but maybe this is not normal.

dantheman · May 02, 2007, 05:11:26 PM

Motion blur is a normal side effect of LCD screens, and some may be more susceptible to it than others. Have you tried running it on a friend's DS? Running the official game cartridge on your DS? On a friend's DS? Until you isolate what the issue is, we can only guess on the solution.

For what it's worth, it appears to be lagging slightly on my Supercard miniSD like you described, but it could just be the way the game runs normally. It doesn't bother me too much, so I can live with it.

jmr · May 02, 2007, 05:16:19 PM

clutching at strews here but have you set your new card to 30x in the speed settings??

masterX · May 02, 2007, 06:56:46 PM

yes jmr this is another query i would like answered. how should i set the speed of my SC in the OS. choosing 4X speed it just returns to 3 as the default.

So do you reccomend i choose OS SD Speed-->other-->30

Dudu.exe · May 02, 2007, 07:16:59 PM

Im Using a japanese kingstone.. and it works amazing!

try to play the castlevania video.. if it get choppy then pretty sure your card is very slow!

kenfrenzy · May 02, 2007, 07:37:22 PM

Make sure you're using the right speed for your card. Use the autoset feature to find out what speed your card should be at (probably 30 if you're using a jap card)