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I finally managed to unlock the arcade mode! It just took persistence and a (heh) slight adjustment in difficulty. Too bad it's not quite as fun as the standard mode. I wish they gave you a bonus for spelling out specific words like they do in Bookworm... that would have given the arcade mode more purpose.
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Comic Book DS is as slick as it looks. I was quite impressed. Just don't hit select if you don't have a DS Lite. It kills the backlight and you have to restart the system to get it back on. (It's supposed to adjust DSL brightness.) I only wish I had something to read on it.
On the subject of e-Book readers, I downloaded an app called DS Book, but to be honest, I don't think I've even tested it yet. (Still too busy trying to get other things running.)
All I want is a functional FTP server for my DS so I can actually mess with it without disassembling it. DSFTP runs but the configuration instructions are awful, and when I try to follow them it doesn't work. I can set up enterprise-level servers and networks but this thing is defeating me
Can someone with DSFTP working please show me what your flash card directory structure looks like? When I start the app it says it can't find the .conf file, but I've put it in /data/settings like I'm supposed to.
ftp.conf goes in your /data/settings/ in your root, I think the nds goes in the root too.
Also, it hates all forms of wireless security, so you'll have to disable WEP
Yeah I've turned off WEP already. I can sort of connect to the server once it starts but it complains that it can't find my config file. The NDS file is at h:\ and the config is at h:\data\settings\ftp.conf so I think I'm doing it right.
or am i just retarded in setting it up?
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DSOrganize works as a file browser as well, but personally I think MoonShell does everything they can both do better. DSOrganize is just so slow.
I heard that you can make something automatically start up on the R4 or M3 Simply by renaming it "default.nds", but I don't have one so I can't test it.
Moonshell is the built-in file browser on many cards. I know my card (EZ-Flash V) has it built right in. It's got a few extra bits added to the Moonshell core (like the code to load stuff onto the Expansion Pack) but it's still Moonshell, if maybe a couple of versions behind (I believe it's based off of 1.51).
To be honest, I thought that this was much more common. Is EZFlash the only company doing this?
I still hate them, though. Vanilla MoonShell is still a thousand times better.
Just getting some ideas. I suppose playing with various things to see how each works is the best idea.
No, but who said you couldn't have both?
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A friend of mine and his not-quite-fiancee-who's-lived-with-him-for-years both have DS's, and he's got an M3-SD, but no PassMe device since he used mine long ago to flash his DS. He wanted to flash hers as well, so they could both use the M3 without having to invest in a Passcard. So I took my Passcard over and we got to work.
So anyhow, about 15% of the way through flashing, screen goes black. Power off. Tries to power back on, nothing. We're figuring it's bricked, he's flipping out trying to find his EB receipt and warranty. But it's all okay - the secret, it turns out, is to take out the Passcard, then boot it up while holding select and start. Sure enough, it boots to the GBA slot and you can resume flashing.
So as long as you can hold the thing steady enough to not short it out in the first 3 or 4 seconds of flashing, it's pretty much foolproof even if it shorts before getting to 100%. :^:
EDIT: Apparently FlashMe v8 includes failsafe booting from Slot-1 as well as Slot-2? Disregard most of the above then - we were using FlashMe v7.
Also, WHY has nobody talked more about this? It looks amazing! My Lite is in for repairs at the moment (TEH HINGE CRACK
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Ohhh, right. I have an M3-CF, so I didn't take that into account. My bad.
Has anybody with a Slot-2 solution tried it out?
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It's very good, but for some reason the EZFlash V+expansion isn't holding its save file properly. It has this problem with a little bit of GBA homebrew, but it's rare. Supposedly a firmware patch is in the works.
Still, damn good game. Basically what Excitebike would have been if they made a SNES/GBA sequel.
I'm looking into getting my girlfriend a DS sometime in the future and I was considering some homebrew to go along with it. If the EZ-V + 3-in-1 Expansion aren't too expensive, maybe I'll upgrade and pass the R4 along. If it's radically more expensive for not a lot of extra, I'll probably cheap out and get another R4 and hope some other slot-2 solution comes along later.
i thought i dldi'd it. my girlfriend redownloaded it to her comp and dldi'd and now it works. so *shrug*
that said. i remember loving legend of kyrandia, but the main characters comments keep pissing me off
and quakeDS is amazing. i cant wait for wifi play
it wont pick up any wireless signal for v .02e
.03e wont work at all, it just freezes.
It's a bit more expensive, and it is slightly less compatable with some homebrew. Like, I can run everything just fine, but I can't (for instance) open .nds programs inside DSOrganize's browser.
Also, it has Moonshell built in, which is nice. Dunno if the R4 has the same.
The thing is, DealExtreme is throwing a microSD card in with the R4 for practically free. But if you need a slot-2 option, the EZFV is probably the cheapest and easiest way to go.
Or you could get an R4 now and get just the expansion pack from the EZFV later if you want. That also works. Needs some extra software to write to the expansion from the R4, but I've heard it works fine.
as soon as I can afford it I'm ordering an R4.
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MP3 playback
Organizer
IRC client
MSN client
AIM client
FTP server
Comic book reader
Wifi finder
A bunch of shit I probably haven't discovered yet
Oh and it can play games :P
:winky:
You can find all that crazy crap here:
http://nintendo-ds.dcemu.co.uk/
Just check out the sidebar for links to all you've described and more.
So, what's your connection to the guy who does Lackadaisy? Inquiring minds want to know.
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Sorry, let me rephrase. What program in particular is this wi-fi finder?
I guess it sounds like there's a couple? Any comparisons? I don't think I need an FTP app, so if there's a bare bones wi-fi finder that work's well, that would be ace.
I think DS2Key has one built in, if I remember correctly.
I had no problems with it on the R4. I used .03e.
Missed this when I trawled through the thread the first time. Yes, I've tried it, yes, it's pretty cool. Figured I'd quote-reply so somebody else who missed it pages back might catch it - it's worth a download. :^:
Yeah, my wife couldn't figure out why I was so excited about this whole "run stuff on my DS" option and why I wanted to spend money on an M3. Then I showed her that I could convert episodes of the Daily Show and Firefly, make them portable, and watch them wherever the DS is. She thinks it's pretty okay now. ;-)
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OK, I'll bite. I gave the game a quick spin last night and came to the conclusion that this, more than anything else, deserves to be called Excitebike 2. It's the same kind of gameplay, with you shifting from lane to lane and adjusting the angle of your bike after you hit ramps. There's even an overheat gauge at the bottom of the screen that lets you kick your bike into turbo for a limited period of time, and when I say "turbo," I MEAN it! Overall, it seems like a pretty decent game. There's no reason on Earth this shouldn't have been made available as a commercial release.
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Nothing quite like playing some Quake on my DS at work either.