DSTT Problem

nialldinho

I just got another DSTT during the week and I am using it with a Kingston 2GB MicroSD from elara.com.

I got the DSTT software from the website and then I transferred some files onto the SD card. I only copied the .nds for each file and I renamed them so I know which is which. When I put it in the DS some of the files load fine but others just hang on the loading bar at the bottom.

I removed everything from the SD card and transferred the software over again. Then I unzipped just one of the files that didn't work directly onto the SD card and renamed it. I put it in the DS and it loaded fine. So then I unzipped all the files again directly onto the SD card. When I tried this file again it hung the system. Again some of the other files worked but most did not.

Does anyone have any idea what might be wrong?

Thanks

Compton

piracy is a big no-no...

witnessmenow

Are you putting the games at the root of the card? (i.e not in a folder?)

Try putting them in a folder or two so its sructure would be:

Root > Folder 1 > Folder 2> homebrew.nds

Let us know how you get on.

Brianb8802

Same thing happened to me bout two weeks after I got mine. Did a bit of reading and found out if put all the .nds files (or i mean homebrew apps;)) into a folder called games it fixes the whole freezing thing. Been about three months now and no problems since

nialldinho

witnessmenow wrote: »

Are you putting the games at the root of the card? (i.e not in a folder?)

Try putting them in a folder or two so its sructure would be:

Root > Folder 1 > Folder 2> homebrew.nds

Let us know how you get on.

Brianb8802 wrote: »

Same thing happened to me bout two weeks after I got mine. Did a bit of reading and found out if put all the .nds files (or i mean homebrew apps;)) into a folder called games it fixes the whole freezing thing. Been about three months now and no problems since

thanks guys, i'll give that a try. i had all the nds files in the root folder.

Edit: that didn't work by itself but i also formatted the sd card to fat32 and it's working fine now!

slave1

hmmmm, I had a fair bit of freezing on my DSTT so just went back to my trusty R4 which still plays everything, may give that sub-folder a try now

Flacks aka Dave

shblob wrote: »

piracy is a big no-no...

slave1 wrote: »

ps can you edit your first post, read the charter re games

lads i don't mean to be a c**t but just because he said games does not mean piracy... its completely legal to have digital backups of games you have purchased

nava

had similar problem witn M3, got fix by donwloading latest software.

rubadub

nava wrote: »

had similar problem witn M3, got fix by donwloading latest software.

Right,

The guys with the freezing DSTTs, what firmware were you on?

witnessmenow

Whats wrong with the op's post? He doesn't mention downloading games at all?

slave1

If it's okay to have backup copies of your own games then fair enough, no harm intended and apols OP

spidermonkey

it could be a naming issue, make sure that there are no spaces in the title of each name. Or if your on a mac you might be clicking a .trashes or a .DS_store file which are just ribbish and in which case you should get BlueHarvest.

And to add my two cents...
Im a college student, ive moved three times in the past year, I own four good games for my DS, Mario cart, Mario brothers, tiger woods, and zelda.
I have left those games at my parents home, many miles from where I currently live, I use a DSTT because in my situation... less is more. I also have a laptop, this very laptop on which im writing this post, it along with my portable HDD contains my music, year and years of music purchased legally, stacks of which are at home in my parents house. For me I couldn't drag about all my stuff, i've too much. Why should I, and many others be grumbled at because we are good consumers?

And the only way for me to have copies of my legally owned games is for me to download them, I dont have the equipment to copy my own games.
I know what im interested in and I support the publishers who produce them.
Long live games developers (well... at least the good ones)


SM

nialldinho

sorry for the argument over my choice of words! i've changed it now anyway.

i am using the latest software from ndstt.com.

formatting the sd card to fat32 seems to have solved the problem anyway.

thanks for the replies.