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Using Action Replay Codes on your R4/M3 Simply
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7. May 2007 @ 22:09 |
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Here is a very quick guide I found on how to use Action replay codes on your R4 card.
I only give instructions for the R4 but this works on the M3 simply as well, you just need to get the newest firmware, 1.18.
This is verified by myself, and it works great :)
Ok first, you need the latest R4 firmware, v 1.18 (as of writing):
http://www.r4ds.com/download-en.htm or
http://www.r4official.com/download/r4_v1.18_kernel.html
Next you want the Code Manager from Datel:
US version:
http://us.codejunkies.com/nds_actionreplay/SetupUS1_05.exe
Euro version:
http://us.codejunkies.com/nds_actionreplay/SetupEU1_05.exe
Finally you want the R4 Cheat code editor:
http://www.r4ds.com/download-en.htm
or if the site is down, then get it here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/32954884/Cheat_code_editor.rar
Now it gets easy :-D
Update you MicroSD card with the new firmware
Install the Code Manager.
1. Under Subscriptions right click Codejunkies US Games and select copy if you want all or just do this for games you want.
2. Under My Codelists right click and select paste.
3. Let it import the games into your codelist.
4. Once it has completed go this folder:
C:\Program Files\Datel\Action Replay Code Manager\local_codelists
Find the XML, it should say something along the lines of customcodelist.xml
Open the Code Editor and go to file and press Import XML file.
Import the one you just made and then go to file and Save As cheat database. Save it as usrcheat.dat.
Now open the card again and navigate to the system folder. Copy the new usrcheat.dat file to that folder and you are done :)
If you have any question, post here and I will help you ;)
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 31. January 2010 @ 18:17
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mamsa
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11. May 2007 @ 00:22 |
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Hi... thanks for the guide ...but..
I did every thing but when I navigate trough the games in my ds "r4"
I don't get to see the "Y" button option to activate the cheats ...
its like I did nothing .... is there more to it than that ?
does the name of the rom must match the name of the code ??
and should there be a file named cheats.dat in my system folder? cause there isn't .
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mamsa
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11. May 2007 @ 00:36 |
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Never mind ... I forgot to update the firmware ;)
it works great now thanks
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11. May 2007 @ 05:59 |
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glad you got it to work ;)
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11. May 2007 @ 15:45 |
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this is interesting.
im gonna try it with my ds link.
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stryker69
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12. May 2007 @ 18:42 |
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thanks for this information, i just got my m3 simply and a action replay for my ds. the info worked great with no problems for me
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H4xx0r89
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13. May 2007 @ 09:22 |
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I have a m3 ds simply and cannot get this to work. Its 1.04fw and I put the cheats as cheat.dat in my "_system_" folder. Still nothing happens when I press Y on any game. Can someone help me out?
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13. May 2007 @ 09:27 |
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Originally posted by H4xx0r89:
I have a m3 ds simply and cannot get this to work. Its 1.04fw and I put the cheats as cheat.dat in my "_system_" folder. Still nothing happens when I press Y on any game. Can someone help me out?
did you rename it usrcheat.dat like the guide said? ;)
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 13. May 2007 @ 09:27
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H4xx0r89
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13. May 2007 @ 14:32 |
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Quote:
Originally posted by H4xx0r89:
I have a m3 ds simply and cannot get this to work. Its 1.04fw and I put the cheats as cheat.dat in my "_system_" folder. Still nothing happens when I press Y on any game. Can someone help me out?
did you rename it usrcheat.dat like the guide said? ;)
Yeah I tried that too. Still nothing.
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13. May 2007 @ 16:55 |
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I'm not sure what to tell you, the method works just fine for everyone else, all i can say is to go back and make sure you didn't miss any steps.
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Dasaan
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17. May 2007 @ 14:17 |
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I'm having problems getting this to work on my m3 simply ds too. I've tried following the instructions a few time with no success. Do you know the md5 hash for the firmware file and also rom 0005, the game I'm trying to test with.
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stryker69
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17. May 2007 @ 15:19 |
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i cant seem to get this to work @ all either i have the m3 simply with a 1gig micro sd kingston. please help
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stryker69
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17. May 2007 @ 16:29 |
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[quote=stryker69]i cant seem to get this to work @ all either i have the m3 simply with a 1gig micro sd kingston. please help....nevermind i FINALLY got it working. thanx again for the guide
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oakcapy
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18. May 2007 @ 17:56 |
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For The Aciton Replay.Do we need the Action Replay system???
Or Is A Game?
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18. May 2007 @ 18:10 |
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Originally posted by oakcapy:
For The Aciton Replay.Do we need the Action Replay system???
Or Is A Game?
this is if you have an r4 or an m3simply ;)
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dust24
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19. May 2007 @ 16:23 |
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thanks for the guide
i tried to follow all your steps, but in the end, when i opened my r4 it displayed a message (my r4 is in chinese, don't ask why :P) not sure what the message said, but it ended with three !!! if that helps. Anyways i think it has something to do with how i updated my r4 firmware. it's the first time for me updating the r4. i believe i made a mistake somewhere. what i did was i extracted the files in the .rar replacing all the existed _SYSTEM_, _DS_MENU_, _DS_MSHL_ etc. then, i assumed that the SHELL folder was now being called moonshl, so i deleted my shell folder. then, inside the _system_ folder, when i was pasting my usrcheat.dat, there was another .dat file called CHEAT. i deleted it assuming it was an already given cheat file.
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stryker69
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19. May 2007 @ 18:06 |
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when useing the code manager part. how do you update youre code list, because i would like to add spiderman 3 to my code list. other than that im set to go...thanx for youre help
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balmung03
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19. May 2007 @ 20:13 |
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This is a great guide, but it seems that I have a slight problem. I'll try to be as specific as possible so hopefully my question can be answered.
Since I just got my R4 a few days ago, it had nothing on the microSD card at all, so I downloaded the 1.08 firmware as the guide suggests. I downloaded the Code Manager, and installed it to my computer, but when I run it, it just shows this.
http://img58.imageshack.us/my.php?image=actionreplayscreenrb7.jpg
I'm not sure why it's waiting for the DS, maybe it's supposed to link to it through wifi or something, but instead I simply put in the CD that came with the R4 and booted up the code editor, opened the default database (which only contained Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Mario Kart DS, and Elite Beat Agents), and added to it a small list of codes for Pokemon Diamond (which I found from a website), and then saved it as usrcheat. Looking at the file, it was different from the CHEAT file in the folder, so I renamed the file to usrcheat.dat and this fixed the problem (instead of being a "file" it was now a "video CD movie" like the CHEAT file. I then added the ROMs I had straight to the main directory, right after the _DS_MENU file, loaded the microSD into the R4, and turned on the system. I noticed that almost all the games on the list had the (Y) Cheat option, except for Pokemon and Phoenix Wright. Confused by this (since I have more games than just those two, and only four should be in the usrcheat.dat file, I opened up the Code Editor and tried opening the CHEAT file, but I got an error message saying "Database format error!" I'm confused why since I have Pokemon in the usrcheat.dat file, it's not allowing me to use the cheats I have for the game. The only thing I could think of is that either the names of the .nds file and the filename in the Code Editor need to be the same, or the Game ID I entered for Pokemon Diamond was incorrect. However, I have the filename in both Code Editor and .nds file as "Pokemon Diamond", so it doesn't seem like this is the problem, and the Game ID I got off of a website as "ADAE 636791c0". I'm at a loss as to why I cannot see the cheat option when I try to play Pokemon, as well as why the Code Editor cannot open the CHEAT file, and I'm hoping someone can answer me.
I apologize for this being so long of a post, but I was trying to be specific as to allow for the more efficient answering of my question. If there is any other information needed to answer my question, please let me know and I will post back as soon as I can. Thank you.
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20. May 2007 @ 07:14 |
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i'm still lost with all this thing. i got the code from datel, i try to follow all the instruction, and at the end it make a cheat code fiile, but it blank.
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oakcapy
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20. May 2007 @ 14:21 |
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I have An R4 But Where do we download the game???
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balmung03
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20. May 2007 @ 14:27 |
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http://nds-roms.com/?act=roms
You can find a lot of ROMs for DS here, just find the game(s) you're looking for and download them, then move the .nds file from your computer to the microSD, load it up on the R4, and you're set.
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oakcapy
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20. May 2007 @ 16:13 |
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I cant find it can yo ugive the place the download page PLZ?
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oakcapy
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20. May 2007 @ 16:18 |
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Oh ya what is the name of NDS Rom
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stryker69
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20. May 2007 @ 17:51 |
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ok i followed the directions 100% to make action replay work with my m3 simply. and it works great. except for one game i own. and it wont show any cheats for the game ya know (cheats Y) ok the game im decribing is... 0176 tony hawks american sk8land (e) (independent).nds
is ther another version i should use instead of this one? please help thank you...
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20. May 2007 @ 19:23 |
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stryker,
try the (u) version, american version ;)
Dust,
reninstall the new firmware, and dont delete anything. Then copy the usrcheat.dat into the folder. Also you have a chinese one, and this is tested on an english version.
balmung,
id say get the codes off the code manager instead of manually inputting them.
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