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Discussion in 'Technical Help' started by zaghi, Sep 15, 2008.

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  1. zaghi

    zaghi Active Member

    ***Not sure if this is the right place to write about this, if not please move it to wherever it should go..***

    Hey all,


    Cooking guide doesn't work, (E) and (U) versions

    Also carnival games won't load, (E) and (U) versions

    I have tried these roms on a couple of cards but they won't work........

    Why ???
     
    zaghi, Sep 15, 2008
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  2. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    I know Carnival Games won't work for a lot of people, if you've tried several flash carts then it's odd though, does this thread help any? https://www.romulation.org/forum/index.php/topic,1462.0.html
     
    Seph, Sep 15, 2008
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  3. zaghi

    zaghi Active Member

    Thanks for the links, I read through them and am still none the wise.

    My firmwares are up to date, I am a stickler for the latest software and I have just reformated the Micro SD because of fragmentation and nothing would load on the TTDS.

    The only thing I can think of is that its the cheap SD card from ebay.....

    But then again these are the only two games I have encountered with this type of problem.

    Cooking game freezes at startup with a white screen.
    Carnival games gives me a couldn't load the save file error.

    I heard of a patch for carnival games, I was thinking that if anyone has a savefile for carnival games then they could post it for everyone, that way I can test a theory.

    Thanks all
     
    zaghi, Sep 15, 2008
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  4. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    Carnival Games just doesn't work on TTDS then, nothing to do about it, the freeze is most likely a slow SD card but can also be that the TTDS simply doesn't work with it.
     
    Seph, Sep 15, 2008
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  5. zaghi

    zaghi Active Member

    Both the R4 and TTDS freeze at startup (white screen) with the cooking guide.

    Both the R4 and TTDS give me a save file error on carnival games.

    I can't imagine that I would have to pay 15 (plus) euros on a 2gb microSD to get one rom to work that's ridiculous.
    I got mine from ebay at 1€ (2gb).

    I find it all a bit silly.
     
    zaghi, Sep 15, 2008
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  6. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    Well, that you find it silly just means that you don't understand what's going on. SD Memory has a read and a write speed, just like a harddisk has a RPM (rotations per minute) speed which dictates the read and write speed.

    When you buy the cheap SD memory you get a bad read/write speed, some games need to read/write a lot of data and if the SD memory can't keep up then the game freezes. You might find it silly but none-the-less that's how it works.
     
    Seph, Sep 15, 2008
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  7. zaghi

    zaghi Active Member

    Basicly then, the advice to all is, pay loads of money for an official microSD with a high read/write speed.

    I thought as much, but it is still annoying as even the expensive 1g mSD that I bought doesn't work...

    Oh well. thanks for the discusion.
     
    zaghi, Sep 15, 2008
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  8. jc_106

    jc_106 Well-Known Member

    So yeah, you'd better spend those 15€ for a good card, otherwise, this might be the first of many problems to come.
     
    jc_106, Sep 15, 2008
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  9. anandjones

    anandjones Well-Known Member

    Make sure to get either Kingston or Sandisk branded MicroSDs.
     
    anandjones, Sep 16, 2008
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  10. zaghi

    zaghi Active Member

    I think I will test it out, I have a 1gb Sandisk.

    I'll let you know..
     
    zaghi, Sep 16, 2008
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  11. zaghi

    zaghi Active Member

    OK, update time,

    I learned a valid leson today..

    "my old mac cube mucks something up with the file transfer"

    I put everything on my PC, formated, recopied and hey presto. the cooking guide works.

    maybe the formating that a mac does is not the same as a PC.

    Anyway, it works (on a micro SD that cost 1€)

    So the moral of the story is:

    * For rom transfers and formatting, use a PC.
    * Don't buy expensive SD cards, they are a ripoff.

    I doubt carnival games will be the same happy ending though. :)
     
    zaghi, Sep 16, 2008
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  12. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Again, don't buy cheap ones, certain games don't like them. Stick to Kingston or Sandisk for best compatibility.
     
    Loonylion, Sep 16, 2008
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