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Preference on DS cart? m3/r4/n5???? n5=garbage

Discussion in 'Technical Help' started by fallenleader, Jul 5, 2008.

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  1. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    roms can only be one of a set number of sizes, if the actual game content is less than the nearest allowed size extra data gets added to pad it out. Trimming removes this extra data.
     
    Loonylion, Aug 3, 2008
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  2. fallenleader

    fallenleader Guest

    like dummy.txt used to fill the empty cd space, putting the data in the fastest read section? "speaking of cd's"

    they use dummy data to fill the void in the cart's so its all nice clean package? no room for issues to develop.
     
    fallenleader, Aug 3, 2008
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  3. anandjones

    anandjones Well-Known Member

    Yes, that's why ROMs are always in set sizes, 128Mbit, or for MB, 32, 64, 128 etc. Some flashcarts do not like trimmed ROMs however.
     
    anandjones, Aug 4, 2008
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  4. fallenleader

    fallenleader Guest

    sweet. cyclo was stated as handling them, does it like them though? :-\ also the trimming tools can be glitchy? "did a search here"
     
    fallenleader, Aug 4, 2008
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  5. anandjones

    anandjones Well-Known Member

    Sort of, as long as you use good working tools, such as TokyoTrim or even R4DS trimmer.
     
    anandjones, Aug 4, 2008
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