I've come this far

[queen]

need help here please.

i have finally got dreamshell to load from my sd card. not an easy task btw.
have a game which i've downloaded (from dcisozone) and dropped onto the card which is visible in my DS file manager.
Dreamshell is also loaded from sd card and boots up fine.

problem is the game doesnt load !
just hangs there with loading info on the screen.

tried 2 games -both won't load. both silly games -centipede and Namco museum! I already have retail games but would really like to get this thing running from my serial port/adapter.

am i putting the wrong files into my game folder?
i thought i could just extract the sdiso onto a separate folder on the sd card.

appreciate any hint here thx

oh by the way simple language please -this is my 1st attempt at playing (or not playing) anything not wrapped and ready to go.

[neon]

please use capital letters it’s easier to read and some punctuation doesn’t hurt

First off all, does this game work with your SD adapter?
http://www.retroguru.com/sqrxz/sqrxz-v0996-dc.iso

[SWAT]

Images from dcisozone don't work on RC1, because it have not normal IP.BIN, just fake.

[queen]

Thank you neon.
I appreciate the grammar critique.
I promise to try your game as soon as any retail game boots with DS.

[queen]

i've looked over the list in Tuxs' compatible game list but the links are broken.

<<<Images from dcisozone don't work on RC1, because it have not normal IP.BIN, just fake>>>
a lot of the notes I'm reading point to dcisozone for sd idos -darn!
thanks swat, I'll go back to the dreamshell download site to see if i can find more info for REAL IP.BIN files.

.... a link o sdisos would also be appreciated

[neon]

@queen, I was suggesting you Sqrxz game, to check does you have hardware problem or software problem. Sqrxz works both with Beta4 and RC1.

If you want retail games, there's theisozone site. All SDISO games was moved from dcisozone to theisozone. Games for RC1 are marked with "DU".

For example:
Red Dog (SD-ISO) DU
Mars Matrix (SD-ISO) DU
Silver (SD-ISO) DU
Soulcalibur (SD-ISO) DU

[queen]

I'll try sqrxz neon.... thx
really am just interested in getting DS to run games off the sd card at this point.

good news soon

[queen]

No good news here.

Tried on 2 different cards -both reformatted, added DS and your game.

I think this really is a "shell of a dream" at this point.
Shouldn't be this difficult for an end user to get a program to run.
"Some programming knowledge" should be added to the swat download site.

while i apprecite the help and input --- very disappointed !!

(18.10.2012 00:58)queen писал(а):  I'll try sqrxz neon.... thx
really am just interested in getting DS to run games off the sd card at this point.

good news soon

[SWAT]

I owed ​​nothing to, queen.
I did not sell you this software and nothing is promised. If something does not work, well, you're out of luck.
If you want to get help, please describe the steps (or better record video). I need to know all the details of your actions and what images you have tried. If you just express their anger, it's no help for you.

[queen]

I like that: nothing is promised.
I wouldn't say anger, frustration is a better term. I got your attention didn't I, thank you.
I purchased another SD card -exactly as pictured on the sites that sell the reader. A lotta info on how to purchse BTW.
Version: DreamShell 4.0 Beta 4 (Form SD Loader)
Loads up beautifully -love that splash screen. Hope to love more of it.
Before sqrxz:


Extracted the recommended file from neon to my card.
After sqrxz:


So what dumb thing am I doing, aside from the huge imgs.

[SWAT]

You want to run directly 1ST_READ.BIN??

[neon]

@queen,
You don't have to unpack iso file. This is not needed.
You have to just copy, whole iso file, to your SD card.